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IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#15151: Apr 19th 2015 at 12:16:04 PM

In Dragon Ball Evolution, Goku is Generic Teen Lead 46, Chichi is Generic Love Interest 93, Bulma is Generic Female Sidekick 112, Roshi is Generic Quirky Master 23, Yamcha is Generic Badass rogue 35993, etc.

Put simply, Dragon Ball Evolution is... a generic teenaged boy hero movie with vague connections to the license.

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#15152: Apr 19th 2015 at 12:26:40 PM

Don't forget the Airbending.

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#15153: Apr 19th 2015 at 12:27:26 PM

Lameku had more in common with Spiderman than he had with Goku.

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#15154: Apr 19th 2015 at 12:47:01 PM

Stupid Geeko.

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#15156: Apr 19th 2015 at 2:43:33 PM

I mean, in all honesty, the Saiyan Saga could be a movie's worth (It's called Man of Steel, haha), the Namek Saga would probably be a two-parter - one with the Namek stuff and one about the fight with Freeza. Cell could be split into two, with Cell coming as a cliffhanger for Part 2. And Buu...

...Buu probably wouldn't work. Mostly because there are no underlying themes to it. Or, I guess it COULD work, but there is SO much they could remove without changing the overall story.

The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!
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#15157: Apr 19th 2015 at 3:04:23 PM

Translating a shonen series to film is nearly impossible because of the significant differences between the mediums. For instance, as noted above, the fight with Frieza is long enough to be its own film, but you CAN'T make a film that is just the one fight scene. Movies need to be paced much quicker than that.

So Frieza would have to be the climax of the Namek film, cutting out nearly all of the fight. When your only options are a shitty adaptation or a shitty movie, perhaps this is a project best never completed.

edited 19th Apr '15 3:06:21 PM by TobiasDrake

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#15158: Apr 19th 2015 at 3:12:27 PM

Hmm, would it be possible to split up Frieza's transformation into happening earlier? Like him going Form 2 in rage after Vegeta takes his Balls or 3 when he figures out Dende has the password so he needs to get back quick and then 4 when Vegeta calls himself a Super Saiyan? The power levels would be all messed up but it would probably help the story if Frieza doesn't have to go from 1-4 in one single battle.

edited 19th Apr '15 3:12:59 PM by LordofLore

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#15159: Apr 19th 2015 at 3:14:47 PM

Hmm, would it be possible to split up Frieza's transformation into happening earlier?

No, for exactly the reason you just outlined.

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#15160: Apr 19th 2015 at 3:16:07 PM

It would be possible, but it would remove the entire point of having them. He'd just be transforming for the hell of it. It's easier to just cut those forms entirely.

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#15161: Apr 19th 2015 at 3:18:52 PM

Pull a Xenoverse and have him jump straight from Form 1 to Form 4.

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#15162: Apr 19th 2015 at 3:35:43 PM

By cutting it with a pair of giant scissors, you could shorten the whole Namek affair to fit into a very fast paced ninety minute movie. It'd never be able to stand up as its own movie, but you could make a decent adaptation.

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#15163: Apr 19th 2015 at 3:50:25 PM

It'd have a better chance than book one of Avatar did, anyway.

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#15164: Apr 19th 2015 at 3:56:27 PM

Problem being that The Last Airbender was both a shitty movie and a shitty adaptation.

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#15166: Apr 19th 2015 at 4:21:17 PM

[up][up] It was honestly doomed from the outset. There's too much to cover in Book 1 than can be reasonably fit into a single movie.

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#15167: Apr 19th 2015 at 4:22:47 PM

[up][up] That made me like Kakarot more. waii

edited 19th Apr '15 4:22:54 PM by MadSkillz

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#15168: Apr 19th 2015 at 4:25:33 PM

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Goku knows what's right.

I'd be all for a Krillin/Jaco tag team. Who needs Saiyans?

The Adventures of Dumplin could also deal with the other story mode chapters. Even without the DLC, there's an episode or two's worth of content in the Bardoly story.

Also, they need to at least show the post-credits scene of PATROLLER training the new recruits.

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#15169: Apr 19th 2015 at 4:32:30 PM

Bardoly sounds like a fusion or a ship or both.

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#15170: Apr 19th 2015 at 4:35:29 PM

[up][up] One is an Earth Cop, the other is a Space Cop. Together they fight more crime than ever before.

edited 19th Apr '15 4:35:40 PM by TheMageofFire

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#15172: Apr 19th 2015 at 5:30:10 PM

I just learned you can't trade items above 2 stars in quality. Damn I was hoping to trade for Vegito's pants.

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#15173: Apr 19th 2015 at 5:34:17 PM

So Vegeta's problem is that he trains so much that he's stressed to the breaking point pretty much 24/7.

Makes sense to me.

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