This I'll actually disagree with to a point.TonyTheTiger wrote:Also worth noting that it's not like the Dragon Box DVDs are wanting for bandwidth. I doubt cranking it up further would accomplish much.
Provided the money's right at the time of release and it turns out to be something other than the Orange Bricks in 1080p, that's actually my plan.saiyajinslayer wrote:In reality, most of us will probably buy the first set, and if we think it's good, we will keep buying it. If we don't like it, we stop buying then( ex: orang bricks).
You want to know what's sad about that post? People just may very well buy all 291 episodes of Dragon Ball Z again...just to see Goku in a fucking cowboy hat.Undercooked Sausage wrote:I've bought this show like 4 times already but i'll probably buy this stupid shit if they throw in some extras or Goku wears a cowboy hat or something in this version.
I think the Dragon Boxes were made before HD became common, so I don't see Toei "we do everything as cheaply as we can" randomly choosing to do the remastering in HD way back in 2001 or whenever the DBoxes were made.TonyTheTiger wrote:Good point. But the question is what we would get of the original print that we didn't get from the lossy but still awesome DVD encode. At some point, based on how the cels were captured, there will be diminishing returns. It might look better but it might not be "buy the show again" better.
Of course, I am basing this on the assumption Pony Canyon didn't opt for an HD resolution during the remastering process, which I am now starting to question given that despite hearing that a few times I can't quite place where that info originally came from.
Blue wrote:I love how Season 2 is so off color even the box managed to be so.
Original Dragon Box came out in 2003, so work likely started in 2002, or possible in 2001 (which is roughly a year or so after Toei first started doing 'normal' TV anime on DVD and was sure it could sell.)Puto wrote:I think the Dragon Boxes were made before HD became common, so I don't see Toei "we do everything as cheaply as we can" randomly choosing to do the remastering in HD way back in 2001 or whenever the DBoxes were made.TonyTheTiger wrote:Good point. But the question is what we would get of the original print that we didn't get from the lossy but still awesome DVD encode. At some point, based on how the cels were captured, there will be diminishing returns. It might look better but it might not be "buy the show again" better.
Of course, I am basing this on the assumption Pony Canyon didn't opt for an HD resolution during the remastering process, which I am now starting to question given that despite hearing that a few times I can't quite place where that info originally came from.
Most people will actually buy it for less. Though the cowboy hat thing was funny.Choujin Daizenshuu wrote:You want to know what's sad about that post? People just may very well buy all 291 episodes of Dragon Ball Z again...just to see Goku in a fucking cowboy hat.Undercooked Sausage wrote:I've bought this show like 4 times already but i'll probably buy this stupid shit if they throw in some extras or Goku wears a cowboy hat or something in this version.
That horrible mistranslation is a very popular speech to the dub fans that make up the majority of the buyers of this release. I'm sure to them it'll be pretty cool. What we really need is some sort of HD teaser with a couple seconds of actual footage, though. That would pretty much put an end to any speculation on if this is some sort of new remaster.Tanooki Kuribo wrote:Amazon has updated their listing with an image. It's probably not the actual box art but, I'm guessing this is promotional art for this line. This will probably be used for box 1.1.
Some things I wanna point out. Goku's dub speech to Freeza is on there as well as "Doragon Boru Zetto". Which I think is pretty stupid.
I think they put Goku's dub speech on there for the dub fans and the ""Doragon Boru Zetto" for everyone else. I guess that's FUNimation's way of reaching everyone?Soul wrote:I gotta say I love that promo picture though.
Very sick; otherwise? The question on who these are for? Duh! The dub fans who bought the season sets of course! Most of those casual fans who only cared about owning the show they grew up with on DVD, and now they'll upgrade to Blu-ray. Its that simple.
Kentai wrote:Son Gokuu is a fascinating character anyway, because he is - at face value, anyway - an idiot savant. The victim of violent head trauma as an infant [...] he's a simple bumpkin with a fair share of brain damage who's natural talents to work out what's wrong compensate for his broad lack of common sense. But he's also a fighter, through and through [...] he fight until he has, in no uncertain terms, beaten his enemy on terms they can both acknowledge. He doesn't want to kill anyone, or even prove that he can win... he just wants to know he can. He's an ineffably charming bastard who's manly leanings were really incendental, and yes, the fact that he was voiced by a squeaky woman made the combination perhaps all the more charming.
Even though that line deviates from Goku's character, even you have to admit, that was a pretty cool speech.penguintruth wrote:Ah, yes, the "ally to good, nightmare to you" speech. What a great thing to use for this release. It perfectly encapsulates its idiocy.
Just like the sub fans got the Dragon Boxes for buying the season sets.Soul wrote:I gotta say I love that promo picture though.
Very sick; otherwise? The question on who these are for? Duh! The dub fans who bought the season sets of course! Most of those casual fans who only cared about owning the show they grew up with on DVD, and now they'll upgrade to Blu-ray. Its that simple.
Nah, it's terribly lame.Cacarot wrote:Even though that line deviates from Goku's character, even you have to admit, that was a pretty cool speech.penguintruth wrote:Ah, yes, the "ally to good, nightmare to you" speech. What a great thing to use for this release. It perfectly encapsulates its idiocy.
Now hoping both audio and video quality is superior to that of the Dragon Box, then the BD release will be worth it for everyone. But come on, I can't seriously say that without laughing.Gotham22 wrote:USoul wrote:I gotta say I love that promo picture though.
Very sick; otherwise? The question on who these are for? Duh! The dub fans who bought the season sets of course! Most of those casual fans who only cared about owning the show they grew up with on DVD, and now they'll upgrade to Blu-ray. Its that simple.
Just like the sub fans got the Dragon Boxes for buying the season sets.
I can say the samething for sub fans and they got their release and the show they grew up on.
