Dragon Ball: Evolution- Speculation and Discussion

Senzu_Bean · Post by **Senzu_Bean** » Wed May 27, 2009 5:51 pm

I would like to know why they insist in put a city on the background. It isn't like Dragonball is a street-gangsta film.

Olivier Hague · Post by **Olivier Hague** » Wed May 27, 2009 5:56 pm

Senzu_Bean wrote:I would like to know why they insist in put a city on the background. It isn't like Dragonball is a street-gangsta film.

Ah, but people might think it is and buy the DVD!
Same thing for the "Z".

(... and same thing for the "Dragon Ball" back when the movie was released in theaters)

The Time Traveller · Post by **The Time Traveller** » Wed May 27, 2009 7:33 pm

Look how freakishly short Goku's left arm is in that picture... they should have edited the gi up slightly on his arm because it just looks fucked up there. Compare it to the actual picture of Goku in the blue gi, terrible...

MarcFBR · Post by **MarcFBR** » Wed May 27, 2009 7:41 pm

For those enjoying the photoshopness of the covers... marvel at...

THE FACT THEY ARE VARIANTS!!!!

http://www.fanboyreview.net/2009/05/27/ ... nt-boxart/

yes... Evolution apparently requires differing coverarts so people don't get confused at it's EPICNESS

bkev · Post by **bkev** » Wed May 27, 2009 7:44 pm

that arm... it's so EPIC!!!! That alone will make me go out and buy a Blu-Ray

omegacwa · Post by **omegacwa** » Wed May 27, 2009 7:45 pm

It appears that the blu ray cover is the actual photo, while the dvd is the shopped one. Well, more shopped one.

SSJ2bardock · Post by **SSJ2bardock** » Wed May 27, 2009 7:48 pm

LOL the DVD cover looks like a T-Rex arm!

DominatorLost · Post by **DominatorLost** » Thu May 28, 2009 8:26 am

godofchaos wrote:For those enjoying the photoshopness of the covers... marvel at...

THE FACT THEY ARE VARIANTS!!!!

http://www.fanboyreview.net/2009/05/27/ ... nt-boxart/

yes... Evolution apparently requires differing coverarts so people don't get confused at it's EPICNESS

I can't help but laugh at Chatku's awkward-as-hell scream.

Tanooki Kuribo · Post by **Tanooki Kuribo** » Thu May 28, 2009 11:05 am

Oh he's screaming? I thought he was yawning... *sarcasm*

Conan the SSJ · Post by **Conan the SSJ** » Thu May 28, 2009 2:28 pm

So I saw the movie finally, thought it was insanely horrible obviously, here's my quick two cents.

"Goku" was just far too out-of-character and wooden-acted for any type of miniscule entertainment, Yamcha disappointed me tons in essentially being some idiot-exaggerated version of Sabat's take from DBZ Season 3/4, and I was strongly let down by the very little Piccolo screen-time (what can I say, big James Marsters and Piccolo fan). The lack of explanations for big plot things also threw me for a loop, like Piccolo's awareness of Chatku being an "Oozaru", why Chatku wouldn't even consider wishing Gohan back to life (it's not like Gohan tells him in that afterlife segment "I'm happy where I am, don't wish me back"), and the vagueness to the "prophecy" crap while being even more convoluted and cliche than the materials it rips off.

Big weird thing for me also, seeing Chichi "going out" with the "Fuckity fuck fuck" black guy from Final Destination 3... yeah, it's something I wanna repress. (And this isn't a racial thing, I just don't like the actor or the point of his character in general; watch Final Destination 3, best part of that film is when his head is splattered in a gym) Though that's nothing compared to the ridiculous character garbage done to "Goku", don't anyone tell me this wasn't a merged copy-paste of Smallville's Clark Kent and the Spiderman films Peter Parker. I literally thought Clark at almost all his scenes with Chichi and let's not delve into how much of an "Uncle Ben" Gohan's been turned into. Surprisingly enough, my favorite character of the piece turned out to be Roshi, whom couldn't look any more different than the genuine article, but had an entertaining personality, the right touch of perv-ness, and some decent acting for the stuff he was written for.

Overall, the film could've been a lot longer than it was. I remember seeing stuff from the trailer like Piccolo destroying a city, I guess that made it to the cutting room floor sadly enough. I actually didn't mind that his "release" from his prison was offscreen, as that's how it was in the manga and anime as well when Pilaf set him free. But yeah, way too short of a "big budget movie", to the point where it felt like a direct-to-DVD project. The final fight between Chatku and Piccolo was also very under-whelming, to the point where I ask "That's it?" to both the battle and movie itself. The Clark/Doomsday battle from the Smallville Season 8 finale (which lasted all of 2 minutes where Clark didn't even land one real punch), something every Smallville viewer and their brother is being pissy about, impressed me more than what Evolution gave us for a "climax". In the end, the battle scenes and some of the special effects could've been a hell of a lot better, but I was impressed by some things here or there (surprisingly liked how the Dragonballs were done).

Almost tempted to do a fanedit, but Evolution is really beyond repair and not worth it. Won't get the DVD, won't see it if it's ever at the dollar movie, pretty much never wanna watch it again (unless I'm really really drunk and got nothing else better to do). These were my views, Conan has no more to say of Chatku and his wooden evolution. Have fun with the sequel!

ultimateemail5000 · Post by **ultimateemail5000** » Thu May 28, 2009 2:46 pm

I seriously refused to pay to see something I knew I would not like. This movie is always free and streaming at, oh wait hold on a second..what was I thinking?!

JAPPO · Post by **JAPPO** » Thu May 28, 2009 6:55 pm

Yay lets steal Dragonball GT too because that sucks.

CashmanX · Post by **CashmanX** » Thu May 28, 2009 6:58 pm

JAPPO wrote:Yay lets steal Dragonball GT too because that sucks.

DragonBall GT doesn't deviate from the source material.

Usually

JAPPO · Post by **JAPPO** » Thu May 28, 2009 6:59 pm

CashmanX wrote:
JAPPO wrote:Yay lets steal Dragonball GT too because that sucks.
DragonBall GT doesn't deviate from the source material. Usually.

Yes it does.

And what's your point? It still sucks even if it didn't.

CashmanX · Post by **CashmanX** » Thu May 28, 2009 7:04 pm

JAPPO wrote:
CashmanX wrote:
JAPPO wrote:Yay lets steal Dragonball GT too because that sucks.
DragonBall GT doesn't deviate from the source material. Usually.
Yes it does.

And what's your point? It still sucks even if it didn't.

The characters and their motives are mostly still there.

Dragonball evolution and it's characters bear no resemblance to the originals except in name only.

JAPPO · Post by **JAPPO** » Thu May 28, 2009 7:06 pm

CashmanX wrote:
JAPPO wrote:
CashmanX wrote: DragonBall GT doesn't deviate from the source material. Usually.
Yes it does.

And what's your point? It still sucks even if it didn't.
The characters and their motives are mostly still there.

Dragonball evolution and it's characters bear no resemblance to the originals except in name only.

I'm sorry but Vegeta with a mustache isn't the Vegeta I know and love.

Anyway, even if some of the characters are mostly the same in GT, that doesn't change the fact it's a lazily made show with no plot or anything interesting. It's a boring cash-in.

Pain · Post by **Pain** » Thu May 28, 2009 7:29 pm

JAPPO wrote:
CashmanX wrote:
JAPPO wrote: Yes it does.

And what's your point? It still sucks even if it didn't.
The characters and their motives are mostly still there.

Dragonball evolution and it's characters bear no resemblance to the originals except in name only.
I'm sorry but Vegeta with a mustache isn't the Vegeta I know and love.

Yeah, when Vegeta looks like John Oates, it's hard to take him seriously.

BlueSky · Post by **Kaboom** » Thu May 28, 2009 7:31 pm

Good thing I like both DBE and GT and won't have to pirate either of them. Or in GT's case, didn't have to.

Tenshinhan-san · Post by **Tenshinhan-san** » Thu May 28, 2009 7:32 pm

JAPPO wrote:It's a boring cash-in.

I think you confuse DBGT with DBE, mate. Yes, DBGT was made to eat off of the success of DB & DBZ and some choices they made with the show didn't turn out as enjoyable or 'success formula' as they might have looked on paper.

On the other hand, despite some plotholes and lame parts (I personally didn't like the first 20 or so episodes about the space travelling), DBGT stays faithful to it's predecessor and is a pretty good show. It just doesn't live up to DB & DBZ, but those were two fantastic show who are, IMO pretty hard to live up to, let alone top. There are some pretty epic parts in DBGT as well though which I'd like to point out;

- Bebi Vegeta
- Uub fusing with Buu (or Majuub)
- SSJ4 Goku
- SSJ4 Vegeta
- SSJ4 Gogeta
- Omega Shenron

and last, but probably best; The last episode of DBGT (#64) was just beautiful. I think that was the perfect ending for the whole Epic Saga that the DB universe offered.

Edit: Sorry for going off-topic, but I just thought I'd point out that DBGT is lightyears better than DBE, for obvious reasons.

Pain · Post by **Pain** » Thu May 28, 2009 7:33 pm

SSj Kaboom wrote:Good thing I like both DBE and GT and won't have to pirate either of them. Or in GT's case, didn't have to.

What do you mean by that?