What is the worst ever thing that happened to Dragonball?

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Re: What is the worst ever thing that happened to Dragonball?

Post by Jaruka » Thu Oct 07, 2010 8:15 pm

I love how this is still going on...

The point would of been easily proven with screenshots/comparisons, sometimes people just baffle me with their irrationality
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Re: What is the worst ever thing that happened to Dragonball?

Post by Chibi Mystic Gohan » Fri Oct 08, 2010 2:02 am

Raki wrote:The worst thing in my opinion is its fans that compare it to One Piece.
The authors are buds. There's been a crossover game (including Naruto as well), and even a crossover manga by the two authors! It's not just the fans...
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Re: What is the worst ever thing that happened to Dragonball?

Post by Raki » Mon Oct 11, 2010 2:33 am

Chibi Mystic Gohan wrote:
Raki wrote:The worst thing in my opinion is its fans that compare it to One Piece.
The authors are buds. There's been a crossover game (including Naruto as well), and even a crossover manga by the two authors! It's not just the fans...
JUMP: "Toriyama, here is some more money. Do a crossover manga with this guy named Oda. He's pretty hot at the moment."
Toriyama: "Is the check in the mail?"
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Re: What is the worst ever thing that happened to Dragonball?

Post by Piccolo Daimaoh » Mon Oct 11, 2010 4:20 am

Raki wrote:"Toriyama, here is some more money. Do a crossover manga with this guy named Oda. He's pretty hot at the moment."
Toriyama: "Is the check in the mail?"
Yeah, something tells me their friendship was "influenced". :wink:

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Re: What is the worst ever thing that happened to Dragonball?

Post by Goku100xKamehameha » Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:23 am

Piccolo Daimaoh wrote:
Raki wrote:"Toriyama, here is some more money. Do a crossover manga with this guy named Oda. He's pretty hot at the moment."
Toriyama: "Is the check in the mail?"
Yeah, something tells me their "friendship" was "influenced". :wink:
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Re: What is the worst ever thing that happened to Dragonball?

Post by KakaR0T » Mon Oct 11, 2010 7:10 am

I would say this is BY FAR the worst thing to happen to Dragonball.

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Post by Bardo117 » Mon Oct 11, 2010 8:43 pm

It ended in a horrible way.
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Post by Goten Forever » Wed Oct 13, 2010 11:54 am

KakaR0T wrote:I would say this is BY FAR the worst thing to happen to Dragonball.
How so?
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Re: What is the worst ever thing that happened to Dragonball?

Post by LeprikanGT » Wed Oct 13, 2010 12:41 pm

AF.

That shouldn't warrant further explanation.
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KakaR0T wrote:I would say this is BY FAR the worst thing to happen to Dragonball.
How so?
How is providing a cost efficient way for far to own the series the WORST thing to happen to DBZ? [Do you know how long it takes to track down every single SINGLE? -too long] If anything, for Dub/Faulconer fans, that was one of the best things to happen.

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Re: What is the worst ever thing that happened to Dragonball?

Post by Snail » Wed Oct 13, 2010 1:01 pm

Image

This.

The inconsistency of animation in the series.

Lack of closure towards the end of 'Z'.

And the god forsaken GT rap. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCdxm_ZpiJ0
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Post by Kaboom » Wed Oct 13, 2010 1:03 pm

That's a pretty awesome wallpaper, though.
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Re: What is the worst ever thing that happened to Dragonball?

Post by LeprikanGT » Wed Oct 13, 2010 1:04 pm

Aw, come on now...you don't wanna step into the Grand tour, GRAND TOUR?

And ye, I dislike it as well, it made Gt seem cheap and trshy. Don't get me wrong, I love GT but I would have enjoyed it more if the show looked more like the Japanese opener instead of animation that.......left much to be desired.

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Re: What is the worst ever thing that happened to Dragonball?

Post by KakaR0T » Wed Oct 13, 2010 3:33 pm

Goten Forever wrote: How so?
LeprikanGT wrote:How is providing a cost efficient way for far to own the series the WORST thing to happen to DBZ? [Do you know how long it takes to track down every single SINGLE? -too long] If anything, for Dub/Faulconer fans, that was one of the best things to happen.
Wow. Learn to take a joke people. The orange bricks were known to be cropped to 16:9 from their original 4:3 aspect ratio. The grain removal sacrificed the picture quality. Gozar said it best

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Re: What is the worst ever thing that happened to Dragonball?

Post by Rocketman » Wed Oct 13, 2010 4:03 pm

LeprikanGT wrote:And ye, I dislike it as well, it made Gt seem cheap and trshy.
Shitty '00s rap theme = cheap and trashy.

Shitty '90s pop theme = good?

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Re: What is the worst ever thing that happened to Dragonball?

Post by LeprikanGT » Wed Oct 13, 2010 4:07 pm

Rocketman wrote:
LeprikanGT wrote:And ye, I dislike it as well, it made Gt seem cheap and trshy.
Shitty '00s rap theme = cheap and trashy.

Shitty '90s pop theme = good?
Which 90's theme are you refering to? Tht was more a trab at rap being crappy in general more than downing the show. But I have LOVED all of the US intros to Z. Rock the Dragon and Prelude to Confilt or whatever it was, are awesome.

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Re: What is the worst ever thing that happened to Dragonball?

Post by Cipher » Wed Oct 13, 2010 4:32 pm

LeprikanGT wrote:Which 90's theme are you refering to? Tht was more a trab at rap being crappy in general more than downing the show. But I have LOVED all of the US intros to Z. Rock the Dragon and Prelude to Confilt or whatever it was, are awesome.
Wow, this shit is going to hit the fan real quick.

Rap is fine. There's plenty of good rap. "Step into the Grand Tour" just happens to be both awful and wildly out of tone for the series.

Rocketman has a point. Both "Step into the Grand Tour" and "Dan Dan Kokoro" were made purely with commercial interests in mind, using popular music to market the series. The difference is of course that "Step into the Grand Tour" is much worse at being rap than "Dan Dan Kokoro" is at being '90s J-pop, and that the latter fits the general aesthetic of the series as well.

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Re: What is the worst ever thing that happened to Dragonball?

Post by B » Wed Oct 13, 2010 6:43 pm

LeprikanGT wrote:How is providing a cost efficient way for far to own the series the WORST thing to happen to DBZ?
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Re: What is the worst ever thing that happened to Dragonball?

Post by Gaffer Tape » Wed Oct 13, 2010 7:47 pm

LeprikanGT wrote:How is providing a cost efficient way for far to own the series the WORST thing to happen to DBZ?
Because it was done so terribly. If they had just compiled the masters from their old singles, it would have been much preferable. Instead, they gave us a product that did nothing but give us more reasons to bitch at one another because FUNi just couldn't keep their moronic hands off of the show. I don't think it's the WORST thing to happen to Dragon Ball, but it's certainly the worst thing in the past ten years to happen to Dragon Ball.
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Re: What is the worst ever thing that happened to Dragonball?

Post by LeprikanGT » Wed Oct 13, 2010 8:06 pm

The slight alterations of the footage aside, bringing DBZ to the masses in 9 easy affordable bricks is one of the BEST things in the last ten years.

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Re: What is the worst ever thing that happened to Dragonball?

Post by Gaffer Tape » Wed Oct 13, 2010 8:18 pm

No, bringing the series to the masses in 7 amazing box sets is the BEST thing to have happened in ten years. The orange bricks were a disgrace and split an already divided fandom on something as unnecessary as aspect ratios! Who the hell ever thought THAT was going to be a problem? Who ever thought something as basic as that would be tampered with? You still have idiots bitching about the Dragon Boxes or Kai not being in widescreen. The orange bricks didn't just set Dragon Ball fandom back. It set knowledge of film back. Anything that can be that categorically destructive definitely gets my vote.
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