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Dragonball Movie - uh wtf?
blakjak:
--- Quote from: HollowLord on December 17, 2008, 07:54:00 AM --- Some things just do not translate well from cartoon to live action.
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True the closest they should have come was MAYBE a Final fantasy style CG animated movie. So the the things that made Dragonball great could be preserved. Like the chi fireball attacks, power ups, speed and high level martial arts. These elements are animated and unrealistic and therein lies the charm, and that's why they should stay that way. Attaching a human face that is soo not a vision I ever had of Goku takes away from that. Bulma as a white female fine, she's doable...portraying the character I mean. But Goku? mmmm naw. Just wish when hollywood decides to take on a classic they would not be so pompous and consult a true fan base at least to a point. Something to the tune of 300 or Sincity in the way that the translation to screen was almost direct.
relic2279:
--- Quote from: blakjak on December 17, 2008, 06:41:44 PM ---
True the closest they should have come was MAYBE a Final fantasy style CG animated movie.
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Nodame Cantabile translated perfectly into a live action show/flick in my opinion. But that is pretty rare.
If I recall correctly, they did make a couple very low budget dragonball live action flicks in Japan in the 90's.
blakjak:
Saw a pic of that DB movie somewhere I am in the process of finding it.
Nodame is on my Freeleech list, but the genre is different and I am not against translation into live action. I just believe some things shouldn't be done unless they can be done well. As stated with 300 and Sincity which are translated from comic books. I even go so far as to say X-men at least wolverine anyway. I never thought in a hundred years they could find anyone to play him right but jackman pulls it off. maybe clint eastwood could of if he was younger and shorter.
I am reserving a full fledged critique until I see it. But in the interim I only have the trailer to go on which "so far" leaves me believing it shouldn't have been done.
btw your avatar is awesome. I find myself staring at it till I get dizzy.
relic2279:
--- Quote ---I just believe some things shouldn't be done unless they can be done well.
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Yeah, I agree. It's hard to tell sometimes. Like I would have normally said a live action nodame live action show would have sucked, but it was awesome. And when I was like 15 in the mid 90's, I always wanted a live action dragonball. Guess my tastes have changed.
--- Quote ---btw your avatar is awesome. I find myself staring at it till I get dizzy.
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I've been getting a lot of people asking me where it's from. So rather then post a new topic about it to stop people from PM'img me, :P , I'll post a link here. It's from a Japanese Music video. And the song is very catchy after a couple listens. Oh, and the girl is hot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIFU2eCWmGE
Kimura Kaela - happiness!
(Watch it in HQ)
blakjak:
Same here, I thought so too only because I would have played picollo better than anyone.( bald so couldn't be Goku) I think when we were younger seeing a live person portray our action heroes made their powers and physique seem so much more attainable a sort of mental role play. So the level of campyness was more acceptable.
Now I'm more into a well done finished product with high entertainment value...maybe because I lost my superhero physique at 22. :'(
My tastes really have only changed due to some of the hollywood butchery in the past however there are gems but like any "well cut" (movie pun intended) they are currently rare. I may very well be surprised in the future as it seems hollywood is running out of ideas with all the current remakes and treading where they are not ready to go hopefully they will step up their game to get them done right and not just to meet blockbuster summer seasons. we'll see.
Had to watch the vid twice. first time I was too concentrated on finding your avatar segment. Song is quite catchy and KK does make it easy to watch more than twice.
Thanks for the link, I was very curious as well.
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