And I'm just saying that I don't think it was how Speed Racer looked that made people not go to see the movie, but the content. At least, that's what left me uninterested.Chrono Trigger wrote:I meant that even if they did Dragon Ball in that "cartoony" style it would appeal to fans like us and the critics but it may not appeal to the mass audience (the people FOX are trying to appeal to) and the movie could still bomb. I'm not trying to make excuses for Fox I was just asking/saying...
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Fair enough. I honestly never saw the appeal of Speed Racer myself (the anime) that's why I never went to see the movie. Dragon Ball is a lot more popular than Speed Racer so maybe they should have went the Speed Racer route. Some of the locations in the trailer did look bright and colorful though so maybe they did.MisterFlashDude wrote:And I'm just saying that I don't think it was how Speed Racer looked that made people not go to see the movie, but the content. At least, that's what left me uninterested.
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Well, I think Speed Racer bombed because it didn't really have an audience. I know I wasn't a fan of it, and most of it's older fans either were uninterested at this point or just waited for TV.
Same with the recent bombing of The Spirit. The Spirit comics have a very, very small fanbase. Frank Miller only did the movie because he was friends with Will Eisner and didn't want anyone else to do the movie. Besides the movie have a small audience, People shit on it because it "looked like Sin City" was "unoriginal" and "corny". Plus critics reamed it.
Same with the recent bombing of The Spirit. The Spirit comics have a very, very small fanbase. Frank Miller only did the movie because he was friends with Will Eisner and didn't want anyone else to do the movie. Besides the movie have a small audience, People shit on it because it "looked like Sin City" was "unoriginal" and "corny". Plus critics reamed it.
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That's just a label. It's pretty faithful/good cosplay.Acid_Reign wrote:Well, obviously, I mean, it’s cosplay.Olivier Hague wrote:Bah, there was this picture of a Goten (I think?) cosplay that was pretty good, in that respect.
I just don't see that in a movie.
They could change things around. Add more leather. Make it darker. Y'know, the usual stuff.Hollywood could do it better
Kame Sennin is so funny! Live-action Kame Sennin is a creepy pedophile though.Amongst what else? Just curious.it's one of the many "little things"...
Kulilin is such a nice character! Live-action Kulilin gives children nightmares though.
There are lots of things that are pretty integral to the "Dragon Ball overall ambiance" and work mainly because it's a cartoon. Change these things around to make them suitable for a live action movie, and you'd be better off coming up with a new title altogether.
Which, to me, is a completely stupid approach.MisterFlashdude wrote:The movie's a serious, real world-esque approach to a silly children's story.
If you're embarrassed to be working on a silly story aimed at children, here's a protip: don't. Go make another movie.
(not that I believe you could make a good/faithful live-action adaptation of Dragon Ball anyway... like I said, I think the whole thing is a terrible idea to begin with)
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No, I like it; I just meant, the [typically] shoestring budget of cosplay makes its unaided entry into a movie less than ideal.Olivier Hague wrote:That's just a label. It's pretty faithful/good cosplay.
I know that’s their tendency, but they have the talent, and the money, to make it look the way it’s supposed to without being too awkward.They could change things around. Add more leather. Make it darker. Y'know, the usual stuff.
Eh, I see what you mean. But those are more challenges than brick walls, to me at least.Kame Sennin is so funny! Live-action Kame Sennin is a creepy pedophile though.
Kulilin is such a nice character! Live-action Kulilin gives children nightmares though.
There are lots of things that are pretty integral to the "Dragon Ball overall ambiance" and work mainly because it's a cartoon. Change these things around to make them suitable for a live action movie, and you'd be better off coming up with a new title altogether.
Someday I’ll prove you wrong!(not that I believe you could make a good/faithful live-action adaptation of Dragon Ball anyway... like I said, I think the whole thing is a terrible idea to begin with)
I think that there may be some type of animated flashback like this in the beginning. Wasn't there news about some kind of animation work awhile back?(Although it might've been just CGI animation)Snail wrote:Just throwing this out there.
Wouldn't it have been flippin' awesome if the film had a little montage a-la Lord Of The Rings: Fellowship of the Ring telling concerning the events that had occured in the childhood years of Goku and/or the creation and existence of the Dragonballs? Or perhaps a stylish montage/telling of the past as used in films such as Hellboy 2, and Dragon Tiger Gate. It'd make for a smoother transition into the following events that would occur as the film plays out imo.
Snail wrote:we've got Tokio Hotel (just one example..shudders...)
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Because, according to US censorship, the Japanese version of "Made for children" and the US version of "Made for children" are two very seperate things.Kendamu wrote:So why would a Dragonball movie made for children be such a bad thing?
Also, I'm betting they really just want an actiony DBZ movie, but decided they had to start at the original Dragonball for better/easier storytelling.
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I forgot to mention that I meant "as an intro to a late-DB, or Early DBZ movie" . Anyways, cool info, it should be interesting to see if it turns out to be fact.Big Momma wrote:
I think that there may be some type of animated flashback like this in the beginning. Wasn't there news about some kind of animation work awhile back?(Although it might've been just CGI animation)
Sorry, but any credibility or ounce of respect I had for the band came out the stink-hole after the whole lip-syncing debacle.Big Momma wrote:Snail wrote:we've got Tokio Hotel (just one example..shudders...)
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Oh, I didn't know about that.(In fact, the only thing I know about the band is that one song, I dont' even know what they look like!)Snail wrote:Sorry, but any credibility or ounce of respect I had for the band came out the stink-hole after the whole lip-syncing debacle.Big Momma wrote:Snail wrote:we've got Tokio Hotel (just one example..shudders...)
Hey! I love Monsoon!
But yeah, lip-syching can hurt a band.
Rocketman(In response to a post about Pandora's Box) wrote: I sat here for ten damn minutes wondering what the hell God of War had to do with any of this.
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Apparently this band lipsynchs.JAPPO wrote:What are you talking about?
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I think he meant the extremely-off-topic-ness.bkev wrote:Apparently this band lipsynchs.JAPPO wrote:What are you talking about?
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