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1,500 Mexicans Needed for Dragonball Flick

Erzengel — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 02:06:29 MST

the movie is going to suck? definitely
will i go to see it? without a doubt :D
the movie is suposed to be about the Piccolo arc, so, if my memory serves me well (i just rewatched the episodes, hehehe) Piccolo kills lots of people, so crowds are needed.

Viva Mexico Cabrones!!!

Erzengel

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Sintariot — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:41:55 MST

That sounds like one hell of a roofing job.

Sintariot

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pridex — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:18:08 MST

shit only 1500. Hold on i can pull that out of my back yard.

pridex

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Bokusatsu_Tenshi — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:49:21 MST

This keeps getting bizarrer...
I wonder if they are trying to make the worst movie on history ever on purpose...

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

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Syndicated Terence — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:37:06 MST

I have NO idea how this movie got through pre-production as this idea is quite possibly the worst concept to make a live-action movie out of... but I also kind of what to see it. Paradox, yes?

Syndicated Terence

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Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name. — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:09:37 MST

@TitillatedOcelot (NinjaBall [psn] Callabrantus [xbl]): Combined Transformers Armada and DBZ reference? You sir have made my day.

@galvatron: Hey, Transformers may have been directed by a hack but it wasn't that bad. Probably the best Transformers movie we could hope to get.

This movie is just fucking everything up in every possible way.

Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name.

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Takuthehedgehog — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:48:29 MST

@Bleentastic: Tenkaichi Budokai has large crowds.

Takuthehedgehog

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Trowble (XBL/PSN) — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:19:53 MST

Where where else do you go when you want to employ cheap labor?

@almypal: SNAZZBERRYS!

Trowble (XBL/PSN)

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RPharazonius — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:12:43 MST

1. Durango smeels.
2. Most, if not all 15-25-year-old Mexican children grew up with Dragonball Z.
3. I expect the auditions to be a mess.
4. Durango smeels.

That is all.

RPharazonius

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King of Kings — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:46:36 MST

So it's not Son Goku but Señor Goku....

King of Kings

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Acute Gamer — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:45:25 MST

Should have filmed it in Los Angeles, we have more Mexicans.

Acute Gamer

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Anemone — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:34:23 MST

You can't use CGI people to create a spirit bomb. That's why they need 1500 extras.

Anemone

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Galvatron — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:33:15 MST

@invictus2006: you mean that time when everyone was right?

Galvatron

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Alex_Mexico — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:25:24 MST

If I lived anywhere the Durango area you can bet I would be there for the casting.

This movie is still going to suck, though.

And yes I think Mexico was the only american country to get the uncensored version of DB (and we even got it on primetime on Network television: 8pm on Televisa).

Alex_Mexico

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tamago007 — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:20:34 MST

El senior goku va a disparar un kamehameha al senior vegeta

tamago007

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el bryanto — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:50:59 MST

This movie is officially a complete and utter suckage. Viva la Kamehameha!

el bryanto

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solidsquirrel — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:44:43 MST

ok, now this movie is really going to suck!

solidsquirrel

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almypal — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:13:35 MST

YOU BOYS LIKE MEXX-E-CO!!!? WOOO

extras are less pricey in Mexico... does anyone know what the budget for this movie is?

almypal

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VakeroRokero — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:41:41 MST

why are you offending us mexicans??? don't you know most of us can pull off kame-hame-has?

VakeroRokero

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vanad — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:33:56 MST

I wont go into too many details, but I got offered to go down to mexico and do previz for the movie, I would have been on-set. Pay was actually pretty damn good all expenses were paid. It's a shame I had other commitments that prevented me from going. I agree tho, the movie's probably going to be terrible, some movies just shouldn't be made...

vanad

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xtimrs — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:33:10 MST

Ashcraft, you might cover a lot of quirky japanese things that i really have no interest in most of the time, but you covered the DBZ movie, so I'm going to do that nodding thing with music behind, like when someone wins over someone else's respect in a stupid movie or sitcom.

*nod*

As for the actual news.. If I said to myself "What could save the DBZ movie" I'd probably say "Somewhere in the area of 1-2 thousand mexicans!"

xtimrs

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rojo — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:20:50 MST

so the frigging flyers are actually not a scam...

rojo

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Ruzzel26 — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 09:14:07 MST

They could save this movie by hiring a bunch of short mexicans (no offense) just like from Happy Feet to just follow Goku around.

That would be sweeet.

Ruzzel26

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Random J — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:52:56 MST

I wonder if any fans in Mexico will care. There has been so much animosity shown towards this film because of the odd casting and the fact the film is being made as a live action film at all!

Random J

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chemical_eng_mx — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:52:07 MST

I know this is gonna fail big time, but damn it if it wasn't for school I would totally go, actually a couple of friends that took this semester as a sabatical are going

chemical_eng_mx

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Strangelove — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:44:22 MST

Oh, man, I've been an extra on a few movie sets, and let me tell you, it's fucking brutal. If you like being herded like sheep and treated like shit, sign up!

Strangelove

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huginn — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:32:26 MST

No quieren no quieren!

huginn

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VeNoMmx — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:29:22 MST

WTF with all%

VeNoMmx

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GUNDAM-RX-78-2 — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:20:29 MST

I want to see Chi-Chi...(stupid joke)

GUNDAM-RX-78-2

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Zantagor — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:02:19 MST

@izarate: French canadian television aired the uncensored version too for quite a while.

Zantagor

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izarate — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:54:54 MST

The US got DBZ censored too? So the only American country that got it uncensored was Mexico? Chile, Argentina, etc. also got it censored.

@bluesquareapple: They're filming in Mexico. I think that's why they are asking for extras here.

izarate

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Frank — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:54:26 MST

@bluesquareapple: "in before" means you're not supposed to post that after it's mentioned. Thus, you fail.

Frank

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Sigma-D — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:51:55 MST

Dragonfail Z - Regardless of hard lame this movie is going to be, thousands upon thousands will still shell out to see it.

Need I remind you, guys, that there are 10-year-olds that will find this movie the mecca of all things awesome. Meanwhile, us commonfolk will sit back and read the poor reviews!

Hell, even Cooper Lawrence doesn't have to watch this to say its bad!

Sigma-D

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crescentfresh — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:48:55 MST

@TitillatedOcelot (NinjaBall [psn] Callabrantus [xbl]):

It's a good thing. After getting addicted to Firefly, I bought the Buffy chosen collection box set without ever seeing an episode simply due to the fact that Joss Whedon was in charge of the show. Spike is an awesome character, and I've got major respect for James Marsters.

crescentfresh

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TitillatedOcelot — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:41:44 MST

@mr_dimsum: nah, Piccolo is played by that guy who played Spike in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I'll leave it up to you to decide if that's better or worse.

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zanzibarlegend — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:40:02 MST

@thedollhouse: i hate to admit it but you sir are right

zanzibarlegend

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zetopazio — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:30:00 MST

If i was mexican and they pay well i would go, even if im cursing the guys who are doing the movie and are destroying a classic, but whatever...

zetopazio

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BlackDove — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:27:06 MST

Well, the workforce of 1.500 Mexicans = OVER 9000 AMERICANS!!!!!

I know, I know, I'll burn in hell for that one.

BlackDove

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mr_dimsum — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:26:50 MST

It's worse enough that Goku looks like a nerd from high school and can't finish a simple sentence without daydreaming for minutes.. Tell me that Picolo is not a Mexican dude wearing a turban instead of a freaking green whatever-you-want-to-call-it thing?

mr_dimsum

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TheDollHouse — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:26:29 MST

Okay? Even if this movie is going to be total crap this is the kind of movie that you go see with a bunch of friends and laugh at how bad it is.

TheDollHouse

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zanzibarlegend — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:25:56 MST

lemme speak in native tongue for this one:

Esta pelicula va a ser una pedazo de mierda. :)

zanzibarlegend

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nya-chama — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:09:52 MST

@Josh*:
Sr. Spielbergo: Drangon Ball anime es muy bueno, Live Action es el diablo.

nya-chama

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Philudo — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:02:01 MST

Just hit three or four Home Depots.

Seriously though, could this movie get any worse?

Philudo

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crescentfresh — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:47:39 MST

The only thing I'm really interested in about this movie is James Marsters as Picalo. I'm curious to see what they'll make him look like, and how he'll approach the character. I've been watching a lot of Buffy The Vampire Slayer lately, and love what he does with the character of Spike. He started off as a pretty shallow character, but there's a lot of dimension to him later in the series.

crescentfresh

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bluesquareapple — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:46:09 MST

I'm outraged! First computer technician outsourcing, manufacturing outsourcing, now they outsource our Mexican extras to Mexico!
On a serious note, why aren't they looking for OVER NINE THOUSAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!?
Sorry, I had to. The only mention was "in before 'over 9000'"..

bluesquareapple

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Angryrider — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:45:01 MST

Filming the "Strongest under the Heavens?" That's why you need 1500 extras. In "Masked Rider 555: Paradise Lost," the producers somehow got a boatload of people into the movie when they filmed that stadium scene. At the end of that movie, every single name in attendance was used to form some kind of collage.

Angryrider

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sUKi — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:41:18 MST

@Fluffy22:

Buy them in bulks and for every 500 they get a bag of tortilla! /ashamed

sUKi

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Fluffy22 — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:19:45 MST

@Mr. Dark E: mexicans dont come cheap!

Fluffy22

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sUKi — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:16:57 MST

Low Budget Movie Confirmed again.

sUKi

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Dimipapa — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:13:49 MST

I missed the episode of dragonball when goku was a high school student in mexico city.

Dimipapa

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Fluffy22 — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:06:20 MST

Bet they will all have sweet spikey hair tho! :D

Fluffy22

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Foxstar Sixtail — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:05:52 MST

@STARSBarry: You would be shocked. It's harder to get into Mexico then it is to get into the USA.

Foxstar Sixtail

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SakaguchiFanOne — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:03:42 MST

This is by far going to be the worst movie ... ever.

SakaguchiFanOne

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STARSBarry — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:53:55 MST

first time in history that it will be Americans fleeing the border into Mexico, not that anyone will stop them

STARSBarry

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Foxstar Sixtail — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:50:06 MST

I hope this bombs so hard as to drive the actors to kill themselves and the movie studio to burn down. To teach all the others a lesson.

Foxstar Sixtail

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FP Bleentastic has cake — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:46:55 MST

@invictus2006: i remember the days everyone said Jason X and Leprechaun In Space would be crap...oh wait

FP Bleentastic has cake

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invictus2006 — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:41:50 MST

I remember when every one said transformers would be crap.....

invictus2006

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FP Bleentastic has cake — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:40:17 MST

@Josh*: if they really want to screw up the storyline they could use them as the people that Buu changed into candy. Can't think of many scenes with large crowds in DB tho mostly in DBZ and GT

FP Bleentastic has cake

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Uzilover — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:33:16 MST

Im pretty sure the people making this movie are douchebags.

Uzilover

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infi — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:30:43 MST

every boll movie will be better than this

infi

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TurtleSoup — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:28:38 MST

TurtleSoup

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KenogaBrave — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:26:44 MST

careerkiller z.

KenogaBrave

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Josh* — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:26:01 MST

@Bleentastic: I'm just struggling to think of the uses. Think of all the crowd scenes in DBZ.. yeah, all three of them, right?

Saiyans landing (4kids - "in an empty city" lol), Satan's tournament ... actually I struggle to think of a third.

This is going to be one interesting (crap) adaptation.

Josh*

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TitillatedOcelot — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:25:53 MST

Confirmed! The Spirit Bomb will be 1500 Mexicans taped together. That's one holy frijole!

TitillatedOcelot

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Slick-Rick — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:20:49 MST

I don't recall the dragon ball world's populous consisting entierly of mexicans.

Slick-Rick

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FP Bleentastic has cake — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:16:02 MST

@Josh*: to play the asian people running and screaming from the bad guys. b/c if a american can play Goku 1.5k mexians can play japanese people

FP Bleentastic has cake

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Josh* — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:14:04 MST

Senor Spielbergo doing this one?

What're these extras for? To scream and point at an Oozaru or something?

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Retropants regrets nothing — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:12:16 MST

You mean hilariously bad isn't going to be good enough?

(PS. In before over 9000 Mexicans)

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Ryumeka — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:12:11 MST

DRAGON DRAGON BALL

DRAGONBALL Z

Yeah this movie is going to suck.

Ryumeka

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EvoAnubis — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:08:20 MST

This movie. Is going. To fail.

End of discussion.

EvoAnubis