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All About Dragonball

November 10th, 2008 Leave a comment Go to comments

IGN’s Brian Linder has a write-up on the live-action movie, which is basically a rundown of facts and rumors that we’ve come across previously. Still, though, it’s an informative article for those of you who haven’t been following the movie. Here’s an excerpt:

A purported Dragonball trailer was leaked a while back which left some franchise faithful scratching their heads. That preview, we’ve learned, was merely a promotional video made for licensing purposes and does not necessarily properly represent the final version of the film.

Sure, Piccolo may not be totally green-skinned — we hear he turns a green-ish tint near the end of the film — and that leaked Goku “monster form” pic (that we can’t show you) was somewhat awkward — but it’s still several months away from the expected release date. And a movie like this is at least half-made in post-production.

We don’t think it’s a bad thing that Fox delayed the movie — it was originally set for an August 2008 release — to ensure that there’s enough time for proper tweaking. Reshoots of the flick are reportedly being done.

The officially released promotional stills all look pretty cool, so we’ll remain cautiously optimistic. A legit trailer should be arriving before the end of the year.

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  1. Masenko-Huh?
    November 11th, 2008 at 11:11 | #1

    ya, i hope this means official promo will start up soon.

  2. ELG
    November 11th, 2008 at 11:12 | #2

    @Mikey: where fox say this ???

  3. Microdorid
    November 11th, 2008 at 11:22 | #3

    ALL I WANT TO SEE IS A OFFICIAL TRAILER!!

    IV HAD ENOUGH OF THESE SHITTY ARTICLES TELLING US THINGS WE ALREADY KNOW!

    GOD DAMN IT, I JUST WANT SOME FOOTAGE!

  4. jcvts
    November 11th, 2008 at 11:22 | #4

    well, that revies spoke my mind…being cautiously optimistic, since things seem to be going through a nice path…We’ll need to watch the trailer at least to get a more detailed explanation…

    Man, i can’t wait!!! I need to see the trailer, desperately…i would trade my left nut for it, lol…

  5. jcvts
    November 11th, 2008 at 11:24 | #5

    Errr…by “revies” i meant “review” and by “explanation” i meant opinion …sorry, my boss was passing by… ;)

  6. November 11th, 2008 at 12:32 | #6

    Hmmm….

    interessante…

  7. November 11th, 2008 at 12:34 | #7

    oh shit…

    i wrote in portuguese…xD :roll:

  8. November 11th, 2008 at 12:35 | #8

    Hater = DB Fan who don´t like how the Movie looks. They know that a lot of changes are unnecesary. In extreme cases is a Pure Loyalty to TORIYAMA story.

    The “Others” (How can I call them? Lovers? xD?) = DB Fans who like and support the movie, even knowing a lot of changes are unnecesary. Most of the cases putting those “MADE IN WONG” changes over TORIYAMA story.

  9. November 11th, 2008 at 12:41 | #9

    @DPA: But what fans are called if they want to see the movie very badly, but don’t like all the unnecessarily changes?

  10. November 11th, 2008 at 12:42 | #10

    @Kinglame

    MMM That could be a fusion between Shivereled member J and coreywilson xD

    Corey-J :mrgreen:

  11. November 11th, 2008 at 12:50 | #11

    @DPA: I just want to know. I really badly want to see this flick, but that doesn’t mean I’m all up with the unnecessarily changes 20th Fox made. Like:

    -High-school/Party Scene
    -Chi-Chi the “it” girl
    -Piccolo with a sword (It’s just the idea of. But I really don’t care about that much about it)
    -No perv Roshi!

    Yea, that’s pretty much it.

  12. November 11th, 2008 at 13:00 | #12

    this new news in not new, we know all these things
    i m happy that the photo of the oozaru is an unfinished goku and maybe the oozaru will be giant
    and fox has said that picolo will more green, i m happy :wink:
    soo all good news, this movie will be fantastic, and i hope that will be krillen too, a
    2009 the year of the dragon, dragon ball rulezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
    and http://armando254.skyrock.com/

  13. The Meister
    November 11th, 2008 at 13:06 | #13

    goku2222: 2009 year of the dragon when our wishes will come true on april :D

  14. November 11th, 2008 at 13:15 | #14

    @kinglame:

    There´s a lot of more changes behind them. The simple look of Roshi has been modified in a terrible and misunderstood way. Krillin is not in the movie, and adding Krillin in the end could it be worse.

    Blue pants on Goku´s orange gi, his light brown hair. Yeah, those things are irrelevant, butthey are unnecesary changes too, aren´t they? Why Yamcha uses clairol and Goku didn´t use black clairol and contact eyes (When he turn into SSJ there could be not so much difference

  15. AvidDBZwatcher
    November 11th, 2008 at 13:16 | #15

    @kinglame:

    Just want to say that the ‘no perv roshi’ isn’t strictly true because in the gallary’s you can see roshi is wearing an anime beach girl posing on his shirt. This allows the movie to relate to the fans which know roshi as a bit of a perv whilst keeping it family friendly, especially if it is going to be a family film; basically its trying to relate to all watchers :wink:

  16. that guy
    November 11th, 2008 at 13:24 | #16

    @BlackGuy: your an idiot, “tru fans”? wtf is that shit? so if people like the look of this film they are not real fans? thats bullshit, the people who like this film are realists, we know its happening the way it is and we are accepting it, unlike these haters whoes biggest concern in theirs lives is that a movie is not being 100% faithful to the source material. seriously, get a life. if you are so anti-dbmovie then why the fuck are you reading all the news about it? its like spending all your time in toys r us telling people how shit barbie dolls are coz you dont like them… they dont give a fuck what you think!

  17. Goku
    November 11th, 2008 at 13:26 | #17

    Yeah maybe they are toning the perv old man down to fit in this family film…

  18. that guy
    November 11th, 2008 at 13:26 | #18

    @DPA: im sure they can come up with better effects than bleach for gokus super sayian hair. fuck you

  19. dbzforlife
    November 11th, 2008 at 13:33 | #19

    Cant Wait.
    ANd The thing about the oozaru pic
    http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=vzkzWYpk-lQ

  20. November 11th, 2008 at 13:36 | #20

    @that guy :

    Yeah, maybe a SSJ gets a sword :mrgreen:

    Why that fuck you? :mrgreen:

  21. November 11th, 2008 at 13:43 | #21

    @DPA:
    DPA it seems like you don’t understand nothing i’m telling you. Why must I repeat myself over and over again?

    DPA you are not a true fan if you show strong dislike. A fan has faith and doesn’t hope for the worst. If you really like the show, but don’t support the movie then tell me why are you still here?
    READ THE TITLE ABOVE!!
    What does it say????? :| :| :| :|
    It says “DRAGONBALL THE MOVIE”
    If you are here to bash it, then your here for all the wrong reasons.
    If you are excited to see a live action movie, but don’t like what FOX is doing to it, then tell Fox how they can make it better without being hateful or erasing there vision for the movie. Hope for the best instead of the worst.
    If you was a fan of Dragonball/Z/GT, you would show FOX how to make it better. If you didn’t like how the monster turned out, all you had to do was tell FOX how they can make it better. Instead you got idiots coming here being racist, hateful, and saying epic fail. How is that helping??
    All your doing is flamming the franchise that you claim you like.
    The only people I see making the franchise look bad is the haters….
    There is always a solution to everything. This movie could prove you wrong and turn out epic. You’ll never know until you see it!!
    You show little faith DPA. All you see is failure, because that’s what you want.
    You can disagree and still be a fan, but how are you a fan when you say Goku is asian?
    How are you a fan when you say this movie sucks?
    Your acting childish!!
    You want things to go your way, but to tell you the truth it can’t!! WHY? It’s not your story!!
    It is Akira story!! Akira passed his legacy down to FOX to make it into a live action movie.
    He didn’t give it to you so don’t try to act selfish and make a protest site.
    Akira was just kind enough to share it with us!! So be grateful instead of hateful.
    If you want things to go your way then why don’t you make your own movie??
    I don’t know about you, but i’m excited to see Dragonball come to life and I can’t wait to see James Wong vision of Dragonball.

  22. November 11th, 2008 at 13:55 | #22

    Oh yeah!!
    I would never fuse with Shriveled member J :x
    Why? It’s impossible, because he would want us to be 100% CGI

  23. November 11th, 2008 at 13:58 | #23

    o god it starts again, all people here , fuck you…no fuck you, only fuck………………..guys listen here
    dont fight again, haters and not haters just calm down, we are all nervouse but be patient,
    1-roshi will be a little pervert
    2-goku is amazing(he is the main actor so if he is amazing the movie will be amazing)
    3- i like the new bulma
    4-the actor that play yamcha is like yamcha, he is fantastic
    5-the pictures of the oozaru, maybe he will be giant and with cgi he will be amazing
    6-i like picolo with sword, a villain without his sword is not a villain
    7-chi chi looks fine, and mai too
    8-fox said that picolo will be more green
    9-the story is the same as the anime
    10-the high school topic(i like this idea , please just imagine a 18 boy that he isnt in school, he will be an idiot, and i like that goku is more inteligent that usually)

    10 things that the movie is like the anime, ………………so what the hell the haters are complaining again?????? haters i mention 10 things that the movie is like the anime so why you complain again about the movie??? all haters are just retard :lol:
    DRAGON BALL RULEZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
    and http://armando254.skyrock.com/

  24. Miguel
    November 11th, 2008 at 14:06 | #24

    THIS MOVIE IS GOING TO SUCK here’s why: 1. Why the hell aren’t they showing that leeked photo I mean it’s just a photo so they STILL should show it. 2. What’s the deal with them in high school it’s just like the first “Spider-Man”. 3. The trailer lookes like it’s going to be another crappy film.

  25. Miguel
    November 11th, 2008 at 14:08 | #25

    @dbzforlife: It’s just a picture it’s not like they are really going to have that in there
    What’s the deal with all this true fan garbage

  26. November 11th, 2008 at 14:17 | #26

    @www.myspace.com/coreywilson10:

    Wow, so much text :mrgreen:

    First, leave that “True fan” thing. You r a fan and I too, and 99.9% of people at here is DB fan. But one part likes the movie, and the another part doesn´t. This site is neutral , I think.

    I send messages to Fox, years ago. A lot of fans surely did the same, Now, sending messages? It is too late for that. fox is paying for its mistakes.

    When I said my opinion I talk about the movie, not about the glorious Franchise (The manga, the anime). Honestly, I think this movie can hurt the franchise.

    I said I hope for the real, I stopped to hope for the best months ago. I realise that defending the changes i would be putting them over the original.

    And I think you´re afraid of haters. Learn from people who says “ignore haters”. But you´re afraid that those people (hater or not) tells the truth about the movie, about the changes.

    You said once “The trailer must not show the highschool scens” why? to hide the truth about the movie? to lie to people?

    I just give my opinion. Not saying “Don´t watch the movie” I don´t have that power, neither authority, you neither have autorithy to tell me if I must post at this site or not.

    See ya

  27. AvidDBZwatcher
    November 11th, 2008 at 14:35 | #27

    Who knows if this film is going to be either a work of genius or a piece of garbage, however the only thing we can do is wait and see :)

    Fingers crossed its going to be awesome so they can make more, however if it is pants well…in another 5 years time someone else will remake it and then that should normally straighten a film out :D

  28. November 11th, 2008 at 14:47 | #28

    Yeah, superman trilogy is gonna be remade and re-started :mrgreen: .

    Hulk is another case but I liked the Ang Lee version, very lyric.

  29. November 11th, 2008 at 15:57 | #29

    @goku2222

    1-roshi will be a little pervert

    Right, that s not irrelevant, but he doesn´t look physycally in anything like Roshi

    2-goku is amazing(he is the main actor so if he is amazing the movie will be amazing)

    … I didn´t understand that reason.

    3- i like the new bulma

    Me too. The look is good

    4-the actor that play yamcha is like yamcha, he is fantastic

    mmm It´s supposed that Yamcha was afraid to meet women. Would he be like yamcha?

    5-the pictures of the oozaru, maybe he will be giant and with cgi he will be amazing

    Emmy said it “8 feet”. I believe that pic is in process not the final state.

    6-i like picolo with sword, a villain without his sword is not a villain

    understood reason… if it´s about an enemy of power rangers :mrgreen: Anime/manga Piccolo seems like more a supreme being, a god, than a warrior with sword.

    7-chi chi looks fine, and mai too

    Their stories has chaged product of the bad (to me) direction of the adaptation.

    8-fox said that picolo will be more green

    Mr fox didn´t say that :mrgreen: If FOX said it, source please.

    9-the story is the same as the anime

    Come on, the anime didn´t begin with Grandpa Gohan alive and death because of Piccolo.

    10-the high school topic(i like this idea , please just imagine a 18 boy that he isnt in school, he will be an idiot, and i like that goku is more inteligent that usually)

    And you said the story is like the anime. And btw Goku didn´t fight with Lord Piccolo being 18, he was 15. And under your criteria a good Tarzan movie must show him like a student with swimming abilities :mrgreen:

  30. OVER 9000!!
    November 11th, 2008 at 20:42 | #30

    geeez guys , stop squabbling, glad IGN spent some time to update the world on the movie, since they have a broader audience than dbthemovie.com.

    great update man 8)

  31. November 12th, 2008 at 00:08 | #31

    It is just the same thing that our Adam has posted earlier. They’ve just said it in a different way!!

  32. XanderZane
    November 12th, 2008 at 17:07 | #32

    The movie doesn’t look that great from the pictures I’m see. I’ll have to find the pre-trailer and see what it looks like. Chow-Yun Fat looks nothing like Master Roshi. Even Goku doesn’t look right. Piccolo isn’t green abd definitely doesn’t look like a Namac. Looks like a guy dress up for Holloween. Bulma looks good, but how could you get her wrong? I know it’s not going to look exactly like the cartoon, but something should. Hopefully these pre photos won’t be what the finally movie looks like. They still need a lot of work from what I’ve seen so far.

    With Speed Racer, they got the car and the characters right, but no the environment around them. Looks like Speed Racer crossed over to the Jetsons. With the Flintstones, they got everything right but Betty (Rosie Odonnell). They should have used another actress (who was thinner) and recorded Rosie’s laugh. That’s the only thing she got right. Mario Brothers was terrible. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles had it’s good and bad films. Only Spiderman, Spawn, the 1st and 2nd Superman movies and Iron Man got it right.

  33. ss 2 gohan
    November 12th, 2008 at 19:42 | #33

    warner bros i think would of killed this movie becase it would of been a cartoon i bet abd fox should start promoting

  34. fuck you
    November 13th, 2008 at 18:08 | #34

    this shit is gonna be wack.

    they shouldve used guellermo del toro from the hellboy movie to produce dragon ball.

    im pissed.

    fuck this movie, ill rather watch the cartoons.

  35. November 13th, 2008 at 21:45 | #35

    Dude this movie better fucking live up to everyones expectations. Im expecting a very EPIC movie. And if it isnt im going to fucking hate FOX forever. They cant ruin this!!

  36. Wes
    November 14th, 2008 at 21:39 | #36

    @fuck you: are you kidding? its being produced by stephen chow, a huge db fan and the creator of shaolin soccer and fung fu hustle 2 very successful movies

    hellboy wasnt even that great

  37. Ignacio
    November 19th, 2008 at 22:56 | #37

    According to IMDB Stephen Chow is indeed associated as a Producer of the film…………….with hits such as Kung fu hustle………….he is aware of the potential this film has……….regardless of its critical success or disturbance with the fan base………since they are obviously no longer intending on appealing to the “FORMER” fans………..this film will definitely generate 80 to 70 on opening weekend not to mention the overseas success…..depending on the Wattchmen release date……………………stephen show, why not play master roshi? Or direct the film even? Maybe he doesnt want to take responsibility or damage his prospering career?………..Fox maybe, just wants to recover the magnitude sum of money they spent/wasted,you decide, before its appeal withers….

  38. Ignacio
    November 19th, 2008 at 23:10 | #38

    @DPA: this movie, hurt the franchise? by what means? Dragon Ball Z, at least by my opinion, has taken enough damage already………It no longer has the same appeal…………the movie didnt even blow up until the reshoot and delay exposure took off…..Fox is just trying to recover the money they spent, which at the time may have seemed wise…………..Dranball or Dragon Ball Z for that matter was completely washed up and watered down after the extension of the buu saga and not to mention the GT series…………………..Dragon ball/Ball Z had its greatest tenure during the Sayan and Namek saga………gave cartoon network monumental ratings, the series even managed to appear on Telemundo(spanish Television)……..the decline occured after the Android saga……the series became too repetetive.plus Gohan never did succeed his father, as it always was predicted in the previous sagas…..So no the film will not do any further damage than has already been done……the rest of the world thinks the DBZ concept is sillly anyway…….us fans and our praise for over the top action/combat and Hair…..IF YOU WILL

  39. NosShark
    November 23rd, 2008 at 20:45 | #39

    I am new to this, but I have spent the last hour reading over the posts… you all whine too much… I have been a dedicated DragonBall fan for many years… I have all the episodes of all 3 series made (even the lost episodes of GT) and all the movies, and I am still buying the remastered sets as they come out… hell I have even downloaded nearly 50 gigs of homemade music videos featuring the anime (among a few other things of non-mention that I didnt expect when I downloaded them)… I am a fan, and proud to say I am, but its sad when I see others saying they are fans and trash talking a movie no one has even seen yet… What right do you have to do this??? A real fan would wait until they saw the movie and then judged it afterwards, and still buys the movie for what it is, not for how it was… grow up people…

  40. kirk
    November 26th, 2008 at 19:18 | #40

    @NosShark: NosShark do you work for Fox??? or are the the Director or writer who is now realising that they have no idea about what they’re making GOKU in HIGH SCHOOL WHAT THE FUNK. . . . I’m goin to lay down again

  41. November 27th, 2008 at 14:16 | #41

    :mrgreen:

  42. Ash
    November 30th, 2008 at 00:21 | #42

    doesnt anyone see anything WRONG with a WHITE MAN playing the role of an ‘ASIAN’ character? yet the only representation of asian characters are maintained in the supporting roles and of course the female lead?

    this is socially unacceptable.

  43. November 30th, 2008 at 08:44 | #43

    cant you see your messed up number one goku is not ASIAN OK! OH YA SURE THE OTHER DB MOVIE SHOW WHICH IS MAJIC BEGINS THEY MESSED UP. GOKU IS NOT AND WILL NOT BE ASIAN SUCH IT UPPP! :x

  44. bklynbren
    December 3rd, 2008 at 09:57 | #44

    The photos look cheesey; I had high hopes for this movie but i think they’re just going to screw it up. I hope they get serious for the next one.

  45. December 3rd, 2008 at 10:57 | #45

    This movie looks so stupid….I really hope they dont mess it up. :cry:

  46. Overlord David
    December 3rd, 2008 at 18:46 | #46

    What about Yamcha & Krillin?

  47. December 4th, 2008 at 15:07 | #47

    ok seriously did you see the movie yet? no so why don`t you wait till the movie bklynbren :|

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