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Re: Battle of Gods...2?

Post by ZombieVito » Fri Mar 15, 2013 2:25 pm

I hope if there is more after this, is not a Saiyan fest as GT. Let the other characters shine a little.

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Re: Battle of Gods...2?

Post by Hellspawn28 » Fri Mar 15, 2013 2:31 pm

It would be cool if AT wrote his own sequel to DBZ and ignoring GT. I remember that's what most fans on the web wanted for years, but I'm pretty sure people bitch about it if it does happen.
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Post by SSJ4_Zankuto » Fri Mar 15, 2013 3:02 pm

Did you have to change "too" into "two"? I never meant "two possibilities" but I suppose I'll rephrase what I really mean.

I see the possibilities of continuation from where 'Battle of Gods' left off as another movie or series.

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Re: Battle of Gods...2?

Post by Blade » Fri Mar 15, 2013 3:14 pm

Honestly? I'm all about quality as opposed to quantity.

I'd rather we get occasional throw-away movies or specials instead of a really bad anime-only series. Any kind of lengthy expansion into the Dragonball Universe needs to be well written and thoroughly planned to be justifiable in my eyes; it has to done because it's creatively worth doing - not because there's money to be made.

And that's problematic as Toriyama is basically retired and has little interest in revisiting Dragonball which would mean putting the series into someone else's hands. In my opinion based on what we have seen from the recent non-Toriyama material I'm not sure that the right hands be intrusted with the job.
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Post by DBZGTKOSDH » Fri Mar 15, 2013 3:28 pm

Zombie wrote:I hope if there is more after this, is not a Saiyan fest as GT. Let the other characters shine a little.
Prepare to be disappointed.
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Re: Battle of Gods...2?

Post by Nex Carnifex » Fri Mar 15, 2013 4:00 pm

Hellspawn28 wrote:It would be cool if AT wrote his own sequel to DBZ and ignoring GT. I remember that's what most fans on the web wanted for years, but I'm pretty sure people bitch about it if it does happen.
Id like if he just wrote his own manga version of GT, making the beginning parts funnier and making the power levels and everything more consistent and epic. Some of the later fights should have taken place in space like Battle of the Gods.

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Post by DragonBoxZTheMovies » Fri Mar 15, 2013 4:13 pm

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Hellspawn28 wrote:It would be cool if AT wrote his own sequel to DBZ and ignoring GT. I remember that's what most fans on the web wanted for years, but I'm pretty sure people bitch about it if it does happen.
Id like if he just wrote his own manga version of GT, making the beginning parts funnier and making the power levels and everything more consistent and epic. Some of the later fights should have taken place in space like Battle of the Gods.
Actually...I think a theatrical adaptation of the Evil Dragons would go pretty well. Keep the same basic idea, but re-shuffle everything so one, it doesn't suck, and two, it fits into 90-100 minutes.

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Post by ChahikoDBZ » Fri Mar 15, 2013 4:17 pm

A new series sounds better to me as long as Toriyama is somewhat heavily involved in it like this new movie.
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Post by B » Fri Mar 15, 2013 4:51 pm

If we're still hyping Toriyama's involvement in the film, I wouldn't mind the movie bridging the manga with a new comic from Naho Ooishi.
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Post by Thanos » Fri Mar 15, 2013 4:51 pm

I would be happy with BoG 2, a new movie altogether, or a new series. :) Hell, I haven't even seen BoG yet, so keep it coming. Buu Kai, also. :)
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Post by Hellspawn28 » Fri Mar 15, 2013 5:33 pm

DragonBoxZTheMovies wrote: Actually...I think a theatrical adaptation of the Evil Dragons would go pretty well. Keep the same basic idea, but re-shuffle everything so one, it doesn't suck, and two, it fits into 90-100 minutes.
Yeah since I always feel like the Shadow Dragons are the very few things in GT that I can see working in the manga. I rather AT do something different and new if he wrote a sequel to DBZ instead just remaking something that already exist.
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Post by The Monkey King » Fri Mar 15, 2013 5:58 pm

As long as Toriyama is heavily involved or gives his blessing to some compotent writers. I'm curious about the Dragon Ball multiverse and where Goku will go from here with his SSJG form.

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Post by TheMightyOzaru » Fri Mar 15, 2013 8:15 pm

The big question is how would it be continued without completely sucking? Focusing only on Goku would just be another GT fest. Vegeta, Gohan, Goten, and Trunks would all have to attain SSJ God and even then it's already been established it's not enough to beat Birusu. They would need to train themselves to access SSJ2 and SSJ3 while in their God states to fight Birusu and the other Gods to beat them.
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Post by Gyt Kaliba » Fri Mar 15, 2013 9:26 pm

I don't know Maakuo. While I agree that there's already more than enough Dragon Ball material to enjoy, I certainly wouldn't mind for it to continue getting a new feature like we have been lately, every few years. Dragon Ball is equally (if not more so) as iconic as Detective Conan and Lupin the 3rd, so I'd like to see it continue to get new material every year or so.

So as far as more movies, especially following up Battle of Gods, I'm all for it. :thumbup: Another series though...I'm a little iffier there. I'd be completely excited if it happens of course, and I'd ride the hype train, but I fear I'd be let down there.
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Post by TheMightyOzaru » Fri Mar 15, 2013 9:30 pm

AnimeMaakuo wrote:
TheMightyOzaru wrote:The big question is how would it be continued without completely sucking? Focusing only on Goku would just be another GT fest. Vegeta, Gohan, Goten, and Trunks would all have to attain SSJ God and even then it's already been established it's not enough to beat Birusu. They would need to train themselves to access SSJ2 and SSJ3 while in their God states to fight Birusu and the other Gods to beat them.
You're missing the point. It's cool that young fans love the show and all, that's fine, but I've been following Dragon Ball for a long while now. We don't need another sequel. For starters, the voice acting is already slipping. It's not the same anymore. Secondly, the animation wouldn't be consistent. There are just too many factors to consider that making another installment of that magnitude isn't really necessary. It's time to accept that Dragon Ball ended more than 15+ years ago. Everything else is just a firework show. Enjoy it while it lasts, and savor ever moment.
Who says the new series has to be an anime, a manga will work just fine. Normally I would write off a sequel but this movie just presents way too many unanswered questions and to be honest. I like the idea of Goku's final challenge against the 12 Gods of destruction.
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Post by Zephyr » Sat Mar 16, 2013 12:43 am

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Hellspawn28 wrote:It would be cool if AT wrote his own sequel to DBZ and ignoring GT. I remember that's what most fans on the web wanted for years, but I'm pretty sure people bitch about it if it does happen.
Id like if he just wrote his own manga version of GT, making the beginning parts funnier and making the power levels and everything more consistent and epic. Some of the later fights should have taken place in space like Battle of the Gods.
Honestly, I think Toriyama would scoff at the very idea. I agree that it would be cool, and it may serve to absolve us of some of our in-universe questions and concerns (although with the powers that be not really caring to adhere to 100% consistency with every minute detail, nor really needing to in order to meet their goal of making money, it would possibly even add to such woes, as shown by some of the details from Battle of Gods that a lot of people are taking issue with), but GT is already there. It's already been done and told, and he doesn't have to work anymore to explicitly show via a full new series what he thinks happened after the manga.

Why would he waste time and effort fixing something that already makes him money? He probably doesn't care about what happened after the manga, because he's done having to write it. Save for a few details he may have retained in the back of his mind that originated during the series' production, I'm sure most of the stuff he'd be asked about or came up with himself, now would be made up on the spot without any remote concern for keeping to full consistency with the source material he himself is responsible for, because he simply doesn't care anymore. He has no need to care anymore to make tons of money.

As for a Battle of Gods 2, I'm totally game. If it does happen though, and takes place "3 years later" when Bill's would be waking up again, the biggest thing I want is for Goten, Trunks, and Marron (if she even appears) to actually look appropriately aged. Thinking about it, if we assume Battle of Gods is 5 years after the Buu arc (which many seem to be doing), then 3 years after that would be only 2 years off from the 28th Tenkaichi Budokai. They'd have to have changed designs.

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Post by NeoKING » Sat Mar 16, 2013 1:46 am

I feel that the only reason people want a BOG2 is because of "Strength / Power" reasons; because they want to see their favorite character fight this person, or become stronger than that person, or see Vegeta become SSJ3 all the while forgetting that the reason BOG even exists in the first place is because they wanted to bring back that DB nostalgia rather than settle power debates.

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