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poor alex he cant wait to bash at evey opportunity.

It looks tolerable... still strays from original source material but overall it's whatevers. I don't mind it.

This is what happens when you let the director of The One direct more action movies. And no, The One was not a good movie.

I will see this at some point, but I'll be laughing through the whole movie.

Hmmmmmmm... It's better than the first trailer, but still not enought to convince me that this is good.

This site's starting to become real depressing.

Doesn't look that bad at all...compared to the prev teaser/trailers/pics

It looks ALOT better than the first trailer...thats for sure

Wow...so many slow motion shots of people twirling in the air... This saddens me because I really love Dragonball...what a shame.

christ, the dragonballs weren't created by some 7 masters or something, they were created by a "God" who is actually from Namek (same planet as Piccolo) Goku is the only who can stop the nameks because he is a freaking Saiyan who just happened to escape from his planet (while he was an infant) which is destroyed by Frieza... only a few things of many to point out that differ from the original.. hollywood has once again messed up one of my fav childhood mangas, i hope the upcoming mangas inspired movies wont be so bad.... as a fan i just wish they follow the original storyline...

looks like it would be a fun one to watch. have you even seen the tv show? you shouldn't come down on something so hard if you don't know anything about it.

The tone and atmosphere of the movie is all wrong. It's supposed to be a light hearted comedy adventure if they are doing Dragonball. For those who cares, here's the original material: (not really spoilers because the movie obviously does not follow the original story) The 7 dragon balls were not created by my 7 mystiques to fight an alien. Actually an amnesic alien landed on earth and served under the god for a while before succeeding the god himself. Then that alien-god created the dragonballs. To become god, the alien had to reject his bad nature and so he split himself into 2 entities. The good one became god and the evil one became Picollo (the villain). As for Goku, he is also an alien sent to earth to escape his race's genocide. He was only a baby when that happened, so he does not know his origins until later in the Dragonball Z series. This isn't really a rant, because I really do not care about this movie. I just wrote this for the few that are interested to know how different the movie is from the original material.

i have just one word to describe this movie.......KAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHNNNN

I never see the cartoon, But the movie looks like it will have lots of cool fight sequences kind of like the 1st Mortal Kombat movie.

So how bout those jets

Hey Alex! You RAVE about "The Dark KNight" to a sickening degree and yet rant and tear down just about everything else. "The Mummy 3" was a good movie too! Having said that don't tear this film down just because it's from FOX. If a suit slipped you some $$$$ you'd give this film high marks wouldn't ya!!!!! LOL!!!

This is a facepalm and a half. I think I'd rather watch two scrotums slap into each other for 90 minutes instead of this.

You sir are a craptastic asshat!!! You wouldn't know a good movie if it bit you in the ass and gave you a reach around. Of course I should thank you, it is opinions like yours that attract me to the best movies. You can almost guarantee when some douche bag like you says something is horrible, chances are it will be very good. So in closing, your a moron.

Hey all of you fanboys, please shut up. We all know you will watch it reguardless of what you say in some way or another, be it online or at the theaters, because you are all sad. Especially you tyler w, #34, if you don't stop freaking out about things like this, you will never get laid.

only one word :awesome

Requirements of martial arts films in Hollywood: 1. Bullet Time 2. More Bullet Time! 3. Fighting while standing on a wire 4. "Bring it" hand signal

Is this suppose to be about Dragonball or about some random martial arts movie. I about died laughing. This is totally pathetic, I hope Fox is ready to lose a lot of money and take a lot of criticism. Is it really hard for a studio company to keep true to the original material. It seems that everything has to be either a remake or an adaptation. Can no one come up with original creative material anymore. My guess is that everything has already been made, the same could be said in the music business. Stop with the remakes and adaptations, its getting pathetic and predictable.

OKay listen! if your a true fan, which we know you are. I promise youll enjoy this movie. Yeah so its not going to be epic like we all wished it would be but be greatfull it actually made it to the big screen.

This based on a little kids cartoon or something right? So who cares if it sucks.

Gotta side with Alex on this one: this thing looks DELICIOUSLY awful. We're talking MST3K bad here, folks. Vic

All I can say is HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA they really expect to make money on this piece of crap. This movie should be boycotted to show they can't just take a great license and try to make profit on it by putting out this shit. Epic Fail

as a dragonball fan, not impressed, as a normal viewer , it looks cheezy but not too shitty.

piccolo is green! now people can stop bitching about it. this movie is like the little side stories that were supposed to tie into the series but never quite fit in to the timeline ( brolly series, tree of might, etc). go to ign for the HD trailer....we now see where the 100 million dollar budget came into to play... http://movies.ign.com/dor/objects/479331/dragonball-evolution/videos/dragonball_int_trlrc_121108.html

I actually think the movie looks somewhat entertaining, but the cinematography looks like something shot on a camcorder.

I don't fault the actors or the SFX team... this movie just feels "past its prime" with the fan-base & viewership and out-of-touch with the source material & original fanbase. We've seen this before with the Power Rangers, Turtles in Time and the Thunderbirds. To each his own though.

GROSS

robby should have been sprayed acrost the landscape of new england. the trailer is trash i still have good hopes for the movie.

the only way this movie can be saved is by killing it and starting over sad isn't it

If you force yourself to believe they are just making fun of dragon ball z then its pretty funny

this preveiw gave me cancer, and performed sexual acts on my parents against theire will

As far as being a Dragonball movie...this looks horrible....if this was a stand alone story it would be on par with "Bulletproof Monk". The effects look exciting but not worth 10 bucks at the movie theater...If Im bored enough during a matinee ill go see this other than that...DISCOUNT THEATER HERE I COME!!! $1 movies for everyone!!! lmao why the hell would they cast Justin Chatwin as Goku? And what the screw going on with his hair? He looks like Cameron Diaz from "There is Something about Mary" and everyone knows exactly what I am talking about

Fox: Paul Crouch called, and said he wanted The Omega Code back. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFJewTE2Iwg Thanks.

coming to Spike TV this spring

#34 said everything that say to everyone. Fuck everyone that had anything to do with this movie. Justin Chatwin and Chow yung Fat are forever on my shitlist. I will never go see them in another movie in my life. And my kids' kids' kids's will know how bad this movie is cause i will leave a movie review after i die and demand that it stays on my headstone! FUCK FUCK FUCK!!!

It's funny how many people think that this is a Dragonball Z movie. I read the original Dragonball manga a very long time ago but I still remember it well. You know? Because it kicked ass! It was funny and cute and had some great fight scenes. It later became the beast that is Dragonball Z but forever at it's core was the story of Goku, a man who never lost his innocese and was able to believe in good and fight that very thing no matter how terrible a foe he faced. Goku never lost that smile from his face. A good adaptation does not necessarily have to be a word for word translation. The best adaptations are the ones that recognise the difference between a comic/manga/book and a movie. Things must always change for time purposes, etc but as long as the heart of the story is kept the same then the fans are ultimately happy. We saw this happen with Transformers; the movie was very different from the orginal cartoon but the heart was the same and so it pleased the fans. Can you really look at that trailer and tell me that Goku is still the innocent dumbass who never gives up? Does this movie carry the heart of Dragonball in it despite the differences? The answer to that so far is no and that's why us fans are pissed. As a stand alone movie it might be fine but as a DRAGONBALL movie...? Well, that's a different ball of wax altogether. Us fans are allowed to be pissed, okay? Dragonball means a lot to a lot of people. The Japanese practically worship Goku as a God. It'd be like somebody doing a live action version of Bugs Bunny and decided he should actually be a fucking robot. Wouldn't you be pissed about that?

seriously who gives a shit about the Dragonball Z live action movie? how old are you guys five? grow the fuck up! there is not one redeeming quality in that television show. the story, character development, animation, all of it is god awful. im glad Dragonball fans are getting shit on by this movie maybe now you will realize this franchise blows.

All this crap about Dragonball, and yet I'm hearing nothing about the Akira movie...

this is what you call shitting on a film reel and letting it go. Fox go fuck yourselves. The assclown thats running that co is prone to ruining any type of comic/cartoon film ever done. The xmen, daredevil, need I say more. Sorry guys, but if you were looking for something true to the source material. This sure as hell isn't it. I wouldn't be giving them my hard earned money for this shit. I was never really a fan of the cartoon. I always thought they talked too much. This and gijoe are both absolute shittastic films. Thanks you hollywood assholes!!!!

was that old guy suppose to be grandpa Gohan? are they going to have mia or Picollo kill him and have Goku out for revenge? In the manga wasnt it's Krillan's death by picolo that fueled Goku's rage (before someone gets mad at me I know Krillan died as a kid before killed by freeze in DBZ that led to Goku becoming a super sayian) (just checked its vol 12 of DB Krillian was killed) a cgi film would have been better true. and considering the tone of Dragonball i find it hard to believe there was something that couldnt be translated to film. better plot start like the manga Goku meets Bulma a little pat-pat meet master Roshi (have him be played by the blind master from balls of fury) and Turtle also meet Oolong, Yamcha and Paur and Krillian, even Tien and CHoatzu and meet Chi-Chi and the ox king along the way. Have emperor Pilaf and his henchmen (mia and that ninja dog) and just for the sake of having them in the story he also controls the red ribbion army they hunt for the dragonball they find a container that holds Picollo GOku and friends battle to save the earth and eventually defeat him but learn learn he'll some day return and the DB warriors train for that day with help from Kami and mr Popo and trains returns years later and battles Picollo who has been taking over the earth while Goku was gone while Bulma and gang went searching for the dragonballs to stop Picollo and bring back all he' killed. thats a bit closer to the manga forget destiny and all that junk and just let your imagination soar but the creators of this movie didnt do that so personally on its own I'm kewl wit it I'll check it out i maybe mildly entertained just like with punisher war zone

honestly, if i just state my god honest opinion with this board without being extreme it will go unheard. anyways, i did not have a bad childhood and saying that i might have had one is doing more disrespect than i did to anyone on this website. but seriously this movie does not look good, and if you are an adult and like dragonball z you should probably re-evaluate your life.

Everything held constant, I would be completely fine with the movie IF the actor playing Goku actually had played him correctly. "I'm not sure if I'm ready"?!?!? Goku is supposed to be loud and cocky. This is just a stupid action movie with the dragonball theme as a backdrop.

Wow that was really hard to watch, but somehow i finished the whole thing.

my 9 yr old and I will be there... and the best part is that I will be thinking about #96 comments as I walk through the door.... my son does not need cinematic genious, he needs to be entertained. Though I may get bored, I believe this movie could do it for him

Fuck this shit movie and all the people who know jack shit about dragonball who think it looks ok. If you think this movie looks ok and we should give it a chance than sdorry to say this but you know absolutely nothing about dragonball if you think this is ok. This shit trailer for a shit movie is an insult to the anime. Fuck you Wong. Got the wong guy to do the movie

KA-ME-HA-ME-...HELL-NAW!!

Well, it's not like the source material was epic as hell. Dragon Ball reeks of camp. Trash converts to trash. This flick looks like a guily pleasure though... I'll be watching it but I'm definitely not paying for it.

@104/Susana True. And the premises are not too good for the (near) future either... 25 Anime remakes: Hollywood’s new cash cow

Please tell me I'm wrong... But it looks like Grandpa Gohan is alive in this movie. What the FUCK!?!?!?

this trailer makes it seem like it won't be as much of a complete embarrassment, but still... there's no way this will be any good at all.

It is completely clear that those who hate this movie have closed their mind to this and those who like this movie areeeping their mind open. All those who hate this movie let me ask you this: How would you make a Dragonball movie?

The film looks somewhat stylized but less so than Speed Racer. They seem to put a lot of emphasis on the color of the sky (with the help of CGI). Piccolo's airship is very similar to the one King Piccolo travels with in the manga/anime. The energy blast and power ups look like the ones from the anime and it seems that they made it intentionally "cartoony". Although a lot of fans are going to have problems with this adaptation, all us Dragonball fans have to come to our senses and realize that the source material ain't no Hemingway or Dostoyevsky tier story telling. So many people are acting as if "Dragonball" is this ancient (almost religious) scripture that can't be the least bit changed.

The Nolstalgia Critic is gonna have a field day with this film type in http://www.thatguywiththeglasses.com

that girl is way to old to be bulma and whose the other fellow and roshi doesn't look like a dork

Compared to the last trailer I saw on here ... This is 1000x better ... i think it looks good ... better than i thought it would turn out to be ... im some what happy to see this film.

i actually enjoyed the trailer and think it will be a decent movie. it may not end up to be the greatest of films but it appears it would be better than DOA or Double Dragon. I dont understand why some of you are so upset that not every detail in the cartoon is not in the movie. my only complaint was the fact they dont have krillin. but honestly guys think about it. what movie adaptation have you seen based on a cartoon or comic book that EVERY detail was true. the answer is zero so what makes this movie any different. plus one of definitions for adaptation is "a compositon recast into a new form." thats exactly what their doing with dragonball. all i have to say is give the movie a chance. as a fan im not offened but rather glad they putting dragonball on the big screen. some of you obsessed fanboys need to get laid and stop bitching about this movie. its not that serious

ok for people who say its inaccurate are right, Dragonball is supposed to be a comedy but even you are inaccurate by saying Goku doesnt remember his origin just because he was sent to earth as a baby. infact he did remember his origin and was a very violent baby and was supposed to destroy earth uncle Grandpa Gohan dropped him on his head, thats why he doesnt remember. next: Roshi is supposed to be a old pervert wtf is this crap with him being a old wise man. next: Dragonballs were created by a namek, although nameks in general are not evil just King Picolo. Who was defeated by goku as a child and spit out a egg who created Picolo, Picolo later split up into 2 beings, Kami (good), Picolo (bad) so blah blah blah, Movie still looks interesting, ill just view it as a hollywood twisted version Haha

Happy April Fool's Day!...holy crap...really really really people who defend this, or just say that "it's just a cartoon", "who cares it sux", etc. are submerged in their own shit and faggotry...for most of us who complain of this guaranteed P.O.S. this saga is just freakin' awesome, and all of you guys who defend this movie, just imagine your favorite series got trashed...like freakin' Forest Whitaker became Bond, or freakin' Dakota Fanning became i dunno...Harley Quinn, plus a deepshit script and factual errors where Forest Whitaker Bond was actually M's son, where fuckin Bond goes to MI6 Academy and kindergarten...just FUCK man! ooh and Sean Connery is Baron Samedi...you get my point!? You just can't destroy such an important saga for all freakin otaku's/anime lovers...its just a fuckin insult! Its like Batman Forever and Batman and Robin THEY TERRIBLY AND EPICLY FAILED!!!!!! To the point of Clooney's comments of refunding any fan for their ticket entrance of the piece of garbage they produced. I mean, what's next...Miley Cyrus as Luke Skywalker's wife? High School Musical meets the transporter meets fuckin Spidey?

WOW!! That was the gayest thing i've seen in while!

I have seen a full version, it sucks, give up hope.

"WOW!! That was the gayest thing i've seen in while!" Wat with slurs on this board, I'm always amazed only a few fans are able to articulate themsleves about this film rather the typical fragmented suck statements, Since checking YT the trailer had almost 1.5 million views in only 3 days not counting all copies on YT and sites like this , so i would think it has potential. if no one talking about it that real indicator of doomed movie.

I thought Goku was asian not caucasion

This movie looks terrible. Anyone who thinks otherwise spends too much of their time jerking off to hentai.

Honestly, I love the trailer... why? you ask... its because I love everything about my childhood growing up show. I will support it, by bringing about 40 of my friends, 10 times to the theaters, and I WILL MAKE THEM GO, and I will pay for the tickets, so I would be a big help on my own. I have shit loads of money, so if yall wont help the film, than I will. hah. o and the reason I want to help this movie, its so that, if they make a sequal, we can hope for a better director. just like how batman begins, sucked, and the dark knight was a great movie. but I still saw both, and in the theaters nonetheless. So I support my movie, regardless. If you dont like it than fuck off. dont watch it, but dont talk shit... lets see you try to make a movie with green, pink, orange, and blue aliens, and also, flying cars, a flying cloud, with a stick that extends. Not to forget, all the different civilizations throughout the universe, different characteristics within different species of aliens... and... try to add some effects with a man turning into a Giant Ape, that turns everytime the moon is full... which happens all the time by the way... o and also remember to make sure, that goku, is a pussy who doesnt know shit about pleasin a women... which he might have that in common with many of you. hah. and no, I dont have that problem, i am talking shit to u fags because u have that problem, and dont have anything better to do... so I came on this site to read some good and promising reviews on my childhood show, but no, no, no... its just more annoying little shits, who fill up the review sections with trying to convince the general public that this movie is going to suck, so fuck you. and fuck off. go jack off to a porno or some shit. and no, i wont come back to this site to see what you have to say... cuz i inherently dont give a rats ass, what u say, i get pussy, and you dont... and dragonball still doesnt rule my life like it does yalls life. so there, enjoy gettin a hard bitch slap on your face fuck faces.

OMG!THis thing is pure rubbish.Have these guys even seen DGZ or dragonball?the guy who's supposed to be goku neither looks takes or has the same attitude as the goku we know and love.And Bulma isn't chinese.Once again the goku guy sucks.Director guy,pls don't make a sequel!this actor would look crap as a super saiyan.Forget you saw this trailer and go watch the original animatd movies.THey rock!

It's true that no1 can do a comic adaptation 100 % correct into a movie! I watched the Series when I was younger..and am a fan...bitching all the time..this sucks, no he isn't green...bla bla Making a movie isn't that easy people..so please stop complaining about everything...if u hate it, OK..don't watch it! I don't know why people judge a movie on a 2 min trailer...I will go and see the movie

Hey Alex, this doesn't look that bad, in fact, it looks pretty good! of course, Emmy Rossum as Bulma is what hooked me up!

Hey, 136, which theater are you going to? I want to make sure I stay away. You seem to have some issues with homosexuals that leads me to think that maybe your childhood wasn't all the pleasant. You poor thing, you must have been an Altar Boy. Come on, let it out we're all friends here.

If you are a Dragonball fan you are going to hate this....it has nothing resembling dragonball besides the names of the characters....long ago ancient mystics created the dragonballs???!!?! Are you serious....dear god. BUT on the other hand, if you havnt seen dragonball at all then i believe this will actually turn out to be a decent movie. To be honest i think they arnt going for the fans for sells they are going for someone who hasnt seen it, to make a them go WOW this is amazing look at all the cool "Super powers" they have. But yea thats my take on this. I loved DB but ill still watch this, just take it as a diffrent perspective. Oh and 136... Why did they have to make this movie? They could have never made the movie and left the series where it finished....which was fine with me. If they are going to remake something then they should do it in perspective to the originals or in atleast some similar way, this on the other hand is just totally 180.

OMG this reminds me of this movie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Ball:_The_Magic_Begins

Am I the only one wondering why they cast white Americans in the lead roles? Why could they not have used some of the MANY talented Asian actors and actresses? I can think of quite a few men who would be much better as Goku than Justin Chatwin. Bae Yong Joon, Joe Odagiri (if he could bulk up enough), Bi (Rain), Takeshi Kaneshiro, Shun Oguri...the list goes on.

If it looks like crap and sounds like crap , its CRAP . If you are a fan of the Dragonball Anime and Manga . You will hate this Movie . If you don't know absolutely anything about dragonball , you will probably like this movie , Due to the CGI and Martial Arts Sequences . But if they counting on DB Fans to come see it , Well , Lets just say , Just take it straight to DVD/Blu-Ray and when its in a Bargain bin , I might watch it , Thats if I don't see it on cable first .

Ya know what would make this movie awesome? If Goku was making a spirit bomb for the entire movie...then when he uses it...he misses his target...

if you're going to take some elements out, take them all out. for some reason the plot presented seems more ridiculous than the actual plot of DB to me. and the art direction and character designs look completely embarassing, bulma looks more like Red Sonia than bulma EVER did. i dunno what everyone else is saying im just hoping this isn't an epic failure because, being true fans like many of us nerds are, we will probably all end up seeing the movie one way or another anyway. with that being said, this trailer is better than the first one thats for sure, but it doesn't mean this looks good by many standards. also, unfortunately, this whole approach to DB is 8 years too late; the hype is gone, the fighting looks like its going to be good martial arts but nothing with that real DB-esque. no one really expected to see this franchise flourish into something real because of these very fears and many, many more, they shoulda never attempted this to begin with. BUT we shall all see, yay for 2009?

lol and i dont think anyone will ever forgive the actor playing goku if ruins the character. ever.

Of course it's CRAP all anime is CRAP!!! & SUPER_GAAAYYY!!!!

you guys fucking suck that accually looks fairly well, spite the fact that they changed a few small things other than that im looking forward to seeing it with my little brother

Ok, For one thing!! Stop bitching about Goku being played by a White boy because Goku was neither White NOR ASIAN!! He was an Alien...So it doesnt matter!!! Plus, He's an Good Actor and Looks like more of GOKU then any asian kid would!! He actually sort of Resembles the Character!! Dragonball is a VERY VAST STORY!! Somethings can be changed!! IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE make a panel by panel copy of this Movie..Not only are they trying to please fans, but movie goers who arent fans!!

If I may quote a post that I just read on another message board..... if it were up to the fans, a live-action movie would be ridiculously stupid, since fans would demand that every universe set piece would be frame-for-frame picture perfect with the cartoon; as well as the look and sound of every single character -- no matter how stupid. We'd end up with one actor portraying all the characters -- each one requiring him to wear ridiculous wigs with 20" spiky hair. It's nice that the fans are so passionate about their stuff, but seriously, they wouldn't know how to make a good live action film if their lives depended on it. And when whatever version of the film arrives, no matter how legitimately kick-ass it may be, the fans will never be satisfied because it isn't 100% true to the original...Even though nobody is taking away the original cartoons they love so much in exchange to make the movie.

Kameh.... ????????????? LOL

This sucks... ;_;

FAIL

I rather like this trailer myself, its far better than the previous leaked promo for a number of reasons... 1. Give's a much better idea of what to expect from the film 2. Piccolo is green, AND IT SHOWS! I dont know how many friggin' times I repeated that on the page for the leaked promo. He also sounds very deep and burly but also not too demonic, very Piccolo 3. In my eyes, it comes of as very much being a Marvel Comics-esque "Ultimate" re-imagining of the series. 4. Capsules, or atleast a similar form of tech, appear. and for all those complaining about the idea of the seven mystics creating the Dragon Balls, read the following snippet courtesy of the DaizenshuuEX fansite... "There is a flashback scene in Episode 33 of Dragon Ball in which Kame-Sen'nin (or Master Roshi for those unfamiliar with the Japanese names) attempts to explain the origin of the Dragon Balls. As his story goes, there was originally one large Dragon Ball, a gift from the gods. But the people became greedy and started wars over the Dragon Ball, and so the gods divided the Dragon Ball into seven separate balls." The above paragraph is very similar to Roshi's dialogue in the trailer, and while his story is refuted later in the anime when Kami is introduced, it goes to re-enforce a point that I had made earlier in regards to the creation/direction of the film itself: Stories can be interpreted in all kinds of different ways. Considering that they may very well never introduce Kami into this series of films, the explanation the trailer gives works. On that train of thought, one thing I noticed about Dragon Ball Z is that it takes all of the previously mystical and unexplained elements of Dragon Ball - such as Goku's immense strength and tail, as well as King Piccolo/Piccolo Jr. and even the Dragon Balls themselves - and EXPLAINS them, giving them plausibility. Such is the changes made with this film: People may not like them and that's fine, but they are done to make the film much more palpable and plausible as a live-action experience One thing I particularly like is that it sounds like Goku is giving the Kamehameha its proper pronounciation, with the original Japanese "Kah-meh" sound as opposed to the English dub's "Kah-may". As I've said before, I will withhold full judgement on the film until AFTER I see it. If I think it sucks, I'll join the haters. But not all the fans are going to look at this in a negative fashion, and nobody is any more or less a fan for actually looking forward to seeing this.

This movie sucks. I think they could do alot better with the characters and movement. Why not pick Jet Li as Goku. Put Jackie Chan in the movie. This movie will disapoint a lot of people.

I'm finding it very hard to have a opinion on this, but guys theirs some sort of divide between fans here, and if it keeps up there will be some dragonball riots all over the world.

Since when is Goku some blond guy with apparently no previous martial arts training? And as awesome as Chow Yun-Fat is (which is to say, extremely awesome) I don't think he's the right person to play Roshi, I just don't get the pervy old man vibe. I'm still holding out nostalgia-powered hope though, Dragonball was the first series I ever got into as a kid and I've always wanted to see it in live-action. P.S It looks like the special effects will be good if nothing else. So put on some headphones and watch the pretty light show

I can't wait to get knock-down drunk and watch this.

This movie is going to suck! I didn't know a thing about this until only a month ago when i saw the first trailer. At first i thought it was good and wanted to see it but this second trailer alone has fucked me off seeing another Hollywood film for a year. I did some research on Dragon ball and i have a few minor complaints: Goku is an alien with a fucking tail tail who looks like an asian and in this film he is a fucking white American kid without any tail and apparently he is human instead of an alien. What happened to Piccolo`s ears they were pointed in the anime however here they dangle lower down his face. What the fuck is the flying thing Piccolo is on? Why is mai working for piccolo? Why is Bulma a warrior? Why the fuck doesn't Master Roshi tell Goku that they are aliens not make it sound worse by saying Piccolo is a god! Why the hell is Master Roshi so young? Instead of Goku going to kill Piccolo with his powers before he gains the Dragon balls Goku lets Master Roshi teach him a bunch of crap martial arts moves while piccolo gains all but one dragon ball and leaves it till the solar eclipse which will destroy the earth for a final fight? Mai is a fucking shape changer! At 00:57 seconds in i leave the room its a fucking transforming piece of shit that Bulma magically finds on the ground! At 01:09 why doesn't Goku help or is he just leaving it to make sure Hollywood has a fucking chick fight in this film! This film has been in development since 2002 and has only been made due to a rise in money from the franchise and because Hollywood are running out of idea`s. Examples of films in a few years: Almost all of these will suck except possibly Harry potter if they do it right Friday the 13th (Remake) Scanners (Remake) Harry potter and the deathly hallows parts 1 and 2 (Each separate films) David and Goliath Noah`s ark (Didnt they do this with Evan almighty?) Spyro Saw VI Saw VII Saw Final chop (However this will be a prequel) Saw Beginning (A new start for the franchise!) Toy story 3 Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li And last but not least Terminator salvation (the start of another three terminator films without Arnold) Like the lame events of Harry potter and the half-blood prince this movie was not bound to fail but will fail because of Hollywood`s attempts to earn more money. Boycott both films!

Hey Scorpio, I'd just like to point some other things out to you... "In this film Goku is a fucking white American kid without any tail and apparently he is human instead of an alien." The film's interpretation of Goku will most likely be an alien, if the following is anything to go by... First, a test-run of Goku's Oozaru/Great Ape stage... http://img129.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gokumq9.jpg And this... http://www.thedragonballmovies.com/2008/11/oozaru-photo-not-final/ "Good news. FOX has informed me that the previous photo of Goku’s Oozaru form was only a temporary test. They went on saying it wasn’t official and is NOT the final look for him. When the end of the year hits, we will probably see the true form along with several other promo pictures, so look forward to that. And we should all remember that when leaked pictures hit the internet, we shouldn’t take them seriously since they can be quite misleading." Continuing on "What the fuck is that flying thing Piccolo is on" An airship of some sort, it seems. King Piccolo travelled in one in the Dragon Ball anime, aswell. "Why is Mai working for Piccolo?" Maybe she got smart and traded up from that useless dwarf Pilaf. "At 01:09 why doesn't Goku help? Or is he just leaving to make sure Hollywood has a chick fight" Ok, this is one i take issue with. Need I point at that the chicks engaging in the fight look EXACTLY THE SAME? As for Goku not helping, confusion over who the real Chi-Chi would be tends to do that.

Omg im going to cry. They just killed Dragon ball. Doesnt this remind anyone of xmen?and what the hell happened to piccilo. im just going to cry... curl up in a ball in the corner and cry. i just cant believe this.

EPIC FAIL

Perhaps they will spraypaint this white dude's hair with gold paint when he turns supersaiyan.

True fan or not just recognize bad when you see it...put aside all the crazy stuff that don't tie in.. one of the most important thing in a movie is characters: if the main character Goku is lame...u do not need to go any further..out of every actor really why did it have to be him..??.. master roshi???...looking like he is 40, played by a serious actor???... this is mos def one for the moviegoers and not the fans... stories can be different ..yes i agree...but characters mean everything and that's just not there at all..not even close

If you don't know anything about the DB series, it looks like another white man martial arts movie. *shrugs* I'll DVR it when it comes to cable.

i just wanted say ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww and DAM DAM Dam, AND ONE MORE THING at least this movie will not suck NOT!

yo.....im just so angry man please someone give me the money ill make the movie right.....i promise teenage goku and grandpa gohan wont be alive at the same time....i promise master roshi will be bald with a moustache and shades .....i promise that goku will start off as a kid with a tail....i promise evil piccolo will have tentacles....i promise the dragon balls will be created by kami

wtf? why the hell are you being so effing negative. dragonball z is supposed to be ridiculous! the show has effing bears that talk for chissakes! and any show that names its characters after food (gohan, vegeta), genitalia (chichi), and countless other random objects (trunks, oolong) is gonna be wacked out. but if you can love a show like that, then where does it say you can't love a movie that's gonna be just as ridiculous?! so give the goddamn thing a chance!

Oops, typo alert, meant to say that Im aware the girl Chi-Chi is *fighting* is a stuntperson

Hey now, I didnt mean the comment about sticking to the anime in an antagonistic fashion, and if I came across that way, I apologize. All I meant by it was that if the film so irritates people to the point of ZOMG! THEY RUINED MY CHILDHOOD!, then they can easily avoid watching the film and stick to the anime and manga they so enjoy. Furthermore, Ive said in the past that I cannot stop people from hating the film, but its being made and no amount of flaming and whinging and moaning from the fans is going to make it magically disappear.

what a load of crap! ah man this could top street fighter on the shit list!

you people are hillarious... complaining that mystics did'nt make the dragon balls, and goku not having a tail, and all these little specific things. First of all, have you seen goku naked in the film yet? no... it could be wrapped around him, 2nd. Who's telling the story about the dragon balls and the msytics, roshi... In the original books, roshi did actually think that the dragon balls WERE CREATED BY MYSTICS. They had no clue about nameks at that time, and how they were first created by him coming to earth. Jebus if your gonna cry about the story not sticking to the lore, why dont u actually read it yourself instead of whatching dragon ball ZZZZZZ on tv. Z explained alot of things that were not yet known in the dragon ball era. Yes it's not perfect but to complain about those little things when you're the one who's mixing up time lines is just dumb.

I.....I don't know what to feel about this. But I can say one thing: Does anyone remember Final Fantasy:Spirits Within? This is just like that. I rest my case.

How was that "foul play"? Yes, I am fully aware that each FF game is set in a separate time and place, with different people. And, yes, the stories are different in each one. But, essentially, they all had the same feel. BUT, FF:SW completely threw everyone off. It was EXTREMELY unrelated. The story was confusing, and it wasn't at all involved with the FF universe. AT ALL. That was one of my many big disappointments in this world.

After watching that trailer the only thing I can think of is Goku asking "Where can I charge my iPod?", seriously it's that bad. :[

OMG....as my age old nickname implies ...I'm an old DBZ fan who was really hoping for more of the original storyline. Well realizing that the series was way to long from db, dbz and dbgt to really get the story in its original form, I will just have to wait and see what they make of it. But is does look decent.... not what a old fan wanted BUT.....u never know!

*Snicker* It's like... it's like Power Rangers, only they fight in "hip 'n' happenin'" teen form instead of in costume.

its because of morons like the people defending this shit scrapped off some directors ass . that we get so many crappy movies. seriously if they are going to make a movie from a cartoon make it LIKE THE CARTOON . if they weren't so lazy they could make this awesome!. everything in this movie is incorrect from the series except the fact that they are on earth. the series started going downhill mostly with GT . and Goku could have been a kid . if they went to the start. I'D rather watch a Dragonball z .movie with better fucking actors some better animation instead of stupid slow motion and HAVE KRILLIN! and Yamcha Tien .And Vegeta!!! AND CELL AN FRIEZA ! AND SUPER SAYIAN!! COME ON FOX TRASH THIS BULLSHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They should have let Luc Besson make this movie and do it all silly kitschy scifi-ish Fifth Element Style with Asian French models and one scruffy male actor, who is not Goku, as the main characterto all the insanity. Goku will in fact be female and the scruffy male's love interest. Worked for 5th Element (which had a very anime/manga-like feel), could work for this film too and be better than the trash they will probably release. Better a movie be cult like and bad vs just plain bad.

I just don't understand why they have to alter the source material. I just about smashed my LCD when Justin Chatwin said, "cool" after the capsule bike formed. Complete and utter garbage. Fox is a cunt! Burn the source reel and let this catastrophe be forgotten forever.

When i first heard about a live action film, i was really excited, then i heard that Oolong and Puar were being left out, then i find they have replaced the original Goku (who was originally 10 years old) with some 20 plus year old man. If there is one thing for sure, straying to much away from an original story line, the end result is bound to be a let down.

@soul_reaver265 You know, no passionate fan of Dragonball would want to turn the legend into a live-action. True, people may talk about making a live-action, discuss who would be the right actor for who, how to make a certain effect, etc. But that's all restricted on paper, and that's the way the world wants it to stay at. Earlier back in the year when people don't know too much how it turned out, you may still have a point about branding people as unfaithful for supporting this movie being unreasonable, but now.... You have to be pretty unreasonable and unfaithful for supporting this atrocity that will cause widespread pollution by giving people the wrong impression of Dragonball. And don't try to boost the legitamicy of this garbage with Toriyama's letter. Don't forget he is still in the clutches of those greedy executives of Shueisha who don't give a damn about the masterpiece their own company created. That letter with words of praise is just another sign that Toriyama is in a state where he can only rage but cannot speak. Besides, as the saying goes, the vision of the people is clear as crystal, and from the worldwide outrage at this cinematic atrocity, it is obvious that the true fans who chose to protest the movie has made the right choice. Oh yeah, you're still going on over that thing about "not being made for fans"? Please, the majority of the world are the fans.

"And don't try to boost the legitamicy of this garbage with Toriyama's letter. Don't forget he is still in the clutches of those greedy executives of Shueisha who don't give a damn about the masterpiece their own company created. That letter with words of praise is just another sign that Toriyama is in a state where he can only rage but cannot speak. " OMG now you can read Toryamas mind & know what he thinking? How could possibly know this?

MJC dont be an asshole... And if Toriyama had wanted an dragonball like "this", well, from the beginning would have created in this way... and dont fuck with my poor english...

this movie would have been made for your kids if you had actually stopped worshipping Goku long enough to get laid... to the fanboys... give it up to the rest... STFU you have no idea what your talking about I'm familiar with the original stories and the bastardized American version most of you seem to be holding as true This movie was made to get a new generation into the basic idea of the story... they, much like most of us will explore the story(ies) from there... let them enjoy or hate it can't belive adults are getting their panties all bunched up over a movie get away from your computer and go get laid... please... for everybodies sake

i wonder how long will fox choose to keep this up i mean really first off its not a good move to make a dragon ball movie and second the designs and plot is terribly lame and you cant even consider it comicbook or hollywood material

Hooooly Hell - I don't think there's a word in the English language that could possibly describe how atrocious this movie looks...

@ 241 soul_reaver265 If people ask where Vegeta and Trunks are then I would think they arent hardcore fans as they claim. Dragonball is meant to be silly not as serious as DBE is (heh I just wanted to abbrivate it) to root it in the real world seems to just make it another martial arts movie (which is why I'm going to go see it) they some what removed a lot of the fantasy aspects of the series and the world Goku and friends inhabited which to me is important. The perverted Master Roshi (which maybe the Roshi in this movie is and they havent showed it...but then again with all the negitive press would've been a good idea to show one character is right) the flying cloud nimbus, Kami, mr Popo, emperor Pilaf aall those things made DB special and fun imo If i got to make a DB movie i think I'd stick a little closer to the manga (never watched the anime) I'd cut somethings here and there for times sake might even make it a trilogy. DB1: Goku and gang hunt for the Dragonballs bump into emperor pilaf the red ribbon army. Yamcha and Paur and Oolong, chi-chi and the Ox king. end that movie at when Goku turned into the giant monkey and the dragon was first summoned adn the gang go there seperate ways DB2: Goku goes to train with Master Roshi meets Krillian. Introduce Lunch, Tein and Choatzu. Goku going to war with the red ribbion army is where it would end DB3: would close it out with emperor Pilaf, ninja dog, and Mia freeing Damein Piccolo and him trying to take over the world the DB fighters oppose him and ultimately defeat him but not before he spits out an egg. Goku goes off to train with Mr Popo in the hyperbolic time chamber we meet Karin, Kami, and Yajarobi. time passes Piccolo returns at the next martial arts tournament Goku and gang meet up few years older wiser yadda yadda. Goku and Piccolo big battle runs off with chi-chi the end I dont understand what makes it silly on screen compared to whats been seen before killer robots (terminator). dinosaurs in the modern age (Jarrasic park (if its spelled wrong I'm sorry)) people flying thru the air fireing ki blast at each other? (I have seen it before but where i have no idea) keeping it closer to the actual story is what makes it unique instead of a street fighter rip off sure there would be some problems (Goku's hair, Krillians nose lol) but they could be worked out (as in I wouldnt even bother with Goku's hair sorry I wouldnt I see that its impossible to translate into reality without looking stupid) as for Marvels ultimate line? well Marvel regualar is somewhat deeply rooted in the real world its self so its not much a departure for what came before. Fox could've had something really special instead of what they put together here another martial arts movie that nobody will remember in a couple of years FYI: was attacking you if it comes off like that some people are just sensitive I just like coming up with stories and wanted to say how DB could really work as a movie and why compared to this

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKKKKKK YOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You retarad execs, you fucked face directors, you bleeding cunt writers, you have no idea what you're doing when handling precious influences when we had as kids, instead you shovel monstrous piles of shit like this in our faces for a quick fucking buck, the only reason I want to be in the movie biusness is to meet you, you responsible for raping my childhood staple, so I can pop out your eye and fuck the socket. Don't dare patronize me by replacing characters I identified with as a kid with effects and explosions. This is not Dragon Ball this is a hideous clone whose maker needs to be arrested and raped with a bag of aids. I fucking hate you.

@ 242 samuel "If people ask where Vegeta and Trunks are then I would think they arent hardcore fans as they claim." I see where youre coming from, but the point I was trying to make there is that the question about Vegeta's absence from a movie that is based on a point in the Dragon Ball story that was created long before the character of Vegeta was even thought up, goes to demonstrate what I think is a part of the reason the general public dislikes Dragon Ball so much: Seriously rabid love from the fanbase. An example of what I mean is presented in the featurette "Goku vs Vegeta: Conversations On A Phenomenon". For those who havent seen it, its a bonus feature on the Ultimate Uncut DBZ DVD's and features Sean Schemmel and Chris Sabat talking about their experiences working on DBZ and their views on the characters they play. Interspersed with the interview snippets are clips of fans at conventions (or a single convention) and one particular girl was shown. This girl initially said that Goku was her absolute favorite character, then contradicted herself five minutes later when she was shown saying that she liked Vegeta more, because she was more into the badass type and that Goku was too whiny.

Movie looks good. This Alex Billington reviewer is obsessed with bashing Dragonball for some unknown reason.

The main prob in this film lies in its casting, Chatwin is clearly the best they could get for Goku at the time but im afraid it ruins the whole feel of the film before ive even seen it, he's a second rate actor and the film needs someone with a bit more experience. Fox have also strayed from the source material a little, which i can forgive as it would have added much more to production costs to have dinosaurs running around playing out comical scenes with beloved characters. I agree with former posts, theres far to much trendy kung-fu spinning in the air bullshit and if all the fights are on ropes ill be gutted. Chatwin can NOT pull of the KAMEHAMEHA as the trailer revealed which does not bode well for future sequels. One saving grace could be the prospect of how good a fully CGI Frieza would look, kind of a white silver surfer, if they pull that off then fair enough fox. What most Dragonball/Z/GT fans loved was the high powered battles between the big boys..frieza, vegeta, cell, etc and i just cant see this film getting to that stage and in a way i hope it dosent because if they got to re-enact the Gohan/Cell mini arc (where he realises his true power and goes SSJ2, the best bit of the whole damn show by a country mile) and they mess it up, id have to go down to fox studios and go a bit rambo.

@ DYI This movie is going to be the same thing as Eragon. Eragon wasn't a horrible movie, but compared to the book it was horrible. And they killed any chance of a sequel really. I don't think this movie will be a bad movie, but by the standard that a lot of people hold the anime to it will be.

To defend the MILLIONS of people who hate this so much, aswell as myself, i need to point out that a Dragonball movie (and much more so a DB Z movie) has always potential to become an Epic film!! It could've been up there with Lord of the Rings and 300 in terms of visuals, Had The Dark Knights intensity along with the classic humour that made the show a lil light-hearted. I had dreams of seeing a masterpiece made from DB and DBZ but all we're getting is this heap of utter crap that downsizes and twists the story into just another flashy martial arts flick. I'll watch it though. On DVD. If someone else pays for it.

oh and ps, adding flying cars and dinosaurs wouldn't have hurt, it's just not db without them.

Alex Bilington can suck it. I think this looks pretty good.

Alex, suck it. Everyone doesn't have to agree with you just because you say so. Some people don't have high standards like you. I'll laugh if this movie turns out to be good. I'll laugh at all the douchebag haters out there.

i dont have anything against this movie except it could be so much better then what they made but just asking how many american made or even none american made movies with martial arts are all that great? I mean they are usually stright forward stuff any mainly fun to watch for the crazy fighting that goes on in them I'm no expert on martial arts movies just usually when i see a review no one really hoots and hollas about them otherwise then the action isnt that basically what this movie is? and someone said before that american film makers dont take such care with foreign properties as they do with american I totally agree but would like to see the spider-man they talked about any idea where i could find it

@263 I really don't think you need any standards to know if a movie is good or not. The only thing you need is to 1st watch the movie and that's it.

After the mistakes in street fighter and mortal kombat they will mess up another classic. this movie will sucks. period.

yikesss!!!! Dragonball movie should be made in CGI. Not real actor. It just doesn't capture the real spirit of the real Songoku. 4 thumbs down ( including my foot thumbs ) ... (

@ 267 its just a 1 45 sec clip, wait for more material, before you make that assumption.

@271 Look carefully, he is very green

Wait a minute, I understand everything now! Fox is trying to delay Watchmen so that this awful film doesn't get crushed by it. DAMN YOU FOX!!!!

....not gonna waste my money...I'll download it illegally offline.

man y the fuck didnt they start the first movie from the bardock special so everyone can see y goku came to earth that makes sense

Honestly when I saw the 1st trailer for this it kinda shook my faith in the idea. But I have come to the conclusion that as long as they keep the characters and their personalities it will all come out to be alright in the end. Really, I dont think that you can be perfectly true to the story, for one because you are condensing a whole series of anime into one movie, two because the story isnt gonna get anyone but the ppl who have already seen the anime before into the theaters, and three the people who have already seen the anime are going to have such a high expectation for what they already know that you can never please them. With all honesty have you actually watched for example the saiyan saga fully through? Most of it is Nappa shitting himself. In the end they have to make people like the characters and care about what happens to them. Most of dragonball and dragonball z was lotsa repeating of what they have already said before while getting to the next destination. A series of long drawn out conversations we have all heard before in between awsome fights. So god forbid that they try and make it more enjoyable for not only the fans but for people who dont know what the hell dragonball is. My fingers are crossed that it does well enough for sequels.

Dragon Shit Ball!!

DUDE FOX HAVE FUKED THIS MOVIE BY CHANGING THE NAME THERES NO KRILLEN OR YAMCHA GOKUS LIKE 18 WHEN HES SPOST TO BE LIKE 12 THE GUY WHO PLAYS GOKU DONT LOOK NOTHING GOKU MASTER ROSHI AINT THE FUNNY ASS GRABBING MAN BUT IN THIS HES JUST A BORING GUY AND IF GOKU TURNS INTO A GREAT APE IN THIS THEN I HOPE IT ACTULLY LOOKS LIKE A GIANT MONKEY AND IS LIKE 40 FEET TALL AND NOT JUST LIKE 9 FEET AND I HOPE THAT THE FIGHTING IS MORE REALISTIC LIKE LIKE THERE SHOULD BE BLOOD LIKE FUK THEY SHOULDNT MAKE THIS A KIDS FILM IT WOULD BE SHIT THEN IT SHOULD BE LIKE FOR 13 OR 15 YEAR OLDS IF THEY DO MAKE A SEQUAL THEY BETTER CALL IT FUKING DRAGONBALL Z NOT DRAGONBALL EVILUTION 2 AND THAT TRAILER WAS SHIT FOX HAVE FUKING RUINED THIS MOVIE PROBALLY IF THEY DO MAKE A SEQUAL THEY WILL HAVE ALOT TO IMPROVE ON

Why is everyone complaining about the damn movie..okay as i fan i really have to agree with the majority of the people..they have changed the storyline...and okay its sad that krillin isnt in the movie,,and now when they didnt put krillin in the movie, what will happen if they make the android saga..:P wtf..i only have one thing to say...if they ruin vegeta in the next movie i will never never never never never see a live action movie of db again!!!!!!!!! but as it is now they movie looks okay:P...

I saw a low-quality copy of that on Youtube ages ago. I was impressed because it was certainly one of the better fan-made works I've been, but at the same time, vids like that one go to prove how off-putting a live-action DB movie would be if it were more like the source material. Its a great effort, but no way would I want to see something like that in live-action.

things they wont do Snake Way King Yama King Cold/(Meta)Freeza Return Red Ribbon Army Piccolo trainig Gohan Hyperbolic Time Chamber A pre-teen child(gohan) fighting the main villain(cell) Ginyu Force Krillin and Tien King Vegeta Grand Kai(and his planet, with Gregory and Bubbles if i remember correctly) Spirit bomb Scouters all of this will be left out over time, you watch. Im guessing this first film will be a setup for the series like the first x-men/spiderman/transformers which were all pants compared to what they should be, but they pulled it back with good sequels, i hope this is the case for Dragonball Ive been waiting for this film for so long that it would take something monumental to make it satisfying to me and i reckon a lot of other fans feel the same, fox were working uphill as soon as they signed up for the rights on this one.

For anyone who may actually be interested, DBTheMovie.com are currently featuring what seems to be the US domestic trailer for the film. For the most part, its the same as the one on this page, although there are some new shots and the visual effects have been tweaked (Master Roshi's scene and Bulma's bike were the most noticable examples. The bike looks much better to me, but Master Roshi's scene was a change that I felt was for the worse) A nifty little thing I noticed is that the stars on the Dragon Balls rotate in a circular fashion. Look closely at the Four-Star Ball when it is shown, you'll see.

I'll say 1 thing... it COULD be worse. If you don't know ANYTHING about Dragonball Z... this might actually be worth watching if you haven't got anything better to watch.

I'm pretty sure Kame made the dragonballs himself. There is also the fact that Goku in the movie is nothing like Goku in the series... and that is NOT how his training with Master Roshi was at all! If they're gonna do this, they should at least have Goku in control of his ape form and uh... include it.

DudE!!! This movie looks so horridly much like the second Mortal Kombat that I have to see it! Hooray for old technology. ^_^

I would like to withdraw my comment #298 and let everyone know that.....I LOVE MOVIES!!! This movie is going to be the best thing ever. It will probably sell out The Dark Knight just because everyone is so pissed its going to suck everyone will have to see it. All of you people who said this movie is going to suck can go 2 heck! YOU ALL SUCK! I AM THE BEST AND WHATEVER I SAY GOES!

all of you are cunts, stop commenting and go watch every episode of LOST 73 times over.

Ladies and gentlemen, set sail for fail straight to DVD.

this movie is gonna suck ...who ever directed and who ever made up that seven mystic creating the dragonballs shit is stupid i think who ever wrote that shit has not even seen the first series... one tip stupid the person who created the dragonballs in the planet earth was (piccoro=piccolo) so before you make another mess thike this on another anime show make sure you watch it first or learn from it dumbass.... you guys have ruined the name of dragonball/z/gt....specially by giving it the stupidest subtittle ever you should of left it DRAGONBALL...and one question where did you get evolution from dip shits ,and where did you get that gay story about that eclipse and the planets destriction........ WHAT I MEAN WITH ALL THIS IS THAT YOU SUCK....LOOSERS

as an actoin movie it dont look to bad calling it bragonball come on give me a break ive read all the manga and watched EVERY last cartoon episode and theres just no way they can pull off a good movie out of this and besides half the shit in the trailer aint even how the real story happend so i dont know i still want to watch it tho :]

Ive been reading that Cowboy Bebop is next on the list of adaptions, with Keanu Reeves set to star. And for those of you who havent been keeping track of the film, you may be interested to know that "Rule" - the theme song for the movie - has been leaked out onto the web courtesy of Tokyo Nights. I have a Youtube rip of the song below, and Im pleased to inform you that you may rest easy knowing that the song is in Japanese. http://www.sendspace.com/file/j01z7j

Please Die hard fans, You cannot tell me this looks tolirable...not horrible. I have just about as much hope for any DBZ movie as the next fan. But please for the love of god can we just make a good movie based off any anime or video game. Why do they always go and try to make the story line changed up so much for a movie. Just my opinion. But geeeeezzzeeeeuuuuuuusssss!! please some on stop the madness!!!

If anyone is okay with this, they have serious issues. And TRUE fans would make Goku a KID like he's supposed to be, Roshi would have white hair, and Bluma's would be blue!!!! And Piccolo wouldn't look like the evil version of The Mask!!!!!

You all know as well as I do that short of a fan-made production and the possibility that the DB film franchise gets rebooted one day, we won't be getting anything resembling what the majority of the fanbase wants. Go and track down Ben Ramsey's original script for the film, from way back when this movie was still being pegged as a DBZ adaption. You'll see how much has changed between this finished film and that script. If you were making a DB movie that was closer to the anime in all aspects and ultimately didnt make any money from it, you would have a legitimate right to complain. If the movie took away all of the core elements of Dragon Ball, and I dont mean just some, I mean every single god-damn one, you would have a right to complain. But the simple truth is, none of us fans have any money invested in this. We are not the one's in charge. Fox is. And while this film is about as far from making movie of the year as Paris Hilton is from being taken seriously as an actress, the name recognition alone is going to help this movie make lots at the box office. I have seen the most recent trailer on Youtube, and comparing it to the trailer on this page, to deny that Fox is putting in effort at this point is to show supreme ignorance. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FAkcN5FFxU As I have said before, I will not begrudge anyone who complains about the film, but in all seriousness, it doesnt do a damn thing to change what has been set. I also think that when it comes to things like this, people tend to confuse the words "ADAPTION" and "TRANSLATION". I compare this movie to Power Rangers, not as a way of insulting it, but in the sense that just like that show did with the long-running Japanese Super Sentai franchise, this movie has taken the concept of Dragon Ball and spun a new story from it while keeping a lot of important elements (although the circumstances by which they take place have been changed to suit the film format) Some examples, based upon what Ive gathered from the trailers and info from various sites (including, but not limited to, DBTheMovie.com) - Grandpa Gohan still dies, although this time apparently by Piccolo's hand - Goku still turns into the Oozaru beast, albeit by the solar eclipse mentioned in the trailer, it seems, rather than a full moon - Goku and friends meet due to the quest for the Dragon Balls - Goku still carries the Four Star Ball - Goku still recieves training from Roshi and ultimately battles Piccolo for the fate of the world - Capsule Corp and its namesake technology exist - Finally, and most importantly, the Dragon Balls themselves do exactly what they're supposed to do: Summon a big-ass dragon to grant a single wish once all seven are gathered. Also, going off a press kit I read on DBTheMovie.com as well as a script review I came across on the forums of that same site that has sadly since been removed, there is nothing to say that the Goku in the film wont have atleast SOME elements of his traditional character (and yes, I KNOW whats been shown of him in the trailers, I've seen them aswell) In the script review, Goku is shown to still have a thirst for battle (vowing to beat Gohan after he loses the training match shown in the trailer, at which point Gohan jokes that beating an old man would surely be something to talk about), and answers a question wrongfully in class after his teacher snaps him out of a daydream about food. There's also the following exchange between Goku and Bulma from the script... Bulma - Ive looked under everything and theres no mention of Roshi in the directory. Goku - Have you tried Master. *Bulma gives Goku a blank look* Goku - M...A...S Bulma - I know how to spell Master! As you can see, there is still some of the naivety and dopiness that fans have come to expect and love from Goku. The fact that he is in high school is unimportant, since if Goku were an actual person in the real world, he would be there (not to mention, I once had a classmate in my Multimedia course who genuinely asked me what Ctrl-Alt-Del does, thus proving that getting an education doesnt nessecarily make you a genius). I also can say with a good degree of certainty that the general audience that the movie is made primarily for wouldnt be able to seriously get behind a little kid with a monkey tail and an I.Q so incredibly low that a retard looks smart by comparison. The fact that he is a teen in this movie also means diddly-squat because, for the umpteeth fucking time, he was a teenager when he fought and killed King Piccolo in the source material. 11 at the beginning of the series, and 12 by the time the first Martial Arts tournament we are shown rolls around (Goku explicitly states to Krillin that he thought he was fourteen before Launch taught him to count and he figured out that he was actually 12), leaving both Krillin and especially Bulma surprised). Considering that this very tournament ends with the date the event is held being changed from every five years to every three years - due to the popularity of the match between Goku and Master Roshi's alter-ego Jackie Chun- THAT would make put Goku at around the age of 15 by the time King Piccolo shows up. Seriously, do the god-damn math, people. To quote from the first part of the press kit - The Beginnings Of Evolution... ''The challenges in adapting Dragonball for the big screen were formidable, starting with creating a story that would satisfy the hardcore fans and introduce the world to non-fans. Inspired by the manga, director James Wong and screenwriter Ben Ramsey worked to achieve a mix of action, humor and character relationships for the new movie. “We strove to hit the right combination of the fantastic and the relatable,” says Wong. Ramsey notes, “The concept was to start off in a world that felt familiar, then gradually introduce the fantastic elements of Dragonball, so by mid-movie we are in full on Dragonball mode,” notes Ramsey. Wong continues "The biggest challenge in adapting a manga or animated series for a live action movie is reality. Once characters are brought to life by flesh and blood humans, the rules change, if ever so slightly. Animated characters can get away with a lot more than live action characters". ' People can complain all they like about the film, and while I dont blame them and will not hold it against them for I am not that sort of person, there is the undeniable fact that there is truth in what's being said, regardless of wether or not all of you who are firmly nestled in the anti-Evolution camp want to admit it or not. All this boils down to is a simple re-telling of the Dragon Ball mythos.

well....I was a big fan when i was a kid....and they missed so much good material they could have used plus the characters looked like diarrea mixed with vomit and spit all over the place and they dont seem to even try and follow the story or at least make the characters look similar to the originals Roshi sucked ass....they could have gotten easily an actor that could look like him....and gokus hair just looks like a stupid retarded guy with long hair just got out of bed and was ready to save the world with that lame gay hair they gave him....his faces and pretending to be goku looks so fake that it is just a joke....bulma???? come one they could have gotten a hot girl for that role and bulma didnt even look asian in the cartoon wtf???? lame lame horrible!!! sorry...

FUCK OFF this movie is going to be awesome.

This movie is going going to be so terrible. I have never seen a movie less accurate in my life. Kami "God" was the creator of the dragonballs not 4 old fucks sitting at a table looking into a vase looking thing! Goku doesn't look gay Muten Roshi is not a crouching tiger, this movie has bad written all over it dude! If you look at the CG and the fighting sequences it definitly looks sub-par to what we are capable of in this day in age! I bet you ten bucks that Roshi's not even a perve and he won't try one time to sqeeze Bulma's boobs! or he won't read one swim suit magazine (that's the Roshi we know and love) This is bull shit, Fox you have made a mocary of one of the most, no, the most incredible revolutionary anime, manga of our time! people who think this movie is going to be awesome, you're nothing but sellouts who would rather see Dragonball Z sell itself down the river than watch it stand tall in it's original glory!

this looks wack its not even worth shitting on

OMG!!! BRILL!!! the fight between Mia and chichi is good =D And goku neally says shit untill he is knocked out XD Naughty goku, i have seen aload of clips from this movie and it is brill, i dnt see why they have choosed not so goodparts to put in the trailer O_o. But when goku flies its like O_O WOW!!!!! Esp with his Ki around him WIN!!!!!

change the movie title to "Dragoball Spoof" and everything will make more sense

The entire idea of Dragonball is very much based on the notion that we are not alone in the universe. God(s), God, aliens, us, them, etc. The story of DB is the story of Earth and how it is saved by the combined efforts of all of the above mentioned entities. Dragonball incorperates all of those things and adds cool pewpew lazer beams and karate kicks, hence why it was so popular. To see FOX sell out just to make a film that is more appealing to whatever douchebag happens to be in the CEO chair this month is sickening. I think I'll watch the anime series again. It was good.

Umm... One of the things Hollywood has yet to understand, is that the beauty of anime is it's interconnection with all media forms. Eventhough most storys begin from a manga and then become series, then movies, games, and so on; some start backwards. I mean, the anime is cool because it's great in every form, be it games, series, drawings or movies. So hollywood, you have to fuckin' realize: you can't do it. You are u.s americans with zero imagination (not "Americans" please, America is an entire fuckin' continent, you insult the rest of it when calling yourselves that), you just can't do it. So stop being lazy and try to come up with something new, for Buddha's sake. What happened with the old movie classics? All those directors must be very dissapointed and spinning on their graves. Finally, I like the series, I'm not a crazy fan, but even if I didn't know about the series, from what I've been told, I'd still sh1t bricks after seeing, and after reading all these comments, I'm afraid of even watching the previews, maybe I'll drown in a pool of my own vomit after 5 seconds of that sh1t.

wow.... they fucked up dragonball for life. FUCK YOUR FOX!!!!!!!

Why is this movie about Dragonball? The storyline doesnt look like it. If they had just made it about something else, something like aliens or whatever it probably would have worked. I dont get it... Its like they wanted this to fail...