Tanooki's DBZ: Season 2 Box Set Dissection

DaemonCorps · Post by **DaemonCorps** » Thu May 24, 2007 12:07 am

bkev wrote:Hey, whatever happened to SelMod anyway?

Probably lurking. I sent SelMod a PM and he/she (again, I forget) said that he/she's willing to send anyone a template of the custom cover, but he/she's also working on the custom him/herself.

EricM · Post by **EricM** » Thu May 24, 2007 1:08 am

IMO, this season looks worse than Season 1. It might be because I wasn't looking for it in the first season, but I seem to notice more broken lines on the cells in this season...

Vegard Aune · Post by **Vegard Aune** » Thu May 24, 2007 4:34 am

DaemonCorps wrote:Also, the split screen moments are awkward, just like the last set. Split screens in the original 4:3 were awkward enough, but now they're just...
*Image*

That one didn't look too bad to me. Kuririn looked a little awkward, but apart from that, that picture wasn't THAT awful.

Mr.Piccolo · Post by **Mr.Piccolo** » Thu May 24, 2007 10:51 am

No need to feel sorry for Corey for having a ps3...that's just if he didn't pay full price for that thing. A great system and all, don't get me wrong but Jeezus.. lol Huh, oh on topic, you guys think if casual anime/DBZ fans catch on to the lack of quality of these sets they'll end up like the UUE?

Vegard Aune · Post by **Vegard Aune** » Thu May 24, 2007 12:17 pm

Mr.Piccolo wrote:...you guys think if casual anime/DBZ fans catch on to the lack of quality of these sets they'll end up like the UUE?

Maybe. But some people (Like me) buy them despite the incredible crappiness of the sets, not because these sets are cheap, but the singles are too damn expensive! But if these sets DO get cancelled, I hope it happens after the Trunks-episodes, due to those two episodes in there that were so hard to get. (Or, not as easy as the others, anyway.)

John · Post by **John** » Thu May 24, 2007 12:37 pm

I have a question. Would yous guys buy these sets if all the sudden, there were fullscreen editions? The catch is: they're the same quality from UUE + the other single DVD releases.

[I'm not sure this has been asked before. Sorry if it has.]

Super 17 · Post by **Super 17** » Thu May 24, 2007 12:45 pm

I would, I really don't like widescreen anyways, I don't know why it's so popular.

BlueSky · Post by **Kaboom** » Thu May 24, 2007 12:49 pm

John wrote:I have a question. Would yous guys buy these sets if all the sudden, there were fullscreen editions? The catch is: they're the same quality from UUE + the other single DVD releases.

Yup.

I've only got set number one, and I don't plan on buying more. But if they released fullscreens, then I'd be all over them. Even if that were the only change; the "remastering" bothers me even less than the fullscreen.

Slickmasterfunk · Post by **Slickmasterfunk** » Thu May 24, 2007 1:48 pm

I saw the set at Best Buy today and really considered getting it just to grab those last few episodes. That is, until I looked to the left and saw that they had put out the Naruto Uncut Box Set #3 a few days early so I grabbed that instead. Less episodes, more money, yet somehow it's just worth it.

DaemonCorps · Post by **DaemonCorps** » Thu May 24, 2007 1:53 pm

John wrote:I have a question. Would yous guys buy these sets if all the sudden, there were fullscreen editions? The catch is: they're the same quality from UUE + the other single DVD releases.

Oh definitely. Widescreening the series was just such a random move that I don't see why they did it in the first place (except for the crappy thinking that widescreen = l337). I mean, do you see the Friends releases being changed into widescreen? What about the Super Mario Bros. releases? Grounded For Life? Everybody Loves Raymond? I can go on, but you get the idea.

Buying them now just makes me feel like I've done some kind of "sacrilege" thing. My excuse for getting the first two is that well... there's no other way to get these episodes in the US otherwise.

FDLink · Post by **FDLink** » Thu May 24, 2007 2:04 pm

I don't know how many times I need to say this, but if every DBZ fan had simply stuck to their guns and had been patient, FUNi would have realized that they couldn't get away with marketing an incomplete product and would be retooling these releases in 4:3 by now.

At this point, I almost wish FUNi would go ahead and complete the widescreen releases, then turn around and drop 4:3 versions on us. Sure, they'd be getting even more money off the franchise, but at least all those who caved and screwed over the rest of us (those wanting a quality release) would be kicking themselves for doing so.

Lobster_Rage155 · Post by **Lobster_Rage155** » Thu May 24, 2007 2:45 pm

Super 17 wrote:I would, I really don't like widescreen anyways, I don't know why it's so popular.

Well, it's generally "so popular" because it's usually the original aspect ratio for theatrical movies and therefore the preferred format. However, it's the exact opposite with this, as MADE PAINFULLY OBVIOUS AGAIN AND AGAIN ON THIS BOARD.

Duo · Post by **Duo** » Thu May 24, 2007 2:55 pm

Lobster_Rage155 wrote:
Super 17 wrote:I would, I really don't like widescreen anyways, I don't know why it's so popular.
Well, it's generally "so popular" because it's usually the original aspect ratio for theatrical movies and therefore the preferred format. However, it's the exact opposite with this, as MADE PAINFULLY OBVIOUS AGAIN AND AGAIN ON THIS BOARD.

Much like the pointing out of the shortcomings of the FUNi dub, tihs will never go away. Even if they release good sets down the road, these times will not be forgotten and they will be deservingly mocked for years to come over it.

As is fitting.

TheMajinRedComet · Post by **TheMajinRedComet** » Thu May 24, 2007 3:09 pm

I dont mind the widescreen.. its still DBZ even if some of the picture is cut, and its very cheap I spent more money on the UUC starter set(which was 3 episodes). On the HDTV up stairs I dont even notice the cropping.

Kendamu · Post by **Kendamu** » Thu May 24, 2007 3:24 pm

FDLink wrote:I don't know how many times I need to say this, but if every DBZ fan had simply stuck to their guns and had been patient, FUNi would have realized that they couldn't get away with marketing an incomplete product and would be retooling these releases in 4:3 by now.

At this point, I almost wish FUNi would go ahead and complete the widescreen releases, then turn around and drop 4:3 versions on us. Sure, they'd be getting even more money off the franchise, but at least all those who caved and screwed over the rest of us (those wanting a quality release) would be kicking themselves for doing so.

Well, you have to realize something: The majority of people buying these sets actually like them and probably don't post on this forum. So, even if the entirety of DaizEX and the FUNi DBZ forum just sat there and didn't buy them, it still wouldn't have put a real dent in the final sales figures.

Besides, according to FUNi reps there aren't any plans for DBZ beyond pumping out these season sets right now. So, stick to your guns like glue for all I care. We're not getting jack for a long time.

Jerseymilk · Post by **Jerseymilk** » Thu May 24, 2007 3:31 pm

John wrote:I have a question. Would yous guys buy these sets if all the sudden, there were fullscreen editions? The catch is: they're the same quality from UUE + the other single DVD releases.

In a heartbeat.

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Thu May 24, 2007 3:37 pm

Super 17 wrote:I would, I really don't like widescreen anyways, I don't know why it's so popular.

Everyone in America is a millionaire and automatically has a widescreen TV.

Chuquita · Post by **Chuquita** » Thu May 24, 2007 4:53 pm

I'm honestly more upset about the half-done redubbing in the Season 2 set. It just sounds so incomplete that way.

With the money they spent on "widescreen" they could've used to pay the rest of the cast to do a complete redub for that one english track.
2006 Vegeta talking to 1999 Goku sounds so wrong.

Conan the SSJ · Post by **Conan the SSJ** » Thu May 24, 2007 5:03 pm

Chuquita wrote: With the money they spent on "widescreen" they could've used to pay the rest of the cast to do a complete redub for that one english track.
2006 Vegeta talking to 1999 Goku sounds so wrong.

I know the feeling.

>_>;;

FDLink · Post by **FDLink** » Fri May 25, 2007 3:42 pm

Kendamu wrote:Besides, according to FUNi reps there aren't any plans for DBZ beyond pumping out these season sets right now. So, stick to your guns like glue for all I care. We're not getting jack for a long time.

Yeah, and FUNi should always be taken at their word.

But even if that happens, fuck it. I'm still not buying any of their shit until they get it right, and if I should lose interest in the series before that happens, so be it.

Surely somebody at FUNimation realizes that they could have made EVEN MORE MONEY (zOMgZ!!!1!11! more $$$$??!?) if they had simply kept the set's universal appeal by not cropping the fucking thing?