The script for the next page is really difficult to write... I hate knowing what I want to say but not knowing how to say it. *crumbles up bad version of script and throws on huge scrap pile*
KentalSSJ6 wrote:Funny thing is I have no shame or pride sure a lot of people hate me for it but thats their problem not mine
I don't hate ya. No, I had to do it on my own. I knew excatly what I wanted to say, I just couldn't get it to sound right. It either sounded like I was repeating what I said earlier or contradicting myself. I now have 3 pages of script done XD
Maybe I'm in a minority, but I don't like the form or its premise. It'll get mentioned, but no one has to worry about it making an appearance in DBNA
I didn't like how it was obtained or how it looks so plain on Goku. Though I find it hard to see any SSJ form above what is called a god form.
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.
Is Enma Daio related to the Shinigami? Because officially, he is the god between the Kami of each planet and the 4 Kaio. And since there isn't any Shinigami officially in Dragon Ball, I guess he will play some role in the future?
Also, is Planet Kaishin supposed to be bigger than the 12 Universes? Because it sounds too big for a planet with a population of only 80 people.
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.
Maybe I'm in a minority, but I don't like the form or its premise. It'll get mentioned, but no one has to worry about it making an appearance in DBNA
I didn't like how it was obtained or how it looks so plain on Goku. Though I find it hard to see any SSJ form above what is called a god form.
Saiyan God would have made MORE sense. I think Supa SAIYAJIN was for advertising and so people won't say "SSJ looks better than Saiyan God. Psh it doesn't have Super for a reason."
DBZGTKOSDH wrote:Is Enma Daio related to the Shinigami? Because officially, he is the god between the Kami of each planet and the 4 Kaio. And since there isn't any Shinigami officially in Dragon Ball, I guess he will play some role in the future?
Also, is Planet Kaishin supposed to be bigger than the 12 Universes? Because it sounds too big for a planet with a population of only 80 people.
Enma Daio IS Universe 7's Shinigami as he is the Judge of the Dead.
That was mostly done for visual effect. Originally, I wanted to have the twelve Universes with a smaller Planet Kaishin hovering above them, but I couldn't get it to translate well into the image. So, I just made Planet Kaishin a little bigger and surrounded it with the 12 Universes. Plus, I don't see why it couldn't be big. I mean, the Supreme Kai Planet has a population of 2 and is gigantic.
Well, the Kaioshin Planet normally has a population of 5, but I see your point.
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.
TheGmGoken wrote:
Saiyan God would have made MORE sense. I think Supa SAIYAJIN was for advertising and so people won't say "SSJ looks better than Saiyan God. Psh it doesn't have Super for a reason."
I agree that Saiyan God makes more sense. There's nothing SUPER about the look of this form. Too be honest if they had to be this plain with the design, I would have prefered if his SSJ hair was red and had the same aura as displayed in the movie. I know it's cliche and the SSJ Goku design has been done to death, but base Goku hair does not give off any sort of sign of power. I know Toriyama loves to go with making powerful looking guys weak and weak looking guys powerful, but Goku's SSJG just doesn't stand on it's own. It's just so boring looking as if they just didn't care to think up anything else.
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.
TheGmGoken wrote:
Saiyan God would have made MORE sense. I think Supa SAIYAJIN was for advertising and so people won't say "SSJ looks better than Saiyan God. Psh it doesn't have Super for a reason."
I agree that Saiyan God makes more sense. There's nothing SUPER about the look of this form. Too be honest if they had to be this plain with the design, I would have prefered if his SSJ hair was red and had the same aura as displayed in the movie. I know it's cliche and the SSJ Goku design has been done to death, but base Goku hair does not give off any sort of sign of power. I know Toriyama loves to go with making powerful looking guys weak and weak looking guys powerful, but Goku's SSJG just doesn't stand on it's own. It's just so boring looking as if they just didn't care to think up anything else.
Honestly. It looks like they went on Paint and just use the bucket fill app and tried different colorstill it looked somewhat decent. I mean it's better than a Gold SSJ4 but that's not saying much.