Author Topic: Dragon Crap Evolution (Read 2479 times)

WrikaWrek · « **on:** April 12, 2009, 08:04:50 PM »

Holy shit, is this Dragon Ball movie baadddd. Like, doesn't make sense bad, like, what the fuck bad.

The acting, the action, everything. There was money here to make something much better, but the lack of creativity is just amazing. Michael Bay made giant robots work, this was a piece of cake in comparison, i don't understand.

Fox sucks.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #1 on:** April 12, 2009, 08:25:22 PM »

The best part about this movie's existence are the people pretending like the Dragonball series was actually decent.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #2 on:** April 12, 2009, 08:35:31 PM »

Quote from: BobFromPikeCreek on April 12, 2009, 08:25:22 PM

The best part about this movie's existence are the people pretending like the Dragonball series was actually decent.

The original series was pretty good. Not so much the other series, though.

WrikaWrek · « **Reply #3 on:** April 12, 2009, 08:39:19 PM »

Quote from: BobFromPikeCreek on April 12, 2009, 08:25:22 PM

The best part about this movie's existence are the people pretending like the Dragonball series was actually decent.

But they were. It's pretty much a fantasy martial arts version of Superman.

As far as the kind of target audience it has, it's awesome, and it was a phenomenon back then, the success it achieved. Maybe you didn't like it, but hey.

bud · « **Reply #4 on:** April 12, 2009, 08:44:29 PM »

fuck dragon ball z

i remember rushing home after school to catch the latest episode only to find out that nothing really happened in an entire fucking episode. remember when that planet that freeza and goku were fighting on was about to blow up in, what, 15 minutes? god knows how many episodes it took for that damn planet to actually explode.

i eventually stopped watching.

Diunx · « **Reply #5 on:** April 12, 2009, 08:45:08 PM »

IMO the people that don't like DB are souless bastards that will kill themselves before 30.

Guybrush Threepwood · « **Reply #6 on:** April 12, 2009, 08:45:39 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on April 12, 2009, 08:35:31 PM

Quote from: BobFromPikeCreek on April 12, 2009, 08:25:22 PM
The best part about this movie's existence are the people pretending like the Dragonball series was actually decent.

The original series was pretty good. Not so much the other series, though.

Agreed.

I had a lot of nostalgia for the series so I bought the first three seasons. What a mistake that was. The fighting is so drawn-out and boring that you actually look forward to the filler.

I wish Funimation would release the original series on DVD, and not at a rip-off price like the One Piece DVDs.

Ganhyun · « **Reply #7 on:** April 12, 2009, 08:54:13 PM »

This movie made me go WTF several times. It was really bad.

But you guys know what would be awesome?

A Robotech or Gundam movie, produced by..... Michael Bay. mwuahaahaha

Himu · « **Reply #8 on:** April 12, 2009, 09:13:45 PM »

I wish they'd release the original DB on dvd again as it's better than DBZ.

E-DuB · « **Reply #9 on:** April 12, 2009, 09:21:28 PM »

I mean was anyone REALLY expecting anything more than a megaton bomb of a cluster fuck for this movie?

The Sceneman · « **Reply #10 on:** April 12, 2009, 09:27:11 PM »

dont think so. When I saw the trailer it was all Fast and the Furious yellow cars and asian chicks in leather suits with guns. Just like the cartoon!

Positive Touch · « **Reply #11 on:** April 12, 2009, 10:22:15 PM »

Quote from: bud on April 12, 2009, 08:44:29 PM

fuck dragon ball z

i remember rushing home after school to catch the latest episode only to find out that nothing really happened in an entire fucking episode. remember when that planet that freeza and goku were fighting on was about to blow up in, what, 15 minutes? god knows how many episodes it took for that damn planet to actually explode.

i eventually stopped watching.

haha, i started trying to watch the show right when that part started. after two or three boring epidsodes where the planet did not explode, i told myself that i would stick with it just to see what happened. i think i watched for a full two weeks and the planet had STILL NOT EXPLODED. i mean they would start an episode with "JUST FIFTEEN SECONDS TILL IT BLOWS UP" and by the end they'd be like "JUST FIVE SECONDS TILL IT BLOWS UP" and then it still wouldn't blow up next episode. awful, awful show

Guybrush Threepwood · « **Reply #12 on:** April 12, 2009, 10:29:57 PM »

Actually, shit like that is why I'm kind of excited for the DBZ remake.

The episode cutting alone will make it a lot better.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #13 on:** April 12, 2009, 10:52:29 PM »

Quote from: Himuro on April 12, 2009, 09:13:45 PM

I wish they'd release the original DB on dvd again as it's better than DBZ.

Lions Gate still has the rights to the first 13 episodes, so it might be a while.

Himu · « **Reply #14 on:** April 12, 2009, 11:00:20 PM »

DBZ is actually really good for the first two seasons which have Dragonball like pace and humor. Season 3, however, is nothing but the freeza fight. That's when it goes to poop.

cool breeze · « **Reply #15 on:** April 12, 2009, 11:52:48 PM »

that's because it caught up to the manga at that point and they needed to stall like crazy. That's why they're releasing Dragon Ball Kai now; Dragon Ball Z re-edited to have proper pacing knowing how things ahead of time.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #16 on:** April 13, 2009, 01:17:02 AM »

Quote from: Ganhyun on April 12, 2009, 08:54:13 PM

A Robotech or Gundam movie, produced by..... Michael Bay. mwuahaahaha

Tobey Maguire is producing a Robotech movie.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #17 on:** April 13, 2009, 01:23:01 AM »

Quote from: Diunx on April 12, 2009, 08:45:08 PM

IMO the people that don't like DB are souless bastards that will kill themselves before 30.

Sorry, I'm 31.

Bloodwake · « **Reply #18 on:** April 13, 2009, 03:47:12 PM »

Quick question: why in the FUCK is everyone a fan of Transformers all of a sudden? Jesus christ standards around here have fallen.

WrikaWrek · « **Reply #19 on:** April 13, 2009, 03:50:39 PM »

Quote from: Bloodwake on April 13, 2009, 03:47:12 PM

Quick question: why in the FUCK is everyone a fan of Transformers all of a sudden? Jesus christ standards around here have fallen.

All of a sudden?

It's a big ass action movie about giant robots. It rocked, in ways it wasn't even supposed to, i mean, transformers? They suck ass, Bay did the impossible.

Eric P · « **Reply #20 on:** April 13, 2009, 03:55:42 PM »

it's no Robot Jox

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #21 on:** April 13, 2009, 04:29:25 PM »

Its also unforgivably long, has really terrible plotting, plenty of terrible dialog, and is kinda racist.

Really nice special effects, but they're saddled with typical Micheal-Bay-esque inscrutable action scenes. If it weren't for John Tuturro hamming it up Transformers would have been no fun at all.

Eric P · « **Reply #22 on:** April 13, 2009, 04:31:01 PM »

Quote from: HyperZoneWasAwesome on April 13, 2009, 04:29:25 PM

Its also unforgivably long, has really terrible plotting, plenty of terrible dialog, and is kinda racist.http://everything2.com/?node_id=1374704

yes, but it was fun in a cheesy low budget way

Quote

Really nice special effects, but they're saddled with typical Micheal-Bay-esque inscrutable action scenes. If it weren't for John Tuturro hamming it up Transformers would have been no fun at all.

oh you meant transformers

my mistake

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #23 on:** April 13, 2009, 04:44:53 PM »

How the hell did this article get into my quote?

and Transformers 2 is going to be 157 ridiculous minutes long, that's longer then The Dark Knight, Boogie Nights, or The Departed, films with you know, actual substantive content. How many tearful monologues about Megan Fox's dirt poor life will we have to endure this time.

Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich · « **Reply #24 on:** April 15, 2009, 03:40:28 AM »

So what's the verdict on Dragon Ball Kai?

Veidt · « **Reply #25 on:** April 15, 2009, 04:01:23 AM »

It makes me sad. Because simply. The transition from the opening and the actual episodes is sad. I WANT A FUCKING REMAKE. Not "Oh let's convert it to 16:9".

Crushed · « **Reply #26 on:** April 15, 2009, 04:25:28 AM »

Re-editing to follow the manga by itself is probably gonna make me watch most of Kai. After reading the manga, I'm amazed by how much faster it progresses. Yeah, Namek still takes unreasonably longer than 5 minutes to blow up, but in the manga it seems more like 15-25 minutes, rather than the half a day it seemed to take in the show.

It takes like two or three issues for Nappa and Vegeta to reach Earth instead of like 10 episodes, and the first trip to Namek is like, one issue. Toriyama doesn't kid around with that filler shit, just plain old, "Well they decided to wait/go on a trip, so now it's X days/weeks/months/years later and they're there."

Tauntaun · « **Reply #27 on:** April 15, 2009, 10:59:56 AM »

Quote from: HyperZoneWasAwesome on April 13, 2009, 04:44:53 PM

How the hell did this article get into my quote?

and Transformers 2 is going to be 157 ridiculous minutes long, that's longer then The Dark Knight, Boogie Nights, or The Departed, films with you know, actual substantive content. How many tearful monologues about Megan Fox's dirt poor life will we have to endure this time.

$:-\$

Oblivion · « **Reply #28 on:** April 15, 2009, 02:53:21 PM »

Quote from: bud on April 12, 2009, 08:44:29 PM

remember when that planet that freeza and goku were fighting on was about to blow up in, what, 15 minutes?

It was 5, actually.

chronovore · « **Reply #29 on:** April 16, 2009, 01:51:16 AM »

Quote from: Bloodwake on April 13, 2009, 03:47:12 PM

Quick question: why in the FUCK is everyone a fan of Transformers all of a sudden? Jesus christ standards around here have fallen.

Megan Fox's taught, lightly-furred abdomen made me a fan of Transformers. The blu-ray could just be a loop of that, and some explosions, and I'd be happy.

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Author Topic: Dragon Crap Evolution (Read 2479 times)