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Re: Unpopular DB opinions

Post by Kid Buu » Wed Mar 26, 2014 12:47 pm

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Re: Unpopular DB opinions

Post by TheOverlyMadHatter » Wed Mar 26, 2014 3:11 pm

xmysticgohanx wrote:I like the English dub soundtrack way more the Japanese soundtrack :shh:
That's actually a pretty popular opinion, especially among dub fans.

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Post by TheGmGoken » Wed Mar 26, 2014 3:26 pm

TheOverlyMadHatter wrote:
xmysticgohanx wrote:I like the English dub soundtrack way more the Japanese soundtrack :shh:
That's actually a pretty popular opinion, especially among dub fans.
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Re: Unpopular DB opinions

Post by garnetjester » Wed Mar 26, 2014 5:36 pm

My least favorite Z part is the artificial humans and then Buu. But the Great Saiyaman saga is one of my favorites :lol:
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Re: Unpopular DB opinions

Post by MediaFanGirl93 » Wed Mar 26, 2014 5:41 pm

garnetjester wrote:My least favorite Z part is the artificial humans and then Buu. But the Great Saiyaman saga is one of my favorites :lol:
Aww man, those are my favorite parts of the show, but hey, I respect your opinion.

Also, another unpopular opinion of mine:

I do know a lot of fans don't like Garlic Junior (I don't like him that much either, TBH), but I can't help but feel a little sorry for the guy when he suffered a terrible fate in the Garlic Junior Saga. I think I would go terribly insane if I found myself trapped in a vortex for all of eternity. I would rather die than to suffer that.

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Re: Unpopular DB opinions

Post by xmysticgohanx » Wed Mar 26, 2014 8:12 pm

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garnetjester wrote:My least favorite Z part is the artificial humans and then Buu. But the Great Saiyaman saga is one of my favorites :lol:
Aww man, those are my favorite parts of the show, but hey, I respect your opinion.

Also, another unpopular opinion of mine:

I do know a lot of fans don't like Garlic Junior (I don't like him that much either, TBH), but I can't help but feel a little sorry for the guy when he suffered a terrible fate in the Garlic Junior Saga. I think I would go terribly insane if I found myself trapped in a vortex for all of eternity. I would rather die than to suffer that.
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Post by Flame Dragon » Thu Mar 27, 2014 11:23 am

MediaFanGirl93 wrote:
garnetjester wrote:My least favorite Z part is the artificial humans and then Buu. But the Great Saiyaman saga is one of my favorites :lol:
Aww man, those are my favorite parts of the show, but hey, I respect your opinion.

Also, another unpopular opinion of mine:

I do know a lot of fans don't like Garlic Junior (I don't like him that much either, TBH), but I can't help but feel a little sorry for the guy when he suffered a terrible fate in the Garlic Junior Saga. I think I would go terribly insane if I found myself trapped in a vortex for all of eternity. I would rather die than to suffer that.
I don't feel sorry for him, he brought it upon himself. Because he's the stupidest, dumbest villain ever. He was immortal, pretty much, and even if he was (he wasn't) weaker than Goku and Piccolo, he would won by sheer endurance anyway. So he pretty much couldn't lose. Then he opened the Dead Zone for no reason instead of just killing them and got sealed.
HE GAVE THE HEROES THE TOOL NEEDED FOR HIS DEFEAT, FOR NO APPARENT REASON. HE BASICALLY DEFEATED HIMSELF.

I know it was probably the writers doing this (althrough they could've used the Mafuba) because they wrote themselves on a corner, with an in-universe explanation like "hurp durp he wanted to seal the heroes in the Dead Zone so they would have gone through the same suffering as his", but it's retardedly stupid imho.

That's why immortal villains are bad for writing in general.

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Re: Unpopular DB opinions

Post by MediaFanGirl93 » Thu Mar 27, 2014 11:32 am

Flame Dragon wrote:I don't feel sorry for him, he brought it upon himself. Because he's the stupidest, dumbest villain ever. He was immortal, pretty much, and even if he was (he wasn't) weaker than Goku and Piccolo, he would won by sheer endurance anyway. So he pretty much couldn't lose. Then he opened the Dead Zone for no reason instead of just killing them and got sealed.
HE GAVE THE HEROES THE TOOL NEEDED FOR HIS DEFEAT, FOR NO APPARENT REASON. HE BASICALLY DEFEATED HIMSELF.

I know it was probably the writers doing this (althrough they could've used the Mafuba) because they wrote themselves on a corner, with an in-universe explanation like "hurp durp he wanted to seal the heroes in the Dead Zone so they would have gone through the same suffering as his", but it's retardedly stupid imho.

That's why immortal villains are bad for writing in general.
I'm not saying that Garlic Junior didn't deserve what he got, considering he was a villain and all and he did try to murder the Z-Fighters. all I'm saying is that I would hate to be in his position and that would suck ass to be trapped somewhere YOU CANNOT leave for all of eternity, lol.

I personally think he's one of the worst villains/characters of the series and I despise his saga anyway.

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Re: Unpopular DB opinions

Post by Kid Buu » Fri Mar 28, 2014 4:39 am

Speaking of Garlic Jr, his arc would have been better if Yamcha & Tenshinhan actually got to join the fight instead of the Piccolo-Gohan-Kuririn trio again. After all Garlic Jr had four henchemen, so it'd make perfect sense to let Yamcha, Tenshinhan, Chaozu, and Kuririn all get in a victory.
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Post by MediaFanGirl93 » Fri Mar 28, 2014 8:29 am

Kid Buu wrote:Speaking of Garlic Jr, his arc would have been better if Yamcha & Tenshinhan actually got to join the fight instead of the Piccolo-Gohan-Kuririn trio again. After all Garlic Jr had four henchemen, so it'd make perfect sense to let Yamcha, Tenshinhan, Chaozu, and Kuririn all get in a victory.
Agreed. I mean, I would have loved to see the humans kick ass like they did in DragonBall.

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Post by Gonstead » Fri Mar 28, 2014 8:59 am

Thinking about it, yeah having Tien, Chiaotzu and Yamcha in the action probably would have made that arc somewhat more tolerable.

Bonus points for them actually getting to kill some baddies.
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Re: Unpopular DB opinions

Post by Flame Dragon » Fri Mar 28, 2014 4:17 pm

Gonstead wrote:Thinking about it, yeah having Tenshinhan, Chiaotzu and Yamcha in the action probably would have made that arc somewhat more tolerable.

Bonus points for them actually getting to kill some baddies.
Yeah, i don't get it. Fillers should be a good time to break things up, to do something different. But even in filler, humans were barely spotlighted. The only decent thing humans did in filler was probably the fight against the Ginyu Force.

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Gonstead wrote:Thinking about it, yeah having Tenshinhan, Chiaotzu and Yamcha in the action probably would have made that arc somewhat more tolerable.

Bonus points for them actually getting to kill some baddies.
Yeah, i don't get it. Fillers should be a good time to break things up, to do something different. But even in filler, humans were barely spotlighted. The only decent thing humans did in filler was probably the fight against the Ginyu Force.
They helped out in the beam duel between Gohan and Cell.
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Post by RandomGuy96 » Fri Mar 28, 2014 5:06 pm

Krillin held his own against Imperfect Cell.
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Re: Unpopular DB opinions

Post by xmysticgohanx » Fri Mar 28, 2014 6:49 pm

RandomGuy96 wrote:Krillin held his own against Imperfect Cell.
That was filler? It was in Kai so I guess they just chose to leave it.
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Post by Kid Buu » Fri Mar 28, 2014 11:25 pm

Although I like Tenshinhan I'm starting to find him overrated. Most of his victories aren't even real victory like his "win" over Goku at the 22nd Budokai or his "win" over Semi-Perfect Cell.
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Re: Unpopular DB opinions

Post by MediaFanGirl93 » Sat Mar 29, 2014 12:29 am

Kid Buu wrote:Although I like Tenshinhan I'm starting to find him overrated. Most of his victories aren't even real victory like his "win" over Goku at the 22nd Budokai or his "win" over Semi-Perfect Cell.
Tenshinhan? Overrated...any proof?

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MediaFanGirl93 wrote:
Kid Buu wrote:Although I like Tenshinhan I'm starting to find him overrated. Most of his victories aren't even real victory like his "win" over Goku at the 22nd Budokai or his "win" over Semi-Perfect Cell.
Tenshinhan? Overrated...any proof?
For a man that trains day and night, he's pretty pathetic. He's become more of a support character with his abilities, and less a fighter. He's good to waste time on enemies. I wonder if his Battle of Z character is a support character as well.

He's also from an alien-hybrid tribe, so that would explain why he can slightly push himself harder than the human cast.
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Post by Looneygamemaster » Sat Mar 29, 2014 12:39 am

H'okay, I've just watched the first episode of Dragon Ball GT on Funimation's site (my first time watching it with the original BGM). And I have to say...I might like it more than Dragon Ball Z.

It is not well-written; indeed, I'd say this is where Dragon Ball crosses over from "childishly charming" to "stupid." But it's an endearing kind of stupidity, like a fanfiction that worms its way into your heart--you have to continue, no matter how much you roll your eyes (I've developed a similar feeling towards the Kingdom Hearts series). And its poor writing is a result of over-earnestness, which I look more favorably on than the apathy that pervades so much of Z.

Plus, I love Dan-Dan. So much better than Cha-La Head Cha-La.

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Gokuden wrote:
MediaFanGirl93 wrote:
Kid Buu wrote:Although I like Tenshinhan I'm starting to find him overrated. Most of his victories aren't even real victory like his "win" over Goku at the 22nd Budokai or his "win" over Semi-Perfect Cell.
Tenshinhan? Overrated...any proof?
For a man that trains day and night, he's pretty pathetic. He's become more of a support character with his abilities, and less a fighter. He's good to waste time on enemies. I wonder if his Battle of Z character is a support character as well.

He's also from an alien-hybrid tribe, so that would explain why he can slightly push himself harder than the human cast.
Apparently, he's an "Interference Type". Makes sense, I guess.

Hmm. I like Peter Kelamis and Sean Schemmel just the same as English Goku. I never really cared for Corlette.
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