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Tanooki's DragonBall: Ultimate Edition DVD Dissection

Post by Tanooki Kuribo » Thu Nov 08, 2007 9:55 pm

"DragonBall: The Ultimate Edition" DVD. What makes it ultimate? How about an all new CGI Goku? What? Yea, you'll find out at the end of this article what the frig Iam talking about. But for now lets start at the begining (or you can scroll down now to see CGI Goku and be all like OMGWTF).

Here is the back of the case, it looks like a real low budget job... Did they need to list color as one of the features? Maybe they should have also told us it was a talkie to. Also its region free so... yeeeea.

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The main menu is pretty much just the art they used for the cover, just re arranged and touched up a bit...

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So now for the "All new special effects"... The original opening had the sock puppet Dragon appearing in the sky. For this re-release though, the producers decided to just make a CGI dragon using nothing but software from 1995.

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I honestly think sock puppet dragon looked more life like. I don't know it's pretty funny seeing it in action. Anyway, I had a OMGWTF moment when I saw this:

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Motha flippin DragonBalls! Not just some stupid white pearl thats used in the movie. These are DragonBalls! Look at them you can't deny that! They only were on screen for like a half a second then faded into the movie's title screen:

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They just touched up a few things and added some CGI effects here and there... A few examples are:

King Horn now has lightning around his body and glowing red eyes... sometimes:

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Goku's cloud is more cloud like:

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The fireball or ki shots are more like the anime series. Before they were just fireworks on the floor that would lead up to the target and the guy would throw himself backwards as if he was hit with a fireball. This was common in the early Mighty Morphing Power Rangers so you know what Iam talking about. Now, it looks pretty cool. I'd say this is probley the only thing I would say they did a pretty good job on...

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So of course at the end, the Dragon is summoned and of course its that same Dragon that was seen in the credits...

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Ok so the Dragon comes, Bulma gets her wish. In the original version Yamcha looks at Goku and says "I have a wish" and Goku is like "What is it?" Yamcha says he wishes he could fight Goku and Goku says "You got your wish" and they start a friendly fight. What happens in this version though is after Goku says "You got your wish"... uh... this happens:

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Wow... Wow. CGI Goku and Yamcha start fighting as the credits roll up. What the Hell? That was totally bizarre!

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So friggin wired. I don't know why they would do that... Oh well, you can put a bunch of butter on shit but its still going to taste like shit.
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Re: Tanooki's "DragonBall: Ultimate Edition DVD Dissect

Post by ect5150 » Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:07 pm

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Post by Kaboom » Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:11 pm

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Post by Slickmasterfunk » Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:12 pm

One question, is the original version of the movie on the disc as well?
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Post by snaku » Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:20 pm

Probably a better effort than Fox's forthcoming film.
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Post by Casual Matt » Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:41 pm

What the flying fuck?

That CGI Shen Long and Goku... they're far far worse than the sock puppet and whatever else.
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Re: Tanooki's "DragonBall: Ultimate Edition DVD Dissect

Post by Kunzait_83 » Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:55 pm

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Post by MajinVejitaXV » Fri Nov 09, 2007 12:11 am

Wow. I must own this. Now.

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Post by SSJ Helldog » Fri Nov 09, 2007 12:29 am

It's almost like they're making fun of George Lucas. Where'd you order the DVD from? I don't have a credit card, and I haven't seen it in stores.
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Post by Eclipse » Fri Nov 09, 2007 1:08 am

Meh, at least they went to the effort of doing that stuff. Sure it's not 'Ultimate' but it definitely makes these guys one over Funimation IMO 8)
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Post by Castor Troy » Fri Nov 09, 2007 1:33 am

I can't wait to get mine! :shock:
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Post by Brad Redfield » Fri Nov 09, 2007 1:50 am

I am so buying this. It'll go nicely along with Kung-Pow! in my collection. :P
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Post by Kaboom » Fri Nov 09, 2007 1:56 am

Brad Redfield wrote:I am so buying this. It'll go nicely along with Kung-Pow! in my collection. :P
Same here, on both counts. :D
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Post by Ex-Dubbie369 » Fri Nov 09, 2007 2:53 am

Does anyone know if the original version is available anywhere? I wanna see the differences for myself.
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Post by bkev » Fri Nov 09, 2007 2:55 am

Ex-Dubbie369 wrote:Does anyone know if the original version is available anywhere? I wanna see the differences for myself.
Netflix is your friend...
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Post by JohnnyBoy_Z » Fri Nov 09, 2007 5:05 am

Tanooki, do they even have a fight at the end? And if so, how long does it last?
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Post by Tanooki Kuribo » Fri Nov 09, 2007 9:45 am

Tanooki, do they even have a fight at the end? And if so, how long does it last?
Yea, they still fight but now its in CGI. It last for maybe a half a minute then changes to random poses of CGI Goku and Yamcha. :?
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Post by Kunzait_83 » Fri Nov 09, 2007 9:51 am

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Journey to the West, chapter 26 wrote:The strong man will meet someone stronger still:
Come to naught at last he surely will!
Zephyr wrote:And that's to say nothing of how pretty much impossible it is to capture what made the original run of the series so great. I'm in the generation of fans that started with Toonami, so I totally empathize with the feeling of having "missed the party", experiencing disappointment, and wanting to experience it myself. But I can't, that's how life is. Time is a bitch. The party is over. Kageyama, Kikuchi, and Maeda are off the sauce now; Yanami almost OD'd; Yamamoto got arrested; Toriyama's not going to light trash cans on fire and hang from the chandelier anymore. We can't get the band back together, and even if we could, everyone's either old, in poor health, or calmed way the fuck down. Best we're going to get, and are getting, is a party that's almost entirely devoid of the magic that made the original one so awesome that we even want more.
Kamiccolo9 wrote:It grinds my gears that people get "outraged" over any of this stuff. It's a fucking cartoon. If you are that determined to be angry about something, get off the internet and make a stand for something that actually matters.
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Post by Raki » Fri Nov 09, 2007 11:00 am

Definitely NOT picking up that piece of shit DVD.
The series doesn't start with the arrival of Raditz. Stop being lazy and watch Dragonball.
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Post by omegacwa » Fri Nov 09, 2007 12:41 pm

I have the original version on DVD, I got it off Amazon for like 10 bucks. I still haven't watched it though.
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