Do you think Dragonball could ever work in live-action? Or is the series inherently only suitable for animation?

[acri1]

Obviously we know the attempt at the live action Dragonball movie was terrible.

But with the right writers, directors, producers, and budget...if all the circumstances were optimal, could Dragonball EVER work in live action? Or is it a franchise that should be animated and only animated? Leaning the latter myself, it's just hard to see a live action Dragonball working.


Not only because of the unrealistic anime-ness of the characters but also the plot.

It's basically built around constant cliffhangers and convoluted plot developments. Trying to condense a saga into one movie just wouldn't really feel like Dragonball.

 

[Rhapscallion Démone]

It would need a big budget. I think Disney would be able to handle it.

 

[Ya Sinning Mane]

Dragonball where it’s just karate yea

Turning into great apes with tails and knocking mountains over and blowing up a city while hair turning colors and powering up

Hell nah
shyt will look goofy

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

i think a story like this, where it's already established, the fight scenes were alright for this nad you know they didn't have some huge budget

 

[Money Be Green]

Naw. After that abomination of a film Im good on anything live action

 

[Ironman]

I don't trust Hollywood to get anything about that franchise correct. Dragonball would be a better lower budget alternative. Maybe the first world martial arts tournament.

It would need a big budget. I think Disney would be able to handle it.

fukk no

 

[Rhapscallion Démone]

I don't trust Hollywood to get anything about that franchise correct. Dragonball would be a better lower budget alternative. Maybe the first world martial arts tournament.



fukk no

fukk yes. If DragonBall is going to be done right it needs an MCU budget. Not no Netflix cowboy Bebop budget

 

[Ironman]

fukk yes. If DragonBall is going to be done right it needs an MCU budget. Not no Netflix cowboy Bebop budget

Budget isn't the only thing to a great film.

 

[Rhapscallion Démone]

Budget isn't the only thing to a great film.

DragonBall is going to need a big budget to translate Akira Toriyamas work into live action. If you cut corners you get shyt like DragonBall evolution. It has to be done right and with the right amount of money

 

[Doctor Doom]

Nope because the choreography would be terrible. Even the repeating action sequences in the OG anime were more bearable than 95% of the above street-level fights we've seen in superhero movies today.

Only one that was dope was Man of Steel. The power was exhibited well and it was brutal. Directors outside of that wouldn't be able to capture how raw some of the fights in DBZ got.

 

[humminbird]

It can work

 

[MoneyTron]

Maybe early DB.

DBS would be near impossible IMO. I think it would be extremely difficult to replicate how ridiculous a character like Goku is at this point.

 

[Primetime]

Capturing Spider-man level ability has been the soft ceiling for big budget Hollywood for about 20 years now. And even then it helps that he's fully covered in red and blue, which makes it easier to render than if he was doing all that jumping around shyt in civvies And of course he's not going to topple buildings or mountains with a single punch.

Any character that demands more than his, time and again we've seen the cracks quickly begin to show... often with shyt looking cgi moments or just scaled back abilities. Man of Steel was one of the more notable exceptions. Add the Hollywood's overall shyt fight choreography culture, and there would be multiple challenges.

 

[twan83]

Man of steel proved it can with the fight scenes with oh girl but they will fukk it up as always