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Re: What is the lamest thing to come out of modern DBZ?

Post by sintzu » Mon Oct 30, 2017 10:46 am

fadeddreams5 wrote:I'm sure a lot of people would not have liked that.
Maybe but you get the point. What would you have called it ?
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Post by fadeddreams5 » Mon Oct 30, 2017 6:23 pm

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fadeddreams5 wrote:I'm sure a lot of people would not have liked that.
Maybe but you get the point. What would you have called it ?
Garbage.
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Post by sintzu » Mon Oct 30, 2017 11:24 pm

fadeddreams5 wrote:Garbage.
You've got a bright future at their maketing department. :lol:
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Post by Grimlock » Tue Oct 31, 2017 12:43 am

sintzu wrote:What would you have called it ?
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Post by Noah » Sat Nov 04, 2017 3:14 pm

sintzu wrote:It sounds odd, like it doesn't click right. It seems like an incomplete sentence rather than a name of something. Why not just call it Dragon Ball S (for super), Dragon Ball legends or even Dragon Ball Multiverse ?
Yea, I don't like the name 'Super' either, I mean why not something cliché like Dragon Ball 'X'? (But I guess 'X' would feel better for an actual sequel to the end of Z :think: )
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Post by Ripper 30 » Sat Nov 04, 2017 4:40 pm

Dragon Ball Kai- I mean from the Japanese point of view it was unnecessary. My issue with the japanese cast with Kai is not so much that they sucked(though that opinion certainly seems popular), but it's just they were so damn good the first time around, and their all older now, some of the performances didn't have the same punch as in Original Z. Also the Product looked cheap with only a remastering of old footage and hardly fixing any animation errors and with Soundtracks which were Inferior to Original. Though its a Blessing in Disguise for Dub Fans.

Super Saiyan God - i am not really that much fond of this form, it doesn't really match that badassery of classic Super Saiyan Form and its a very easy form to achieve too compared to older forms so it just lacks something that made Dragon Ball's transformation so Epic.

Character Designs - the Character designs look lame nowdays. They look too stiff and Like plastic crap with skinny body and too much shading and badly drawn nose. Some of the designs for characters such as Beers, Whis, Hit and Black Goku were Good but they just don't look as attractive or intimidating Like older one's.

Sound Effects- Mutsuhiro Nishimura's sound effects in Super are way inferior to Hidenori Arai's sound effects. They just lack the bombastic nature of the older ones thus making a Very well animated fight scene lacking at times.

Revival of 'F'- I think it was pretty lame sequel to Battle of Gods. It had the same old villain which they love bringing back and then all of a sudden asspulls a new transformation because he only needed to train and that too was a very lame recoloring and then another god transformation from goku and vegeta which had a lame design with recoloring Again and the characterization of goku and vegeta was bad like they were trying to pander to nostalgic fans rather Than further development of character With underwhelming ending, not to mention the movie was directed by an amateur Director so the fights weren't that Good but Atleast it had Arai SFX to make each blow feel powerful.

Dragon Ball Minus- i think it really ruined the Burdock TV Special and everything that made Burdock so different Character. They portrayed him like he cared for his son and all when it was clearly mentioned before It that Saiyans were not like that and it looked Like some cheap Superman Type of story with the way they showed Gine and Burdock bid farewell to goku. Whereas, in TV special it portrayed him like a ruthless saiyan who still cared for His comrades and after They ignored him he went to challenge Freeza and ended up getting blown With his planet but in the end having a sight of his son fighting Freeza, now that's how we do it unlike DB Minus.
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Post by Colonel Silver » Sun Nov 05, 2017 12:06 am

Pretty much everything introduced to the series from Yo Son Goku and Friends onward to even the small things, like the random tidbits Toriyama decided to drop on us about the DB universe in interviews in the last couple of years.

I have no hope for the future of this franchise, but I'm gonna do the right thing, I'm not gonna abandon ship. I'm going to do to Super what I did to all that other shit I just mentioned, I'm gonna pretend it doesn't exist. I'm all the way back in 2007. I'm in my Dragon Ball happy place. :wtf:

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Post by Noah » Sun Nov 05, 2017 12:44 am

Colonel Silver wrote:I have no hope for the future of this franchise, but I'm gonna do the right thing, I'm not gonna abandon ship. I'm going to do to Super what I did to all that other shit I just mentioned, I'm gonna pretend it doesn't exist. I'm all the way back in 2007. I'm in my Dragon Ball happy place. :wtf:
You don't need to pretend it, this series actually has no connection with the original manga anyway. Couldn't you try to enjoy it knowing that anyway?
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Post by sintzu » Sun Nov 05, 2017 7:31 am

Colonel Silver wrote:Pretty much everything introduced to the series from Yo Son Goku and Friends onward to even the small things, like the random tidbits Toriyama decided to drop on us about the DB universe in interviews in the last couple of years.
One tidbit form Toriyama is Buu's new origin about him being a demon who's always existed which not only improves Buu as a character but also helps differentiate him form Cell so what about that ? it's something that just adds and improves something from the manga. Modern DB has gotten really big lately so surely there's somethings you like about it.

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Post by DragonBallKing » Sun Nov 05, 2017 11:13 am

The fact that people still refer to the franchise in general as DBZ and not Dragon Ball. That's the same as if people referred to the entire Naruto franchise as Naruto Shippuden. :roll:
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Post by MajinMan » Sun Nov 05, 2017 11:41 am

Yamamuro's modern character designs. Because of Super episode 114, we got a glimpse of what Super would look like if it had older character designs, and it was glorious. Not that it would look as good every episode, but it would certainly be a step up from what it is now.
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Post by TheBigBoy » Sun Nov 05, 2017 11:55 am

Lamest thing to come out of modern DBZ is that I'm not 12 anymore.

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Post by Noah » Sun Nov 05, 2017 11:57 am

TheBigBoy wrote:Lamest thing to come out of modern DBZ is that I'm not 12 anymore.
How is that lame?
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Post by TheBigBoy » Sun Nov 05, 2017 12:16 pm

Noah wrote:
TheBigBoy wrote:Lamest thing to come out of modern DBZ is that I'm not 12 anymore.
How is that lame?
Most of the issues that I and others have with "modern DBZ" would be happily overlooked were I a kid and not an overly analytical adult.

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Post by TheQuazz » Sun Nov 05, 2017 12:40 pm

TheBigBoy wrote: Most of the issues that I and others have with "modern DBZ" would be happily overlooked were I a kid and not an overly analytical adult.
I know what you mean. I wish I could just switch my brain off and enjoy cool flashy dudes fighting each other again.

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Post by ABED » Sun Nov 05, 2017 12:52 pm

It doesn't require you switching your brain off. It simply requires you to understand what it is you are watching it for.
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Post by Doctor. » Sun Nov 05, 2017 1:02 pm

"Can't turn my brain off" or "I'm an adult now" aren't excuses. If you can still enjoy the original series now, then you're debunking your own argument.

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Post by sintzu » Sun Nov 05, 2017 1:20 pm

TheQuazz wrote:
TheBigBoy wrote: Most of the issues that I and others have with "modern DBZ" would be happily overlooked were I a kid and not an overly analytical adult.
I know what you mean. I wish I could just switch my brain off and enjoy cool flashy dudes fighting each other again.
If you can still enjoy the original DB&Z and other Shonen then the issue of you not enjoying Super is because of its quality, not your age.
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Post by TheQuazz » Sun Nov 05, 2017 1:33 pm

I was going to say I only enjoy Z out of nostalgia, but I almost forgot I never saw anything past the Saban dub as a kid, but I can sit down and watch even the Boo saga at any time. The weird thing is, I don't think Z is objectively that good of a show either, but I still find it a million times more enjoyable than Super.
Super just seems to lack soul or grit or *something* that gave Dragon Ball that Dragon Ball magic. Say what you will about how the animation is on-par or better than Z's a lot of the time now, but hand-drawn animation is just something I personally find way more impressive and engaging to watch. Maybe Kikuchi's score has a lot to do with it too, it's just so memorable and unique compared to the generic schlock served up by newer DB material.

To stay on topic, one of the lamest things to me is how Japanese-y everything is now. I kind of puts me off how everyone's wearing slippers inside and eating cup ramen and other Japanese foods all the time, it kind of takes the timeless kind of charm away from the stories
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