Dragonball Evolution Snubs Critics
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Mar 11, 2009 02:59 JST
- Tags: 20th Century Fox, Adaptations, Dragonball, Hollywood, Live Action, Marketing
The controversial Dragonball Evolution movie is attracting much attention in Japan for its unusual decision to refrain from any screenings at all to film critics, in what many interpret as a sign that 20th Century Fox know the title will be savaged.
The Japanese release is set to begin showing nationwide in 540 cinemas on the 13th of March, with the dubbed version boasting an all star seiyuu cast. The US release is set for April 9th.
Speculation from writers and critics ranges from “Aren’t they just trying to keep fans of the manga away from the film because they already know it will be savaged?”, to the optimistic “Isn’t this just a way of building anticipation by keeping a lid on the differences between the original and the new movie?”
The organisers of what very limited screenings there have been offer the rather unconvincing excuse “We couldn’t get everything printed up in time, that’s the main reason. It has nothing to do with avoiding criticism.”
Japan is of course the heartland of Dragonball fandom, with the manga having sold a staggering 150,000,000 copies across all its volumes over the years; even so, it seems the North American market appears to be the crucial target for the film.
Even the original author of the manga, Akira Toriyama, does not conceal his incomprehension at the movie’s direction.
Last month, in public comments, he was quoted as saying “As the creator, seeing what they’d done with the characters and script I was like ‘what?’”, and “Perhaps it is best appreciated as ‘New Dragonball’, Dragonball in an another dimension.”
If even the creator cannot bring himself to gush over the title, perhaps a disaster of legendary proportions is imminent? Ghoulish curiosity on the part of fans may ensure that commercial success is not so far out of reach as might be expected…
Via ZakZak.
You can see the initial Sankaku Complex community response clearly in the original announcement, and you can see a little of the film in the recent trailers.
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Toriyama doesn't really... care about Dragon Ball. Well, nowhere near everyone else does. Him "gushing" over anything DB-related would make me shit bricks.
Seriously, the guy is making money off of a comic book he drew on the toilet back in the 80's. He's not George Lucas with Star Wars.
To be honest, Hong Kong made parody/spoof movies of Street Fighter and Dragon Ball a lot better than this.
Is it me or does Malaysia have the earliest screening of Dragonball? Well I'll try to watch the movies with some friends, and hopefully write an honest review about Dragonball on my blog. Look, flaming aside I think most of us could should give the movie a second chance before giving our opinion. Who knows, it could become a success for all we know.... XD
dont waste your money in this shitty movie
i want to see your views on this material because i'm not watching this.
what's that petition site that needs lots of signitures?
at least we should get other peoples support to stop this abomination of a movie. and change the friggin title to "Golden Balls"
Unfortunately, online petitions rarely ever work.
I'll maybe watch this just for the lulz and then cry at the regret for having it stolen 90 mins of my life
ill be the one in the back of the theater shouting "HERESY!! UNCLEEAAANNN!!!" Look me up XD
*facepalm*
and here i find myself with quite a quandry. i KNOW in the fabric of my being HOW BAD this movie is going to suck and YET... hehe and YET i KNOW i will be there... opening night... probably the midnight release even. does anyone else know what im saying?
No. Torrents, IRC, streaming. JFGI. Watching this movie only encourages Hollywood to make retarded animu adaptations. What next? Evangelion with an emo-goth Shinji, slutty Asuka and barbiturate-addicted Rei? Oh wait...
i will buy the bootleg version and then i wont watch it,just burn it. garbage movie
I just have to make a post to say - that after being a fan of the Dragonball/Z/GT series for years, that even though this movie did not follow the very original story, it was still fu**ing phenomenal. How can so many people bash it so much because it doesn't follow the story when it WAS STATED by the actors themselves that this movie was not going to be a copy of the manga? That it would be different? That it was it's own story? They changed it up but this is 2009 people. It's a modern story of the events in Dragonball - and they did good at telling it. And there are similarities in the characters at least that were there to remind us that even though this is a new Goku, it's a new Bulma, etc. - we can still love them because we can remember them having that quirk.
Seriously, everyone should give the movie a chance. Piccolo looked AWESOME. The special effects were great. While I wanted more action/more Bulma scenes, I was happy with what they did with the movie, and wouldn't mind seeing it again.
I can't wait for the sequel. Props to Justin Chatwin also - who played a more than fantastic Goku. I'll admit he stole the show, but there was much to brag about with this movie. Two thumbs up from me.
This is why women should be silent. They don't ever know wtf they're talking about.
Look what they done!!
20th shittycentury fox deserves a fucking shit!
I will not pay a shit 4 this bullshit
fox motherfuckers this is the last time that u shit on my childhood memories...and dont even think to make a naruto movie! Who will be the main character??? Rob scheneider?
if someone in fox still thinking that DbE is good is a cocksucker
is a bullshit movie, I don't understand to Twenty century fox...
i'm glad i watch it without even spending a penny.. I HATE IT TO THE CORE.. really a dissappointment..
okay lets do this.....just saw the movie on kino.to for free...and its a piece of...... i dont know what they done 2 my dragonball...i loved this so much but the movie should be banned from theatres...4 real...i mean i am from germany and here the movie comes out like 6th of june or sumtin....i coldnt wait 2 see it although i knew it would be bulllshiatttttt.........and know ohhhhhhhhh buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu buuuuuuuuuuuuuu what the......are they kidding or sumtin??????this faggot who plays goku suxxxs so much....dumb ass story......how did piccolo escape of that think he was banned in?????haaaa???????i mean this was nearly the only thing they took from the anime..... the strange bottle or what it was....yamcha...or yamchu....was a faggot ass bastard who should visit acting school or so...in the series he was fighting with ki blast and kameha...were was that...so stupid...bang bang with guns nice.....the sluts were hot...chi.....chi....and bulma......hmmmmm....the oozura was toooo smalll and a really cheap animation....buuuuuu.....couldnt they spend a little bit money to dreamworks or sumtin....uhhhh sooooo cheap and ugly looking buuuuuu!!!!!!!!take the director to the court!!!!!!2 hard!!!!!!the fight between picco and goku was tooooooo short!!!!!!cheap ass movie......really......and they wanna do db2 and db3...are they stupid?????this faggot as super sayian...and who plays vegeta....fag efron..????????let it beeee.....transformers revenge of te fallen and g.i.joe are the real deals this summmer....fuck db evolution.....the series still ruckxxxxxx!!!!!!!one of the best animes ever.....
Well,I just saw the movie...I have 1 thing to say.E P I C F A I L !why the name of this movie is DragonBall?This "thing" is far far away from the original DragonBall...Please change the name of this "awful" movie to something else...
I think we have a good chance to see something funny here. They stated that if the revenue is good they will release 2 sequels. The 1st will be the Saiyan/Vegeta Saga and then the NAMEK/FRIEZA SAGA. I mean if they can't do Dragonball and Dragonball's combat right don't you guys wanna see this potentially EPIC fail? Come guys, go to the movies for at LEAST that reason. Imagine trying to somehow lie about the Spirit bomb being an "Airbending Technique". LMAO!
I want to see how bad it actually is. I want to go to a theatre so I can yell and scream at the screen.
A lot of people I know have the same plan, so maybe it will be a box office hit for the lulz.
I showed two fingers at the screen at the end of the screening.
since i was too r.a.ge to write any detailed comment
i put it in point-post
-the only character that i feel kinda okay ...= bulma nee-san : D
-weird story twisting is weird it;s like IM TRULLY AN AMERICAN ZOMG
-goku goes to school and well ....with chi chi .. D : *another point here is goku is a dumb kid who only know how to fight .. on the manga of coz*
-..kame-hame-ha ..is *blink* ... wow cheap visual art is cheap
-about all the character .. not so failed much in term of look ..
minus goku he's to american D :
-chow yun fat .. why must he stuck in this crappy sequel D :
-picollo sidekick ..wait who is that again D : ...
-theh dragonball wish is soo .. hahah i LOL I LOL I LOL AND CRY .. I CRY HAHAHA
-storyline ..just like i say it;s to american D :
first a metal pot saga endup failed ..(mafuba hahaha i lol again)
then .. a disney fighting scene at chi chi party *oh you american ..*
-then the moonlight factor .. im ready for action at that time
but i was jawdroped .. wait there;s no epic memorable fighting scene between goku and picollo D :
-the joke is kinda funny in this movie .. and i can say this movie is made of basic crap storyline ..to shaky and fast
-the ending = i smell second duragonballs sequel D :
i give this an unbiased personal rate 2/5
i want to giv 1/5 but ..the joke save them i guess
..jeez i need my cpr naw ..sumone please tasuketei kudasai D :
this movie ist even worth a dvdrip
maybe a cam but never a dvd
What pisses me and many other people off is not a bad /Dragonball/ adaptation, and rather the Hollywood attitude “fuck ethics, come money”. Any American should be boycotting this movie. Did you ever stop one second to think what the Japanese will think about this movie? It shouldn’t be even released there. But, for Hollywood, Japan = Asian. Asian thing transformed into movie = Big success in Asia.
Hell, just look at the whole picture. White guy as the main lead, all that crap stuff that brainless american teenagers like, etc… American Pie: Dragonball.
You're wrong about that issue being confined to America, but you're right that people thing in terms of demographic, rather than quality.
“As the creator, seeing what they’d done with the characters and script I was like ‘what?’”
OTZ
Ha!
If the creator has doubts...
Then we need to take - "heed".
Isn't there any way to stop it? Like how korea stopped some anime....
And isn't this some kind of copyright infringment or stuff?!
Damn,... damn hollywood!
I believe it has been accepted by both the original production studio for the anime, and the original writer.
anyone know the reason why American movies are released overseas before being released in America? this one being released in Japan on march 13th, whereas it will be released in America in April.
Definitely not touching this crap. I'll be just embarassed just by the thought of how crap it would be.
Change the title into "The Dragon's Balls"
That sounds like the title of a possible adult movie parody/spoof. Like Forrest Hump or Backdoor to the Future.
more like Draggin Balls
it's over 9000 lulz
we do not know for sure how the acceptance of this movie throughout the world..it would not enough for only us and the fans to un-support it since its one of the hollywood release..everyone would thinking it would be a great movie afterall..my prediction would be the movie would still be watch by most viewers and it will regain popularity regardless what others said..thats what i think..*nagai*
Break the hearts of diehard fans, while getting new fans from the movie.
You win some, you lose some, amirite?
Just like 'Tank Girl' and 'Transformers:The Movie'
I can't imagine that this crap will get new fans. We're not talking about Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter, you know...
I changed my mind. This movie sucks major (dragon) Balls.
WTF with Oozaru as Piccolo's minion? WTF with Kame Hame ha as an 'airbending technique'????
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
You take that back, Transformers the Movie was awesome.
Oh, you don't mean that animated one?
...yeah, ok.
as usual ..LA movie(anime-LA) sucks
nuclear bombs are about to set off when this releases.
WTFBOMB!!
When i watch this movie i will cry all the 90 minutes. of course i won't pay for it.
it's over 9000 minutes
no, its not.
And thank heavens it isn't.
I guess its dialogue from DB series..
"Bezita, what is the scale of his power level?"
Bezita: "it's over 9000.. "(screaming out loud)
"what 9000?"
funny thing about that...i think they just trolled everybody...seriously...they made a bad movie for the sake of people watching it just to rant about it...good reverse psychology
yeah, I also think about it like that..so basically, people will wonder how bad this title can go, watch the movie, go home thinking that this movie is an epic failure (or epic success for some clueless people..)
we can rant or scorn or puked about it, as long as we pay to see the movie and create profit for the producer, everything else is irrelevant...
and yes, I think I'll watch the movie and laughed my ass off (without paying for it of course)
wow..
nice illustration for uncle roshi body..
wish that the roshi in dragonball evolution have the same body when he got mad :D
who's paying for this junk.
they're lucky i'm at least watching it for free!
im watching for free by asking an otaku to bring me out on a date.
i wish they'd just change the title to "Golden Balls"
at least we get to keep our good memories of dragonball...
kintama!!? XD
im sure kintama is silver ball though :D
Gintama?
silver is gin, gold is kin. if you've seen gintama you would have known the importance of not confusing those two.
golden balls can be translated as kintama and it's the slang for testicles in Japan...now THAT is hilarious!! wondering whose balls they need to collect and what would come up from those "balls"...white gooey dragon? XD
2ch users will laugh their asses off if they use Golden Balls title and translate it as is to Japanese...XD
That would be fucking hilarious because that's what testicles are called in Japanese LOL
thats actually a very good idea.this is just another crappy generic magical fighting movie
This movie is going to kick ass.
or, rather, to make you want kick the asses of those who made it.
Why you kick my dog?!
or it will kick the ass of dragon ball until it is truly smushed into the dirt. Then it will rape Dragonball's corpse all the while doing gang signs and rocking out to heavy metal.
this is going to be a disaster.
There's a word for this 'Curb stompin'
i know your trolling but god i garentee there are retards excited over this. it made me rage so hard i kicked my dog.
if they end everything rocking and playing heavy metal, that would be for the best.
COME ON PEOPLE!! Did anyone here actually think this movie would be worth a sh!t???? Dragonball was good, and Z was OK for the first two story arcs, but as a whole this movie was doomed from the beginning.
People has been rejecting this even in its pre-production stage. Now that I have seen the trailer, all I can say is : "It's shit, right?"
another thing... this movie may earn some cash.. but that's just because people watched it not because it's dragon ball, but just to see what the @#$% they did to dragonball... how sad...
Who in the right mind would (pay)? o.O?
Download it, laugh, cry, get angry over it, and save the precious money for more of our deviant behavioural pleasures...
Yea, YOU guys know what I mean... ^^
I want them to produce more comedic masterpieces so this is going to get my money.
the front picture reminds me of Yamamoto from Bleach more than Roshi
Dammit I'm an American and I pray that this film is a big FAIL! What they've done to the original characters is blasphemy...
I'm going to see the movie... only for Schadenfreude xD
and to know the successor of "Plan 9 from Outer Space"
I will spirit bomb there ass to hell for making m look like a bitch lol
hey everybody don't complain about the movie just as db fans support the movie even that they have change a lot of things how cares just watch the movie as any other movie
so by your standards if a movie that is about batman and this one is about that he is a prep teen with super powers that likes to work by helping criminals to understand what their doing is wrong...... Then I should just watch it because its effing name is batman? No matter that it has nothing to do with the actual batman?
Dud screw you and your fan standards
Guessed they changed too much of the original dragonball story so they know fans of the series would despise of what they did with it.
Either that or they're just idiots.
Well, the very same strategy adopted for Chun Li movie.
And we all know why they decided not to show to critics.
If people don't know how crappy he movie will be, chances are more people are going to the movies to check.
I'm not falling for that though.
lol
ah.. wonder how toriyama-san
can allow this to happend
THIS IS MADNESS : D
oh well anyway .. gonna watch it tomorrow :33
judging by story and characters and enemies you can find in his so far last work, blue dragon game for xbox 360, you can easily tell how he's rotten from within by now.
He had nothing to do with the story... and the designs are still easily on par with what he's been doing so far... (and are you forgetting that he still designs for Dragon Quest!? DQIX is his latest project)
don't be a retard, the designs are on par? this shit looks like a generic buffy tv special
Can anyone say... "Springtime for Hitler" ?
LOL yeah.
This movie will be a sick parody to the original DB series. Just like Springtime for Hitler.
Welp, they said that a sequel is coming. Can't wait to see how ridiculous Freeza looks.
It probably won't look anything like Freeza save for a (poorly rendered) purple thing on his head and shoulders. He may or may not have a tail since, for all I know, that may be too expensive for the creators of this nightmare.
If i had to chose between watching this movie or the police and government finding out I have CP on my computer, id chose the 2nd one...
NO I DO NOT HAVE CP ON MY COMP D:
...wait does loli count cause thats about 80% of my harddrive...