The DBZ Live Action Movie is back!

laserkid · Post by **laserkid** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 3:41 am

you knoy 6 years ago all the talk of not being able to transfer it to live action was said about stuff like X Men and Spiderman but both have 2 awesome movies right now.

The only limit is in your minds.

A Live Action DBZ movie IS possible but it can NOT follow the same continuity as the TV series but so what - even the ANIMATED movies didnt quite follow them either. A few diffrences here and there for an adaptation does not ruin anything thats why its called an adapatation in the first place.

I actually DO want to see it done now.

before when DBZ wa sin vogue I feared a bad movie because of that - but its NOT in vogue anymore - they arent doing this for the vogue but for the movie and THAT makes me actually rather hopeful towards it but yeah - in the end either it'll be absolutely awesome - or it'll just be a good laugh - what do we have to lose? Honestly - its not like they're taking away the anime and manga and replacing it with a movie as some of you seem to be acting like they are.

Deus ex Machina · Post by **Deus ex Machina** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 11:09 pm

Some new info that I found at dbzsc.com:

Internet Movie Database details:
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DragonBall Z (2007)

Writing credits:
Ben Ramsey (screenplay)
Tedi Sarafian
Akira Toriyama (story and characters)

Genre: Action / Fantasy / Adventure / Comedy
Status: Pre-production
Status Updated: 27 June 2004

Plot Outline (written by The Hollywood Reporter): "This is an epic story between good and evil, centering on the character Goku and a handful of friends who battle for the Earth against the deadly forces of the Saiyans, who are sweeping across the universe, leaving a path of destruction. Goku and friends' best chance of survival rests with the Namekian DragonBalls, which provide them the power to summon a mighty dragon."

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The Movie Insider details:
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DragonBall Z (2007)

Production Year: 2007
Cast: —.
Screenwriter: Ben Ramsey, Akira Toriyama
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Company: Fox 2000
Genres: Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Theatrical Release Date: TBA, 2007

Synopsis: An adult humanoid alien discovers that he was sent to Earth to blend in and destroy our population but instead decides to protect it from an oncoming alien onslaught.

Notes: In March 2002, 20th Century Fox acquired the film rights to the hugely successful Japanese property for Fox 2000 to develop into a live-action franchise.

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The Movie Insider (on screenwriter Ben Ramsey):
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Screenwriter Ben Ramsey (The Big Hit, Luke Cage) has signed on to a half-million-dollar deal to adapt Dragonball Z for 20th Century Fox/Fox 2000, reports Variety.

Dragonball Z was adapted from the "Dragonball" manga created by Akira Toriyama and later developed into a Japanese anime skeinskein spanning scores of hours of television.

Dragonball Z follows the adventures of an adult humanoid alien who's just discovered that he was sent to Earth to blend in and destroy our population but instead elects to protect it from an oncoming alien onslaught.

Links were provided too. Not 100% proof, but that's three different sources with consistent info.

oponok · Post by **oponok** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 9:25 pm

I won't trust anything until I see pictures or an official website/official announcement. Besides, I frankly don't want to believe they'll go through with this, since films based on licenses usually suck, nevermind something like Dragonball, with it's convoluted plot, characters that deserve more than two hours of development, and lightning-paced, impossible action sequences. And besides that, action movies usually very much suck. Famed "action directors" are typically either one-hit wonders or just lazy hacks who bring out the same bag of tricks, over and over again.

Suck + Suck = 2Suck = Twice the suck = Waste of celluloid

I don't even think this will be watchable if you try to remember it's going to suck. It will suck in a spectacular way. They should try for a new animation, since Toriyama's style is what gives Dragonball a huge part of its charm. Anything besides live action. ANYTHING.

Dayspring · Post by **Dayspring** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 10:28 pm

Ok, ppl are taking it a bit extreme with the whole "you can't make a decent DB movie cuz of all the plot+character development needed!" argument. Look at a lot of comic-based movies. X-Men had what? 30+years of many more characters+many more plotlines than DB?

IT'S A FRICKING MOVIE ADAPTATION! NOT all of everything that ever was DB put into 2 hrs! Think of it as a 2hr retelling of PART of DB, in the fashion that the anniversary movie was a retelling of the first few story arcs of DB.

To top it all off, it's all rumors right now.

oponok · Post by **oponok** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 10:05 pm

It may be a retelling, but it'll still be utterly unfantastic. I'm guessing the fun will range from, at best, a Saturday night, alone at home without a car or any friends, or anything fun to do for that matter to, at worst, waking up one Saturday night with no recollection of the last 36 hours, with a splitting headache and a ten-inch poop shoot.

Extreme, you say? Extreme?! Hardly, my poor, hapless friend. The world may love Dragonball, and us DB fans may love to throw our money around like toilet paper on Halloween night, but those corporate cash-sucking sap-suckers won't stop until they've syphoned our souls! I tell you our innocent, beloved Dragonball will become THEIR own weapon against us. Our minds are being subconsiously herded like blind sheep by the media, damn it! And damned it I'm gonna' let some pasty-faced Republicans tell me which side of the room I can hang my coat!

So yes, I don't look forward to this movie.

Dayspring · Post by **Dayspring** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 10:29 pm

You're right. What you said earlier wasn't extreme. This last post of yours was...

B-kun · Post by **B-kun** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 6:22 am

Note that the last message makes oppy sound a LOT like Hyde from That 70s Show. ._.;;;