The Turtle Hermit: Master Roshi Discussion Thread

[DorkyFresh]

his shirt is the only thing that makes him look like Roshi.

 

[StylishHokie21]

Looks like Roshi to me. . .

I'm sorry, but I don't see how he looks like Roshi at all.

 

[nanjirou]

when i saw his picture, i immediately thought of roshi, and thats all i needed for roshi, his face doesn´t look like him, but i still see him there, obviously change his clothes and he is nothing like roshi
for goku and piccolo i want them to look as much as possible to the anime, for the rest, if they barely remind me to their anime counterparts its good enough for me, and chow does it

 

[Nathan]

when i saw his picture, i immediately thought of roshi, and thats all i needed for roshi, his face doesn´t look like him, but i still see him there, obviously change his clothes and he is nothing like roshi

Roshi isn't the shirt... You should be able to recognize the character on his own, no matter what he wears. He doesn't wear hawaii shirts only. He wears different clothes like any other person. He's often seen wearing kung fu clothes like any other random martial artist. So if Chow decides to wear something else instead of his hawaii shirt, I guess he'd suddenly stop being Roshi for you. Because apparently the shirt is the only connection you can draw to his manga counterpart.

 

[DorkyFresh]

we've seen that Chow's stunt double wears a shirt similar to the gray one we've been seeing Chatwin wear on the official photos. once we see Chow wearing that shirt, he will cease to stop looking anything like Roshi to me.

 

[TLH]

Roshi isn't the shirt... You should be able to recognize the character on his own, no matter what he wears. He doesn't wear hawaii shirts only. He wears different clothes like any other person. He's often seen wearing kung fu clothes like any other random martial artist. So if Chow decides to wear something else instead of his hawaii shirt, I guess he'd suddenly stop being Roshi for you. Because apparently the shirt is the only connection you can draw to his manga counterpart.

They're going for a more "realistic/modern" look for the film. You'll just have to accept it.

 

[Nathan]

Stop using the word realistic. I guess 70-80 year old looking geezers that like to wear colorful shirts don't exist.

 

[DorkyFresh]

They're going for a more "realistic/modern" look for the film. You'll just have to accept it.

i don't have to accept it. in fact, i'm going to do everything within my power to make sure that this movie doesn't get any of my money.

 

[Avangarde]

What's wrong with giving him a beard as well, it really isn't that much of a stretch is it?

 

[Nathan]

What's wrong with giving him a beard as well, it really isn't that much of a stretch is it?

It's too unrealistic and not modern enough.

 

[TLH]

i don't have to accept it. in fact, i'm going to do everything within my power to make sure that this movie doesn't get any of my money.

I wasn't talking to you when I said that.

 

[Avangarde]

Ugh

 

[StylishHokie21]

They're going for a more "realistic/modern" look for the film. You'll just have to accept it.

Realistic/modern look? What's so unrealistic about a bald head and some facial hair?

 

[TLH]

It's too unrealistic and not modern enough.

Hey, I'm not completely on board with the "realistic/modern" approach they are taking to some characters, but the hell can we do about it? Endless complaining won't change anything.

 

[TLH]

Realistic/modern look? What's so unrealistic about a bald head and some facial hair?

I didn't make the film. Ask the director/producer.

 

[nanjirou]

Roshi isn't the shirt... You should be able to recognize the character on his own, no matter what he wears. He doesn't wear hawaii shirts only. He wears different clothes like any other person. He's often seen wearing kung fu clothes like any other random martial artist. So if Chow decides to wear something else instead of his hawaii shirt, I guess he'd suddenly stop being Roshi for you. Because apparently the shirt is the only connection you can draw to his manga counterpart.

no
if he acts like roshi, you can take away the shirt and he´ll still be roshi to me
with the shirt, not even seeing his acting i see roshi

 

[Humpty Dumpty]

It's too unrealistic and not modern enough.

Once, I saw a guy who was both bald and bearded and figured he must be a real person from modern times, but then I found out he was just a cyborg from the future sent after Sarah Connor. Then I found out every bald, bearded man I had ever seen throughout my entire life was, in actuality, just a cyborg. For the sake of ridding ourselves of the confusion about bald and bearded men being realistic, Sarah Connor must be eliminated.

 

[Avangarde]

I'm interested to know if the staff he is holding is the actual "Powerpole".

 

[huzzah]

no
if he acts like roshi, you can take away the shirt and he´ll still be roshi to me
with the shirt, not even seeing his acting i see roshi

Yes, of course you do

Other than the shirt how is Chow Fat like Roshi? Yes two arms, two legs a head blah blah blah. But in what other way is he Roshi?

 

[nanjirou]

well, since im not expecting this to be a copy of the anime, i do see roshi, the movie version of roshi, and i like it
of course if you can´t accept the fact that he won´t look exactly the anime, you won´t see roshi there

 

[CrashNburn]

i dont see roshi unfortunately

 

[dark_b]

i swear to got that MODS should start banning people when they start using the word ''realistic''.

damn you NOLAN. nolan says in two interviews that he is making a realistic batman movie. the movie makes some profit and now i need to read every day those realistic comments.
everytime with every movie there is a guy who will defend the movie e with the ''realistic''.

it is more realistic that roshi has hair and no beard. are you complete out of your mid? a bald guy with a beard is realistic. and bulma having blue hair would also be realistic. around hte world you have milions of people with red,green and blue hair.

batman wearing spendex with underwear is unrealistic. but a bald guy with a beard an a blue haired girl is normal for christ sake.

 

[DorkyFresh]

realistic and dragonball just don't mix. that's why we're getting a huge divide between the DB fans. it's like oil and water.

 

[nanjirou]

i swear to got that MODS should start banning people when they start using the word ''realistic''.

damn you NOLAN. nolan says in two interviews that he is making a realistic batman movie. the movie makes some profit and now i need to read every day those realistic comments.
everytime with every movie there is a guy who will defend the movie e with the ''realistic''.

it is more realistic that roshi has hair and no beard. are you complete out of your mid? a bald guy with a beard is realistic. and bulma having blue hair would also be realistic. around hte world you have milions of people with red,green and blue hair.

batman wearing spendex with underwear is unrealistic. but a bald guy with a beard an a blue haired girl is normal for christ sake.

re read again dude, NO ONE here is saying this version of roshi is more realistic than the original.
and yeah, bulma would probably look out of context with all blue hair, not less realistic or whatever, just out of place. maybe not, but probably yes. have you ever stopped to think why they are doing these changes?? think about it for a second, there might be a reason for them

 

[nanjirou]

realistic and dragonball just don't mix. that's why we're getting a huge divide between the DB fans. it's like oil and water.

and how exactly do you know that??? we know db is a fantastical universe, but there´s a lot of fantastical stuff that can be left out and it would probably still feel like dragonball