New live-action Piccolo picture discussion

SHINOBI-03 · Post by **SHINOBI-03** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:47 am

Let's hope there is a pair of horns under his hood.

Mr. Piccolo wanna-be ((whoever you are...))... Big news...

There is NO Resident Evil 4 Movie...

This is NOT a Resident Evil 4 Movie...

YOU are NOT in a Resident Evil 4 movie...

blah blah blah...

Don't you hate it when American media messes with a non-American franchise and think that it's so great that they can do whatever it want no matter what is the original plot?!

Two great examples:
1- Resident Evil trilogy ((Third one is what ruind it all))
2- Silent Hill ((Why a woman instead of Harry Mason?!))

A white Piccolo... A shark-faced Goku... What's next?! A Martian-esque Freeza?! ((Let's hope not))

Tsukento · Post by **Tsukento** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 11:01 am

Well, you're using video game movies as a comparison. Mortal Kombat, which was an American game, had a terrible sequel. Doom had a terrible movie. As did BloodRayne and Alone in the Dark, which were American and European titles respectively.

It's generally accepted that almost anything based off of a popular franchise can be turned into a steaming pile of crap. And as history's shown us, there's little reason to make people think miracles will happen.

So far, the only exception has been super hero comic book movies, but even that's split into 50/50, since some recent ones have been really meh (looking at you, Spider-Man, Fantastic Four and Superman)

TheTET · Post by **TheTET** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 5:18 pm

Hell no. That's not happenning.

Snail · Post by **Snail** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 5:55 pm

Tsukento wrote:
So far, the only exception has been super hero comic book movies, but even that's split into 50/50, since some recent ones have been really meh (looking at you, Spider-Man, Fantastic Four and Superman)

Fantastic Four deserved the backlash it got, however I don't really see eye to eye with the folks who bash or frown upon Superman Returns. The film was made to be a vague continuation to Donner's first two films, and I thought that Singer did an excellent job in paying tribute to the original Superman films. To me, that was the whole purpose of the film.

Concerning the Dragonball film, the art departments in charge of the props, makeup, clothing, etc. etc. is doing a terrible job at portraying any sort of Dragonball 'vibe'. Overall, the look and feel of the film just falls flat on it's face. Thus far, everything seems to shaping up to be some sort of low budget straight-to-DVD film, or a high budget upcoming TV series.

Chuquita · Post by **Chuquita** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 7:03 pm

mrkaizoku wrote:James Marsters looks fine... if this were a Resident Evil 4 movie.

You guys that think that picture is green will definitely want to check your monitor settings. He is jaundiced. Looks like he's got a case of Hepatic failure.

Wow, the similarities are both funny and sad.

I'll never understand why this movie thinks its too serious for a green Piccolo, and I'll keep motioning to the fact that they kept the Hulk green for both of his latest movies until I actually see a green Piccolo.

Chrono Trigger · Post by **Chrono Trigger** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 7:08 pm

Well they claim he will turn green after he gets his wish.

DB_Fan · Post by **DB_Fan** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:13 pm

Conan the SSJ wrote:
JAPPO wrote:Um.. maybe it's my computer monitor but he looks green to me.

But honestly... I don't care. I'd rather he act like Piccolo and have good dialogue.
Still looks yellow to me.

His face actually looks to be covered with clay.

Tsukento · Post by **Tsukento** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:37 pm

Chrono Trigger wrote:Well they claim he will turn green after he gets his wish.

Which makes no sense. If they wanted a pale color, use a PALE GREEN. Not a light gold/yellowish tint.

Daimao was still green, even as a geezer.

Li'l Lemmy · Post by **Li'l Lemmy** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:41 pm

His transformation is probably meant to be jarring. A color change would aid that line of thinking, rather than just "Oh, he was green, and . . . well, now he's still green."

~Da Lemmy

Tsukento · Post by **Tsukento** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:42 pm

Well it also doesn't help they didn't make him look like an old geezer. Instead of aging while imprisoned...he just changes colors? o_O

Li'l Lemmy · Post by **Li'l Lemmy** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:46 pm

Probably what the heavy dress is for-- I'm betting that he doesn't keep that outfit once he has his youth restored. So now we're looking at a color tweak, a costume change and maybe some physical alterations to his face.

I've mentioned Andorian antennae before. And I'll mention them again. Seriously. Remote-controlled antennae.

~Da Lemmy

BlueSky · Post by **Kaboom** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:50 pm

Li'l Lemmy wrote:His transformation is probably meant to be jarring. A color change would aid that line of thinking, rather than just "Oh, he was green, and . . . well, now he's still green."

Come to think of it, that's probably the case. In the original, there wasn't much difference. His face just got less wrinkly and he turned a darker shade of green. A more noticeable difference between the two "forms" probably is a pretty good idea.

Though if we're going to get any kind of proof one way or another about the eventual green-ness... it's gotta be soon. The back-and-forth and the anxiety on the subject is starting to get tiresome....

MisterFlashdude · Post by **MisterFlashdude** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:51 pm

Li'l Lemmy wrote:His transformation is probably meant to be jarring. A color change would aid that line of thinking, rather than just "Oh, he was green, and . . . well, now he's still green."

~Da Lemmy

If they actually made him look old, it could be an incredibly jarring transformation. For example...

Li'l Lemmy · Post by **Li'l Lemmy** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:58 pm

SSj Kaboom wrote:Though if we're going to get any kind of proof one way or another about the eventual green-ness... it's gotta be soon. The back-and-forth and the anxiety on the subject is starting to get tiresome....

It can't be for much longer that we're kept in the dark about this, I don't think. April's gonna be here before ya know it, and I'm betting that before January we'll go from scrapping for details to being bombarded with so many that we end up knowing anything and everything about the movie months ahead of release.

MisterFlashdude wrote:If they actually made him look old, it could be an incredibly jarring transformation. For example...

Take into consideration the movie's core target audience. The WOW! effect in changing the color of his face is more worthwhile to that audience in a marketable sense than is Shen Long giving Piccolo some magic wrinkle cream.

~Da Lemmy

Tsukento · Post by **Tsukento** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 10:00 pm

SSj Kaboom wrote:Come to think of it, that's probably the case. In the original, there wasn't much difference. His face just got less wrinkly and he turned a darker shade of green.

I particularly like Toriyama's remade versions of Daimao for the Kanzenban covers.

Old Daimao, Young Daimao

As you can see, there's a HUGE change there.

Also, elder Daimao was scrawnier than younger Daimao. Whereas younger Daimao seems to regain a more muscular physique after getting his wish. Plus his skull is a little shaped differently.

Kendamu · Post by **Kendamu** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 10:01 pm

The yellow-ish skin tone in this newest picture can only be counted as green if you mean, "Are you sick? You're looking kind of green."

Tsukento · Post by **Tsukento** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 10:05 pm

Kendamu wrote:The yellow-ish skin tone in this newest picture can only be counted as green if you mean, "Are you sick? You're looking kind of green."

Suddenly, I'm reminded of ol' dub Raditz.

"Why so blue, green man, is it 'coz you're powerless to save your friend, or 'coz you're just plain ugly?"

MisterFlashdude · Post by **MisterFlashdude** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 10:06 pm

Li'l Lemmy wrote:Take into consideration the movie's core target audience. The WOW! effect in changing the color of his face is more worthwhile to that audience in a marketable sense than is Shen Long giving Piccolo some magic wrinkle cream.

~Da Lemmy

Is it really that wow to see someone go from yellow to green? I think the change in skin color should be secondary. I totally understand the difference in skin tone and it's actually a good idea. (Not to the extent that they've gone, but still...)
Take a look at Theoden there. He has really grimey, pale grey-ish skin which goes back to a normal shade. But there's lots of other aged details, in the beard and hair, in the eyes, in the skin texture...

Piccolo just doesn't look old. The "jarring" transformation is just going to be the shift in skin tone?

Chuquita · Post by **Chuquita** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 10:29 pm

Li'l Lemmy wrote:Probably what the heavy dress is for-- I'm betting that he doesn't keep that outfit once he has his youth restored. So now we're looking at a color tweak, a costume change and maybe some physical alterations to his face.

I've mentioned Andorian antennae before. And I'll mention them again. Seriously. Remote-controlled antennae.

~Da Lemmy

I'm going to second the idea of remote-controlled antennae; because it would be awesome and realistic.

If Star Trek pulled it off in semi-recent series, there's no reason we can't pull it off in a movie.

Acid_Reign · Post by **Acid_Reign** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 2:38 am

MisterFlashdude wrote:Piccolo just doesn't look old. The "jarring" transformation is just going to be the shift in skin tone?

It’s wishful thinking and always has been.