Would DBZ Be Too Hard To Do In Live-Action?

bogey_j

new love, same neurosis..
Joined
May 4, 2012
Messages
8,622
Reputation
-2,810
Daps
21,991
I mean Toei has to look at what Marvel is doing and the crazy amounts of money they're making at the box office. Toei has a genuine competitor to Marvel & DC with Dragon Ball. do you think there will ever be a big-budget, Japanese-made live action DBZ movie to compete with all this superhero stuff, or is DBZ just too hard to make live-action?
 
Last edited:

Rhapscallion Démone

♊Dogset Emperor and Sociopathic Socialite ♊
Supporter
Joined
Oct 9, 2015
Messages
30,376
Reputation
18,641
Daps
138,895
It can be done if they actually stick close to the original material like the Marvel movies did. With that being said they'd probably have to do about 3-4 Dragonball movies before they get to a Dragonball Z movie. So many things would have to be set into place.
 

Json

Superstar
Joined
Nov 21, 2017
Messages
12,663
Reputation
1,358
Daps
38,299
Reppin
Central VA
Goku and Vegeta are too visually cartoonish to do live action.

There are certain characters who you could tell a live action movie with. Like Future Trunks or a Piccolo.
 

The_Truth

Superstar
Supporter
Joined
Aug 17, 2014
Messages
7,598
Reputation
1,380
Daps
27,383
The only way a DBZ movie would work is if they take reasonable liberties with it. Some things in DBZ just don't translate well to Hollywood, particularly the Japanese humor.
 
Top