(This article contains a lot of spoilers, please read with caution)
Background information
"Dragon Ball Super Heroes" the 21st theatrical version of the Dragon Ball series, movie planning began as early as 2018 "Dragon Ball Super Broly" was released Prepare. Akira Toriyama is responsible for character design, story and script in this work.
Due to various factors such as the epidemic, the release time of the film has been pushed back and forth, and it was finally released in Japan in June this year. As for the box office, it is not ideal. It can be said that it is the first time that the "Dragon Ball" series has lost money in Japan. However, as
was released in other countries one after another, the results were very gratifying, and the overseas market was very strong. The North American premiere set a North American box office record for Japanese films. It can also be regarded as a Dragon Ball fan from all over the world, who has regained a city for this theatrical version.
Introduction to the story
The storyline of this work is close to "Broly", Broly and others also make cameo appearances, but the rarer is that the protagonist is no longer the eternal Kongbe, but Gohan and Piccolo, the master and apprentice. .
Kongbei has nothing to do with the main line, only about 10 minutes of soy sauce time, but a lot of space is given to Gohan, Piccolo, Xiaofang , Bulma These former passer-by characters, especially Piccolo and Gohan. I can't remember the last time they had so many segments. The story setting of
is also open-minded, and the villain can be traced back to Wukong's childhood enemy " Black Silk Army " ( Red Ribbon Army ). After the fall of the Black Silk Army, Da Hei, the child of the black marshal , took over the remaining remnants. Over the years, he began to whitewash and turned into a high-tech pharmaceutical company. Dahei
has been secretly investigating the capsule company for several years, and finally discovered a "shattering secret": the capsule company has been invaded by aliens (Wukong Vegeta et al.), this group of aliens is powerful, just waved It can destroy the world, Bulma is the puppet they push in front of the stage, and their ultimate goal is to make all human beings become slaves of aliens.
So Da Hei contacted Dr. Hyde, the grandson of Dr. Gero, and , and persuaded Dr. Hyde to defeat the aliens and save the world with him, and selfishly began to continue to study Shalu MAX.
In the end, this group of people faced Gohan and Piccolo's Z fighters, and they were beaten. Dahei was unfortunately killed by the runaway Sharu MAX. Dr. Hyde finally knew that Wukong and others were not evil aliens. Capsule companies have not been coerced either. The ending is naturally a Dragon Ball-style great consummation. Dr. Hyde decided to atone for himself and joined the capsule company as a scientific researcher to give full play to his strengths.
pros and cons
The script of this story is more characteristic of Toriyama Akira than the previous "Broly". I believe it is definitely the original original by the old bird, and the overall atmosphere is light comedy.
The literary and drama part of the film can be said to be the most theatrical version of "Dragon Ball" in all dynasties. If you are watching the fighting drama, it can only be said that it is inferior to the fighting in the Broly episode. Although the drama is still very exciting, it does not occupy much space. The most unfortunate thing is that Kongbei only has about 5 minutes of practice time in this article. Gohan and Piccolo play the leading roles for the rest of the drama.
and Gohan and Piccolo also become the biggest attraction of the film. Especially Monkey King, in this article, Gohan finally became the real male number one:
He can finally no longer have the shadow of Monkey King, no longer need to wear the martial arts suit of Turtle Immortal logo, and is known as Harmony. Goku looks like it! No need to use Wukong's signature Turtle Qigong.
This time, like the Shalu game, he put on Piccolo's martial arts uniform again, and it was also the first time that he used Piccolo's ultimate move, the magic gun, and he was indeed Piccolo's only disciple!
is the magic gun, the top move that once created one move to kill two Saiyans. Once again blooming its dazzling light!
Akira Toriyama really still loves Gohan, he always insisted on his ideal and finally became a scholar, He does not like to fight, but when he needs to fight, he still stands up and defeats the powerful enemy with his own demon martial arts.
The painting style of this film is also a highlight. Compared with the previous work "Broly", has a retro-style painting style. This work has a higher proportion of 3D images. On this basis, cartoon rendering is performed to maintain the traditional painting style. consistency. This style of painting may be a little uncomfortable at first glance, but if you have played the Dragon Ball series of games, I believe it will feel familiar. Whether
is a super universe, or Fighter Z, or even the new Kakarot in previous years, they are all similar in style, and the CG pictures in these games are also quite cool.
After watching the film, I have a feeling: this is a movie that is tasteless and a pity to abandon. The taste of food is mainly due to the impression that there is some deviation from the Dragon Ball who is bloody and fearless to save the world. It is a pity to say that it is worth watching because of the large number of original plots and characters in this play.
The content of this work is actually not related to the previous Dragon Ball series, so it is especially suitable for beginners. Even for friends who have never seen Dragon Ball at all, there is nothing wrong with watching this work directly. It can be said to be a completely independent work. This is a movie with more of the early Dragon Ball flavor and less of the Dragon Ball Z feel.
And another feature of this movie is that it is more biased towards younger children. It is a popcorn-style relaxing movie suitable for the whole family to watch.
