Feb 17 2009 'Dragonball' Has Stopped Putting Effort Into Anything
Stacking various, similarly-tinted panels of arbitrarily mismatched heights is going to be a very popular technique in poster design soon. These guys are ahead of the curve on this one. Next week Watchmen will probably catch up with a poster with a banner-ad size strip of Rorschach that's tinted green, then below that a sliver of Dr. Manhattan that's tinted a slightly different shade of green, then a wide red panel of Nite Owl, and so on, until it too forms a crappy rainbow spectrum of characters under a meaningless tagline. The floating heads style of poster design has been made redundant.
Master Your Destiny Poster [DBtheMovie]
Feb 5 2009 Another 'Dragonball: Evolution' Trailer--Now with More Fireballs
Seriously, everyone is constantly shooting fireballs. This thing is a big fireball party. Everyone is loving fireballs. Except maybe the girl--it appears she doesn't have the ability to shoot fireballs, so she shoots guns: science's fireballs. And there's an SUV version of the Back to the Future car, because that's something:
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Feb 3 2009 See Actual Dragon of 'Dragonball: Evolution'
In Japan, where Dragonball: Evolution is considered pertinent news, a news program aired some brand new footage from the movie. There's an actual dragon! And you thought the name was figurative.
Judging by the music, the Japanese seem to be viewing the film as equivalent to a tropical getaway awarded at the end of a game show:
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Dec 10 2008 Man Oh Man, This 'Dragonball' Trailer
In terms of production value, I'd place this somewhere between Xena: Warrior Princess and a Power Rangers movie. In terms of everything else, I'd place it somewhere it could never touch human eyes or ears--particularly the voice of Piccolo. That generic, digitally-distorted, kidnapper-on-the-phone voice should not come out of someone's actual mouth.
Oct 3 2008 'Dragonball' Teaser Leaked on My Face, in My Eyes
Well, while it lasts, here's the teaser to Dragonball. Like everything else we've seen of this movie, it's not very good. And apparently they're just using the cars from Transfomers? Oi.
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Oct 1 2008 'Dragonball' STILL Looks Really Good
I couldn't tell you why I keep clicking on links that say they will show me portions of a Dragonball movie, then watching those portions of Dragonball (I think it's either a sense of duty or masochism), but I do, and that's just how it is. Today I did it again, and was treated with just what I was promised: a short teaser for the Dragonball movie as recorded from someone's wobbly fist, accompanied by the usual ennui. It's really sad when the best parts of a trailer are the disjointed explosions.
Sep 3 2008 Well, 'Dragonball' is Still Looking Really Good
Some screen captures from the fumbled attempt at bringing Dragonball to screens have turned up on internet. In case you couldn't tell, this pale, velvet swathed fellow is meant to be the main villain, Piccolo, who traditionally looks like this. Yikes.
Just remember, The Dark Knight's Joker didn't look exactly like the comics either. Of course, he also didn't look like a jaundiced, goth character from Alien Nation (you definitely remember Alien Nation), so yeah, this will probably be really bad.
Six more under the cut.
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Jun 24 2008 'Dragonball' Banner is Dull, Full of Red Light Swirls
I had my apprehensions about Dragonball, but this banner makes it look like the actors have really captured the vacant, soulless eyes of the original cartoon characters. Full banner behind the cut, because it's stupidly long.
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May 22 2008 'Dragonball' First Look: Chow Yun Fat as Master Roshi
Even as someone who cares absolutely nothing about Dragonball, I'm pretty astounded by how far this movie is deviating from the source material, when I'm pretty sure only the most devoted fans who will even bother with this. Did they have Chow Yun-Fat make the costume himself out of whatever he could find in his closet in five minutes?
"Well, I got the Hawaiian shirt, but that's about it. I coulda sworn I had some sunglasses in there somew--"
"That's fine. Let's shoot."
"But shouldn't I have a bald cap, at least a goatee?"
"No, this great. Just a Hawaiian shirt pulled over a sweatshirt. You look fantastic--just like the Moshi man. This will be a great movie."
2nd Dragonball Look [Jo Blo]
Apr 4 2008 'Dragonball' is Looking Good, Confusing Alien Thing Demonstrates
IMAGE REMOVED AT REQUEST OF Twentieth Century Fox
Have I gotten greedy thinking a big-budget feature film should look moderately better than some cosplayers making a fan film, or are these blurry on-set shots from Dragonball really as insanely terrible as I think they are. In fairness, I recognize the third-generation VHS quality is adding a lot to this looking like a cable access sci-fi series, and that these are certainly not finished images. But, in equal fairness, this image of an alien planet's apparent Shop-at-Home equivalent is ridiculous.
More screenshots from this odd, possible bootleg of something, including Justin Chatwin as Goku and Chow Yun-Fat as The Kissyface Woodsman, here. Yikes.
Dec 19 2007 Chow Yun-Fat Lowered to Doing 'Dragonball'
In a brilliant casting move, Fox is getting an actual martial arts star to play a role in their movie about non-stop fighting, (based on the Japanese cartoon about non-stop fighting and, apparently, actual Dragon Balls) Dragonball. Often respectable actor Chow Yun-Fat has joined the live-action adaptation in the role of Master Roshi, Goku's mentor.
I know nothing about the original series, so you'll have to tell me if this makes sense. It sounds like the perfect way to add some slight credibility to a production that deserves none. And on that note, do you think there's any way we can resurrect George C. Scott to play Sgt. Slaughter in G.I. Joe?
PS: This is one of Hollywood Reporter's worst headlines in some time. "Chow rolls to Fox"? Like he's a ball, is that it? Jesus.
Chow rolls to Fox for 'Dragonball' [Hollywood Reporter]
