DragonBall Z Abridged

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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by Big Momma » Wed Jan 27, 2010 11:36 pm

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bkev wrote:Don't think I got a single laugh out of that. Maybe my humor sense has changed though.
Really? What do you think hurt it for you, I'm curious!

It might be just because of the long break. I'm sure once this season gets rolling things may be different.
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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by Maphisto86 » Wed Jan 27, 2010 11:43 pm

bkev wrote:Don't think I got a single laugh out of that. Maybe my humor sense has changed though.
Did you blow a funny fuse or what? :| You do know that is a medical emergency and should be treated ASAP. ; )

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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by Freeza Heika » Thu Jan 28, 2010 1:07 am

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bkev wrote:Don't think I got a single laugh out of that. Maybe my humor sense has changed though.
Really? What do you think hurt it for you, I'm curious!
I can see what he means. I didn't really laugh, but I did find it humorous, if you get what I mean. And I certainly did enjoy it. It just wasn't laugh out-loud funny. I think the real issue is that this episode was mostly second-tier, comedy characters, aside from Popo, and he was was the primary source of the humor that was present.
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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by Eddie » Thu Jan 28, 2010 1:27 am

To be fair, this episode really had to get the story set up again. You can't really do Nonstop Laugh Out Loud Nappa-Style Humor (patent pending) when starting up a new arc. You've got to build up to that point. I actually thoroughly enjoyed this episode. It set our heroes up nicely in a mere 7:42. Now if only we knew what's going on with everyone's favorite Arlian prison bitch...

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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by Tsukento » Thu Jan 28, 2010 2:17 am

You know, I can't believe I never even questioned before why the hell Popo didn't take Goku to the battlefield when he came back from the other realm.

I mean, if Baba can later on bring Vegeta nearby Majin Boo, Popo could take Goku to the Saiyans.

But regardless, I had a good few laughs with this episode. The Popo jokes are great. And with Goku...y'know, now that I think about it...this might explain his dislike for hospitals in GT! :shock:
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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by worldmonsters » Thu Jan 28, 2010 4:49 pm

Tsukento wrote:You know, I can't believe I never even questioned before why the hell Popo didn't take Goku to the battlefield when he came back from the other realm.
Agreed, I never questioned that either! :o And what makes it worse is that when Kami died, mr. Popo was really sad :S He could've saved Kami if he brought Goku back before Nappa had killed Piccolo. Oh well.

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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by JulieYBM » Thu Jan 28, 2010 6:18 pm

I've already made this clear elsewhere but the Popo stuff wasn't quite working for me in this time. I feel the character is a bit too one-note so I'm going to enjoy the dissapearence of the character and Nappa for the time being. I'm much more interested in the others.


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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by Maphisto86 » Fri Jan 29, 2010 12:31 pm

worldmonsters wrote:
Tsukento wrote:You know, I can't believe I never even questioned before why the hell Popo didn't take Goku to the battlefield when he came back from the other realm.
Agreed, I never questioned that either! :o And what makes it worse is that when Kami died, mr. Popo was really sad :S He could've saved Kami if he brought Goku back before Nappa had killed Piccolo. Oh well.
You guys are right . . . damnit another Dragonball plot hole. :x
JulieYBM wrote:I've already made this clear elsewhere but the Popo stuff wasn't quite working for me in this time. I feel the character is a bit too one-note so I'm going to enjoy the dissapearence of the character and Nappa for the time being. I'm much more interested in the others.


Smite down the heathen!! :p
I guess I am just a sucker for gimmicks because I will miss the likes of Mr. Popo and Nappa. Especially Nappa since he is dead . . . although really he is at his best in DBZ Abridged with Vegeta as the straight man. Anywho, I too am interested in the other characters as well and Namek will have plenty of new ones to parody. I am looking forward to what Team Four Star does with Kui, the Nameks and of course the Ginyu Force.

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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by Tsukento » Fri Jan 29, 2010 5:26 pm

JulieYBM wrote:I've already made this clear elsewhere but the Popo stuff wasn't quite working for me in this time. I feel the character is a bit too one-note so I'm going to enjoy the dissapearence of the character and Nappa for the time being. I'm much more interested in the others.


Smite down the heathen!! :p
But that's the thing, the original characters are more or less one note characters.

Popo doesn't really do much besides tend to Kami's palace and stick by his side. Whereas all Nappa's got goin' in his head is "I'm going to kill these runts. How should I kill them? And how much fun can I get out of it?"
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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by bkev » Sun Jan 31, 2010 12:38 am

KaiserNeko wrote:
bkev wrote:Don't think I got a single laugh out of that. Maybe my humor sense has changed though.
Really? What do you think hurt it for you, I'm curious!
I'm not really sure... though I do know I actually chuckled at "cinnamon buns" but that's about it. I'm a picky customer who doesn't like completely random humor but also doesn't like occasional humor interspersed in a plot.
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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by Piccolo Daimaoh » Sun Jan 31, 2010 1:23 am

Episode eleven was hilarious I watched it three time over, can't wait for the next episode.


P.S Opening was EPIC.

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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by jda95 » Sun Jan 31, 2010 2:15 am

"Damn moon language!"

I still need to watch the Bardock special.....

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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by SSJ2bardock » Sun Jan 31, 2010 7:51 pm

Didn't think much of the episode itself, but the new intro looks great. You seem to have gone through and picked all the quality drawn scenes for it and all the aura bursts looked cool.
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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by Maphisto86 » Mon Feb 01, 2010 10:53 am

Yeah the new intro is sweet . . . I love how every saga there is it's own intro. 8)

On another matter, I still don't get what was so horrible about Mr. Popo feeding his birds . . . unless they where actually his demon minions who had a cameo in a well known Alfred Hitchcock film. :twisted:

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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by Big Momma » Mon Feb 01, 2010 12:38 pm

Maphisto86 wrote: . . . unless they where actually his demon minions who had a cameo in a well known Alfred Hitchcock film. :twisted:
What was the movie called again... :?:
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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by Maphisto86 » Mon Feb 01, 2010 1:18 pm

Big Momma wrote:
Maphisto86 wrote: . . . unless they where actually his demon minions who had a cameo in a well known Alfred Hitchcock film. :twisted:
What was the movie called again... :?:
The Birds. :D

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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by Big Momma » Mon Feb 01, 2010 10:13 pm

Maphisto86 wrote:
Big Momma wrote:
Maphisto86 wrote: . . . unless they where actually his demon minions who had a cameo in a well known Alfred Hitchcock film. :twisted:
What was the movie called again... :?:
The Birds. :D

Haha, I know, I was just joking.
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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by Kendamu » Wed Feb 03, 2010 12:22 pm

My friends and I found Episode 11 laugh-out-loud funny. I also like how the humor itself is a little different than the humor from the first season. It's still the same "brand" but there was a lot of jokes that had a very similar set-up and punchline in Season 1. Luckily, it was funny all through Season 1. If it stayed the same through Season 2 it might've gotten stale.

Now that I think about it, I found the slight shift in the Bardock Special, too.

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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by caejones » Thu Feb 04, 2010 1:47 pm

"Moon-language" annoyed me the first time I heard it (oddly enough, it was brought up when I was random-commenting in Korean and French... neither of which are Japanese...). Actually, that ruined the "Toilet speaks Japanese" joke, haha.

Goku's dramatic reaction to Popo = awesome.
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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by Kendamu » Fri Feb 05, 2010 2:42 pm

"Moonspeak" is slang for "Japanese language," though. It's not like it was just random mumbling...

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