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by penguintruth
Sun Apr 20, 2014 8:04 pm
Forum: Dragon Ball Kai
Topic: Buu Saga Kai
Replies: 1516
Views: 225220

Re: Buu Saga Kai

I thought it was progressive to use "actor" as gender neutral. It's why I used it. I even stopped for a moment and almost changed it back to actress before I submitted.

From now on I'll use the sterile "voice performer".

What the f*** are we doing debating this?
by penguintruth
Sun Apr 20, 2014 7:55 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Are there any recent photos of Toriyama?
Replies: 30
Views: 5393

Re: Are there any recent photos of Toriyama?

From my perspective, an artist is his or her work, and visa versa. When you do something creatively, you put yourself in it. Its fame is your fame and your fame is its fame. If you don't want to be famous for the work you did, maybe you shouldn't have done 42 volumes of it. You could stop at, say, f...
by penguintruth
Sun Apr 20, 2014 7:08 pm
Forum: Dragon Ball Kai
Topic: Buu Saga Kai
Replies: 1516
Views: 225220

Re: Buu Saga Kai

I don't think Nozawa is trying to be deceptive, she's just giving some vague estimation. She's a voice actor, she's not in charge of the number of episodes in the series.

I'm sure recording less than she had to for Z probably felt like only half. :lol:
by penguintruth
Sun Apr 20, 2014 6:51 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Are there any recent photos of Toriyama?
Replies: 30
Views: 5393

Re: Are there any recent photos of Toriyama?

There are hundreds of manga-ka looking to scratch out a living that would bleed themselves dry for the chance to hit it big like Toriyama, and he certainly didn't shy away from making 42 volumes of manga, or contributing to the TV shows based on them. He doesn't like the popularity? He contributes t...
by penguintruth
Sun Apr 20, 2014 6:38 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Times when a Dub > Original
Replies: 122
Views: 11457

Re: Times when a Dub > Original

Metalwario64 wrote:"I am the hope of the universe, I am the light in the darkness, I am truth. ALLY TO GOOD, NIGHTMARE TO YOU!"

That wasn't even IN the Japanese version, so props to the writers for putting that in.
Oh you.
by penguintruth
Sun Apr 20, 2014 4:12 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Worst Voice-Acting Scenes in Dragonball
Replies: 13
Views: 1969

Re: Worst Voice-Acting Scenes in Dragonball

That guy is ALLY TO CRAP, NIGHTMARE TO ME.
by penguintruth
Sun Apr 20, 2014 12:42 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Worst Voice-Acting Scenes in Dragonball
Replies: 13
Views: 1969

Re: Worst Voice-Acting Scenes in Dragonball

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saNCwmFlvb8

Well, the script doesn't help, but... ahaha, wow.
by penguintruth
Sun Apr 20, 2014 12:35 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Are there any recent photos of Toriyama?
Replies: 30
Views: 5393

Re: Are there any recent photos of Toriyama?

You just got to love these people that do something that gets them world famous and then decide they don't want attention after all. Hey, maybe you should have been a farmer, a grocery clerk, a postman. You know, something that doesn't draw people's attention like writing a weekly manga in a world f...
by penguintruth
Sat Apr 19, 2014 10:14 pm
Forum: Dragon Ball Kai
Topic: Buu Saga Kai
Replies: 1516
Views: 225220

Re: Buu Saga Kai

Kamesennin loves the number of episodes for the Buu arc.

Image
by penguintruth
Sat Apr 19, 2014 10:11 pm
Forum: Episode Discussion Archive
Topic: Kai Episode 101 (20 April 2014)
Replies: 62
Views: 11693

Re: Kai Episode 101 (20 April 2014)

The title screen with the Dragon Ball cosmos is great.
by penguintruth
Sat Apr 19, 2014 9:12 pm
Forum: Episode Discussion Archive
Topic: Kai Episode 101 (20 April 2014)
Replies: 62
Views: 11693

Re: Kai Episode 101 (20 April 2014)

It might just be my imagination, but it seemed like some scenes literally had footage sped up. Maybe I'm just paranoid. They sure went fast through Videl's training. I kind of wished they hadn't, because though it was padded a little in Z, or so I recall, it seemed to come across more natural. Learn...
by penguintruth
Fri Apr 18, 2014 8:58 pm
Forum: Dragon Ball Kai
Topic: What was the point of Kai?
Replies: 50
Views: 6838

Re: What was the point of Kai?

I find the fillers make the story worst since they do nothing to the plot and they are pretty much ignore later on. Remember when the Human Z Fighters beat the Ginyu Force on King Kai's Planet? That was total bullshit and made no sense. I think the Gohan filler in the Saiyan arc helps the story. It...
by penguintruth
Fri Apr 18, 2014 7:19 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Out of Character Moments in the series
Replies: 245
Views: 34266

Re: Out of Character Moments in the series

There's a difference between freezing up in despair and consciously deciding, "Gee whiz, I dun wanna fight, so I'm gonna stand here with my thumb up my ass!" He's paralyzed by his inability to bring forth his hidden power and his fear of what that might mean, losing control. If you can't ...
by penguintruth
Fri Apr 18, 2014 6:38 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Out of Character Moments in the series
Replies: 245
Views: 34266

Re: Out of Character Moments in the series

There's a difference between freezing up in despair and consciously deciding, "Gee whiz, I dun wanna fight, fighting is bad, so I'm gonna stand here with my thumb up my ass!" He's paralyzed by his inability to bring forth his hidden power and his fear of what that might mean, losing contro...
by penguintruth
Fri Apr 18, 2014 6:21 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Out of Character Moments in the series
Replies: 245
Views: 34266

Re: Out of Character Moments in the series

He is not, at any point, refusing to fight. Yes, he is. When the Cell jrs are out and torturing his friends and family, he NEVER actually TRIES to attack Cell or the Cells Jrs. He just stands there, he doesn't TRY to stop it. And even before Cell spawned the Cell Jrs, in the manga, Gohan only actua...
by penguintruth
Fri Apr 18, 2014 5:32 pm
Forum: Dragon Ball Kai
Topic: What Channel should DBZ Kai the Final Chapters Air On?
Replies: 15
Views: 3364

Re: What Channel should DBZ Kai the Final Chapters Air On?

TLC, sandwiched between two episodes of Honey Boo Boo.

Get it? Boo? Disgustingly enormous stupid people? Fat Buu?

A match made in HFIL.
by penguintruth
Fri Apr 18, 2014 5:27 pm
Forum: Dragon Ball Kai
Topic: What was the point of Kai?
Replies: 50
Views: 6838

Re: What was the point of Kai?

It's a shortened version of an overly long, overly padded long-running action shonen series.

Is it cheaply done? Yes. But it's better than sitting through 291 episodes of DBZ, no matter what language it's in.
by penguintruth
Fri Apr 18, 2014 5:09 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Out of Character Moments in the series
Replies: 245
Views: 34266

Re: Out of Character Moments in the series

Gohan at the Cell Games. Completely irrational OOC behavior. I swear to Kaioshin, the first person to retread "Gohan during the Cell Games" is going to get a living room full of napalm. :evil: Why? They're not wrong. We've been over this ad nauseam, and you've failed at every turn. None o...
by penguintruth
Fri Apr 18, 2014 7:14 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Freeza and his men all have stereotypically "gay" traits?
Replies: 76
Views: 21959

Re: Freeza and his men all have stereotypically "gay" traits

You might be reading too much into it. At most they're effete upperclass aristocrats that sit around admiring how great they are. Not necessarily feminine, but broadly flamboyant as the result of narcissism. I get the feeling that Freeza and his men never really had to work at being powerful, many o...
by penguintruth
Fri Apr 18, 2014 2:47 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Why are people so obsessed with DB returning to CN?
Replies: 42
Views: 4327

Re: Why are people so obsessed with DB returning to CN?

Which reaches more people, a digital cable channel many don't get or a programming block on a basic cable channel that the target audience isn't allowed to stay up to watch?