JulieYBM wrote: ↑Sun Oct 20, 2019 12:26 pm
Dragon Ball should be public domain. This way anyone can create the works they like based off of it to fulfill their creative desires.
Or, wild idea... people can maybe instead just create something that's wholly original and totally their own and maybe (god for-fucking-bid) add something that's genuinely fresh, different, and unique into the world instead of everyone just endlessly rehashing from the same limited pool of over-flogged-to-death mega-franchises (that have already long been prostituted to within an inch of their lives by the forces of corporate marketing/greed as it is) ad infinitum.
I'm as pro-democratization of art and creative talent as the next person... but part of the whole entire point of it is for more new, more daring, and less derivative work to better flourish and be given space to blossom and become recognized more widely without being hopelessly drowned out by the usual risk-adverse corporate monoliths, and not so much for everyone to legally indulge and wallow forever, copyright-free, in reskinning and re-tinkering with the same old tired stuff they already know and are familiar with.
The framework that you're coming at it from would basically be more or less identical to what we have already in the current climate (everyone just constantly recycling the same exact familiar shit from their childhoods that they can't let go of over and over and over and over), just with the added element of amateurism and more blatant/unrestrained/cringe-worthy fan-wankery.
Which seems to me like a worst of both worlds: all the exhausting, soul-numbing, mind-deadening unoriginality and deja vu repetition of today's reboot/remake/revival-drenched climate, combined with all the worst, most self-indulgently infantile traits inherent to fanfic/fanart culture online.
I'd much rather live in a world where we're actually permitted to get FURTHER AWAY FROM the shadow that Dragon Ball (and moreover, its endless array of me-too Shonen imitators) has cast over so much of the anime/manga mainstream throughout the past couple decades or so. Conversely, I'm not particularly keen on welcoming a world in which something like Dragon Ball's presence in the mainstream is largely embodied by an endless array of officially produced and cringingly terrible Goku/Vados slash fic and the like.
Or to put it more simply: the response to good art we should be encouraging is more "I want to make something as good and impactful as that that's all mine!" and not "I want to churn out the next sequel/continuation/spinoff/re-imagining/reboot/ripoff of EXACTLY that!"
As to the main thread topic, I would like to formally and enthusiastically co-sign on all of the following suggestions:
kei17 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 14, 2019 11:16 pm-Produce a complete soundtrack release of the Kikuchi score
-Produce a definiteve Blu-ray release of the old TV series
-Re-release the old movies uncensored with better color corrections and selective aspect ratio
-Fire the bad promo artist
Dbzfan94 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 09, 2019 5:17 pmEnd it permanently
Kamiccolo9 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 20, 2019 5:19 pmPut it down like Old Yeller.
jjgp1112 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 14, 2019 9:55 pmDelete Dragon Ball Minus from existence
Kunzait's note: Also add in DB Heroes and Episode of Bardock to this
Zephyr wrote: ↑Sun Oct 13, 2019 12:51 pmFUNimation is out.
Tao Pai Pai is in (FighterZ).
VDenter wrote: ↑Sun Oct 20, 2019 3:54 pm
Obviously end it. Super and all this continuation material didn't need to exist. The quality isn't good and i would rather DB end permanently than see it's undead corpse be continually defiled.
Beyond that i would make sure that DB,DBZ and GT get a proper 1080p/4K remaster with no DNR or Widescreen. It would include The Next Episode previews and the Original Broadcast Audio, and of course the original JP title cards. All properly remastered with appropriate color correction. So that it doesn't suffer from any color inaccuracies that the Dragon Boxes suffer from.
Release the Kanzenban the entire color DB manga globally and fix any translation issues that plague the current Manga releases.
Stop allowing cash grab DB game that aren't anywhere near the quality of Dragon Ball FighterZ quality at least, to exist.
Oh and strip Funimation of the DB licence. Give it to some other company that is capable a brand new English dub that is faithful to the source without crapping out midway through. With the exception of Chris Ayres and maybe Colleen Clinkenbeard, replace EVERY single voice actor that dubs Dragon Ball currently.
No more dub spellings like "Frieza" or "Tien" or terms like "DESTRUCTO DISK" Just GONE completely never to be seen again in any future release.
So to recap:
- Permanently cease any and all further new DB manga/anime production.
- Permanently strip FUNimation of the entire Dragon Ball license forever and let all (and I mean
ALL) of their old releases & material lapse out of print, never to be re-released.
- A full proper soundtrack release of Kikuchi's Dragon Ball music library in its full entirety.
- Release the full Kanzenban and Full Color Manga with properly fixed (and Viz-ism free) translations and zero censorship whatsoever.
- Release a full proper restoration of the original DB, Z, and GT anime franchise (and all accompanying anime theatrical films, OVAs, & TV specials). No widescreen, no DNR, no gimmicks, no censorship, no bullshit: just the complete 1986 - 1997 Dragon Ball anime series, fully intact. Would obviously include the original Japanese audio & Simmons subtitles, but ALSO...
- A full and proper redub. ENTIRELY recast from the ground up 1000%, with the approach taken to adapting both the scrip and the characters into English COMPLETELY rethought from wholecloth (taking virtually NOTHING from FUNimation's approach throughout the decades) with the eye squarely on faithfulness to the original tone, intent, and spirit of the Japanese original.
For example, actors would be directed to actually Kiai and do Qigong-style deep breathing for the fight scenes (rather than just spastically yell unconvincingly as if they're a constipated WWE wrestler), as well as to speak in a naturalistic, organically conversational manner rather than doing over the top ham-fisted cartoon caricature put-on voices.
Actors would also be cast appropriately to the original intent of the Japanese production: Eg. Kaio would sound like a wise, warm, sagely deity instead of a mentally impaired psychiatric patient with a crippling speech impediment, Muten Roshi's actor would need the versatility to bounce back and forth from "endearingly nutty old coot" to "intimidating, badass martial arts master" fluidly and seamlessly, the narrator would sound like a kindly old grandfather reciting an ancient Chinese legend rather than a monster truck rally announcer hopped up on cocaine, etc.
Script would use Simmons' translation as a baseline from which to adapt further for lip-flaps and other various untranslatable language-quirks (puns and so on). And obviously, no replacement scores of any kind, nor any dub-ism names, pronunciations, and assorted terminology. Sayan, Frieza, Tien, Destructo and Special Beam whatever, etc. all forever permanently gone and retired from any and all use in any further English language DB media.
- Bring some actual quality control back to the Dragon Ball video game franchise, using FighterZ as a baseline metric for basic competency, mechanical depth, and standards in further fighting game development. No more Tenkaichi/Sparking/Raging Blast or Budokai or Xenoverse-style games. Only actual serious stabs at legit, properly competitive fighting games from here on in. Same goes for other genres as well, such as RPGs, adventure games, beat em ups, etc.
- Let Tao Pai Pai (and Daimao & Muten Roshi for that matter) into FighterZ already. For fuck's sake.
- Invent time travel or reality warping technology so we can completely erase DB Minus, Episode of Bardock, and the entire DB Heroes franchise from ever having existed in any capacity.
Oh, and I'll throw in one more that's all mine and that I haven't seen anyone else in here bring up yet (my apologies if I missed it):
- A full proper English translated release of the entire Daizenshuu. Because why not?