Smooth Criminal wrote:Why would a casual dub fan want the Dragon Box if Season One is readily available and cheaper?
I think you basically stumped yourself. Nobody who isn't a hardcore fan would give enough of a shit to compare the two releases side-by-side and and choose the DBOX.
EDUCATED hardcore dub fans are in the minority. Half of them don't even know what the Dragon Box is-- just go look on youtube.
I hate to be the asshole here, but this release is PRIMARILY aimed at fans who have been salivating for a US release of the JP Dragon Box for years and years. No one who really made a strong effort to try and convince FUNi to do this gives a shit about the US dub.
Yeah, it would be nice to make everyone happy, but you know what? Storage space on a DVD isn't unlimited. TOO BAD. You are in the minority if you have been starving for the DBox yet are in love with the Faulconer dub. Just feel happy that you're getting an English language version at all.... Because many of us TRUE fans could give a shit about any of it, Faulconer or otherwise. It just takes up disc space-- THAT'S ALL.
I want the JP voice track with the highest bit-rate possible, equivalent to the original DBOX. They said they didn't change anything.... That means English fans will have to STFU and DEAL with whatever disc space is left.
Though I'm sure the vast majority of dub fans are plenty happy with the season sets.
In short, I don't really see the issue. English Dub fans who have been following the original Dbox releases and have wanted it as much as us are in the small, small minority. That's just tough shit.
Sorry, I guess you now know what it has felt like to be a fan of the original for so many years and to be completely IGNORED by FUNi in many instances, as if we didn't exist. How many times did we have to bitch before they finally made the games bi-lingual? Even then there were still releases that screwed us over. Now that we are getting catered to, FINALLY, you dub fans have the nerve to rain on OUR parade?
Smooth Criminal, I'm not pro-dub or anything, but I'm going to type out the token repsonses before someone else does from dub fans:
-Why should we be excluded from good footage because we prefer the dub?
-If we have to deal with the season sets, why can't you?
-Why does your preference matter over us? It's a matter of opinion.
Okay, that being said, they are releasing the Dragon Box. Now, those of us who went and clamored over the Dragon Box and bought singles/boxes obviously are fans of the Japanese dialogue and BGM. The people that brought the Dragon Box to attention on these board were the people who PROBABLY were more into the Japanese version (evidence is that most--not all--dub fans don't know what the Dragon Box is). Now I don't want to assume too much here, but this release is driven more toward the subbie, as has been repeated ad nauseum. The original Dragon Box only includes the JPN dialogue and BGM. The default FUNi Box is JPN dialogue with subs. It doesn't take much to figure out to whom this box is directed.
This doesn't mean that FUNi doesn't care about the dub fans. They do since they included at least one dub track on these sets, but to get angry about not having both dub tracks would seem silly, and I hope it doesn't deter you from buying the set because you want to hear both. Now if I were FUNi, I would put the broadcast BGM on the sets. It SEEMS most dub fans prefer it over the English dialogue with JPN BGM; it would be wiser on the business sense. In my opinion, I'd rather see the Faulconer BGM phased out. I like synth music, but not his.
