Yeah, I don't get what with this trend of having these characters to have unnapealing designs, when they could do much better:zarmack wrote:Speaking of which, I'm sure most fans would prefer Kale to look like this (myself included lol):And Caulifila to look something like this:Spoiler:Spoiler:
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Toriyama as a character designer has simply fallen off. Yuya Takahashi and many fan artists East and West make way better character designs than Toriyama has since the early 2000s.Noah wrote:Yeah, I don't get what with this trend of having these characters to have unappealing designs, when they could do much better:zarmack wrote:Speaking of which, I'm sure most fans would prefer Kale to look like this (myself included lol):And Caulifila to look something like this:Spoiler:Spoiler:
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FUNi's use of Vegito doesn't work given they don't call him Kakarotto. However, I hate the idea of Vegerot. Just calling him Gogeta is a far better idea. The differences between Gogeta and Vegetto are superficial at best. Even if it's not a good idea, it's not nearly as god awful as Vegerot, which sounds like some sort of mold. No, don't eat that, it has vegerot.
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DB could learn a thing or two from the recent Halloween movie on how not to suck as a franchise revival.
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Yeah, but DB's revival didn't suck. Battle of Gods was good. It was everything that came after it that sucked balls.ekrolo2 wrote:DB could learn a thing or two from the recent Halloween movie on how not to suck as a franchise revival.
So, give Halloween time.
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Well talks of a sequel certainly imply that so fuck you every much for crushing that momentary spur of optimismDoctor. wrote:Yeah, but DB's revival didn't suck. Battle of Gods was good. It was everything that came after it that sucked balls.ekrolo2 wrote:DB could learn a thing or two from the recent Halloween movie on how not to suck as a franchise revival.
So, give Halloween time.
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Well, it doesn't count as a "successful revival" if it's only one film, right? Plenty of franchises have had successful one-off reboots. It's when you keep it going that it's impressive.ekrolo2 wrote:Well talks of a sequel certainly imply that so fuck you every much for crushing that momentary spur of optimismDoctor. wrote:Yeah, but DB's revival didn't suck. Battle of Gods was good. It was everything that came after it that sucked balls.ekrolo2 wrote:DB could learn a thing or two from the recent Halloween movie on how not to suck as a franchise revival.
So, give Halloween time.
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Rocky did it twice. Like Doctor. said, it's when it can keep it going that it's a successful revival and not just a one off. One offs are much easier to do well.
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Does anyone else remember all those dumb fan theories trying to say SSG inspired the creation of KK in-universe? Good times.
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We may see a real-life Artificial Moon in the near future thanks to China:
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So I watched GT recently, man, that was an experience, most characters introduced are bland, most battles are boring, good ideas with whatever execution... It's honestly kind of a wonder it reached 64 episodes.
Not that I watched GT expecting it to be bad or whatever, if I bother to watch anything I'll try to enjoy it, but unfortunately GT wasn't fun enough for that.
Not that I watched GT expecting it to be bad or whatever, if I bother to watch anything I'll try to enjoy it, but unfortunately GT wasn't fun enough for that.
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This popped into my head while writing about fusions in the other thread: They missed a trick having Caulifla and Kale fuse via the earrings and not the dance. If they'd done the dance, then you could have had a botched version called "Caulifail".
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Come to think of it, what would be the in-universe explanation of multiple characters owning items of clothing with their names on them?
Is it just a popular thing to do in the DBverse?
Is there a company that does special orders so you can have your name on your clothes?
I guess no one can steal them that way lol
Is it just a popular thing to do in the DBverse?
Is there a company that does special orders so you can have your name on your clothes?
I guess no one can steal them that way lol
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Doctor. wrote:Well, it doesn't count as a "successful revival" if it's only one film, right? Plenty of franchises have had successful one-off reboots. It's when you keep it going that it's impressive.ekrolo2 wrote:Well talks of a sequel certainly imply that so fuck you every much for crushing that momentary spur of optimismDoctor. wrote: Yeah, but DB's revival didn't suck. Battle of Gods was good. It was everything that came after it that sucked balls.
So, give Halloween time.
ABED wrote:Rocky did it twice. Like Doctor. said, it's when it can keep it going that it's a successful revival and not just a one off. One offs are much easier to do well.
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That doesn't really work with the way phonetics work in Japanese.Kataphrut wrote:This popped into my head while writing about fusions in the other thread: They missed a trick having Caulifla and Kale fuse via the earrings and not the dance. If they'd done the dance, then you could have had a botched version called "Caulifail".
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It's possible that it's a popular thing in the Dragonball worldThe Monkey King wrote:Come to think of it, what would be the in-universe explanation of multiple characters owning items of clothing with their names on them?
Is it just a popular thing to do in the DBverse?
Is there a company that does special orders so you can have your name on your clothes?
I guess no one can steal them that way lol
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Freeza doesn't need oxygen to survive, but he breathes heavy when he gets exhausted. Also, Freeza has no genitals or anus, yet he drinks. How does he expel waste?
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I guess I can add Freeza's butthole to the list of "things I never wanted to think about but have been nonconsensually brought into my psyche" now.
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Looking back at Ressurection F movie, Freeza (and his race?) has an impressive survival feat, he can remain alive for several minutes after his brain was sliced in pieces by Trunks (as he didn't die or lose consciousness after being revived in that same condition). If he can survive that I suspect decapitation alone would not be an instant kill agains him.
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Does anyone else find it weird the Funi dub of Dragon Ball made Oolong an adult? Like they gave him the same adult male voice and removed all reference to him being a kid. And because his debut episode has him kidnapping LITTLE girls they basically turned him into a pedophile