I lost faith in this movie once they cast a white guy to be Goku. No offense.

if this is succesful their will be even more anime movies

This is movie is going to be the biggest diaster in hollywood history
IMO

It will be a disaster, the problem with movies like Street fighter and this movie and even Dead or alive is that they do not use characters from the country of where the game was made i.e. Japan, western people look nothing like the game characters and there are soo many Chinese and Japanese people that could easily play the role and look the part.

Who wants to see a movie based on the original Dragonball seriously, Z was the best especially when it had super saiyans, imagine seeing a person power up that would be the best feeling in the world!!

No instead its a cheap poor attempt at making a Dragonball movie.

speed racer!?...wait. looks ok to me, coulda been alot worse.

wow i thought this movie was a joke...b-b-but its real:(

lol is this a joke?

OMG there actually going through with this??? i thought it was some sick joke!

it doesn't look so bad at all. They seem serious enough.

this movie is going to b so depressing!! thank god they delayed it till next yr. this just destroyed the dragonball franchise. . . :(

then all of a sudden DBZ movie wins the Oscar's Best Picture! hahahahaha

Roshi should be older.
Goku should not dress like an American high school student.
What THE HELL did they do to Yamcha?
ChiChi's design does not come close to representing her original design, which would look perfectly fine in live action.

And Girl playing Bulma could have been a little hotter =[

i just hope this wont suck so hard..i actually saw the first movie when i was a kid..it was made by either Chinese or Japanese, i don't remember though..

These are some very bad choices.

Firstly, all of the actors should be of oriental descent or it is very difficult to take the film seriously due to the inconsistencies.

Goku looks OK but would be better if he was Japanese.

Chi-Chi looks tragic. I do hope the directors realised she isn't supposed to look like a Japanese call-girl/Tila Tequila.

Bulma is OK although it's hard to take her seriously with that hair. The women in the show don't really translate well to live action characters.

I think Yamcha should be better looking and younger - perhaps similar to Goku like in the show.

Master Roshi should really be an old man, shouldn't he :S? He can't have black hair.

I like the anime, whatever the critics say. However, I strongly doubt this film will garner any critical acclaim whatsoever. Just my two cents.

Hahahahaha everyone will be speaking English as well won't they?! I'd far prefer subtitled viewing than awful accents.

This reminds me of Mario Bros as you can already tell the director has already done a forget what dragon ball was about put there name on it but make there own movie.
Common this movie is set to fail they should have made a movie like final fantasy advent children better
I wouldn't even respect this movie if japaness played the part because everyone knows that they would have to find actors who shoot steroids which they wont and make puny dbz characters so the best option is a CGI

Goku looks so.....fragile ? no?

Um... i dont ever remember Goku being Japanese? so what does it matter what he looks like? he is not even from earth.

this movie is gonna be just like speed racer

Does anyone else think the guy who plays goku looks a lot like harry potter with no glasses my brother told me. Oh crap this is possible of a good anime turn to bad movie.

I could hate on this movie like the lot of you but...I'm not. I'ma go see it. if it sux oh well. if it doesnt oh well you know.

I would respect if they never made this movie but I would prefer cgi than actors.
Look at goku that dude looks puny I remember him being a strong mofo he is going to look puny like ryu and ken from street fighter the movie.

There is always a Naruto movie

From the above posts some people didn't realise they are making a movie but they have finished making it and now the team that did the visuals for Sin City and 300 are going to work.

who ever approve this is not a real db fan this is a big disappointment for as

a la bealwolf

I hope this is a straight to VHS because it'd be an embarrassment in theaters and on DVD.

is this a joke.....or a parody?

oh why would they do this. please some stop them before they ruin everything holy about dragonball.

Cast is a joke, should of made it CGI.
Looks nothing like their anime counterparts.

No Vegeta = no fun

Goku can't be a japanesse actor, remember that he is an alien. Japanesse Alien?? i don't think so

SO how are they going to show a super sayian and whose playing Vejita

...Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooo!

damn this sucks. I rather have a 3D thing going then a real DB movie
=( what a disappointment.
They are gonna ruin DB/DBZ for every1! Goto hell ugly movie lol

All you people saying you hate it know you will be int he movie theater near you to see it,,,,btw i hate it to but wont stop me from seeing it

Hollywood is going to ruin one of my most favourite childhood animes. *Sad Face*

Jamie Chung = Hot

hahahahahaha this movie is great!!!!

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Why does everyone want Goku to be Japanese/asian? He's a freaking alien! so a white guy can play fine(pity the guy can't act), Bulma's hair was more of a fuchsia(in manga) or aqua/turquoise(in anime)....There will be no talking cat, Korrin was it?
I really hope the writing is good as that may be it's saving grace....They could have some fun with Master Roshi and his pervy side

when in the hell was this movie announced?? I had no idea DB had a movie coming.

I never thought Speed Racer would see the big screen, but hey...I'm no the one throwing my money out there to make these projects.

The chicks look pretty good. I love me some Asians!

Lol, they can't be serious.....

You guys do realize that Stephen Chow is making this movie. This movie is going to ROCK!!!!! The casting might be a lil off tho. Is that cute asian girl from the Real World? And that Yamcha guy would look better as Vegeta. Chow Yun Fat is a bad fit for Master Roshi. Oh well....I'm sure Stephen Chow will add the sillyness and action of DBZ.

that show is the gayest sh1t in the world chinks

Stephen Chow is the producer, while James Wong serves as the director and writer.
Some of his directing credits include The Final Destination series and The One starring Jet Li, so he's no stranger to martial arts films.

Now about how the characters look, it's been 8 years since the original X-men motion picture debuted, yet people still complain that these characters don't resemble the original comic book counterparts?

Gee, are they supossed to? Tell you what, go search on Youtube a little unknown movie called "DragonBall The Magic Begins", a small budget unofficial adaptation of the Dragon Ball manga, then tell me if these characters should look like the exact same characters from the comic.

Also, do keep in mind, none of the characters in the original comic book even have a proper nationality, since the world of Dragonball is apparentely some alternative version of ours, even Akira Toryama himself never defined their roots, so it makes the director's job easier.

Actually, this movie seems to take place after the Tien Shinhan saga. So, at the time I think that Goku is already a bit older than when he was when Dragonball started.

It also goes through the King Demon Piccolo saga and ends with the birth of Piccolo Jr.

Oh, and Piccolo is played by a white dude too. Although I'm assuming that he'll be all green-ed and monstered up so that doesn't matter I guess.