TheQuazz wrote:I cannot, for the life of me, understand this "interaction" crap. Why do people want characters interacting with each other over a good story? Yeah, Freeza talked to Goku like how Freeza would talk to Goku, so what? Oh boy, Freeza's going to be really wacky having to work with all these former enemies! This is stuff that excites little children, demand a little bit more from your entertainment. I still can't get over the fact that they dropped a potentially interesting character from the cast only to shove in Mr Merchandise-Seller, and people act like it's somehow a good idea that benefits the show. The way this has been implemented is so cynical, they just throw Freeza right in like he's the only possible way to save the universe, they didn't even acknowledge that Gotenks exists. "Oh, but Gotenks is waaay to risky and uncooperative!" And Freeza isn't?! Besides, it could be a good opportunity to give Gotenks some kind of development, maybe he had to be trained or something? I don't know, anything's better than FREEZA again. The show could have at least made some kind of excuse for Gotenks themselves, but no, we're stuck with whatever crap people come up with to defend a decision obviously driven more by corporate greed than actually creativity or a desire to tell a good story. Speaking of which, the story of Super (you know, the thing that's actually important in a series) has been very lacklustre recently too. I don't think anything's been better than serviceable since the Krillin episode, every event has just kind of happened on screen without any kind of character development or heart to it. The animation and music have been good I guess, but nothing makes me feel any emotion whatsoever. Whenever I tune in to Super it just feels like I'm dead for 20 minutes. Some things have been offensively stupid too, like the Kale stuff today. Wow, a shy and fragile girl getting really mad and turning into a raging brute, what a creative idea for a character! These recent episodes have really been a wake-up call that I've been wasting too much of my time caring about a show for little kids with as much intelligence and substance as a little kids' show and with fans that have the same requirements for good entertainment as little kids. Silly me for thinking that whoever's responsible for Super actually tried to make a good show after the whole "reboot" it got after the Black arc. I've given Dragon Ball way too many second chances, nothing made since the Bardock Special (and maybe Battle of Gods) has actually been good enough to warrant my time, yet I still keep coming back expecting the series to magically produce some kind of worthwhile content. Well, it hasn't. So unless one of my friends tells me that something really damn good happens in this arc, I'm done with Dragon Ball. No point in obsessing over something that has stagnated in mediocrity for over 25 years. (This is probably a contender for the worst post ever, but I sunk too much time into it to not Submit it)
We're childish for wanting to see how Frieza interacts with the cast and influences the narrative, yet you want to see...Gotenks.
"This is stuff that excites little children"
"a show for little kids with as much intelligence and substance as a little kids' show and with fans that have the same requirements for good entertainment as little kids"
This guy, the one who said the above quotes wants to see...Gotenks. Because we all know, Gotenks will bring the maturity and seriousness to the series...
