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by Super Ghost Kamikaze » Thu Dec 11, 2008 5:02 am
Tsukento wrote:Super Ghost Kamikaze wrote:Didn't Movie Roshi yell out "MA!" as he fired off the green blast, as in "Mafuba"? It even looked pretty much exactly like I'd expect it to.
Wasn't green. It was a fireball-like blast with one hand.
Speaking of one hand, gotta love how the Kamehame-Ha was screwed up in the end. He charges it up right, but fires it off with an open palm. Not even with two hands.
While the story isn't being fleshed out in the trailer, all of the little details DO stick out like a sore thumb.
Wait, what?
Looks pretty green to me. =/
Can't say much about how it was fired, seems like I can't find a screen of him preparing to or initally firing the blast at all in the video of the trailer.
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by Tsukento » Thu Dec 11, 2008 5:05 am
Chatwin looks...wow. The positioning of the pole and the screaming face...that just ain't right.
Also kinda pushes the image that Goku is somehow always screaming.
Super Ghost Kamikaze wrote:Wait, what?
Looks pretty green to me. =/
Can't say much about how it was fired, seems like I can't find a screen of him preparing to or initally firing the blast at all in the video of the trailer.
Which part is that in the trailer again? Part I was referring to is during Goku's Kamehame-Ha, which Roshi says something similar to "MA!"
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by Super Ghost Kamikaze » Thu Dec 11, 2008 5:11 am
Tsukento wrote:Chatwin looks...wow. The positioning of the pole and the screaming face...that just ain't right.
Also kinda pushes the image that Goku is somehow always screaming.
Super Ghost Kamikaze wrote:Wait, what?
Looks pretty green to me. =/
Can't say much about how it was fired, seems like I can't find a screen of him preparing to or initally firing the blast at all in the video of the trailer.
Which part is that in the trailer again? Part I was referring to is during Goku's Kamehame-Ha, which Roshi says something similar to "MA!"
If you start the video at 1:18/1:17, that's where it shows up. Basically, after the "Roshi" character name card. The "MAAAA" sounds perfect, and I really have high hopes for the Mafuba in the movie.
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by Captain-Sora » Thu Dec 11, 2008 5:38 am
Chuquita wrote:
I'm tempted to edit a football under his left arm and a helmet ontop of his head; it totally looks like he's supposed to be running down the field.
Like this?
Yes, I know the ball's screwed, it's hard to get find a proper pic of one in a decent position and angle.
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by Snail » Thu Dec 11, 2008 5:44 am
It's as if they were deliberately setting themselves for this sort of flack. XD.
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by Herms » Thu Dec 11, 2008 5:55 am
Chuquita wrote:At least its not as awkward as Chatwin-trapped-in-an-invisible-glass-box:

Chatwin: C-could you move the top of the poster up a little bit? I'm kind of scrunched...
Poster guy: No no, that's fine right there. And in order to punish you for questioning my poster-size judgment, I'm going to electrocute you and knock you out with sleeping gaz...at the same time!
Chawin: Ahhhhhhh! *ya~awn* Ahhhhh! *ya~~wn*
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by Snail » Thu Dec 11, 2008 6:02 am
So who exactly was the photographer? Assuming the photographer also directed his/her clients' poses, movements, or what have you; the goof needs a great big backhand slap to the face. F. F. S.
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by Zenkai Power » Thu Dec 11, 2008 6:18 am
Chuquita wrote:
At least its not as awkward as Chatwin-trapped-in-an-invisible-glass-box:

Hey I kind of like that one.
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by Snail » Thu Dec 11, 2008 6:28 am
So what exactly appeals to you? The fact that he's readying a stance in an upcoming battle with some sort of organism on the floor?
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by saiyanprincess » Thu Dec 11, 2008 8:34 am
It looks pretty neat if you ask me
[b]"Ok, use your instincts Kakarott. Right or Left? (Hmmm... I'd have to say... left.) Good. Then I'm going right!" (Vegeta to Goku as they try to find their way to free the others inside Buu - Episode: The Innards of Buu)[/b]
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by Kaboom » Thu Dec 11, 2008 9:44 am
Tsukento wrote:Speaking of one hand, gotta love how the Kamehame-Ha was screwed up in the end. He charges it up right, but fires it off with an open palm. Not even with two hands.
That's not him actually firing the Kamehameha, and is obviously just a different shot of a small, one-handed blast edited in. The background and colors look different, and he looked positively crazy and bulked up while charging, but relatively calm and normal with the one-handed blast. Everyone who's mentioned it says Goku's Kamehameha is going to be epic, and despite popular belief, they're not stupid or lying to us.
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by Arcwave » Thu Dec 11, 2008 9:49 am
I think all these effects were squeezed for the December trailer. They could do much better, really.
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by Sshadow5001 » Thu Dec 11, 2008 10:00 am
This movie might be all right if you only look at it as an action movie and nothing more.
I'll try not to think about Dragonball Z too much when watching this.
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by _StreetSonic_ » Thu Dec 11, 2008 10:16 am
Sshadow5001 wrote:This movie might be all right if you only look at it as an action movie and nothing more.
I'll try not to think about Dragonball Z too much when watching this.
Well I don't think it's suppose to be a DBZ movie.

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by DB_Fan » Thu Dec 11, 2008 10:20 am
I don't think it is supposed to be a Dragon Ball movie either, but rather a prequel to Dragon Ball Z.

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by Orochi_Rockman » Thu Dec 11, 2008 10:25 am
I didn't hear him say "MA!" during that green blast but I did notice the green blast right after they threw up ROSHI! on the screen.
Hope it is the evil containment wave, or what have you. I would say that calling it by that name or its orginal Mafuba? Right? I would say that would be a nice nod to the fans but with this movie its more like a rapist leaving behind a twenty and saying "Thanks for the good time."
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by Super Ghost Kamikaze » Thu Dec 11, 2008 10:30 am
Orochi_Rockman wrote:I didn't hear him say "MA!" during that green blast but I did notice the green blast right after they threw up ROSHI! on the screen.
Hope it is the evil containment wave, or what have you. I would say that calling it by that name or its orginal Mafuba? Right? I would say that would be a nice nod to the fans but with this movie its more like a rapist leaving behind a twenty and saying "Thanks for the good time."
The name of the "evil containment wave" is "Mafuba". I definitely am hearing a "MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA", as though it's a strain to say it, which would be pretty much on target for what it should be.
I don't think it's quite so bad as you say it is. I don't like Movie Goku's personality as portrayed by the trailer, or their casting choice for Roshi. However, movie Piccolo, the re-imagined Capsules, and what the trailer seems to imply as an accurate Mafuba give me hope that this movie is going to be more closely linked to Dragon Ball than some people think.
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by desirecampbell » Thu Dec 11, 2008 10:32 am
SSj Kaboom wrote:That's not him actually firing the Kamehameha, and is obviously just a different shot of a small, one-handed blast edited in. The background and colors look different, and he looked positively crazy and bulked up while charging, but relatively calm and normal with the one-handed blast.
You mean, Chatwin may have had difficulty in showing emotion at some point?
Really?
SSj Kaboom wrote:Everyone who's mentioned it says Goku's Kamehameha is going to be epic, and despite popular belief, they're not stupid or lying to us.
Who is saying this? Have they seen the film? Is the film even finished yet?
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by Kaboom » Thu Dec 11, 2008 10:34 am
desirecampbell wrote:Who is saying this? Have they seen the film? Is the film even finished yet?
The actors and staff themselves.
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by xzero » Thu Dec 11, 2008 10:39 am
You know, watching the trailer, it just doesn't feel like anything Dragonball related. They keep telling me it is, and I know it is, but I just have less and less interest in seeing this movie with each piece of media released for it.