The Complete History of Dragonball Evolution

[@jemmytaveras]

When Akira Toriyama passed away Justin Chatwin said he was sorry for how Hollywood treated DB and that he admired the guy.

[@A-man1998]

The idea of Jackie Chan as Goku is just hilarious to me! This at the time 50 year old man playing a 16-17 year old teenager! Please picture this if you can.

[@sino8r499]

I'm imagining Steve Buscemi as a high schooler.

[@specialnewb9821]

I think when he actually said that Jackie Chan was early 30s which was only a few years older than Goku at the time.

[@timey_103]

"Rest in Peace Brother. And sorry we messed up that adaptation so badly." - Justin Chatwin, in response to the news of Akira Toriyama's passing (RIP)

[@BrothaKyo]

If nothing else, this at least made Toriyama go back to working on Dragon Ball by writing his OWN movie, and keeping it animated.

[@roberttreacy8271]

Fun fact: Ron Perlman was offered the role of Piccolo, but turned it down to work on Hellboy II.

[@Dragoon1809]

He made the right call.

[@FillmGeekOfDoom]

REALLY? Thank god. Ron’s an awesome actor who can make his bits work even in the worst of scripts…..but NO WAY could he have done Piccolo. Massive bullet dodged.

[@daelen.cclark]

James Marsters at least managed to bounce back in the DBS dub. That was a great touch.

[@SlapstickGenius23]

He was also in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

[@NebLleb]

Missed an opportunity for this to have the description be "I'll show you something REALLY scary this Halloween" with the punchline being this film.

[@Channeleven2345789]

It's refreshing to see someone talk about the film with no prior experience to the anime it was based off of. Certainly helped that a lot of the criticisms raised were not just out of love of Dragon Ball Z, just focusing on the film in a vacuum.

[@joshuagoforth1658]

Ah one of the worst movies to ever exist a genuine middle finger to not only a beloved anime but also to cinema as a whole

[@fernie-fernandez]

And the fact this was done by FOX's way of keeping a license and doing nothing until it was about to expires shows imcopentence...

[@mariobabbo3497]

This is kinda like the 1993 Super Mario Bros. movie and it’s production since their productions were both a nightmare.

[@kenshix7902]

The idea that Goku can't be Asian cos hes an alien can be easily be place under scrutiny based on the fact that the general public accepts that Superman is yt. The Chinese elements of Dragon Ball can't be ignored

[@loona2n]

He literally can’t be Asian. And Superman literally cannot be white. Goku may pass as Asian, but he definitely isn’t Asian. But I don’t think anyone would be opposed to an Asian person playing Goku

[@specialnewb9821]

​@loona2n right there's no "Asia" in DB world, but he most likely looks like someone from our world's East Asia.

[@snappwolftv]

@@specialnewb9821💯💯💯💯

[@blackjack3599]

Wasn't expecting Max Payne to be brought up in this. It's fair that what Fox did to Max is also what they did to Dragonball. It's a shame

[@LtJackStone]

That description of Yamcha wasn't that far off from the original. Definitely something I would've forgiven if they made everything else right.

[@icecreamhero2375]

Why does Hollywood disrespect the source material of an IP then get supprised when people don't like the movie.

[@fernie-fernandez]

Imagine if Canada helms an adaptations of a Japanese IP. I know directors would fight by the skin of their teeth against execs., like Kevin Smith & Rob Zombie...

[@orangeslash1667]

@@fernie-fernandez that’s because of faithful adaptation of Dragon Ball, would be too much work for fox. However, they wanted to cash in on it anyways.

[@fernie-fernandez]

@@orangeslash1667 I mean, they sat on the IP for five years, and when it was about to expire, they rapid-fire on the production, fire any kind of director they have, and likely combined with the writers’ strike, they kept the producer away from the studio…

[@orangeslash1667]

@@fernie-fernandez they definitely didn’t plan this out very well.

[@LowellLucasJr.]

I appreciate Marsters for what he tried to save and salvage from Dragon Ball Evolution. Poor guy had to remind everybody that Piccolo is green! Thank goodness he got a chance to redeem himself as another green villain, Zamasu, in Dragon Ball super!!

[@angelinacamacho8575]

I wonder why they chose to center it around goku and chi chi since the movie felt like I was watching gohan and videl.

[@jadenbryant9283]

Honestly they should have just pull a dcau Wally west and Kyle renner and Just Make DBE Goku and chichi actually Gohan And Videl

[@specialnewb9821]

Especially in light of Superhero with Gohan and Piccolo as the leads made $100 million.

[@thefunnychiptuneman]

use one pace to watch one piece without the filler its the best way to watch it but the manga is still the best way for me

[@Ace_of_Horns]

Honestly, the movie is so inaccurate, its kinda funny and amusing to me. I feel the same way about The Last Airbender. I can't take them seriously, so i don't, after which point all i can do is just laugh. I diliberately bought both movies on bluray because they're that amusing

[@mayaruiz8538]

Everytime I think I run out of videos to binge watch a new one appears, splendid

[@vivacristorey4363]

I went to see this in theatre with some friends. We knew it was going to be bad and were hoping it would be a defacto comedy. We were right. We had a great time laughing the whole time. There were I think only three other people in the theatre and they seemed to have the same intention as us. The best part was that the movie broke several times during the presentation. Because of that, the theatre told us we would get free tickets to make up for it. We all agreed not to use those to see DrangonBall Evolution. Even though we had a blast, it would not have been as funny the second time. And although it was funny, we still felt it wasn't worth the cost of the ticket, so the free ticket made us feel like the theatre was apologizing for how bad the movie was - that they perhaps broke it on purpose to avoid getting complaints by us. I also remember feeling really bad for the actors since they did seem so passionate about it.

[@specialnewb9821]

Ha, I've been a dragonball fan for nearly 30 years. There is exactly 1 in character Goku gag in the entire movie. Also I find it hard to believe that a Mexican male would not be a big Dragonball fan. ED: Speed Racer movie is actually a quite solid adaptation.

[@Kerorofan1990]

Hey, don't lump us fanfic writers in with this thing. Even we can write better lines than that.

[@tyrannozilla]

Now you gotta talk about M. Night Shamalayan's Last Airbender, especially since Netflix's Live-action Airbender series is coming soon.

[@slashbash1347]

I always hate it when the lead actor gives a damn about the source material, up against a production company that doesn't.

[@kenshix7902]

The idea that Goku can't be Asi4n cos hes an alien can be easily be place under scrutiny based on the fact that the general public accepts that Superman is yt. The Ch!nese elements of Dragon Ball can't be ignored

[@YouaNumbahOneRacist]

So nice you said it twice.

[@Lolakitten78]

Can you Talk about the history of Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy?

[@jamalvargas6146]

The First Time I Saw Justin Chatwin Was In 2006's The Invisible terrible horror film but Dragon Ball Evolution was Garbage Pail Kids compared to that movie and that's not a complement awful awful rendition of the long running Manga\Anime

[@jadenbryant9283]

I actually first saw Justin chatwin in dr who and he did a good job in that imo

[@RedDragonM1]

I saw the movie....I wish I did not! I told Vic about the movie...he was Brolly. And his eyes got wider and wider with every detail I told him. He leaned in and said to me"Are you sure? Are they trying to piss off the fans??"

[@rafaelbrites3607]

this movie was so bad that akira toyama return to the franchise only to restore the honor to the franchise. that this movie destroyed.

[@gregthehedgehog0956]

Ah yes, the movie we pretend doesn't exist

[@anth636]

I never realized how tiny your avatar’s legs are

[@BrennySpain]

Personally, Dragon Ball Z in general has always been more of my brother’s thing. I’m been more of a Pokémon fan and it shows too. I find it impossible to hard despite how overhyped it sometimes is. The anime was one of my favourite things as a kid. Can we expect content related to Pokémon on your channel anytime soon, Trevor?

[@worthybutter2004]

I doubt he'd want to do that, considering how most of the videos he's made talking about video games have kinda flopped.

[@BrennySpain]

@@worthybutter2004 so true! Unless it’s related to the anime or movies of course. But since Pokémon and Rugrats are two of my favourite things ever I don’t see it happening at all.

[@worthybutter2004]

@@BrennySpain Yeah, me neither

[@BrennySpain]

@@worthybutter2004 for sure but never say never. Either way I’m fine with animaniacs and tiny toons. It’s the reason why I subscribed to the channel anyway.

[@worthybutter2004]

@@BrennySpain Okay then!

[@CatStareOfShame]

Man you should really watch the first Dragon Ball series because it starts of with a better story in the beginning please give this overlooked gem of a series the credit it needs. and between you and me I feel the story lost its footing after DB ended and DBZ began well I think it is because Power levels were made a part of the story. oh and most of the humans fighters taken out of the show as well.

[@KasumiKenshirou]

I think the orignal comics would be a better place to start, since the cartoon had to add a bunch of filler and turned into Drag-on ball.

[@GiltiatheDarkNight]

You probably don't know, but the Sonic franchise ripped off a lot from Dragon Ball franchise, so it makes sense you'd feel that way.

[@blehblehblehhaha]

I honestly think James Gunn could do it well similar to his Guardians movie BUT as a tv series.

[@rapmetaldemon09]

Ironically there are alot of parallels between Sonic and Dragon ball

[@EggFighterXB-]

Not really. Just Super Sonic's appearance (and Super Shadow and Super Silver by proximity). Besides that there's no similarities. And no, don't mention general tropes like "time traveller from the future" or a freaking number as a similarity because that's not how that works.

[@rapmetaldemon09]

@@EggFighterXB- the parallels are numerous lol. The super forms, the 7 magical items, the fact that both properties have similar characters (knuckles being Piccolo, Shadow being Vegeta, Eggman resembling Freeza), and the fact that the creator of Sonic was actually known to be a DB fan. And how could you not end up having parallels and taking inspiration from basically the godfather of Shonen when making stories in that style. So many anime properties ended up basically having the laid back empty headed protagonist with spiky hair and the edgy rival character that's one step down from them. The evil characters then becoming friends. The fact that both series have a radar to help find the 7 magical items. The fact that Sonic has basically worn a scouter in the past. I mean how many do you need for my statement to be valid? Why are you so vehemently against what I said here? You've definitely seen this opinion elsewhere and got heated over it. Not sure why it bothers you so much

[@EggFighterXB-]

@@rapmetaldemon09 I already told you stuff like rival characters are not valid similarities

[@EggFighterXB-]

@@rapmetaldemon09 Also the Master Emerald makes them a total of 8

[@EggFighterXB-]

@@rapmetaldemon09 Superhero comic books also had what you mentioned before Dragon Ball existed. You can't just point to basic tropes and call them similarities that's ridiculous

[@dominicturnbull2735]

I recommend the school for good and evil. This is the perfect example of how Netflix and the director didn't care as well as lie to the fans and encouraging non fans to come in.

[@MelloTheHero]

Do one on The Last Airbender movie.

[@kyonkochan]

I went to see this in theater. I paid money for the privileged of being exposed to this cinematic excrement. Thankfully I had good friends with me who riffed on the movie the whole time. It passes that criteria for me of a movie that's so bad it's good because you get these moments that are so dissonant and awkward that you can't help but get a kind of schadenfreude from the whole weird experience.

[@LunarPurin]

Not a second of that history was spent on research

[@merrillmangaanddolls]

This and DragonBall GT make Akira Toriyama go working on DragonBall again since DragonBall Z

[@theotakux5959]

I always say, while the movie wasn't exactly good, for what it IS, people give it a hard time. People complain about stuff like various characters not being in it. But the thing is, it's basically an adaption of the Pilaf saga with pilaf himself replaced by Piccolo (including having Mai as a henchman). Though it's still missing characters since they removed the funny animal type characters. It's still not a very good movie, but it's not HORRIBLE as a modified Pilaf saga adaption.

[@virgogaming6488]

Also mixed with the King Piccolo saga but with Granda Gohan in the role of Piccolo's victim instead of Krillin.

[@LowellLucasJr.]

I am so glad Toriyama knows fans hate this crap! I can't even begin to apologize for what the hell American Hollywood was thinking trying to make this into a cheap cash grab!

[@montanajackson3713]

You should do a review of and history of the production of Netflix’s live action one piece series.

[@keijijohnson9754]

2:56 - You know you REALLY could’ve just cut this but down by a few seconds, guy. The whole “modern TV” mini ramble wasn’t necessary when you could’ve just stopped at “for the first time”.🤦🏾‍♂️

[@mediamementosofficial]

To each their own.

[@shawnmoun9849]

Rip akira toriyama

[@PriaMason-o8y]

It’s okay you never seen it before I understand that some people are not dragon ball fans and some didn’t seen it before I get it

[@skepticnewsfanatic6923]

Dragonball Evolution is the hands down proof, along with Shamalayan’s Avatar The Last Airbender, that live action adaptions of anime shouldn’t happen due to technology and cgi limitations. Thankfully, One Piece Live action as a tv series is just okay, and I have started watching the One Piece anime and I understand it is long. I saw the live action Pokémon movie in college, like the detective pikachu thing, and I thought it was a lame adaption and I could understand that it was its own thing, and I didn’t watch much of the anime series, but I have had some exposure, but it was still a better anime to live action adaptation than Evolution though. I await the dreadful day when Yu-gi-oh is adapted to live action. Heaven forbid, I hope it never happens. And also, the live action sonic movies are a nice adaption. But movie three might die if they mess up Shadow, or it might be canceled due to reasons. Live action adaptions still in my belief cannot exactly match the same hype with its anime source material. But MCU has done some interesting things with taking the characters and deviating from the comic source material. I’ve also seen some of live action ruroni Kenshin and I believe it’s just okay, whatever. Fun essay video though.

[@skepticnewsfanatic6923]

Also, if live action Yu Yu Hakusho sucks, I hope any ideas of live action Naruto are dashed unless they grab the Japanese stage actors but make a change with a male Orochimaru.

[@timey_103]

_(laughs in Speed Racer 2008)_

[@SlapstickGenius23]

@@skepticnewsfanatic6923 Yu Yu Hakusho has a live action Dorama with a Japanese cast.

[@KasumiKenshirou]

I think something like Fist of the North Star could be made into a good live action movie if you get the right people to make it (unlike what they did the last time the tried this). But I can't imagine Dragon Ball ever working well in live action. Both of these examples, though, would be better sticking to animation.

[@Cheesyboi]

Okay now do a review on the One Piece live action :D

[@Gioylui]

At least it's better than shymalans last airbender movie

[@powerpuffboy901]

*Shyamalan

[@timey_103]

True. At least Dragonball Evolution is funny-bad; Shyamalan's Last Airbender is just soul-suckingly bad.

[@jessica_swan]

You should watch or read Dragonball. It’s well worth it. I’m watching One Piece now and it is also incredible in its own way. Not a waste of time at all.

[@Supreme-AMVs]

If you’re going to get into dragonball then you could just watch original dragonball, then dbz Kai. And that’s it. Dbz Kai is just a better and more linear version of dbz.

[@JuanGomez-ke5py]

Dragon Ball evolution one of those movie they need to make it around they lose the right to the

[@theletterm1787]

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[@sjmhadsock4586]

Just watch dragon ball z kai

[@BobbyMoore2-mp8wb]

Dragonball evolution was awesome 😎

[@adamk-paxlogan7330Sucks]

rot in hell,you are not a real DBZ fan

[@sjmhadsock4586]

Yeaaah it is very bad

[@colingznetworkplus4618]

One piece live action was better

[@albertthepeacock8020]

People can hate on Evolution all they want but at least its more enjoyable than anything in DBS

[@doodleboy565]

Okay, that’s a little too harsh. Dragon Ball Super, while flawed, has a ton of positive elements to it. Beerus (or Battle of Gods in general) and the Tournament of Power are notable examples. Dragon Ball Super: Broly and Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero are also both way better movies than Evolution would ever hope to be.

[@loona2n]

That is just straight up not true lmao