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New James Marsters Interview
Topic Started: Jul 8 2008, 12:54 AM (900 Views)
Crosswind Traveler	Jul 8 2008, 12:54 AM Post #1
Lillim Posts: 65 Group: Members Member #1,397 Joined: December 25, 2007	DBthemovie.com Got they're hands on a Translated James Marsters interview with Jump Square magazine. What is the difference between the original and the live-action movie ? JM: Definitely the story of this movie is different from the original. But it’s a necessary change because we need to condense the long story of the original for a movie. For example, some characters in the original don’t appear in the movie. And we try to give it a more gritty and graphic (realistic) feeling. Though there are differences between the two, I think it is all right if the core part of Dragonball remains. I let my son watch the anime’s Dragonball, DBZ and DBGT since he was eight years old. At first, I thought it was too violent, but I realized this is the best show for training to become a true man. True men need not to flaunt themselves. Their calm, gentle and modest but when it comes to the crunch they don’t hesitate to kill the enemy, and I think that’s what Goku is. Goku is a real man. I know my son received such a message and applied it to his own life. My son doesn’t use violence to others, but he isn’t afraid of his own anger. I think it’s an important thing. How many hours does it take to apply the make-up? JM: It takes about four hours. Luckily, my make-up artist is very chatty, we have a lot of chat during the make up. Please tell us the most remarkable scene in the movie, especially action scenes! JM: It is the last battle after all! I like playing the battle scene. When I worked for a TV show for seven years, every Friday I fought till sun rise, I felt I would never have such a good time again until now. In addition, I have never gotten terribly hurt (laugh). Do you talk with other co-stars as well? JM: When I have a problem, I have a talk with Justin [Chatwin]. At first, we worried about the costumes. We thought it should reflect the spirit of the original, we persisted this thought to the producers. We didn’t want to make our characters beautiful and safe. I talked with Justin, and he agreed with me. So did the director. What do you care about in acting for this movie? JM: That’s a good question. Speaking of Piccolo, one word comes into my mind, it’s “loneliness”. Piccolo is always floating in the air in the beautiful landscape, but he never even admires the landscape, he is only thinking or musing and staring at his feet. I think that is a characteristic of piccolo more than anything else. Maybe it must be a characteristic for revenge. He hates himself and blames the people who has trapped him. His desire to kill not only them but their family, furthermore to destroy the city and the planet they live and protect. To get revenge is everything to him. Everything. How was shooting in Durango? JM: The desert of Durango is very cold at night (laugh). I was luckily wearing armor, but Goku was freezing at the beginning of shooting. The local people are very kind and get along with us. Besides they love to party very much! If I didn’t have work, I would be willing to join them. They are drinking and singing songs until 4:30 a.m. But I need to sleep for the shooting the next day, after all so I changed the hotel to get away from the partying people. Finally, please give us a message to our readers in Japan. JM: Japan is beautiful. Thank you for giving Dragonball to us! It’s an important show to us all and I want you to watch it, especially the young people. I thank the show for a lot of good times with my son. I’ll do my best to meet the high expectations the fans have. Edited by Crosswind Traveler, Jul 8 2008, 12:55 AM.



KingSexy	Jul 8 2008, 01:03 AM Post #2
Battle Angel Posts: 472 Group: Members Member #1,411 Joined: December 27, 2007	Well, I read it. and I'm happy what I'm reading! Thank god that James know whats right and wrong.
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Itachi Uchiha	Jul 8 2008, 04:40 AM Post #3
Super Saiyan Posts: 1,913 Group: GFX Team Member #18 Joined: April 16, 2006	thank god.... i love him and Chatwin now... asking to stay true to the original costumes and not making it beautiful
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fogdark	Jul 8 2008, 05:11 AM Post #4
Lillim Posts: 53 Group: Members Member #1,227 Joined: November 27, 2007	I like when Masters talks about DragonBall. He really knows he's stuff, and its easy to see that he enjoys it. Great interview...



Violet.13	Jul 8 2008, 05:27 AM Post #5
Battle Angel Posts: 270 Group: Members Member #1,726 Joined: February 14, 2008	Agreed. Marsters is great, and this latest interview just gives more hope for an excellent movie to come. Just his dedication and enthusiasm alone to the series gets the flow of excitement running.
	"...but one can feel desperate at any age, don't you think? The young are eternally desperate. And books, they offer one hope - that a whole universe might open up from between the covers, and falling into that new universe, one is saved."


BIGBMH	Jul 8 2008, 06:45 AM Post #6
Super Saiyan Posts: 1,343 Group: Members Member #545 Joined: May 17, 2007	After this interview I don' think my reasons are the reasons Krillin is not in the movie. But they still work from a logic point for the plot.
	"There is no fate but what we make for ourselves."


Son Goshin	Jul 8 2008, 01:23 PM Post #7
Playoff Mutton Chops Posts: 6,212 Group: Head Admin Member #8 Joined: April 9, 2006	Quote: For example, some characters in the original don’t appear in the movie. And we try to give it a more gritty and graphic (realistic) feeling. I realize this has been known before, but this still makes me sad. Really, in a perfect world the DragonBall movie would be more fantasy based than realistic, because it's really not that realistic to begin with. As time passes, I start thinking more and more that Goku is not going to be as happy and care free as he originally was.



BIGBMH	Jul 8 2008, 02:53 PM Post #8
Super Saiyan Posts: 1,343 Group: Members Member #545 Joined: May 17, 2007	I think the problem is that they didn't want to mix genres. Dragonball really is an action, adventure, sci-fi, comedy,and fantasy series. It will probably incorporate parts of all of them but the makers most likely wanted it to be more of an action than a fantasy.
	"There is no fate but what we make for ourselves."


Vegeta	Jul 8 2008, 03:02 PM Post #9
Kneel Before Your Prince! Posts: 4,309 Group: Admin Member #19 Joined: April 16, 2006	Why not mix genres? It would be different.
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Vegetasgirl	Jul 8 2008, 04:08 PM Post #10
Kami Posts: 5,113 Group: Members Member #283 Joined: December 10, 2006	Because it would suck. The only place you an get away with that is cheap dime store novels and cartoons and Disney movies, not on the big screen. DelToro comes close, but even his stuff is heavy on the fantasy side. to me having a space alien come to earth and get chased by dinosaurs and talk to upright talking animals would smack way too much of Disney and I wouldn't take the film seriously.



BIGBMH	Jul 8 2008, 04:52 PM Post #11
Super Saiyan Posts: 1,343 Group: Members Member #545 Joined: May 17, 2007	I'm not saying definitely don't mix genres. I'm saying that's probably their thought process. But I must say it would be tricky to find a director who would do a good job bringing out parts of all of them without having it feel like a confused mish mosh. It's safer to focus on a few.
	"There is no fate but what we make for ourselves."


Frankie	Jul 8 2008, 05:02 PM Post #12
Autobot Posts: 820 Group: Global Moderator Member #573 Joined: June 12, 2007	Crosswind Traveler Jul 8 2008, 12:54 AM Piccolo is always floating in the air in the beautiful landscape, but he never even admires the landscape, he is only thinking or musing and staring at his feet.
	Omnia enim stolidi magis admirantur amantque, inversis quae sub verbis latitantia cernunt, veraque constituunt quae belle tangere possunt auris et lepido quae sunt fucata sonore. Indeed, the stupid most admire and love all that is scarcely discernible, hidden by abstruse words, and accept as true all things that sweetly caress the ear, and that are masked by a pleasant sound. --Titus Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, circa 80 B.C.--


StuMan	Jul 9 2008, 05:32 AM Post #13
Battle Angel Posts: 171 Group: Members Member #1,435 Joined: January 3, 2008	Yeah but its a shame that he says some characters were left out. Cause if they get to the frieza saga what is gonna fuel goku's anger if krillin isn't there? Edited by StuMan, Jul 9 2008, 05:33 AM.



Vegetasgirl	Jul 9 2008, 11:45 AM Post #14
Kami Posts: 5,113 Group: Members Member #283 Joined: December 10, 2006	Once again, let me repeat this; Krillen isn't in the Demon Piccolo Saga that the movie is based on. He is dead during the whole thing.



Kaboom	Jul 9 2008, 11:52 AM Post #15
Battle Angel Posts: 141 Group: Members Member #1,389 Joined: December 23, 2007	I think we will get Krillin; just not until the sequel. Grandpa Gohan is serving his "purpose" in this version of the Piccolo story, and then we've got Yamcha and Roshi as Goku's backup. Any more of such characters (namely Krillin and Tenshinhan) would end up as dead (no pun intended) weight. But James Wong knows his DragonBall; he wouldn't completely exclude ol' Krillin. You never know, he may already be Roshi's student and get a mention in the movie. He's just been off training in the wilderness on his own, and shows up at the beginning of the sequel all, "what'd I miss?"
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