Would it be worth it getting Dragon Boxes?

TheGreatness25 · Post by **TheGreatness25** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 7:11 pm

...Did I say that just because someone buys Dragon Boxes they're that way? I said that most people who are into the show, who do want to own it, are earning minimum wage, since it's come back to that. All that stemmed from the fact that while 25 year olds might go out and easily buy whatever they want, someone earning 8 bucks an hour can't.

Smooth Criminal · Post by **Smooth Criminal** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 7:53 pm

Cool, because you can watch and enjoy something in another language without subtitles and without understanding what they're saying outside of character and attack names.

That's cool.

MajinVejitaXV · Post by **MajinVejitaXV** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 9:23 pm

Smooth Criminal wrote:Cool, because you can watch and enjoy something in another language without subtitles and without understanding what they're saying outside of character and attack names.

That's cool.

I guess being multilingual is above some people's capability, but to quote Eddie Izzard "the Dutch speak four different languages and smoke marijuana!" ;p

-Corey

Raki · Post by **Raki** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 9:48 pm

Smooth Criminal wrote:Cool, because you can watch and enjoy something in another language without subtitles and without understanding what they're saying outside of character and attack names.

That's cool.

If you have already seen the seried in English and in English subtitles,then it really wouldn't matter.

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 12:44 am

Instead of giving out candy to the kids for halloween, I gave out Dragonboxes. Sadly, none of the kids could fit them in their bags or read the language so I got stuck with them. I decided to build a fort with them afterwards.

It's raining DBZ singles again....

Shin Moonwalker · Post by **Shin Moonwalker** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 5:09 am

Raki wrote:If you have already seen the seried in English and in English subtitles,then it really wouldn't matter.

Yeah, there's gotta be more than a million lines in the show, and once you've seen them with subtitles, you know them by heart

Li'l Lemmy · Post by **Li'l Lemmy** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 6:44 am

That depends on your degree of obsession, mine being rather formidable. I don't understand by ear what it is they're saying all the time, being nowhere near fluent in the language, but I can pop in a random DVD, listen to DBZ from the next room and follow along by linking a few words and the delivery of what one character or another says to the appropriate Daimou subtitle in my head, having read the subtitles directly just that many times. So it stands to reason that I or another person could do the same thing if I were running a DragonBox disc with no subtitles to speak of.

Don't underestimate the amazing capacities of the human mind!

~Da Lemmy

Onikage725 · Post by **Onikage725** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 9:08 am

TheGreatness25 wrote:...Did I say that just because someone buys Dragon Boxes they're that way? I said that most people who are into the show, who do want to own it, are earning minimum wage, since it's come back to that. All that stemmed from the fact that while 25 year olds might go out and easily buy whatever they want, someone earning 8 bucks an hour can't.

That's...life. I'm 24 now. I make enough money to get by and occasionally indulge my hobbies. I'm still in college and working towards making more so I can splurge on stuff like the Dragon boxes. For now the FUNi sets, while not ideal due to the sheer inanity of the remastering process (one CAN clean up film stock without forcing a full screen show into widescreen format- I've seen it done with, oh, every other show I've got that has been remastered), will do for now.

But let's cut back like 6 years. Or 5. Or 4. I was making significantly less than I currently do. I could afford significantly less. People as young as you are talking about typically don't make bucketloads of cash. So they can't "feed the habit," whether it be Dragon Ball or anything else.

So I guess you could say I have no idea what your point is, in regards to this topic. The Dragon Boxes were expensives. The FUNi DVDs were more expensive. The current releases, at retail price, could cost have cost you $150, with I'd assume at least 3 if not 4 more sets on the way (is there a projection on that?). I remember when that was the rough price of buying a 20-30 episode anime series, and I'm not talking all that long ago.

So it seems to me like your suggestion is to not buy either because young people aren't rich and DVD collections tend to cost money. Am I missing anything?

Smooth Criminal wrote:Cool, because you can watch and enjoy something in another language without subtitles and without understanding what they're saying outside of character and attack names.

That's cool.

I can't count the number of times I've had an anime on for background noise. If its one that I watch in Japanese, like Dragon Ball or Death Note, I can usually tell what's going on by ear if I concetrate for a second (if I'm not in view of the screen). It really isn't that outlandish of a thing to suggest someone might get used to something they've seen many times, or that the human mind might possibly have the capacity to understand things outside of its native language.

RVE · Post by **RVE** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 11:45 am

(one CAN clean up film stock without forcing a full screen show into widescreen format..

One's here ^_^

MajinVejitaXV · Post by **MajinVejitaXV** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 1:28 pm

Onikage725 wrote:(one CAN clean up film stock without forcing a full screen show into widescreen format- I've seen it done with, oh, every other show I've got that has been remastered)

Ayup, I bought my girlfriend that Pixar Shorts Collection on Blu-ray, and she was watching it last night. Her first comment?

"Hey, look. It's HD, but it's 4:3 by pillarboxing. Why didn't FUNimation do that?"

Why indeed

-Corey

shenron002 · Post by **shenron002** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 2:24 pm

Illegal is as illegal does. I don't want to get into that discussion again, but filesharing isn't illegal everywhere. Hell, even here in Canada, it's unclear (except that the RCMP isn't going to prosecute anyone).

In Canada it's ok to download and make a copy for yourself, but it's not ok to upload/share anything! Cool eh!

jjgp1112 · Post by **jjgp1112** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 3:19 pm

VegettoEX wrote:
TheGreatness25 wrote:You don't get what I'm saying. I meant like overly obsessed with DBZ. Like waiting for it to come on every Sunday on Toonami or whatever. That type of obsessed. I like DBZ and I like talking about it, and I enjoy it, but it doesn't consume my life where I sit here thinking about theories that lead up to all of the fantasy elements of it.
What makes you think it consumes anyone's life just because they buy a Dragon Box? I mean, you're talking to the same types of people as you are, yourself. Kinda like the pot calling the kettle black.

Your statements aren't making any sense what-so-ever; every single one of your generalizations has been debunked. You're absolutely right that I don't get what you're saying.

Well if you're willing to fork over 1600 dollars on two box sets for the show, it'd be easy to assume that DBZ consumes your life.

Ex-Dubbie369 · Post by **Ex-Dubbie369** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 3:26 pm

jjgp1112 wrote:
VegettoEX wrote:
TheGreatness25 wrote:You don't get what I'm saying. I meant like overly obsessed with DBZ. Like waiting for it to come on every Sunday on Toonami or whatever. That type of obsessed. I like DBZ and I like talking about it, and I enjoy it, but it doesn't consume my life where I sit here thinking about theories that lead up to all of the fantasy elements of it.
What makes you think it consumes anyone's life just because they buy a Dragon Box? I mean, you're talking to the same types of people as you are, yourself. Kinda like the pot calling the kettle black.

Your statements aren't making any sense what-so-ever; every single one of your generalizations has been debunked. You're absolutely right that I don't get what you're saying.
Well if you're willing to fork over 1600 dollars on two box sets for the show, it'd be easy to assume that DBZ consumes your life.

Is there a problem with that? It's that same as someone forking over a much larger amount of money on a car that isn't really necessary.

jjgp1112 · Post by **jjgp1112** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 3:36 pm

Ex-Dubbie369 wrote:
jjgp1112 wrote:
VegettoEX wrote: What makes you think it consumes anyone's life just because they buy a Dragon Box? I mean, you're talking to the same types of people as you are, yourself. Kinda like the pot calling the kettle black.

Your statements aren't making any sense what-so-ever; every single one of your generalizations has been debunked. You're absolutely right that I don't get what you're saying.
Well if you're willing to fork over 1600 dollars on two box sets for the show, it'd be easy to assume that DBZ consumes your life.
Is there a problem with that? It's that same as someone forking over a much larger amount of money on a car that isn't really necessary.

It's something that helps you get places and to show off with. this is just a TV show. Which makes mor sense: spending $1600 on two TV show boxsets, or more money on a nice-looking car?

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 3:48 pm

I forgot we live in a society where people are ridiculed for what they like to spend their money on. My bad.

Post by **VegettoEX** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 4:28 pm

Your favorite TV show sucks, your favorite band has no talent, the school you went to sucks, your car is a lemon, the town you live in sucks, and you'll die a loser.

Go internet!

jjgp1112 · Post by **jjgp1112** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 4:41 pm

VegettoEX wrote:Your favorite TV show sucks, your favorite band has no talent, the school you went to sucks, your car is a lemon, the town you live in sucks, and you'll die a loser.

Go internet!

I listen to hip-hop, not rock.

/thread[/b]

Post by **TripleRach** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 4:43 pm

jjgp1112 wrote:It's something that helps you get places and to show off with. this is just a TV show. Which makes mor sense: spending $1600 on two TV show boxsets, or more money on a nice-looking car?

No matter what anyone says, you seem completely convinced that anyone who spends more than a two-digit amount of money on Dragon Ball is a drooling psycho that sits around all day rocking back and forth clutching a Piccolo plushie.

Oh, and people don't need brand new cars with crap for mileage just to get around.

MajinVejitaXV · Post by **MajinVejitaXV** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 5:18 pm

jjgp1112 wrote:It's something that helps you get places and to show off with. this is just a TV show. Which makes mor sense: spending $1600 on two TV show boxsets, or more money on a nice-looking car?

I did both. BLING BLING BEAOTCH *throws up mock-gangsta sign*

I listen to hip-hop, not rock.

/thread[/b]

I am both shocked and amazed. K FED IS DA BOMB YO.

-Corey

RVE · Post by **RVE** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 5:20 pm

It's something that helps you get places and to show off with. this is just a TV show. Which makes mor sense: spending $1600 on two TV show boxsets, or more money on a nice-looking car?

damn it man, you sound like my friend who says, "why spending money for dvd's when you can download the movie!" When was you last time, when you succeeded something in your life that wasn't that important (example: complete a collection of "this and that", never mind how much money you spent/will spend!

MVXV: my post must have crossed yours...again :p

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