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YoshitoKikuchi
11/15/19 8:45:07 PM
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Smashingpmkns
11/15/19 8:47:20 PM
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What about Piccolo
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Raikuro
11/15/19 8:48:26 PM
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idk why people get so bent over Goku needing to be Asian, he's a freaking monkey alien
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Zack_Attackv1
11/15/19 8:49:06 PM
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Disney will find a way to fuck it up somehow.
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CapnMuffin
11/15/19 8:49:35 PM
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Oh no not again
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YoshitoKikuchi
11/15/19 9:22:48 PM
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Raikuro posted...
idk why people get so bent over Goku needing to be Asian, he's a freaking monkey alien



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Proto_Spark
11/15/19 9:26:00 PM
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The problem with the last live action dragon ball movie was not the whiteness of the cast.

At best thats like problem 500
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MrNintendo1213
11/15/19 9:26:35 PM
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Tbh I don't really feel like Vegeta should be Asian. He was kind of there to look foreign to the Japanese audience. Bulma and the whole Brief family doesn't look very Asian either. But the human martial artists being Asian makes sense.
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Touch
11/15/19 9:27:44 PM
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Danny Devito as Oolong

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creativerealms
11/15/19 9:28:30 PM
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CapnMuffin posted...
Oh no not again

Again this time at least the casting sounds promising? Sure it will likely still suck. But with a Disney Budget and the right cast?
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Gobstoppers12
11/15/19 9:31:00 PM
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The casting is the least important part of a Dragon Ball movie. What's important is a loyalty to the content and tone of the source material. You could make a Dragon Ball movie with nothing but 68-year-old deaf/blind people and it could still be good if everybody involved is passionate about the original manga/anime.

I don't know what's so hard about sticking to the source material. The Sonic redesign is one of the single most amazing things to ever happen in the history of licensed film, because it actually broke the cycle of soulless, unfeeling adaptations of beloved characters/franchises.

All it takes is some loyalty to the product and its fans, and these movies can work well.
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Darkninja42
11/15/19 9:32:12 PM
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Dragon Ball just doesn't need to be live action.

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darkbuster
11/15/19 9:35:54 PM
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I really don't think Dragon Ball or most combat anime is a concept you could seriously work in live action. I've seen some Youtubers do some pretty good emulations of it, but the reason it works for them is that those tend to be comedy oriented.

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smoke_break
11/15/19 9:40:48 PM
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Gobstoppers12 posted...
What's important is a loyalty to the content and tone of the source material.
This. Is it too much to ask for the people involved to familiarize themselves with the source material? Or else we'll get another Dragon Ball Evolution disaster, where I'm convinced not a soul on that crew ever watched a single episode of Dragon Ball.

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MrNintendo1213
11/15/19 9:41:52 PM
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darkbuster posted...
I really don't think Dragon Ball or most combat anime is a concept you could seriously work in live action. I've seen some Youtubers do some pretty good emulations of it, but the reason it works for them is that those tend to be comedy oriented.


Well Dragon Ball has enough comedy it could work. It would be a hard balance though.
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CruelBuffalo
11/15/19 9:42:35 PM
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Darkninja42 posted...
Dragon Ball just doesn't need to be live action.
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cjs28
11/15/19 9:43:15 PM
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Touch posted...
Danny Devito as Oolong

Wow, that would actually work out really well >_>
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RyuVegas
11/15/19 9:45:47 PM
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Proto_Spark posted...
The problem with the last live action dragon ball movie was not the whiteness of the cast.

At best thats like problem 500

This, I put it on the other day to torture myself and the casting is like the bottom of the list of problems with this movie. Sure its a a huge problem but there are over a dozen other huger problems with the movie the casting actually looks great in comparison to the rest of the decisions they made for the movie.
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Gobstoppers12
11/15/19 9:46:06 PM
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smoke_break posted...
Gobstoppers12 posted...
What's important is a loyalty to the content and tone of the source material.
This. Is it too much to ask for the people involved to familiarize themselves with the source material? Or else we'll get another Dragon Ball Evolution disaster, where I'm convinced not a soul on that crew ever watched a single episode of Dragon Ball.

The writer of Evolution came out with an apology a few years ago. He acknowledged that he knew almost nothing about Dragon Ball and took the job for an easy paycheck. He admitted that he didn't think twice about the fans of the original series. ( https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2016/05/05/dragonball-evolution-writer-apologizes-to-fans/#623bd8622e67 )

On the flip side, the actor who played Piccolo did everything he could to make it good. James Marsters is the guy, and he is the only reason Piccolo was even green in that movie. He actually knew and cared about Dragon Ball, and when you watch the movie, he seems to be the only one who puts in any effort. He also went on to be the dub voice of Zamasu in Dragon Ball Super, and he does a phenomenal job of it.

Two different examples of people who worked on the same project. One had to apologize, the other returned to work on the series again and did his very best to make it work. We need more from column B, and way less from column A.
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sLaCkEr408___RJ
11/15/19 9:47:07 PM
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I would pay to see a Dragon ball live action film where the cast is based the characters design origin.

Goku being a manga character based on Journey to the West should make him half Chinese half Japanese

Chi chi be Chinese.

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CosmicShadows
11/15/19 9:50:27 PM
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Gonna still watch it.

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squarion
11/15/19 9:57:06 PM
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CapnMuffin posted...
Oh no not again

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RyuVegas
11/15/19 9:57:51 PM
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Gobstoppers12 posted...
smoke_break posted...
Gobstoppers12 posted...
What's important is a loyalty to the content and tone of the source material.
This. Is it too much to ask for the people involved to familiarize themselves with the source material? Or else we'll get another Dragon Ball Evolution disaster, where I'm convinced not a soul on that crew ever watched a single episode of Dragon Ball.

The writer of Evolution came out with an apology a few years ago. He acknowledged that he knew almost nothing about Dragon Ball and took the job for an easy paycheck. He admitted that he didn't think twice about the fans of the original series. ( https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2016/05/05/dragonball-evolution-writer-apologizes-to-fans/#623bd8622e67 )

On the flip side, the actor who played Piccolo did everything he could to make it good. James Marsters is the guy, and he is the only reason Piccolo was even green in that movie. He actually knew and cared about Dragon Ball, and when you watch the movie, he seems to be the only one who puts in any effort. He also went on to be the dub voice of Zamasu in Dragon Ball Super, and he does a phenomenal job of it.

Two different examples of people who worked on the same project. One had to apologize, the other returned to work on the series again and did his very best to make it work. We need more from column B, and way less from column A.

Marsten is THE VOICE of dub Zamasu?! How the fuck did I not know this?! My mind has been blown.
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Gobstoppers12
11/15/19 10:00:00 PM
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RyuVegas posted...

Marsten is THE VOICE of dub Zamasu?! How the fuck did I not know this?! My mind has been blown.

He's credited under a pseudonym.
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YoshitoKikuchi
11/16/19 2:58:02 PM
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Milkman5
11/16/19 3:01:40 PM
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  1. They aren't Asian. They are Saiyans, a race of Aliens.
  2. What is the appeal of a live action Dragon Ball Movie?
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Freddie_Mercury
11/16/19 3:04:40 PM
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lilORANG
11/16/19 3:06:11 PM
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Zack_Attackv1 posted...
Disney will find a way to fuck it up somehow.


It depends on who they get working on it. Disney has given us crap like the recent Star Wars, but also good stuff like the MCU. and for every good live action remake, like Aladdin, we get a lion king. It's a mixed bag but I have no reason to not be hopeful at this point. It can't possibly be worse than what we've already gotten.
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Irony
11/18/19 12:34:35 AM
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Smashingpmkns posted...
What about Piccolo
Won't be in it because he's black not Asian

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Scotty_Rogers
11/18/19 12:49:46 AM
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Milkman5 posted...
They aren't Asian. They are Saiyans, a race of Aliens.


But the pure blooded Saiyans are all designed as depictions of Asian people.
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evil_zombie11
11/18/19 12:54:09 AM
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Our Disney overlords flex their greedy pockets again and destroy another franchise.


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kuwab0
11/18/19 1:26:14 AM
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MuayThai85
11/18/19 1:36:30 AM
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Hire Zach Synder to direct. Man of Steel was exactly what a live action Dragonball needs to be.
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Milkman5
11/19/19 6:45:22 PM
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Scotty_Rogers posted...
But the pure blooded Saiyans are all designed as depictions of Asian people.


hmm maybe you are right. Gohan went to high school and no one even could tell he was an alien
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Goats
11/19/19 6:47:45 PM
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Disney has been making a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge face turn lately
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GoodOlJr
11/19/19 6:48:39 PM
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Smashingpmkns posted...
What about Piccolo


Piccolo is totally a black dude

Make it happen

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Touch
11/21/19 7:48:15 AM
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GoodOlJr posted...
Piccolo is totally a black dude

Make it happen
The Rock as Piccolo

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AlisLandale
11/21/19 7:56:36 AM
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I'm ready for the Dragon Ball Cinematic Universe

jk

I am curious what they'll debut it with. Maybe start with the Pilaf arc and tie it in to the first Budokai Tenkaichi, and then a sequel with the Red Ribbon Army, and round off a trilogy with the Piccolo story.

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apocalyptic_4
11/21/19 8:02:42 AM
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Shonen anime just dosen't translate to live action at all.


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Lordgold666
11/21/19 8:13:29 AM
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CapnMuffin posted...
Oh no not again

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untrustful
11/21/19 8:14:04 AM
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Proto_Spark posted...
The problem with the last live action dragon ball movie was not the whiteness of the cast.

At best thats like problem 500



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11/21/19 8:32:19 AM
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lilJoe457
11/21/19 8:52:28 AM
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So are we gonna be able to find big muscular Asians dudes who can also act? Idc what the stats say Goku ain't 140 pounds based off how his character is drawn. That alone is gonna make it look stupid having people's who physiques don't even relatively come close to matching. Getting the hair to look accurate just isn't gonna translate to live action. They'd have better luck trying other more grounded animes. Or an anime where characters look more normal.
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Tony_Biggie_Pun
11/21/19 8:55:58 AM
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Oh Gosh No
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smoke_break
11/21/19 10:18:06 AM
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apocalyptic_4 posted...
Shonen anime just dosen't translate to live action at all.
I dunno, there are a lot of good ones. Rurouni Kenshin, Death Note (Japanese movies, not the Netflix one), Initial D, etc.

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Skye Reynolds
11/21/19 10:32:52 AM
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I hope this is just a rumor. I'm not against a live action Dragon Ball (Z) movie with an authentic cast, but it shouldn't be Disney. I like the evil mouse empire, but some money has to go to somebody else sometime.
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AmericaTheBrave
11/21/19 10:45:38 AM
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Piccolo better be black, otherwise it is yellowwashing.
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apocalyptic_4
11/21/19 1:30:23 PM
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smoke_break posted...
I dunno, there are a lot of good ones. Rurouni Kenshin, Death Note (Japanese movies, not the Netflix one), Initial D, etc.


Yea I meant shonen as in action anime

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