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dbzfan7 wrote:I think we can all agree Vegeta's dance was the best part of the movie. Too bad Piccolo's singing was just a screenshot and not a scene.
If Piccolo singed(Not the screenshot) he would had topped Vegeta in this movie by FAR. I wonder what happen if 6 pure hearted Humans did a dance. To become a Human GOD
Vegard Aune wrote:
TheGmGoken wrote:The old days: KA ME HA ME HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Now: Ka me ha me YAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
[über-nitpick]Well to me it sounds more like "KA ME HA ME HUWAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"[/über-nitpick]
But yeah, she can't seem to do them yells quite as awesomely as she once did anymore... But then we can't really criticize her for that, can we?
She's old you can't help that. She I don't complain really. Just found that funny. Especially the YAH!!!!!!!!!! part.
dbzfan7 wrote:I think we can all agree Vegeta's dance was the best part of the movie. Too bad Piccolo's singing was just a screenshot and not a scene.
If Piccolo singed(Not the screenshot) he would had topped Vegeta in this movie by FAR. I wonder what happen if 6 pure hearted Humans did a dance. To become a Human GOD
Meh I think Piccolo would have to do a dance to top Vegeta. Vegeta did a song and dance number.
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.
So, for those who bought the special edition, how are the extras?
Ugh, I despise the people who downloaded this film instead of buying it like a true fan (just feeling bitter because I'm still waiting for my copy and it seems like everyone on the internet has seen it now). I probably would've downloaded and watched it by now too if I didn't think it'd ruin the experience of opening it up and watching it for the first time.
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dbzfan7 wrote:I think we can all agree Vegeta's dance was the best part of the movie. Too bad Piccolo's singing was just a screenshot and not a scene.
If Piccolo singed(Not the screenshot) he would had topped Vegeta in this movie by FAR. I wonder what happen if 6 pure hearted Humans did a dance. To become a Human GOD
Meh I think Piccolo would have to do a dance to top Vegeta. Vegeta did a song and dance number.
Piccolo singing is less likely than Vegeta dancing. For peat sake the man sang his own theme song. Piccolo never singed before. Wait can Nameks get drunk o_O.
Man I'm still a bit bummed out that Krillin and Yamcha didn't try to help attack Birus.. Was anyone else a bit confused when Gohan suddenly had on his fighting gi when he was in his saiyaman outfit earlier? He really is a superhero huh?
And about that Vegeta boost, it also looked like Birus had his guard down. He wasn't expecting to get hit by Vegeta. His face was like
DragonBoxZTheMovies wrote:So, for those who bought the special edition, how are the extras?
Extras on the disc or physical? The latter, well, the figure is cool, so are the post cards that I won't ever actually use. The booklet is something I can't read but has cool pictures. The former, well, the Blu-ray is barebones. The only "extras" it as are a lot of trailers and some character designs. The extra disc is cool because I now have a legal version of the Jump special on DVD, so that's neato, but the rest are things I can't understand. So, I guess really cool if you know Japanese and only kind of cool if you only speak English.
Tanooki Kuribo wrote:If Toriyama joined Kanzenshuu, he'd probably forget his login name and password.
Kamiccolo9 wrote:
JacobYBM wrote:No, why would it? It's fiction. The strength of the characters is not possible to reach in reality.
I mean, you're pretty open about looking at cartoon porn. Why would you do that? It's fiction. The proportions of these women are not possible to reach in reality.
Jackal puFF wrote:Man I'm still a bit bummed out that Krillin and Yamcha didn't try to help attack Birus.. Was anyone else a bit confused when Gohan suddenly had on his fighting gi when he was in his saiyaman outfit earlier? He really is a superhero huh?
Yeah I was like "When the hell did he switch to his gi." Did he wear the Saiyaman suit over the Gi with his party attire over the Saiyaman suit.
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.
Jackal puFF wrote:Man I'm still a bit bummed out that Krillin and Yamcha didn't try to help attack Birus.. Was anyone else a bit confused when Gohan suddenly had on his fighting gi when he was in his saiyaman outfit earlier? He really is a superhero huh?
And about that Vegeta boost, it also looked like Birus had his guard down. He wasn't expecting to get hit by Vegeta. His face was like
Due to budget reasons Krillin and Yamcha did not fight. Gohan has a button I think.
Yeah I was like "When the hell did he switch to his gi. Did he wear the Saiyaman suit over the Gi with his party attire over the Saiyaman suit.
Yeah I was like "When the hell did he switch to his gi. Did he wear the Saiyaman suit over the Gi with his party attire over the Saiyaman suit.
I hope it wasn't the summer....
I'm surprised he wasn't sweating like crazy. Or maybe he ran to a nearby phone booth.
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.
Yeah I was like "When the hell did he switch to his gi. Did he wear the Saiyaman suit over the Gi with his party attire over the Saiyaman suit.
I hope it wasn't the summer....
I'm surprised he wasn't sweating like crazy. Or maybe he ran to a nearby phone booth.
So he can practice changing super fast. But he can't train. Gohan is smartest dumbass. He has SUper speed anyways so if someone is in danger just rescue them.
DragonBoxZTheMovies wrote:So, for those who bought the special edition, how are the extras?
Extras on the disc or physical? The latter, well, the figure is cool, so are the post cards that I won't ever actually use. The booklet is something I can't read but has cool pictures. The former, well, the Blu-ray is barebones. The only "extras" it as are a lot of trailers and some character designs. The extra disc is cool because I now have a legal version of the Jump special on DVD, so that's neato, but the rest are things I can't understand. So, I guess really cool if you know Japanese and only kind of cool if you only speak English.
Yeah, I was wondering about the on-disc extras.
Were the trailers and TV spots simply the ones on the official website or were there a couple of others?
I'm quite interested in what the other stuff was on the extra disc. It's quite cool that they included the Jump special and they even dedicated a couple of pages to it in the booklet.
But in terms of the physical extras, I though the post cards would look really cool framed. I thought the wall figure was neat but perhaps a tad underwhelming, of course, I don't know that for sure since I haven't seen it in person
TheGmGoken wrote:
So he can practice changing super fast. But he can't train. Gohan is smartest dumbass. He has SUper speed anyways so if someone is in danger just rescue them.
Gohan has what I call bi-fighting disease. Sometimes he's okay with fighting and sometimes he's not, he for some reason can't make up his mind.
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.
DragonBoxZTheMovies wrote:So, for those who bought the special edition, how are the extras?
Extras on the disc or physical? The latter, well, the figure is cool, so are the post cards that I won't ever actually use. The booklet is something I can't read but has cool pictures. The former, well, the Blu-ray is barebones. The only "extras" it as are a lot of trailers and some character designs. The extra disc is cool because I now have a legal version of the Jump special on DVD, so that's neato, but the rest are things I can't understand. So, I guess really cool if you know Japanese and only kind of cool if you only speak English.
Yeah, I was wondering about the on-disc extras.
Were the trailers and TV spots simply the ones on the official website or were there a couple of others?
I'm quite interested in what the other stuff was on the extra disc. It's quite cool that they included the Jump special and they even dedicated a couple of pages to it in the booklet.
But in terms of the physical extras, I though the post cards would look really cool framed. I thought the wall figure was neat but perhaps a tad underwhelming, of course, I don't know that for sure since I haven't seen it in person
Yeah, the trailers are just a bunch of the trailers that were released and TV Spots. I think the extras on the bonus disc are just like, behind the scenes stuff and interviews. Julian would know better than me though since he actually speaks Japanese.
Tanooki Kuribo wrote:If Toriyama joined Kanzenshuu, he'd probably forget his login name and password.
Kamiccolo9 wrote:
JacobYBM wrote:No, why would it? It's fiction. The strength of the characters is not possible to reach in reality.
I mean, you're pretty open about looking at cartoon porn. Why would you do that? It's fiction. The proportions of these women are not possible to reach in reality.
I absolutely loved Bills! This is by far one of my favorite DB characters of all time, with his unique design and personality. I hope he (and Whis) return if they make another movie.
DragonBoxZTheMovies wrote:But in terms of the physical extras, I though the post cards would look really cool framed. I thought the wall figure was neat but perhaps a tad underwhelming, of course, I don't know that for sure since I haven't seen it in person
The post cards are a nice size, they're big without being unwieldy.
The problem with the wall figure imo is that since it's supposed to be more a part of the background it's attached to, it creates a warped perspective figure-wise. Also the face doesn't look nearly as good as it did in the pencil-sketch. I like how the hair came out though.
*Awaits a release date for that DX ssjg figure*.
Honestly though, I would love a ssjg Goku cu-poche figure. I bought one of those recently and they are amazing (detail's incredible, they come with 3 changeable faces/sets of hands, and their feet have magnets in them!). I know it won't happen though, because while I find ssjg Goku adorable, I don't think he'd be able to breech that tier of ultra-cute required for some of those chibi-figure brands. T_T
DragonBoxZTheMovies wrote:So, for those who bought the special edition, how are the extras?
Ugh, I despise the people who downloaded this film instead of buying it like a true fan (just feeling bitter because I'm still waiting for my copy and it seems like everyone on the internet has seen it now). I probably would've downloaded and watched it by now too if I didn't think it'd ruin the experience of opening it up and watching it for the first time.
It's not like I'm not going to buy it when Funimation (hopefully, eventually) releases it.
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.
DragonBoxZTheMovies wrote:So, for those who bought the special edition, how are the extras?
Ugh, I despise the people who downloaded this film instead of buying it like a true fan (just feeling bitter because I'm still waiting for my copy and it seems like everyone on the internet has seen it now). I probably would've downloaded and watched it by now too if I didn't think it'd ruin the experience of opening it up and watching it for the first time.
It's not like I'm not going to buy it when Funimation (hopefully, eventually) releases it.
Yeah, I know. Most DB fans probably will. Was just having a joke since I'm still sitting around waiting for mine.
DragonBoxZTheMovies wrote:So, for those who bought the special edition, how are the extras?
Ugh, I despise the people who downloaded this film instead of buying it like a true fan (just feeling bitter because I'm still waiting for my copy and it seems like everyone on the internet has seen it now). I probably would've downloaded and watched it by now too if I didn't think it'd ruin the experience of opening it up and watching it for the first time.
It's not like I'm not going to buy it when Funimation (hopefully, eventually) releases it.
I bought it, ripped it to my computer, then downloaded a version online with what I thought were the best subs, ripped the subs, then put them on the ripped version I owned. I forked over the cash for the Blu-ray Limited Edition so I can say I'm a true fan. I did not or will not give links to the download I used. If people wanna find online versions, they gotta find it themselves. I only did it for subs.
DragonBoxZTheMovies wrote:So, for those who bought the special edition, how are the extras?
Ugh, I despise the people who downloaded this film instead of buying it like a true fan (just feeling bitter because I'm still waiting for my copy and it seems like everyone on the internet has seen it now). I probably would've downloaded and watched it by now too if I didn't think it'd ruin the experience of opening it up and watching it for the first time.
It's not like I'm not going to buy it when Funimation (hopefully, eventually) releases it.
Same.. I mean in truth, the days of watching anime online (especially Dragon Ball) are looong behind me. Battle of Gods being an exception because I just had to see it and I lack the funds to import it.
It's not too late. One day, it will be.
Peace And Power MF DOOM!
Peace and Power Kevin Samuels
I probably would've downloaded and watched it by now too if I didn't think it'd ruin the experience of opening it up and watching it for the first time.
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