Discussion regarding the entirety of the franchise in a general (meta) sense, including such aspects as: production, trends, merchandise, fan culture, and more.
The Dragonboxes are like a middle aged woman who still looks good through simply taking good care of her skin and body with maybe a tiny bit of makeup while the Orange Bricks are like a middle aged woman who get's 50 tons of botox, makeup and plastic surgery in order to look younger and as a result looks even worse. ~ ringworm128 Still recording Toonami broadcasts on VHS after all these years! #1 Paikuhan fan!
Chuquita wrote:Hey guys, I'm considering getting one of those sh figuarts; how easy is it to swap parts on and off of them?
Easy enough that if you don't force anything, it stays fine.
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Mayuri Kurotsuchi wrote:"In this world, nothing perfect exists. It may be a cliche after all but it's the way things are. That's precisely why ordinary men pursue the concept of perfection, it's infatuation. But ultimately I have to ask myself "What is the true meaning of being perfect?" and the answer I came up with was nothing. Not one thing. The truth of the matter is I despise perfection! If something is truly perfect, that's IT! The bottom line becomes there is no room for imagination! No space for intelligence or ability or improvement! Do you understand? To men of science like us, perfection is a dead end, a condition of hopelessness. Always strive to be better than anything that came before you but not perfect! Scientist's agonize over the attempt to achieve perfection! That's the kind of creatures we are! We take joy in trying to exceed our grasp, in trying to reach for something that in the end, we have to admit may in fact be unreachable!"
Long time no post, been a bit busy getting married and passing the bar buuuut here we go:
First up my groom's cake
and the other stuff I've gotten since then:
Goku cel from my wife for my Birthday:
framed Vegeta and Goku cel from my friend
how it looks on the wall
Kanzenban from my in-laws for my birthday
and more signatures (Toru Furuya and Sonny Strait)
"You might think you know everything there is to know about me, but really, you're not even CLOSE."
"Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy." ~ Sir Winston Chruchill / Dragon Ball Z in a nutshell
How I enjoy the anime:
Spoiler:
I like to switch between the dub and the original. If I want to watch the original I'll watch it subbed on my Dragon Boxes.
If I want to watch it dubbed I'll watch the funimation singles and my dragon boxes for the other episodes in proper aspect ratio. Aside from the Vegeta arc I cannot stand the dub with the Japanese music, as it just does not mesh with the dub script and acting.
Don't get me wrong I'm a fan of the Kikuchi score and think it works perfectly with the Japanese cast...but the American audio in Z and Kai just sounds awful with it.
Kai is the only version of the dub I cannot watch whether it be Yamamoto's score or Kikuchii's ad hoc replacement. Until this forum I had not encountered a single person who preferred Kai to Z in terms of dub.
Retan wrote:Damn, 88 that's is so cool, but are you sure Chi-chi can survive the gravity? Or maybe I should ask if Kaio's planet can survive her!!
well played!!
Inside is carrot cake for Kakarrot (or Kakarot). It's funny I went to New Zealand and am a mega LOTR fan so some of the guests were like "no that's not dragon ball whatever that's from LOTR, he loves LOTR"
"You might think you know everything there is to know about me, but really, you're not even CLOSE."
"Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy." ~ Sir Winston Chruchill / Dragon Ball Z in a nutshell
How I enjoy the anime:
Spoiler:
I like to switch between the dub and the original. If I want to watch the original I'll watch it subbed on my Dragon Boxes.
If I want to watch it dubbed I'll watch the funimation singles and my dragon boxes for the other episodes in proper aspect ratio. Aside from the Vegeta arc I cannot stand the dub with the Japanese music, as it just does not mesh with the dub script and acting.
Don't get me wrong I'm a fan of the Kikuchi score and think it works perfectly with the Japanese cast...but the American audio in Z and Kai just sounds awful with it.
Kai is the only version of the dub I cannot watch whether it be Yamamoto's score or Kikuchii's ad hoc replacement. Until this forum I had not encountered a single person who preferred Kai to Z in terms of dub.
dbboxkaifan wrote:Kaka @ Can you tell me which DBZ release was on that HDTV? It's too blueish (or baby blue).
When I took the pic my phone kept just focusing on the TV and made the room super dark so I tried my hand at brightening it and failed lol
But it's one of the Funimation singles.
If you notice the silver signatures I have on Goku's leg (Nozawa) and Schemmel (left Goku's body) don't photograph well either, but in person they're prominent.
In terms of 4:3 DBZ I have:
dbox 1
stuck with orange bricks for "season 2"
Then from "Ginyu Assault" till end of series I have the funimation singles
On the TV is disc 1 from the Garlic Jr. arc. (Yeah I'm willingly rewatching Garlic Jr. lol)
"You might think you know everything there is to know about me, but really, you're not even CLOSE."
"Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy." ~ Sir Winston Chruchill / Dragon Ball Z in a nutshell
How I enjoy the anime:
Spoiler:
I like to switch between the dub and the original. If I want to watch the original I'll watch it subbed on my Dragon Boxes.
If I want to watch it dubbed I'll watch the funimation singles and my dragon boxes for the other episodes in proper aspect ratio. Aside from the Vegeta arc I cannot stand the dub with the Japanese music, as it just does not mesh with the dub script and acting.
Don't get me wrong I'm a fan of the Kikuchi score and think it works perfectly with the Japanese cast...but the American audio in Z and Kai just sounds awful with it.
Kai is the only version of the dub I cannot watch whether it be Yamamoto's score or Kikuchii's ad hoc replacement. Until this forum I had not encountered a single person who preferred Kai to Z in terms of dub.
Retan wrote:Damn, 88 that's is so cool, but are you sure Chi-chi can survive the gravity? Or maybe I should ask if Kaio's planet can survive her!!
well played!!
Inside is carrot cake for Kakarrot (or Kakarot). It's funny I went to New Zealand and am a mega LOTR fan so some of the guests were like "no that's not dragon ball whatever that's from LOTR, he loves LOTR"
LOTR with a Car and road, and goku and chi-chi? (Thinks how awesome that would be) , but seriously what books and movies were they reading/watching? Kinda understand them confusing the garage for a hobbit hole though... kinda.
My collection is still in development so it's not complete yet but here's what it looks like!
Ignore the Cowboy Bebop on the right After I'm done with the season Blu-rays I'm going to finish my movie collection, then after that I'll finish my Viz Big Z manga and that'll be it (until Buu Kai comes out, then another movie, then probably a reboot of the series... This collection will never end )
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.
eledoremassis02 wrote:Did that cover! Did you get it off of ebay?
Hm? My sister got it for me. It's a 1989 Shonen Jump copy. It says so on the back. She said it came from Japan. That's all I know.
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.
Super Saiyan Swagger wrote:My collection is still in development so it's not complete yet but here's what it looks like!
Ignore the Cowboy Bebop on the right After I'm done with the season Blu-rays I'm going to finish my movie collection, then after that I'll finish my Viz Big Z manga and that'll be it (until Buu Kai comes out, then another movie, then probably a reboot of the series... This collection will never end )
Really neat collection. I like it! Wish mine was that clean, my stuff is all over the place. I don't own a consistent or complete set of anything.
Super jealous of that Z Kai "Complete" Collection Blu-Ray set. Hopefully Madman re-releases it once the Buu Arc is out here.