Snail wrote:What the fuck are you saying? Can you please be a little more logical and explain yourself more specifically?
Snail, if I had an eBay account, I'd give you a great deal on the Brooklyn Bridge.
You know, DTX, I was trying to be nice before. But in all honesty, all three of those "reasons" are complete, utter, biased bullshit. You have no basis or evidence to be saying any of those things.
1.
WRONG. Plenty of live-action movie adaptations in recent years have been good, if not excellent. Spider-Man, Transformers, X-Men, Batman, etc... You don't have to have
liked them if you have some problem with them (
*friendly nod to Desire*), but you can't deny that they've been good, successful films.
2.
WRONG again. FOX brings terrible movies? Ever heard of
Star Wars? If you're referring to the fact that they're doing a live-action version of an
anime movie, well then you still have nothing to base that on, as I'm pretty sure DragonBall will be the first anime property that FOX has handled.
3.
DEAD WRONG. The cast list so far has been great. Most of them are actors / actresses who look their parts very well, and have some experience, but are relatively unknown. Not
completely unknown, but enough so that it won't end up this "Celeb Ball Z" crap you somehow seem to think it will. And just recently, we've got the legendary Chow Yun Fat added to the list! The ONLY choice so far that's a little weird is Chatwin as Goku, yet it's understandable, and judgment on that part should be reserved until we see how well he can act it.
Also, the director is Stephen Chow. He does cheesily-awesome Kung Fu movies. DragonBall is right up his alley. Even if the movie's main goal IS for profit, like EVERY OTHER MOVIE IN EXISTENCE, at least it's got a Director who knows what he's doing with the genre.
VEGETA_DTX wrote:And then just open your eyes and realize that those are just 3 terrible facts! and there are so many of them,like - story?!
"Goku, Bulma, Yamcha, and Roshi go after the Dragon Balls to prevent the
evil Lord Piccolo from using them to gain immortality."
That all just screams "Dragon Ball," whatever way you put it. Goku is a teenager? Yeah, he was about 15 when he fought Piccolo Daimou. No problem there. Piccolo reveals himself and Goku to be aliens? Good, that will condense things a bit and give the sequel better pacing. SSj "news?" They never said it was for THIS movie. "No Kuririn?" Not confirmed yet; they're likely saving him for the sequel, too
VEGETA_DTX wrote:character look?!?
Let's see...
Bulma / Emma Rossum: Hot teenage girl, pretty face, and confirmed to have a blue wig. Check.
Chi-Chi / Jamie Chung: Gorgeous Asian girl, matching Goku's age in appearance, confirmed to have hair appropriately stylized. Check.
Yamcha / Joon Park: Handsome but slightly goofy-looking Asian dude, with good physique. Check.
Mai / Eriko Tamura: Lovely Asian lady, also confirmed to have hair appropriately stylized. Check.
Piccolo / James Marsters: Tough, blocky-looking face. In shape, too. We can't know for sure how he'll turn out until we see him made up as Piccolo, but DAMN, does this guy ever know how to play villains!
...And finally,
Son Goku / Justin Chatwin (
the one everyone's whining about): Well, what can I say? I'll start with one thing: THE HAIR. For crying out loud, stop bitching about the stupid hair. There's NO way that his hair would end up the same shape and proportions as Goku. This is a professionally-produced, big-budget, live-action Hollywood movie, not some cheesy cosplay. To respectfully channel Corey for a moment, you're an idiot if you think they'd even try to make Goku's hair the exact same as in the manga. The way they've seemed to make Chatwin's natural hair scraggly and spiked is more than adequate. But we can't even fairly judge that until we've seen something better than cellphone camera-quality pics of him just arriving on the set.
Next... Yeah, I'd have liked an Asian dude to be cast as Goku, too. We do know that the director wanted to cast more Asians, but wasn't allowed for some reason. That seems to indicate that he DOES care about portraying the characters faithfully and true to the original. If that's the case, then I
sincerely doubt that he wouldn't try to find someone who could portray the part well, not just some random schmuck off the streets. Chatwin will do fine as Goku. Goku's technically not Asian, so his actor doesn't
HAVE to be, either.
DTX, that last post of yours was a topper, really. Your most pathetic, ignorant, and biased one yet. I'm just going to ignore any "point" you try to make, before my IQ gets chopped in half just from talking to you. If you want to get off this "black list," start making sense.
(P.S. - Merry Christmas.)
I don't know what means that "black list" of yours, but if you fall on MY BLACK LIST, you are fucked up! I PROMISE YOU!!!
