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Mar 31, 2009 10:19 AM

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I've heard nothing but bad things, I havent followed the manga/anime so theres no legacy to spoil with me. I'll give it a shot. It did well at the box office in asia and I saw an interview with James Marsters today saying he'd like to make SEVEN more movies.

Personally I hope it bombs so hollywood will leave my favorite anime alone, I'm dreading the Cowboy Bebop live action movie. *shudder*
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Mar 31, 2009 10:27 AM

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I.... wha... m-m-m-m-m-my childhood! Gone! My childhood, torn from my soul in a matter of 84 minutes with an extra 14 minutes and 34 seconds of advertisements! W-...why!


*cries*


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Mar 31, 2009 11:12 AM

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FullmetalIan said:
I've heard nothing but bad things, I havent followed the manga/anime so theres no legacy to spoil with me. I'll give it a shot. It did well at the box office in asia and I saw an interview with James Marsters today saying he'd like to make SEVEN more movies.

Personally I hope it bombs so hollywood will leave my favorite anime alone, I'm dreading the Cowboy Bebop live action movie. *shudder*


There is no way you could spoil yourself by watching it anyway. Its completely different and filled with shit.
Apr 1, 2009 5:22 PM

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Big no no D:
Apr 1, 2009 5:48 PM

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FullmetalIan said:
I saw an interview with James Marsters today saying he'd like to make SEVEN more movies.


When I read this, my mind stopped. I think is was a response to the fact that this guy hasn't been punched in the face yet.
Apr 1, 2009 7:14 PM

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AlecPyron said:
I gonna watch it for the lolz.


But seven....is too much. We only need 1 DB movie.

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Apr 1, 2009 7:29 PM

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AlecPyron said:
I'm going to watch it, then kill myself.
Apr 1, 2009 7:37 PM

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panda_general said:
AlecPyron said:
I gonna watch it for the lolz.


But seven....is too much. We only need 1 DB movie.


7 are you serious?
Oh dear god..-_-
Apr 2, 2009 3:40 AM

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panda_general said:
But seven....is too much. We only need 1 DB movie.


And that one is too much >.>
The movie should be called "an eyefuck for which the inspiration came from once cult anime Dragon Ball and shares a slight resemblance (exclude the quality, story or anything positive)"
Apr 2, 2009 4:14 AM

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No,
dont even joke about some more sequel to this movie,

unless they decide to correct the story and follow the original.
Apr 2, 2009 4:27 PM

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Ugh, it looks so bad I am not going to even waste my time with it!
Apr 3, 2009 6:27 AM

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Is it out yet? I can't wait to inflict pain upon my elitist prejudice towards American adaptations.
Apr 3, 2009 6:36 AM

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Nijo said:
panda_general said:
But seven....is too much. We only need 1 DB movie.


And that one is too much >.>
The movie should be called "an eyefuck for which the inspiration came from once cult anime Dragon Ball and shares a slight resemblance (exclude the quality, story or anything positive)"


we only need one movie but one good movie, not this crap
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Apr 3, 2009 11:59 AM

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i'll wait to see it once its in my local red box. may not be worth the $1, but drunk, could be good
Apr 4, 2009 6:05 AM

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Seeing it on Tuesday for the lulz. Not expecting much but I'll probs find it enjoyable (I'm one of those people that loved the transformers movie XD). Unfortunately nobody I know wants to go with me (probably for good reasons).


Apr 4, 2009 8:17 AM

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Think?

I though we weren't supposed to be thinking when watching this.
Apr 4, 2009 9:04 AM

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Thorro said:
Seeing it on Tuesday for the lulz. Not expecting much but I'll probs find it enjoyable (I'm one of those people that loved the transformers movie XD). Unfortunately nobody I know wants to go with me (probably for good reasons).


Shit! You're actually gonna give cash for that piece of crap???
God invented Internet for sole purpose of stopping us from spending money on this kind of things...
Apr 4, 2009 12:29 PM

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Thorro said:
Seeing it on Tuesday for the lulz. Not expecting much but I'll probs find it enjoyable (I'm one of those people that loved the transformers movie XD). Unfortunately nobody I know wants to go with me (probably for good reasons).


Apr 4, 2009 12:36 PM

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wait this garbage is out already?
Apr 4, 2009 12:49 PM

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gswelcome said:
wait this garbage is out already?

Been out in Japan for almost a month now. One of my friends caught the English dub over there and it's apparently worse than you could ever have imagined/wished for. I totally plan to watch the comedy of the century at a midnight showing if I can.

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Apr 4, 2009 1:02 PM

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i'm reading an interview with James Marsters and he claims the movie follows the source material. that he is a fan of DB and DBZ himself. i really don't know what to say about this...
Bakayaro said:
gswelcome said:
wait this garbage is out already?

Been out in Japan for almost a month now. One of my friends caught the English dub over there and it's apparently worse than you could ever have imagined/wished for. I totally plan to watch the comedy of the century at a midnight showing if I can.


i was afraid of this...

i'm reading an interview with James Marsters and he claims the movie follows the source material. that he is a fan of DB and DBZ himself. o.O
Apr 4, 2009 1:24 PM

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Yeahhhh... I heard that as well, but when you have actors pronouncing Goku as Gookoo, I'm fairly sure that you can't expect much of this.

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Apr 4, 2009 2:31 PM

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The bet the Dragons wonder when people will finaly leave their balls alone...
Apr 4, 2009 8:37 PM

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<pirate>Argh, I'm goin to me bay to aquire this barnicle incrusted piece of rubbish that even Davy Jones threw back. I won't compensate the scurvy dogs who produced this thing. Argh </pirat>
Apr 4, 2009 8:46 PM

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It's gonna be really horrible. Like what is this!? Huh?
Apr 5, 2009 1:07 AM

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The only thing that I'm interested to see from this movie is what the box office results will be on the opening weekend when this movie is released in the US.
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Majeh-Sama said:
The only thing that I'm interested to see from this movie is what the box office results will be on the opening weekend when this movie is released in the US.


Haa, same here xD
Apr 5, 2009 7:17 AM

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Quanta said:
<pirate>Argh, I'm goin to me bay to aquire this barnicle incrusted piece of rubbish that even Davy Jones threw back. I won't compensate the scurvy dogs who produced this thing. Argh </pirat>

its not even worth wasting some of your bandwidth
Apr 5, 2009 8:52 AM

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Even Master Roshi - Bulma hentai could be better than this garbage.
Apr 5, 2009 4:38 PM

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OH MY GOD!!! O.O
Gotta find that one nao!

But Roshi in live action is 30 years old,that fails :(
Apr 5, 2009 4:52 PM

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I honestly don't have any hope for it to be good, and i really hope Roger Moore gives a review for it in the newspaper........Sorry thats my opinion. :(
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Apr 6, 2009 12:38 AM

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http://www.youtube.com/v/XRTo_B3VTYc&rel=1&rel=1">http://www.youtube.com/v/XRTo_B3VTYc&rel=1&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355">


lol great find. Piccolo's reaction to the movie was priceless. XD
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Apr 6, 2009 1:52 AM

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Flibbertigibbet said:
It'll probably become a cult classic, but only because it'll be hilariously awful.

The same ^^'
Apr 6, 2009 4:46 PM

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Geez..how many people here have actually seen it?
I just got back from previewing it (I work at a cinema) before it's release in the UK on Friday, and I have to say I loved it.

It isn't close to the manga/ anime, but that would only ever please the fans and since most anime fans download anyway, box office revenue wouldn't get them far.
They have managed to keep enough Dragonball to please fans while making it more accessible for the general public.
It's got the Dragonball spirit, with plenty of laughs, some awesome fight scenes and the characters work out pretty well.
Goku is still innocent and child-like at times and the change into a teenager probably makes him a little more relatable than a happy-go-lucky forest-dweller.
There are little nods to the series that true fans can enjoy picking up on and it isn't all hopeless. It had dragonballs that grant a wish, it has namek and oozaru mentioned, and is set in a very dragonball world. Capsule Corp looks awesome...

The only faults were that Piccolo should have got more screen time, it should be a longer film and it needs a little more backstory but I hope the fanboys get off thir high horses and see the film so it can have a sequel and get me my Vegeta XD
But seriously, don't write it off. It was so much fun to watch!

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Apr 7, 2009 5:15 AM

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Well, if the movie proves popular they may release a movie based on DBZ. But that is only if people cast aside any prejudice about the film and ignore the rumour mill, and actually go see it for the piece of entertainment it is.

Seriously, James Marsters was write, they do follow source material to some degree, but it is an adaptation, not a word for word remake of the manga/anime.
Tis an interesting interpretation that I think would appeal to a wide audience, yet it still keeps silly anime things in, which makes it quirky.

I urge people to go give it a try, as it is so much fun. The trailers left me feeling a bit worried since they imply a lot of changes, but the trailers were misleading. It was very, very good.
My boyfriend was super sceptical, but I made him come along to watch it with me, and he thought it was brilliant.
It is the right balance of Dragonball and mainstream. :)

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Apr 7, 2009 11:47 AM

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Yet another great show turned into a horrible movie...just like the others.

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cabbit-chan said:
Well, if the movie proves popular they may release a movie based on DBZ. But that is only if people cast aside any prejudice about the film and ignore the rumour mill, and actually go see it for the piece of entertainment it is.

Seriously, James Marsters was write, they do follow source material to some degree, but it is an adaptation, not a word for word remake of the manga/anime.
Tis an interesting interpretation that I think would appeal to a wide audience, yet it still keeps silly anime things in, which makes it quirky.

I urge people to go give it a try, as it is so much fun. The trailers left me feeling a bit worried since they imply a lot of changes, but the trailers were misleading. It was very, very good.
My boyfriend was super sceptical, but I made him come along to watch it with me, and he thought it was brilliant.
It is the right balance of Dragonball and mainstream. :)


Goku in highschool is enough to say it's crap.
Apr 7, 2009 3:37 PM

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Well, that is a bit of a narrowminded thing to say. He isn't actually shown in high school for that long.
It's kinda like saying "I'm not going to watch that Dragonball Z anime because it has filler in it"

But nevermind. If you don't want to see it, it is your loss. ;)

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Well, that is a bit of a narrowminded thing to say. He isn't actually shown in high school for that long.
It's kinda like saying "I'm not going to watch that Dragonball Z anime because it has filler in it"

But nevermind. If you don't want to see it, it is your loss. ;)


I think you mean it's my gain.
Apr 7, 2009 4:32 PM

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I saw a commercial and lol'd.
This'll probably be as good as most of the stuff coming out atm.
Apr 7, 2009 6:52 PM

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Our American movie industry is for the most part messed up.
DBZ definitely goes into the WTF have they done category.
Aug 2, 2009 5:10 PM

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I don't think something that style should be attempted as a live action.
EVER
Aug 2, 2009 6:42 PM

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I saw the commercial and i didn't like it...
The anime is soo much better.
Aug 3, 2009 12:13 AM

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I didn't like the movie at all..It was too short, bad animation, bad concept,the completely changed it from the anime :( ,,,And bad bad jokes..when my father watched it with me he thought I've lost half of my IQ.."why the hell is my son watching this crap" lol
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I like nothing about the movie.
I think screwed up the movie. And imagine the number of fans complaining about it.
Plus, the storyline is so ruined that they got to rush at the end.
In conclusion, this movie just doesn't make sense at all.
With a pathetic 1.5 hours....
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