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Re: Unpopular DB opinions

Post by Krillin1994 » Wed Jul 05, 2017 7:28 pm

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ABED wrote:I don't think it ultimately come down to strength in the hunt for the DB's on Namek. Gohan and Kuririn were able to get them back and get a few wishes under Vegeta's nose.
Yeah that is true, though the Ginyu force muscled them out of the dragonballs so the possession went to those with the strength. I loved the ballsy move of wishing whilst Vegeta napped.
But that just means they came close. Who gets the wish doesn't come down to muscle. I also thought it was clever but a bit of a "duh!" that the wishes on the Namekian DB's had to be made in Namekian.
It was a good way to add Dende as a key player despite having no fighting skills.

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Re: Unpopular DB opinions

Post by Ripper 30 » Thu Jul 06, 2017 5:55 am

Krillin1994 wrote:If anything as well it's very cool seeing Krillin actually being the de facto leader of the gang for a while
Yes that was great to see.also,after the Saiyan Arc it was Krillin only Who came up with the idea of going to Namek and When they were on Namek he was like a mentor to gohan and telling him to Suppress his Ki whenever they were hiding and all.
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Re: Unpopular DB opinions

Post by Baggie_Saiyan » Thu Jul 06, 2017 8:15 am

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Krillin1994 wrote:If anything as well it's very cool seeing Krillin actually being the de facto leader of the gang for a while
Yes that was great to see.also,after the Saiyan Arc it was Krillin only Who came up with the idea of going to Namek and When they were on Namek he was like a mentor to gohan and telling him to Suppress his Ki whenever they were hiding and all.
Krillin is awesome and doesn't get the due commendation he deserves from certain factions of the fan base, even if they haven't seen DB he still did a lot in Z for reasons you said like on Namek but people just see him as a loser who dies all the time, it is annoying.

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Re: Unpopular DB opinions

Post by sintzu » Thu Jul 06, 2017 10:11 am

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Krillin1994 wrote:If anything as well it's very cool seeing Krillin actually being the de facto leader of the gang for a while
Yes that was great to see.also,after the Saiyan Arc it was Krillin only Who came up with the idea of going to Namek and When they were on Namek he was like a mentor to gohan and telling him to Suppress his Ki whenever they were hiding and all.
Krillin is awesome and doesn't get the due commendation he deserves from certain factions of the fan base, even if they haven't seen DB he still did a lot in Z for reasons you said like on Namek but people just see him as a loser who dies all the time, it is annoying.
He also saved that family from Cell. I know it wasn't in the manga but it should still count for him.
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Re: Unpopular DB opinions

Post by ABED » Thu Jul 06, 2017 10:25 am

It's a good moment, but not a great moment I'd put alongside the aforementioned one.
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Re: Unpopular DB opinions

Post by Noah » Thu Jul 06, 2017 4:08 pm

I like Coola and I think the concept of Freeza having a brother is better than having a father that just served to humiliated with his son by the new introduced character. Even though people says he's just like Freeza, I don't see that way, Coola is more respectful with his army and seems to be a bit smarter than Freeza.
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Re: Unpopular DB opinions

Post by Gog » Thu Jul 06, 2017 4:52 pm

Noah wrote:I like Coola and I think the concept of Freeza having a brother is better than having a father that just served to humiliated with his son by the new introduced character. Even though people says he's just like Freeza, I don't see that way, Coola is more respectful with his army and seems to be a bit smarter than Freeza.
This may seem rude, but could you please elaborate on these points?
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Post by DBZ Macky » Thu Jul 06, 2017 5:21 pm

Doesn't Cooler basically boil down to "I'm not as soft as my brother! I'm cooler" and "I am the real strongest guy in the universe. You beat my brother but you're no match for me!... *proceeds to get rekt by Goku*".

He acts like how a Vegeta and Freeza fusion would.
He's still pretty cool though.
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Re: Unpopular DB opinions

Post by Gog » Thu Jul 06, 2017 5:31 pm

DBZ Macky wrote:Doesn't Cooler basically boil down to "I'm not as soft as my brother! I'm cooler" and "I am the real strongest guy in the universe. You beat my brother but you're no match for me!... *proceeds to get rekt by Goku*".

He acts like how a Vegeta and Freeza fusion would.
He's still pretty cool though.
A Vegeta, and Freeza fusion would just be Freeza at the end of the day. :P No, but really its one of the aspects I like the most about the Namek Arc, how similar Freeza and Vegeta are.
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Re: Unpopular DB opinions

Post by 8000 Saiyan » Thu Jul 06, 2017 5:33 pm

DBZ Macky wrote:Doesn't Cooler basically boil down to "I'm not as soft as my brother! I'm cooler" and "I am the real strongest guy in the universe. You beat my brother but you're no match for me!... *proceeds to get rekt by Goku*".

He acts like how a Vegeta and Freeza fusion would.
He's still pretty cool though.
He also has a pretty cool design, even cooler than Frieza's.
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Re: Unpopular DB opinions

Post by precita » Thu Jul 06, 2017 6:26 pm

Cooler had a lot of potential but his movies were only like 40 minutes and he didn't even start fighting till the tail-end of his first movie.

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Post by Jinzoningen MULE » Thu Jul 06, 2017 7:01 pm

precita wrote:Cooler had a lot of potential but his movies were only like 40 minutes and he didn't even start fighting till the tail-end of his first movie.
I think he'd have potential if he weren't so redundant, but he's so obviously just a subtly tweaked Freeza clone that his concept is boring.
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Re: Unpopular DB opinions

Post by Kanassa » Fri Jul 07, 2017 6:22 pm

After rewatching Dragon Ball again, I started to think the reveal that Goku is an alien kind of takes away from some senses of accomplishments in the OG Dragon Ball sections. I mean, I know that alien shit aside, Goku was a hard and driven fighter and that was the key to him being such a strong fighter. But sometimes it feels like "Oh, he's a saiyan, of course he can do that"
When Super apparently shoves Goku down our throats:

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Re: Unpopular DB opinions

Post by TheDipDap1234 » Fri Jul 07, 2017 6:27 pm

I liked GT Goten. His design, his personality, his haircut, everything. I consider it to be the best version of Goten.
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Re: Unpopular DB opinions

Post by Gog » Fri Jul 07, 2017 7:14 pm

Kanassa wrote:After rewatching Dragon Ball again, I started to think the reveal that Goku is an alien kind of takes away from some senses of accomplishments in the OG Dragon Ball sections. I mean, I know that alien shit aside, Goku was a hard and driven fighter and that was the key to him being such a strong fighter. But sometimes it feels like "Oh, he's a saiyan, of course he can do that"
You're right in a way Goku being retconned into being a Saiyan could have made his achievements less valid than they were. But, they aren't all of what Goku had achieved was still all of his own effort. He did start out far stronger than the average human, he was trained by Grandpa Gohan, but he only ever learned the very basics from him.

Regardless, in the end that amazing strength would never have gotten to the heights that he did if he never did anything with that strength. Of course in Early Dragon Ball Goku was an amazing prodigy as well.

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Re: Unpopular DB opinions

Post by Doctor. » Fri Jul 07, 2017 8:10 pm

Kanassa wrote:After rewatching Dragon Ball again, I started to think the reveal that Goku is an alien kind of takes away from some senses of accomplishments in the OG Dragon Ball sections. I mean, I know that alien shit aside, Goku was a hard and driven fighter and that was the key to him being such a strong fighter. But sometimes it feels like "Oh, he's a saiyan, of course he can do that"
The reveal makes his accomplishments from part 2 seem even more impressive (and plus, Piccolo was an alien too, so his two biggest achievements in part 1 aren't negated), so that balances it out. I like it as a way to turn things on its head, Goku was always seen as special even in part 1, they constantly made reference to the fact that he had a monkey tail, wasn't normal and was a prodigy. Part 2 comes along and tells us Goku is a piece of trash.

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Post by DragonBallKing » Sun Jul 09, 2017 10:27 am

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Kanassa wrote:After rewatching Dragon Ball again, I started to think the reveal that Goku is an alien kind of takes away from some senses of accomplishments in the OG Dragon Ball sections. I mean, I know that alien shit aside, Goku was a hard and driven fighter and that was the key to him being such a strong fighter. But sometimes it feels like "Oh, he's a saiyan, of course he can do that"
The reveal makes his accomplishments from part 2 seem even more impressive (and plus, Piccolo was an alien too, so his two biggest achievements in part 1 aren't negated), so that balances it out. I like it as a way to turn things on its head, Goku was always seen as special even in part 1, they constantly made reference to the fact that he had a monkey tail, wasn't normal and was a prodigy. Part 2 comes along and tells us Goku is a piece of trash.
He's trash from a race of extremely strong people by earth standards, Raditz was also weak trash but he still stomped Goku and Piccolo.
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Re: Unpopular DB opinions

Post by DragonBallKing » Sun Jul 09, 2017 10:31 am

I really don't find TFS very funny, they have few funny bits but it's mostly hit or miss for me. I really confuses me that it's considered comedy gold , but then again comedy is subjective.
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Re: Unpopular DB opinions

Post by Ki Breaker » Sun Jul 09, 2017 10:56 am

DragonBallKing wrote:I really don't find TFS very funny, they have few funny bits but it's mostly hit or miss for me. I really confuses me that it's considered comedy gold , but then again comedy is subjective.
If they didn't show goku as a guy with shit for brains, I would give it 32/32..

Goku being that dumb never got me invested in the thing, after the bit with super, a canon material also overblowing his naïve nature I developed a strong dislike for anything where goku is acting like a total fool..
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Post by Dbzfan94 » Sun Jul 09, 2017 11:12 am

DragonBallKing wrote:I really don't find TFS very funny, they have few funny bits but it's mostly hit or miss for me. I really confuses me that it's considered comedy gold , but then again comedy is subjective.
Me either. And the fact that their fans go to such lengths to defend them or insist their version is canon. :lolno:

Recently, TFS got a irl-copyright strike from a Toei rep. and they posted about it. Their fanboys proceeded to lash out at Toei on Twitter :/

At least Lani apologized.

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