The Official Mai Disscussion Thread

[Adam]

" - Jamie Chung and Eriko Tamura not get along very well, as they were two or three occasions when exchanged words, but smiled each other."
-Movieland

 

[MoPlaYa]

Maybe getting into characters a bit much? lol

 

[JP]

Their characters are rivals who are fighting each other. They exchange mean worlds. . . Director yells "cut" and they smile at each other.

 

[The Professor]

Their characters are rivals who are fighting each other. They exchange mean worlds. . . Director yells "cut" and they smile at each other.

 

[xwolverine2]

This scene is a fight between Chichi and Mai. Mai leaves the fight very quickly, as if she doesn't care about this fight. Leaving the fight, she has a demoniac smile and scratch Chichi's arm with her nail or a little knife...Normally (it's what I know), Mai will take the appearance of Chichi in the movie (like Oolong taking Bulma's appearance), I think Mai just wants blood to be able to transform!

cat-fight

 

[MoPlaYa]

I`d bet Eriko is close to finishing filming her scenes

 

[Adam]

I`d bet Eriko is close to finishing filming her scenes

No, because that would mean Piccolo would be.

 

[MoPlaYa]

Nah..I bet Piccolo has alot more screen time then her

 

[MoPlaYa]

I`d bet the last 20 mins of the film will be all Goku and Piccolo with Bulma, Chi-Chi, and Yamcha watching them fight

 

[knowsbleed]

That is way too long for a fight scene. Most Hong Kong fight scenes aren't even that long. Plus the fact that the main actors aren't experience martial artists...it will have to be mostly special effects. 20 mins is a lot of time for a special effects heavy scene with a budget of only 100 mil.

 

[Adam]

Yeah, but I think he means their will be talking / breaks in between the fighting.

 

[MoPlaYa]

well 10 mins of fighting and 10 mins to finish up the story

 

[JP]

Great Energy!

It was a fun shoot today! We filmed a lot of fighting sequence on the ring from an early morning. The venue was filled with Spanish people who work as extras. Spanish people are great! They are Latin, I re-realized it. Everybody was fun and vibrant, and that their great energy gave us the excitement in the scene even more! Thank you guys!

Wire and Harness

I did the wire-work for the first time this morning. It turned out that I wasn't so good. It was actually harder than how it looked...!

I have been looking forward to doing the wire-flying action since before the holidays. Contrary to my excitement the wire took me to a wrong direction and I hit the light...how embarrassing! I would like to be able to do it better next time. I should ask if I could practice. I want to play Mai really tough and strong.

Today was also a good day for me and fun! The location we filmed was about an hour and a half away from our hotel, and the scenery was breathtaking! I've never seen such a spectacular scenery. I hope you can all enjoy the beautiful scenes in the movie as well. I've been to many places before but nothing compares to the scenery I saw today. All the hard work is worth it. It really shows how mother nature creates such spectacular landscapes over a period of time...it was absolutely magnificent and I was so much in awe, that I almost was in tears!

I was picked up at my hotel by a driver at 4:30AM and it felt at first a little anxious as I was all alone with him who I couldn't communicate with (He peaks Spanish and does not speak English), and we were driving through the mountains in absolute darkness. As soon as we arrived at base-camp, Philippe did my make-up for me and I changed into my costume, then walked out onto the set. It was then that I realized that the sun had come up, and I was surrounded by a magnificent panorama view. I have no idea where the location was - I must ask the crew tomorrow. I wonder if it is a famous place open to tourists, or we just had the privilege to film there as a movie crew.

It was sunny and bright in the morning, but the weather in the mountains is unpredictable. It started to get windy and it started to rain all of a sudden while we were filming.
The rain eventually stopped so James and I went on top of a big rock again and continued the scene.
Working with James Marsters has been a wonderful experience to me.. he is such a nice guy yet he can play a great villain. I'd like to learn from him playing a good villain.
Later in the day it started to rain again that we had to stop filming. On my way back, I stopped by at China Mandarin again. The people at the restaurant said, "See you tomorrow!" (they know that we are filming Dragonball here in Durango) and I felt a little embarrassed.

Randal and Annie were at the hotel when I got back, and we all talked for a while in their room... I am back in my room now. Annie was kind enough to rehearse with me on the scenes I have tomorrow! She is an acting coach in the East Coast. It is sad that Randal and Annie are leaving next week... I didn't get to work with Randy in too many scenes, but I would hang out in his trailer with Annie a lot. I feel honored to be able to work with him as well as having the privilege to get to know him in person. I will do my best tomorrow!

http://www.dragonballmovieblog.com/2008/02/wire-work.html

 

[MoPlaYa]

Cool!!

 

[Adam]

Cool!!

Indeed.

 

[MoPlaYa]

I Hope they kill of Mai in this movie since she would have no place in any sequels

 

[Adam]

I Hope they kill of Mai in this movie since she would have no place in any sequels

Actually, Mai never died in the series.

 

[craigdbfan]

Actually, Mai never died in the series.

He never said that she dies in the series. He's just saying it would be a lot better if they killed her off because she has no place in Dragon Ball Z.

 

[MoPlaYa]

Yep

 

[CrashNburn]

i can see them killing her off in this movie and i wouldn't mind at all

 

[Sebastos]

Cool read.

 

[The Joker_1000]

Her being killed off wouldn't be a bad idea because she's never been a major character.

 

[MoPlaYa]

I loved that short clip of Mai getting ownt by Chi Chi at the WMAT

 

[Cartman Blues]

You mean the blurry one? How can you tell?

 

[MoPlaYa]

I have 10/10 vision