Vadakin

Apr 21 2009, 06:59 PM

As an actual screenwriter, and as someone who has talked on this board extensively about what needs to be done with Dragonball, I have to tell you that I think you're missing the point.

To make a good Dragonball movie you don't need to add stuff, trying to make it cool, you just need to simplify the story. Everything you need to make a good DB or DBZ movie is right there in the manga.

Things can be changed, just keep the same meaning. Things can be removed or swapped around as long as the end result is clear.

Quick example - Take the Saibamen out. They're not needed and the required deaths can be dealt out at the hands of Nappa and Vegeta instead.

Break everything down to its individual and basic parts, find the core of the story and the characters and work from there.

I would love to write Dragonball myself. I know exactly how I would do it and it isn't by adding to what's already there. It's by taking that stuff and figuring out what works, what's needed and what isn't then building the story back up around the characters.