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Re: If we assume the movies are the result of a divergence

Post by Low Tone G » Tue Feb 25, 2014 3:11 pm

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Movie 14- Mister Satan successfully reforms Fat Buu. Super Buu is never formed and the Fusion Saga never happens.
Yeah, that could be true, but why would have Goku taught Trunks and Goten the fusion in the timeskip, if the Fusion saga did not happen? So what about Gohan going Ultimate/Mystic against Beerus, if he does only have SSJ2 at very best, if there wasn't Super Buu?

I see no reason to believe that anything could have changed other than we saw in the Majin Saga manga-wise. In the movie if something is weird is that Mr. Satan didn't recongize Dende, for unkown reason, and Bulma's age. I don't see other continuity error. Videl and Gohan are married, and in the JATS they were not, so the movie takes place after that special, as Tarble was mentioned. The movie surely happens 2-3 years after the special of 2008, as Pan was conceived, the only thing that can bother us is Bulma's age. And one more thing if Majin Buu was reformed by Mr. Satan, then why Goku is alive in this period, if there wasn't any need to stop Buuhan in the Buu Arc? Goku surely wouldn't have wanted to be resurrected if there was no need. And I doubt that Porunga could resurrect someone being dead for more than 1 year, and Goku was dead for 7 years.
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Re: If we assume the movies are the result of a divergence

Post by RandomGuy96 » Tue Feb 25, 2014 3:19 pm

Gohan was just a poorly recolored SS and the plot still treats him as such. Gotenks was formed before Fatso was reformed. Goku probably just changed his mind after getting bored in the Afterlife and/or realizing how dumb his reason for staying dead was.
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dbgtFO wrote: Please elaborate as I do not know what you mean by "pushing Vegeta's destruction"
He's probably referring to the Bardock special. Zarbon was the one who first recommended destroying Planet Vegeta because the saiyans were rapidly growing in strength.
It was actually Beerus disguised as Zarbon #StayWoke
Herms wrote:The fact that the ridiculous power inflation is presented so earnestly makes me just roll my eyes and snicker. Like with Freeza, where he starts off over 10 times stronger than all his henchmen except Ginyu (because...well, just because), then we find out he can transform and get even more powerful, and then he reveals he can transform two more times, before finally coming out with the fact that he hasn't even been using anywhere near 50% of his power. Oh, and he can survive in the vacuum of space. All this stuff is just presented as the way Freeza is, without even an attempt at rationalizing it, yet the tone dictates we're supposed to take all this silly grasping at straws as thrilling danger. So I guess I don't really take the power inflation in the Boo arc seriously, but I don't take the power inflation in earlier arcs seriously either, so there's no net loss of seriousness. I think a silly story presented as serious is harder to accept than a silly story presented as silly.

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Re: If we assume the movies are the result of a divergence

Post by Low Tone G » Tue Feb 25, 2014 3:44 pm

RandomGuy96 wrote:Gohan was just a poorly recolored SS and the plot still treats him as such. Gotenks was formed before Fatso was reformed. Goku probably just changed his mind after getting bored in the Afterlife and/or realizing how dumb his reason for staying dead was.
So are you saying Porunga(if not Shenlon) is able to resurrect Goku?

And what about Vegeta? He is also alive! So he was also resurrected by Porunga, you suppose?

What about Kibito Kai's existence in the movie, if there wasn't any need to create Vegetto back then? In other words, why are Kibito and East Supreme Kai fused?
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Re: If we assume the movies are the result of a divergence

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Low Tone G wrote:
RandomGuy96 wrote:Gohan was just a poorly recolored SS and the plot still treats him as such. Gotenks was formed before Fatso was reformed. Goku probably just changed his mind after getting bored in the Afterlife and/or realizing how dumb his reason for staying dead was.
So are you saying Porunga(if not Shenlon) is able to resurrect Goku?

And what about Vegeta? He is also alive! So he was also resurrected by Porunga, you suppose?

What about Kibito Kai's existence in the movie, if there wasn't any need to create Vegetto back then? In other words, why are Kibito and East Supreme Kai fused?
Yep.

They're morons who didn't even know what the earrings did. I can imagine them epically failing and accidentally fusing.
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dbgtFO wrote: Please elaborate as I do not know what you mean by "pushing Vegeta's destruction"
He's probably referring to the Bardock special. Zarbon was the one who first recommended destroying Planet Vegeta because the saiyans were rapidly growing in strength.
It was actually Beerus disguised as Zarbon #StayWoke
Herms wrote:The fact that the ridiculous power inflation is presented so earnestly makes me just roll my eyes and snicker. Like with Freeza, where he starts off over 10 times stronger than all his henchmen except Ginyu (because...well, just because), then we find out he can transform and get even more powerful, and then he reveals he can transform two more times, before finally coming out with the fact that he hasn't even been using anywhere near 50% of his power. Oh, and he can survive in the vacuum of space. All this stuff is just presented as the way Freeza is, without even an attempt at rationalizing it, yet the tone dictates we're supposed to take all this silly grasping at straws as thrilling danger. So I guess I don't really take the power inflation in the Boo arc seriously, but I don't take the power inflation in earlier arcs seriously either, so there's no net loss of seriousness. I think a silly story presented as serious is harder to accept than a silly story presented as silly.

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Re: If we assume the movies are the result of a divergence

Post by Low Tone G » Tue Feb 25, 2014 4:03 pm

Not bad.... :)

So in that case Toriyama completely surrendered his own will for Toei? As he read his manga once again, and he still did the plot like Toei wanted?

But there is one more thing left... If Tarble was mentioned, and that special has no continuity error, as Mr. Satan has invited all the heroes to his party, and it was shown that with the help of humanity it was Kid Buu defeated, so Majin Buu was killed, and the one who was shown was Mr. Buu, and not Fat Buu, does this not mean that Battle of Gods prior events were all the same like the special's prior events?
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Re: If we assume the movies are the result of a divergence

Post by RandomGuy96 » Tue Feb 25, 2014 4:07 pm

Low Tone G wrote:Not bad.... :)

So in that case Toriyama completely surrendered his own will for Toei? As he read his manga once again, and he still did the plot like Toei wanted?

But there is one more thing left... If Tarble was mentioned, and that special has no continuity error, as Mr. Satan has invited all the heroes to his party, and it was shown that with the help of humanity it was Kid Buu defeated, so Majin Buu was killed, and the one who was shown was Mr. Buu, and not Fat Buu, does this not mean that Battle of Gods prior events were all the same like the special's prior events?
Just because they know who Tarble is doesn't mean those exact events happened.
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dbgtFO wrote: Please elaborate as I do not know what you mean by "pushing Vegeta's destruction"
He's probably referring to the Bardock special. Zarbon was the one who first recommended destroying Planet Vegeta because the saiyans were rapidly growing in strength.
It was actually Beerus disguised as Zarbon #StayWoke
Herms wrote:The fact that the ridiculous power inflation is presented so earnestly makes me just roll my eyes and snicker. Like with Freeza, where he starts off over 10 times stronger than all his henchmen except Ginyu (because...well, just because), then we find out he can transform and get even more powerful, and then he reveals he can transform two more times, before finally coming out with the fact that he hasn't even been using anywhere near 50% of his power. Oh, and he can survive in the vacuum of space. All this stuff is just presented as the way Freeza is, without even an attempt at rationalizing it, yet the tone dictates we're supposed to take all this silly grasping at straws as thrilling danger. So I guess I don't really take the power inflation in the Boo arc seriously, but I don't take the power inflation in earlier arcs seriously either, so there's no net loss of seriousness. I think a silly story presented as serious is harder to accept than a silly story presented as silly.

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Re: If we assume the movies are the result of a divergence

Post by shinmaru » Tue Feb 25, 2014 4:18 pm

The Coola Movies - Trunks most likely never went back in time which can explain why he was never seen or mention in both films. Kami sense a powerful energy in the city of Amenbo Island and so he fused with Piccolo. Piccolo kills #17, #18 and Cell then everyone goes to New Namek.
Then Pikkoro should have been the Hero of the Second Movie Kura :lol:

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Re: If we assume the movies are the result of a divergence

Post by Low Tone G » Tue Feb 25, 2014 4:20 pm

So the events of the special are also ignored?

You could be possibly right but I think it would be too weird if that indeedly happen that way. If it's an offical part of Dragon Ball history admitted by Toriyama himself I think they just screwed up the part when Mr. Satan did not recognize Dende, or Mr. Satan being skeptic all the time did not remembered that Dende was the God of Earth.
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Re: If we assume the movies are the result of a divergence

Post by RandomGuy96 » Tue Feb 25, 2014 4:24 pm

Low Tone G wrote:So the events of the special are also ignored?

You could be possibly right but I think it would be too weird if that indeedly happen that way. If it's an offical part of Dragon Ball history admitted by Toriyama himself I think they just screwed up the part when Mr. Satan did not recognize Dende, or Mr. Satan being skeptic all the time did not remembered that Dende was the God of Earth.
Except Toriyama never said that, and that's far from the only continuity issue.
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dbgtFO wrote: Please elaborate as I do not know what you mean by "pushing Vegeta's destruction"
He's probably referring to the Bardock special. Zarbon was the one who first recommended destroying Planet Vegeta because the saiyans were rapidly growing in strength.
It was actually Beerus disguised as Zarbon #StayWoke
Herms wrote:The fact that the ridiculous power inflation is presented so earnestly makes me just roll my eyes and snicker. Like with Freeza, where he starts off over 10 times stronger than all his henchmen except Ginyu (because...well, just because), then we find out he can transform and get even more powerful, and then he reveals he can transform two more times, before finally coming out with the fact that he hasn't even been using anywhere near 50% of his power. Oh, and he can survive in the vacuum of space. All this stuff is just presented as the way Freeza is, without even an attempt at rationalizing it, yet the tone dictates we're supposed to take all this silly grasping at straws as thrilling danger. So I guess I don't really take the power inflation in the Boo arc seriously, but I don't take the power inflation in earlier arcs seriously either, so there's no net loss of seriousness. I think a silly story presented as serious is harder to accept than a silly story presented as silly.

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Re: If we assume the movies are the result of a divergence

Post by Low Tone G » Tue Feb 25, 2014 4:51 pm

Except Toriyama never said that, and that's far from the only continuity issue.
I've sad that he admitted. And it was stated that new story borned, not spin-off, nor side story. And other continuity errors could be explained just like in a simple way you can say they are continuity errors.
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Re: If we assume the movies are the result of a divergence

Post by DBZGTKOSDH » Tue Feb 25, 2014 5:27 pm

Low Tone G wrote:In the movie if something is weird is that Mr. Satan didn't recongize Dende, for unkown reason, and Bulma's age. I don't see other continuity error.
The continuity errors are these from what I recall (I feel like I forgot something):
  • Mr. Satan doesn't remember Dende, while he should know who & what he is.
  • Kaio's Planet is back for some reason.
  • Shenlong grants 1 wish instead of 3 for some reason.
  • Mai's & Bulma's ages are wrong.
  • Tarble is alive/exists, while he shouldn't be because Vegeta was sure that only he, Goku, and Gohan were the only Saiyans alive by the beginning of the Artificial Humans arc.
I think I forget some thought, I thought they were more.
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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.

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Re: If we assume the movies are the result of a divergence

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Low Tone G wrote:In the movie if something is weird is that Mr. Satan didn't recongize Dende, for unkown reason, and Bulma's age. I don't see other continuity error.
The continuity errors are these from what I recall (I feel like I forgot something):
  • Mr. Satan doesn't remember Dende, while he should know who & what he is.
  • Kaio's Planet is back for some reason.
  • Shenlong grants 1 wish instead of 3 for some reason.
  • Mai's & Bulma's ages are wrong.
  • Tarble is alive/exists, while he shouldn't be because Vegeta was sure that only he, Goku, and Gohan were the only Saiyans alive by the beginning of the Artificial Humans arc.
I think I forget some thought, I thought they were more.
There are some more:

[*]Kaioshins still have their potaras although both pairs were given to Goku, first used and the second broken by him.
[*]Gotenks doesn't use SSJ3 for some reason.

In my view: can be explained some way:

[*]Mr. Satan doesn't remember Dende, and he forgot about Dende's duty.
[*]Kaio's planet could be wished back, or built back by Kaio himself, as still being a lower God of Creation.
[*]Shenlon didn't grant more wishes because he knew that Beerus only wants to know about the creation of SSJ God, and was scared that Beerus gets angry if he has wait more than that. Or Shenlon has granted the previous two wishes earlier in that same year, and that was the last wish for that year.
[*]Mai's age could be true, and Bulma's not, so she was lying. Or Bulma's age was true but in that way that she wish for it earlier, as to be younger than Goku.
[*]That isn't necessarily a plot-hole, as Vegeta could not remember of his brother, and possibly believed that he isn't alive, if he didn't search for him after Frieza's death.
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Re: If we assume the movies are the result of a divergence

Post by DBZGTKOSDH » Tue Feb 25, 2014 5:52 pm

Low Tone G wrote:Kaioshins still have their potaras although both pairs were given to Goku, first used and the second broken by him.
Where was it stated that there is no way to find or make new ones? Even if you want to believe that they are impossible to be made at that point (for some reason), they don't have to be real, like Gohan didn't wear real ones on the Kaioshin Realm.
Low Tone G wrote:Gotenks doesn't use SSJ3 for some reason.
Just because he doesn't use it doesn't mean he can't. He did exactly the same thing against Boo: he should know Boo is stronger than his base & SS forms, yet he uses them against him even though he gets his ass kicked, and he should sense that his power is greater than his. This is Gotenks we are talking about.
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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.

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Re: If we assume the movies are the result of a divergence

Post by Low Tone G » Tue Feb 25, 2014 6:01 pm

DBZGTKOSDH wrote:
Low Tone G wrote:Kaioshins still have their potaras although both pairs were given to Goku, first used and the second broken by him.
Where was it stated that there is no way to find or make new ones? Even if you want to believe that they are impossible to be made at that point (for some reason), they don't have to be real, like Gohan didn't wear real ones on the Kaioshin Realm.
Low Tone G wrote:Gotenks doesn't use SSJ3 for some reason.
Just because he doesn't use it doesn't mean he can't. He did exactly the same thing against Boo: he should know Boo is stronger than his base & SS forms, yet he uses them against him even though he gets his ass kicked, and he should sense that his power is greater than his. This is Gotenks we are talking about.
You're right, but I'm talking about which ones can be considered also continuity errors. But as I wrote above almost all of them can be explained just using in-universe explanations.
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Re: If we assume the movies are the result of a divergence

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Low Tone G wrote:
Except Toriyama never said that, and that's far from the only continuity issue.
I've sad that he admitted. And it was stated that new story borned, not spin-off, nor side story. And other continuity errors could be explained just like in a simple way you can say they are continuity errors.
Toriyama never admitted anything.
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dbgtFO wrote: Please elaborate as I do not know what you mean by "pushing Vegeta's destruction"
He's probably referring to the Bardock special. Zarbon was the one who first recommended destroying Planet Vegeta because the saiyans were rapidly growing in strength.
It was actually Beerus disguised as Zarbon #StayWoke
Herms wrote:The fact that the ridiculous power inflation is presented so earnestly makes me just roll my eyes and snicker. Like with Freeza, where he starts off over 10 times stronger than all his henchmen except Ginyu (because...well, just because), then we find out he can transform and get even more powerful, and then he reveals he can transform two more times, before finally coming out with the fact that he hasn't even been using anywhere near 50% of his power. Oh, and he can survive in the vacuum of space. All this stuff is just presented as the way Freeza is, without even an attempt at rationalizing it, yet the tone dictates we're supposed to take all this silly grasping at straws as thrilling danger. So I guess I don't really take the power inflation in the Boo arc seriously, but I don't take the power inflation in earlier arcs seriously either, so there's no net loss of seriousness. I think a silly story presented as serious is harder to accept than a silly story presented as silly.

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Re: If we assume the movies are the result of a divergence

Post by Puto » Wed Feb 26, 2014 2:35 pm

Zephyr wrote: Movie Timeline 2 [5, 6]:
Goku doesn't linger in space, and never masters SSj transformation. Trunks comes back to tell of the Androids. This leads to Movie 5, where he cannot transform at will. Seeing how helpless they were against a random invader who is supposed to be drastically inferior to the Androids, Piccolo and Kami agree to fuse in order to give them an extra edge. Piccolo here isn't as strong as he is in the main timeline, because he has less training with SSj Goku under his belt at the time of his fusion with Kami. This prompts bringing Dende to Earth to be the new Kami. The Big Gete Star nabs Coola, and Movie 6 happens.
Doesn't work. If Gokū didn't linger in space, he wouldn't have learned how to teleport, which he does know in Movie 6 (but not 5? Or maybe he just didn't use it?).
Low Tone G wrote:...and Bulma's age.
That is very blatantly played off as Bulma lying about her age in the movie. When Bulma mentions her supposed her supposed age, Kuririn goes all 'are you kidding me?' about it.
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Re: If we assume the movies are the result of a divergence

Post by Low Tone G » Wed Feb 26, 2014 2:52 pm

That is very blatantly played off as Bulma lying about her age in the movie. When Bulma mentions her supposed her supposed age, Kuririn goes all 'are you kidding me?' about it.
I really hope it. But What about Mai's age? He had no reason to lie, did she?
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Re: If we assume the movies are the result of a divergence

Post by Puto » Wed Feb 26, 2014 2:54 pm

Doubt Mai had any reason to lie. But do we ever even get told Mai's age in the manga?
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Re: If we assume the movies are the result of a divergence

Post by Low Tone G » Wed Feb 26, 2014 2:59 pm

Puto wrote:Doubt Mai had any reason to lie. But do we ever even get told Mai's age in the manga?
I don't know, but the main question is, was Mai still a child when she had advatures against Oozaru Goku?
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Re: If we assume the movies are the result of a divergence

Post by Puto » Thu Feb 27, 2014 4:56 pm

She certainly didn't look like it, but could just be character design awkwardness.
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