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Post by Noah » Mon Sep 03, 2018 1:42 pm

That was indeed very informative, thanks a lot for sharing that kenisu website! Never in my life have I needed something so much and never known until I received it.

Also have you ever thought of letting your hair grows up to the back? You would a look like SSJ3 Goku :D
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Not denying that Unmei no Hi is a iconic insert song, but it just serve its role for a specific moment of the arc. But again I'm just nitpicking :P
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Post by FoolsGil » Mon Sep 03, 2018 6:42 pm

Gaffer Tape wrote:This isn't quite Dragon Ball Dissection, but I did realize recently I was going to be coming up on my 20th anniversary as a Dragon Ball fan, so I decided to celebrate by making a video of my favorite edits from the first two seasons. I had a lot of fun making this one. I had a bit less fun trying to force myself to say dub names my mouth hasn't been used to forming in about 18 years. :lol:

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"Looks like I'm back in the saddle, what luck! This three eyed cowboy is going for one last ride!"

:wtf: ...I don't know how the hell I missed that one as a kid. But hearing it now...Wow.

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Post by jcogginsa » Thu Sep 06, 2018 9:40 am

I'm surprised you didn't bring up the Home for Infinite Losers

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Post by BlazingFiddlesticks » Thu Sep 06, 2018 1:32 pm

No love for the double entendre of Piccolo referencing the David and Goliath story? Likely my first exposure to egregious English scripts, six/seven year old me knew this was an Asian cartoon and that attempted verbal aid just threw me. And I saw the Tree of Might split too! I don't remember most of these, great video choice.
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Post by lancerman » Sun Sep 09, 2018 2:08 am

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Doctor. wrote:I'm glad you talked about the mystery being solved immediately because I honestly never understood the people who praise the Cell arc for that aspect, when it's done so poorly.
More like the lead up to Cell's reveal was pretty damn good for all that it's worth. That's not to say that keeping the mystery going wouldn't have been far better.
I disagree. Way too many people, especially here, have praised the Cell arc for it's mystery being a strength of the arc when the the truth is the mystery is spelled out almost as soon as it is set up. It's really know more a mystery than any intrigue you might have got from Raditz when he landed on Earth up to the point where he goes to Kami house and spells everything out.

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Post by Fizzer » Mon Sep 10, 2018 10:05 am

lancerman wrote: I disagree. Way too many people, especially here, have praised the Cell arc for it's mystery being a strength of the arc when the the truth is the mystery is spelled out almost as soon as it is set up. It's really know more a mystery than any intrigue you might have got from Raditz when he landed on Earth up to the point where he goes to Kami house and spells everything out.
TFS hinted at the way the mystery could have been handled better and not instantly explained in it's entirety. Just by not giving away Cell's goal (or at least what he needs to achieve it) until he shows up on the island with Piccolo and the androids, and not detailing how he got his hands on the time machine until he fights Trunks, they demonstrated that the mystery can be woven throughout the entire Act 2 of the arc.

It really could have been very good had Cell not explained everything straight away.

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Post by Kid Buu » Tue Sep 11, 2018 1:26 pm

How would you guys handle Cells debut?

I think I'd alter it so he appears as a good guy and claims Bulma made him. He and Piccolo beat the Androids and then Cell turns on Piccolo and absorbs 17. Granted in that way we dont really any get any horror/mystery at all, just a plot twist.
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Post by Gaffer Tape » Mon Oct 01, 2018 8:51 am

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Post by coola » Mon Oct 01, 2018 11:06 am

Personally, i like to look at all these movies as what-if scenarios, trying to put them in main timeline is almost impossible, save for few movies.

i always wondered about Piccolo strength, if Dende is God here, Piccolo fused with God and beat Cyborgs/Cell, but, question is, why he is so weak here? He doesn't far much better against these droids compared to Gohan and Kuririn, and Metal Coola kicked his butt with ease. At least in TFS they made it he just doesn't care about Coola and others, and just want to save Gohan :)
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Post by BlazingFiddlesticks » Mon Oct 01, 2018 1:34 pm

I knew you would make a heavy point about Dende to the point you would cut comments off- because they would deluge- and rightfully so, you can tell its off even just reading the rest of the characters in the movie itself. None of the possibilities there are smooth. I actually agree about the Cooler fight being more effective than it has any right to be given the story. Metal Cooler just looks painful to fight to start with, on the giving and receiving, and goes for faces, groins, and chokes besides- "the road the Broly" that Slug first laid was paved well- which makes finally putting out the power to take him out have a build up of sorts that Z-era "undefinable health" fights rarely have. Toriyama would try that with Buu but Metal Cooler might have struck a better balance. And most fight cuts that aren't awful are pretty good- the teleport "world" to visually sell their speed, Goku and Vegeta abruptly bailing each other out. Shame the rest of it is stupid. You're right, these movies are brand movers and need to be decent for it.

But you never mentioned that time Piccolo created a canyon. That has to be the most understated mass destruction in the series.
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Post by DNA » Mon Oct 01, 2018 4:20 pm

I personally like to call that "teleport dimension" Hyperspace. It's a name that just fits, taking into account what it is and what the Hyperspace trope is used for.

I too am very curious to what the explanation behind Dende is; I had no idea the movie came before that was established in the manga.

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Post by ekrolo2 » Mon Oct 01, 2018 4:46 pm

I'm surprised you didn't point out this was the last time we see Kaio-Ken in the movies, and the second to last time in "the original run" of anime stuff.
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Post by Kid Buu » Mon Oct 01, 2018 7:38 pm

I always thought this film could have worked as a Vegeta-centric film. Set it during the 3 year gap when Vegeta is training in space and have him cross paths with Cooler on some random planet. Maybe have Goku sense the battle and teleport, if Toei really needs him for marketing.

As for Dende being Kami, I guess it can be listed as a potential anime influence on the comic. I wonder what else is there? Yajirobe, Bardock and Vegetto?

Movie came out same day as Sailor Moon anime debuted!
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Uhhhhh "Mount Paozu"

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Post by Gaffer Tape » Sat Oct 20, 2018 2:39 pm

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Uhhhhh "Mount Paozu"
Yep. As far as I'm concerned, this confirms that Super in general is more interested and invested in following the anime continuity than the original manga continuity. See also: Piccolo having five fingers in the Super manga, see also, also: Gregory appearing in the Super anime. Personally, I've always found it rather presumptuous of fans to assume that the Super manga followed the original manga continuity just because it was released in the same medium.

Honestly, I find this makes a lot more sense and eases a lot of weight that's been on my mind with the ridiculously-heavy continuity snarl that all the various forms of Super have created. What's Battle of Gods in continuity with? Well, it was heavily written by Toriyama, so it's the "canonical" follow-up to the manga! Oh, but it's named Dragon Ball Z, so does that mean it's in the anime continuity? Oh, and now there's a highly different version of the same events in a television series. What's that in continuity with? Is the movie manga continuity and the series anime continuity? Who knows! Nobody says anything. Oh, but there's also this promotional manga that tells the same story but with additional differences. But it's a manga, so it has to be in continuity with the manga, right? But where does that leave the movie? It's just an absolute mess that has been driving me crazy to try and think about.

But this makes it easier. All three of them are just branches of the revised, Kai-ified anime timeline, and the original manga is completely unsullied by Super's existence since none of the versions can adequately fit in its timeline. And now I can sleep easier at night. The only other alternative for me in light of this crap is to completely lose it over how little attention to detail Super can be bothered to give. What a fucking train wreck...
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Post by ekrolo2 » Sat Oct 20, 2018 3:18 pm

Gaffer Tape wrote:But this makes it easier. All three of them are just branches of the revised, Kai-ified anime timeline, and the original manga is completely unsullied by Super's existence since none of the versions can adequately fit in its timeline. And now I can sleep easier at night. The only other alternative for me in light of this crap is to completely lose it over how little attention to detail Super can be bothered to give. What a fucking train wreck...
Nah, it sucks so much you can't even fit it into Kai:
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Post by Gaffer Tape » Sat Oct 20, 2018 3:34 pm

Good point. Geez, remember when things used to be comparatively simple, where you had the manga run and the DB-Z-GT anime run? And the only "where the fuck do they go" elements were the Z movies, most of which no one was really too bothered over in the first place? And then there was a nice little DB movie continuity that was very consistently and obviously walled off from everything else. I sure miss those days. I miss when the biggest points of contention were relegated to wondering how Movie 1 and villains with bodies fit into the anime timeline.
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Post by ekrolo2 » Sat Oct 20, 2018 3:44 pm

Gaffer Tape wrote:Good point. Geez, remember when things used to be comparatively simple, where you had the manga run and the DB-Z-GT anime run? And the only "where the fuck do they go" elements were the Z movies, most of which no one was really too bothered over in the first place? And then there was a nice little DB movie continuity that was very consistently and obviously walled off from everything else. I sure miss those days. I miss when the biggest points of contention were relegated to wondering how Movie 1 and villains with bodies fit into the anime timeline.
Not really, I was getting into this in late 2014/early 2015 around the time extended BoG and F were coming out so these simpler days you speak of might as well be Narnia for me.
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Post by Captain-Sora » Sat Oct 20, 2018 4:02 pm

Super can't be in continuity with the manga if it uses the Toei color schemes.

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Gaffer Tape wrote:Good point. Geez, remember when things used to be comparatively simple, where you had the manga run and the DB-Z-GT anime run? And the only "where the fuck do they go" elements were the Z movies, most of which no one was really too bothered over in the first place? And then there was a nice little DB movie continuity that was very consistently and obviously walled off from everything else. I sure miss those days. I miss when the biggest points of contention were relegated to wondering how Movie 1 and villains with bodies fit into the anime timeline.
The only reason I can't really ignore the Super manga in relation to the original manga is that some of the pages are literally drawn by Toriyama (plus the story is written by him, every chapter is checked by him, most-to-all of the characters are designed by him, and the ratio of Toriyama-to-Not is by definition far higher than the anime).
It's a weird situation. I can't really justify a way to ignore it that can't also be used as a justification to ignore, say, the Kanzenban ending. Or even the Cell arc. Unless you want to get ultra-technical and say that only things 100% written and 100% drawn by Toriyama count, but in that case... do the pages he drew and wrote count while the ones surrounding them do not?

I actually like that there are three mutually irreconcilable but equally Toriyama-approved versions of how Goku met Beerus. I thought it would make people stop harping on so much about "canon."
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