Official On-Going DBZ 2013 Movie Thread: "Battle of Gods"

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Re: Official On-Going DBZ 2013 Movie Thread: "Battle of Gods

Post by New_Guy » Wed Aug 13, 2014 7:26 pm

Out of curiousity is it possible to watch the version where Gohan was a super saiyan fighting Bills instead of him doing the ultimate power up? Or has this version been scrapped from existence? It may be really minuscule but I believe that version makes more sense because he got thrashed even quicker than Goku and Vegeta yet at the time he possessed more power than the two of them separately but was not originally using his ultimate form. In the final product his hair was just recolored for his most powerful form.

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Post by KentalSSJ6 » Wed Aug 13, 2014 8:36 pm

New_Guy wrote:Out of curiousity is it possible to watch the version where Gohan was a super saiyan fighting Beerus* instead of him doing the ultimate power up? Or has this version been scrapped from existence? It may be really minuscule but I believe that version makes more sense because he got thrashed even quicker than Goku and Vegeta yet at the time he possessed more power than the two of them separately but was not originally using his ultimate form. In the final product his hair was just recolored for his most powerful form.
Pretty sure it was scrapped after the fan backlash.
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Post by White Oni » Thu Aug 14, 2014 3:53 am

New_Guy wrote:Out of curiousity is it possible to watch the version where Gohan was a super saiyan fighting Bills instead of him doing the ultimate power up? Or has this version been scrapped from existence? It may be really minuscule but I believe that version makes more sense because he got thrashed even quicker than Goku and Vegeta yet at the time he possessed more power than the two of them separately but was not originally using his ultimate form. In the final product his hair was just recolored for his most powerful form.
Gohan stopped training and became a father to be, while the others kept training intensely, so really there's nothing to suggest that he was stronger than Goku or Vegeta at that point.

With that in mind, I see nothing bothersome about that scene.

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New_Guy wrote:Out of curiousity is it possible to watch the version where Gohan was a super saiyan fighting Bills instead of him doing the ultimate power up? Or has this version been scrapped from existence? It may be really minuscule but I believe that version makes more sense because he got thrashed even quicker than Goku and Vegeta yet at the time he possessed more power than the two of them separately but was not originally using his ultimate form. In the final product his hair was just recolored for his most powerful form.
I read that the ssj fight was only for marketing

The reason he wasn't as strong as Goku and Vegeta is cause he doesn't train 24/7 like them and keep in mind that the movie takes place 5 years after his fight with Buu which is more then enough time for both of them to get stronger then him

What doesn't make sense is Vegeta not having ssj3 after all that time so hopefully he gets it in the next movie or at least says why he doesn't have it
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Post by DongHyun » Thu Aug 14, 2014 2:29 pm

According to the May 2013 issue of the magazine Nikkei Entertainment, 
'DRAGON BALL Z: BATTLE OF GODS' was supposed to be 2 hours long. 
However, since a child can watch a video without losing interest for 90 minutes,
the producers had no choice but to edit it.

In addition, because of the earthquate that occured in East Japan,
they purposely reduced the amount of destruction scenes.

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Post by Chuquita » Thu Aug 14, 2014 2:40 pm

That's disappointing. :(
Children can totally sit for two hours, imo. Look at how long that new Transformers movie is.

Interesting that the earthquake's impact is still affecting movies in Japan.
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Post by VegettoEX » Thu Aug 14, 2014 2:44 pm

Could have sworn we had that article translated and up somewhere already.

We certainly have a similar quote from the theatrical program from Hosoda up on the film's "Movie Guide" page regarding the disaster.
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Post by JulieYBM » Thu Aug 14, 2014 2:45 pm

DongHyun wrote:According to the May 2013 issue of the magazine Nikkei Entertainment, 
'DRAGON BALL Z: BATTLE OF GODS' was supposed to be 2 hours long. 
However, since a child can watch a video without losing interest for 90 minutes,
the producers had no choice but to edit it.

In addition, because of the earthquate that occured in East Japan,
they purposely reduced the amount of destruction scenes.
This is terrible news to learn. :( I hope a third cut is someday possible. The "attention span" nonsense sounds like nonsense, given how popular the Marvel films are.

This article also confirms what we knew from other interviews about the film's original length.
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Post by Gyt Kaliba » Thu Aug 14, 2014 2:51 pm

Geez, given all the pre-film change of plans this movie went through, it's almost amazing it turned out as good as it did.
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Post by sintzu » Thu Aug 14, 2014 2:57 pm

DongHyun wrote:According to the May 2013 issue of the magazine Nikkei Entertainment, 
'DRAGON BALL Z: BATTLE OF GODS' was supposed to be 2 hours long. 
However, since a child can watch a video without losing interest for 90 minutes,
the producers had no choice but to edit it.
At least we got most of it back in the t.v version.
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Post by Retan » Thu Aug 14, 2014 3:47 pm

Sounds like something funimation heard about american kids not being able to follow a series for hundereds of episodes. Whoops!! :lol:

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Post by TheDevilsCorpse » Thu Aug 14, 2014 3:49 pm

JulieYBM wrote:This is terrible news to learn. :( I hope a third cut is someday possible. The "attention span" nonsense sounds like nonsense, given how popular the Marvel films are.

This article also confirms what we knew from other interviews about the film's original length.
Well, we had plenty of statements that the script was originally longer and needed to be cut down, but I don't think we had anything that said they were actually considering a longer runtime and decided against it.

That said, I agree with you. Maybe we'll get a third movie in 2017 and they can release the three films as a trilogy, with Battle of Gods getting special attention as the film that started it all. So they update to its original, intended glory for this special release.

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Post by sintzu » Thu Aug 14, 2014 4:10 pm

TheDevilsCorpse wrote: Maybe we'll get a third movie in 2017.
With the amount of $$$ the 2nd will make and how much the 1st is still making i think a 3rd and 4th are already planned.
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Post by TheDevilsCorpse » Thu Aug 14, 2014 4:16 pm

sintzu wrote:With the amount of $$$ the 2nd will make and how much the 1st is still making i think a 3rd and 4th are already planned.
Oh, I'm not doubting another movie as long as the ones they make are turning what they consider a worthwhile profit. I mainly meant it as whether it would be in 2017 or not.
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Post by SaiyaJedi » Thu Aug 14, 2014 8:27 pm

VegettoEX wrote:Could have sworn we had that article translated and up somewhere already.
Nikkei Entertainment stuff will be taken care of...eventually. Have to transcribe as well as translate. Takes time.
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Post by Doctor. » Fri Aug 15, 2014 8:26 pm

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Post by Chuquita » Fri Aug 15, 2014 8:44 pm

I really want to see ssjg Gokû return for the 2015 movie. TuT
Or at the very least, more fun movie-only outfits like that light blue sweatsuit. X3
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Post by New_Guy » Sun Aug 17, 2014 5:50 pm

Anyone know any good websites to watch the directors cut?

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Post by KentalSSJ6 » Sun Aug 17, 2014 6:11 pm

New_Guy wrote:Anyone know any good websites to watch the directors cut?
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