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by gaberparadiso
Wed Apr 11, 2018 12:59 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Dragon Ball Z - Episodes 81-85 - Discussion Thread [Rewatch - Week 17]
Replies: 23
Views: 10268

Re: Dragon Ball Z - Episodes 81-85 - Discussion Thread [Rewatch - Week 17]

Episode 83 General thoughts : I hate Bulma. Seriously. Anyway, as much as I enjoyed the direction, the entire sequence of Gohan's Bakuretsu Ranma seems dragged out, but it's well-executed at least. I also like that Freezer immediately assumes Gohan is Raditz's son, judging from his increasing power...
by gaberparadiso
Tue Apr 10, 2018 12:14 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Dragon Ball Z - Episodes 81-85 - Discussion Thread [Rewatch - Week 17]
Replies: 23
Views: 10268

Re: Dragon Ball Z - Episodes 81-85 - Discussion Thread [Rewatch - Week 17]

Episode 81 General thoughts : this episode is truly a disappointment. AT LAST Piccolo gets to fight 53 episodes after his death, but the overall execution is bad. And don't get me started, but the fight is boring and didn't age that well. The filler with Vegeta being a coward is also terribly writt...
by gaberparadiso
Sat Mar 31, 2018 12:06 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Dragon Ball Z - Episodes 76-80 - Discussion Thread [Rewatch - Week 16]
Replies: 5
Views: 2195

Re: Dragon Ball Z - Episodes 76-80 - Discussion Thread [Rewatch - Week 16]

Episode 80 General thoughts: after a great previous episode, this one is undoubtedly a backward step: first, Vegeta doesn't care if Gohan dies, but then he's almost proud of his Zenkai boost after being healed by Dende. I guess he's always been an inconsistent character. Second, the 1st half is inc...
by gaberparadiso
Fri Mar 30, 2018 2:56 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Dragon Ball Z - Episodes 76-80 - Discussion Thread [Rewatch - Week 16]
Replies: 5
Views: 2195

Re: Dragon Ball Z - Episodes 76-80 - Discussion Thread [Rewatch - Week 16]

Episode 78 General thoughts : wow, they definitely risked it by adding a King Vegeta flashback and by reusing the destruction of planet Vegeta from the TV special. But, surprisingly, what could've turned out to be frustrating is actually kinda okay. Even though King Vegeta is one of the blandest an...
by gaberparadiso
Wed Mar 28, 2018 10:44 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Dragon Ball Z - Episodes 76-80 - Discussion Thread [Rewatch - Week 16]
Replies: 5
Views: 2195

Re: Dragon Ball Z - Episodes 76-80 - Discussion Thread [Rewatch - Week 16]

Episode 76 General thoughts: what's taking Freezer so long to arrive? As expected, this episode is just an appetizer before the main fight, where Piccolo displays a quite clever plan to be resurrected, along with Kami (Popo chasing a butterfly is stupid, just saiyan). Not before Kaio gets mad at hi...
by gaberparadiso
Fri Mar 23, 2018 12:30 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Dragon Ball Z - Episodes 71-75 - Discussion Thread [Rewatch - Week 15]
Replies: 6
Views: 1827

Re: Dragon Ball Z - Episodes 71-75 - Discussion Thread [Rewatch - Week 15]

Episode 74 General thoughts : this is a vast improvement over last episode. This marks the end of the Ginyu Force arc with a sort of twist, since nobody would've ever expected to see Ginyu swapping his body with a frog. The 1st half is definitely more action-focused than the 2nd, but it's better th...
by gaberparadiso
Thu Mar 22, 2018 11:42 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Dragon Ball Z - Episodes 71-75 - Discussion Thread [Rewatch - Week 15]
Replies: 6
Views: 1827

Re: Dragon Ball Z - Episodes 71-75 - Discussion Thread [Rewatch - Week 15]

Episode 73 General thoughts: this episode has so many problems. For instance, there's a connection between what I said about ep. 71 and this episode, which explains why Ginyu is stupid: the Body Change was presumably invented by Ginyu himself, thus WHY doesn't he realize the side effect of his own ...
by gaberparadiso
Wed Mar 21, 2018 1:21 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Dragon Ball Z - Episodes 71-75 - Discussion Thread [Rewatch - Week 15]
Replies: 6
Views: 1827

Re: Dragon Ball Z - Episodes 71-75 - Discussion Thread [Rewatch - Week 15]

Episode 72 General thoughts: theoretically, I should be happy to see none of Bulma's cutaways... but this episode is quite lackluster. First of all, the first part with Vegeta and Freezer's minions is terribly LONG. It should've been finished within a couple of minutes top. HALF of the entire 1st h...
by gaberparadiso
Mon Mar 19, 2018 7:40 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Dragon Ball Z - Episodes 71-75 - Discussion Thread [Rewatch - Week 15]
Replies: 6
Views: 1827

Re: Dragon Ball Z - Episodes 71-75 - Discussion Thread [Rewatch - Week 15]

Episode 71 General thoughts: all right, there's an entire Bulma cutaway, but I don't care. This episode has two plots, the 1st involves the fight between Nail and Freezer, which is one-sided as expected. He even lets Nail hit him to give him a chance, but he's just no match for the space tyrant. Th...
by gaberparadiso
Fri Mar 16, 2018 7:18 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Dragon Ball Z - Episodes 66-70 - Discussion Thread [Rewatch - Week 14]
Replies: 6
Views: 2277

Re: Dragon Ball Z - Episodes 66-70 - Discussion Thread [Rewatch - Week 14]

Episode 70 General thoughts: the episode starts from they left last time, with Goku powering up and scaring both Ginyu and Jeice, the former of whom suffers a mental breakdown, which causes him to throw giant rocks at Goku, to crush a fly and then to start laughing hysterically for some reason. I'm...
by gaberparadiso
Thu Mar 15, 2018 11:44 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Dragon Ball Z - Episodes 66-70 - Discussion Thread [Rewatch - Week 14]
Replies: 6
Views: 2277

Re: Dragon Ball Z - Episodes 66-70 - Discussion Thread [Rewatch - Week 14]

Episode 68 General thoughts : there's a Bulma cutaway, but I DON'T CARE. Anyway, the interaction between Vegeta and the others is actually meaningful, as it shows he MIGHT've started a slow change of heart. Some episodes ago, he would've killed Krillin and the others for nearly killing him on Earth...
by gaberparadiso
Tue Mar 13, 2018 11:05 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Dragon Ball Z - Episodes 66-70 - Discussion Thread [Rewatch - Week 14]
Replies: 6
Views: 2277

Re: Dragon Ball Z - Episodes 66-70 - Discussion Thread [Rewatch - Week 14]

Episode 66 General thoughts : at long last, Goku lands on Namek. And apparently he learnt how to read people's minds off-screen. A skill of his which would never brought back again for some reason. Anyway, he gets to the battlefield along with the Senzu Fairy to heal Gohan, Krillin and Vegeta, whos...
by gaberparadiso
Fri Mar 09, 2018 1:55 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Dragon Ball Z - Episodes 61-65 & TV Special 1 - Discussion Thread [Rewatch - Week 13]
Replies: 11
Views: 2763

Re: Dragon Ball Z - Episodes 61-65 & TV Special 1 - Discussion Thread [Rewatch - Week 13]

Episode 65 General thoughts: WHY is Chichi hanging up her laundry at Bulma's house?? At this point we don't need her screen time: WE ALREADY KNOW SHE'S OBSESSIVELY CONCERNED ABOUT GOHAN. We don't need our memories to be refreshed. We don't need to be reminded of her flanderization. This detail asid...
by gaberparadiso
Thu Mar 08, 2018 12:32 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Dragon Ball Z - Episodes 61-65 & TV Special 1 - Discussion Thread [Rewatch - Week 13]
Replies: 11
Views: 2763

Re: Dragon Ball Z - Episodes 61-65 & TV Special 1 - Discussion Thread [Rewatch - Week 13]

Episode 64 General thoughts : without a doubt, the Vegeta vs Recoome fight is a lot better than the fight vs Guldo. It's pretty solid, with some neat moves and choreographies. Nonetheless, the real MVP of this episode is Recoome, who likes to give his own name to his attacks (Recoome Kick, Recoome ...
by gaberparadiso
Wed Mar 07, 2018 12:52 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Dragon Ball Z - Episodes 61-65 & TV Special 1 - Discussion Thread [Rewatch - Week 13]
Replies: 11
Views: 2763

Re: Dragon Ball Z - Episodes 61-65 & TV Special 1 - Discussion Thread [Rewatch - Week 13]

Episode 63 General thoughts : I thought this episode was so much better, as a result I was pretty much disillusioned with the fight between Gohan and Krillin vs Guldo. First of all, this is the first DBZ fight to feature the infamous leitmotiv of reusing energy waves over and over again, without la...
by gaberparadiso
Tue Mar 06, 2018 1:33 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Dragon Ball Z - Episodes 61-65 & TV Special 1 - Discussion Thread [Rewatch - Week 13]
Replies: 11
Views: 2763

Re: Dragon Ball Z - Episodes 61-65 & TV Special 1 - Discussion Thread [Rewatch - Week 13]

Episode 62 General thoughts: Guldo's flashback. Nothing seems wrong, if it weren't for Vegeta not having his tail. Considering this flashback should be set before his arrival on Earth, as he's still shown obeying Freezer's orders, this minor detail is kinda confusing. This thing aside, there's noth...
by gaberparadiso
Tue Mar 06, 2018 6:46 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Dragon Ball Z - Episodes 61-65 & TV Special 1 - Discussion Thread [Rewatch - Week 13]
Replies: 11
Views: 2763

Re: Dragon Ball Z - Episodes 61-65 & TV Special 1 - Discussion Thread [Rewatch - Week 13]

MrTennek wrote:You really get triggered by male nudity, don't you? :wtf:
When it's not contextualized, it doesn't work. It has to bring up an actual point, otherwise it feels useless.
by gaberparadiso
Mon Mar 05, 2018 7:58 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Dragon Ball Z - Episodes 61-65 & TV Special 1 - Discussion Thread [Rewatch - Week 13]
Replies: 11
Views: 2763

Re: Dragon Ball Z - Episodes 61-65 & TV Special 1 - Discussion Thread [Rewatch - Week 13]

Episode 61 General thoughts : okay, we left two pointless fillers behind, and now we're back with the main plot. Apart from the ugly fan disservice with Goku, this episode is really solid. First off, I really like how they do build-up the Ginyu Force's arrival, with Freezer smirking and Vegeta gett...
by gaberparadiso
Fri Mar 02, 2018 6:31 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Dragon Ball Z - Episodes 56-60 - Discussion Thread [Rewatch - Week 12]
Replies: 7
Views: 1980

Re: Dragon Ball Z - Episodes 56-60 - Discussion Thread [Rewatch - Week 12]

Episode 60 General thoughts : just like the previous episode, it's so boring I don't even care. It's just about Bulma dealing with two other annoying and meaningless minions of Freezer's army. Again, there's nothing much to say, apart from how much boredom this filler brings. The Goku cutaway isn't...
by gaberparadiso
Thu Mar 01, 2018 7:52 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Dragon Ball Z - Episodes 56-60 - Discussion Thread [Rewatch - Week 12]
Replies: 7
Views: 1980

Re: Dragon Ball Z - Episodes 56-60 - Discussion Thread [Rewatch - Week 12]

Episode 59 General thoughts : okay, I don't think EVERY filler is bad. I'm quite open-minded to accept non-canon material, as long as it's ENTERTAINING. This episode ISN'T ENTERTAINING. Or better, I quite like Goku's training cutaway and Freezer using his Death Comet all over Namek to express his h...