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Set Report From Fan

A member from DBMB who claims he “Wasinthemovie” recently revealed some information to them, which apparently comes straight from the set of Mexico City. Spoilers ahead.

This picture was during one of the few scenes I didn’t get into, I really wanted in these classroom scenes because they were all close ups but there was a lot of political crap going on with the extra casting people… anyway…

Goku with his classmates are looking at pictures of the moon which even a picture causes him to go into a trance and almost transforms him. Chatwin has to stare into the camera in this scene.

I was only on the set for the 6 days of Mexico City filming, I wasn’t chosen to go to Durango… more politics, so ya.

He also gave his opinion on the movie, which isn’t too good.

One of the first scenes we shot was Goku’s bike getting trashed by Texas Battles character “Carey Fuller’s” car. Chatwin says in an adolescent voice “Dude my Bike!”, to which Texas looks over at his friend and responds, “Did you just fart?”

So if that sounds like quality writing, then I guess it’ll be ok. Most of the dialog for the first 6 days follow this kind of teenage drivel…

I was lucky enough to be in the movie so I can only pray they didn’t cut me out of anything, I’m a huge fan so I am very grateful I was able to be in the film but from a critical fan’s point of view I’m going to hate at LEAST the opening scenes dialog, because I, and others, were cringing on set….


Wasinthemovie talked a bit about his experiences on the set of Dragonball in a DBMB podcast located here. Some of the “highlights” include:

  • Stunt doubles were used for most of Justin Chatwin’s fighting scenes.
  • Emmy Rossum, apparently, wasn’t nice on set.
  • Extras partied… a lot. Jackson Spidell (Justin Chatwin’s stunt double) talked a lot to the extras.
  • Justin Chatwin was a “pretty nice guy.”

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  1. baller131
    July 30th, 2008 at 14:25 | #1

    i am a huge fan of dragonball and you guys should have faith in the movie i was like that once but after i heard jami and james talk about the movie they sounded very happy about the film and made it seem great so dont deny the movie yet cuz first of all none of you have seen the trailer yet and have faith in the company they arent gona make a gay movie with 100 million dollar budget wtf? a lot of the fans that love dragonball are douting hte movie and i think that they are making a bad mistake many people who replyed on movieweb.com/dragonball have said many crap about the movie what the hell is this i have faith yes there r stuff in the movie that i hate but it shouldnt be perfect
    p.s please reply to me :x :lol: 8)

  2. Togo
    July 30th, 2008 at 14:33 | #2

    @baller131
    Hi :D

  3. That Dragonball Guy
    July 30th, 2008 at 14:35 | #3

    @Adam:

    Oh man, this movie probably will be PG.
    If it is, why they would hire James Wong is unknown to me.
    Damn, why did Fox even buy the rights to make this?. I’d feel better if Warner Bros or Parmount was behind this.

    @http://www.myspace.com/coreywilson10:
    “Baby mama”
    Oh my god.. :|

  4. Blake B
    July 30th, 2008 at 14:36 | #4

    @ wasinthemovie,
    I just listened to your podcast, and I now have 100% faith in you man..
    Thanks for the info..

  5. July 30th, 2008 at 14:57 | #5

    Man, I hope this movie won’t be a teen action movie. I still got hope though, but I know about the first 10 to 20mins of the film will suck. But like I said, I still got hope…kind of.

    Oh, in the podcast you didn’t talk about the party that much, was it fun? And was there anything good about it?!?!

  6. heason
    July 30th, 2008 at 15:16 | #6

    of course its also hard to stay mad at the guy…

  7. baller131
    July 30th, 2008 at 15:19 | #7

    @kinglame
    wtf r u saying man? have faith in the movie and stop being so negative and you never know what if the first 20 min doesnt suck? so plese reply if you know things for sure and u rnt speeking like a true fan

  8. baller131
    July 30th, 2008 at 15:21 | #8

    jalal

  9. matrix29
    July 30th, 2008 at 15:24 | #9

    :roll: u guys all blow this movie is gonna be sweeeeeeeeeeeeet who ever thinks this movie

  10. GlennXD
    July 30th, 2008 at 15:29 | #10

    i want a Trailer! i want it! i want it! I WANT IT! :P

  11. July 30th, 2008 at 15:42 | #11
  12. July 30th, 2008 at 15:44 | #12

    @baller131: TRUE FAN?!?!? All I’m saying the first 10 to 20mins of the high-school part is going to suck, thats all!! And “TRUE FAN”?!?!?!? Lol, man…L-O-L! Don’t get me started with “TRUE FAN”. I’m a HUGE fan of Dragonball (Z), it was 1999 when I first got into the show. Like I said before I still got hope! But there are some part of the movie I’m not going to like. Not the “Goku is white“ thing, I can tell you that much. But I STILL GOT HOPE FOR THIS MOVIE!!!!

    Sorry, I know I’m acting like an ass, but its funny when U said “TRUE FANS“. There are Fans, Big fans, HUGE fans, but not true fans. Sorry like I said. But every time I go to a web site or something that thats talks about the DB movie are saying the movie will suck, and guess who say that the most….*Cough* The true fans….Odd.

  13. July 30th, 2008 at 15:50 | #13

    christina inman sent it to joker…

  14. Wasinthemovie
    July 30th, 2008 at 16:32 | #14

    @OVER 9000!!

    “thanks for the info. ur probly popular on the net rite now. Stay hidden lol.
    but i gotta big question that shud calm alot of ppl down….

    How was Justin Chatwin’s acting as Goku? Was his voice suitable for the character?

    hope u can reply man.”

    — Hmmm, that’s a really good question and one I didn’t get to address fully in the first podcast. I’d like to save much of my response for the podcast, but for now I’ll simply say that there is no reason to believe he won’t do a good job. He was, out of the actors on set, the most focused just prior to shooting, which I’ll explain in full detail later. –

    @SSJ Spartan Says:

    “Hijole, alright it looks like you made your point lol. Unfortunately, I too believe you. Judging by your long, elaborate comeback comments to others on this message board, it looks like you were in the movie. It’s just that a lot of the recent news was generally positive and got everyone so pumped for this movie and all of a sudden some unfavorable, unexpected news comes up. Then a lot of people were in denial, but I’m sure mostly everyone believes you by now. Also, if you had the balls to reveal this news with the possibility of being sued then maybe Emmy was checking you out lol. . . but seriously don’t lay a finger on her.”

    — Will I do have the balls! and she was checking me out!, not because of previously mentioned balls though… Anyway, don’t worry, if I even had the remotest possible chance to lay a finger on her picture, my girlfriend would make sure said finger was removed fairly quickly. Thanks for the support, I’m glad people are starting to see i’m not a big fat Jim Carey sized liar. –

    @Adam

    “I’m really interested in knowing if that ben ramsey script I posted up in the comments is real?”

    — I did have a chance to download and skim through the script and there were a few things that did look familiar, like a scene in the classroom where the teacher slams his pointer down on the desk to snap Goku out of a daze. I think I should go through it in detail before pointing out other possible consistencies. –

    @Breasts are full

    “This is the best comment section in the history of the internet.”

    — It’s right up there for sure. –

    @heason

    “you make retarded accusations at wasinthemovie, then he answers them all well, and all you say is dude you write too much and bore me…
    …i dont see hwo anyone could listen to taht whole podacst and not believe him”

    – Thanks for the support, I also felt I responded to everything necessary and was somewhat believable in the podcast, lol. –

    @Dan_thedbz_fan

    “Wow people are acting like this is a forum.”

    — I think it’s the anonymity and convenience of not needing to give out personal information or sign up for an account that makes it the more popular choice. –

    @www.myspace.com/coreywilson10

    “Im excited to see this movie…. This is my favorite website and so is Dbmb!!

    We been fooled so many times and I needed to know if he was telling the truth. If you are telling the truth “Wasinthemovie” then I apologize… Just don’t talk about Emmy!!!! That’s my baby mama :lol:
    and Yeah Adam and JP rock!!!! I have much respect for them, If you want to call me a looser for sucking up to them go right ahead.”

    — Well apology accepted, I think just for the future, make sure you have some evidence if you suspect a person of lying. It’s just kinda lame when all these accusations are thrown at you and there is no real base to be accused. –

    @Blake B

    “I just listened to your podcast, and I now have 100% faith in you man..
    Thanks for the info..”

    — Thanks man, I hope we can make a bunch more, it was pretty fun doing it. Not nearly as much fun as doing the movie, but it’s up there. –

  15. blake b
    July 30th, 2008 at 17:32 | #15

    Holycrap I just thought of something.. A LONG time ago we got that picture of Weaver and Emi in the classroom..
    Does anyone remember what it looks like they were studying in the pictures??

    Eclipses!!
    so there is even more to support what Wasinthemovie says..

  16. Blake B
    July 30th, 2008 at 17:45 | #16

    Picture singular, sorry..

  17. Togo
    July 30th, 2008 at 19:53 | #17

    SHUT THE FUCK UP BLAKE B YA BITCH ASSED PUNK!!! :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:

  18. Blake B
    July 30th, 2008 at 20:34 | #18

    Uhm.. Fuck you?
    Piece of shit?

  19. Your Mom
    July 30th, 2008 at 21:21 | #19

    Okay I’m way behind on comments so I just respond to comments that catch my eye:

    http://www.myspace.com/coreywilson10 Says:
    July 30th, 2008 at 9:58 am
    @Wasinthemovie: Bla, bla, bla, bla
    That’s all I heard!!!!
    Dude you try to put my home girl Emmy Rossum on blast. What do you expect? Your disapointing the fans by saying Dragonball has bad dialogue and then you expect us not to react. There are allot of people anticipated to see this movie. There have been people like myself who been waiting 6 years for this movie. You try to tell us the movie has bad dialogue, but you haven’t shown us any proof. I really hope you have some evidence, because right now I can’t take your word for it.

    DENIAL

    nanjirou Says:
    July 29th, 2008 at 11:13 am
    @Adam: i hope you are right

    @Your Mom: go watch your asian dragonball then,, the magic begins,, (Insert Sarcasm here) AWESOME movie

    Remember I’ll take back my words if the trailer is A-W-E-S-O-M-E till then that Chatwin shirt along with that magic begins video is gonna be dusty….

    J Says:
    July 29th, 2008 at 10:19 am
    @Your Mom: yeah, well even in that interview with Sean Schemmel just mentioning the movie, EVERYONE booed it, so no surprise Fox doesn’t want bad publicity.

    OUCH, that’s gotta hurt they probably saw that comming! *DB Fan Says “Did You Fart?”*

    Adam Says:
    July 29th, 2008 at 11:07 am
    I think this is all fake and he’s trying to make us look bad.

    Sorry Man, but he brought proof. DENIAL sry..

    Breasts are full Says:
    July 29th, 2008 at 11:23 am
    Goku saying dude isn’t a problem. Goku being anywhere near a school is a giant bright red flag though saying “we screwed up big time.” It’s just not accurate at all. Goku trained with and learned everything he knows from roshi and God (kami), not some bullshit public highschool. How could they do this? He’s tarzan or any number of mythical heros who live in the woods away from civilization. I’ll see the damn movie anyway for the lols but this will not be as good as it could have been I’m afraid. too bad.

    Nowhere Did I say that Goku saying d-u-d-e is bad, I jus hate the word sry if I offended ya! :?

  20. July 30th, 2008 at 22:06 | #20

    @rotting_corpse: It s hard to translate my script :D but Yeah, I did one.

    I can give you details:

    - Krillin exists and he`s already a Master Roshi`s disciple when he meets Goku.

    - Grandpa Gohan is dead. Killed by Goku Oozaru (A change i would make is he must be angry and looking the full moon to turn into Oozaru. Grandpa saved the situation and forbidden Goku to get angry. but He couldn`t avoid once and RIP).

    - The main enemy at the first half of the movie is Red Ribbon. RR has two squads: one looking fot he db, and another loking for Piccolo`s “prison”.

    -Red Ribbon`s Big attack happens at Tenkaichi Budokai (Ten Shi Han and Chaos (undercover RR members) were fighters at that tournament , when Goku and his friends defeat and destroy RR. The Big Menace appears. Tambourine kills Krillin, Goku is defeated but he chases Tambourine at midnight, see full moon and turns into Oozaru, killing Tambourine in a dark and horrible way. Then Goku gets tired and turns into normal.

    - I imagine a sad / panic scene when Roshi, Krilin, Bulma, etc realize that Goku killed his grandpa. Yajirobe (Karin`s monk) appears and invites Goku to train with his master.

    - Then Piccolo and Roshi`s team search the DB (one for gets eternal life and the other one for re-living Krillin).

    - The rest of the story we already know (well, i would change the fact that a dog is World`s President. Piccolo can take the UN and destroy that place) :D

    - And last scene would be Tenkaichi Budokai final: Goku vs Ma Jr (Piccolo). And the movie ends when that fight begins.

  21. July 30th, 2008 at 22:17 | #21

    Detail of the last scene: Goku and Piccolo are face to face and talking about their destiny “being enemies forever”, “While i stay alive, i will protect this world” etc.. the classic tenkaichi boudokai drum sounds. And a swarm of bees appears and go.

    And i would make a hidden scene: When credits ends, We see a building in ruins and camera goes down, and in the middle of complete darkness a red light turns on.

  22. Sal
    July 31st, 2008 at 03:00 | #22

    @DPA: …I like everything you just said. Though I saw no mention of Pilaf, but hey, scripts can’t be perfect! =D

    @Wasinthemovie: You should uh…give up some more info… XD
    A new pic? Phone video? Anything will do, just something new please if you have it! =)

    I can’t judge this movie on one bit of dialog and again…Dragonball had so many corny jokes that that kinda seems normal. But hey, thats just me.

  23. NAHOG NOS
    July 31st, 2008 at 04:33 | #23

    @MIKE:

    Yes… we talked about the diference between the kamehamehas and piccolos powers…

    Derek told me piccolos make-up was really cool, and they had to put some licht filters on it to make it look more realistic…

    Goku´s powers are white, yellow and blue… he said thats the surprise… its allmost for the end of the movie…(oops)

    And piccolo has a lots of different powers… He said: “he has the lava power… its really cool” ????

    I am now gettin more flashbacks hahaha… the they i wrote that, i was still drunk i didnt even sleep…

    the movie is gonna rock!!

    let me remember more…

  24. josh1122
    July 31st, 2008 at 05:04 | #24

    @NAHOG

    stfu all ready jeez

  25. nanjirou
    July 31st, 2008 at 06:45 | #25

    @Wasinthemovie: now thats pretty good news, about justin.. he was one of my biggest question marks for this movie, and others have said, like you, that he was one of the most determined and focused actors in the movie, along with james marsters.. i have a lot more faith in him now…

    if he can nail the character of goku this movie could be really amazing

  26. NAHOG NOS
    July 31st, 2008 at 07:31 | #26

    YOU ALL ARE A BUNCH OF FUKKING NERDS!!!

    GO MASTURBATE YOURSELFS WITH MASTER ROSHI!!
    AIGHTZ!

    MASTURBATION FOR EVERYBODY YEAAAAAH!

  27. July 31st, 2008 at 07:36 | #27

    @Sal: Hahahahaha, Well, 3 enemies in one movie is too much.
    Maybe i would make and homage, telling the RR building is located at Pilaf Island :)

    Did you got why the “swarm” scene :) ?

  28. K-9
    July 31st, 2008 at 09:07 | #28

    My buddy who’s in the Army is now stationed near Japan said he saw a 20 second teaser trailer!

  29. Blake B
    July 31st, 2008 at 10:20 | #29

    Yeah my brother in the Army also said he saw a good teaser for DB. He said it looked pretty badass..

    He also saw the Wolverine trailer already..

    So I’m starting to wonder if the Army base theaters get trailers we don’t..

    And I’m not lying, I had proof but fox removed it from youtube.. I put the Wolverine one he took with his cell..
    He didn’t get the DB one, because he didn’t think I’d care about it..

    (I haven’t said anything about DB/Z/GT since I was 12 lol)

  30. K-9
    July 31st, 2008 at 10:28 | #30

    @Blake B: That’s awesome. I watched DB like 4 years back and I liked it then I slowly got away from it for a lil while then I heard they were making a live action movie I jumped back on it haha. It’s so funny cuz I think this is the most anticipated trailer, not movie, trailer of all time haha.

  31. Savonny
    July 31st, 2008 at 10:55 | #31

    @NAHOG NOS: You got some fight in you, i like that!

    Why so serious? Let’s put a smile on that face :P

  32. Blake B
    July 31st, 2008 at 11:05 | #32

    @K-9:
    Yeah I loved the show when I was younger then just kind.. Grew up (I wish some of these people would do the same lol)
    But I like worshipped the show, I had every piece of merch possible lol..

    Then earlier this year I found out about the movie, and I AM PSYCHED!

    I totally agree about the trailer too lol.
    People are saying things like, “I’ll wait until I see a trailer to decide”, instead of “I’ll wait until I see the movie” haha

    ps, where’s your friend stationed?
    Kadena, or Misawa air base?

  33. K-9
    July 31st, 2008 at 11:18 | #33

    @Blake B: I have no idea. He’s just outside of Japan tho. He just buys me alot of cheap sneakers and sends them out to me haha.

  34. Togo
    July 31st, 2008 at 11:38 | #34

    @nanjirou
    if he can nail the character of goku this movie could be really amazing

    HAHA!!!!!!

    @Nahog

    U GOT SUM FIGHT IN YA!LETS GO MASTURBATE TOGEHTER!!!!!!!

  35. Blake B
    July 31st, 2008 at 11:56 | #35

    @K-9:

    Haha, that’s the way to go man, my bro got, all the seasons of familyguy for like 5 bucks it was awesome lol..

    Anyways.. I do think the Army theatres get things sooner than we do.. When I was visiting him in Ft.Benning GA we watched Knocked Up, about a week before it was released..

  36. rgregghh
    July 31st, 2008 at 11:58 | #36

    i used to fink di movie would be gd but but now im startin to fink dere jus gnna fuck it up. from wat ive seen so far on da wrttin were not gnna get da dragonball atmospere dat we do like wen were watchin da cartoon. da special effects might be gd but dats it for dis movie da story is goin to be da main attribute. and i dnt fink fox should ave made dis film either cus dey didnt give enough time and it is gnna be short. da inly action movies dat ave bin succesful for fox is xmen and xmen2 xmen xthree failed in all areas. fox should stick to family films and shit cus no one cares i short dat is.

  37. Blake B
    July 31st, 2008 at 13:15 | #37

    @rgregghh:
    Wow..

    I would argue with you, but your grammer was so awful, I’m not even sure if I understood what you were saying..

    Ignorance is bliss..

    But this movie is going to ROCK..HARD!
    You and I both know you’ll be the little bitch in the audience cumming in your pants, and denying you ever said anything bad about it..

  38. pokechop79
    July 31st, 2008 at 14:11 | #38

    who the hell wrote this William Hannah sounds more like “FANGFACE ” an 80’s cartoon about a kid who turns into a werewolf when he sees the moon or even a picture of it for those who don’t know LMAO I hate to say I told you so but this movie is gonna suck

  39. Blake B
    July 31st, 2008 at 14:25 | #39

    @pokechop79:
    Wtf are you talking about?

    Do you know anything about the Drabonball/z/gt series?

    At a full moon any sayan with a tail transforms into an Oozaru, (giant ape god)..

    If you are going to trash talk about something at least know what the fuck you are talking about..

  40. pokechop79
    July 31st, 2008 at 17:55 | #40

    blake you are so lame I know all too well about dragonball which is why I know no damn PICTURE of the moon is gonna make goku transform so maybe you should know what you’re talking about jackass maybe when you pull your head out of your ass you can borrow a dvd or 2 from me so you can learn something I have all of them even the original live action movie bet you thought you were all smart cause you could spell Oozaru well WOOPTY FRICKEN DOO happy now!

  41. Blake B
    July 31st, 2008 at 18:52 | #41

    @pokechop79:
    He doesn’t transform into Oozaru dipshit… He is just entranced by the picture..
    Your “comeback” is feeble, and provides nothing to what I was arguing at you about..

    Again, learn about that which you talk trash before posting meaningless comments such as the former.. :?

  42. Jon
    July 31st, 2008 at 20:46 | #42

    this is going to be as bad as the joel schomocker batman movies…and then like 8 years later a good director will see its potential and remake it…and it will be awesome….i always thought the director from 300 should make a dbz movie….but team up with someone else….do you know how bad ass a super sayain would look if that guy made it?….i only hope im wrong about this movie cuz so far im not impressed at all…and when they remake it it should go like this…first movie begins explaining all the chracters….shows some flashbacks…then goes into the ENTIRE sayian saga….then the next movie would be the frieza one…then the next would be the android and cell saga combined….then they do a broly one cuz hes badass haha

  43. Jon
    July 31st, 2008 at 20:48 | #43

    also i saw the movies that there gunna do…there not even planning on doing the cell Sega…i think thats a big mistake cuz in my opinion that was THE BEST one in dbz

  44. Sal
    August 1st, 2008 at 00:26 | #44

    @DPA: No dude X/, that was one of the things I couldn’t understand…whats it about? =D

    @rgregghh: …What language is that?

    @Jon: If they did that, all I personally would be worried about would be if they could have him make they noise when he flied and when he walked. That shit was intense. It’s like knowing you’ve got a murderer on your tail because you can hear him. XD

  45. justin
    August 1st, 2008 at 16:56 | #45

    that photo looks like goku and piccolo standing in front of each other. does it not?

  46. Sal
    August 1st, 2008 at 17:49 | #46

    @justin: No.

  47. August 1st, 2008 at 17:51 | #47

    @justin:
    Not at all… Looks like Goku standing in front of Texas Battle..

  48. nelson18
    August 1st, 2008 at 18:04 | #48

    and if krillin is not in this film how would they put him in the next 2 films unless they totaly drop him wich is stupid or he could have a small cameo
    i think in the next film or this 1 there should give BARDOCK a small flash back or cameo

  49. August 2nd, 2008 at 10:32 | #49

    @Sal: Hahaha, well the bees appears at my “hidden scene” going to the building in ruins, where a red light turns on. That would be my “preamble” to the Red Ribbon Revenge (Dr Gero´s Androids) but my second movie would be about Vegeta and Freezer saga, watching the bees again during the Goku vs vegeta fight.

  50. August 2nd, 2008 at 13:01 | #50

    Holy monkey. These comments are…certainly diverse. I’m kinda glad I missed most of them.

    At any rate, I neither believe nor disbelieve either side of the rumors. I take all movie news, especially about this franchise, with a grain of salt. The flick probably won’t be either as bad as I fear or as great as the cast claim. I’m okay with that. I’m pretty easy to please.

    However…I see a backpack. It just seems so wrong to think of Goku, saiyan warrior extraordinaire, wearing a backpack. It means so many things — high school, “normal” life, getting picked on, not being raised out in the boonies to become the little savage boy that Bulma runs over with her motorcycle and drags into the real world to change both it, and him, forever. It means…well…not DragonBall.

    Look, I’m a dubbie. The lame dialogue doesn’t bother me. I thought the “Look, Vegeta! People popcorn!” line was pretty darn funny. What bothers me is that “Goku” is wearing a…a backpack. *sigh* I mean, don’t we already have a movie where a high school kid gets bullied by the jocks and finds solace and strength and personality in learning martial arts? Wasn’t it called “Karate Kid”?

    No, it’s not the lame dialogue, and it’s not that it’s an “adaptation” — ie., that it’s completely different from the canon storyline, either dubbie or subbie — that bothers me. It’s that “let’s make a movie that isn’t really anything like the source material” thing that Hollywood does so frequently, if not so well. It’s like almost every Stephen King movie except “Carrie”. The written word, even in graphic novel format, doesn’t translate well into a movie, unless you deliberately make the movie look like the source material (I’m thinking “300″ and “Sin City”, here).

    I’m not saying that I don’t want a movie, by any stretch. I’m just saying that, if they’re going to do it, why not do it right? If the fans wanted something different, they’d watch a romantic comedy or some such. Egads.

    Look, I’ll be the first to eat my words if the flick turns out rockin’. I’m even saving up the barbeque sauce to make them more palatable, just in case. But it’s really, really difficult to get excited about Goku in a backpack. In high school. In any kind of “normal” setting, really.

    I know, Adam. I know. Wait for the movie. *grin* I’m trying, really.

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