Dragonball was so bad, that the movie can't possibly be worse than the series was.

(I know I'm going to regret saying that when I eventually see it)

who gives a shit

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Did you just steal Kotakus headline for this?
http://kotaku.com/5106241/dragonball-movie-trailer-is-a-new-kind-of-stupid

Did you just steal Kotakus headline for this?
http://kotaku.com/5106241/dragonball-movie-trailer-is-a-new-kind-of-stupid

Haha, are you seriously down voting my comment because I asked a question? That's quite pathetic you know.

It actually looks rather entertaining. I never got into Dragonball Z either, but this looks like a good way to get high and waste a night.

One thing that does bother me is how these movies (this one, Forbidden Kingdom, bulletproof Monk, etc.) always have an asian supporting cast, but a nerdy white male for the star/messiah/chosen one. Is it completely outside the realm of possibility that considering white folks only compose a small minority of the world population, that a messiah or chosen one might be black? Asian? Mexican? Even Muslim?

Such fomulas piss me off.

"You want to troll me? Heh. Good luck. Perhaps you haven't heard, but I have an IQ of around 190 (I took some online tests and averaged the score). You? You're nothing but a baka little gaijin. Feh. You are lucky that my Dragonball Goku training has given me the maturity to not unsheathe my bat'leth and send your dishonored spirit to Gre'Thor.

Perhaps you're wondering why I'm even wasting my breath on a weakling such as yourself; a weakling not worthy of being run through with my hatori hanzo steel. The answer is simple: as a proud Aspie, endowed with mental capabilities far beyond your own, I represent the next stage of human evolution. It is my sworn duty to cleanse your kind from the internet and to make it a safe haven for those who find beauty in Animu and peace in Star Trek dick girl fan fiction.

So take heed, trolls: wherever there is a fellow aspie being flamed for their love of Naruto, I'll be there. Wherever a Ron Paul supporter is being harassed, I'll be there. Wherever there are more then 3 people having actual social interaction outside of their mother's basement, I'll likely be somewhere else."

http://www.somethingawful.com/d/awfulvision/racist-hillbilly-furry.php?page=7

I stopped watching the series once I realized it would go on for a million episodes, like Dragonball Z. =\

This is why the original Dragonball was so awesome. Before Toriyama started all the DBZ fighting craziness, the original DB was simply an adventure story with tons of tongue-in-cheek humor aimed squarely at a recently pubescent male audience. It regularly featured characters giving each other the finger, Bulma flashing people or using her feminine wiles to get what she wanted, and Goku (who grew up alone and isolated) constantly getting into trouble for not understanding simple social conventions like it's not okay to touch people "down there."

Gradually though Toriyama and Shonen Jump morphed it into DBZ where, instead of being a happy-go-lucky kid who gets caught up in a grand adventure, Goku suddenly was an alien from another planet destined to save the universe. Don't get me wrong, as a kid I enjoyed the fighting in DBZ as much as the next otaku but I also felt the series lost some of its charm when it sidelined quirky characters like Oolong (the pig in this video) and the lecherous old martial arts expert Roshi.

It's like Dragonball Z minus the 17 hours of dialog, shouting for no apparent reason, and powering up some more.

This and Star Blazers were my introduction to Japanese animation.

My brother and I used to get up at 6AM to watch this on Saturday mornings on NBC when it first ran back in the early 80s. Growing up with American cartoons where no one ever got seriously hurt (think GI JOE), I can remember how shocked we both were when we realized this was a cartoon where people were actually dying. The biggest shock was when Roy Fokker died. We were like "Wait, this is a cartoon. A main character actually died in a cartoon?!?" We both thought it was the coolest thing ever. It was like, finally, they're not treating us like stupid little kids anymore. We can handle serious issues too.

It might not be the greatest animation series ever or anything, but it will always hold a special place in my heart. In a strange "butterfly-effect" sort of way it changed my life. Trying to find similar "serious" cartoons I stumbled on to the then completely unheard of world of anime through a Japanese friend--Gundam, Dragonball, etc. The more I learned about Japan, the more I fell in love with the Japanese language and culture. Eventually I wound up living in Tokyo for a time and later getting my BA in Japanese. Very strange to trace the beginnings of that odyssey to a Saturday morning cartoon.

wow, two dragonball z references in two videos. did he just discover that or something?

upvote for the dragonball z reference.

"OK, I have this incredible scenario: Jackie Chan and Jet Li in the same movie!"
"And...?"
"That's it. That's the scenario"
"That's short"
"That's OK. They'll just portray some stereotyped characters from their early career. Like, I don't know, a dead serious leader and a funny drunken guy"
"Who will they fight?"
"Whoever...we'll just rip off stuff everyone knows about but no one has seen, and call that 'homages'. They'll just fight East Chamber Qing guards led by, say, a bride with white hair, in never-before-seen places like a Chinese inn or a bamboo forest. And we'll add some tasteless bimbos here and there"
"Good enough"
"Also, Shaolin monks"
"What for?"
"I really don't know, but no stereotyped Hollywood kung-fu movie would be complete without Shaolin monks"
"Deal. But they need to speak English"
"And they all speak English. Wait. Actually, sod Chan and Li, they'll be the sidekicks, and the hero will be an American white male. An American Dragonball kid. It will be directed by the guy who did Stuart Little"
"Genius"

I predict it will suck. Unless you have actually seen Li's and Chan's period pieces, in which case it will suck TERRIBLY.

Not only do I think AMVs are lame, but I hate repetitive songs.

HOWEVER...upvote for very dedicated editing. The hits in this are indeed ridiculously well-synchronized.

Also upvote for Tenchi Muyou!, Dragonball Z, Street Fighter, Slayer, and Akira. I haven't watched anime in ages, this kinda makes me want to go back and watch some.

Oh man, I LOVED Dragonball Z! I watched the whole series right up until the last season. Still don't know how it ended...

The last 3/4's of that was taken directly from a Dragonball Z episode.

And yes, it pains me that I actually know that. But we...we were all young at one time?