DRAGONBALLing International - Page 2

I was too young for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, I had to put up with the Marvel cartoons, and Batman the Animated Series. I guess I'm lucky because I had all of the bullshit I watched as a kid automatically validated by the revival of superhero films.

When I was a kid I used to make my Ninja Turtles and Transformers fuck.

When I was a kid/teen I dreamed of comic book films being made besides of course, Superman and Batman.

Jesus, careful what you wish for I guess. Pretty fucking sick of bloody superhero movies these days.

Wasn't it Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles for you? Why do I feel like I've already asked you this before? Weird...

I really wouldn't be able to tell you, I was about five when the Turtles were really big.

Are we sure that's Emmy Rossum and not Vicky Pollard?

My personal favourite moment of the trailer was when that bike pops out of the pod or whatever and I instinctively went "pretty lame" and the guy on screen went "cool!".

I was wrong, I guess!

Chatwin didn't seem all that impressed, to tell you the truth. You and Chatwin are like bros!

Every day after school, I'd watch Power Rangers and Animaniacs back-to-back. Those were the days...

For me it was MASK, He-Man and the Gummi Bears.

Harley, did you ever watch Jem? The music surprisingly holds up pretty well even after all these years.

Now I wanna kick it with Justin Chatwin! He seems like a stand-up fellow!

Never heard of Jem. Since it ran from 1985-1988 according to Wiki, I would have been too young to remember it if I ever watched an episode (I was born in '85).

I'm gonna throw some love to Visionaries,Bravestar,Dungeons & Dragons,Cities of Gold and G.I.Joe if no-one else is.Oh and Trapdoor,Count Duckula,Dangermouse,BananaMan,SuperTed and Bertha when i was a wee lad.

My generation had no-end of kickass shows growing up,stories with real meat where lives were put on the line.I feel sorry for kids today with the namby pamby cartoons they have to watch.

Darkwing Duck. Rugrats. Ren&Stimpy. Doug. Rocko's Modern Life. Recognize.

I don't!
He seems really depressed about this whole Dragonball thing.

I remember Jem! But that was for giiiiiirls! Pee-yousa!

I also used to watch Bravestar (Speed of a Puma!!!). Never had much interest in GI Joe though. Must be the commie in me.

I could never get into the Nick cartoons much. Liked them, but not enough to catch on a regular basis. I did watch Salute Your Shorts though. And Nick Arcade!!!

Dark and cynical sells! Feel the power of The Dark Knight's influence!!!

I loved Clarissa Explains It All and that Guts show that Nick did that was like a kiddie American Gladiators. I think they've revived it recently, but the original was fucking epic when I was a kid. Climbing that mountain with the boulders and shit flying everywhere.

I watched one called Wild n' Crazy Kids. I think it was kind of what eventually developed into Guts or something. They would take kids to places like Raging Waters and have them slide down the Bermuda Triangle while popping balloons. I loved that show because I went to Raging Waters once as a kid. "Look! I've been there! I'm like those cool TV kids!!!"

Does not surprise me that you loved Clarissa.

A huge responsibility is on his shoulder!

Will this movie reach the highs of Mortal Kombat: Annihilation?

Wild n Crazy Kids was great, too!

Oh, this is bringing back so many memories. Pete and Pete! Alex Mack! Are You Afraid Of The Dark? Saturday nights were all about Snick as a kid

And does anyone know the name of an obstacle course show that Nickelodeon had where the kids are going through this temple thing a la Indiana Jones? They had to find a bunch of artifacts or something. I can't remember the name, but I dug that shit, too.

Ahh, bringing back all sorts of memories. Mostly good- I used to be a big fan of Are You Afraid of the Dark? The show you're thinking of is Legends of the Hidden Temple. I used to watch that one all the time...

By the way, this trailer looks like total crap. Who would see this? Besides five year olds?

Legends of the Hidden Temple.

EDIT: Beaten to it.

That's it. Thanks to you both.

I wanted to bang Alex Mack.

I'd like a Mysterious Cities of Gold film personally...

What is this past tense bullshit?

I WILL want to bang Alex Mack!

The guy playing Goku has down syndrome eyes.

And suddenly, that casting decision makes sense. They don't call 'em mongoloids for nothing!

That line made me laugh the most. It's the quintessential "gotta get me one of those" moments, but it's like he's attending a timeshare seminar only to get the stupid show tickets afterward.

He and Robert Pattinson must take the same acting classes.

They have the same hair stylist...

I know absolutely nothing about Dragonball, but I think I uhh....
I think I might try to sneak into this.

While wearing a disguise.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BjJia5xL3o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5kiEzRWFgQ

Oh god, don't even go see this hoping to see Chow Yun Fat ham it up! It's worse than bad. It's just pathetic.

Are you a big fan of the anime?

Hell yeah nigga

Enfants du soleil, ton destin est sans pareil!

Only if everyone use jumping air rolls instead of walking for forward motion.



I'm starting to develop a morbid curiosity for this film now...

Respectfully disagree there nooj. I thought Chow's character comes as close as the movie gets to nailing quirky Japanese humor (obviously they had to tone down the perversion factor by about 20). There was a few small laughs here, though I don't know how many were intentional or not. Maybe I'm just really easy *hooker boots*

Felt this could have used an extra, god help me, 20 minutes or so because as is there isn't enough build up to the climax (Piccolo's beaten by like the hour and 10 minute mark) and lots of moments there don't feel "earned"..

Yeah, I just said a movie called Dragonball Evolution didn't earn a character moment. Otherwise, yes, its pretty much as terrible as you'd expect. Piccolo is just awful, the fighting is okay but pretty sparse, CG is very hit and miss (why does Goku turn into a lame werechimp thing instead of a great big King Kong bastard?) and the acting is nonexistant. But we all knew that already.

The dvd has a featurette where a group of film students are interviewing Chatwin and and one point one of the people asks, "What do you think the fan reaction to this film will be?" Chatwin says that a friend of his showed him an internet blog of hardcore Dragonball fans and remarks that they all "hate me".. and kind of goes somber for a beat. It's fantastic.

Yeah, you crazy. Hahahaha.