BIGBMH

Mar 15 2009, 07:22 PM

Minus talking animals, Pilaf, dinosaurs. By the time you take out a lot of the stuff that's necessary to make a good movie you already have a lot of reworking to do. I don't think Pilaf could be the main vilain of a movie but I think the story of how Goku meets Bulma and how the adventure begins is an important starting point. That means you have to re-write the begining with the Red Ribbon Army or Piccolo as the main threat (the latter of which, they obviously chose). Then there are obviously some issues with style you have to change when making an adaptation. Unless this reboot focused on the Red Ribbon Army, it would probably end up facing a lot of the issues that evolution faced so the makers wouldn't have to reinvent the wheel.
Take Goku out of high school and make him about 15. Make his hair less gelled looking and more air blown and wild. Really play up the energetic and exited side because I haven't seen Chatwin convey that in any of the released footage. (not blaming him though)
Have Krillin arrive to train under Roshi at about the same time Goku and Bulma come looking for his dragonball. He's kind of a jerk at first but evntually becomes close friends with goku.
Chi-chi could be similar to he original anime version and posess one of the dragonballs.
My version of Tien would be very different origin wise. He's the body guard of emperor Chiaozu(kind of a cameo). Tien family have been the body guard of the royal family for years and have passed down the ancient crane technique of martial arts. After Piccolo attacks and steals Chiaotzu's dragonball (maybe kills him) Tien vows to track him down. Eventually he comes into contact with Goku and the gang.
Yamcha and Bulma can stay basically the same. Improve the looks a bit though.
I think all this would make a movie that's a little over 2 hours. It's a big ensemble, but it worked in Lord of the Rings which brings me to another point. Make it feel epic! I'm sorry but Rule doesn't sound like a song that should play with a movie about the fate of the world being at stake. I want that great fantasy feel like Chronicles of Narnia since this would be a kid's movie.

Now that I've written all that, it kind of feels like we're back to where we were before with story ideas and all that.

Vadakin

Mar 27 2009, 01:44 PM

Lindsay Chops

Mar 27 2009, 01:29 PM

Superraizen

Mar 26 2009, 08:47 PM

Lindsay Chops

Mar 26 2009, 05:05 PM

I'm glad none of you made the movie.

Almost everyone's ideas on a DB/Z movie is 100X better than the crap fest we got.

Most of the ideas I see here are verbatim facsimiles.

Well we are all taking our story from a single source so there is bound to be some crossover.

By the way, my idea was awesome.

Frankie

Mar 29 2009, 09:42 AM

i have a question for you all: knowing more or less how this movie is turning out to be, would you prefer a reboot or a well made sequel?



dbe remembers me a lot of Ang Lee's Hulk, many hated it, so it's considered a failure, but they made a reboot/sequel last year, which is considered great.

I think that fox could make a decent sequel with a new crew and mostly the same cast, basically continuing from where dbe left, because dbe doesn't really mess up the plot that much. they can fix goku's gi, roshi's beard, yamcha's hair and all the wrong stuff, and get the adaptation right


i don't really see the need for a remake of DB, just go to Z and make it right. The characters and the basic story are there, and DBE doesn't ruin them, so go ahead. the only problems they could have are Goku not being asian and the whole oozaru/tail/moon thing.

Superraizen

Mar 29 2009, 10:56 AM

I wouldn't mind a DBZ movie as long as it pretended DBE was never made. If it existed more in the DB universe and made some references to the original DB. Like LOTR did to the Hobbit.

I always thought it would be smarter to start with DBZ because if its successful enough you could have 3 or 4 films, then if they still wanted to milk it you can do prequels.

kmccaskill

Apr 20 2009, 07:26 PM

A friend of mine does brand marketing, and one of clients is 20th Century Fox.

She told me Fox is a business like others, and if you come up with a way to make money off of Dragonball, they will listen


so i'm writing a script to submit to Fox



DON'T GET MAD WRITE A SCRIPT



here is a small excerpt from my proposal




Main Characters:




Kakarot/ Bardock:


Kakarot comes from a lineage of low level soldiers, when he was seven his older brother was killed during the invasion of Frieza. Ten years have passed and Kakarot is a cadet in the Saiyan Corp, he is ridiculed for being a low level warrior. Kakarot also blames his father's weakness for the death of his brother,
stating "we were cursed from birth". During a fight with a drunk Saiyan elite named Bardock, Kakarot accidentally kills him, he then decides to steals his identity.




Prince Vegeta:



During the invasion of Frieza, Vegeta was 16, he barley survived. He watched countless numbers of his people killed, or reduced to slaves. This caused Vegeta to realize how foolish his race was for believing they we're ever strong.
Ten years have passed and Prince Vegeta has been reduced to a Drifter traveling the galaxy, although he is still one of the strongest fighters he is also a drunk and a womanizer. One day Frieza sends one of his elites named Ginyu searching for Vegeta, to inform him that he wants Vegeta to head up a Black Ops team to be named the Vegeta Force




Main Plot:



The Planetary pirate known as Frieza commissions a special team of elites for secret missions. One day the team gets orders to eliminate rebels on a certain planet that are building a weapon, to to used against his forces.
The plot twist comes when it is discovered that these People are worshipers of an ancient creature Known as the Super Saiyan.

They are trying to revive the Super Saiyian to stop Frieza, and the soul purpose of the Vegeta Force was to stop that