Chris Rager (Mr. Satan) hospitalized

The S · Post by **The S** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 1:42 pm

He's updated his Facebook as of a couple of weeks ago, and he said he would be going home "soon".

SonGokuGT · Post by **SonGokuGT** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 5:15 pm

The S wrote:He's updated his Facebook as of a couple of weeks ago, and he said he would be going home "soon".

That's good to hear, I was wondering if there were any updates regarding his health.

caejones · Post by **caejones** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 5:27 pm

SonGokuGT wrote:
The S wrote:He's updated his Facebook as of a couple of weeks ago, and he said he would be going home "soon".
That's good to hear, I was wondering if there were any updates regarding his health.

^ Agreed. The silence was kinda unnerving. It sounds like things are better, though...

samuraigundam · Post by **samuraigundam** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 10:23 pm

desirecampbell wrote: The only thing any dub can do is be different from the original, be less like Dragon Ball.

I was with you up to that point.

An adaptation is not necessarily a watered down, or downgraded version of the original. And the various script adaptations of DBZ are not complete reworkings of the story, so they can barely be called that. When media is translated into various different languages, nothing is really lost, unless intentionally so (such as in Ocean and Funimation's early dubs ) . Even VegettoEX has mentioned how accurate the Spanish dub from Mexico is, and from what I have seen from the Coolers Revenge DVD ( in which you can choose the Spanish dub, with its own unique English subtitles ) , even though its very close, most every line is completely reworded.

The point is that even when you rework the dialogue, as long as whats originally intended to be said is still basically said, and as long as its in the manner that character is intended to say it, adapting a script does not make it " less like " its original counterpart. And Funimation, for all of their woefull mistakes in the past, do actually have a pretty accurate dub.

Now, if they could only recast some of their actors, and stop with all of that extraneuos dialogue ( crosses fingers for Kai ) .

Oh, and its great to hear that Chris Rager is doing well. I was getting a little worried there.

B · Post by B » Tue Dec 22, 2009 10:58 pm

If there is a God, he will kill me for starting this stupid shit up again in a thread about another person's well being before I get done writing.

samuraigundam wrote:And Funimation, for all of their woefull mistakes in the past, do actually have a pretty accurate dub.

samuraigundam wrote:Now, if they could only ... stop with all of that extraneuos dialogue

These two things are contradictory.

DemonRin · Post by **DemonRin** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 11:06 pm

I'm glad Mr. Rager is getting better, Poor guy! Nobody deserves something that bad happening to them!

He's also one of the only voices in the DBZ dub that fit the character and stayed true in his performance. Not to mention he made a GREAT Arlong in One Piece.

penguintruth · Post by **penguintruth** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 11:07 pm

samuraigundam wrote:And Funimation, for all of their woefull mistakes in the past, do actually have a pretty accurate dub.

They have plenty of accurate dubs.

Just not for DBZ.

I'm glad Rager is getting better, though.

samuraigundam · Post by **samuraigundam** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 11:47 pm

B wrote:If there is a God, he will kill me for starting this stupid shit up again in a thread about another person's well being before I get done writing.

samuraigundam wrote:And Funimation, for all of their woefull mistakes in the past, do actually have a pretty accurate dub.

samuraigundam wrote:Now, if they could only ... stop with all of that extraneuos dialogue
These two things are contradictory.

No they're not.

I'm saying they now have a dub thats pretty close to the original script, although they sometimes place extra lines where the original had none. For example, moments of silence in the original are sometimes filled with extra lines of dialogue in the Funi dub, hence " pretty accurate " . It doesnt really take anything away from the original scripts intentions.

MajinVejitaXV · Post by **MajinVejitaXV** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 12:22 am

*reads article, notes location, is glad his CHP is good in his home state of Texas for his visit in March*

Yay reciprocity. And here's hoping Chris is back to full health in time for the holidays.

-Corey

BlueSky · Post by **Kaboom** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 12:30 am

This thread is not about the merits or faults of the FUNimation dub. Thus we will not talk about that in this thread. Thus I will not have to eventually lock it after the fourth 'dub vs sub' shitstorm in a month.