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by Travis Touchdown » Sat Apr 11, 2009 11:35 am
On the Piccolo Daimou over Piccolo Ma Junnia thing, if I remember right, James Marsters said that this Piccolo was neither Daimou or Ma Junnia, but rather, they were going to combine the two into the same character for the movies into Lord Piccolo. (Yes, movies as in plural since supposedly it's supposed to be a trilogy.)
I wasn't impressed with the movie. I thought it went way too fast. Bulma and Yamcha had no time to fall in love, but two scenes after she's insulting him for capturing them, bam, they try to kiss.
I don't understand why Goku had to sneak out of his house to go to Ox King's Palace. Gohan seemed like a really kind and reasonable old guy. I could've seen him having his little party with Goku, making it quick, so Goku could go to Chi Chi's. Also, there was food at home. Goku abandoned food. What the hell?
Reviving Master Roshi seemed odd to me. Yes, I know that's how it's done in the manga, but Gohan had died just 7 days earlier. I don't see where Goku's intent calls him to revive the wise old master over his Grandfather that he's grieving over the loss of.
I want to know what happened to Marsters claims of Piccolo being a big character. He was in the movie for like 8 minutes total. Goku had almost no incentive to fight him aside from killing Gohan. But even then, he was more focused on Oozaru. If I remember right, Marsters told us that Lord Piccolo used to be a good guy, but was wrongfully imprisoned 2000 years ago and now he's out and he's pissed about the injustice agaisnt him, hence he's trying to take over the world (OF COURSE!), but he would surely be a good guy in the end. I didn't see any of that.
The explanation of Goku being an Oozaru didn't make sense. Was he the same Saiyan that helped Piccolo so long ago, or is he just another Saiyan that came to Earth during Piccolo's imprisonment and Piccolo is just somehow aware, like Goku's Saiyan ki is different from a humans and he can sense that?
Why is the Oozaru barely the size of the movie Incredible Hulk? It seemed like they pulled a GT with Goku transforming. His clothes rip as an Oozaru, but once he changes back, they're perfectly fine again.
I don't get how a Kamehameha, an attack which translates to Tutrle Destruction Wave, can heal someone. Okay, I get what they were going for; Roshi as transferring ki into Goku. But again, from an attack? Would it have been so hard for Roshi to reach into his pocket and say;
Roshi: I was afriad of using this. It's my last one and we may need it against Piccolo.
Yamcha: What is it?
Roshi: Senzu. A magic bean (heck, I'd accept pill) that can heal you from any injury. Goku, here, take this.
Would that have been so hard? I think more people would buy that over the very same attack used to defeat Piccolo heals Goku.
I was utterly disappointed with the movie, but then my friend made it all better by making one statement; "It's a Dragon Ball movie. When has any Dragon Ball movie made sense with the main story? They all mess up the story somehow, so why should we be so pissed that this one does the same as the rest?"
I gotta admit, he has a point. After that, the movie didn't seem so bad. I'm still not impressed, but I'm not really disappointed anymore. All in all, the worst thing was definitely the pacing. I can't see how the average movie goer will have any clue what's going on. The average Dragon Ball fan will be fine since (s)he knows the story already and doesn't need explanation, but John Doe Jersey will be scratching his head wondering what he just saw.
I'll bet anyone here anything on this. When they do the Saiyan arc, they're gonna skip Raditz entirely and make Vegeta Goku's brother. I'm calling it now.
"Hey girlfriend, why don't you throw a few more punches? Afraid you might break a nail or somethin?"
Ken - Street Fighter II
