A lot of people really didn't like how Dragonball Evolution's trailer is presenting the Dragon Ball series (myself included). It got me thinking about what exactly were the main differences between the movie and the source material. This included characters, their personalities, the tone of the arc, the background stories and so forth.
I noticed DBE seems to be putting a whole lot more focus on Goku while having everyone else be a more background character (with Roshi being a secondary character). Not only this, but the movie trailer seemed more like it was trying to be a hardcore, kung-fu action flick. You also don't really get a grasp of the characters aside from Piccolo's motivation for carrying out vengence.
So I took all of this and applied it to a trailer involving anime footage. With everything about DBE in mind, I mirrored some scenes with the anime footage, while also showing how different things are. For example, the whole arc revolved around the heroes going down in numbers and how hopeless things were getting. Not only that, but everyone tried to do something without knowing Goku was still alive and would be the one to save the day.
I also felt that the characters that were dropped off in the movie actually did have merit and deserved recognition (such as Yajirobe and Tenshinhan and even Daimao's spawns). To keep it in the spirit of being a trailer, I refrained from revealing who dies and who beats who. That's why Kuririn is no where to be seen (since he's dead through out the entire arc save for Tambourine killing him).
All in all, I'm rather pleased with the final result and felt I should share with you guys. Took me the entire night ripping all of that footage back and forth from five different DVDs (I cheated, using Baba's end footage from her set
). Also, try not to let this explode into movie debate. :p
, such as Goku calling King Piccolo a "big meanie") like I do with Z.
