Biggest DB disappointment

[Duo]

The reversioning of the show done by FUNImation. I still meet people to this day who "like DBZ" but only watch it in English and know a fundamentally different product from me. It makes me feel lonely.

[TheAldella]

The reversioning of the show done by FUNImation. I still meet people to this day who "like DBZ" but only watch it in English and know a fundamentally different product from me. It makes me feel lonely.

Especially when they refuse to watch Kai. u.u

[Nanotchi]

The reversioning of the show done by FUNImation. I still meet people to this day who "like DBZ" but only watch it in English and know a fundamentally different product from me. It makes me feel lonely.

Especially when they refuse to watch Kai. u.u

I have one friend who says "its just boring. Its not the same."

[Duo]

I am physically incapable of understanding why any fan would not prefer Kai when it comes to English dub. That's probably been my most frequent argument with folks over on reddit.

[WittyUsername]

I am physically incapable of understanding why any fan would not prefer Kai when it comes to English dub. That's probably been my most frequent argument with folks over on reddit.

Different strokes for different folks.

[Duo]

Different strokes for different folks.

Duh. I was not born yesterday. Just because I can't relate to a certain standpoint doesn't mean I don't understand that folks have different preferences. Been there, done that, a thousand times.

This is just one of those cases where the other viewpoint absolutely baffles me. It's often paired with great rudeness as well, such as calling Monica Real and Colleen Clinkenbeard "terrible voice actors". It's almost always apparent that these "anti-Kai" fans watched only the dub of Z for years and years, then cherry picked youtube clips of the new performances, watched thirty seconds, then declared it "shitty".

[WittyUsername]

Different strokes for different folks.

Duh. I was not born yesterday. Just because I can't relate to a certain standpoint doesn't mean I don't understand that folks have different preferences. Been there, done that, a thousand times.

This is just one of those cases where the other viewpoint absolutely baffles me. It's often paired with great rudeness as well, such as calling Monica Real and Colleen Clinkenbeard "terrible voice actors". It's almost always apparent that these "anti-Kai" fans watched only the dub of Z for years and years, then cherry picked youtube clips of the new performances, watched thirty seconds, then declared it "shitty".

To be fair, I've seen people make similar rude comments regarding Nadolny's "chain-smoker" Gohan, or Linda Young's "grandma" Freeza.

[ABED]

To be fair, I've seen people make similar rude comments regarding Nadolny's "chain-smoker" Gohan, or Linda Young's "grandma" Freeza.
Damnit, beat me to it. I don't think it's rude to make a judgment about someone's talent/lack thereof, though there are mature ways to go about. Using the word "terrible" when describing talent isn't inherently a bad thing.

[Gyt Kaliba]

Exactly as ABED has said, it goes both ways. One can be as critical as they want about any performance - Kai, the original Z dub, hell even the original Japanese - but there's no need to get disrespectful about it. Even the fact that others are about your own preference really doesn't excuse being so back - be the bigger man! Or woman, as the case may be.

[Duo]

And that's where pointing out the disrespect of others comes into play as basis for my counter-criticism. I think we're all on the same basic page, guys & gals.

For the record, I loved Linda Young...as Genkai.

[TheAldella]

Guys, guys, guys. I've got another unpopular opinion of mine. I. LIKE. NADOLNY. AND. CLINKENBEARD. OHMYGOSH.

[Dbzfan94]

My biggest disappointments are that..

Goku didn't beat Freeza after that whole fight.

The fanbase. (Most of it.) People bashing other people's preferences over a language, calling each other "not a true fan" or a certain language is a "different show" than they version they enjoy. obviously there's a lot worse insults said, about the voice actors, and even the fans who prefer different dubs. It's all pretty sad.

[Ajay]

The fanbase. (Most of it.) People bashing other people's preferences over a language, calling each other "not a true fan" or a certain language is a "different show" than they version they enjoy. obviously there's a lot worse insults said, about the voice actors, and even the fans who prefer different dubs. It's all pretty sad.

I dunno, man. I think there's grounding in that argument if a person is adamant that the initial Z dub is the only way to watch the show without showing any awareness of the original or correct translations. To me, that's willful ignorance and in my eyes, I just can't see them as a 'true' fan or whatever you want to call it.

I have no real issue with someone who is fully aware of what the show actually is but instead chooses the Z dub. I might think it's a silly choice but they're just as much a fan as anyone else.

But yeah, willful ignorance. I just can't accept that.

[SingleFringe&Sparks]

It's almost always apparent that these "anti-Kai" fans watched only the dub of Z for years and years, then cherry picked youtube clips of the new performances, watched thirty seconds, then declared it "shitty".

While it is true that a certain degree of people hate kai only for the integrity of their sense of nostalgia, the general reason for the hate to Gohan's new voice is often consistant and varifiable. Colleen was not the wrong choice for Gohan but thats only if you're really open-minded about it. I personally could not sit through her ear-grattingly shrill screams and screeching yells without conjuring up some hate to the change. Nadoly at least knew how to yell "correctly" in a pitch that didnt sound like a strangled cat.

[ABED]

I personally could not sit through her ear-grattingly shrill screams and screeching yells without conjuring up some hate to the change. Nadoly at least knew how to yell "correctly" in a pitch that didnt sound like a strangled cat.

And that's an opinion that I don't understand. To me, Nadolny was far more shrill than Colleen.

The single biggest disappointment DB related was the crappiness of DBZ: season 3. It wasn't bad enough that FUNi hired a green voice cast, but they required them to try to sound like other actors (even miscast ones), and the scripts were even worse than the preceding seasons. Then to top it off, the terrible score. They were already behind the 8 ball with the inexperienced cast, but they added insult to injury by making the scripts just god awful. They had the chance to start fresh with season 3 but no. Imagine if instead of the "rockin'" theme song and Dale Kelly saying, "It's a bird, it's a plane, no, it's Goku!" we had heard an adaptation of Cha La Head Cha La followed by Brice Armstrong saying, "Previously on Dragon Ball Z..."

[WittyUsername]

I personally could not sit through her ear-grattingly shrill screams and screeching yells without conjuring up some hate to the change. Nadoly at least knew how to yell "correctly" in a pitch that didnt sound like a strangled cat.

And that's an opinion that I don't understand. To me, Nadolny was far more shrill than Colleen.

The single biggest disappointment DB related was the crappiness of DBZ: season 3. It wasn't bad enough that FUNi hired a green voice cast, but they required them to try to sound like other actors (even miscast ones), and the scripts were even worse than the preceding seasons. Then to top it off, the terrible score. They were already behind the 8 ball with the inexperienced cast, but they added insult to injury by making the scripts just god awful. They had the chance to start fresh with season 3 but no. Imagine if instead of the "rockin'" theme song and Dale Kelly saying, "It's a bird, it's a plane, no, it's Goku!" we had heard an adaptation of Cha La Head Cha La followed by Brice Armstrong saying, "Previously on Dragon Ball Z..."

I don't see how the script for season 3 was any worse than the script for Saban portion of the dub. At least in season 3 Funimation was allowed to mention death.

[ABED]

There's the line I just mentioned, Freeza's innumerable sexual innuendos which just got worse in season 3, "more like burnt toast", Piccolo the motivational speaker, Krillin's in da house!, and just about everything the narrator said. At least the narrator for seasons 1 and 2 didn't have to say such tripe. Season 1 and 2 were bad, but 3 seemed worse.

[WittyUsername]

There's the line I just mentioned, Freeza's innumerable sexual innuendos which just got worse in season 3, "more like burnt toast", Piccolo the motivational speaker, Krillin's in da house!, and just about everything the narrator said. At least the narrator for seasons 1 and 2 didn't have to say such tripe. Season 1 and 2 were bad, but 3 seemed worse.

Freeza did actually have some innuendos in seasons 1 and 2 as well. "I want to caress these balls" anyone? Also we had lines such as "three-eyed cowboy", and "uh oh, he fell right in the water hazard".

[ABED]

There's the line I just mentioned, Freeza's innumerable sexual innuendos which just got worse in season 3, "more like burnt toast", Piccolo the motivational speaker, Krillin's in da house!, and just about everything the narrator said. At least the narrator for seasons 1 and 2 didn't have to say such tripe. Season 1 and 2 were bad, but 3 seemed worse.

Freeza did actually have some innuendos in seasons 1 and 2 as well. "I want to caress these balls" anyone?

That's the only one I remember, there were WAY more in 3. "Whatever turns you on", "We could've been so good together".

[WittyUsername]

There's the line I just mentioned, Freeza's innumerable sexual innuendos which just got worse in season 3, "more like burnt toast", Piccolo the motivational speaker, Krillin's in da house!, and just about everything the narrator said. At least the narrator for seasons 1 and 2 didn't have to say such tripe. Season 1 and 2 were bad, but 3 seemed worse.

Freeza did actually have some innuendos in seasons 1 and 2 as well. "I want to caress these balls" anyone?

That's the only one I remember, there were WAY more in 3. "Whatever turns you on", "We could've been so good together".

Fair enough.