You're kind of double talking here. First you say Kuririn isn't an important character then in the same breath you say that he is important. Kuririn is a very important character especially during this arc! Kuririn's shocking death is what caused Goku to come up against Daimao in the first place. Without Kuririn there is no hope for the movie being a faithful adaptation.
Yeah, I'm really having doubts you're reading my posts, despite your claims.
What I said was this: Krillin is important in
the manga because there are
years of backstory. In the movie there is 5 minutes of back story. 15 if we're lucky. And then death. No one would give a shit but the "wah, they changed my Dragonball!" people. The general public wouldn't even bat an eye.
Imagine if the first Spider-man movie had started with Peter reaching the bridge to fight Goblin and MJ had been Gwen and then died when she fell instead of being saved. Peter would be upset but would the audience give a shit? Nope. It's the same thing here.
Yes, in the manga Krillin's death spurnned Goku into his confrontation with Piccolo. In the movie it's Gohan's death. Seriously, what's the issue? The plot's still the same. Evil alien demon dude kills one of Goku's best friends, Goku goes out to kick evil alien demon dude's green ass.
I could see arguing about Yamcha being in the movie. He was barley involved during the Daimao arc. Although that really was only due to his injury, but still. Or hell even Bulma. What significant contribution did she make to the Daimao saga?
Uh, this
isn't just the King Piccolo saga. This is all of Dragonball in a condensed version, ala Path to Power, but with Piccolo instead of the RRA. Where was Krillin in Path to Power? Not there. Why? Because he wasn't part of Goku's first adventure. Bulma and Yamcha are in this because they're part of the first adventure. Seriously, Krillin's appearance can wait
one movie.
This is the thing I hate about most movie adaptations. Something important is almost always left out. A certain story element might be of extreme importance to you and might be inconsequential to someone else and vice-versa. Granted, it is a slippery slope that even the best have a hard time getting right
It's a lot better than the alternative. Trying to please everyone is why MK:A blows.
Oh! Here it is!
That's why you have the rest of the movie for them to hang out and actually be best friends. Its not like you say, "This is my best friend," and then omit him from the rest of the movie until the very end. He's going to be there the whole time.
....
What omit? He's
DEAD. What, Goku's going to carry his corpse around for the last, like, 80% of the movie?
Just look at Spider-Man as an example. Its established rather quickly that Peter and Harry are friends and it works even without the 4.5 hours you think is necessary for the stupid people of Planet America to even start to comprehend what the Hell a "friend" is.
Yeah, sure, they established a friendship fairly quickly. But if you'll note, they waited until the
second movie to deliver the blow to that friendship, and then the
end of the third to kill him. What you're implying is that if he had died when Peter was bitten by the spider the audeince would have cared.
Do you not expect them to not face off against the villain in the movie? Krillin or not, Goku and Piccolo are going to fight. In my version, Krillin happens to be there.
I expect them to have a reason to face off. If Krillin is in the movie and
alive why the hell would Goku give a shit?
Everyone's bitching about Krillin's lack of presence. You can not honestly tell me that people wouldn't be bitching worse I Krillin were in the movie and survived to the end instead of being the reason Goku starts on his journey.
This is coming from the guy who has to ask me why Piccolo and Goku are going to fight each other in a movie called "Dragonball" that adapts the Piccolo Daimao arc...
I'm asking why they would fight in your version since Goku would have no reason to ever leave home.
The majority of relationships (save romantic ones) in movies today are actually implied through character actions, a movie like this has to be plot driven, not character driven, you're acting like it's impossible to convey friendship without an hour of hardcore character development.
I'm not implying anything of the sort. I'm implying they would need interaction of
at least an hour, to give the audience time to witness their friendship, if they wanted them to care when he died.
It's really as simple as having them meet, have a little rivalry, perhaps reach some kind of understanding, throw a year's timeskip in there (training under Muten Roshi) with a cute montage, and then throw them into some sort of dilemma and letting their actions (such as watching each others backs/friendly dialog) communicate to the audience that they have indeed become close friends.
And with that simple recipie folks, you have an on-screen friendship.
And I repeat.
How? He's
DEAD. He's
been dead since the 15 minute mark of the movie. He never meets Roshi. He never trains with Roshi. There is no montage. There's 15 minutes of "Hey Krillin." "Hey Goku." "Wanna get some lunch?" "Sure." "Yay!" *dead* "Krillin?" *still dead* "Krillin!?" *still dead* "KRILLIN!" *still dead*
Also, where the hell would they have the time to get in a year of training when Piccolo's minions are out there stealing Dragonballs and causing chaos?
