On-Topic thread of Awesomeness!

DBHighDefinition · Post by **DBHighDefinition** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 8:54 pm

Herms wrote:
Ducard wrote:Oh hey, leaked storyboard: http://dragonball.zeldac.com/2009/01/dr ... toryboard/
Why does Mai look like a female version of the Phantom?

Because the artists were hired off the streets of Detroit.

JAPPO · Post by **JAPPO** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 8:55 pm

You guys haven't seen many storyboards I take it. That's actually a very clean and professional one.

Chrono Trigger · Post by **Chrono Trigger** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 8:57 pm

Isn't the American trailer supposed to come out this month?

JAPPO · Post by **JAPPO** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 8:57 pm

Chrono Trigger wrote:Isn't the American trailer supposed to come out this month?

This or next, yeah.

Post by **Herms** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 8:58 pm

JAPPO wrote:Sigh maybe I shouldn't have posted the early parts first. I really want to stress the further the movie's script goes the better it gets. The final fight scene is over 15 pages long.

What's the point if the beginning of the movie is such dreadful rubbish? Beginnings are supposed to draw you in.

JAPPO wrote:I got it from someone, that's all I'm saying. He has provided me with other stuff as well.

Oh, well if you got it 'from someone', then I'm sure it's geniune.

DBHighDefinition · Post by **DBHighDefinition** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 8:58 pm

JAPPO wrote:You guys haven't seen many storyboards I take it. That's actually a very clean and professional one.

I know...just my attempt at humour, chief.

JAPPO · Post by **JAPPO** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:00 pm

Got more pics PROVING I WAS RIGHT on the school scenes.

BlueSky · Post by **Kaboom** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:02 pm

JAPPO wrote:Got more pics PROVING I WAS RIGHT on the school scenes.

By all means bro, serve it up so I can save them before Fox removes 'em again.

MajinVejitaXV · Post by **MajinVejitaXV** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:03 pm

Herms wrote:
JAPPO wrote:I got it from someone, that's all I'm saying. He has provided me with other stuff as well.
Oh, well if you got it 'from someone', then I'm sure it's genuine.

Indeed. I'm surprised so many people are taking this as gospel without any questions at all.

-Corey

NeptuneKai · Post by **NeptuneKai** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:04 pm

MajinVejitaXV wrote:
Herms wrote:
JAPPO wrote:I got it from someone, that's all I'm saying. He has provided me with other stuff as well.
Oh, well if you got it 'from someone', then I'm sure it's genuine.
Indeed. I'm surprised so many people are taking this as gospel without any questions at all.

-Corey

I think it's because he is usually the first to dish out news and pictures.

BlueSky · Post by **Kaboom** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:04 pm

NeptuneKai wrote:I think it's because he is usually the first to dish out news and pictures.

And they're usually right.

Chrono Trigger · Post by **Chrono Trigger** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:04 pm

MajinVejitaXV wrote:Indeed. I'm surprised so many people are taking this as gospel without any questions at all.

Has JAPPO ever lied before?

MajinVejitaXV · Post by **MajinVejitaXV** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:07 pm

Chrono Trigger wrote:
MajinVejitaXV wrote:Indeed. I'm surprised so many people are taking this as gospel without any questions at all.
Has JAPPO ever lied before?

I don't think I implied that he was lying. I'm simply saying a script coming out all the sudden, especially with previous "drafts" elsewhere being proven to be fradulent, raises some suspicions. I'm sure he thinks it is the genuine article, but until the movie comes out proving it to be so, I'll take it as another fake.

-Corey

JAPPO · Post by **JAPPO** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:09 pm

http://dbthemovie.com/2009/01/08/more-school-stills/

I don't lie. Don't question the Jappo. lol

Big Momma · Post by **Big Momma** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:10 pm

Chrono Trigger wrote:
MajinVejitaXV wrote:Indeed. I'm surprised so many people are taking this as gospel without any questions at all.
Has JAPPO ever lied before?

To be honest, as much flak as JAPPO can get sometimes, I trust him on this stuff. He seems like the kind of pro-movie fan who wouldn't screw around with it.

And if he is just dishing up a platter of crap, then may he spend eternity in HFIL, being tickled by old ladies.

The things that have been revealed in this thread so far, though, are making me more and more excited for this movie. Sure, it defintely isn't the best adaptation, but it could be a lot worse. Besides, this is America, what'd you expect?

DBHighDefinition · Post by **DBHighDefinition** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:11 pm

JAPPO wrote:http://dbthemovie.com/2009/01/08/more-school-stills/

I don't lie. Don't question the Jappo. lol

*Bows down to King Jappo*

JAPPO · Post by **JAPPO** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:13 pm

Looks like they turned out well on screen!

Acid_Reign · Post by **Acid_Reign** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:15 pm

I’m not really surprised by much, knowing what we’ve known about it for as long as we have.

The script so far just seems to be Hollywood sticking to its guns. The story is very, very “safe”. I guarantee you that this script was picked up because:

It’s a superhero movie. As many have wondered previously: “Why is DB getting a LAM now, 10 years after the height of its popularity?”, well, the answer is that it’s due to the recent trend of high earnings associated with superhero movies; only now that all of the obvious ones like Superman, Spider-Man, Batman, X-Men, etc. have been done, companies are starting to mine slightly less recent successes (like Max Payne), for new live-action material.
It’s the story of “well-meaning-awkward-boy-gets-bullied-for-being-different-which-elicits-sympathy-from-his-out-of-league-crush-who-almost-gives-him-a-chance-but-their-chemistry-is-interrupted-by-a-set-of-unexpected-circumstances-that-necessitate-the-boy-stepping-out-of-his-comfort-zone-and-saving-the-day-despite-all-odds-who-with-newfound-confidence-finally-gets-the-girl-and-lives-happily-ever-after”, which apparently no one ever tires of seeing.

In other words: it was made solely for the purpose of making money. My guess is that Dragon Ball in its existing form was either considered too much of a financial risk (or to put it bluntly, “not Western enough”) to translate faithfully, or, its merely been stripped of artistic integrity as a byproduct of the moviemaking process—because it’s easier to feed a cash cow without worrying about its diet.

Either way, not very impressed in the least. I’ll still sneak into it for shits and giggles, though.

Adamant · Post by **Adamant** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 10:51 pm

JAPPO wrote: 2) Here's a Goku moment:

BULMA
I've tried every possible spelling of Roshi in the directory. He's not listed.

GOKU
Did you try Master?

Bulma just stares at him. Beat.

GOKU (CONT'D)
M... A... S...

BULMA
I know how to spell Master! He's not going to be listed under Master!

Ow, I can see the Japanese translators banging their heads against the wall, wondering how on Earth they're going to translate that. "Master Roshi" is stupid dubism at it's best.

El Diabeetus · Post by **El Diabeetus** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 10:59 pm

Adamant wrote:
JAPPO wrote: 2) Here's a Goku moment:

BULMA
I've tried every possible spelling of Roshi in the directory. He's not listed.

GOKU
Did you try Master?

Bulma just stares at him. Beat.

GOKU (CONT'D)
M... A... S...

BULMA
I know how to spell Master! He's not going to be listed under Master!
Ow, I can see the Japanese translators banging their heads against the wall, wondering how on Earth they're going to translate that. "Master Roshi" is stupid dubism at it's best.

The only way I could think they'd translate it as "KA-ME-SEN" Goku just can't figure out the last Kanji for Kame-Sen'nin, well in the subtitles at least.