I'm analyzing both situations from an evil and senseless point of view, which makes what I said perfectly relevant. Things aren't irrelevant or rambling just because you don't agree.DBZAOTA482 wrote: Now you're just rambling. Cell didn't kill #16 because he tried to kill him at that point (he was even a threat to Cell in the first place)... he killed him for being a "nuisance".
And how many times do I have to say that Freeza promised to let the children go if they gave the Dragon Balls and that the children did nothing to Freeza? Even if Freeza wanted to get back at the adults for something, the children still had done nothing to him, while #16 actually had actually done something to Cell. Freeza didn't even address the children and all they did was cower in fear and try to run.How many times do I have to see it? Freeza had the Namekians killed specifically because they didn't give him what he wanted. They give them a dragonball but refused to tell him about the others because they didn't wanna snitch so Freeza had them killed.
You keep misunderstanding and inaccurately portraying my points. I'll be crystal clear about them: Gohan, as a good person, should care for all evil things that he sees happening and therefore he should care about what happened to #16. But he obviously should care WAAAYYY more about his friends and family than #16 when his friends and family are about to be killed, which makes his choice of focusing solely on #16 when they are about to die not work. That's why I'm criticizing the execution and not so much the theory/idea. Period. For example, if Cell hadn't actually ordered the Cell Jrs to kill them off right before #16's head appears, things would automatically be WAAAYYY better.See, you're doing it again. You're claiming Gohan shouldn't care about #16 and the fact was destroyed just because Cell said to have his friends and family killed. I'm sorry but that's a pretty asshole-ish way of looking at things... I bet you're one of those people who forsake Goku for supposedly saving Mr. Satan and Dende over the boys and Piccolo.
And yes, I could care a lot. In fact I'd fuck up whoever was orchestrating the events.
Also, thanks for indirectly calling me an "asshole" just because I'm arguing that Gohan should care more about his family and friends than #16 when they are about to get killed. Coupled with the "rambling" comment, you managed to indirectly call me a "rambling asshole" in just one post. I'm not sure how that choice elevates the level of the discussion, or how it gives extra weight to your arguments, but perhaps you have a good reason for it besides just trying to insult because I happen to not agree with you...
I completely disagree. The only ones standing at all were Piccolo, Vegeta and Trunks. Everyone else, including Goku, were in the ground, at the mercy of the Cell Jrs. I see no conceivable way for the Cell Jrs to take more than 1 or 2 seconds to finish off the fighters that were on the ground after being ordered to finish them off, and even the ones standing is debatable how long they would hold out.LuckyCat wrote: Actually I think the anime handled this timing well. Android #16's head landed while Cell was still in the middle of barking orders to the Cell juniors. We don't see what's happening during this time, but the stronger Z fighters are still putting up decent fights against the juniors, helping out their weaker members, but gradually being pushed back. In that context, it appears that Gohan does have time, especially if he lacks confidence to deal with the juniors at that very moment. If that scene had played out without #16, I would imagine Gohan continue to watch helplessly until one of his friends actually died, then he'd get the rage boost he needed to actually help them.
The events basically unfold like everything and everyone paused once #16's head hit the ground next to Gohan but there's absolutely no reason for that to happen and thus Gohan should be more concerned with the gang than just focusing solely on #16.