May 11, 2008 | by John
Dragonball Z Goku Image
Dragonball Z is going to be the next Speed Racer. I think the potential audience for this film is being drastically over estimated by a lot of people, but I guess we’ll know for sure once the film opens. On the topic of Dragonball Z, the good folks over at ComingSoon have posted up the first picture of Goku (Justin Chatwin) from the film. So what do you think?
39 Comments, Comment or Ping
Bruce
either way been waiting for some live action treatment for a while, looking forward to it.
May 11th, 2008
Michael
Jesus Christ, John! It’s not Dragonball Z! The movie is titled DRAGONBALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You know its the show series before dragonball z, just in case you didn’t know that. I think that the movie can be surprising interesting and I will give it a shot. In most cases U hope this movie exceeds all our expectations and puts that negative look you have towards it into a 180 degree shock.
May 11th, 2008
Michael
Correction * “In most cases, I hope this movie exceeds all our expectations and puts that negative look you have towards it into a 180 degree shock.
May 11th, 2008
Jake Vermont
Yes it’s titled DRAGONBALL but didn’t they want to bring up Super Sajajins?? or was that just rumor? that would be soooo cool
I’m not quite sure but i think i read it somewhere….. maybe I’m wrong
Does anybody know exactly???
greets from germany
May 12th, 2008
HInkle
No it is completly based off of dragonball The King piccolo Saga. Which never even came close to the Super saiyans. About the most powerfull thing that going to be in the movie is energy blasts(at least thats all the info that has been released) maybe some flying but the super saiyan thing should even come up unless it is when goku finds out he is a saiyan and the only talk a little about it. Im not saying your stupid but i would advise you to do a little more research before you say anything your not sure about
http://www.dragonballmovieblog.net/
http://dbthemovie.com/
Are the best sites for info.
No super saiyans
May 12th, 2008
Kanthan
What the hell is this… who the guck is this crusty pale faced fucker..goku even in his younger days was badass
May 12th, 2008
Jake Vermont
I totally agree…
I didn’t mention it before but I don’t like him either…
He’s just too good looking like the boy in Eragon…. blond blue eyed bahh *throwing up*
and Chadwin as SonGoku? I hope the movie will be good, maybe Chadwin surprises us all…. we’ll see
May 12th, 2008
Azizan
like..what the hell is this? this guy ain’t Goku! but just have to keep an open mind on it, right?
one last time: what the hell is this? this ain’t dragonball!
May 12th, 2008
Jen176
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, it’s going to be a step up from the Chinese live-action one.
May 12th, 2008
NYCKING87
I’m a diehard DBZ fan and all I can say is that I hope the film does well. I like Chatwin and I think he fits the bill as Goku. However, I don’t necessarily like the poster here because that’s not what Goku wore in DragonBall.
May 12th, 2008
digital drew
John is absolutely right about this being the next speed racer. Though now that i say that i think speed racer was 70s right? this is current. But still….
May 12th, 2008
Rodney
Never a fan of Dragonball to begin with but I have to say with this poster?
Still not.
This guy looks as impressive as my dentist.
May 12th, 2008
sal
There’s a clip of James Marsters talking about Dragonball here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdeHwTMeq3s&eurl=http://www.dragonballmovieblog.net/2008/04/new-marsters-video/
and a picture of him as Piccolo here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdeHwTMeq3s&eurl=http://www.dragonballmovieblog.net/2008/04/new-marsters-video/
May 12th, 2008
Joseph
awesomeness! didnt expect it to look so cool!
May 12th, 2008
HAZMAT
it IS a dragonball movie not dragonball z but its a human mistake…i dont see johns fuck fliyng.
and remember that goku started out as a kid. they cant just cast some big tough guy just yet- remmber what you were all saying? “this is dragonball not dragonball z!!!!’” exactly. in dragonball goku was a kid. in fact. he looks way too onld but w.e.
and no..there wont be super sajajins hence the fact (again) its dragonball not DBZ. but there will in the potential sequels (POTENTIAL)
May 12th, 2008
HAZMAT
actually, this kid is a perfect gohan. i thought the bufy the vampire slayer guy was going to be goku and this kid gohan. would have been better that way.
May 12th, 2008
Formless
Well, I think that this movie needs to be redone in a modern telling, as they SEEM to be doing. If they do this correctly in terms of how they make them dress, I think it can actually come out real well. As critical as I am, being a die hard Dragonball fan, I think it CAN be pulled off.
I’m not going to draw my conclusions form one picture. What it looks like to me is that it’s only going to be based off of Dragonball and going to be an interpretation which I feel is the best idea rather than just trying to do it EXACTLY like the show. And he looks fine for a young Goku, actually. I’ve seen people saying Goku needs to be asian, but I respectfully disagree as Saiyan’s are NOT asian.
May 12th, 2008
Formless
Btw, the clothing should be the way they’re doing it I think, and then have different outfits for fighting. They can’t put them in karate outfits for the entire movie. Besides the fact I think that it’s a better idea to have clothing thats reminiscent of the clothing from the show, I’d prefer them to not be in lame karate outfits because you can’t make them translate over well into real life.
May 12th, 2008
Alexis Lopez From Argentina
Now is this piece of shit going to be Dragon Ball Z or just Dragon Ball because I haven’t heard any of the Z fighters coming to this movie. (remember that Piccolo was in it since the origins of the series).
PD: NOT ASKING BECAUSE I’M INTERESTED IN THE MOVIE, JUST BECAUSE I WANTED TO KNOW. THIS MOVIE WILL KILL ANOTHER PRECIOUS TIME IN MY CHILDHOOD!!!!!!!! F***** IDIOTS, CAN’T MAKE ANYTHING RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 12th, 2008
Kanthan
Speedracer tried to stay to its routes and was a techincal marvel. This isnt only a fool would compare the two even at this early stage.
May 12th, 2008
TM
I’ve been a solid fan of Drangon Ball Z for years. I think the studio is setting itself up for failure. Everyone in the cast seems to be asian, BUT the main characters. WTF anyone? But that’s not the only reason I think it’s gonna fail. It just looks terrible in it’s beginning phase and the poster ain’t helping. All the fans feel the same.
I think this movie is going to be like “The Covenant”. Two guys having a cheesy energy ball fight in the rain at the end of the movie, but seemed more like a water balloon fight between 2 sprites.
What a waste… :o(
May 12th, 2008
Formless
@TM: Excuse me, but being a fan of Dragonball since the late 80’s, I’d like to say that not “all the fans feel the same”. Some people, like me, are going to give this a chance. Why? Because as I earlier stated, which you apparently did not read, some people feel it’d be silly to do an exact translation of an 80’s cartoon into a real life picture. Everyone in the cast seems to be asian? What about James Marsters, or Emmy Rossum? Asians who are cast are cast because their characters are, you guessed it, ASIAN. Goku is not asian, he’s a Saiyan, so why should he be played by an asian person? Claiming you’re a “solid fan” and then forgetting one of the key story elements to Dragonball doesn’t credit your fandom.
May 12th, 2008
DON
I think it will do much better than speed racer. Speed Racer had other problems. It is an unpopular cartoon, crap visual style and too colorful.
May 12th, 2008
Jake Vermont
If they r ever up to make a sequel and that would be a Dragonball Z movie and they would get this Cast http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nms2_BNeiMM&feature=related
then WOW!!! HAVE A LOOK AT IT
I like the actors picked by the video’s editor
I know this is can’t be realized but it would be really cool :D:D
May 12th, 2008
Shane
Who even wants to see this movie?
May 12th, 2008
TM
To Formless:
I feel that you are upset over my comments. I don’t read other ppls comments before writing my own because that can alter my own thoughts and take away genuineness, which is something that many ppl give up nowadays. Think about that for a min.
Moving on… Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I’m not here to prove my support for the DBZ franchise, just express my opinion for the new movie. So don’t let little things like comments from ppl you don’t know upset you.
Don’t get caught up in the details about the cast. The big picture or the point I’m making is that the movie is going to be weak. If not, I’m man enough to say that I was wrong. Until then…not you nor anyone else can say that my prediction for the new DBZ movie is incorrect.
So relax and watch the clip below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTVSXW6VNm8&feature=related
May 12th, 2008
Loren
this is the worst looking prom picture i’ve ever seen.
May 12th, 2008
bigsampson
SO fyi for all u db fans…….on most of the fan sights people every where are complaining about this pic……IMO this movie was doomed from the start…lets be honest i was a fan as a 14 year old kid…im 30 now so if u say u where a fan 4 years ago then u are just a front runner who wasnt there in the begining…..but basically i mean it was fun as a kid but the whole story line of the db series is weak
May 12th, 2008
JAMIE
@ bigsampson
i have seen every single db and dbz episode EVER. i will admit i didnt see half of GT though. and i- speaking for most fans. disagree. some kid that bought the dvd yesterday and sawll them all may love it more then i ever could. that doesnt mean hes a front runner
the story isnt that bad- its got alls you need to make it into a movie and sequels. in fact, it was supposed to be ONLY DB but it was so good that they made Z and GT (although gt was a huge mistake) and the story is big enough and complex enough to be put in a movie and atract fans and people who are new to the DB world
i personally like the picture- my only grudge is the colors. i want to see if he really IS wearing all blue.
May 12th, 2008
Formless
@TM:
Not so much upset, just finding it a tad ridiculous you can state that it’s going to be weak from a single picture or a mere thought about a Dragonball movie. There are certainly ways to do it.
You still haven’t addressed the topic of why you think Goku should be asian. And also, how can you just assume the movie will be weak? I’m not saying it’s going to be made of solid gold, or even bronze, but I don’t feel you should discredit anything until you see some actual footage.
I’m not sure what you’re trying to get at, as you said not to take your comments to heart, yet in your first post you use them as your reasoning as to why the movie is going to fail. How can one not take someones comment to heart when they feel they speak for “all the fans”? And finally, not reading previous comments? Isn’t the point of a public blog comment section so you can read and discuss your thoughts?
May 12th, 2008
HAZMAT
^^^i think this movie will be good- obviously it wil get lots of money for its popularity but thats not the question- the question is if it will be like transformers.
because a lot of people thought transformers couldnt be done because the transformations will look shitty and because they were toys- everyone that sayds that (including me) was dead wrong, kinda the same thing for DB: people are afraid that the CGI will swallow in this movie because the cartoon had so much stuff in it thats hard to put in the big screen.
now it can turn out like transformers who got ripped off in the oscars btw- or like speedracer, which well- you know.
May 13th, 2008
HAZMAT
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May 13th, 2008
HAZMAT
oh real mature ^^^^^. sorry john someones using my display name
May 13th, 2008
Kracken
Can’t believe there are still those that make excuses for this white cast on the basis that Saiyan are not Asian; hell, this also means that SAIYAN AREN’T CAUCASIAN EITHER!!!!!!
No wonder when Asia and other continents round the world are organizing boycotts against this cinematic stupidity, those countries with white population are still trying to hold out until the movie bombs.
May 19th, 2008
JordanC
This is a ridiculous concept. Goku is pretty much a gargantuan man in stature, he’s a skinny kid who has spiky hair. We’re going to have another “Street Fighter The Movie” on our hands!
May 20th, 2008
Luigi
Most of the dumbass people that comented on this movie dont know what the hell there talkin bout an jus want to opinionate. It pisses me off that people think that jus cuz they started watchin dragonball first makes them better fans. Thats retarded and doesn’t make sense. I’m a die hard fan of dbz cuz I’ve watched it since I wuz 5years old but that dont mean that somewon who watched the whole series last week can’t be a fan to.
The only dude that has a valid point is FORMLESS. How can you base your prediction of how good a movie will be off of a couple of pictures. Bottom line is that you dont know how good or bad it will be until it comes out in theaters.
And why the FUCK should goku be Asian?! Have you seen the show? He is not Asian! He doesn’t even look Asian at all. And I dont know why people are baggin on chatwin. If you look closely he looks just like goku. And remember that goku wasn’t that buff in the begginin. He was skinny but strong and kind of cut.
Oh and F.Y.I. Chatwin and other main cast have signed on for 3 movies, probably dragonball, z, and gt.
Feel free to criticize me but plz have a valid point before you do.
May 20th, 2008
Kracken
See what I mean about white supremism taking over some people’s judgement?
Anyway, I wonder how those guys cussing at the criticizers over the past months on the basis there aren’t enough information for judgement are feeling now that all the news coming out are indicating the movie’s going to suck and speed bomb.
May 22nd, 2008
Tienko
I’m 39 yrs old and have seen every episode since it was released, now my sons are even more hooked on DB than I am and we are all die hard fans.
But when all is said and done….we all know it isn’t going to be anything like the animated series.
Unless it was made in CGI format the producers are never going to find a 6yr old boy who can replicate Goku let alone speak more than 5 words in a sentence.
Speaking for myself and if any-one else agrees, I think we should take it for what it is. ENTERTAINMENT. For me nothing will ever top the animated series but I will still watch the movie and if it’s good…great and if it’s bad …well thats life.
When you try to see all the faults or all the things they didn’t do or you waste good entertainment time critisising the movie you miss out on all the good things.
Who knows, if the movie producers get a good enough response they could make the sequel even better than the first.
Jun 24th, 2008
Kracken
You know, Tienko, whatever nice fantasies you are having on those producers, it won’t change the fact they’re actually planning a sequel that won’t get any more intelligent than this one
Jul 3rd, 2008
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