Live Action Movie Discussion Thread

Post by **Herms** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:22 pm

Tanooki Kuribo wrote:I would love to know what Akira Toriyama thinks of this. I don't think we'll ever know.

"A live-action Dragon Ball movie? Dragon Ball...That name sure sounds familiar. Didn't that use to be on TV or something? Well, whatever. Time for my 12:00 cup of lead paint!"

Rocketman · Post by **Rocketman** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:33 pm

Tanooki Kuribo wrote:I would love to know what Akira Toriyama thinks of this. I don't think we'll ever know.

"Do you like my hat? IT'S MADE OF MONEY! AHAHAHAHA"

JulieYBM · Post by **JulieYBM** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:44 pm

http://news.toonzone.net/article.php?ID=20919

That Jacob T. Paschal dork over on Toon Zone News ( toonzone.net ) wrote up a new article with some 'interesting' notes. Not sure if this has already been posted.

FindKenshi · Post by **FindKenshi** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:49 pm

Tanooki Kuribo wrote:I would love to know what Akira Toriyama thinks of this. I don't think we'll ever know.

To be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if his thoughts on the end result were actually along the lines of "Hm, so that's how the Americans interprate my story, they're so weird."

daveeb · Post by **daveeb** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:51 pm

JulieYBM wrote:http://news.toonzone.net/article.php?ID=20919

That Jacob T. Paschal dork over on Toon Zone News ( toonzone.net ) wrote up a new article with some 'interesting' notes. Not sure if this has already been posted.

Marsters seems to really be getting into the role and stuff. Was he a fan of the series before he was casted? He really seems to have some knowledge on the series.

JAPPO · Post by **JAPPO** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:54 pm

WOW. Marsters sounds awesome.

Tanooki Kuribo · Post by **Tanooki Kuribo** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:55 pm

Oh, Dragonball is the coolest television cartoon in the last 50, 000 years...

Is it really fair to say it's the coolest television cartoon in the last 50,000 years when television was made avalible maybe only... 70 years ago?

JulieYBM · Post by **JulieYBM** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:56 pm

Tanooki Kuribo wrote:
Oh, Dragonball is the coolest television cartoon in the last 50, 000 years...
Is it really fair to say it's the coolest television cartoon in the last 50,000 years when television was made avalible maybe only... 70 years ago?

Since when has 'fanboy logic' ever needed to make sense???

JAPPO · Post by **JAPPO** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:11 pm

Hey, if he likes it, he'll do a good job.

BlueSky · Post by **Kaboom** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:55 pm

Chuquita wrote:There's a part of me that really wishes to know what Ms. Nozawa thinks of all this; especially of Chatwin.

"Oh, what a nice young man they've got playing Goku."

Also, I've got a feeling Marsters is going to make this movie.

snaku · Post by **snaku** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:03 pm

Great to hear Marsters is so enthusiastic about the film.

omegacwa · Post by **omegacwa** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:10 pm

Sorry, I didn't mean to confuse you guys. I meant the real fan demographic is 13-25, while the projected (what producers and what not think) demographic is probably 7-14.

I have been a fan since 1997 by the way, I am an old geezer.

JulieYBM · Post by **JulieYBM** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:13 pm

Toriyama's always really written with a family-esque audience in mind, at least that's how I see some of his work.

JAPPO · Post by **JAPPO** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:29 pm

All I want from this movie is a bloody final battle and a good performance from Marsters and Chow Yun-Fat.

Anything else is just an added bonus.

KinoFourpaws · Post by **KinoFourpaws** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:00 am

Rocketman wrote:
Tanooki Kuribo wrote:I would love to know what Akira Toriyama thinks of this. I don't think we'll ever know.
"Do you like my hat? IT'S MADE OF MONEY! AHAHAHAHA!"

... Quoted. xDD

Wow, they had James Marsters talk about the movie in the latest TV Guide? I'm gonna have to look for that so I can read it for myself (would they really quote the whole article on that page? I want to see if there's more). Neat!

Post by **desirecampbell** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:23 am

SSj Kaboom wrote:Also, I've got a feeling Marsters is going to make this movie.

Marsters gives me more hope for this movie than everything else combined.

Sun_Wukong · Post by **Sun_Wukong** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:46 am

Big Momma wrote: Well, the people who watched dragonball back at its peak in America(Who are hopefully who this movie is aimed at) are at least old enough for R rated movies.(I was about 10 when I really got into dragonball back in 2000, and I'm 17 now.)

I was 13 in 1999 when I was introduced to it and I'm 21 now.

But seriously, an R rated Dragonball movie? Dont be stupid...

Post by **TripleRach** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 1:24 am

JAPPO wrote:
Rocketman wrote:
desirecampbell wrote:I'd hope that every competent actor know if they're playing the lead or not. "The character of Goku is an important character." An important character?
Are...are you seriously complaining about articles now?
Yes he seriously is.

He fails to realize Justin Chatwin, as they describe in the article...

Not that kind of article. Articles are a subcategory of adjectives that includes the words "the," "a," and "an."

Rocketman wrote:
Tanooki Kuribo wrote:I would love to know what Akira Toriyama thinks of this. I don't think we'll ever know.
"Do you like my hat? IT'S MADE OF MONEY! AHAHAHAHA"

...That reminds me, a year ago or so I said I was going to eat Toriyama's hat if this movie was ever actually made. But he can afford to buy a bunch of new hats from the royalties he'll get from this. He can even buy me one, too, and a round trip ticket to Japan so all these hat antics can actually take place.

Son Wukong · Post by **Son Wukong** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 6:02 am

''Shakespearean sense''
Although I like the way he puts it, it makes me wonder how much of the real story he has read/seen.
By the way who's the kid supposed to be in the pictures next to Chatwin ?

VEGETA_DTX · Post by **VEGETA_DTX** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:10 am

Just little bit about target audience:
Dragon Ball is for everyone who want to watch it, regardless of race, gender, age and etc...
I think Toriyama said that once in one television show.
And the age-logos on DB DVDs or VHSs are something that is written just becuase of law...

If you say "I am now 30, I think I shouldn't watch DB anymore" than you limited yourslef, and no one else...
That is the way how I think of it...

As for me, I'll PROUDLY watch DB/Z/GT while I'm alive.