Live Action Movie Discussion Thread

JAPPO · Post by **JAPPO** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 5:00 am

I just can't believe people review a movie before even a damn trailer is released...

MisterFlashdude · Post by **MisterFlashdude** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 5:12 am

JAPPO wrote:I just can't believe people review a movie before even a damn trailer is released...

Is it really that different to say 'I don't think the movie will be good' rather than 'I think it will be good'?

You form an opinion based on what you've heard. You happen to think it'll turn out positively based on your list of credentials. I think it got off to a bad start based on what I've already written in the past.

I just think it's unfortunate that anyone who types anything less than 'I think this movie has a good chance of turning out good!

' is going to get shot down and flamed by certain specific board members based on similar pre-release bits of information.

JAPPO · Post by **JAPPO** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 5:25 am

Bitching about it isn't going to make it better. Being optimistic and saying, "maybe it WILL be good" is healthier than bitching.

MisterFlashdude · Post by **MisterFlashdude** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 5:33 am

JAPPO wrote:Bitching about it isn't going to make it better. Being optimistic and saying, "maybe it WILL be good" is healthier than bitching.

What you call 'bitching', others who might not share your opinion might refer to as 'criticizing'. And there have been plenty of stupid decisions to criticize.

Are you so completely incapable of enduring or ignoring anyone else's opinion that is not the same as yours that you have to insist everyone else keep their opinion to themselves?

We're not so different, though. As far as getting annoyed with bitching goes, I'm just as sick of the people complaining about anyone else who isn't an 'optimist'.
And of the word "bitching" in general.

Honestly, can't you come up with a more intelligible way of insulting another's argument than with tired obscenities?

TheGreatness25 · Post by **TheGreatness25** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 5:34 am

Yeah and maybe everyone will love Season 4 when it comes out, but we all know it's not going to happen. We can predict that not a lot of people would like Season 7 as well. Is that different than this?

Big Momma · Post by **Big Momma** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 5:54 am

TheGreatness25 wrote:Yeah and maybe everyone will love Season 4 when it comes out, but we all know it's not going to happen.

Umm...
*raises hand*
I will enjoy it.

FindKenshi · Post by **FindKenshi** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 6:28 am

JAPPO wrote:Bitching about it isn't going to make it better. Being optimistic and saying, "maybe it WILL be good" is healthier than bitching.

No it wouldn't, that is not the American way, so there's no way that could be healthy or right. Even if everything they had announced so far was perfect and faithful to the manga and everything, I'd still be a bit concerned if no one was complaining about anything.

Incidentally, complaining about things is how you get them fixed. You know, "squeaky wheel gets the oil?"

SonEric84 · Post by **SonEric84** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 11:08 am

MisterFlashdude wrote:
JAPPO wrote:I just can't believe people review a movie before even a damn trailer is released...
Is it really that different to say 'I don't think the movie will be good' rather than 'I think it will be good'?

You form an opinion based on what you've heard. You happen to think it'll turn out positively based on your list of credentials. I think it got off to a bad start based on what I've already written in the past.

I just think it's unfortunate that anyone who types anything less than 'I think this movie has a good chance of turning out good! ' is going to get shot down and flamed by certain specific board members based on similar pre-release bits of information.

I agree, it's pretty stupid that people seem to think that this thread should be so one-sided. I really don't see how being overly optimistic is any different than hating it. If you say "how can you call a movie crap before it's released" isn't that the same as praising something that hasn't been released? Oi, let's just let everyone think what they want and worry about how you feel yourselves. That's all that really counts in the end anyway, right?

JAPPO · Post by **JAPPO** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 5:46 pm

We're all gonna end up paying FOX 10 bucks to watch it anyway

(And, I trust FOX more than I trust FUNimation

).

Snail · Post by **Snail** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 1:44 pm

I have a feeling that this film will be the live action Street Fighter of this decade lol. Just a random assumption.

NeptuneKai · Post by **NeptuneKai** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 1:48 pm

Snail wrote:I have a feeling that this film will be the live action Street Fighter of this decade lol.

Even that looks closer to the source material.

Son Wukong · Post by **Son Wukong** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 4:02 pm

Being Offtopic:
Isn't an another live action movie of Street Fighter supposed to hit the cinema sometime in 2008 or 2009 ?

JAPPO · Post by **JAPPO** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 4:15 pm

Yeah let's all of us post random crappy live action video game movies and compare them to what we know about dragon ball.

EVERY. VIDEO GAME MOVIE. SUCKS.

We will be here a while. Oh, and I thought DB was a manga not a video game.

Mystic · Post by **Mystic** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 4:25 pm

Urm, the first Mortal Kombat didn't suck....

Xyex · Post by **Xyex** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 4:52 pm

The whole thing about Goku is that he's completely ignorant to the outside world. I mean he's never seen a girl before, he's never seen electricity. That adds to the whole adventure aspect of it really, him discovering the world.

12 year old Goku, sure. But, um, as I've said before, this isn't 12 year old Goku. This is 23rd Budokai Goku who's met people before and experienced the civilized world (and lived in it). Seriously, people, if you want to complain complain about something that's actually right, please? That's my main gripe here, people are complaining about things and not getting their facts straight before hand (oft-times because there aren't facts yet).

I agree, it's pretty stupid that people seem to think that this thread should be so one-sided. I really don't see how being overly optimistic is any different than hating it. If you say "how can you call a movie crap before it's released" isn't that the same as praising something that hasn't been released?

I think the issue here is, as I've said, not that people are concerned about the movie and how it will com out, but that they're juding it at all without enough information to make a judgement. There's good points, there's bad points, but there's not enough information to say anything yet. The basic details we have now are pointing to, at the very least, a decent movie (note that I said decent movie, not word for word exactly like the manga real world version of the series >>) that, while having some differences from the source material (there always are) still carries the same feel.

SonEric84 · Post by **SonEric84** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 5:03 pm

I agree, it's pretty stupid that people seem to think that this thread should be so one-sided. I really don't see how being overly optimistic is any different than hating it. If you say "how can you call a movie crap before it's released" isn't that the same as praising something that hasn't been released?
I think the issue here is, as I've said, not that people are concerned about the movie and how it will com out, but that they're juding it at all without enough information to make a judgement. There's good points, there's bad points, but there's not enough information to say anything yet. The basic details we have now are pointing to, at the very least, a decent movie (note that I said decent movie, not word for word exactly like the manga real world version of the series >>) that, while having some differences from the source material (there always are) still carries the same feel.

Eh, no matter what facts there are I just can't be excited because live action just isn't the same. Regardless of my thoughts, I just think it's dumb to see people going back and forth because they have differing opinions when really that's all it is anyway, opinion. Also, I see what you're saying about how it was 12 year old Goku who was naive and what not, but I'm willing to bet that that won't be his backstory in this movie (it sounds to me like he just grew up with these people and went to school like a normal child..more like a standard American super hero story than DB)...I'll be very surprised if it is.

JAPPO · Post by **JAPPO** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 5:16 pm

I like baby jesus the best. You can worship adult jesus, or teen jesus, or old age jesus all you want but I just prefer baby jesus.

Sun_Wukong · Post by **Sun_Wukong** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 5:58 pm

NeptuneKai wrote:
Snail wrote:I have a feeling that this film will be the live action Street Fighter of this decade lol.
Even that looks closer to the source material.

Uh hardly, Guile as the main character and Ryu and Ken as supporting characters? I think the only thing they got right was M. Bison being the villain.

NeptuneKai · Post by **NeptuneKai** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 6:39 pm

Sun_Wukong wrote:
NeptuneKai wrote:
Snail wrote:I have a feeling that this film will be the live action Street Fighter of this decade lol.
Even that looks closer to the source material.
Uh hardly, Guile as the main character and Ryu and Ken as supporting characters? I think the only thing they got right was M. Bison being the villain.

Yes because we all remember the duo of Teto and Goku fighting the Namek ninja's on earth. Not to mention highschool Goku and martial arts Bulma, I think the only thing they got right was Piccolo being the villain.

SonEric84 · Post by **SonEric84** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 6:42 pm

NeptuneKai wrote:
Sun_Wukong wrote:
NeptuneKai wrote: Even that looks closer to the source material.
Uh hardly, Guile as the main character and Ryu and Ken as supporting characters? I think the only thing they got right was M. Bison being the villain.
Yes because we all remember the duo of Teto and Goku fighting the Namek ninja's on earth.

hahahaha Now that was great. Teto? Where do they come up with this stuff..oi..

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