I never said that the original series is never criticized.
Then what's even your point? They're not criticizing it as much as you want them to? I shouldn't even have to say why that's an incredibly flawed viewpoint.
The double standard I am referring to is in regards to the fact that the "problems" are to the same degree. The "problems" more specifically I'm referring to, aren't even really problems they are just things that they don't criticize about the original series and they do for Super. For example:
"Too many tournaments!"
When ODB had 3 tournaments to Super's 2.
"Too many transformations!"
When the main cast had the same number of transformations in Super as Z-era DB, and in Z they had way more transformations for the antagonists/villains.
Just two things that are criticized in Super, but exist to a higher extent in the original series but is never criticized for it.
Who says these things? I've never seen these complaints, definitely not here. The ACTUAL complaints I've seen are that the transformations and the tournaments are poorly executed and lacking in dramatic/emotional value. Which is totally legitimate. Are you sure you're not over simplifying their arguments to delegitimize them?
At this point it is so prevalent it is more so just stating the obvious than anything else. Somebody reiterated several other examples in addition to what I mentioned.
- power scale inconcistencies (present during original run)
- the milking-out like a cashcow-argument (present during original run)
- the content is sometimes childish of nature (it was a children's show too during the 80s and 90s)
- it's too much about Goku and Vegeta (it was very much about Goku and Vegeta during the original run too, they are the main characters)
- too much fighting (why do you expect, it's the successor to the godfather of modern Shounen)
- too much cheesy dialogues (they were definetely there too in the original run)
- the other characters are 'fodder' (they were fodder too in the original run)
- the arcs aren't long enough (what about the TOP, if that's not long enough for you ...)
That specific post was already replied to by Skar and partially by myself in that same thread. I'm not repeating it here. The main point is, that DOES NOT mean those flaws were executed equally as poorly in both series. Getting shot by a nerf gun and getting shot by a shotgun are, on the surface, the same thing. Both are getting shot by a gun. But one hurts WAY worse. Just because Super and the original series share flaws, that does not make those flaws equal definitively.
If you want to disagree with those people and actually go into detail about why the flaws are
executed exactly as poorly in both shows (something I've NEVER seen you do) that's great. But if all you're doing is trying to delegitimize people's feelings on a show by posting something as shallow as a venn diagram with no further detail, then that's completely different and doesn't promote good discussion in any way.
Good lord this is annoying to do on a phone.