You know, after many many episodes of things that were
directly related to the show, it's nice to finally have an episode that deals with something out of fandom. I would totally join the club.
You know, I think this episode finally did something to me. I've, for quite some time now, had, well not a rant, per se, but a
verystrong opinion on a certain aspect of the fandom, and I think the one dub email you guys read finally did it for me, and I'm gonna let this off my chest.
I guess the best way to start this off would be: VegettoEX, how can you say that you cover "anything and everything Dragonball" when you don't cover the dub?
You speak English. You run an English website. Granted, this doesn't mean you SHOULD be familiar with dubs (Because then it's the whole "I'm American and I only watch American Animes" stuff, and that's not where I'm going with this), but, don't you find it somewhat unfair that the arguably best English DB forum on the internet is somewhat anti-English dub?
I mean, you focus on the Japanese version, which is fine I suppose, but at the same time, you've even admitted that the vast majority of your listeners (And I guess website visitors) are dub fans. Again, isn't it unfair to alienate them like this simply because you're not a fan of that particualr version of the show?
Now, what I said above is NOT the point I'm trying to make, but rather the setup to my actual opinion, just to make that clear.
You're not a dub fan, and because of that, you don't feel qualified to answer Chris' email. You know what? That's fine. I mean, if I've no expierence with something, naturally I'll shy away from such questions. However, you
run a podcast, a forum, and a website. As such, you have a large community full of fans.
Do you think that it would be too much to just have a dub... well, not -specific, but -focused episode for once, by
bringing people on that know about the dub?
I mean, you've brought on people before that had more expierence about a certain area of fandom that you yourself are unfamiliar with (i.e., power levels). I can think of 4 people right off the bat who might fit this bill, and I'm sure it would make quite an interesting episode, with the dub fans putting on the table what they have to offer those who aren't fans of the dub.
You know what this situation reminds me of? Way, way back on episode 1 of vgconvos (Remember when you used to do that show, Mike? XD), Andrew Deluxe was commenting on how everyone seemed to love GTAIV, and how now one was seeming to give a negative opinion. Branching off of this, it was said that most people who review games tend to be the same as far as preferences go, and that certain folks wouldn't review games because they would say "Oh, well, I don't play/like that type of game, and therefore, I wouldn't be able to give a good opinion on it."
But see, I think you need that type of opinion. Now you could say "We, we don't like the dub music." I mean, that is an opinion, right?
Well, in all honesty Mike, have you ever sat down and really listened to any of the Faulconer CD's? Becuase I'll be honest and upfront with you, I actually bought the LEGEND OF DRAGONWORLD set, the Dragonball & Dragonball Z Daizenshuu set, and the Dragonball Z BGM Collection (LOTS OF MONEY GONE RIGHT THERE), so I could give Kikuchi's music a chance. And that's just something I don't see on Daizenshuu EX The Podcast, and it really saddens me to no end. Which is why I would love a podcast episode like the one I mentioned above.
In other words, why don't you have a dub music discussion with dub fans? I'm sure it would be fantastic. Just like with the MROA, you could be the newbie who doesn't know much first, and then gradually learn about it.
If after that you don't like it, well, what can we do? XD
