Dragonball Evolution - What Happened?

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[@MattMcMuscles]

NOTE: The cheeky editor for this episode, Trey decided to take a light-hearted jab at Eyepatchwolf's similar goof from his DragonBall Z video where he mixed up Go Nagai and Toriyama. So no need to spam comments about it, thanks!

[@hia5235]

Bro. It took 24 hours to download one of those DBZ AMVs off Limewire. Absolute Peak Internet. All downhill since then.

[@LevitatingCups]

@@hia5235 you mean dragonballz the unofficial one, and it was iMesh not limewire

[@jonathan-6958]

Too late, already did

[@eugeneturner7520]

This movie didn't damage Dragonball's brand, it rather saved it, as this mammoth fuck-up of a movie gave us the Dragonball revival era we live in, today, which is all about fan service goodness with Battle of Gods, Resurrection F, and the Broly movie, along with an all new series in the form of Dragonball Super, and a slew of new games, especially the Xenoverse games, which finally let us create our own Dragonball characters - all thanks to this piece of shit Evolution movie seriously pissing off Toriyama.

[@japroject1]

If I scream Netflix’s Death Note loud enough will Matt McMuscles hear me?

[@g0ddish434]

Imagine being so dedicated to the character to the fact that you read a shit load of manga to later find out that the character you're playing is nothing like the one in the manga

[@CuppaKofe]

I'm starting to realise why Justin Chatwin phoned in his performance so hard. Poor guy.

[@TheArceusftw]

And there's a reason why this version Goku is refered to with such names as "Geeko", "Noku", or "Kakanot"!

[@plasticflower]

Yes yes, I love those jobs where I prepare by reading manga and watching anime!

[@entruh4520]

@@TheArceusftw reminds me of how people call Dante from the devil may cry reeboot (which is widely hated) Donte

[@bobafett4265]

@@Metaphizzle that's just as bad. 😨

[@TheGohanSkywalker]

Another silver lining from Evolution: James Marsters getting his due by voicing Zamasu in DB Super.

[@jaysonpressley8642]

Shit, I didn't know that. I glad he got a chance to redeem himself.

[@jamesheichel6137]

Holy shit and he does such an amazing job

[@AlexRN]

Good for him! I had no idea. I’m guessing he contacted the localizers and asked if he could join and not the other way around, yes?

[@jamiemarsters]

He's always been a huge Dragon Ball fan, & friends with Sean Schemmel & Chris Sabat for years. Pretty sure it's a mutual love-fest. But you can actually watch him go in to record it in James' parody web series, ViDiOTS (skip to about the 20-minute mark for that specifically, but the whole episode has some hilarious DBE refs): kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGKsc4KXadWffrM - Jamie

[@tokeythebear7]

I love him in Buffy and angel lol

[@Geek3rs]

James Marsters said at a convention "If you like Dragonball you're gonna hate this movie. If you don't know what Dragonball is you're gonna hate this movie."

[@djhero0071]

The best thing about this (that I’m surprised Matt didn’t mention at the end) is that James Marsters redeemed himself years later by dubbing Zamasu. That’s some dope shit.

[@yudhiadhyatmikosiswono9082]

I have low faith on Hollywood during that time and now i still have it.

[@omnimonramone8459]

My friends who knew nothing about dragonball but liked superhero flicks seemed to like it.

[@PlahaKumar]

In other words, this movie doesn't please anyone.

[@tonyjackson4078]

I give Marsters credit for not even pretending any of this was a positive experience for crew or audience.

[@goldenboyadrokk1742]

“Toriyama was also consulted. And by consulted, I mean ignored.” Got me literally laughing out loud. Like obnoxiously loud

[@phillip9579]

its even more hilarious at the fact that, that wasn’t even toriyama in the image in the first place

[@coreywigent7693]

Same thing happened with George Lucas with disney star wars

[@cameronminor8690]

Fox: Is this destroying your creation? Is this nothing like your original vision? Toriyama: Yes. Fox: Good!

[@QuartzIsAnOxide]

Ah yes, the poster child for "We must make fantasy stuff more realistic because that's mature and mature equals good" syndrome.

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

I can't wait until our species can get over that shit.

[@MatanVil]

Thank god that we live in a post-Guardians of the Galaxy world so this tings are less likely to happen. Why they are making Monster Hunter not fun? Why Netflix are wanting to do this despite claiming they are better? Why they made Fant4stic dark? The general audience can take all of this "stupid shit" The Dark Knight trilogy ruined geek and pop culture (by god the The Batman is going to suck so hard), I'm tankful for people like Taika Waititi and James Gunn.

[@bobafett4265]

@@KaiserMattTygore927 yep.

[@xemnahort2]

Has that ever actually worked a single time

[@BloodyAltima]

@@MakoShiruba And even then I'd argue that the Dark Knight (the only movie in that trilogy that people actually care about) is vastly overrated by virtue of the standards having been so very low when it came out. Even discounting specific plot issues like, "its fine that Bats did a surveillance state! He broke it immediately after he was done!" on a structural level its third act is a trainwreck.

[@shadow759]

Wow the thing I didn't know Justin Chatwin did all that research. No wonder in the movie he seemed either confused or didn't care half the time.

[@pvshka]

Pretty sure he was subtly mocking the shit they handed him to work with throughout the movie.

[@Deltanwachukwu]

To be honest this is all fox fault the boy that acted goku actually worked hard and did his research it's not his fault it was fox.

[@radiokunio3738]

Yeah it's kinda sad when your actors gave more attention to the source, then the person who actually writes the film.

[@Lucaz99]

@@radiokunio3738 my god, that’s so on point. He is just an actor, he didn’t need to go the extra mile, everything he read should be somewhat represented in the script. However, reading the source material probably only made it more confusing and painful for him.

[@jabarithegoldenlucario8841]

Yeah. They REALLY didn’t stick to the source material. Also, love your animations.

[@dtbzero5909]

KZbin just showed an ad for the Monster hunter movie in this... I guess that’s a bit of foreshadowing huh?

[@maxpops8427]

Matt should do a Wha Happun on that

[@YuriNoel7]

Even worse it’s being made by the same dude who made the live action Resident Evil movies And of course the main star of his movie is his wife....I swear why does Capcom let him butcher their franchises?

[@GatorMilk]

Yoitube vanced has no afs

[@MaxMax-qg7gw]

O O F

[@TheArceusftw]

@@YuriNoel7 OH GOD LORD! Do not remind me of the Alice saga!!

[@GenerationWest]

Man, you can tell that people TRIED to make something with this, James Marsters, God bless him tried. Stephen Chow got cheated, and was people were cheated by his name usage too. The knowledge that not only did this burn the director, but so many others too, but the only one's who left unscathed were Jamie Chung, Emmy Rossum, Justin Chatwin, James Marsters and Chow Yun Fat, because they still get major work.

[@TJ1380]

I actually really liked Chow Yun Fat in this movie, if only because he looked like he was having fun and was trying to play a live-action anime character. His performance was goofy, but it was the kind of goofy that would've worked in a more faithful Dragon Ball movie. As for James Marsters, he looked like he was really trying to make Piccolo an interesting character, but he didn't have the screen time to pull it off. I really got the feeling that his best stuff was cut for time. I feel bad for him, too. He was clearly a huge fan of the source material and seem really excited at the prospect of being in this movie.

[@InTheEnd75]

Her last name is fat?

[@BullseyeRey]

At least Masters got to play Zamasu later.

[@misterbadguy7325]

I mean, let's be real, a Dragonball adaptation is not an easy thing to do. It's a story that was published over the course of well over a decade, it has a massive amount of lore and continuity, and the most famous and iconic part of the franchise doesn't kick off until relatively late.

[@InTheEnd75]

@@misterbadguy7325 eh I believe the continuity isn’t that great at times lol

[@ratchetxtreme6591]

I love how the film was just so horrendous and terrible it got Toriyama to continue the franchise just so Evolution wasn't the last thing you saw from the series.

[@erichfiedler1481]

Yeah, without this piece of shit, we wouldn't have Beerus, Whis, Golden Freeza, the other universes, Goku Black, Zamasu (who was voiced James Marsden no less), and the canon Broly with a more believable backstory

[@tomasfong40]

@@erichfiedler1481 canon broly is great

[@thepixelman4776]

@@erichfiedler1481 so I guess it was worth it.

[@erichfiedler1481]

@@thepixelman4776 for better or worse

[@RyanPuffs]

So basically Evolution ended up being a good thing in the long run

[@ironyautja]

watching this today on the passing of Akira. RIP

[@rohankishibeandpinkdarkboy8853]

It really sucks that Stephen Chow got cheated out of this. The dude loves Dragon Ball, and was a great choice for this. Hell, he's made a Journey to the West movie years after this movie came out! And just look at how his fight scenes go, look up Sing vs. The Axe Gang from Kung Fu Hustle, or just look up most of the big fights in that movie. It was this perfect blend of cartoony martial arts that felt so anime. He didn't shy away from making the fights over the top.

[@MauZangetsu]

*S O M U C H T H I S*

[@MauZangetsu]

@@mokaza40 I agree 100%. People use to forget Dragon Ball is about adventure and comedy, not everything is about bloody fights

[@ryno4ever433]

Kung Fu Hustle was such a good movie

[@plasticflower]

But even with the most talented writer and director and the biggest budget, I just can't imagine how a live-action Dragon Ball movie could work without pissing off a lot of fans. It's just way too stylized.

[@infernaldisdain8051]

@@MauZangetsu I would say half of Dragon Ball's popularity came from the fights, which is why they were focused on in the later parts so heavily and Z became mostly fights. Such a big part of the manga ended up being a balance between fights comedy and the serious. I won't say adventure because that's an underlying part of the whole story. Heck Z is more adventurous in many ways than Dragon Ball, but people tend to dismiss that because it's edgier.

[@SigmaSyndicate]

How many times on Wha Happen has someone ACTUALLY apologized for making something shit? Massive respect to Ben Ramsey.

[@nephjd88]

Which makes me sad that he got so much hate mail. And let's be honest, with stuff that has huge fanbases, hate mail = death threats. Like, it's just a movie. Calm down, people.

[@ForrestFox626]

@Shisuke Nakamura His hands were tied the second Fox slashed the budget and demanded rewrites

[@brianvaira486]

@@Wischmob_vE screen writers have very little power, producers, directors have a lot more of a say over what actually shows up on the screen. I’m not saying that he was blameless, but I would put more of the blame on the studio and the director if we’re being honest here

[@jaywhangmakes]

@@Wischmob_vE He didn't ignore the source material. In fact, he did his research and some of the early drafts are rather stay true to the original. It's just he got so many studio notes what needs to change to make it commercially viable.

[@regularstan6212]

@@Wischmob_vE his apology is still more than most hollywood.

[@Marcedonia]

You know your film is good when it’s filmed in a jeans factory.

[@omnimonramone8459]

They could've used some leftover jeans to make an Android 18 outfit.

[@MiXVoy]

Just like the 1993 disaster-piece, that was filmed in a cement factory.

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

The irony that James Marsters would become an entirely different Green man with a black suit in a controversial yet still FAR SUPERIOR dragonball related story almost a decade later.

[@SmrtPhonRtistCF]

Ironically enough, he was Brainiac\Brainic 5 in smallville.....though without the green look.

[@joshuachurchill2858]

His performance was the best part of that arc too (obviously only if you watch the dub)

[@caldw615]

If Evolution hadn't pissed off Toriyama so much then we wouldn't have had him revive the series with Super. Zamasu wouldn't have existed without this movie. If nothing else that's the one good thing about this existing.

[@wilmagregg3131]

i wouldnt call the zamasu arc controversial it was the undoubtly the best part of DBS along side goku v hit vegeta v toppo and goku and frieza v jiren

[@baylaust]

@@wilmagregg3131 I have a soft spot for the Goku Black Arc as well (I love that the official name is "The Future Trunks Saga" and the fanbase has made sure to use every name BUT that one when referring to it), but it does have some things holding it back from being truly great. Mainly the pacing (they should have gone back to the future TWICE at the absolute most) and the ending being... well, awful, there's no other way to put it. The Goku Black Arc is certainly the most serious arc in Super and is probably the closest it gets to matching DBZ's tone, and it introduced Goku Black, a villain who ended up being so much better and more memorable than he had any right to be. But I think the Tournament of Power was overall the best Super arc... as long as you're watching it in one big batch instead of waiting a week for every episode.

[@F.Hakeem89]

When Man of Steel is the Best live-action DBZ adaptation.

[@CODINE80]

Shit i was thinking the DBZ fights all the time during the Smallvile/Metropolis fights. I was like, dude this is how it could look on screen. Before Man Of Steel, the best DBZ live fight i could remember was the final fight in Matrix Revolution. Imagine during these fights with Superman, if you could see a Ki blast attack from someone and there you are....

[@MarioLopez-ri4tg]

I was also thinking this and told a college buddy. I honestly expected a dragon ball movie after man of steel

[@bificommander7472]

Yep, that is what I was thinking when I watched Man of Steel... And the third Matrix movie too, but that one didn't do it well. That style of combat wasn't very superman-y but it looked just like DBZ. Should have given the director seat to Zack Snyder after all.

[@struggler6864]

In terms of battle scope? Yeah, maybe. In terms of tone??? Comparing something as fun and quirky as Dragon Ball with something as grim, gritty, depressing and edgy like the Snyderverse is like comparing day and night. Honestly. I doubt Dragon Ball due to Toriyama's more comedic nature would ever get a proper live action adaptation in either west or east.

[@ccricers]

“Where’d you learn to fight, Kakarot? In a barn?”

[@CaptainL95]

And one final point that was sadly missed over: James Marsters, having made a mark as a relative bright spot in a terrible Dragon Ball movie, got his chance to return to the role of villain, as he was chosen to voice Zamasu in the English dub of Dragon Ball Super.

[@God_Is_An_Atheist]

A Lucas cut of Dragonball? "Did you ever hear the tragedy of Yamcha the fool? He could make everyone look like an important and strong character, but in the end he couldn't stay important himself."

[@optimusprime20007]

Yes

[@Agent-yw1kj]

"It's not a story the saiyans would tell you"

[@mauricioalvarezpino1818]

@@Agent-yw1kj "It's an earthling legend"

[@Eva01-jy2qu7pu9r]

Fans: How much stuff are you gonna screw up from the anime? DBE: Yes

[@Eva01-jy2qu7pu9r]

@Sarah Jane Sarah Hello

[@gabrielh.a.p9989]

DBE: "What is a anime?"

[@ironmaster6496]

DBE: What is a movie?

[@Soul.Resonant]

“It’s Goku’s rival, Piccolo! Now you see, he’s a Saipan just like Raditz”

[@kryptonavenger2024]

Wow, Zero's "What am I fighting FOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooor!" goes perfect with 14:11. Well done there.

[@Hedoro_Latoureux]

I still remember seeing the trailer for this steaming pile and being so convinced it was going to be an abject failure I wrote an entire essay venting about it as part of my college Film Studies course, and against all odds actually getting a good grade for it.

[@myopicmanatee6432]

"The biggest insult to Japanese culture since Hiroshima." ---- Honest Trailer of Dragonball Evolution

[@cboelcke694]

Idk man Godzilla 1998 was pretty fucking bad.

[@tydyman2003]

@@cboelcke694 true but Godzilla the animated series put God back in it's name, and its a sequel to the movie

[@myopicmanatee6432]

@@Feasco It's one of the opening lines.

[@ironmaster6496]

@@cboelcke694 At leat the japanese had the last laugh by killing him in one of their moves

[@ironmaster6496]

@@JohnDoe-wq5eu Indeed

[@jesusgomez938]

Fun fact: Justin Chatwin, the actor who played as goku, apologized to akira toriyama at his funeral.

[@swolf712]

Calling the original script "More Faithful" is a bit of a stretch, given it was still set in modern times and featured the Ox-King as the leader of a biker gang, for starters. lol

[@vandad13]

I think you could still make the modern day high school setting work by including krillian and making a contrasting fish out of water story have krill be a monk wanting to see the outside world and indulge in its commodities (mainly girls) as he tries to fit in and contrast that with goku who at the request of his grandpa travels to this modern world to see what’s out thier while unlike krill not really caring about fitting in and just taking things in his own way would that be good? Ehh idk but it would certainly have been better than just jamming goku into the bog standard teen super hero hole

[@leonreborn1308]

Dragon Ball is set in modern times, actually more "modern" than our time, this part isn't really a problem

[@wilmagregg3131]

ok that actually makes sense with his outfit though and in a modern world it would give oxking a reason to be a great fighter for a human

[@ryanholter6820]

Yeah it's one hell of a weird read. Oolong is introduced and then killed because villain, Pilaf's gang are also Nameks, the backstory is a children's card game or something? What we would have gotten woulda been a bit different, but it wouldn't have been "more faithful" and I don't even know if it would have been better!

[@wilmagregg3131]

@@ryanholter6820 oh i think thats refering to dragon ball heros a side series of games and clips and manga about humans using machines to put themselves into the dragon ball universe with custom made characters but since its a gacha game they show up as digital "Cards" its pretyy decent story wise but certainly is not the first movie id make about dragon ball

[@maugos]

Imagine doing a ton of research for a part only to find out the movie you're gonna be in is nothing like all the information you just absorbed.

[@U.F.O]

James Marsters is actually now the voice actor for Zamasu, so I guess he'll have a legacy playing green DB villains.

[@GamerCrusader8]

I asked James Marsters to sign my copy of the film at a convention which also happened to be the weekend of the film's anniversary (as well as my birthday weekend). His composure fell apart and he was super chill about it. Clearly gave him a good laugh and mentioned how the cast didn't know how badly the budget had been slashed until they were all down in mexico about to start shooting. Definitely one of my favorite autographs.

[@donovanchilton5817]

At the end of the day we can thank this POS for inspiring Toriyama to continue the series.

[@ligtningdog6399]

The same as how DmC led to the creation of DMC5.

[@yareyarejose5080]

and for getting him to actually care about dragonball

[@kratal122]

Agreed. Yeah, DBS has problems, but it does feel like some problems from Z were being addressed, for better or worse.

[@yareyarejose5080]

@@alverdeo965 I mean yeah? If you look at old interviews with toriyama before super, dragonball was nothing more than a paycheck for him- he literally wrote it all by the seat of his pants by a certain point, most famously the cell saga. Androids 19 and 20 were gonna be the main villains, the editor was unimpressed, then 17 and 18, again the editor was unimpressed, then Cell, then Cell in his 2nd form, but the editor thought he was too ugly so toriyama quickly made perfect cell.

[@turbobrent9435]

@@alverdeo965 LOL,YEAH -_-

[@edwebber679]

I have a ton more respect now for Justin Chatwin. I loved him in Shameless and other series, he's a good actor. To know he spent all that time trying to get Goku right to give fans what they want....but that all his work was just shat on by the writer and director....makes me look at him now with admiration.

[@virgogaming6488]

I think he did a decent job playing the movie's version of Goku, he has an arc and becomes more Goku-like as the movie goes on.

[@kat_lynx]

Lemme tell ya a good one, Matt if you happen to read this: 20th Century Fox's mexican branch flat out lied to Mexican media reporting on the movie saying Durango was chosen because the wilderness there has an uncanny ressemblance to the wilderness areas in DragonBall Z where Goku and company fought Vegeta and Nappa, then the Androids, and so (which admitedly does). It inspired genuine confidence from like half of the Mexican DB fandom, falling into the "oh they do care about us! They know DB is insanely popular here! The movie might NOT be a dumpster fire!" trap. It even led to ha successful fan movement of having the DB voice actors for adult Goku and Piccolo to voice the Evolution version of Goku and Piccolo in Evolution's LatAm Spanish dub.

[@musicinmymind623]

I’m reading this comment two years late but this is so interesting, awful that they gave Mexican fans false hope but the movement working and the fans all coming together is so cool!

[@kat_lynx]

@@musicinmymind623 Aye, but it was still kind of "I shouldn't be surprised that's the real reason" for me to hear the actual reasoning. What a horrible travesty of a movie Evolution was lol.

[@Homerstar]

I didn’t know that Chatwin did all that research for the role. I have to give him respect for that. At least he got to redeem himself in Doctor Who.

[@mrcritical6751]

Agreed, kinda hope they give his DW character some Big Finish audios at some point

[@ebcm95____]

Painful to see but at least we got another show out of it.

[@BigEOT3]

And angry OG DragonBall fanboys out of it. Don’t forget the greatest Christmas gift of all, Vic Migyoggy’s underage fan club defending him against those “dastardly villains” who ruined his career.* *Vic was a creep who ruined his own career, and Quinton Flynn is a creep too.

[@captainbarbossa289]

One that James Marsters got another chance to be a Dragon Ball villain in!

[@freyja4304]

@@alverdeo965 Super had some cool moments, but a lot of shitty ones too

[@deathbringer9893]

@@alverdeo965my guy calm down its everyone to enjoy something and hate something no need to insult people

[@freyja4304]

@@alverdeo965 Oh no I agree. It amplifies what was bad about Z and was agonizing to watch most of the time with all the antagonists (except Beerus) and asspulls. The Broly movie was lit tho

[@MysteryFaceX]

Almost any Japanese live-action adaptation of an anime could qualify for What Happened.

[@juanignaciogonzalezcarrasc3754]

7:01 I love how whenever people wanna talk about akira toriyama they always bust out a go nagai picture with a dragon ball background

[@arlobo1]

that's what I thought too

[@hngdman]

Wait, that's Go Nagai? I expected him to have massive sideburns and I'm very disappointed.

[@varspartoidac]

Every single video about DB:E shows a picture of Go Nagai dubbed as Akira Toriyama. LOL

[@Calvin_Coolage]

Apparently the editor for this video threw that in as a little jab towards SuperEyePatchWolf'a video where he made a similar mistake

[@juanignaciogonzalezcarrasc3754]

@@Calvin_Coolage Oh i didn't know that, that's a very cool node

[@DragonBallZack19]

James Marsters got his redemption at least by doing a great job playing Zamasu in the Funi Dub for Dragon Ball Super!

[@KentaroMiyamoto21]

And to think, I once tried defending this tire fire. And before anyone says anything, I was a kid. Influenced by articles from Shonen Jump, and in denial. As an adult, I know better now.

[@autobotstarscream765]

Shonen Jump said something _nice_ about the blasphemy of their God, the flagship franchise of SJ and all shonen?

[@KentaroMiyamoto21]

@@autobotstarscream765 No. They just said it was a thing.

[@haydenfisher1387]

I find it funny that Goku and Bulma’s actors were also a toxic couple on Shameless. Small world in show business lol

[@lerdog]

Now I'm imagining a Showtime producer watching Dragonball Evolution and thinking THAT'S IT, WE FOUND OUR LEADING COUPLE

[@TheDeadrabbi7]

I remember this movie being recorded in my homeland: Durango, México. I was pretty hyped about it when I was a kid. There´s even a restaurant outside of the city in which the actors went to eat in there and there is some stuff autographed by the actors of this movie, and also there are a lot of pictures of them.

[@Halcon_Sierreno]

That's nothing to be proud of.

[@dirkdiggler2218]

I remember going into theaters to see this with my buddy thinking it looked absolutely awful, and with those expectations, it went from being an incredibly insulting, cynical piece of Hollywood trash, to comedy of the year. Great stuff. Plus we got the new movies and DB Super. Yay!

[@WolfmanArt]

*sigh* What were they thinking.... Can you do The Last Airbender?

[@Bacchus325]

I'll never forget when I spent $5 to rent this on demand at my grandma's house. Worst $5 I ever spent.

[@1beatcher]

I bought this for $5 on DVD at a Walmart.

[@FunZies.]

*This... WAS RELEASED IN CINEMAS?!* Fun Fact: You can also thank James Masters for Piccolo being green in this film; the director was so intent on getting everything wrong that Piccolo's skin colour is actually grey, but made green in post. Yeah.

[@TeruteruBozusama]

Can you please make an episode on Action 52, the story is so insane and I have heard different parts from different people so I hope for a video with it all in one place, and yor quips will be the cherry on top!

[@GanondorfKingofEvil]

It's interesting, though unsurprising, to note that the fault looks to be heavily on the studio executives. They recognized Dragonball's world-wide popularity, but still wanted to spend as little as they could get away with. Of course it also didn't help they decided to do the one story arc that, while exciting, would probably require the most special effects usage over other DB arcs. An arc that involves a large cast due to how late in DB it came. A cast that had, not including Piccolo and his children, already been introduced before. There was simply too much to be explained in an hour and half. They doomed themselves between the money-grubbing studio and picking a bad arc to start an adaptation with.

[@virgogaming6488]

They wanted to bridge into Z and using Piccolo makes sense since he was the big bad of DB before Z.

[@MathieuLeblanc1991]

20th Century Fox had a piece of every DBZ film since Evolution to this day since Funimation had to arrange a deal with them to even bring Battle of the Gods to the US , yes Disney owns the theatrical rights for the DBZ movies made after 2009.

[@MathieuLeblanc1991]

@@Shantae1188 Yeah, 20th Century Fox has been releasing the DBZ movies made after Evolution in Japan and internationally. I think it’s part of the deal but since Disney bought 20th Century Fox, they now have those rights so Disney gets a small chunk of revenue from every Dragon Ball related animated movie

[@silentbb8679]

i remember "gt final bout" being almost something of legend back when i was young. when i finally got to play it.. it sucked

[@MegaAmir46]

Lmaoo begged my mom for that after I had Ultimate Battle 22😭 good times

[@Thelowestofthelowtiers]

This was one of my first introductions to Dragon Ball and I regret it...

[@Bentennosin]

That AMV shook me to the core

[@KoolKeithProductions]

*Has anyone seen the 2006 Jet Li movie Fearless?* It's about a legendary fighter taking on the world's best fighters in a tournament, while flashbacks show what led up to him participating in it. I always felt THAT would be the best way to do a DB movie. Start with Goku already at the World Martials Arts Tournament fighting his way to the finals, while showing us flashbacks in-between of him training with Krillen & Roshi and meeting Bulma and Chi Chi.

[@OnDavidsBrain]

16:35 Majima what did they do to you?!

[@cellgames808]

Damn, at least the writer came to and apologized. Takes a lot of courage to swollow that pill.

[@argos_5213]

I watched it when i was 12 years old i think and i was at the cinema like: "why master roshi is not bald? Why bulma's hair is not cyan, where is the turtle, WHERE IS KRILLIN"

[@juanjoseaguayo2241]

You know, I would be very interested in an episode about Sonic chronicles: The dark brotherhood. I always wondered how Mass Effect era Bioware did such a game.

[@MathMasterism]

Thank you for making this. I’m glad to hear the creative team at least had some interest in keeping things faithful to source. It’s a shame this movie found itself being produced by the wrong studio at the wrong time.

[@Blur4strike]

When this movie was being hyped up during my high-school years I had a gut feeling this movie would be a dumpster fire, turns out "Hollywood" still hasn't gotten the memo with their more recent "Live Action" adaptations of animated & video game franchises (Ghost in the Shell, Monster Hunter, Tomb Raider, Doom).

[@ordinarybell393]

I saw this on my birthday, when it came out, and I took a bunch of friends with me to go watch it, opening day. I knew what a dumpster fire I was in for and was ready to enjoy the show, and so was a completely packed theatre. The entire room laughed at every horrible moment, every butchery of Dragonball, and every dumb decision brought to life. We all broke into applause, too; once during the kamehameha at the end, once for the credits, and most importantly, Goku using ki to blow out the candles as he goes in for the kiss. Possibly the best cinema experience I've ever had. Probably should've told my friends we were going to laugh at it, not actually watch it.

[@XGarveyX]

I can't wait for the inevitable Cyberpunk 2077 Wha Happun? SEVEN years in development and launches with more bugs than an NYC apartment building.

[@KitRobin]

Only thing I really remember about this movie is that I thought the actress who plays Chi-Chi (looked up name, which is Jamie Chung), is pretty hot.

[@emanuelepolloni4002]

I saw this movie in cinemas back when it came out. It was an umpleasant experience and it killed my interest in the franchise until I discovered DragonBall Z Abridged.

[@AGMGrayLineProductions]

My mother would be a chef for the staff in Durango Mexico, and while i couldn't meet any actors, i was able to see the sets. It wasn't JUST an abandoned warehouse, there were actual practical sets placed in the deserted areas arround. But it was indeed lacking any comforting conditions that were only less stressful by the fact that Durango is oddly enough, very low on hot temperatures, especially back then. However, one thing for sure, due to many implications with production, there would be times where the sets would just stay abandoned, and people would just stay there hoping for something to make sense. In Durango this production is remembered quite fondly due to the almost-religious love for the IP, and i can confirm that the sequel was going to be about the Saiyan Saga, as the staff would tell me and mom that the next main thing was going to be about getting casting for Gohan, but obviously, nothing went beyond conversations while they were eating milanesas.

[@SomeDumbKid1]

I'm pissed we didn't get the George Lucas version. Not because it would have been any good, but because it would've been the most hilarious shitshow the world has ever seen. The Room and Birdemic would be blown away by George's insanity.

[@Tareltonlives]

Followed by an absolutely wretched JJ Abrams remake

[@Japanlover79]

The fact this connects back to Final destination and the X files astounds me. Fun fact final destination was supposed to be a one off x files episode but got turned into a movie instead.

[@OmarNova]

A Wha Happun on the Yakuza movie is a for sure, dude.

[@lauriechan1426]

The one thing I love about this movie, was that it was shot in Mexico City (where I'm from)...so I recognized all the locations 🤣 including the street from across my university...that was fun

[@perkilatorxiii5179]

Imagine being such a diehard Dragon Ball fan that you read its very inspiration. I bet Justin felt even worse about doing his research for nothing when he found out how radically different his character was from the manga.

[@bartoszgawlik1666]

7:02 that's Go Nagai, my dude

[@ryanmussell739]

Thankyou for mentioning the upcoming writers strike in 2009.

[@FanDethklok]

Snyder would have gotten the fights right at least.

[@TheSuperuser49]

Goku looks like someone tried to draw Billy Joe Armstrong from memory after a concussion

[@bearerofbadnews1375]

Well at least we got Fuller played by Texas Battle and realizing that actor has a cool name.

[@LOLWUTHERING]

Wait, Matt, actually, "Battle Royale 2" could be an interesting one

[@TT-md7mm]

Oh hell yes! One of THE MOST "Wha happeney" things right here.

[@degmcgee]

that transition around 8:58 is absolutely perfect for the show!

[@Kenshiro3rd]

7:05 Not sure if joking, with that pic of Go Nagai.

[@Calvin_Coolage]

The editor was making a funny.

[@Kenshiro3rd]

@@Calvin_Coolage so I see, from the pinned comment made a few hours after I commented.

[@Shadowslash1]

Goku knows what girls are and Bulma duel wields guns. Also, the Kamehamaha was a jumping dash. I’m glad they kept this so close to the original… in the sequel, Goku will be on the brink of death and Krillen will singlehandedly kill the invading Saiyans.

[@hadessssoul]

Why did you show Go Nagai at 07:03? He's the creator of Mazinger and Devilman, not Dragon Ball

[@entruh4520]

I think its a joke

[@SmokeyEdits]

I don't think making AMVs back in the day is something to be embarrassed about. I feel like a lot of the better editors and creators started with AMVs and YTPs. Sure, the editing was rudimentary at best, but it was still way more effort than most people put in.

[@wingedmirage4226]

There are a lot of live action anime adaptations that could be on this show. Ghost in the Shell in particular comes to mind.

[@argusy3866]

To be fair, he should also include japanese live actions, which are mostly equally horrendous.

[@brendanpelkey120]

The live action ghost in the shell is just mediocre really. Not dumpster fire like DBE

[@Temujin18S]

@@argusy3866 True but Japanese don't have the special effects know-how or budgets of Hollywood

[@AnotherCamilo]

@@argusy3866 Indeed. An example would be Netflix's Death Note, it was trash. But the japanese adaptations are just... less bad, but still bad.

[@AzazelTheMisanthrope]

That GT Final Bout joke is how you know Mr. McMuscles is low key part of the FGC. I know you wanted to say kusoge there

[@ronjoe17]

I'd still love to see a Rise of the TMNT Wha Happun? someday from you. So much behind the scenes stuff happened to screw that show over in a really unfair way (if you want details, go to @russcarneyofamerica 's twitter. He was a writer on Rise, and according to him, they were told pretty much without warning that the show was going on "hard pause", that season 2 was getting cut in half, and that they only had 6 WEEKS to write the entire finale - and that's just the tip of the iceberg.) Could definitely make for an interesting vid

[@johnnysasaki]

a reminder that,just like this movie indirectly instigated a revival on the franchise that has since been lasting to this day(remember that Kai was just starting to air in Japan when this movie came out),even Fox benefitted from it:they hold international distribution rights to the animated movies since Battle of Gods(probably due to some agreement when they got the movie adaptation rights). Let's just hope now that they are under Disney,it doesn't affect anything negatively(especially in the dubbing)for the next movie(already confirmed to be in development)

[@Eidlones]

Everyone, do yourself a favor and do a youtube search for "dragon ball evolution car slide" You're welcome.

[@TheGeorge980]

As a kid I used to love going to the movie theater with my old sister. I loved the experience and the movie was always good because I was always in a good mood. And I remember that day we went to see a dream the live action movie of my favorite anime. After one hour I was done with it, I started complaining that this doesn’t look at all like the anime and asking my sister: why is goku American? Why Bulmas hair was not blue? Where was Krilin ? Why Roshi wasn’t bold ? So many things wrong. Even for an 11 years old was too much.

[@kingpin1331]

I love that opening bit of randy dancing with xenomorphs i want that as either a poster or background pic lol

[@KremBotop]

This movie effortlessly managed to be a bigger slap in the face to the source material than most of the translations of the older North American dubs. Chris Stuckmann’s hilariocity of this thing is legendary. The primal rage was unreal.

[@jorts_master69]

Suddenly I understand why Justin Chatwin's performance ended up the way it did in this movie. If I put hours of research and dedication into a character I was playing for a film only to find that rewrites effectively rendered all of it pointless, I'd half-ass it and collect my paycheck too. Utmost respect to him though for actually wanting to give it his best effort, it's a shame the studio heads fucked over like, everyone involved in this project.

[@JohnnyWasabi]

I want a tenchi muyo live action movie with Tracy Morgan playing Tenchi.

[@jamesrichards2980]

It's funny really, they groan at the idea of Zac Snyder as a director. I reckon he would be an incredible choice for a movie like this!

[@cylondorado4582]

I remember renting this at a redbox and thinking, "I mean, it wasn't very good, but it wasn't that bad". Then a few years later, my buddy and I watched through all of Dragonball and Dragonball Z and retroactively I was like, "This is a travesty." Also, I lost it when I saw Goku's head on Anakin's body was straight up Goku Black.

[@bisexualichigo4227]

Is this a re-upload, because I swear I seen uou cover this one before. Imma rewatch just in case

[@dogearflopper7011]

So happy hearing the dragon ball video game OSTs in the background

[@FletcherReedsRandomness]

This film does have one thing going for it: it made me imagine a world where Sao Feng and GoGo Tomago fight Zamasu. That’s gotta count for something.

[@a.liguria2698]

Oh boy... I hope that the Naruto live action movie project will NEVER get out of this freeze time it currently is...

[@GTK1989]

If that's one amv you actually made, congrats I loved that one.

[@AnimeProfilePicture]

Fun Fact. The actress/actor went on to play Fiona and Jimmy in Shameless Edit: That played Bulma and Goku. Sorry thought I posted that

[@kktt1111]

Man, Final Bout was one of the first games I even bought. I still have no idea how most of the mechanics work, but it still has a place in my heart

[@Valahan]

I was studying abroad when this movie came out so my buddies and I got to watch it in Japan a a few weeks before it was released state side. Pretty much the only thing I remember about the experience, other than the movie being an absolute train wreck, was that my friends and I were the only one laughing our asses off or making any real noise for that matter in the theatre. It turns out in Japan the expectation is that the audience remains quiet regardless of the movie. But it was just too funny to not laugh at.

[@CozieGhosty]

So my mom wasn't a huge DBZ fan but she knew the characters enough. She randomly watched it and she was like "Why did they call this Dragon Ball? This is nothing like the show..."

[@VersaceJesus]

So you *weren't* the author of the Dragonball / Limp Bizkit My Way AMV that I had sitting on my desktop in 2003?

[@floatingkites2420]

James Marsters later went on to voice Zamasu in Dragon Ball Super. He nailed the role.