[Lucky Seven]

Hollywood studio plans movie based on Japanese comic book series 'Dragonball' - Mainichi Daily News

...I'll probably see this 1-2 times and good times will follow through the medium of lulz. Dragonball was the the shit when I was a 90's child.

I already know it's going to suck, but it will be awesome in a different way.

[kung_fu]

I could see this being very awesome, something like a "Crouching Tiger" or "Kung Fu hustle". Conversely without the right director/casting/choreographer this could be terrible. I'm crossing my fingers that Tom Cruise or Keanu Reeves won't be involved. I think to be done right, it should be done in hong kong.

Edit: I should have read the article first . I'm getting chills, Tom Cruise is mentioned in the article and I didn't even read it first lol, but not associated with the actual movie .

Stephen Chow = me probably enjoying this

[Metal Ken]

I remember watching a live action DB movie from back in the 80s on the Spanish Channel. Good god, it was horrible

[D-EJ915]

Originally Posted by Metal Ken

I remember watching a live action DB movie from back in the 80s on the Spanish Channel. Good god, it was horrible

spanish channel, yes!!!

I watched Lost Universe on the spanish channel

[Naren]

An American live-action version of a Japanese animation about ancient China... There is no way in hell this is going to be good. I'm sure they're gonna have Goku be played by some white guy. Haven't they learned their lesson that amazing Japanese animations do not usually translate into American action films? (refer to the horrible "Fist of the North Star" B-flick which was an adaptation of the best comic series/animation series ever, "Hokuto no Ken").

And Ken over there is right. There was 1980s Chinese live action version of Dragon Ball. I personally haven't seen it, but I've heard and read that it was incredibly horrible.

So, if the movie is called "Dragon Ball," is it a comedy and starts out when he's a kid? I mean, the Dragon Ball comic series had over 45 volumes if I remember correctly (I owned all the special edition color ones that Shueisha put out a few years back). And a total of over 400 episodes (including both "Dragon Ball" and "Dragon Ball Z" which are two seperate animations corresponding to the two different halves of the "Dragon Ball" comics).

Maybe if they add some nudity (like in the comics), some sexual inuendo (like in the comics), lots of blood and gore (like in the comics), some extreme violence (like in the comics), some corny humor (like in the comics - although most of this is based off of Japanese-language puns, so it probably wouldn't work if they're making this is English), and tons of extreme dialogue (like in the comics/animation. I still remember this one part where the dialogue would translate to "Shit... why aren't you dead?" "I'm going to dig your graves and send you straight to Hell." - I doubt the children-focused English version did it like that. They probably did it something like "Oh no... why haven't you been defeated?" "I'm going to send you to another dimension!" or something really idiotic like that), then it might be watchable. But really I can't imagine Dragon Ball with white actors and English dialogue. That'd be like making a movie about an ancient legend in Kenya and making all the actors white instead of black and speaking in English. "Yeah, it's not really Kenya, is it...?"

Anyway, I expect this to be a blasphemy to Japan's most beloved animation series.

[Lucky Seven]

I'm thinking it will be good in the same way that "Troll 2" is good. Though nothing will ever be as epicly terrible as Troll 2.

[Naren]

Originally Posted by Lucky Seven

I'm thinking it will be good in the same way that "Troll 2" is good. Though nothing will ever be as epicly terrible as Troll 2.

I just saw the list of actors they picked. They're all white, they're all native English speakers, and not one of them looks remotely like the characters in the comics...

I wonder what they're planning to do. The second Goku vs. Piccolo fight at the end of Dragon Ball (the animation - it was near the middle of the comic series) where Goku saves the world from Piccolo's evil intentions, gets married to Chichi, and all that stuff.

Probably not... They'll probably make up a new story and make it incredibly Hollywood action film-style.

[hide]

Originally Posted by Lucky Seven

I'm thinking it will be good in the same way that "Troll 2" is good. Though nothing will ever be as epicly terrible as Troll 2.

Kazaam?

I don't know how it's going to be, I only know I was too fond of DB in the old times to let this one pass

[Toshiro]

Originally Posted by Naren

An American live-action version of a Japanese animation about ancient China... There is no way in hell this is going to be good. I'm sure they're gonna have Goku be played by some white guy. Haven't they learned their lesson that amazing Japanese animations do not usually translate into American action films? (refer to the horrible "Fist of the North Star" B-flick which was an adaptation of the best comic series/animation series ever, "Hokuto no Ken").

And Ken over there is right. There was 1980s Chinese live action version of Dragon Ball. I personally haven't seen it, but I've heard and read that it was incredibly horrible.

So, if the movie is called "Dragon Ball," is it a comedy and starts out when he's a kid? I mean, the Dragon Ball comic series had over 45 volumes if I remember correctly (I owned all the special edition color ones that Shueisha put out a few years back). And a total of over 400 episodes (including both "Dragon Ball" and "Dragon Ball Z" which are two seperate animations corresponding to the two different halves of the "Dragon Ball" comics).

Maybe if they add some nudity (like in the comics), some sexual inuendo (like in the comics), lots of blood and gore (like in the comics), some extreme violence (like in the comics), some corny humor (like in the comics - although most of this is based off of Japanese-language puns, so it probably wouldn't work if they're making this is English), and tons of extreme dialogue (like in the comics/animation. I still remember this one part where the dialogue would translate to "Shit... why aren't you dead?" "I'm going to dig your graves and send you straight to Hell." - I doubt the children-focused English version did it like that. They probably did it something like "Oh no... why haven't you been defeated?" "I'm going to send you to another dimension!" or something really idiotic like that), then it might be watchable. But really I can't imagine Dragon Ball with white actors and English dialogue. That'd be like making a movie about an ancient legend in Kenya and making all the actors white instead of black and speaking in English. "Yeah, it's not really Kenya, is it...?"

Anyway, I expect this to be a blasphemy to Japan's most beloved animation series.

Actors? Plot? Hollywood needs not these things. They have special effects, blue screen stunts, and bad merchandising. Oh yes, and a whos-who soundtrack.

Why do you thing a documentary about fucking penguins outsold all the damn blockbusters? All they do now is re-make, or make adaptations of something.

Just wait for the NGE movie. That's gonna fucking suck. They'll probably cast a bunch of 20-somethings as the children. At least James Cameron never got a chance to make that Alita flick.

[Lucky Seven]

Originally Posted by Toshiro

Just wait for the NGE movie. That's gonna fucking suck. They'll probably cast a bunch of 20-somethings as the children. At least James Cameron never got a chance to make that Alita flick.

I know! Can't people just leave that series the fuck alone?!?!?!?!?! I'll admit the concept art looks really awesome, and I have a ton of respect for WETA, but there's no way that movie can even make sense if done by Hollywood not to mention it will most likely suck horribly anyway.