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Oozaru Goku revealed from Dragon Ball live action movie
DB fans, feist your eyes with this:
So far I've kept myself avoiding to make any kind of comment about the upcoming live action movie of Dragon Ball, mostly because that, despite being a fan of the series for a very long time, I understand that is impossible to ask for a faithful adaptation that won't end being completely ridiculous. Let's face it, Dragon Ball was no Shakespeare, and yet, part of it's beauty was based on that, so, we didn´t mind if 5 minute battles became a 10 episode arc as long as Goku ended the winner and returned home to complain he was hungry. But, if you want to stretch that out from the anime/manga universe, you're bound to get strange looks, bad reviews and angry fans.
As for his Oozaru form, I guess we could take this the same way FF fans had to take Galactus from the last movie, difference is, there's a point where you can buy the whole "giant robot trying to eat the earth", whereas the Oozaru, well, that's a fruit harder to sell, not because it doesn't have a point, but it didn't have a point for fans until much later.
Needless to say I have no real expectations on the movie, that trailer looked like Power Rangers with a bigger budget and actors who sold their dignity -Emmy Rossum, I'm looking at you- Chances for it being good are as possible as Rob Scheneider ever getting an Oscar. Fans won't be pleased, non fans will find it silly, and people willing to give a try won't say is good. Most likely this movie will be directed towards very young kids, and they have the advantage of no Wachowski Bros. to make long boring and confusing exposition montages, so it will be short.
About the picture? It sucks, even if it wasn't in the context of DB, it would still suck.
Anyway.
So far I've kept myself avoiding to make any kind of comment about the upcoming live action movie of Dragon Ball, mostly because that, despite being a fan of the series for a very long time, I understand that is impossible to ask for a faithful adaptation that won't end being completely ridiculous. Let's face it, Dragon Ball was no Shakespeare, and yet, part of it's beauty was based on that, so, we didn´t mind if 5 minute battles became a 10 episode arc as long as Goku ended the winner and returned home to complain he was hungry. But, if you want to stretch that out from the anime/manga universe, you're bound to get strange looks, bad reviews and angry fans.
As for his Oozaru form, I guess we could take this the same way FF fans had to take Galactus from the last movie, difference is, there's a point where you can buy the whole "giant robot trying to eat the earth", whereas the Oozaru, well, that's a fruit harder to sell, not because it doesn't have a point, but it didn't have a point for fans until much later.
Needless to say I have no real expectations on the movie, that trailer looked like Power Rangers with a bigger budget and actors who sold their dignity -Emmy Rossum, I'm looking at you- Chances for it being good are as possible as Rob Scheneider ever getting an Oscar. Fans won't be pleased, non fans will find it silly, and people willing to give a try won't say is good. Most likely this movie will be directed towards very young kids, and they have the advantage of no Wachowski Bros. to make long boring and confusing exposition montages, so it will be short.
About the picture? It sucks, even if it wasn't in the context of DB, it would still suck.
Anyway.
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Comment by MDS on November 7, 2008 at 12:50am -
Since no one wants to listen to me when I tell them that it's impossible to make a live-action version of an animated series. I decided that I would do it with something that would make people pay attention. So, here goes. PAY ATTENTION NOW!!
Live action versions of Animated shows will always FAIL!
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Comment by Mike on November 7, 2008 at 12:15am - This is the gayest shit. Omg most directors couldn't have made a movie this bad and this unfaithful to the original if they tried.
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Comment by Captain Funk on November 7, 2008 at 12:11am - I never had high expectations. This is a "just for fun" film, and I'm sure it'll be exactly that. And who knows, maybe that's only him starting to transform. He still has clothes on, after all. lol.
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Comment by Matthew Jaques on November 6, 2008 at 11:33pm -
I actually saw an early review of DB, and their tagline was "not a disaster." He said it was a passable film, fans will proabably enjoy it okay. I think we should just go ahead and lower expectations to just hoping it will entertain us.
It's probably not going to be a verbatim translation of the original nor will it be a masterpiece.
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Comment by Chillax on November 6, 2008 at 10:41pm -
ok I like the DB series but i didn't quite know what an Oozaru form is, so i did some searching via wiki. After reading, it all it came back to me when. It's the transformation of a Saiyan goes thru whenever they look at the full moon like a werewolf. and this is what they basically look like:
Oozaru (大猿 Ōzaru, lit. Great Monkey)
But Man, my expectations for this movie just got even lower
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Comment by QbanKnight on November 6, 2008 at 10:40pm - it's going to get worse every second...
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Comment by QbanKnight on November 6, 2008 at 10:38pm
- oh WTF?
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Comment by Xeronic on November 6, 2008 at 10:36pm -
I've been following the Dragonball movie since it was announced, because i'm curious on where they would take it.
Since the first casting announcement and images popping on the internet, my "expectations" for a passable DB film is going down the shitter.. and as of now, there seems no hope. I can only go in with such low hopes that maybe, JUST MAYBE, it might surprise me.
Reading that one "review" on the internet of the movie, it surprised him, but i am a die hard dragonball fan, and with this image of the oozaru goku, if real, just made me cry inside.
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Comment by Chillax on November 6, 2008 at 10:29pm
- Ok First of all, WTF IS THAT?????!!!!! XD
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Comment by BladeRunner007 on November 6, 2008 at 10:29pm - I'll see it if the reviews are good.
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