MOVIE TRAILERS

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

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

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

I'll watch it for the lulz.

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

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...

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

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

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.

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.

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.

(Vader voice) "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

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!!!

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.....

ow wow ooooooooooohh wooooow thank god we had the leak to prepare us for that utter rubbish unbelievable

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!

its bulletproof monk 2 .... eeeek !!! Such an obvious make money of a known title rip off !!

:\ 'nuf said.

That looks terrible. Wow.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! I cannot BELIEVE how EPHING GAY this looks. --- I would take Mr uwe bole over this garbage ANYDAY!!!!

This looks really shitty. I think the leak version was less shitty than that. LOL.

WHY Would They Do This I TRULY HATE FOX

Hey JL....are you in my class?!

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???

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.

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!

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.

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

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

@ 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.

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.

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!!!

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!

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

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

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

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.

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

the name says it all

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

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.

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

20 years from now I will reboot this franchise...

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.

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

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.

ha ha ha haaaaaaa.

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.

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!!!

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.

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.

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...

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!!!

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.

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

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.

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.

White dude playing GOKU? Give me a break.

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.

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.

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.

... 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.

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

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.

What the FUCK !!!!

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

WOW! This movie is gonna fuckin' suck!

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!!!!!!

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.

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.

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

Finally, something worst than Dragonball GT.

Piccolo is green! come on!

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

That was HORRIBLE!!! The "suck" factor went "Over 9000!!!"

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)

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

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.

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

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.

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!!!

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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... :-/

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!'

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?

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.

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

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

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

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!

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.

this movie is gonna be ASS!!

omg..what a crap mvie..that has nothing in common with the manga or anime!! The movie is going to be a mega disaster...damn Hollywood..they always kill good stories... I'm sure they also will destroy Ghost in the Shell..!

The Dragonball title, with Goku as a teen.... This movie is trying too hard to cater to the broadest audience possible. Why not name it Dragonballs (yes, with an 's'), and bridge the Dragonball and Dragonball Z stories. The movie can start with the memory of the destruction of the home planet, some childhood memories, then get right into the typical conflict of what Dragonball consists of. Fighting, eventually the dragonballs are collected, unexpectedly, someone very important dies. Someone gets wished back, and whatever goal was mainly trying to get accomplished is sacrificed. During the closing credits, an extra scene shows whatever it is that was sacrificed, or Frieza looking on over the planet. Surely this plot would include all the necessary elements of a Blockbuster: love connection, a plot with purpose and direction, emotional roller coaster, and for the sequel's sake, expectation for a sequel.

That just looks awful. I can't believe any one was low enough to want to act in it. I hope this movie kills all their careers. Yes even Chow's. WTF Picolo isn't even GREEN! *bangs head against the wall*

I know pretty much all of you have said what I'm about to say, but I feel I must comment anyway. As a fan of the series, I am extremely disappointed that the characters have no resemblance to the real characters of the DB series. For example, Piccolo is supposed to be green, Bulma should have blue hair and be younger. Goku is supposed to be a kid like 10 years old during the Dragonball series. Roshi shouldn't be some kind of monk, he's some old man who wears a turtle shell and has a long white beard and mustache and is bald. He usually wears some kind of glasses. Also, the Dragonballs don't look like Dragonballs either. I assume the one in the trainer was the one star ball, but they're supposed to be perfectly smooth (the one in the trailer was scratched and scraped) and the star should be a small red star, not a white glowing light. And the ball is too small. They're supposed to be about the size of a softball, not a tennis ball. This Goku didn't even get his license until later in the DBZ series, so why is he driving in this movie? You'd think the writers of the movie never watched the show before. I'm not expecting exact look-alikes here, but they could have at least paid attention to the big details like the hair color and in Piccolo's case, skin color. And considering he didn't have anything covering his head, where are the antenna? Ok, all that aside, if they just took the DB references out and made it something new, it might be a good movie. Those who have never seen Dragonball before will probably love this movie, but anyone who has ever called themselves a fan of the series will find it hard to accept this movie in its current condition.

Seriously, this bitching about wanting it to be a carbon copy of the anime is pointless. At the end of the day, the casting choices have been made, the movie is being made a certain way, and all you people crying like malnourished infants isnt gonna change it. The simple fact of the matter is that if this adaption of Dragon Ball were to be a completely exact, down-to-the-letter carbon copy of the anime, IT WOULD NOT WORK!!! The live-action Speed Racer movie is a prime example of being true to the tone of the source material, and having the effort soundly backfire. The movie didnt attract a very huge audience, and didnt make nearly enough money back as was expected. DVD sales may boost those profits, but Im not too sure. The live-action Transformers film on the other hand is a prime example of how a property can be adapted, changed quite drastically in many areas, and yet still be immensely successful. Oh sure, the fans whinged and moaned about the revamped character designs, insisting "ZOMG!!! DEY DEZTROYD G-1ZORZ!!!" but The Transformers were redesigned to look the way they did because using their original G1 designs on-screen would look ABSOLUTELY FUCKING STUPID! I had serious doubts toward DBLA when it was first announced as officially going ahead, but now that I've heard more info about the movie and gotten a better idea of what to expect from it, Im not so against it that Im going to get my undies in a bunch and slam the thing over changes that ultimately are minor. As I mentioned in an earlier post, James Marsters himself has confirmed that Piccolo is going to be green in the film. Obviously not for the film's entirety, but think about it, if you were trapped in a place without sunlight for thousands of years and finally managed to get out, I bet you'd end up looking paler than a ghost. I can deal with King Piccolo being immediately green following his freedom in the anime, because thats animation, but it wouldnt sit well in a live movie. Im not even going to bother about Bulma's hair not being completely blue. Anyone who cant see the sense in that change is a few cells short of a functioning brain. I actually like the fact that Goku is a young man in this movie. Why? Because Chatwin's portrayal of the character actually looks like a friggin teenager. In the anime he was around 14 when he killed King Piccolo, but he was still drawn like a kid. In the movie, it seems he's going to be 18, and thankfully, he's going to fucking look like a teenager and not some chubby kid. Besides if the situation with Goku is bad now, I cant begin to imagine how much everybody would be raving if the role of Goku were given to a child actor. In closing: What works successfully in one medium wont work smoothly in another. Changes are made for a reason and as Speed Racer has proven, an exact adaption of the source material isnt always the best apporach.

Hang you head in shame Fox, .

@soul_reaver265 You are just repeating the same excuses that have been repeatedly rebuted And I advise you to save your breath, because people will only boycott this thing as soon as they see the trailer

I just want to say that THIS IS F ING DRAGONBALL PEOPLE. Be real with yourself the show did not get good until the Piccolo saga. Go back and watch Dragonball and tell me what you think of it now not DBZ and not DBGT. I am a huge fan but I can not stand any ep before Goku went SSJ THINK ABOUT IT.

Yes, its an early cut of the trailer. Fox recently confirmed that the finished and better trailer will premiere alongside "The Day The Earth Stood Still". And, thulcandran, Im glad that you, like me, actually sees some sense in the changes.

Goku was a teenager when he fought King Piccolo, and in my opinion, making Goku a teenager was one of the film's smartest moves. I dunno about the rest of you, but I dont wanna some annoying child actor giving a repeat performance of Jake Lloyd's turn as Anakin Skywalker.

EVEN if you just took the idea DO NOT make the characters something they aren't I mean for gods sakes a white goku a bulma with guns....... this is garbage i personally hope this movie bombs into the dumps like no other movie.

I'm sorry, but for all of you complaining about Goku being white need to shut the hell up. First off, Goku is not Asian. He is a Saiyan. In the anime, PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE looks Asian if you got light skin. So you automatically assume Goku is Asian looking. But he's not even human. He's Saiyan. So making him a white guy doesn't mean anything just as if they were to make him Asian. Cause the anime/manga never was specific on that cause you can't tell with comparing him to the other characters. That said, I still think this movie will bomb. But I will go see it anyhow for giggles. :p

I grew up on the Dragonball series and, despite what some of these ignorant queers are saying, I'm looking forward to this production. I wasn't a big fan of the Final Destinations, but The One was a great movie so I have faith that Wong can pull it off. I'm glad to see that there are real actors this time, and they all seem to fit the appearance of their characters pretty well. Anyways, don't let these comments bring you down and just keep doing your thing because this has major potential. I think people just don't understand the concept of a teaser.

Ouch....Mi childhood. Itz cold Did the makers ever watch the show at all? No tournaments or flying green squirrel things. Not even a talking pig. Not 3 eyes or midget clowns There iz no doubt in mi mind, simply from this trailer, that this movie will suck...BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As I said in my last post, a direct live-action adaption of the anime would look absolutely absurd and nobody would be able to take it seriously. I cant stop people from hating this film even after its release, but seriously wake the fuck up and quit complaining. Changes are made for a reason and in the case of Dragon Ball especially, a copy-and-paste live-action version of the anime would come off as extremely cheesy. The fact that the talking animals were removed shows that the people behind this film are obviously smart enough to realize that.

oh and the guy who was saying the same things like 678890349 comments ago

What about this actually makes it Dragon Ball to begin with? Name sakes, some costume references, a watered down Kamehameha, and some glowy orbs, Dragon Ball does not make. Without proper adaption of the characters and plot, this movie is just trying to stand on the shoulders of something they makers knows is much bigger, and that they can never come close to. And that says something, as my opinion of both the DB and the DBZ series is definetely not a stellar one. But as a film-maker in the making, I know that you need to not only know when creative differances from a source are needed, and when its important to include a vital nod. Films like Narnia, Lord of the Rings, and the later HP series have shown an ability to be truthful to their original sources, which are far more complex than anyone could validly claim the original DB series to be. Unfortunatly we have films like Eragon and Dark Is Rising: Seeker that give movie makers the impression they can stray as far from both source and common Good Film rules as possible, and simply sell on the source's legacy. And frankly we can only blame anyone here who goes to see it for supporting such rubish. I wish unpleasant fortune on anyone who pays to see this. You make it that much harder for me to actually push good ideas into the market, because its so much cheaper to produce shit like this. Thanks a hell of a lot.

THIS IS SOME FUCKING SHIT!!!!! WTF!!! THEY CRUSHED MY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM AND TURNED IT INTO SHIT!!!!!! OMG OMG OMG I prefer watching Power Ranger or even Barney !!! MY GOD!!

and i so agree with PWO on 239...

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To be quite honest and fair it does look like it's going to be crap but...this isn't the "teaser trailer." Hell it isn't even a trailer to be gin with, this footage is "unfinished and the real special effects haven't been finalized yet. This footage here was intended to show the look of some elements and to introduce some characters for the people at L&M. Even tho this doesn't look good it doesn't mean this will be the final product, everyone should just relax and wait for the real trailer to come out, which will be released officially in theatres with "The Day the Earth Stood Still" As alot of you may know is another Fox film. Just wait fot the trailer and atleast try to give it another chance.

"ID's?" "Excuses?" Like I said before, I cant stop people from hating this film, but its especially ignorant people like PWO who have the nerve to claim that a person who actually sees sense in whats being done with this film is just making crap up, that seriously piss me off. Especially considering that I was not looking to stir shit up or start a fight, and that I was merely taking part in this disscusion like the rest of you. The beauty of being an individual is having the ability to forge your own thoughts and make up your own mind on a subject. The fact that I am being virtually flamed and accused of bullshit like making up excuses goes to show how fucking sad the state of things can get when it comes to things like live action films, coz god forbid I actually look forward to the Dragon Ball movie. OH NOEZ! SUM1 LIKEZ DA DRAGGINBAWL MOOVEE! WOT IZ DIS WURLD CUMMING 2??? As far as the majority of the fanbase is concerned, if you show even the slightest bit of interest in this film, you are targeted as not being a true fan and for flaming to the N'th degree. Hate the film if you want to, its your choice, but the simple truth is a direct clone of the anime wouldnt work at all, and like it or not, NOT EVERYONE is going to boycott this and people, fans and otherwise, WILL end up paying to see this in the cinemas I thank everyone who has agreed with me and Thulcundran thus far for having enough of a functioning brain to see sense in the changes that this movie is making and not automatically switch into a fanboy/fangirl-induced anti-movie rant. If just about everyone out there is so intent on disliking this film, then as far as Im concerned, you can all - to quote Robolemur - "Stay at home and wack it to the cartoon"

You would of think by now the make up and cgi would play some role in making the actors resemble more of the anime, but they totally goofed up, i guess this is an extremely low budget film where they cant even make picolo look right.

god-dammit...

LOLOLOLOLOL im soooooo going to watch this ^_^ I agrees with soul_reaver265 Unlike the many bashers who think its the end of the world that this is going to be released, im looking forward to watching it. Do I think its going to be a good movie? No I dont its looks like an average B movie, but come on its DB! Dont you people want to support Akira Toriyama! More publicity means more mula for this awesome mangaka. I think this movie is going to make me a laugh alot, seeing how wrong is it makes it funnier and if its actually turns out to be good in some miraculous way then yay! Plus if the rumors i heard are true, and Chris Sabat is gonna voice Shenron then i lov the director for giving a nod to teh original english VA's (also Chris is teh best!)

Failtrain, can I borrow your crystal ball? I need this weeks lotto numbers. Seriously, people, can't we wait til the damn thing comes out, THEWN bash it? Is that so hard?

it's like mortal kombat all over again -___- has this dude even seen dragonball?

it sucks

well first of all there is nothing wrong with trailer and all you act like imature morons. Its just a movie.

Amen to Doc.

vile piece of rot this film is eh? i wouldn't waste a dime on this schlock rip off of a classic anime that i grew up loving! and i agree with akira comments brought up earlier as well, hollywood is destroying my favorite anime shows and movies from my youth and it's disgusting! not to mention the three x-men movies that fucking sucked! oh, and ang lee's version of the hulk....wtf?!?!?! esoteric crap about a character with so much explanation needed that it was a tedious film with serious flaws. i'm not saying all comic/anime movies have or will suck. they just need to think more long term when trying to compile thirty or more years of comics into one, two or three movies.....IT DOESN'T WORK!!!! when will they realize this in hollywood????

Doc, along with myself. Thulcandran and anyone else who is willing to actually give this film a chance, are the few people here with enough common sense about us to realize that changes are nessecary in the transition to the big screen. Couple things I've learned over the last week, particularly in regards to this movie. Haters and "fans" (as Vegeta so elequently put it) are like pesky cockroaches that you cant get rid of no matter how hard you try. On that note, the lot of you who are complaining about this movie ruining the DB name are purist fans, am I right? Well another thing I've realized is that the term "purist" is just another way of saying "narrow-minded". Like Doc said, you wouldnt know maturity if it bit you right in the ass.

omg what can i say.....now at day people are just making movies for money i mean look at spiderman movies i love spiderman!!! but the movies sucked so bad!!! the movies are like 2 hours and a half and there is lke 10 minutes of action through the whole damn movie i thought this movie was going to be better but its going to be another piece of crap.....like ghost rider lol OMG!!!i still cant belive it they changed so many things i mean is understandable that changes are needed but .... oh well there is nothing we can do whats done is done

i can't believe they screwed up dragon ball. well, considering its from FOX, I can believe, but god.... everyone involved in the production of this TRASH is a complete and utter sell-out. the whole production STINKS of cheese (and yea, its just like a continuation of those horrible mortal kombat movies), it is horrible casted, I can't believe they took Goku, a role model for ASIAN guys, and casted that plastic-surgery tweaked white guy to play him. The US always loves to cut off the asian guy's balls. and what was that slutty action there? I mean, yea, we all know the Real World's Jaime isn't an angel (and is disgracing Chi-Chi's character), but the great thing about Akira Toriyama was his ability to create satire and poke humor w/the sexual elements in db. dbz and dbgt. It was never slutty. and .... what is that mess they're trying to pass off as piccolo?

oh please - if this didnt have the dragonball name attached to it you nerds would totally go watch it.

I gotta agree with everybody else who says it doesn't look like Dragonball -- I couldn't even recognize most of the cast. It looks like a generic Hong Kong flick that's recycling props from "Dragonball: The Magic Begins" and whose characters just happen to share names with characters from the series. And with their budget, couldn't they have at LEAST afforded a copy of the manga? Or even a few random episodes of the series? You can -- with lots of luck -- sometimes find old dubbed anime tapes in dollar stores. (I've even found old DVDs of anime in them...)

To be fair, Bulma has a gun in the original Dragonball manga. but this really does look like the worst thing ever, it's all so wrong and awful and AIhadjkgbas

300 whiney little posts. Jaysus. Just watch the movie when it comes out. Who cares what's it like. If it's good, awesome. If it flops, meh. I'm sure every single person here is going to watch this, be it for the lulz or for fun, whatever. Although...I think I saw Goku kissing Bulma...that might complicate future sequels a tad.

i expected more aura and flares like kamehameha etc.. but somehow this is nothing like DB, i think if they change the title and characters' name i won't even notice its a spinoff of DB =.=

god damn! they just ruined the BEST cartoon ever this is pure Americanized filth way to go and shit on a legend!

that looked amazin!!!! goku and picollo looked mind blowin!!! it stayed true to the cartoon AND comic NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS TRAILER SICKENS ME TO MY VERY SOUL? ANYOONE UP FOR ONLINE PETITION TO STOP FILM?

WOW, I'm not going to pay money to watch this movie. Probably going to stream it online or torrent it just so I can get my money's worth. (Which is $0.00) LOL.

That soul_reaver guy sure looks like somebody from Fox, as well as guys like Doc who are singing duet with all his crap

What steaming pile of SHIT *vomits*

Oh, yeah, that'd be right. Im optimistic towards this film and get associated with Fox studios because of it. I both laugh at and pity those who dare go so far to make such an association, I truly do.

It seems i have this deja vu feeling when they made FINAL FANTASY -SPIRITS WITHIN, where in they adapted american scriptwriter, and modify the whole plot, story and characters of the FINAL FANTASY franchise, which made it a flop and in a process force SQUARESOFT in some financial crisis. Im just happy the latest FFVII Advent Children was a saving grace. No offense though i'd rather prefer watching these movies in 3D n made by Japanese and not by some other people who are alien to this anime. Hollywood don't seem to respect foreign films, they either deviate or modify for the sake of profit. I dont want to hold my hopes high on this movie, people are not complaining on this movie cause of it "purist" sense, one has to analyse Dragonball has a lot of tremendous following because of its unique character and one which many are "familiar" with. But if you take the "familarity" of it, its like taking icing on the cake.

ok every one please read comment i quote=It's not horrible. They just made an adaptation of the idea of Dragonball, and yea, since it's fox studios, I think it would be quite good. Anyway, they would have to tackle the large public, including dragonball fans even if they, like most people here, do not like the small hint of similarity with the original. I doubt it will ruin the reputation — in fact, it's highly likely it will make it better. DBZ fans will be disappointed for the light adaptation, but it's really for the media, since DBZ was so popular…. Tan-Tan you are a fuckin retard its for the media.. this movie wouldnt be shit without a fan base.

Why does Hollywood put a white male lead in an obviously asian story (speed racer de ja vu)? I rather see Jackie Chan attempt to portray Goku than this guy.

okay yes it looks really bad...but this is dragon ball....not dragon ball z so why are people complaining about, wheres trunks cell and buu? and of course it looks crappy. just dont watch it.

Every one should probably take a breather, this movie still has almost a whole year until its released, a lot of movies look crappy at first, plus like Hamid said, this is Dragon ball not DBZ so why would all those people be in the movie

this is very typical of Americans ruining every franchise they touch. Its called 'Americanising' someting!! A DB and DBZ etc will be ruined. The japanese will laugh at it!!!! thanks x xx x x

Have you seen the japanese version of Dragonball In Real ? It sucked as well! You can't re-film the whole story into 2 hours!

lol. Epic fail right here. How could they? >': Poor piccolo dosen't even look like a namek OR have his trademark cape&turban. . </33 Not cool guys. Can't wait to see it though. So I can laugh even more at how shit it will be. xD;;

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This is an EPIC FAIL! >_<

@mudkipz The only thing you said that is true to the fact is that soul_reaver265 is getting money for posting the "Logic of Fox" up here that nobody in their right minds would actually pay attention to, except for his other colleagues and id's he has here.

way to ruin dragonball dumbass james wong

I was laughing from 10 seconds in to the end.

Gee, Vegeta, I didn't even have to read your entire post to realise what an absolute idiot you were about of yourself. These sentences said it all 'oh and doc, i'm sure you're as out of touch with yourself as you are other human beings as well. just because you didn't love anything entertainment wise in your childhood (maybe you did, who knows), doesn't mean that you can cram an entire story like dragon ball into a single or even four movies.' For one, what the hell does that last bit even mean? Out of touch with myself? What? And accusing me of not liking anything in my childhood shows you're grasping at a reason for me not to be siding with you and the rest of the fan boys. And at no reason did i say I expected the entire DB story in one movie. Hell, i haven't even seen the entirety of DB and I know there are elements missing. It's rather obvious they are going to a more known character/villains with Piccolo, adjusting the DB legend so they don't have to, theoretically, introduce Kami and the whole 'he is me' think between him and Piccolo. And it's rather obvious they skipped Krillin so they wouldn't have to go looking for a bald midget with martial arts and stunt training. I'm going to repeat what i keep saying. GIVE IT A CHANCE. And any future attacks at my likes/dislikes in shows or whatever are just going to be laughed at if they are delivered like Vegetas.

hahahahahahahahahaha Oh My God! Oh My God! Oh My God! I HAVE TO SEE THIS! Just so I can laugh at how stupid it is Does this Goku have a tail? and.. and... and... Anyway in the end all this film probably really has in common with DB is really the names. So it won't have much affect on the originals (not for me anyway)

why the f*ck did they even make a movie of dbz? i mean WTH why make a movie of an anime... its meant for kids and now they want adults to become db fanz? this movie is nothing but bull

What the hell is a dragonball?

super gay. Goku is way more tank than scrawny there.

Ppl seem to forget that this isnt dragonball Z... this is Dragonball... With taht in mind... WTF MAN!?!? there is so many problems with this... like the part where u hear goku go "im not ready for this" ... at WHAT point would goku ever say something like that... chances are good master rochi would be like "im not sure if your ready for this and i thin... goku? ... GOKU?" *watches as goku runs off to battle* srsly tho, its dragonball not DBZ... dont expect Kahehameha's and shit kuz that stuff didnt happen till the TAIL END of dragonball. Dragonball Z is when the series got good anyways.

As far as I'm concerned, as soon as this movie is released, it will be the end of the anime Dragonball, DBZ and DBGT. =.= I Cant believe they left out krillin, and Vegeta is no where to be seen either... but then again, it is only Dragonball, and no Dragonball Z. BUt whats the deal with piccolo? Why the hell isnt he green the way he's SUPPOSED to look?! And why isnt Bulma's hair blue/green-ish?!! This movie is the biggest joke ever, and I hate it, because it will be the end of my favourite cartoon DBZ.

Moony, find me a bald midget with martial arts/stunt training and you'll have Krillin. Good freaking luck though (and be glad I didn't say find a bald midget actor and a bald midget stuntman). As soul-reaver has said SEVERAL times, James Masters himself has confirmed that Piccolo WILL be green. He'll just need to spend some time in the sun to darken his skin. You try staying indoors for a few centuries and see what kind of a tan you have. Bulma's hairs isn't green/blue/whatever because this is set in the MODERN REAL WORLD and the only reason it would be coloured like that in such a situation is because she was some kind of punk or something, which would be against her character ANYWAY. Finally, one movie is NOT going to end DB/Z/GT. Aside from the fact the series has stopped production anywa, it's still go way too big of a fan base. Grow up, stop acting like a drama queen, build a bridge and get the fuck over it.

This i have to say is the worst movie trailer i have seen, i mean if you have ever seen the chinese version of dragonball movie from the 90s i would suggest they had a better cast and idea with thier cheap special effects than what i just saw now it sickens me to think that they couldnt make it look like any of the characters even in this day and age. This will ultimately be a flop especially since they are using some american guy to be goku! Just like Rick commented i`d rather see Jackie Chan play the role of Goku. I could go on forever but i`ll leave it at that my minds bout to blow thinking about this

The funny part is that this movie will make money regardless. People will pay to see it just to see how shitty it could be or how much it is like the actual Dragonball.

OMFG, this is embarrassing...

ohhww my god~~~im so lost of words for this.......*frowned*

omg, poor akira toriyama.. lol, whats so dragonball about this movie? the chars... nope, maybe the hair, nope.. the fighting, nope! what? what exactly it is?? just the stupid glowing ball??? lol can i give rate now? 1/5

WHY WTF WHY ill never watch this movie. if i want to waste 90-120mins of my life ill go get stoned. now that i think of it thats a pretty good idea......

hahahahah omg goku is white! i can't imagine that -______- yes they totally butchered the movie why is master roshi so serious? isn't he supposed to be like a perverted old man? i can't imagine chow yun fat being perverted rofl

@371: Why not? It's not confirmed what race he looks like. Hell, I always thought he looks white, personally. @372: You, like everyone else here apparently, expected an exact copy of the anime? Geez, man, I could have told you that wasn't going to happen. My little sister coulda told you that wasn't going to happen. Micheal jacksons pet monkey coulda told you that wasn't going to happen. Get over it, live with what you're getting and stop fucking whinging. no one cares.

Rumor has it Krillin will cameo. Even if he doesnt appear in the film at all, I'll live. He's not that important anyway. And before anyone decides to give me greif over that last remark, name me one thing that Krillin did that was of real signifigance to his character and... A) Didnt involve knocking up Android 18 B) Didnt involve him dying or otherwise taken out of the battle. Besides, this movie has enough core characters to introduce as it is. Adding Krillin to that cast would be like trying to force together two puzzle peices that clearly dont fit.

Indeed. Besides, Krillin pretty much got his ass handed to him since King Piccolo showed up. Hell, HE was the first person to die in Dragon Ball. That, in my eyes if nobody else's, proved that outside of the Saiyan saga, Krillin is not a character so much as cannon fodder.

Geez, the same Fox excuses over an over again. Can't Doc and soul_reaver and some others (assuming they are really different people not working for one company) save your breathe and let this cinematic atrocity die in peace?

@ PWO Geez, the same ignorant attitude over and over again. Cant you save your breath and stop associating the people who are smart enough to actually give the film a chance BEFORE trashing it with Fox just because we accept that this is not a carbon copy of the anime? Or do you really have nothing better to do with your time than spend it hurling insults at the people who are smart enough NOT to insatntly start ranting about how DIS MOOVIE HAZ DEZTROYED DRAGGIN BAWL OH NOEZ111. You all know who you are and you should not assume that the film is going to suck just due to drastic but nessecary changes. Like Doc says, you and the many other people who are incessantly whinging like malnourished infants seriously need to stop bitching over something that.. A) Is only just over a minute long B) Has clearly unfinished special effect shots C) IS NOT EVEN THE OFFICIAL FUCKING TRAILER In Doc's words: "Build a bridge and get the fuck over it". Seriously.

@lol @rhis Dont even say that jokingly wishing someone dead to stop a movie is is serious sick man!

This looks like crap! But for those of you looking for good screenplay writers to make your movie looke descent. Go to http://www.scriptbuddy.com and read EQUINOX. Maybe the should've hired him to write and direct this movie.

I like it! But I have only seen 2 episodes of the anime, and read half a book of manga backwards. Because I did non like the childish play on them I never looked again. Could be that at the age of 31 it was too late, and I watched and loved the Z and some of GT before starting the original. Still I know my shit, and this movie is not Z and never will be! But it looks good and pars with X-Men and DOA, and granted they were shit, this is still the best real-life-anime-shit out yet! It is like comparing the original Fantastic 4 comics to the movie versions, ofcourse it sucks! They are starting to get a hold of how to turn a good book into a good movie, it will take decade to turn a good comic to a good movie, and there will be the same road to travel by trial and error they have gone with the book2movie, and as time passes, we will see shit turn to gold. If there is an instant way to transfer the manga to a movie with real actors then write the script and direct the movie, that is what worked for the previous examples but it took the time for the young minds to get the fame and land a good project!! Do it, and we'll love you forever! Whine about it, and we don't care!!

Shame.... Dragonball was and is my favourite anime. And now... this movie? Screw you "20th"

@Doc First of all, I did not lump you into Fox's payroll index, remember I just assumed that you and some others DON'T work for Fox. And second of all, why do you think this movie deserves a chance? You and soul_reaver265 had never given any good reasons except for the usual "wait till you actually see it" or something similar in kind.

LOL omg this movie looks so bad I can't stop laughing

holy crap somebody actually liked DOA? this reminds me of that. I really hope this is one of those movies that look like crap, but ends up being pretty sweet. But not impressed thus far, also, Roshi does NOT look like Roshi, wheres the beard and shades homie? so gay to the max!

@ PWO Doc and I have usually given the classic "wait until you see it" line namely because going off of the footage on this page, thats pretty much all that can be said. I've given perfectly logical reasons as to why the DB movie has been changed from the anime like it has, and why a direct clone of the anime wouldnt fly in live-action. Wether or not you and anyone else who's read them wants to take them on board or discard them is your choice. Ive said before I cannot stop people from hating the film even after its release, but hey, all I'm trying to say is that I think all you haters should calm down and give the movie a shot, because it may very well end up being completely different than the "OMG this suxxorz" vibe the crude promo footage on this page is giving. If you still dont like the movie even after seeing it, then hey, you can feel free to, because atleast THEN you intense dislike of the film would be fully justified. Yesterday I stumbled across an early review for the film on Aint It Cool News (the dude who saw it mentions it had unfinished SFX and no musical scoring), and in all honesty, it doesnt sound too bad. The guy gave a lot of praise to the film, particularly Justin Chatwin's turn as Goku and James Marsters rendition of Piccolo. Here's the link, but bewarned, it has spoilers so read at your own risk. Although I will say this in advance... I FREAKIN' TOLD YA'LL PICCOLO WOULD BE GREEN IN THE FILM http://www.aintitcool.com/node/38877 And as for Steve, Ive said quite a few times that Goku is not a kid here because he was not a kid in the anime when he fought and killed King Piccolo. He was a teenage boy of roughly 15 years. If there's one thing DB aint, its the Simpsons and as we all know, characters in the Dragon Ball universe dont stay the same for too long. In the film, Goku is apparently 17 going on 18, so jacking up his age a couple years shouldnt matter too much.

I was also a childhood fan of the show. I know that they cannot recreate DB just like the anime; but, the plot and characters should reflect the show. The actors chosen for the characters are not good representations of the individuals visually. This may be changed as the movie is completed, but I doubt it. Lets hope for the best in this movie and not let the memory of the show be tarnished by a probable bad movie.

PLEASE tell me this is a troll. A horrible, horrible troll.

well this suxss i hopr it gets better some needs to smack the direrctor in the face cuz it dosent look nuthing like the car toon for real he suxs at this job get some fricken custumes man a he should a least try to make it look good

i feel as if i've just been raped...this is awful, piccolo wasn't even green, bulmas hair wasnt blue, chatwan made goku look like a pussy. this is worse than what Joel Schumacher did to batman, and wtf was up with the cars!?!?!? no flying nimbus? the only good that can come of this is if anyone who makes south park is a fan of dragonball or DBZ and does the whole rape thing like they did with indiana jones except this goes beyond rape. its like rape, then mutilation, then more rape followed by herpes

They have totally fucked this up

I was expecting something like superman,planet destroying,WTFING!ZOMG!devastating SFX! but what is that? thats trash...

woow... i love it.. this is a very good one.. yes yes...

DBZ is one of my favorite shows of all time. I will still go see it just cause I am a huge fan of the show but I have a feeling I will be dissapointed.

why don't ya'll guys just sit in your couches and check the db,dbz, and dbgt from what it used to be with the moving pictures and forget everything about the live action movie so you could just live your lives peacefully. or better yet, make your own db movie and we'll all be thrilled to leave you some earth destroying comments!!!

@soul_reaver265 Uh, sorry to cool down your ethusiasm, but first of all that review from aintitcool has already been revealed as another fake piece of news. Second of all, you guys have been saying things like "wait till you see the actors all made up", "wait till you see the official shots", "wait till you see the trailer", and what do we see when the pictures of the actors all made up, the official shots and the trailer came out? If anyone is still "waiting" after all this, it'll be hard to think they have nothing to with Fox.

Goku was a little kid for pretty much all of Dragon Ball, Master Roshi was not freakin asian, nor was Yamcha, shit none of them were asian ~_~ Idiots, this shit has nothing to do with fuckin dragonball. Akira Toriyama would be ashamed.

Why is piccolo white? Could they not even get a f---in color right? He looks horrible what the hell are they doing, did they even watch a single episode of Dragonball? Goku says "I'm not ready" ...are you sh---in me?

I can't wait for this movie. It's going to be awesome. Don't judge it on your inability to accept change. Give Dragonball a chance.

@soul_reaver265 First of all, in the case you do have a niece, then I feel very, very sorry for her. Second of all, why are you trying to deceive yourself that Piccolo's green? Or do you and Marsters have a different definition of "green"?

@ PWO I am not going to get into a fight about this, so I'll just say the following. Firstly: I'm taking my neice along to this film because she wants to see this. She's not some little kid either, she's old enough to distinguish between fantasy and reality (I took her to see Dark Knight and she wasnt scared at all) Secondly: http://dbthemovie.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/piccolo.png If still deny that Piccolo will be green after seeing that photo, then quite frankly, youre color blind. Yes, im aware that its a very pale green, but its green regardless.

What!? Bulma doesn't have blue hair. She wouldn't look out of place if the movie gave her blue hair, she's Bulma. I've seen people in the real world with blue hair. Picolo's not even green? Nameks are green. That's a big part of DBZ! That's like changing Santa's costume from red to blue. Everybody keep saying Goku is played by a white guy and that's wrong....what!? Goku is a saiyan not a white guy, asian guy or any other race. What does a saiyan look like? This movie looks so lame and should be called something other than Dragon Ball because it's so far away from the cartoon.

This is a total shot to the balls, I was hoping of some money being put into this making it amazing, nice combat graphics and even better energy graphics with the mix of the human interface. But after seeing that it makes me want to throw up in my mouth along with all over the directors and actors. Seen so many amazing DBZ cartoon this is just bad.

omfg this is so horribly wrong. i actually got red in the face from embarrassment. this is my first time watching this trailer and i am going to totally disregard this movie. the main reason being, the story line from what i can see is this white boy "goku" is just another human with a prophesy attached to him. What The Hell! and also, they need to leave the Martial arts out of this and show more ki blasts and power ups. THIS IS DISGUSTING

Fuck. Me. Dead. Wtf is this fucking shit? Shoving some Asian tits in our face in the hope of diverting ALL of our senses so we do not realize what a fuck up they've made? Not only casting a fucking WHITE BOY for goku (you fucking piece of shit Fox FUCK YOU) but he has to be the ONLY MOTHERFUCKING WHITE BOY in the movie. Oh, no, there can't be any fucking consistency, the main beloved alpha male character HAS to be white and will conquer all in the end. JUST like rambo. JUST like any Arnie movie. Just like the myriad of fucking shit-treated Hollywood bullshit being shoved down world-wide viewers' throat to strictly serve the single purpose of stroking the already hugely fucking inflated ego of the citizens of the worst motherfucking country on the planet. What a laugh-at-able pile of garbage. Trust some corporate scum-fuck to take something great and sodomize it until it turns into a puddle of fucking gayness. And yes, I'm being politically in fucking correct so suck a dick and stfu your silly opinion doesn't interest me. *FIRED UP*

People seem to be forgetting that the entire concept of Dragon Ball is based on myth. Myths, regardless of wherever they come from, can be interpreted in all kinds of ways. Even Dragon Ball itself has been changed several times, and it was based on the Chinese myth Journey To The West. To help further prove my point, all the below examples are Dragon Ball-specific and yet, like this current live-action film, diverge drastically from the standard Dragon Ball storyline in several different ways... 1. "Curse Of The Blood Rubies": The storyline involves a corrupt king terrorizing local villagers to uncover magical Blood Rubies that he hopes will satiate his immense hunger. When that fails, he starts to seek the Dragon Balls. Meanwhile a young girl enlists the help of Goku and Bulma, who are hunting for the Dragon Balls, to restore the king to normal and in turn, save her village. 2. "The Magic Begins" is a Chinese live-action version of the above film. However, the king featured in this film wants to recover the seven "Dragon Pearls" so he can use them to rule the world. All the characters are renamed (Goku is called "Monkey Boy" for instance, and claimed to be descended from the Monkey King Son Wukong), Puar is replaced by a wise-cracking cockatoo, and the Oolong-based character is portrayed as a shape-shifting human. 3. "The Path To Power" is yet another re-telling of Dragon Ball, loosely based on the beginning of the series. Aside from the new DBGT-style animation, other major differences include The Red Ribbon Army replacing Emperor Pilaf and his goons as the main antagonists. So you see, changes CAN happen - regardless of the country, regardless of the story, regardless of how drastic the changes may be - and yet, the property can still bear the Dragon Ball title. Krillin not being in the film?: I'll live. All Krillin ever had going for him when he wasnt six feet under was making an ass out of himself as the comic relief, with very few if any real important moments that didnt revolve around him dying. Not to mention Krillin was DEAD in the arc that this movie is based around. The real kicker for those bitching about him not being in this live-action film is that NONE OF THE FILMS I LISTED INCLUDE HIM AT ALL! Goku being a tail-less high-school student and instead of a little kid and, more importantly, being played by a Caucasian?: I can deal with it, for several reasons... 1. Goku is a SAIYAN, an alien from another planet. And considering the movies I listed above are new interpretations of the Dragon Ball story, how should this movie be any different? 2. Having Goku be a super-strong, tail-bearing child would look absolutely totally stupid, and making him a young man in the film lessens the stupidy factor. Not only that, but again, Goku WAS a teen when he fought and killed King Piccolo in the manga/anime. In addition there are also child labour laws to contend with. 3. The people working on the movie will cast whoever they feel gives the best performance in whatever role they may be auditioning for. Of course, there are even some cases where a specific person is requested. Whatever the case may be, Justin Chatwin, who happens to be a Caucasian citizen, is playing Goku. Bulma's hair not being blue?: People walking around with their hair dyed entirely, isnt exactly the most common of sights, and most of the time people will simply streak their hair, such is the case with Bulma in this movie. In all honesty, it would look silly and if you need further proof of just how wacky the idea of someone with blue hair could look, take a look at the below screencap from the season finale of Power Rangers Mystic Force, where the Pink Ranger (who initially hated the color pink) has dyed her hair completely pink. Look how silly that is. Look at that picture and take a moment to consider if Bulma having completely blue hair is something that really should be done without it looking as awkward as that pic. Piccolo's skin being pale for much of the film?: Again, you need not be Einstien to figure out why this has been done. Ever see Return of the Jedi? Notice how ghastly white Anakin's skin was once his helmet was removed? You try spending a prolonged amount of time locked away without sunlight and see what happens. Its been confirmed by James Marsters that Piccolo will be green in the film, and you can check the pic I posted a few posts back if you need further proof. Ive copped a lot of shit from people all over the internet for expressing my thoughts on this film, from being called racist simply for not nodding in agreement that Goku should be Asian and calling Justin Chatwin American (I didnt know at the time that he was Canadian) to being associated with 20th Century Fox for not jumping on the hate bandwagon like the majority of the fanbase has. So, in an effort to clarify my stance once and for all... I am a fan of Dragon Ball/Z/GT, have been for a long time and Im not gonna stop any time soon. The idea of a live-action Dragon Ball movie does not sit well with me either. If the film were to be made in a medium other than anime, I would PREFER it to be CGI like Final Fantasy Advent Children. HOWEVER, considering that it IS being made in live-action, I can accept that and any changes that come with it, and I want to support this film. I dont care about Goku being played by a Caucasian dude. Goku could be played by an actor with a thick French accent for all I care and I'd still support the film. Why? Because as I said, stories can be interpreted in different ways, and I dont give a stuff about ethnicity and race. All that concerns me - and should concern the rest of you - at this point, is how well the actors play their parts. I have my opinion, Im entitled to it.

She has been shown with a gun few times in the anime. First episode of Dragon Ball saw her shoot Goku when he went to attack her after being run over. Later on, she shot Goku with an SMG after finding out he'd removed her panties in her sleep. Even the end credits show her clutching a firearm. Now, as we all know, Bulma is the one who starts the quest for the Dragon Balls in the anime, and Goku joins her later on. Im not entirely sure how things will go in this movie (by the looks/sounds of it, it'll be the reverse situation) but for the sake of my next point, let's say Bulma starts the quest on her own a-la the anime. She's not superhumanly strong like Goku is, and she'd need a way to defend herself, so logically, she would be packing heat, would she not?

Is it me, or isn't it sad that a cartoon can convey more energy, and creative joy, than a multi-million dollar big screen movie? And besides all that...a Caucasian Goku. Nice. Thanks Hollywood.

Omg...what a shame...the people who worked on this film have no idea of the true concept of this story line...Cars? Goku had nimbus to fly him around, not shia lebouf bumblebee transformer. Krillen? Trained with Goku AS A LITTLE KID , THAT HAD A TALE and was a NOT A F**CKING TEEN. Bulma and piccolo don't even look like the characters of the manga. Its sad that i waited nearly over ten years for this adaption and it is an utter disappointment. Prophecy ? Come on my dude, give us what Die hard fans want and that s a true adaption of the Akiro T'S work, not the corny English version. Akiro T should sue fox for this film, completely destroying one of the greatest shows ever, Just sad.

@soul_reaver265 Can you stop repeating the same excuses from the standpoint of moviemakers with absolutely no sense of color, faces, myths, character and respect to originals?

@ PWO I'm not going to do this dance with you again. I've said before and I'll say it again: The movie is being made, people can bitch and moan about it all they like, but they cant do anything to stop or change it. If you read my second-last post at all, you must've skipped over certain parts, especially the last paragraph. Just like the rest of you, Im entitled to my opinions on the film, and Im starting to tire of being attacked by people such as yourself simply for not blindly agreeing that the film should be boycotted and the filmmakers should be destroyed. As I said in my most recent post, I dont like the idea of a live-action Dragon Ball movie anymore than the rest of you. I would prefer a CGI one to be done. But considering that the filmmakers have gone with the live-action route, Im going to do the smart thing and accept the changes that come with it as well as actually wait until AFTER I see the movie to say wether or not it is actually bad, rather than follow everyone else's lead and start foaming at the mouth over things like Goku being played by a Caucasian and a minute-long clip that wasnt even made for public viewing. Furthermore, just because Im one of the scarce few people here to actually think LOGICALLY about the film before even expressing my opinions in the first place, that does not give you or anyone else here the right to associate me with those working on the film. So with all due respect, get off my case.

@soul_reaver265 Look, if you actually watched "The Path to Power", then you should know the right path a movie adaptation of Dragonball should take, and that Hollywood has clearly taken the path to wrongness with this one. So why are you pretending to be logical and making so many excuses for something that doesn't deserve the slightest chance?

Ouch...my childhood

Even I can't save this movie! I am Very Disappointing You know. You should get what ever kind of money you can get from this movie and do not, I repeat! And do not put it on your resume. There is know hope for the way you are going about making this movie and it will cripple your carrear, if not seriously destroy it. Word to the wise, get what you can get from this movie and burn it or, just give it to me and I will through it into Eternal condemnation...! Meaning the lake of fire witch I am sure, I will do a way better job at destroying it than you. better yet, Start over and lest pretend that the way you are going about it, never Happen....!!!

gay gay gayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy they have totaly ruined dragonball. I absolutly bummed it when i was a kid and it doesnt look anything like i remember it. the story line is different, the actors look shit and i think they have made a right cunt of the whole thing...........bastards.................ruining my childhood..................i hope you can live with yourselfs last of all id like to add that the mother fuckers who made this movie deserve to be strung up, i hate you all!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have a theory. Uwe Boll Took the alias James Wong so he could continue to make movies without people wanting to vomit at the mere sight of his name attatched to a project.

1. good actors? sow the film yet for that statement? not looking right can be forgiven if you get a feel they are that character (roshi doesnt give me right feel tho) 2.wrong, Bulma does (Goku thinks 4 star dragonball is his grandpa) 3. indeed, most time he didnt have it was in dbz... i hope he is still sayan in the movie 4. clothes are minor detail for the movie, since characters are attached to them in anime, movie is too short for such attachment 5. its just trailer, full cast might not be in (to the one saying krilin didnt do anything: he finished most of invading creatures in dbz with 1 blast, he wasnt all that bad there ) 6. again, just a trailer (prolly reserved for end fight in movie) 7. Jackie is roshi (allready in), with destiny thing prolly no room for tournament 8. again, trailer (im personally wondering if they gona be able to levitate/fly, at least Picolo should be able to)

Oh, and Alex, from what I understand based on interviews I've read, the people working on the film are striving to keep the feel of a Dragon Ball fight, with things like flight, and ki/energy auras & blasts

this is going to be the worst movie ever.. the characters do not match at all. There goes the legend of db..

Whoa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cool it everybody! You can't judge the movie until you see it. And by the way the mortal kombat movies were awesome. And i thought the street fighter movie was ok. So quit complaining!!!!!!!!!!! You can complain after you see the movie. Jeez........................ DBZ RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Damn you Fox for ruining a franchise that was loved by many. The 99.9999% of the Dragonball fans and I hope that the millions of dollars and recognition that you lose will teach you bastards a lesson

Dear soul_reaver265, You lose. You've realized, I hope, that no matter how much sensible points you're making, the number of people who will ignore what you are saying based off of your opinion. They outnumber you. So allow me to post something sensible: I am truly disappointed at this trailer. A trailer is meant to convey the sense that viewers would love to see the movie. However, if they can't make a trailer that shows their skills at the film-making process on a short-term scale, how can those that see this expect the actual movie to hold their attention on a long-term scale? An article I read somewhere said that Toriyama-san didn't want to base Dragon Ball off of other things, preferring to use his own mind. Dragon Ball is original. As many before me have stated, the trailer conveys the sense that the movie will be an amalgam of others. It seems that the people making this have chosen to base it of other movies. Dragon Ball is original. Can you really attack the people who enjoyed the quirky childishness of Dragon Ball? They would like to see their favorite elements included, like the perverted Roshi, brave Goku, Goku's tail, etc. Can you blame them for wanting to see the characters portrayed as the way that they wish to see them? To remember them? This can possibly be a good movie, but besides a few copyrights, can you really say that this will be a good DRAGON BALL movie? They don't care --- WE don't care if they have a bunch of stupid-looking stuff. How do you think Dragon Ball got popular? It was quirky, humorous, had moments of stuff FAR away from real life, etc. The movie should be true to its origins. The quirkiness would bring in way more people than the seriousness is. This is NOT Dragon Ball. This is something else. Goku is going to High School. That takes away from the humor aspects of the movie. So many potential opportunities missed. Goku's stupidity was one of the things that made me laugh. He was uneducated and lacked common sense. So again, whatever this movie will be, right now, from what we've seen, it isn't Dragon Ball. Can that be denied?

Well, Did anyone really expect a person with crazy black Cloud Strife hair to be flying around? Seiously now. As a critique, I can't make any final comments on the movie till I see it, being a DB fan myself. We can only hope that the story is decent to a degree. Perhaps the movie will be better than the MK movies and much more better than we expect. at least they got the first basic concept of Piccolo being a villian(incase DBZ and DBGT have forces you to think he's been a good guy from the start, not counting the fact he's just a half of Kami) but I, like you people, have my doubts. We can only wait until the movie is at theartres before we all make final judgements. PS A Bad DB movie would be proper payback for all the fuckin episodes I was forced to wait for! XD

Firstly, I would like to apologize if I came across as "attacking". I am simply sick and tired of hearing/reading people slandering this film simply because its not exactly like the anime, as well as being associated with Fox Studios simply for being willing to accept any and all changes this movie has made. I too enjoy the anime as it is, for what it is, and I am fully aware that this has strayed as far from the anime as can be. Do I care? Nope. Have I gotten completely up in arms over things like Goku being Caucasian and Roshi not being perverted as well as a lack of Oolong, Puar, and Krillin among the myriad of other changes? Not in the least. You are right, this is NOT the Dragon Ball we know. This is indeed something else, I wont deny that. I own the entire original Dragon Ball series on DVD (I'll gladly take pictures to prove it) and, speaking for myself, atleast, I do not want to see the same old story that I can watch anytime I like played out on the big screen. I want to see a new and different take on it, and thats what this movie is delivering. Now, I know fully well that I cannot stop people from hating the film, or the changes made, nor do I have any intention to. All I tried to say in all my posts is that unlike the vast majority of you, I was not expecting a carbon copy of the cartoon, and in all honesty, none of you should have either. As Ive said many times before, what works successfully in one medium, wont translate so easily to another. Dragon Ball works the way it is in ANIMATION, yes. But would it really fly in a live-action film. I for one sincerely doubt it. Truth be told, I would hate the idea of this movie more than I already do if they tried to make it more like the anime. That possibility was one of the MAJOR reasons I was against this when it was first announced way back in 2002. I knew even back then that if they tried to make it like the anime, it would just look ludicrous, and thats saying something considering how big a fan of the series I am. As I said to PWO before, I own atleast a couple of the anime-style Dragon Ball adaptions (such as Path to Power for instance) and I accept and enjoy them for what they are. Ive been keeping track of the film like the rest of you, and from what info I have discovered online, the movie is keeping atleast some aspects of the anime, like the Ozaru/Great Ape, Piccolo's green skin, as well as the basics of a typical Dragon Ball fight. And as for your comment about Toriyama not wanting to base his creation off of anything, did you know that the very beginning of Dragon Ball was based upon and actually parodies the Chinese myth Journey to the West? Goku himself is a direct send-up of Son Wukong, the Monkey King, right down to being Wukong's physical opposite (more man than monkey) as well as carrying a flying cloud and enchanted staff similar to Wukong's. Hell, the name "Son Goku" is the Japanese variant of "Son Wukong". Secondly, what you see on this page, is not the official trailer. Its just a video that Fox threw together for the higher-ups as a way of saying "Hey, we finally have this project off the ground". I have read on many websites that Fox has confirmed this is not the official trailer, and that the real trailer will be released with The Day The Earth Stood Still. I feel that such unbeleiveable negativity towards a film thats under six months away is unjustified. I beleive that people should wait until the film comes out and they've seen it before being such sourpusses. The movie could do quite well, and turn out to be far better than any of us have anticipated. We dont know for sure at this point. And as for myself, if it happens to displease me, I will gladly join in the chorus of haters, but Im going to wait until the film actually comes out first rather than form a negative opinion solely based upon promotional material (and in the case of Goku, being negative about him simply because he's being played by a white guy). PROOF THAT THE OZARU WILL BE IN THE FILM (Courtesy of DBTheMovie.com. It has since been removed due to fox, but I found this floating around in IMDB) http://img129.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gokumq9.jpg

my lord, that wasnt so bad. for a teaser i mean, and yall need to remember, it is just a teaser. we've still got months till this hits theaters, and fyi, they arent even done with the computer effects yet. just imagine how it would look of they were. when superman returns came out, the trailor looked so badass it gave me chills, and then after that, the movie kinda sucked. maybe, just maybe, this hold the opposite effect. i think most of yall r to quick to judge.

look here this is some bullshit i watched every single episode sence i was little and this is not close to what it suppose to be. piccalo is not green, goku has no fuckin tail and he's white, bulma's hair is suppose to be blue and were the hell is the flying nimbus... i mean what the fuck is going on!!! uhh who ever made this shit slap yourself!!!

This is going to be the a crap movie becasue fox does not no shit about making movies and this James Wong does not no shit about making a live action movie about DB

They could of just made a 3D version instead of the real life version similar to TF. The characters and acting don't even depict the spirit of the DB. Piccolo is a green alien...

As to Soul_Reaver265 I do agree that Ppl should be openminded But I have to Side with RK Joker, I Too Fell in love with the Originality of Dragonball & the silly antics of Goku, whereas Most people would be shocked at Roshi's Pervyness I Laughed (being too young at the time to fully understand what he was doing with bulma) I grew up on the Origional Transformers, Voltron, Gi Joe, He-Man & She-Ra... So Yea Im not expecting a Carbon Copy of Dragonball... however I Dont want it to lose the reasons why I Fell in love with it in the 1st place... Period.

i agree, they shoulda let Asians do it

tyra banks should play piccollo. The rest of the charaters should be played by the cast of seinfeld: george= krillin, newman= majin buu..ect.

I must say the trailer looks pretty bad, i wasnt expectin anything good but common could have been way better! I grew up watching DB, DBZ, DBGT, and am a HUGE fan of the series, i will still watch this movie when it comes out, but im not going to let it ruin my obession. If i were to make a movie on this it would be 3D animation, (kinda like the final fantasy movies) that way the characters are represented as close as possible to the series. You could also throw in some cool energy blasts, and effects:). but this is my point of veiw, not sure if anyone else thinks that would be a better idea.

@ geraldsfield. ...You know nothing about martial arts, huh? What he was doing with Roshi is either a) a kata (a program of martial arts moves done at slow to normal pace) or b) tai chi.

HAHAHAHA try to fight an alien using tai chi! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

496 "They are trying to bring this movie to audience like us." What group of people are you talking about? Kids can understand dragon ball. This trailer just made me sad.

In response to somebody's comment earlier: Goku and Bulma are white as all in the cartoons?! If you think Bulma and Goku are white in the cartoon and they act white, you're looking at it from the U.S. point of view. Dragon Ball Z was not created in the U.S. and in the real DBZ episodes (non U.S.) Goku, Bulma and everybody else do not act like that. But really, Goku is a saiyan, what race is he?

Sizzling Suns!!! It’s like the Super Mario Bros movie all over again.

I read through the comments before watching the teaser... Didn't really thought it would suck this bad...HAHAHAHAHAHAHA *sobs* *sniff* MUWAHAHAHAHA!!11oneone

this isn't the 1st dragon ball movie... the last 1 i saw was worser than this 1.. the worst part of the last movie i saw they had a chick playing goku, you could tell goku was female when they did high view angle shot looking down on goku, anyone that has seen this flick will know what i'm talkking about... After watching the preview it kinda reminds of the mortal kombat movies, chow yun fat playing roshi is a bit of a stretch, the way the preview played it was like listening to chow's monologue from bullet proof monk.. some anime based live action movies don't translate well into film, a great example of this, street fighter and the mortal kombat trillogy, for cgi and wire work they were flawless though through storeyline they lost the plot, to be honest i think it would of been better doing 3d cgi movies instead of wasting money making artistic movie flops... i think anything but a 3d cgi production is the only way to go, trying to replicate this in a live action setting isn't going to translate very well unless they employ same type of setting for visual that was used in superman returns...

It's just a movie for Christ's sake! It's not supposed to be some monumentally awesome movie.... it's just a fun popcorn fluff type movie.... like transformers. I don't understand the "omg they just spit in my childhood" and whatever lol, that's just lame... I grew up watching the show it wasn't some life altering "omg it changed my life" show..it was always fluff... IT'S JUST A SHOW.

So what if Carla's a girl? I happen to know quite a few female anime fans, some of whom are Dragon Ball/Z/GT fans. She does have a point though. At the end of the day its just a movie. As has been stated before, this isnt the official trailer, and if the film bothers people to such an extent, they can easily choose not to see it.

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i agree with carlito. maybe not in those exact words but more or less. the dragonball, dragonball z, and dragonball gt series were my favorites when i was a kid. heck it still is one of my favorites of all time. anyway this isnt just a movie all the people that havnt seen the anime are going to think that the anime sucks just like the movie when in actuality the anime surpasses most movies in the first place. also i dont think they should even come out with a live action movie and if they do they should at least get japanese actors... its stupid casting american actors for a japanese anime nock off. how pathetic anyway ill stick to the anime....

@ Eh? #504 I DONT GIVE A FLYING FUCK IF YOU GO SEE THE 120 MIN MOVIE, POINT IS, THE MOVIE ISNT FINISHED YET! AND TO EVERYONE WHO THINKS THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS MOVIE SINCE 2002. . . They mentioned the idea way back then, but never moved on it. they had a script, and dumped it. this is sumthen completely different, from the idea they had in 2002. Ive read many comments saying that, "Theyve been working on this movie for how long, and it still looks like crap!" They started production midway through 2008. and theyve got a month to go till its supposedly finished. now, this trailer, was a leaked trailer, no one ever ment for it to get out, becuz they knew it wasnt done yet. sum of yall need to get the facts straight. . . and so what if you think it looks like crap. 85% of you will still go see it, and yall know it.

Well I assume this is a scam from fox to pull in big money from their insurance carriers for this flop...Nothing about this says dragon ball aside from the name. Master Roshi, although I love yun fat, have a gut feeling he's going to be this all knowing and wise master instead of the fun loving laid back pervert we love. Then there's goku in the trailer he's whining about not being ready for this....wait WHAT, in what way is this goku, especially younger goku? Goku generally ran head first into battle whether he was ready or not he was prepared, wasn't until he had gohan that he actually start thinking things through... and Piccolo, my god doesn't even resemble him BAD make up artist and costume design BAD BAD and since when did piccolo wear leather....Seriously fox is expecting a flop because the only people that would go and actually PAY to see this movie is parents taking their kids that don't know any better, people that kdon't know the series and just see an action movie, and then those that just want's to see how bad it really going to be. This will most likely sink lower than ANY mortal kombat franchise DOA or any other piss poor real time game/anime/manga based american made film. I look forward to the remake with better script writer and director that actually KNOWS about the DBZ series...

NOOOOOOOO WYF!!! this shit is Not Dragonball, no one even looks half thee wayy theyy do in thee cartoon!!! I dont like this at all!!!

relax i heard that this was an unfinished trailer and wasnt even supposed to be released they still had to put the effects in the real one is supposed to be released either by the end of this year or next year

I am only going to watch so it makes money and hope a dragonball Z comes out that will be worth watching

50 SECONDS OF THE JAPANESE TEASER HAS LEAKED ONLINE Courtesy of the folks at DBTheMovie.com http://dbthemovie.com/2008/12/09/japanese-trailer-leaked/ All I have to say is: This is amazing. Seriously amazing! Far better than whats shown on this page.

this is gonna be worse then super mario bros the movie... im a huge db and dbz fan and this completely ruined the series for me....but ill probably see it anyway....

they need to see the first japanses dragonball live action... it resembles the first RR saga of the anime...they even did the part when goku catch a big ass fish to bring gohan(the grand father) and bulma showed up..it a must see.

epic...failure

Hey, it can't be as bad as DBZ... Or... GT.... *shudders as the utter stupidity of GT* You know what they say... How many DBZ characters does it take to change a lightbulb? One, but it takes at least 100 episodes. Anyway, this movie would look good if it was an original idea. But since it's not, people (like me) want it to be like the original Dragonball, which I can appreciate. However, since it is not, I refuse to see it in theaters, or buy it, and I may not even rent it, depending on reviews and such. Also, I HIGHLY doubt this movie will have sequels leading to a live action movie for DBZ, and not for the reason that I don't like DBZ. It just seems like something that would be hard to make a movie of, and I doubt many people would watch it.

Holly shit! That youtube version was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyy better! What the hell is Fox thinking? Just because transformers was awesome in present time, doesn't mean you can phuck up my show! The whole concept is crap. How can u stear so far away from the original concept? I know its hard to make a movie from a cortoon, but damn! The only thing the same is the charaters names, and the 5 dragon balls! Thats it! wheres goku's tail? How is going to turn into the big ass monkey without it? And they wonder why people illegaly download movies online! Thats why!

ooOOOoooo may not be much like dragon ball but i think it would be good enough to be some entertainment!

i've watched the entire series, including the movies and i just hope they stick to the story.if they can do that, then there should be no problem at all. either way i'm going to see it. but if it isnt to the story at least alitte bit people will really really really mad including myself.the dragonball series is one of those shows/movies that has millions of people bitting there tongue because its such a great story. the story has to be close to the real show or else people wont like it. but like i said i'm still going to like it because i've been waiting for something like this for a long time.

Boycott this film, its time FOX went bust. I wont even bother downloading this rubbish on bit torret! Its looks like a cheap made for TV sequal movie. You all know what i mean, like home alone 3, replace all the A list Actors we liked with Z list actors and cut the budget from millions to thousans and use pentium 3 pcs to add special effects! Waste of film, time and Money, an insult to fans of DB

This will probably be the only movie I actually cry to when I see it.

No true fan of the dbz universe can say this movie looks good because it doesnt look anything like the series we love . Still i havent seen it yet maybe by some miracle when i watch the movie goku will suddenly act like a saiyan instad of the weak human he appears to be.

I have watched this moive for three times, and evrytime I watched, I cried, too.