Just watched a review for the Dragonball Evolution movie (I'm still pissed about it), so I thought I'd take this opportunity to point out what was wrong with it (I'm bored). I only watched the movie once, a couple of months ago, so I don't remember everything that happened, or in what order they happened in.
Let's get started! (rubs hands together)
-They didn't even make it past the intro without screwing it up. I grew up with Dragonball Z, so I don't know much about Dragonball (I saw a few episodes and read the manga, once) so that part about the eclipse and the Earth almost being destroyed may or may not have been true, I'm thinking no.
For one thing, King Piccolo was created when Kami forced all the evil out of his body so that he could become Earth's guardian. And I don't remember what Piccolo did to get trapped in that jar-thing-whatever-it's-called. Whatever.
Eclipse aside, the intro also mentioned that Oozaru was Piccolo's disciple. I know that that's not true. Oozaru, for those who don't know, is the form Saiyans take when they gaze at the full moon. The big monkey thing (Gohan did it, several times. That's why Piccolo destroyed the moon in DBZ.). As far as I know, Piccolo had never had contact with the Saiyans, ever.
I can't remember anything from the intro after that.
-Why is Grandpa Gohan still alive? In both the DB manga and anime, he's dead. We never see him because he died before the series started (Goku turned Oozaru and accidentally stepped on him). If they were gonna put Gohan in the movie, I suppose they could start it before he died, to explain what happened to him. Of course, they didn't do that. In the movie, Gohan is killed by Piccolo (FAIL).
-How old is Goku in this movie? 17/18. When the DB series began (even after Gohan was dead) Goku was 12 and looked like he was 5.
-Goku attends high school. What. The. Fuck.
-Come to think of it, they practically killed Goku's character in this movie. First off, we notice that Goku's more interested in girls than in fighting. Throughout the whole DB/DBZ series, Goku was always more interested in fighting, it's in his blood. He loved his family, but he loved the fight more. Also, anyone who's seen the original DB series knows that when we first meet Goku, he can't tell the difference between males and females without checking the crotch area, and he didn't know what a wife was until he was about 20 or so.
-Puar, Oolong, Krillen, Ubaba, The Ox King, and many others are missing from this movie.
-Master Roshi does not live on an island. He is not bald and not wearing sunglasses or a turtle shell. That and the city we find him in looks nothing like West City.
-Bulma's capsule bike is more like a Transformer.
-What the hell did they do to Yamcha? In the series, he's a desert bandit who knows a fair bit about martial arts, and he's deathly afraid of women. In the movie he looks like a doped up surfer dude, who seems to have no problem whatsoever with Bulma.
-Mai does not look like herself. In the movie she's working for Piccolo, when she's really supposed to be working for Pilaf. Pilaf and the dog are missing from this movie.
-I don't like Chichi in this movie.
-What did they do to the Kamehameha? Master Roshi teaches Goku to use it by getting him to light candles with it. In the series, Roshi didn't teach it to Goku, he told him about it and Goku did it on his own. Also, the first time Goku did the Kamehameha, he knocked over a car.
-You can't use the Kamehameha to restore someone's life force thing, whatever. Like in the movie when Goku got shot (...) and almost died. There's a way to transfer energy, but not with the Kamehameha (remember Goku and Krillen near the end of the Saiyan Saga in DBZ).
-Goku and Chichi making out. It's pretty easy to assume that Goku did not know the meaning of making out until sometime during the time lapse between DB and DBZ.
-They ruined Shenron, completely. He doesn't talk in the movie (or maybe he does, I don't really remember), also since when was he yellow and stumpy. That was not Shenron, I don't care what they call him.
-This is just nitpicking, but aren't the Dragonballs bigger than how they were in the movie.
-The lava scene with Piccolo's blood spawn. What the fuck was that all about.
Anyway, that's all I can remember now. I refuse to go back and watch that movie again. Ever. Hated it. There should be a law about live action adaptations for anime.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Friday, November 6, 2009
Determin'd
Hokay, I am officially attempting to build up a manga collection. I have no idea why I'm only starting it now, but whatever.
So far, I only have a few titles (A Perfect Day for Love Letters, Absolute Boyfriend, Fruits Basket, Godchild, Hana Kimi, InuYasha, Kingdom Hearts 2, Pokémon Adventure, Wallflower and Your & My Secret). I have a list of the manga series I want for my collection. I'm off to a good start.
Of course, there're some problems.
First off, I'm broke. I have no job and the money I have saved up is to pay for my college fees. But, by saving up my lunch money change I can find a way around that.
Second problem is that there is almost no way for me to actually get manga. The closest bookstore just closed down for good, not that they had an extensive selection (they probably had about 4 or 5 titles, I only recognized one). The closest used bookstore doesn't have any manga in stock, and the closest bookstore I can get to now is an hour and a half car ride away. And if I want to get lesser known titles I have to drive THREE hours away.
Grah!
Of course, there's the option of ordering online, but my mother doesn't like that and I can't just keep on bugging my aunt to order stuff for me.
Sometimes I hate living in the middle of nowhere on the media map.
So far, I only have a few titles (A Perfect Day for Love Letters, Absolute Boyfriend, Fruits Basket, Godchild, Hana Kimi, InuYasha, Kingdom Hearts 2, Pokémon Adventure, Wallflower and Your & My Secret). I have a list of the manga series I want for my collection. I'm off to a good start.
Of course, there're some problems.
First off, I'm broke. I have no job and the money I have saved up is to pay for my college fees. But, by saving up my lunch money change I can find a way around that.
Second problem is that there is almost no way for me to actually get manga. The closest bookstore just closed down for good, not that they had an extensive selection (they probably had about 4 or 5 titles, I only recognized one). The closest used bookstore doesn't have any manga in stock, and the closest bookstore I can get to now is an hour and a half car ride away. And if I want to get lesser known titles I have to drive THREE hours away.
Grah!
Of course, there's the option of ordering online, but my mother doesn't like that and I can't just keep on bugging my aunt to order stuff for me.
Sometimes I hate living in the middle of nowhere on the media map.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
I Love College
Today's lunch was fun.
I have no idea what was going on, some kind of stress relief day, or something. There was music playing and stuff was going on at every table. The table I was sitting at had a puzzle on it. But we noticed that the next table over had Play-Doh, which was being used to make stress balls.
I went over to make a stress ball and brought it back to my table. Then everyone saw it and was playing with it and I did it wrong so it became deformed. It ended up looking like a butt. I was sent over to the other table for more balloons and Play-Doh and we made some more stress balls at the table. Then we ran out of Play-Doh and turned our attention to the box at the other table.
The box was full of foam-ish pellets. Me and one of my friends read the box (which was mostly in German) and found out that the pellets stuck together with water. So I grabbed an empty Play-Doh case and went to get water. Then me and my friend made some stuff with the pellets. She made a flower and a sun and I made a tree.
Then we went to class where some people were passing around dick-shaped candies.
... this place is very interesting.
I have no idea what was going on, some kind of stress relief day, or something. There was music playing and stuff was going on at every table. The table I was sitting at had a puzzle on it. But we noticed that the next table over had Play-Doh, which was being used to make stress balls.
I went over to make a stress ball and brought it back to my table. Then everyone saw it and was playing with it and I did it wrong so it became deformed. It ended up looking like a butt. I was sent over to the other table for more balloons and Play-Doh and we made some more stress balls at the table. Then we ran out of Play-Doh and turned our attention to the box at the other table.
The box was full of foam-ish pellets. Me and one of my friends read the box (which was mostly in German) and found out that the pellets stuck together with water. So I grabbed an empty Play-Doh case and went to get water. Then me and my friend made some stuff with the pellets. She made a flower and a sun and I made a tree.
Then we went to class where some people were passing around dick-shaped candies.
... this place is very interesting.
Monday, November 2, 2009
3 Things
1) 200th POST! WHOO
2) There are three bathroom stalls in the bathroom I usually go in at school. The middle stall is the only one where the lock doesn't work backwards. I only noticed this today when I went to unlock the door. Then I checked the lock on another stall to make sure I wasn't losing my mind.
3) Have you ever gotten back a homework assignment, like an essay, and reread it and then think that it sounds too smart to have been written by you? Yeah, I just did that now.
2) There are three bathroom stalls in the bathroom I usually go in at school. The middle stall is the only one where the lock doesn't work backwards. I only noticed this today when I went to unlock the door. Then I checked the lock on another stall to make sure I wasn't losing my mind.
3) Have you ever gotten back a homework assignment, like an essay, and reread it and then think that it sounds too smart to have been written by you? Yeah, I just did that now.
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