1

OMG way to ruin one of my favorite cartoons and throw it into a meat grinder.

f dragonball on Oct 3, 2008

2

i hate it.
omg i hate it so much.
just take it down, please.

garbage on Oct 3, 2008

3

hahahahaah alright so along with the shitty pics we get this shitty trailer that looks like it's part of the mortal kombat franchise which were so bad they kicked ass lol. NOW that all hopes are out the window of this movie being even decent. I definitely can't wait to enjoy a bad movie, there always a good laugh and i think we'll all be laughing at this one for a long long time……especially after growing up watching DBZ…hopefully one day they'll realize it and other animes potential so they can construct a finer piece of work

McGangster on Oct 3, 2008

4

Good quality, sound, music… everything… now find me onother excuse and tell me that it is not pure shit!

I am a huge DB fan. I watched every episode of DB, DBZ, DBGT (but the last wan was poor). I am not a professional filmmaker, let`s say that I am an amateur interested in movies and I have at least 100 ideas how to make a movie based on DB really good.

They have just threw to a garbage can my whole childhood ;P

szkari on Oct 3, 2008

5

It's crap like this that's got me not wanting to watch any other movie Fox distributes.

Denver on Oct 3, 2008

6

not that much impressed with the trailer but ill still check it out.

Q on Oct 3, 2008

7

I'll watch it for the lulz.

MegaMick on Oct 3, 2008

8

If the movie is like this teaser then it's gone suck major bollocks!!!!!! So lets hope we will be pleasantly surprised when it hits the theaters.

Martyn on Oct 3, 2008

9

HOW THE F—– IS THIS SUPPOSED TO BE RELATED TO DRANGONBALL???? WHAT??
I'll rent it anyway though…urgh.

Ariel on Oct 3, 2008

10

never watch the cartoon, but this looks fun.
but i also loved DOA the movie too.
(and speed racer)

louis on Oct 3, 2008

11

i hoped for gorgeous asian chicks and typical dragonball humor in this movie…but after watching the teaser it looks like just another Dead or Alive crap…..lets see wht they have in stock in full trailer…

lostboy_1 on Oct 3, 2008

12

Wow that looks terrible

Atomic Popcorn on Oct 3, 2008

13

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO no no non on on on on on on onon
awful, im an DBZ fan and this is gonna hurt soooo much!!!

no on Oct 3, 2008

14

I wonder who is to be blame for making such movie!! The director/producer or the author who actually allow this happen. I am sorry but a main actor a white guy, COME ON!

cindarr on Oct 3, 2008

15

wher is Gohan, Trunks, Cell, Majin Buu…c'mon thumbs down..

DDOT3 on Oct 3, 2008

16

looks awful. i am admittedly not a dragonball fan though and have never seen a single episode. not good.

Jayme on Oct 3, 2008

17

Hey, you know what? I'm a huge fan just like most of the people here claim to be. Yeah, it looks sub-par, but fuck, I'll probably still see it! I mean, you guys can bash it all you want, but I'll bet that most of you will actually end up seeing this movie of your own free will at some point.

Josh M on Oct 3, 2008

18

DDOT3… first of all there is NO GOHAT because it is a Bragon Ball NOT Dragon Ball Z! Probably most people here were raised on DBZ and never saw original episodes of DB which is a shame from my point of view. I started to watch DB actually from DBZ but then I have heard about the previous episodes. I watched them and… I mus say they are pure great! Maybe they`re more childisch but sure they have that "something".

I will watch this movie out of curiosity… to see and count what they have f… up!!!!!

szkari on Oct 3, 2008

19

What do you all expect? It's from Fox, after all. This studio meddles in the production of all their films. Mathieu Kassovitz's "Babylon A.D." was nearly cut in half by the studio (execs cut a whopping 70 minutes from the final cut), prompting Kassovitz to publicly lambaste the studio. They forced "Live Free Or Die Hard" into a PG-13 rating to make more money, completely disregarding its core audience. And look at their take on the Fantastic Four comic-adaptations.

This studio has released nothing but garbage for years, catering to the pre-pubescent crowd.

BobbyB on Oct 3, 2008

20

While it looks like a crappy dragonball movie, it looks alright if you know nothing about the series

lolwhat on Oct 3, 2008

21

When are people going to realize that it's not the dragon ball cartoon we remember. It's impossible to recreate a cartoon into real life. All they did was take the dragon ball idea / concept and applied it to modern human life. If you keep compairing it to your childhood memories of how great DB and DBZ was, then ofcource it will be bad in your eyes, anything that isn't what you see in your imagination of what a dbz movie would be, will be bad. I love DBZ and i will go see this movie, looks entertaining.

Pascal on Oct 3, 2008

22

I'm a huge DB Fan.

This movie will completely ruin the DB reputation!

This just looks… terrible !!!

PLEASE DONT RELEASE THIS SHIT!

Eradicate this movie! on Oct 3, 2008

23

(Vader voice) "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

Luis M on Oct 3, 2008

24

oh my god how bad!!!!!

Perturabo on Oct 3, 2008

25

Dear Alex,

please for God Sake…from now on…do not post any material regarding on Dragon Ball movie!!!

please…I'M BEGGING YOU!!!

We all just hate it so much!!!

stop doing it!!!

its insulting us like hell!!!

safichan on Oct 3, 2008

26

surely the japanese will curse this movie!!!

one of their greatest icon pop culture is being destroy!!!

poor Akira Torimaya….

safichan on Oct 3, 2008

27

hey to the guy who made comment 15…um its called dragonball…not dragonball z…..baby steps…anyways…..yeah this looks cheezy…who know…alot of poeple said the same about speed racer but i thought it was great……but you can only appreciate that movie if you watched the old cartoons…but with this….i dont think that even looking throught the bottom of a bottle will help…yeah…. ……hopes…..they're smashed……someone go kick the poeple who let this happen to such a great show…..

Eck0_81 on Oct 3, 2008

28

Ew. That looks….. terrible. Piccolo's not even green. Yeesh. Looks like the story line is all kinds of fucked up as well. Maybe I'll catch it on TBS.

bozoconnors on Oct 3, 2008

29

ow wow

ooooooooooohh wooooow

thank god we had the leak to prepare us for that utter rubbish

unbelievable

mikesta on Oct 3, 2008

30

#19: Don't forget the "Watchmen" legal mess. The execs at Fox have to FUCK OFF, when it comes down to the creatively aspect of their films, despite their funding of them. I shudder at what they'll do with "Cowboy Bebop".

Roy on Oct 3, 2008

31

I take it it's an origin movie. The whole setup starts somewhere and leads to what we all see and love about the cartoon. I'm betting that Piccolo will end up becoming green throughout the movie. I'm still checking this out and leaving the bitching to a minimum!

Pickle on Oct 3, 2008

32

lol aw that was horrible need to rename it inspired by the cartoon dragonball or something; in name is the only thing they have in common hahahaha that was funny. no I won't be going to see this I still havent seen fantastic 4 rise of the silver surfer nor Speed racer of which both I am familiar with and I am also familiar with Dragon Ball and that was not it at all but someone mentioned that it should be good for those who arent familiar with it I agree and they'll probably like it, and not like the manga or anime. I wonder what Toryima thinks of this

Samuel on Oct 3, 2008

33

its bulletproof monk 2 …. eeeek !!!

Such an obvious make money of a known title rip off !!

Fenris on Oct 3, 2008

34

I dont know why you guys are all getting so mad, I didn't think it looked half bad. I mean in Dragonball Goku/Bulma/Yamcha/ and Master Roshi go looking for the Dragon Balls. . . and that is like basically it. All they did for this movie is give them a dire reason to search them out. So its an action packed quest for the Dragon Balls, not a little kid looking for them for fun. I think this movie is going to rock and am in full support of it. And i have seen every episode of DB/DBZ/DBGT and am not at all dissapointed with the direction of the movie. Because the plot outline of Dragon Ball is definetly still in this movie. Plus Goku and Piccolo are going to have kick ass fights in this movie everyone needs to stop focusing on little changes to the story and focus on the fact that next Spring we are actually going to get a big budget live action DB film!

kduFF on Oct 3, 2008

35

:\

'nuf said.

Nick Sears on Oct 3, 2008

36

if this was a trailer for the tv show, i would be more interested. but gonna rent it anyways. maybe they can do a big budget tv show of dragonball z in the future or a trilogy.. argh.. whatever.. i hope robotech does a better job.

malax on Oct 3, 2008

37

That looks terrible. Wow.

Daniel on Oct 3, 2008

38

Sigh, I was looking forward to this movie. Anyone that doesn't think this looks "bad" is just kidding themselves. And the actor they got for Goku??? Oy. Looks like a really bad rip off of Mortal Kombat with a dragonball tag slapped on top. And we all know why its going to suck, Fox's bigass hand in the cookie jar. They're trying to ruin the Wolverine movie right now as well… they want to make it more "family oriented." I guess DB lends itself to a younger audience… but it was so long ago, that they have a lot of older fans that were looking forward to this. Ah well, should have known better.

soSad on Oct 3, 2008

39

ok. that trailer is crap but the speed racer trailers were also crap but that movie was great but i'm not sure is this would be good.

Darrin on Oct 3, 2008

40

I honestly like the way it looks, I'm sorry, but it looks like a fun martial arts movie. The only thing that bothers me is that they made this movie so that they could make the sequel (Dragon Ball Z) but they chose an actor far too young. I mean, Goku was in his early 20's when him and Chi-Chi had Gohan, but Justin Chatwin looks way too young to be a father. How they're gonna do DBZ is a mystery to me.

I'm still excited for this.

Kail on Oct 3, 2008

41

Amazing failure.

SillySil on Oct 3, 2008

42

Alex Billington if you can do better than Wong , step up make a better movie?

mjc on Oct 3, 2008

43

I have never played Dungeons and Dragons in my life but this still looks like a cool action movie.

Valeriewriter on Oct 3, 2008

44

I give it an 8.
As in, there should AT LEAST be 8 people at 20th Century Fox who get fired for this crap! What… in… the… hell makes them think this looks anything but horrible?

Alex, do the 'net a favor and take this down. Maybe that will be a good sign for the Fox folks to send this baby back to the drawing board before they have their own Speed Racer-type failure on their hands.

kevjohn on Oct 3, 2008

45

*shrugs* Looks like a rental to me.

gogirlwonder on Oct 3, 2008

46

this looks…awful… can you imagine them trying to do a super saiyan? let alone Broly…or *shudders* Vegeta…

James on Oct 3, 2008

47

What I am worried about is that Goku's core character seems all wrong. It's not like Goku to remark "I'm not ready for this." The true Goku relishes challenges and powerful enemies, a highlight he shares with the Saiyans. Justin Chatwin's Goku is simply too human, and nowhere near a future Super Saiyan.

vegeta on Oct 3, 2008

48

Dungeons and Dragons! WTF!! hahahaha.
I'll just wait to see the pirated version (if someone gives it to me as a gift… maybe…)

Alvos on Oct 3, 2008

49

BTW, where the hell is goku's tail, I mean… wasn't he a sayan? this goku is human! that's just not right… what a waste of budget

Alvos on Oct 3, 2008

50

ok, i mean, who sat down and said, lets make this. then who decided to make it look like this, its such a waste. Ruined a good anime. sad, sad, sad. ill bet freeza will look crappy too, if they ever get that far.

taurinh24 on Oct 3, 2008

51

I didn't think it could get any worse than the pics and posters….oh my god. This is completely awful to an entirely new level! At least I still have the cartoon to work with

Chris W on Oct 3, 2008

52

Hahahaha… oh my… that's was.. I have no words to describe how bad that looks.



HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

CSpuppydog on Oct 3, 2008

53

Looks like a bad nikelodeon movie from the 90's. Will be horrific.

SmartGuy on Oct 3, 2008

54

He could be saying "I'm not ready for this," once he dies. Being in the afterlife he might be defiant and use that line. I'm looking forwards to it because I'm just going to sit back and take it for what it is. Yes I've wanted a DragonBall and DragonBall Z adaptation since I was a young man, but this isn't a dream crusher. If it's another hokey action movie so be it I can live with that. As for nitpicking I'll leave that to you people.

Charles Darwin on Oct 3, 2008

55

HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

I cannot BELIEVE how EPHING GAY this looks.



—

I would take Mr uwe bole over this garbage ANYDAY!!!!

Josiah on Oct 3, 2008

56

It wasn't as bad as I expected, but it was also very short. It totally looks cheesy, goin for high action, bad dialogue and the like. I'll rent it, it can't be any worse than Mortal Kombat: Annihalation….

TeresaRedux on Oct 3, 2008

57

This looks really shitty.

I think the leak version was less shitty than that.

LOL.

Gab on Oct 3, 2008

58

I will never see this pile of trash. It could not look any worse if Ratner himself had chewed it up, let it fester in his bowels and took a shit all over Paris Hilton's face. It looks like power rangers, only worse. Even allowing children to watch it would be pure torture and tantamount to child abuse.

Alex, if you see this, be sure to smoke a truckload of weed, so you can at least get a good laugh out of it.

To those die hard fans out there, someone will eventually do justice to the original story. It's only a matter of time. Just because one movie on a subject tanks, doesn't mean people will stop trying. Hell, even if someone get's it right, there will still be people who think they can do it better. That's why we have six Batman movies to watch in the past two decades. And that's just counting live action ones. Everyone has their own interpretation. If it upsets you that much, quit bitching, go to film school, develop your craft, and do it your own way.

JL on Oct 3, 2008

59

WHY Would They Do This

I TRULY HATE FOX

Gee on Oct 3, 2008

60

Dammit vegeta! Quit holding back!

D-9 on Oct 3, 2008

61

Hey JL….are you in my class?!

D-9 on Oct 3, 2008

62

did anyone see what piccolo looked like? i mean im no hardcore fan but i watched quite a few of the shows as a kid. and that guy does not look anything like piccolo. this movie is gonna be one hell of an epic failure.

cameron on Oct 3, 2008

63

They vomited on everything I loved about DBZ as a child, then made me eat it in the form of this crappy half-ass movie. What the heck were they thinking???

Reza on Oct 3, 2008

64

Unimpressed.

Icarus on Oct 3, 2008

65

obviously, they're not sticking very close to the source material.

Even though it might not be at all like the cartoon; which with an anime as immature as Dragonball was (I say immature in the sense that it wasn't as direly serious on it's subject matter as much as Full Metal Alchemist or Cowboy Bebop…off the top of my head.) I'm still thinking they might do a decent job with it. Sure, it's not the dragonball Z we all know and love, but I don't see why they can't make it a little bit interesting.

That said, I'm not excited yet. I'll wait for more footage and reserve my judgement till then, or see the movie first.

maverick on Oct 3, 2008

66

DB movie should be stick with the DB story background and so on. Whats the point of making a DB movie and change it all the original stuff. The trailer is kind like a B grade movie.

Giggsy on Oct 3, 2008

67

It's a complete BULLSHIT! I now officialy hate director of this film, producers, 20th century fox studio, actors, and the whole crew. Maybe every person who took action to make this movie be cursed! I hate them all, they've ruined my favourite cartoon!

Pavel Sestakov on Oct 3, 2008

68

Yeah I agree with Giggsy. This movie would be so much better had it been put more in the DBZ world and realm….not in our "world". I mean the kid is driving a freakin' Ford Mustang…How stupid is this. Trailer is crap btw… I'm now looking less forward to this.

tabyo20 on Oct 3, 2008

69

Ok, people complain about Piccolo's skin color. But my biggest gripe (among a million others) is that there is no Krillin. I mean… really? No Krillin? He's one of the first characters Goku meets.. if memory serves me right, since i watched it over 10 years ago.

Alfredo on Oct 3, 2008

70

@ D-9,
What class would that be?

JL on Oct 3, 2008

71

well i think many people are mistaking this for a dragonball Z movie, but seems to be based on the first series called 'dragonball'… where goku is supposed to be a child

this basically looks like 'never back down' but with some 'crouching tiger hidden dragon' side dressing

if i was a betting man i'd say this movie will flop big time and will be flamed against by any fan of dragonball and/or dragonball Z and/or dragonball GT

Janny on Oct 3, 2008

72

Was that………no it couldn't of been!

matt on Oct 3, 2008

73

what the fuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! no!!!!!! which prophecy???????????

Paulina on Oct 3, 2008

74

I absolutely refuse to believe that this movie's budget was around 100 million. THERE IS NO WAY.

vegeta on Oct 3, 2008

75

@ vegeta (#46):

EXACTLY. That was literally my exact thought after viewing this; and actually, what I think the most glaring inaccuracy is with this movie.

Goku was blissfully naive - that was the whole point of the classic anime! He was always positive and would never despair over any fight - no matter how serious. He never even really understood the severity of any situations. Having Goku say some trite line like "I'm not ready for this" is completely uncharacteristic and turns his unique character into some emo, atypical, rice-rocket driving high school turd.

Other than that, I thought it was great. Aside from all the sucking.

ShrekBlows on Oct 3, 2008

76

(Sigh) Once again, precious memories are trashed by leather-wearing, sports car-driving, cleavage-flashing teenagers…. I feel depressed

Frost on Oct 3, 2008

77

I just dont get how people make such shitty films. Like when the made Doom a zombie flick instead of demons released from hell. Why the hell would you change the plot and character look? So stupid.

John on Oct 3, 2008

78

I can't wait.
this movie is going to be soo good.
Piccolo looks awesome.
They seriously blew my expectations away.
I was expecting crap, but i am actually stoked for this movie.
im goin to take my girlfriend the day it comes out!

moviebuff on Oct 3, 2008

79

AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HOLY CRAP!!!! i hope those f$#king idiots at Fox read this I mean what the hell I'am a die hard Dragonball/Z/GT Fan I have every episode and know everything there is to know about it all and my god that trailer was insulting!! I mean this film and the rest of the series could have been the greatest films out of the consecutive years i mean what the hell??? did they look at an episode or read a manga??? bulma has green hair!!! ahhh thats not even the half of it I mean the guys who did the matrix the …. I cant spell their name brothers made their own cgi for Matrix if they had bothered to maybe put a little more effort into theirs this film would be amazing I cant believe what their doing to this world renowned amazing anime ehm… Piccolo is green!!! Im just so annoyed at the fact they ruined this scrap it and make another and at least ask the fans what to do!!!

DBZ RULES!!! on Oct 3, 2008

80

Could that POSSIBLY be any further from the comics? What a shitload of fuck. Why are there cars, why are there guns, and who the fuck is Mai?

DinoChow on Oct 3, 2008

81

just because the characters in this movie have the same name with the ones in the anime… or just because there's an item they're trying to find which is also the same in the anime.. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S FREAKIN' THE SAME… AND IT'S NOT ALRIGHT!

this movie doesn't even deserve the title DRAGONBALL… d'oh!

miracle disease on Oct 3, 2008

82

FLOP!

This looks like its gonna be BIG……………Thats right, a BIG FLOP!

I watched the trailer and thought of that Street Flighter Movie with Van Damme. These do us a favour and remove this piece of S**t from the site. We all need to forget this movie

Splinter on Oct 3, 2008

83

Oh noooo… they totally killed off Goku… he'd never say something like that :/
WTF

Jee on Oct 3, 2008

84

I can see the guys sent by Fox working real hard to deceive people into thinking this thing's any acceptable.
Too bad everybody round the globe is pretty much part of the boycott movement by now.

PWO on Oct 3, 2008

85

I never really watched Dragonball. But… Piccolo is supposed to be green, is he not?!

Lauren on Oct 3, 2008

86

RUIN!!!!!!!!

Tigs on Oct 3, 2008

87

i personally think it looks cool being the big dragon ball freak i am

edward on Oct 3, 2008

88

Does anyone else see the resemblance of piccolo and Voldemort (from harry potter)

Cyrus The Virus on Oct 3, 2008

89

Ok, I have read most of the comments here, at first I didn't get why was there a dodge Charger SRT10 in the movie and why is it set in a modern world environment, but I have to agree with Pascal#21 this has nothing to do with Dragonball that most of us grew up watching. Hate the fact they are making a movie with the name "Dragonball" because i do agree with alot of people on this blog, that will tarnish the DB brand. But none the less I really want to see what the end product will be. I think the cast is ok except for the actors playing Goku and Yamcha. Fox could of done better. I just think this is a Dragonball apart from what we know, focus for kids that are just getting into the concept of this japanese animation that has been here for years… Sorry this one isn't for the fans but the kiddies. I believe that even tho this is from a cartoon, if the right company had their hands on this project and the right director they can pull off a great live movie of DB. (ex: Michael Bay—Transformers). that might not happen anytime soon tho if Fox has the rights to this.

Rudy on Oct 3, 2008

90

I'm going to cry… thanks so much to ruin my weekend

Peter on Oct 3, 2008

91

They should name this movie DRAGONSHIT! because that what it looks like!

Ray on Oct 3, 2008

92

the only other good news is Chirstopher Sabat who does the voice for shenron will be voicing the dragon, he also did vegeta and yamcha and sum others

Evan on Oct 3, 2008

93

the name says it all

Hi kenny! on Oct 3, 2008

94

a yall we still have 6 months 2 freggin go yall i mean come on right now they are doing post production which means they are STILL working on the special effects…and all of u are not dbz fans or db fans because when goku was younger there was one instance when goku didnt know what to do but anyways i still wanna see dis movie i give dis trailer a B but yall for pete's sake they special effects aint done yet and watch ina few months the energy will look even better o and t ehre are going 2 be auras…yall mad because u didnt see the core of db and they didnt show too much of anything in that trailer u all will go and see it and u know it and another thing who cares about dead or alive dat sucked and speed racer wasnt bad all of u are critisizing too damn early i mean its coming out in april so damn o and dino chow..who is mai???now i know u aint a fan cause mai is a real dbz charachter who is lord pilaf's minnion O and also DIS IS NOW WHEN HE WAS A KID DIS WAS WHEN HE WAS OLDER AND GOKU WAS (AND LOOKED) YOUNG DAMN YALL KNOW NOTHING YALL ARE JUST A BUNCH OF HATERS WHO CLAIM THEY LOVE DBZ BUT DONT NOW IMA FAN THIS TRAILER SHOWED US NOT EVEN ONE PERCECT I DIDNT SE BACKGROUND IT WAS JUSS THERE SO U DEFF CANT BE CRITISIZING THIS CLIP AND ALSO PICCOLO LOOKS TITE AND EVIL LIKE HE SHOULD BE AND IT HAS SOME FEATURES OF PICCOLO SO YALL ARE JUST CRAZY I CANT BELIEVE ALL OF U SO CALLED DBZ FANS

idahosa on Oct 3, 2008

95

I can`t beileve this shit. This looks HORRIBLE. This has got to be the stupidest fucking director alive, wow what the FLYING FUCK was he thinking. God If I ever see him in person, am going to blow his goddamn brains out, he just took one of my childhood dreams, and shattered it after shiting on it. Jesus fucking christ I`ve never wanted to cry so hard in hate LOL

**coughs**

so anyways how about that Watchmen…

lmao

buddhistwisdom7 on Oct 3, 2008

96

I was strongly disappointed.

Jose on Oct 3, 2008

97

It didnt look as bad as i thought it would … i read all the coments before watching the trailer.

Didnt get to see much in the video the action was flipping through to fast to see anyways… regardless if another trailer comes out and it sux even more than this one, ill still be there 2 see it.

one thing i didnt get though and i think someone mentioned it before BUT why is Goku driving a car that looks like Bumble Bee? … Last time i remember Goku trying to drive was when Chi CHi told Him and Piccolo to go for there Drivers Licence lol.

I hope they didnt change Nimbus into a bumble-bee (Transformers) look alike lol … This movie is gonna be the funniest thing to watch when it comes out haha.

Aucklander on Oct 3, 2008

98

it doesnt look THAT bad. they didnt really show much. i wouldnt call it horrible until a full length trailer is released.

Chris on Oct 3, 2008

99

this is sersly trash,
why the fuck is goku WHITE?
why the fuck is his hair some sort of MOHAWK, its making goku look fucked.
i can do 50 times better working on his hair, goku has fringes *sigh*

its like mortal kombat or some shit. so fucked.
its like getting kicked in the nuts,

optimists shut the fuck up, and realize its SHIT

Jer on Oct 3, 2008

100

bro wtf?! i dont even know what to say. wait yes i do…..WHERE THE FUCK IS KRILLIN??!!! and that trailer was garbage…..they didnt show anything that even resembled the show/magna* i mean wheres nimbus? where's the big gorilla he turns into during full moons? where's destructo discs? where's kamehameha? (i know i spelled it wrong) wheres super saiyan 1? where's fucking KRILLIN?!!! where's Tien (is he in Dragonball?) i mean jeez, wtfbro!

u know what…..imma just calm down becuz we havent seen the full length trailer and u never know what the movie will turn out like until u see the whole thing which we all know EVERYONE will do regardless of how much it sucks!

im going to just sit and wait.

MovieJunkie88 on Oct 3, 2008

101

20 years from now I will reboot this franchise…

Heath on Oct 4, 2008

102

if the producers are watching this space - this movie is not gonna WORK!!!! I dont knw hw they even thght of making a Dragonball movie like this………..and who ate goku's muscles……….he luks like he's goin to die if he didnt ate anything for another day….

lostboy_1 on Oct 4, 2008

103

I cant believe they expect fans to see this piece of shit. Since when the hell is Master Roshi a damn monk? What Prophecy? they should all jump off a building for making this.

A mad ass guy on Oct 4, 2008

104

Best Movie of 2009. Yup, i said it. Now bash me.

Nikhil Hariharan on Oct 4, 2008

105

I can honestly say that, the trailer is not as bad as I expected.

This movie, besides from what some other people may say, still may be pretty damn good after all.

I did notice a couple scenes in the trailer that look pretty impressive

Movie Junkie on Oct 4, 2008

106

wut the hell is going on…..it sucks….sucks…sucks….

theori on Oct 4, 2008

107

I agree with whoever said that a DragonBall movie should make more of an effort to stick to the original DragonBall style. Why modernize it? I think that by "modernizing" it they've taken away a lot of the originality and made it into another generic movie.

The main reason I'm disappointed is because if it wasn't for the fact that they show the names of the main characters, and for the fact that Goku does appear in his traditional orange and blue garb at the end, I would never have been able to tell you that it was a trailer for a DragonBall movie.

Random fan on Oct 4, 2008

108

i bet the japanese dont even care about this movie…

the asian continent is suppose to be the biggest market for the movie after the States…bcoz most of DB fans are mainly base there…without support from asian market…this movie will become the biggest flop of the decade…

asian audiences will respond toward the japanese "blessing" of the movie…after all DB is one of their "culture and religion"…if its not up to their standard or taste…so the whole continent will just follow the "wave"…

safichan on Oct 4, 2008

109

ha ha ha haaaaaaa.

Crapola on Oct 4, 2008

110

This is the most comments I've ever seen on this site. What a testament to the power we have to change the future of this franchise.
FIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL FLAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

vegeta on Oct 4, 2008

111

Although, I am a huge DBZ fan, this doesn't look all that bad. Yes they are taking liberties with the story, but what did you guys expect? Try to watch it from a point of view that isn't purely an anime fan. Watch it with an open mind, and you might actually enjoy it.

Even though Piccolo isn't green, he still looks neat.

Will definately watch.

Joe on Oct 4, 2008

112

dont watch this movie dont give the bastards who raped everything we know and love about DB-DBZ-DBGT…any $$$

curtfrmcali on Oct 4, 2008

113

OMFG this MOVIE is gona SUCK ASS its nearly not even the DB formula!!! DRAGONBALL fans are gonna be fucking pissed i know i am!!! RAWR!!!

joel on Oct 4, 2008

114

you think THIS is a piece of shit?
you think THIS is a fanboy backlash?
i cant WAIT until Akira gets some sort of first outing…

in fact, let me incite this a little.

The live action Akira is ALREADY so shitty; i cant watch nor read the genius originals.
in fact, it's so bad, my grandma died in 1989 just to avoid the whole sorry mess.

paradus on Oct 4, 2008

115

I'm tired of reading the same crap like "i been a db/dbz fan forever!" like some kind of excuse before bashing the movie..????? Guess what I am also a db/dbz fan and I'm giving the movie a chance. I admit the format of the teaser trailer sucks but ITS NOT THE WHOLE MOVIE!!!! For what I've seen so far I think it looks okay, y'all should learn to open your minds a little bit because after all this is an ADAPTATION!!! If you want to see the exact same thing from Dragonball, then go watch the dam anime and stop bitching. I think we should also wait for the trailer being released with Max Payne I'm pretty sure it's going to be a different one.

jc on Oct 4, 2008

116

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO… How dare them… Did Wong do those damned Power Rangers TV shows that make me throw up in my mouth everytime I see them on? It is sure as hell what it looks like… This could have been EPIC… now it is Extremely Poor Idiotic Crap

Dusty on Oct 4, 2008

117

Well outside of the fact that the whats his ass that plays Piccolo isn't green, only two of the actors are asian, Master Roshi is about 40 years older then Chow Yun Fat, the lead actor doesnt look a thing like Goku and that the movie looks like it takes place in a modern day city instead of a distant planet this movie will probably be prtty good. Oh thats right. I eliminated everything already.

Chris Henry on Oct 4, 2008

118

this crap need to go right to Beta tape. Take this trailer of this site it smell like ninja turtle crap

bond on Oct 4, 2008

119

i wonder if those producers, director and studio's exec ever read this thread…

i think the similar anti-DB movie "movement" has spread all over the globe around the net…

its gonna get bigger from time to time…

safichan on Oct 4, 2008

120

are you guys serious? this looks amazing! i grew up on this show and now this movie will justify the greatness of this show. this movie looks amazing i truly cannot wait for it. this will be the best thing to happen to dragonball.

Daniel (314) 255 7799 on Oct 4, 2008

121

OK i have one question and then im done with this whole Fake DB movie? IS GOKU (Justin Chatwin) EVEN PLAYING A SAIYAN? if he is human im seriously no joke gonna kill someone or blow something up!!! I mean they already messed up Piccolo not being Namekian and Weaver replacing Krillin!!!

James on Oct 5, 2008

122

CRAP!!! WTF, why… GOKU was FUCKED UP in this movie.

FAT on Oct 5, 2008

123

My god, what does this all have to do with DB? The only thing that is similar are the names. The characters are completely different and let's not even mention the plot. If they want to make this movie, great, but PLEASE don't pretend that is has anything to do with DB or DBZ.

Nienke on Oct 5, 2008

124

what the hell this doesnt even follow the cartoon this is going to be donkey shit i wont even waste my time watching this stupid shit

raider98 on Oct 5, 2008

125

oh and piccolo is fucking GREEN!!!!!!!!!

raider98 on Oct 5, 2008

126

This looks like such a pile. Chow already did this movie with Sean William Scott, Bullet Proof Monk!

David on Oct 5, 2008

127

PICCOLO ISN'T GREEN?

RAGE.

Maybe, as someone pointed out, this'll be like Speed Racer, where it totally rocks. I'll watch it once in any case. But I'm thinking it'll suck 'Balls.

Geez, they didn't really show anything in that teaser though. Saving all the good stuff for the movie, I hope.

Waldo on Oct 5, 2008

128

wat the flip.
disrespectful to dragonball Z fans.
dey dont drive cars. wat th-

Ric on Oct 5, 2008

129

Wow….wow…..that looks horrible. Piccolo isnt even a Namek. Bulma has guns? GUNS????? GO FUCK YOURSELF ANONYMOUS DIRECTOR, GO FUCK YOURSELF.


PS. Final Destination sucked.

Sean on Oct 5, 2008

130

Fox does like sending guys all over the net pretending to be Dragonball fans and then praise this crap.
I guess what differentiates real Dragonball fans and fake ones now is that real fans will boycott this abomination.

PWO on Oct 5, 2008

131

Who the fuck approved that script?? Please let somebody change name of this movie from "Dragonball" to "Some prophecy ball shit" !!!

Ryba on Oct 5, 2008

132

White dude playing GOKU? Give me a break.

teh on Oct 5, 2008

133

yeah….. i'm asian and i always thought goku was asian but him being white…. well…. doesn't bother me….. however….. i just wished they used a green actor to play piccolo…. piccolo was bad ass and to see him played by a lime-pale green or something really pisses me off.

Minh on Oct 5, 2008

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i dont know why some of you are so surprised. yall should have known not to expect much from this film. ill still go see this film cause im curious plus the women in this film look pretty sexy. yeah i agree they messed up alot of stuff. first mistake was not puttin krillin in there. i just hope the fight scenes are decent. judging by the trailer it looks like they could be. i also hope they do a pretty good kamehameha

Q on Oct 5, 2008

135

Thankfully there is the possibility to download this movie so I don't have to pay Fox to see them thrash the story and characters.
As has already been pointed out, Goku never backs down a challenge, so the whole "I'm not ready for this" is BS. Even when half dead he tries to fight much stronger enemies.
Since Chi Chi likely has a bigger part in the movie, Goku should have atleast reached his second part of training (after Roshis camp), and would not be ducking two simple minions with bo's. He'd stand straight and obliterate the staffs.

And then there's the whole New York setting that just seems so off… This feels like Forbidden Kingdom all over. Why make a movie on an asian story, written by asians, taking place in an asian land when you somehow have to force a white american character into it? Just don't do the story from the beginning.

Anton on Oct 6, 2008

136

i hate dragonball, and i hate this one even more, what were they thinking having a white guy as goku!! WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!

that guy on Oct 6, 2008

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I'm agreeing with 121, if Goku is not is even a SAIYAN, this movie really have no credibility of calling it DRAGONBALL. SOme of you are saying, "oh it's an adaptation, be open minded, wait for the full trailer" Come on, if the teaser can't not get majority of people wanting to see the movie, it's crap. I'm not even talking about production, editing or EVEN CGI. It's about the culture, the essence, and feel of the Dragonball saga. I guess this was made for kids that "grew up with DB" starting from the late 90's in North America. The look of it was purely for American audience. Go watch any adaption of anime movies in Japan, they really stuck to the originality of the anime.

Joe C. on Oct 6, 2008

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OMG! That sUxEd!!! I have waited for many many years for a movie of DB to come out and to see that….makes me wanna hurl!! But ill prolly still watch it, even though its gonna suck. booooo booooo

jR on Oct 6, 2008

139

… it's like they forgot that DragonBall was supposed to be funny and charming as well as a fight movie. Now it's all dark and angsty looking. I mean, half the characters are named after food and underwear.

Roshii was a pervert, but he was so old that it was entertaining. If this Roshii is even half that perverted, it will be come off as super extra creepy.

MinFar. on Oct 6, 2008

140

Why does Bulma have guns?

xCloudbox on Oct 6, 2008

141

Ouch. My "High-hopes-for-a-good-DB-movie" just exploded.

soul on Oct 6, 2008

142

its good, been waiting for this for a long time………..Cant wait for the realese

jc062384 on Oct 6, 2008

143

Ladies and gentlemen, surely in the current world we live in, with the track record of movie companys we all saw a change to the OG DB story line when it eventuated into a full live action adaptation. But her Im all for it. Im a massive DB fan and ill always be one. And I can tell you now this movie is already gonna be better then alot of the OG DBZ movies like the 3rd Broly movie for example.

But thats the main problem, this is set right at the end of DB just before DBZ. When Goku is about 15-17 and where he grows from a kid to a young adult. He NEVER looked BULK in that stage of time in the story. He only started to bulk after the Saiyan Saga in DBZ where he completed King Kai's training. By that point though he was already 23ish-25ish and Piccolo was his friend.

So to start here, with Piccolo as an enemy, Goku being 17-19 and him looking slim rather than bulk isn't as far fetched from the original story as people think. Goku IS ALSO clearly not just Goku but he has aspects of teen Gohan (his son) in him with him going to school, not always being ready to jump into battle etc… but by the end of the movie im sure he'll resemble to Goku we all know alot more than how he is at the start of the flick. This will most likely be a trilogy with this being more for kids/fam and setting up characters.

2nd will have Vegeta etc and will be more like DBZ (and im sure Krillin will be introduced) and the 3rd will be Frieza with Goku going super saiyan and it ended like it was spose to. (DBZ was never intended to go into Cell/Buu/GT).

BTW ill watch it regardless.

Who Cares on Oct 6, 2008

144

what a joke really leaves a sore stich in my side when great ideas become shit and really thats being kind to the trailer

Alenik on Oct 6, 2008

145

What the FUCK !!!!

omar on Oct 6, 2008

146

why does piccolo look like the borg queen from star trek?????

fail.

dave13 on Oct 6, 2008

147

Was this shot for $5? Did you see the crappy slow and fast mo. shots (esp. w/ the car pulling up in the beginning).

Ryan on Oct 6, 2008

148

We don't even have to get into the characters' appearances and the sets to see how much this movie fails.

- "Prophecy" story which will most likely be ripped straight out of Bulletproof Monk.
- Both Goku and Chichi changed until almost unrecognizable to allow for the obligatory teen romance subplot. Out goes Goku's naiveté so he can be at high school so teenagers can relate to them or some shit like that.
- Master Roshi seems to have ditched his crazy and lecherous demeanor to speak ominously about impending doom. Also, losing both his baldness and his beard makes him hard to recognize as the original.

I hope at least Piccolo keeps his character, as he was the most evil villain DB ever had. Though I doubt so.

fail noodles on Oct 6, 2008

149

WOW! This movie is gonna fuckin' suck!

X713 on Oct 6, 2008

150

Dragonball: Go to video hell. Go directly to video hell. Do not show in cinemas, do not collect any box office.

avoidz on Oct 6, 2008

151

no coments…ok ok I'll coment anyway…James Wong Eat My Shorts!!!!!! Eat That Shit!!!!! your country it´s so weak right now and he wastes large amount of money in this shit…BURN IN HELL James Wong for destroy a great Anime…what´s next???? Saint Seiya??? Mazzinger Z???? Damm You!!!!! TE LA COMES DOBLEISHON JAMES WONG!!!!!!

JuanK on Oct 6, 2008

152

The People That Enjoy this trailer saw the same trailer that I Saw???…Holy Crap It´s Horrible!!!!…I Like to hurt myself so I Watched the trailer again…Now I Know How Feels MR Hands when…well you know what happens to MR Hands…To Forget This Crap I'll watch the Watchmen trailer again…uhm…

JuanK on Oct 7, 2008

153

At least DOA was based pretty well on the game…you could tell who was who.

These characters and scenes look nothing close to what I would have pictured. This characters should have been done like they did with Speed Racer- very bright and colorful and at least the imagery staying close to the original.

Thom on Oct 7, 2008

154

"What do you all expect? It's from Fox, after all. This studio meddles in the production of all their films. Mathieu Kassovitz's "Babylon A.D." was nearly cut in half by the studio (execs cut a whopping 70 minutes from the final cut), prompting Kassovitz to publicly lambaste the studio. They forced "Live Free Or Die Hard" into a PG-13 rating to make more money, completely disregarding its core audience. And look at their take on the Fantastic Four comic-adaptations.

This studio has released nothing but garbage for years, catering to the pre-pubescent crowd.

BobbyB on Oct 3, 2008"

BobbyB, I agreee with u. fox studio should have more respect to the DB die hard fan.

nekomajin on Oct 7, 2008

155

This is going to suck. This is going to suck so hard.

Emmy Rossum doesn't even look like she makes a good Bulma. Bulma was awesome. Emmy Rossum is too much of a woman who does period films.

AND WTF MASTER ROSHI. Chow Yun Fat as Master Roshi? I mean, shouldn't Roshi be a bit of a pervert? And what is with this high school movie look.

And shouldn't Goku PROBABLY BE, I DON'T KNOW, JAPANESE OR AT LEAST SOME SORT OF FUCKING ASIAN? Everyone is Asian except for Goku and Bulma. Bulma I can forgive, but GOKU?

This is fail. Fantastic, Epic, Fail.

A. on Oct 7, 2008

156

to be honest i'm kinda bored with high school movie nowadays… and yet they r makin my fav DB manga becoming another lame high school looks. PPPPEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLIIIIIRRRRRRRRRR JAMES WONG PANJAI!!!!!!!!!!!

james wong is just spoling this legendary manga@anime. he's killing very last living breath of the entire DB fan…
Please dont let DB looks like a huge crap.

nekomajin on Oct 7, 2008

157

maybe if it weren't the douche bag from war of the worlds as goku,
and maybe if krillan was actually in it
and maybe if any of the characters looked even remotely like they should this could be ok
but this movie never had to compare to modern life like it is now, because dragonball was set in some wacky future setting anyway where people could actually just live off in the middle of nowhere and goku would never have to go to school and have some faggy coming of age story where krillan doesn't exsist!
BRING BACK KRILLAN!!!!!
also no kamehameha in the trailer? weird… and did chi chi have guns????
this would have been better as a complete computer generated movie like final fantacy

trainedspoon on Oct 7, 2008

158

Only the most optimistc DBZ fans will go to watch this in theaters after seeing that trailer.

MrSammich on Oct 7, 2008

159

Finally, something worst than Dragonball GT.

MrSammich on Oct 7, 2008

160

This has got to be the dumbest thing i have ever seen (or close) by the looks of it the only thing that is going to be even similar to the actual thing is the names. Other than that all they did was make another movie where they try to find somthing (in which bad enough they did such a poor job they couldnt even get the most simple thing to look like the actual thing and by that im talking about the actual dragonballs) and they have to fight to get there… There better be humor atleast

i might as well go watch a cheap martial arts movie.

but i will most likely watch this just out of curiosty since ive been a dragonball fan about my whole life.

TJamesw on Oct 7, 2008

161

Piccolo is green! come on!

Visionnaire on Oct 7, 2008

162

This movie is officially dead to me.

Chris C on Oct 7, 2008

163

I'm sad that this isn't some kind of joke.

Anonymous on Oct 7, 2008

164

this isn't the best they have to offer. i'm still kinda pumped for this movie though, when the full trailer comes out i'll know then. i'm not that pissed off about piccolo because he would have either had really cheesy fuckin make-up, or would have to be in CGI. neither would i have liked to have seen. but yea if the full trailer isnt better i might be jumping ship.

Mr.Badass on Oct 7, 2008

165

Hey, at least it was made into a movie. Think about it wouldn't you like to see what it would look like. I don't care if its bad or good, as long as I get to see something new.

I know all of you are going to see it anyway so don't bash on it, at least someone made one. its better then no one making one

jojobee on Oct 7, 2008

166

The one relevance this has to DB is the fact it has Dragonballs in it, and the character names. If you want to watch it "for the lulz" for god sakes don't go to a theater! Giving Fox money for shitty movies encourages them to make more. Pirate the movie. They don't deserve a god damned cent for butchering our childhoods like this.

Anon on Oct 7, 2008

167

F all of u who say it sux(it might)but this is modern and piccoleo is namik and they set Chatwin as Goku beause hes like Peter Paker when spiderman first came out an out cast and ITS DB NOT DBZ

watch deadlock04 on youtube hes got all updates

JJJ on Oct 7, 2008

168

It still looks like a generic martial arts movie. And piccolo looks *wrong*

Anon on Oct 7, 2008

169

i'm watching it….there are epic lulz to be had from the steaming pile of bullshit.

Anonymous on Oct 7, 2008

170

this movie is fail…
the fact that it premieres on my birthday makes my birthday fail…
i will watch it though… i want to ruin the movie for all the people out there…especially those little kids with nothing better to do than to watch this steaming pile of dogshit called an "Anime to Movie Translation"

FAIL

Anon on Oct 7, 2008

171

well that was really bad, arent all the characters sapossed to be chinese, i know they want to make money by putting real characters into the movie but, wait dont they already have the technology to make someone green? piccolo looked like he had cancer, no offence to cancer patients, he also looked like he had a little bit of A.I.D.S. anyways like the guy said way to ruin the saga of the cartoon, is the plot going to be some american teenager changes his name to goku then … u can imagine the crap theyre gonna put on. ive watched alot of movies this summer and u know what these people are really running out of ideas to make money. u know what i say , instead of going to pay for a movie, u pay for internet right so watch them on those sites where u can watch them for free , cause from what im concerned i saw 11 movies this summer, batman twice which means i payed 110 dollars to watch it

manny on Oct 7, 2008

172

Okay…I'm going to avoid the bile-spewing fire that just about everyone else has heaped on this already and say that, while this does raise concerns about how good/bad this movie will be, it's got to be much, much better than the first live action attempt at the DB franchise, at the very least. And, despite all of the potential problems (a white Goku, Bulma without greenish hair, who the heck is "Mai?", and why isn't Piccolo green, to name a few) I'm still going to go see it. That might be somewhat masochistic of me, but hey: at least it isn't being directed by Uwe Boll. *shudder*

Gearran on Oct 7, 2008

173

bhahahahhaa!

Man this is so horrible i nearly passed out from laughing my ass off at this bullshit.

Straight to DVD for sure this one will be, and i bet the video stores wont be having copies of this pile of shit.

lol@hollywood on Oct 8, 2008

174

Wow,, i can't wait for this to come out. I loved the cartoon and the manga! Please, everyone stop having a hissy fit, unbunch your panties and look at the bright side, THE DRAGONBALL MOVIE IS BEING MADE!

Carl on Oct 8, 2008

175

AAAAAHAHAHAHA i think im just gonna see it out of curiousity of whatelse they screwed up. does look entertaining kinda

Socalsoldier on Oct 8, 2008

176

Wow, I can't believe someone (#174) saw a "bright side" in that footage. At least one person is going to see it!

avoidz on Oct 8, 2008

177

That was HORRIBLE!!!

The "suck" factor went "Over 9000!!!"

Robert on Oct 8, 2008

178

Haha

hahahahahah

BAHAHAHAHHA BAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

omg.
Lol.
haha

ew.

'nuf said'.

Leeroy on Oct 8, 2008

179

Take liberties? no no no no liberties were taken with Dragonball Characters were changed and other characters were cut out and Characters who didnt play a role at all have been giving bigger roles (Mia I swear she was like what in one episode and one volume for a few chapters?! i wiki her and she wasnt even among the list of characters).

the look of the characters i can let go i mean so Son Goku is inspired by chinese folklore but Dragonball is created in Japan none of it actually said or discribed Goku as Japanese of CHinese considering also that America Russia and all that didnt seem to really exsist in that world (tho I beleive the Red Ribbon army had some Russian soldiers)

And how can this be for the kids? Dragonball the cartoon and manga are filled with imagination and its fun with a child main character who feared nothing (especially when he died later in Dragonball Z and he was killed by Radditz tellin me they finna have Piccolo kill him?! and isnt this suppose to be Demon King Piccolo not the Piccolo we all know and love (yes i know he and Goku had a knock down drag out battle loved it but he fought Piccolo's father first)) there was a flying cloud for goodness sakes is Goku's car liscene plate gonna say nimbus?

I'm not angry about the movie I just hate that they named it something that it has very little to do with sure there are Dragonballs and a few characters from the manga/anime names are used but thats it. None of the imagination that came for Akira Toriyama. its a brief outline of everything we know.

A kid name Goku (or in this case teenager) goes off looking for the mystical Dragonballs
Roshi's involvement with the DB was limited at best. Yamcha was a bandit with Paur (who apparently was cut) Bulma was hunting for them with the Dragon radar so she could wish for a boyfriend.

those aspects are far more suited then what they put together here for kid. alone it could be a fine movie i just cant see that since they wish to morph something i've enjoyed into something else Dragonball is suppose to fun and light this seems to be a very heavy movie in tone and the characters personality changes takes it even farther from Dragonball.

lastly its Goku when he was young he wasnt all that buff DBZ takes place a couple of years after DB plenty of time for him to get more buff and by the time its time for DBZ he should be in his early 20s and look more fatherly if that helps you. (i dont think there is much they could change with DBZ so i'll probably see that DB however not for me its like they didnt even read it)

Samuel on Oct 8, 2008

180

i dont get it i thought yamcha was white? or am i wrong there

sam on Oct 8, 2008

181

i still can't get over that goku is played by a white guy

Ian on Oct 8, 2008

182

Whoever asked if Majin Boo, Trunks and Gohan were going to be in it. They CANT be, because they weren't even IN Dragon Ball, they weren't not added till Dragon Ball Z. Thank you for totally insulting every knowledgable Dragon Ball fan.

Kevin on Oct 8, 2008

183

I can get over the fact that Goku is played by a white guy…

BUT THIS MOVIE JUST BROKE MY HEART!

It has NOTHING to do with Dragonball. They should've just changed the names and switched the 7 dragonballs to the 7 whatevers, because they're gonna (actually they've already) piss off many many many fans.

And did I see Goku and Bulma make out? Please say no.

Charlo on Oct 8, 2008

184

Hahahahahahahaha, WTF was that?!?!?

I haven't laughed that hard in a while. I am a huge fan like most people here and yeah to be honest I will probably see this movie at some point, but mostly to have a good laugh (kinda like a good comedy film). This has nothing to do wih DB, DBZ or anything Dragonball for that matter, it really fails to capture what that show really was.

This modern take sucks and looks god awful. Why would anyone agree to give over control on this series to these terrible people that would make it into this movie. Why?????

Quagmire on Oct 8, 2008

185

Oooo..i get it..this is inspired from the underground animes: Dragonshit and Elephantballs.

everyone! its okay. its not from the the sickest cartoon ever created. I'm so relieved. i thought Fox fucked up another sick ass cartoon we all used to watch

Nasty on Oct 8, 2008

186

Joker: I thought my jokes were bad!!!

Jorge Rodriguez on Oct 8, 2008

187

the fighthing scene in the trailers makes goku looks so weak. Goku looks so terribly weak. Plus with that kissing scene???? WTF!!!!??? Goku is naive but pure hearted in the DBZ he never been seen kissing in the public, that's why he can ride the nimbus cloud. It seemed that they are making GOKU looks a little bit hentai.
Another thing, Bulma looks like a whore in the trailers. And then Yamcha, seemed quit OK, but then he looks to old!!?
And then master roshi is not perverted. come on FOX, that is master roshi main trademark. Master roshi is popular because of him being pervert.

death god on Oct 8, 2008

188

joker: If JAMES WONG is not dead within 30 minutes, i'm gonna blow up a hospital.

death god on Oct 8, 2008

189

Way to shit on my fav anime.


Seriously. when producing a movie based on an anime shouldnt the first question you ask yourself be "How am i going to make this like the anime; how am i going to make the characters resemble that of which they were in the series?"

Piccolo isnt even green! He looks like F!@#$% Gollum!!


wtf were you thinking!!!!




I HATE YOU!!!

Woody on Oct 8, 2008

190

Im gonna say the exact same thing to all the "OMG YOU'VE RUINED EVERYTHING" people that I said when the live-action Transformers movie was being made…

I too am a fan of Dragon Ball (in my case since my high-school years. Started with Z, then Dragon Ball, and then GT when that came out) and while Im keeping my expectations low, Im not so damn upset that Im going to instantly boycott the thing and go spastic over things like Piccolo not being green (or in the case of the live-action TF, Megatron not being voiced by Frank Welker).

In closing, what works a certain way in one medium will not translate too well in another medium. Changes will be made, and while not everyone's obviously going to like them, they will still take place. As much as many of you wish this movie wasnt coming to be, the simple fact is that its being made, and no amount of bitching and moaning is going to make it disappear.

Besides, this cant be anywhere near as god-awful as the live-action Mario Bros movie.

soul_reaver265 on Oct 9, 2008

191

wow, fucking awful..way to ruin a great show…

dreday on Oct 9, 2008

192

wow….. Dragonball use to be one of my favorite anime shows…

Ballz on Oct 9, 2008

193

I have only seen a few episodes of DB, but this looks nothing like those.

Ajax on Oct 9, 2008

194

I had no idea there were this many people who could tell the future on the internet. You guys should be out making money, not pissing and moaning about a movie we've only seen a, what, 1 minute trailer for?

So they changed a few things. Uh, gee, I wonder why they might do that? I mean, seeing as this is made for an American audience instead of a Japanese one (no matter what you might think, the original was made by a Japanese studio, for viewing by a Japanese audience) which means they would have to change things to suit the different culture. Also, the various groups running around that are afraid things in movies will corrupt their precious little Johnny could cause massive troubles if things like Roshi's perverted nature got pushed as hard as it was in the cartoon.

Honestly, why don't you all wait and see instead of acting like a bunch of bitching 2 year olds who just got told the food was being cut off.

Doc on Oct 9, 2008

195

I agree with Doc. I understand people are obviously gonna have all sorts of (mostly negative) opinions on this, but its the people who go completely and utterly ape-shyte over the smallest changes that I cant help but laugh at, because Im willing to bet dollars to donuts that when this film is released, theyre going to do a complete 180 and find themselves unable to shut up about how cool the film was.

As Doc said, just wait for the friggin' movie. Who knows, you may be surprised and, god forbid, like it.

soul_reaver265 on Oct 9, 2008

196

wow how dissapointing.. this sucks major ass!! made me want to kamehameha myself

dbmoviecanlickthesenuts on Oct 10, 2008

197

What's wrong with you guys this looks AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AMAZING TO THE MAX!!!!!

Horace Ubichi on Oct 10, 2008

198

Dragon ball was an ugly anime anyway. Whoever are the retards that watches this cartoon should not have the right to complain about this movie which perfectly reflects the childish plot of the anime itself.

Qeqe on Oct 10, 2008

199

well i think it looks cheap and tacky!… i love the anime its a classic…the film will not be like mortal kombat lol

mccabe on Oct 10, 2008

200

p.s. I cant beleave that the cheap crappy post production house they have used cant even cut around a matte of gokus hand properly…looks like a fan trailer title shot…shockingly unprofessional

mccabe on Oct 10, 2008

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AND (sorry for multi posting :S) … i for one will not give them my money of this spin shite!…

mccabe on Oct 10, 2008

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Well to be fair on this preview, its an early copy of the trailer, so I think all of the instances that looked dodgy (like the matte involving Goku's hand) will be polished by the time the official trailer is released.

And here's something that caught my attention. Take a close look at the shot of Piccolo while he's wearing his hood. He has a slight green tinge in his skin.

soul_reaver265 on Oct 10, 2008

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Not since the Double Dragon live action movie have I seen such a brilliant display of crap.

John-Bot on Oct 10, 2008

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The trailer reminds me of Final Fantasy spirts within WHich had absolutly nothing to do with Final Fantasy. This movie seems like it only has the Dragonball name on it to make money

Nate on Oct 10, 2008

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To the person who thought Goku and Bulma were making out in the clip, it wasnt Bulma, it was Chi-Chi.

soul_reaver265 on Oct 11, 2008

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I am totally against the whole idea of making any anime into a movie. It just doesn't fit, and this trailor is total crap!

I hate the look of the Dragonball movie, they don't seem to have gotten anything right about it. I plan to not watch all anime related films, especially if they plan to make stuff like Ghost in the Shell and Akira into movies.

Gah, as a hardcore anime fan it gets right under my skin!!!! Grrr.

exodus_127 on Oct 11, 2008

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well i'm pretty okay about changing the appearance a little bit so that the character will not be so 'cartoonish' (imagine real-life goku with the same hair as in the manga…), but this?! they totally change everything!! roshi become a somewhat serious, dark man (and younger too), picollo is not green (like woody said, he looks like the f***ing gollum), the environment is changed, and who the hell is mai?! i don't even see krullin in that trailer, despite he is goku's best friend!
i'm a fan of DB (although not the die-hard type), and really,this movie offended the fan around the world. but i'm gonna check it out though, hoping it is not as bad as i thought. i hope… :-/

Silver on Oct 11, 2008

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To answer your question about Mai, Silver, she was the right-hand woman to Emperor Pilaf in the original Dragon Ball anime, and served alongside an antropomorphic fox ninja named Shu. Together, Pilaf and co attempted to gather the Dragon Balls so that Pilaf could, in typical villain fashion, use the magical orbs to conquer the world.

In the live-action film, it seems she is working for Lord Piccolo and, unlike the original manga and anime where she was just a regular human, Mai is a shape-shifter in the film (which would explain why Chi-Chi squares off against "herself" in the trailer)

soul_reaver265 on Oct 11, 2008

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The film just shows how stupid and goofy looking the anime is, which is putting people off…maybe because now they realise 'shit, it really is a load of childish looking crap!'

chrisUK on Oct 11, 2008

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WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW.

i swear to god, this has GOT to be a joke. this has got to be the worst trailer I have ever seen for a big budget movie. it makes the movie look like pure shit. and WHY THE HELL IS PICCOLO YELLOW??????

weeez on Oct 11, 2008

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this should be the best movie ever and is going to be the worst movie instead , why did akira toriyama have to give them the rights to make the movie?

stephen lee on Oct 11, 2008

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I bet none of you would be complaining if this movie were made by a Japanese crew and had more of a Japanese feel.

As has been said, the first attempt at a live-action DB movie sucked horrendously, and this is bound to be better than that regardless of how cheesy it turns out.

For those who may not know, the first live-action DB movie from 1989 was made in China, and had pretty much nothing to do with Dragon Ball. While I personally have never seen it, the general consensus among the fanbase is that even the most die-hard fans cant watch the film with a straight face. Its THAT pathetic.

As good as Asians are at making films, even THEY make some stinkers from time to time. Just look at Battle Royale.

Yes, Battle Royale is an underwhelming, over-hyped pile of crap and doesnt deserve all the praise it gets. There, I said it.

As far as all the complaining about this American live-action DB adaption is concerned, people seriously need to stop the hate (for the time being, atleast) Why? Oh, lets think about that for a moment.

ALL WE'VE SEEN IS A "TRAILER" THAT WAS NEVER INTENDED TO BE SEEN BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC!

And to everyone complaining about shit like Piccolo not being green, Bulma's hair not being entirely blue, and Krillin not being in the film, SHUT UP AND WATCH THE FUCKING ANIME IF YOU WANT TO SEE IT SO BADLY!!!

Piccolo being bright green a-la the anime would look STUPID in a live action movie!
Krillin's obviously not part of the main cast, but so what? He COULD get a cameo. Besides, hes a useless and annoying character in the anime. Apart from marrying a cyborg, what the fuck did Krillin do besides get himself killed multiple times throughout the Dragon Ball anime trilogy? Three words…

ABSOLUTELY FUCKING NOTHING!!!

You people want the anime, go watch the fucking anime.

*takes a deep breath*

There, thats my rant done.

soul_reaver265 on Oct 11, 2008

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idk….the trailer didnt show much but i'll still go see the movie so i can see for myself. people are freaking out over this trailer. jeez….chillax people. the movie isnt even finished yet. yeah there are some thing that just suck ass about the trailer but they made these changes for a reason and im sure it'll all turn out awesome as fuck. all i can say is…..wait until April 09.

MovieJunkie88 on Oct 11, 2008

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Holy sh…!
a caucasian Songoku??
Piccolo looks fierce though..

Libre on Oct 11, 2008

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WHERE IS KRILLIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GOKU on Oct 11, 2008

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I'm thinking of sueing this movie for raping my childhood memories,anyone with me? I mean,yellow-green piccolo,an emo school boy goku (im 95% sure there will be a "i cant do this,i cant beat this guy" "no you can beat him,believe in yourself!" talk in final battle) and a lara-croft rip-off bulma…I also make a wild guess that yellow car will take place of the "nimbus"
I want to know what they're smoking while they're writing this…

I Hate you on Oct 11, 2008

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I one thing im not going to waste my money, nor my money on this junk

Ray on Oct 11, 2008

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Another little tidbit I just found out, for those complaining about Piccolo's appearance…

According to James Marsters himself, Piccolo will become green at some stage in the film. The reason he is so pale is due to being imprisoned, without sunlight, for so long. Think of the scene where Darth Vader's helmet is removed towards the end of Return of the Jedi. Remember how pasty white Anakin's skin was? Its basically the same principle here, although Piccolo will regain color gradually.

soul_reaver265 on Oct 11, 2008

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people are ranting how this movie will be good and stuff,they call nerds who defends the show against this pile o' sh!t… They say it is an adaptation…Well gentlemen,adaptation doesnt mean they can fuck everything they want,so lets make an adaptation of LoTR where gandalf is a leprecaun,aragorn is a drug queen and legolas doesn't even exist…Lets make an adaptation of Speed Racer with Skaters! It is wrong…WRONG!
Call the movie "Hai GUYZ WE HAV AWSUM BALL Z" and noone will care but if you making a dragonball movie… MAKE A DRAGONBALL MOVIE

fail on Oct 11, 2008

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Actually, dare I say it, but Fail's mocking adaption of Lord of the Rings, with Leprechaun Gandalf and Drag Queen Aragorn, sounds much more interesting than the actual movies. I saw the first two movies, and the bored me to no end. I remember actually falling asleep halfway through The Two Towers while seeing it in cinemas.

So for all of you who think that this Dragon Ball adaption is crap, you can think that, but just remember, there are worse, less entertaining adaptions out there.

soul_reaver265 on Oct 11, 2008

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i lol at people who says "they making movie like this ot attract american audience"… Well then,next time they make a Fightning movie,it should be done with baseball bats? When they shooting hobbit,they should use M16s and bunch of pistols and "liberating" shire?.. Somepeople just critize people without any good clue… They turn a classic martial arts adventure into a teenager movie with boobs and cars,GOOD JOB FOX! CAN'T WAIT FOR YOUR RAPING…ehm i mean MAKING OF WOLVERINE ORIGINS!

booo on Oct 12, 2008

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haha the interesting fact is that I have seen the made in China version
or was it Taiwan or HongKong actually I got no idea. They used to make a lot of films like that back then, honestly I don't hate them, there were good Asian humor and all. Just had to not look at it as a Dragon Ball movie, then it's not that bad. After all it's 1989 and they had poor technology/capital.

Now but seriouslly wtf is this shit.
It's dead hard ot make a perfect Dragon Ball movie, but eh 20 years had passed and it's Hollywood.
It's going to be like, the worst movie ever.

Random Man on Oct 12, 2008

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in case you people forgot, toriyoma has no problem what so ever whoring out his product, GT anyone?

anyone that isnt an idiot can tell that this movie is just a last minute attempt to make some cash of a product with an established fanbase, hoping among hope that word of mouth, and whatever viral marketing will help this movie (bullet proof monk 2 lol) fill seats and payback tremendously. Even if it flops it really didnt cost shit to make looking at the quality so it is still a win/win for the studio and the 3rd rate actors they have hanging of Chow Yun Fats nuts.

all i know is, i will never pay to watch this movie, i would rather watch this over 9000 times instead of letting hollywood shit on my childhood

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPDKBfodgh0

Ap on Oct 12, 2008

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I'm sorry but this trailer looks like a sequel to bulletproof monk. Leaving aside the DB comparison this movie looks very weak on it's own. I really wonder what's from with FOX studios, i hope someday they will go down and never come back.

AKUMARED on Oct 12, 2008

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this movie is gonna be ASS!!

forthegreatergood on Oct 13, 2008

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I am a huge Dragonball/Z/GT Fan as well. From the start, I haven't had a great deal of faith in a Live Action re-make of the manga series but I have been willing to give it the benefit of doubt but so far things are looking 50/50 for me. I can understand that they may have made certain changes but some changes just cannot be made or they ruin a movie.

So far:
1) Picollo not being being Green isn't the smart