1st teaser of Dragon Ball Evolution

[coola]

https://vimeo.com/506840576 I couldn't find it on Youtube, so i ve reuploaded it to Vimeo, right after this teaser, we knew it's gonna be bad, thanks to such teasers and trailers, Dragon Ball Evolution is probably most harmless black sheep ever, almost nobody watched it, and just ignored it.

[SuperSaiyaManZ94]

Wow, it's crazy looking at this now and even at the time from the trailers and such you could tell it was going to be a turd of a film almost from the word go. If it weren't for the character names and "Dragon Ball" in the title this would be just another generic mid 2000's action movie, and honestly even then it still feels that way to a degree. Of course, these days it's just an obscure oddity that has been more or less a small blip in the greater scheme of the franchise as a whole which didn't really amount to much in a negative way.

I can tell that Fox clearly didn't have much if any faith in the film, so in general it almost seems as though it was doomed from the start.

[WittyUsername]

Even for a movie released in 2009, the trailers for DBE are pretty tacky. You could tell that Fox had no confidence in it, so they didn’t even bother trying to make it look appealing. The marketing in general was almost nonexistent.

[dragondyle]

Damn, you beat me to it! Haha. I'm making a sort of Evolution Archive and posted it to YouTube this morning to embed there.

I came across this in an old hard drive dated October 2008 and I love it because there's some unfinished special effects in it and missing a ton of sound effects. It's great.

Do we know how this trailer exists by any chance? For example, was this a trailer that was shown to producers only as a "proof of concept" or was this actually released to the public as an official trailer? My file for the trailer was .flv so I definitely ripped it from a flash player but can't remember how it was distributed.

[Planetnamek]

I was excited when I first saw this as at the time i'd not thought about DB in ages, so this film actually provided the catalyst for me getting back into the series as a whole.

[MrSatan2099]

Damn, you beat me to it! Haha. I'm making a sort of Evolution Archive and posted it to YouTube this morning to embed there.

I came across this in an old hard drive dated October 2008 and I love it because there's some unfinished special effects in it and missing a ton of sound effects. It's great.

Do we know how this trailer exists by any chance? For example, was this a trailer that was shown to producers only as a "proof of concept" or was this actually released to the public as an official trailer? My file for the trailer was .flv so I definitely ripped it from a flash player but can't remember how it was distributed.

Yes very interesting to see how unfinished it looked, like the non digitally colored Piccolo. Just as interesting is how bad some of the visuals look that could have been corrected but weren't. It's amazing just how little faith Fox did have in the project, of course it was just an excuse to get an old project into production during the writers strike. I've seen interviews with James Marsters (who I think is genuinely pretty good in the movie) where he talked about being suckered into the project. He said he signed on to what was supposed to be a $100 Million tent pole film and quickly realized he had been misled once he got down to Mexico. Probably the case for most everyone involved.

[Planetnamek]

Damn, you beat me to it! Haha. I'm making a sort of Evolution Archive and posted it to YouTube this morning to embed there.

I came across this in an old hard drive dated October 2008 and I love it because there's some unfinished special effects in it and missing a ton of sound effects. It's great.

Do we know how this trailer exists by any chance? For example, was this a trailer that was shown to producers only as a "proof of concept" or was this actually released to the public as an official trailer? My file for the trailer was .flv so I definitely ripped it from a flash player but can't remember how it was distributed.

Yes very interesting to see how unfinished it looked, like the non digitally colored Piccolo. Just as interesting is how bad some of the visuals look that could have been corrected but weren't. It's amazing just how little faith Fox did have in the project, of course it was just an excuse to get an old project into production during the writers strike. I've seen interviews with James Marsters (who I think is genuinely pretty good in the movie) where he talked about being suckered into the project. He said he signed on to what was supposed to be a $100 Million tent pole film and quickly realized he had been misled once he got down to Mexico. Probably the case for most everyone involved.

Ah so it was greenlit because of the writers strike? That explains it a bit more, I remember reading an article in Entertainment weekly at the time the strike was ongoing that talked about how as a result of the strike studios were greenlighting films much more rapidly then they normally would and with lower standards(I.E. not waiting for a second draft of a script)that would explain how this film that has several changes from the Anime/Manga got greenlit by Fox.

[sangofe]

Damn, you beat me to it! Haha. I'm making a sort of Evolution Archive and posted it to YouTube this morning to embed there.

I came across this in an old hard drive dated October 2008 and I love it because there's some unfinished special effects in it and missing a ton of sound effects. It's great.

Do we know how this trailer exists by any chance? For example, was this a trailer that was shown to producers only as a "proof of concept" or was this actually released to the public as an official trailer? My file for the trailer was .flv so I definitely ripped it from a flash player but can't remember how it was distributed.

Can you also post clips of the japanese Evolution dub?

[MrSatan2099]

Damn, you beat me to it! Haha. I'm making a sort of Evolution Archive and posted it to YouTube this morning to embed there.

I came across this in an old hard drive dated October 2008 and I love it because there's some unfinished special effects in it and missing a ton of sound effects. It's great.

Do we know how this trailer exists by any chance? For example, was this a trailer that was shown to producers only as a "proof of concept" or was this actually released to the public as an official trailer? My file for the trailer was .flv so I definitely ripped it from a flash player but can't remember how it was distributed.

Yes very interesting to see how unfinished it looked, like the non digitally colored Piccolo. Just as interesting is how bad some of the visuals look that could have been corrected but weren't. It's amazing just how little faith Fox did have in the project, of course it was just an excuse to get an old project into production during the writers strike. I've seen interviews with James Marsters (who I think is genuinely pretty good in the movie) where he talked about being suckered into the project. He said he signed on to what was supposed to be a $100 Million tent pole film and quickly realized he had been misled once he got down to Mexico. Probably the case for most everyone involved.

Ah so it was greenlit because of the writers strike? That explains it a bit more, I remember reading an article in Entertainment weekly at the time the strike was ongoing that talked about how as a result of the strike studios were greenlighting films much more rapidly then they normally would and with lower standards(I.E. not waiting for a second draft of a script)that would explain how this film that has several changes from the Anime/Manga got greenlit by Fox.

Yep, basically studios were putting old scripts into production to fill out their release slates. That led to Evolution and Street Fighter Legend of Chun-Li. Or they were putting films into production with unfinished scripts, like Transformers Revenge of the Fallen. We all know how those turned out. That was an interesting time, I was actually in film school when it all went down so I followed it very closely. It even caused shorter seasons for television shows, for instance that's why the fourth season of the The Office is so much shorter than the others.

It's a shame that Fox took something so beloved and just abused it. They didn't do it for love, they barely did it for money, they were just spinning their wheels. I actually don't hate the movie myself, I think it's an interesting side note for the brand. Consider too the completely different landscape of Dragon Ball at the time. All we had was Kai to look forward to, everything else was a distant dream. I remember thinking back in 2009, that Evolution could be it for Dragon Ball for a long time, in terms of brand new material. That was very frustrating in many ways, but I tried my best to enjoy it any way I could.

[Planetnamek]

Yes very interesting to see how unfinished it looked, like the non digitally colored Piccolo. Just as interesting is how bad some of the visuals look that could have been corrected but weren't. It's amazing just how little faith Fox did have in the project, of course it was just an excuse to get an old project into production during the writers strike. I've seen interviews with James Marsters (who I think is genuinely pretty good in the movie) where he talked about being suckered into the project. He said he signed on to what was supposed to be a $100 Million tent pole film and quickly realized he had been misled once he got down to Mexico. Probably the case for most everyone involved.

Ah so it was greenlit because of the writers strike? That explains it a bit more, I remember reading an article in Entertainment weekly at the time the strike was ongoing that talked about how as a result of the strike studios were greenlighting films much more rapidly then they normally would and with lower standards(I.E. not waiting for a second draft of a script)that would explain how this film that has several changes from the Anime/Manga got greenlit by Fox.

Yep, basically studios were putting old scripts into production to fill out their release slates. That led to Evolution and Street Fighter Legend of Chun-Li. Or they were putting films into production with unfinished scripts, like Transformers Revenge of the Fallen. We all know how those turned out. That was an interesting time, I was actually in film school when it all went down so I followed it very closely. It even caused shorter seasons for television shows, for instance that's why the fourth season of the The Office is so much shorter than the others.

It's a shame that Fox took something so beloved and just abused it. They didn't do it for love, they barely did it for money, they were just spinning their wheels. I actually don't hate the movie myself, I think it's an interesting side note for the brand. Consider too the completely different landscape of Dragon Ball at the time. All we had was Kai to look forward to, everything else was a distant dream. I remember thinking back in 2009, that Evolution could be it for Dragon Ball for a long time, in terms of brand new material. That was very frustrating in many ways, but I tried my best to enjoy it any way I could.

Legend of Chun Li too eh? Very interesting, I liked that one but it definitely feels like a film that needed another draft. Also liked Revenge of the Fallen(though it's my least favorite of the Transformers live-action films) though once I heard about the writers strike issues it suddenly made sense why the film dedicated so much time to Sam at college which ultimately does not really impact the plot at all.

I can see how fans would be frustrated by this movie with only a remake of the original anime to look forward to and a few video games.

I definitely did notice the whole shorter seasons thing with Family Guy as Seth MacFarlane was notably not happy with FOX airing episodes like McStroke without his final approval(the "Stewie Kills Lois" "Lois Kills Stewie" 2 part episode was the last one Seth gave final approval to before the strike). The Simpsons came out relatively unscathed as their season that year wasn't much shorter then their other seasons(though the staff did express annoyance at not being able to remove a musical number in one episode that they felt didn't really work because of the strike) and American Dad also got out OK.

[Hellspawn28]

I still remember this teaser and everyone knew that this movie was going to be shit. By the end of the day, DBE did no damage to the Dragon Ball brand and people forgot that it exist. Back in 2009, I thought DBE would end up getting a cult movie similar to Street Fighter (1994) or Batman & Robin. Even 12 years later, the movie is still dislike as it was back in 2009.

[linkdude20002001]

If anything, it HELPED the franchise, right? I recall reading that the directors or whoever ignored Toriyama's suggestions, and then the movie bombed, so he made sure to get some control over the next movie that came out (Battle of Gods). That's correct isn't it? So if anything, I guess we should be thankful for it?

[Planetnamek]

If anything, it HELPED the franchise, right? I recall reading that the directors or whoever ignored Toriyama's suggestions, and then the movie bombed, so he made sure to get some control over the next movie that came out (Battle of Gods). That's correct isn't it? So if anything, I guess we should be thankful for it?

Yes sometimes good things come out of failures. Prime example was Cleopatra bombing at the box-office convinced Hollywood to let directors call the shots for once instead of studio execs which to led to over a decade of amazing critically acclaimed movies from revolutionary directors(The Wild Bunch, Bonnie and Clyde, Star Wars, The Deer Hunter and Apocalypse Now just to name a few), and then Heaven's Gate and One for the Heart bombing led to studios taking over again but this time actually making more of an effort to entice audiences by actually taking inspiration from the directors and not just resting on their laurels like they were with Cleopatra.

[Hellspawn28]

At least DBE didn't do any damage to the brand name. The movie flopping is probably why no one has bother to do another live action Dragon Ball movie. Shueisha probably banned the idea of a live action DB movie similar to what happen with Seuss' widow and Cat in the Hat movie.

[JamesDaSpaghettiTaco]

It's almost bizzare that this was an official trailer, nowadays when you see stuff like this you immediatly think its fan made.