Favorite parts:
- TRUNKS. Love his voice and his personality.
- Bulma hitting on Trunks. "AAAAAAAAAHHHHH!"
- 'Manscaping'
- Lion King reference that was amazing.
- Blue screen of death
- Goku being all panicky at the end
Trunks was absolutely hilarious, especially when he kept trying to make the "YOU JUST DROPPED THE BALL" joke. And I loved all of the rotating typical "sixteen year old girl T-shirt" phrases on the back of Vegeta's shirt. Especially "Dum Cumpster"
Yamcha: Do you remember the spell to release him - do you know all the words? Bulma: Of course! I'm not gonna pull a Frieza and screw it up! Master Roshi: Bulma, I think Frieza failed because he wore too many clothes! Cold World (Fanfic) "It ain't never too late to stop bein' a bitch." - Chad Lamont Butler
I like how they squeezed the Trunks arrival, and death of Frieza and King Cold into one episode. I am absolutely stoked for the arrival of the Androids.
Innagadadavida wrote:Because not everybody enjoys torture porn with horrible art.
Rostir wrote:I like how they squeezed the Trunks arrival, and death of Freeza and King Cold into one episode. I am absolutely stoked for the arrival of the Androids.
They only converted 40 minutes of footage into 13 minutes. They removed way more from the Freeza fight.
Sshadow5001 wrote:Anyone else catch Goku whispering "Pizza" in Freeza's head
I did. Freeza's reaction to that was so funny.
@2:31 the guy in the far left looks like Jeice with blond hair. OMG Super Saiyan Jeice.
Why Dragon Ball Consistency in something such as power levels matter!
Spoiler:
Doctor. wrote:I've explained before, I'll just paraphrase myself.
Power levels establish tension and drama. People who care about them (well, people who care about them in a narrative) don't care about the big numbers or the fancy explosions. If you have character A who's so much above character B, who's the main character, you're gonna be left wondering how in the hell character B, the character we're supposed to care and root for, is going to escape the situation or overcome the odds. It makes us emotionally invested.
If character B doesn't escape the situation in a believable way that's consistent with previous events, then that emotional investment is gone. It was pointless tension, pointless drama made just to suck in the viewer. It has no critical value whatsoever. The audience is left believing that the author can just create whatever scenarios he wants and what happens to the characters is decided by whatever the author wants to happen, regardless of the events that happened in the story. Which, in fairness, is what happens, but the audience wants to be fooled. The audience wants to know that the world they're following has rules. That the world they're invested in isn't going to bend to external factors that are irrelevant to them.
An author can do whatever he wants with the characters, that's not false. But the author should also have the responsibility to make sure it fits in cohesively with the other events in the narrative he has created.
Lol! King Cold finishing Frieza's intro! Already funny in the first 15 seconds. HAHA! When the Lion King song started playing I just cracked up! Trunks mocking Frieza's stuttering was good too.
Well done, that episode was fantastic. Vegeta's stubborn denial of things was fantastic. Well... everything was fantastic. One of your finest episodes so far.
I'm re-watching Dragon Ball GT in full on my blog. Check it out if you're interested in my thoughts on the series as I watch through it!
Kamiccolo9 wrote:I just realized, now we'll never no any more about the jock-strap incident.
The "Jockstrap incident" is a classic example of a Noodle Incident. 'Tis to say, TFS never planned to elaborate any further than they did.
Yeah, I never figured we'd learn what really happened. But the occasional references were hilarious.
Well I mean, it's not like there isn't another character among the main cast who used to work for Frieza and possibly also knew of the Jockstrap incident...
Yamcha: Do you remember the spell to release him - do you know all the words? Bulma: Of course! I'm not gonna pull a Frieza and screw it up! Master Roshi: Bulma, I think Frieza failed because he wore too many clothes! Cold World (Fanfic) "It ain't never too late to stop bein' a bitch." - Chad Lamont Butler
Hades wrote:Didn't Freeza say absalon in the intro?
Yes he did.
James Teal (Animerica 1996) wrote:When you think about it, there are a number of similarities between the Chinese-inspired Son Goku and that most American of superhero icons, Superman. Both are aliens sent to Earth shortly after birth to escape the destruction of their homeworlds; both possess super-strength, flight, super-speed, heightened senses and the ability to cast energy blasts. But the crucial difference between them lies not only in how they view the world, but in how the world views them.
Superman is, and always has been, a symbol for truth, justice, and upstanding moral fortitude–a role model and leader as much as a fighter. The more down-to-earth Goku has no illusions about being responsible for maintaining social order, or for setting some kind of moral example for the entire world. Goku is simply a martial artist who’s devoted his life toward perfecting his fighting skills and other abilities. Though never shy about risking his life to save either one person or the entire world, he just doesn’t believe that the balance of the world rests in any way on his shoulders, and he has no need to shape any part of it in his image. Goku is an idealist, and believes that there is some good in everyone, but he is unconcerned with the big picture of the world…unless it has to do with some kind of fight. Politics, society, law and order don’t have much bearing on his life, but he’s a man who knows right from wrong.
Rostir wrote:I like how they squeezed the Trunks arrival, and death of Freeza and King Cold into one episode. I am absolutely stoked for the arrival of the Androids.
I liked the length of this episode and hope its kept above the 10 minute mark from now on, though I see when there are times where it can't be done.
Why Dragon Ball Consistency in something such as power levels matter!
Spoiler:
Doctor. wrote:I've explained before, I'll just paraphrase myself.
Power levels establish tension and drama. People who care about them (well, people who care about them in a narrative) don't care about the big numbers or the fancy explosions. If you have character A who's so much above character B, who's the main character, you're gonna be left wondering how in the hell character B, the character we're supposed to care and root for, is going to escape the situation or overcome the odds. It makes us emotionally invested.
If character B doesn't escape the situation in a believable way that's consistent with previous events, then that emotional investment is gone. It was pointless tension, pointless drama made just to suck in the viewer. It has no critical value whatsoever. The audience is left believing that the author can just create whatever scenarios he wants and what happens to the characters is decided by whatever the author wants to happen, regardless of the events that happened in the story. Which, in fairness, is what happens, but the audience wants to be fooled. The audience wants to know that the world they're following has rules. That the world they're invested in isn't going to bend to external factors that are irrelevant to them.
An author can do whatever he wants with the characters, that's not false. But the author should also have the responsibility to make sure it fits in cohesively with the other events in the narrative he has created.