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Re: Dragon Box Z 2's Hands On Discussion

Post by Herms » Mon Feb 08, 2010 11:54 pm

Daimo-Rukiri wrote:There's only 4 official arcs/sagas.
Saiya-Jin, Freeza, Cell, and Boo.
Official according to who?
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Re: Dragon Box Z 2's Hands On Discussion

Post by Soul » Tue Feb 09, 2010 1:18 am

Herms wrote:
Daimo-Rukiri wrote:There's only 4 official arcs/sagas.
Saiya-Jin, Freeza, Cell, and Boo.
Official according to who?
Says... the manga?
There may be different names for the Arcs
Saiyajin or Vegeta
Freeza or Namek (as a whole)
Cell or Artificial Human Arc (or Android if you will)
And Boo is just Boo.

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Re: Dragon Box Z 2's Hands On Discussion

Post by Herms » Tue Feb 09, 2010 1:39 am

Soul wrote:Says... the manga?
Where in the manga does it divide things up by story arc? There aren't title pages labled "Freeza arc starts now" or anything (and of course there's all that stuff that comes before Raditz shows up, which in the manga isn't a separate series). Story arc divisions are only found in things like guidebooks and other secondary material, and they don't all divide things up the same way. For instance, the manga guides split the "Boo" portion of the series into the High School, 25th Tenkaichi Budoukai, and Majin Boo arcs, while Toei's website counts these as one arc.

Though I'm not sure what the original poster meant by an "official" story arc. If he just meant the original story vs. filler and that stuff like Garlic Jr. and the afterlife tournament aren't part of the "real" story, then I guess that's OK (though I don't think "official" would be the right word for this distinction), but if he meant that only one specific way of dividing the series up into smaller story arcs is official, then that's not accurate.
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Re: Dragon Box Z 2's Hands On Discussion

Post by G1Ravage » Tue Feb 09, 2010 5:53 am

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Daimo-Rukiri wrote:The Freeza arc begins when they blast of for Nameksei(yes.. weird spelling but it's how Kuririn and Gohan say it><)
'Sei' just means 'planet' in this instance, in case you didn't know.
The Spanish dub said "Saiyajin", "Kamisama", and "Namekusei", despite it not meaning anything particular in Spanish.

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Re: Dragon Box Z 2's Hands On Discussion

Post by DemonRin » Tue Feb 09, 2010 9:38 am

I've always seen the arcs as:

Pilaf - 21st Tenkaichi Budokai - Red Ribbon Army - Uranai Baba - 22nd Budokai - Piccolo Daimao - 23rd Budokai - Saiyan - Namek - Freeza - Garlic Jr. (Filler) - Cyborg - Cell - Afterlife Budokai (Filler) - Great Saiyaman - 25th Budokai - Bobbidi - Boo - Epilogue

But that's just me I guess.
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Re: Dragon Box Z 2's Hands On Discussion

Post by Freeza Heika » Tue Feb 09, 2010 11:21 am

Well, I was getting this in a few days, but another c***-sucking company I ordered from charged me 4 times for the same thing. Now I need to wait for them to credit my card back before I can get it.

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Re: Dragon Box Z 2's Hands On Discussion

Post by LeprikanGT » Tue Feb 09, 2010 12:58 pm

In one of the PS2 DBZ game guides they had Z split up into 16 sagas, so I've always gone with that because the Funi singles huave it split into 16 as well.

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Post by SuperSaiyan3Goku » Tue Feb 09, 2010 1:55 pm

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Re: Dragon Box Z 2's Hands On Discussion

Post by Daimo-Rukiri » Tue Feb 09, 2010 2:34 pm

Disk 2 on this set is awesome, Saichoro(It's how Neiru(Nail) says his name) introduced.
Have yet to watch disk 3.

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Re: Dragon Box Z 2's Hands On Discussion

Post by Tracer1 » Thu Feb 11, 2010 1:21 am

Does Dragon Boxes have a wide screen version\option? If it has... how does it look, is it stretched?

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Post by ShadowDude112 » Thu Feb 11, 2010 1:23 am

Tracer1 wrote:Does Dragon Boxes have a wide screen version\option? If it has... how does it look, is it stretched?
...Really? But if you go to VLC and use the Crop option and select 16:9 it's basically just that footage cropped to 16:9. There is not wide screen option on the discs themselves they are encoded in 4:3.
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Post by MajinVejitaXV » Thu Feb 11, 2010 1:27 am

Daimo-Rukiri wrote:(It's how Neiru(Nail) says his name)
Please, no more. Just...no more. I'll pay you to stop.
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Re: Dragon Box Z 2's Hands On Discussion

Post by Castor Troy » Thu Feb 11, 2010 2:37 am

MajinVejitaXV wrote:
Daimo-Rukiri wrote:(It's how Neiru(Nail) says his name)
Please, no more. Just...no more. I'll pay you to stop.
I like the fight with Torankusu and Seru. Gohan also marries Bideru.

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Post by DemonRin » Thu Feb 11, 2010 2:42 am

Tracer1 wrote:Does Dragon Boxes have a wide screen version\option? If it has... how does it look, is it stretched?
The footage itself is encoded in 4:3 Fullscreen because that's the way the show was produced in the late 1980s to early 1990s when it was made. That's how the show was made and is meant to be presented, so that's how these discs are presented.
However, most modern DVD players have Stretch and Zoom options available, so if you absolutely must see the show in Widescreen, you can use one of those options.

Stretch does indeed stretch the footage, and Zoom will crop off the top and bottom (and sometimes a bit of the sides depending on how much the Zoom function is)
This effect is different on each DVD player because several players will Zoom to different degrees.
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Re: Dragon Box Z 2's Hands On Discussion

Post by Metalwario64 » Thu Feb 11, 2010 2:53 am

Castor Troy wrote:
MajinVejitaXV wrote:
Daimo-Rukiri wrote:(It's how Neiru(Nail) says his name)
Please, no more. Just...no more. I'll pay you to stop.
I like the fight with Torankusu and Seru. Gohan also marries Bideru.
Keep it relevant to the Dragon Box 2 n00b!

Now, I like how Bejiita-sama is on the cover, because Bejiita-sama really does a good job thwarting Furiza-sama's plans, and his figh with Zabon-san and Dodolia-san is sugoi!
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Post by Drabaz » Thu Feb 11, 2010 3:26 am

DemonRin wrote:
Tracer1 wrote:Does Dragon Boxes have a wide screen version\option? If it has... how does it look, is it stretched?
The footage itself is encoded in 4:3 Fullscreen because that's the way the show was produced in the late 1980s to early 1990s when it was made. That's how the show was made and is meant to be presented, so that's how these discs are presented.
However, most modern DVD players have Stretch and Zoom options available, so if you absolutely must see the show in Widescreen, you can use one of those options.

Stretch does indeed stretch the footage, and Zoom will crop off the top and bottom (and sometimes a bit of the sides depending on how much the Zoom function is)
This effect is different on each DVD player because several players will Zoom to different degrees.
My PS3 stretches out the footage to widescreen. How do I change it back to 4:3?

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Post by nathantheguitarist » Thu Feb 11, 2010 3:30 am

Drabaz wrote:My PS3 stretches out the footage to widescreen. How do I change it back to 4:3?
Push Triangle and look for the display options while you're playing the DVD. That or Select.
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Post by DemonRin » Thu Feb 11, 2010 5:25 am

Yes, interestingly we have about 6 DVD players in the house including the Xbox and the PS3. the PS3 is one of the only two DVD players in the house (the other being the JVC) that I can actually shut Auto-stretch off.

Lucky, I have the JVC in my room now XD
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Re: Dragon Box Z 2's Hands On Discussion

Post by jjgp1112 » Thu Feb 11, 2010 6:06 pm

Y'know, I was watching the last few episodes on this yesterday, and it really does suck not being able to switch over to the dub music given the quality I was now watching it in. There were so many moments that I wanted to truly enjoy in the best quality, but alas, I can't :(
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Re: Dragon Box Z 2's Hands On Discussion

Post by Gaffer Tape » Thu Feb 11, 2010 6:11 pm

Amazingly, in a way I almost agree with you. With the DBoxes, I've gotten back in the habit of spot checking the dub, which I haven't done in forever. Hearing the Japanese score backing the dub is cool, but there have been those annoying moments when it's obvious that the script wasn't written for the score. Obviously FUNimation's fault, but that's neither here nor there. Basically, in spot checking, I'm doing a comparison, and it falls a bit flat when I can't hear what decisions FUNimation made in regards to the music. Then again, the dub music's ability to make my ears bleed was probably the main reason I stopped spot checking all those years ago, so maybe it's a good thing after all...
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