Official On-Going DBZ 2015 Movie Thread: "Resurrection 'F'"

[Attitudefan]

I appreciate Vegeta's 5'3/5'4 height. I'm around there (it's the average height for women in the U.S) and it makes it easier to judge heights of places and characters by comparison when I'm drawing.

Vegeta'd be short for a guy even in Japan. The average for men there is 5'7, right?

What's the average for Saiyans (who are aliens so Earthly averages don't matter)?

I don't think it's ever stated anywhere. The height thread above puts Gokû at around 5'8 and Gohan around 5'9 though.

Officially Goku is supposed to be 5'9 (the global average for a man is 5'9, for Caucasians it is 5'10). Gohan is 5'9.25. Goku however, appears to look more like a guy who is 5'7 or 5'8 in most cases. Vegeta is crazy short for males! Saiyans appear to be taller on average from what we've seen, where Raditz looks to be around 6'3 and Nappa almost 7 feet tall. King Vegeta is just as tall as Tenshinhan if not taller if I'm not mistaken. Vegeta is just a really short guy.

[RandomGuy96]

Officially Goku is supposed to be 5'9 (the global average for a man is 5'9, for Caucasians it is 5'10).

Global average is 5'9? That doesn't seem right. Average in the US of A is 5'9.5, and it's one of the tallest countries. The average male height in India (population: 1.25 billion) is only 5'5, while the average height in China (population: 1.35 billion) is 5'7 or 5'8. In fact, besides the USA and Russia, none of the world's top 15 most populated countries have male averages anywhere near 5'9 or 5'10 (Indonesia = 5'2!, Bangladesh = 5'3, Japan = 5'7, Mexico = 5'7, Nigeria = 5'5, etc.).

[TheDevilsCorpse]

So, just finished listening to the podcast. Julian's opinions on the movie were welcomed, but I found one tidbit particularly interesting. That being Julian's statement that the film hints/suggests that Freeza was able to control/pick the color of his new form. I'm seriously wondering if he didn't go with gold in-universe just as an attempt to mock the Super Saiyans.

[dougo13]

Anyone got box office numbers for the film yet?

[Duo]

Anyone got box office numbers for the film yet?

There are none. The film is not out yet. The synopsis came from a preview screening.

[Chuquita]

I remember Chuquita asking about this when the vegeta portion popped up on Bluma's blog, but I don't remember having seen the full image posted here. Sooo:

It only hit me now that I'm looking at it after making it my phone's background, the reason Gokû looks so short--they drew one base for Vegeta and just flipped it and switched up what the hands were doing for Gokû! They didn't bother drawing a new base when it was time to draw Gokû. That's Gokû with Vegeta's body build!

[TheGmGoken]

Good eye! Going a step further. Their hands(Goku right and Vegeta left) are 100% alike besides the mic. Damn they were lazy.

[Chuquita]

Good eye! Going a step further. Their hands(Goku right and Vegeta left) are 100% alike besides the mic. Damn they were lazy.

Thank you!

Whoever drew that chose a bad spot to cut corners. A character who's 175cm tall is not the same as one who's 163cm, and it shows.

Well, now I know what Gokû would look like at 5'4 instead of 5'8, I guess.

[Lord Exor]

Toriyama is a complete hack now.

Spoiler:

We spend two hours watching what is ostensibly the primary threat of the film flail his arms about impotently. Why bother resurrecting what is arguably the series' most maleficent antagonist if he's going to be so ineffectual? After all that, he can't beat Goku without a cheap shot? A feckless affair; the indignity of it all is astronomical. Heck, it's only marginally superior to GT and Fusion Reborn.

[Faustus]

Heck, it's only marginally superior to GT and Fusion Reborn.

marginally superior to GT and Fusion Reborn

superior to Fusion Reborn

Heck yes. Sign me up!

[fadeddreams5]

Toriyama is a complete hack now.

Spoiler:

We spend two hours watching what is ostensibly the primary threat of the film flail his arms about impotently. Why bother resurrecting what is arguably the series' most maleficent antagonist if he's going to be so ineffectual? After all that, he can't beat Goku without a cheap shot? A feckless affair; the indignity of it all is astronomical. Heck, it's only marginally superior to GT and Fusion Reborn.

When you say "marginally superior to Fusion Reborn," are you referring to how Frieza's revival is handled, or the plot in general?

[Polyphase Avatron]

Toriyama is a complete hack now.

Spoiler:

We spend two hours watching what is ostensibly the primary threat of the film flail his arms about impotently. Why bother resurrecting what is arguably the series' most maleficent antagonist if he's going to be so ineffectual? After all that, he can't beat Goku without a cheap shot? A feckless affair; the indignity of it all is astronomical. Heck, it's only marginally superior to GT and Fusion Reborn.

So have you actually seen the movie? Or are you just basing this on the summary?

[Lord Exor]

The summary is explicit enough with regard to the grievances I'm airing.

[RandomGuy96]

I actually think that the GT version of this is better.

[Blade]

Here's the thing which I find to be equal measures of hilarious and exasperating, Battle of Gods received such a negative response from the portion of fans who preferred Dragonball Z at its more action-orientated, as opposed to light, comic and plot-orientated extents, and it honestly feels like the very people who were calling for a mindless action flick are now berating the guy as being totally out of touch when that's exactly what he's given you.

I honestly get the feeling that Toriyama was under pressure from Toei to deliver something with much more action, so essentially, he's dialed it upto to 11 as a mischievous 'two fingers' to those people.

[Baggie_Saiyan]

So, just finished listening to the podcast. Julian's opinions on the movie were welcomed, but I found one tidbit particularly interesting. That being Julian's statement that the film hints/suggests that Freeza was able to control/pick the color of his new form. I'm seriously wondering if he didn't go with gold in-universe just as an attempt to mock the Super Saiyans.

That is absolutely something Freeza would do.

[ekrolo2]

So, just finished listening to the podcast. Julian's opinions on the movie were welcomed, but I found one tidbit particularly interesting. That being Julian's statement that the film hints/suggests that Freeza was able to control/pick the color of his new form. I'm seriously wondering if he didn't go with gold in-universe just as an attempt to mock the Super Saiyans.

That would be hilarious if true.

[buutenks]

So it seems goku stole future trunks' shoes.

That reminds me,makes you wonder how come their shoes can take such a beating ^^ Since they are always intact lol.

Shirt gets destroyed,pants get ripped but shoes,perfectly fine ^^.

Would have been funny,when nappa got killed by vegeta his boots to drop from the air on the ground hehe.

[Regarder]

Here's the thing which I find to be equal measures of hilarious and exasperating, Battle of Gods received such a negative response from the portion of fans who preferred Dragonball Z at its more action-orientated, as opposed to light, comic and plot-orientated extents, and it honestly feels like the very people who were calling for a mindless action flick are now berating the guy as being totally out of touch when that's exactly what he's given you.

That's just your perception. I don't think anyone was calling for a "mindless" action flick. There are good ways and bad ways to do an action movie. Dragonball at its most serious and action orientated is the Saiyan or Cell Saga (but it still has comedy obviously); assuming people want something of that kind of tone, doesn't mean the movie successfully pulled it off. Don't strawman people's preferences.

[Rocketman]

Here's the thing which I find to be equal measures of hilarious and exasperating, Battle of Gods received such a negative response from the portion of fans who preferred Dragonball Z at its more action-orientated, as opposed to light, comic and plot-orientated extents, and it honestly feels like the very people who were calling for a mindless action flick are now berating the guy as being totally out of touch when that's exactly what he's given you.

No, I wanted a good movie.