What do you hope not to see in Dragon Ball Super?

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Re: What do you hope not to see in Dragon Ball Super?

Post by Dyno » Tue May 12, 2015 12:47 pm

Actually until 2008 with Tarble's OVA, passing 2010 with Hatchyack's OVA remake and Dragon Ball Online and then 2011 with Episode of Bardock. No Kakarot's spotlight in these years (well, you could say a little in Tarble's OVA).

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Re: What do you hope not to see in Dragon Ball Super?

Post by Lord Beerus » Tue May 12, 2015 1:17 pm

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Fishman wrote:Goku

at least not hogging the spotlight like he has been for the last two decades
The only time Goku was really hogging the spotlight was in GT and that ended in 97. Since then we had nothing new in the franchise until 2013 with Battle Of Gods.
those two things specifically being what i'm referring to
But the way you worded it made it seem like there has been many Dragon Ball series since GT to BOG. And besides, Goku got no more than half an hour of predominate screentime in Battle Of Gods, which was a 105 minute movie, in an all the significant screen time Goku get, he spends it getting his ass kicked by Beerus.

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Re: What do you hope not to see in Dragon Ball Super?

Post by One_Instance » Tue May 12, 2015 2:18 pm

Lord Beerus wrote:But the way you worded it made it seem like there has been many Dragon Ball series since GT to BOG. And besides, Goku got no more than half an hour of predominate screentime in Battle Of Gods, which was a 105 minute movie, in an all the significant screen time Goku get, he spends it getting his ass kicked by Beerus.
What about the 2008 special? I suppose, he tried to let Goten and Trunks take the glory, but Goku was still the hero in the end.

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Re: What do you hope not to see in Dragon Ball Super?

Post by garnetjester » Tue May 12, 2015 7:05 pm

I hate Mr Satan, I don't want anything to do with him at all, his schtick is so boring by now. Considering how Toriyama freaking loves him, I'm pretty much screwed though :(

I did think his GT scenes with Pan were cute, I just hate when he's all "I'm the champion lol no sorry my stomach hurts I'm outta here" it was funny the first time, now it's just overkill.
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Re: What do you hope not to see in Dragon Ball Super?

Post by TJVY » Tue May 12, 2015 8:54 pm

Agreed, I cannot stand Mr. Satan and do not accept him as part of the gang. He's just not interesting to me anymore.
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Re: What do you hope not to see in Dragon Ball Super?

Post by Basaku » Tue May 12, 2015 9:07 pm

garnetjester wrote:I hate Mr Satan, I don't want anything to do with him at all, his schtick is so boring by now. Considering how Toriyama freaking loves him, I'm pretty much screwed though :(

I did think his GT scenes with Pan were cute, I just hate when he's all "I'm the champion lol no sorry my stomach hurts I'm outta here" it was funny the first time, now it's just overkill.
His gags are old, but he had a good run and ended up being great addition to Z. Certinately was more interesting than Goku at the end of the series. I don't think there needs to be more of him in everything but also no reason to disregard him.

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Re: What do you hope not to see in Dragon Ball Super?

Post by batistabus » Wed May 13, 2015 12:39 am

I personally love Mr. Satan, but I'll agree that his more recent contributions have been:

>Mr. Satan walks in
>Mr. Satan does Mr. Satan-y things
>Mr. Satan walks out

When he is actually in the spotlight, his character development is very interesting and enjoyable. I'd like more of that.

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Re: What do you hope not to see in Dragon Ball Super?

Post by Lord Beerus » Wed May 13, 2015 12:48 am

batistabus wrote:I personally love Mr. Satan, but I'll agree that his more recent contributions have been:

>Mr. Satan walks in
>Mr. Satan does Mr. Satan-y things
>Mr. Satan walks out

When he is actually in the spotlight, his character development is very interesting and enjoyable. I'd like more of that.
I always thought Mr Satan had more Stone Cold-like contributions:
- Arrive
- Raise hell among the fanbase
- Leave

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Re: What do you hope not to see in Dragon Ball Super?

Post by Kakacarrottop » Wed May 13, 2015 12:54 pm

Any more new Super Saiyan transformations (other than Super Saiyan 5). The bland Kaio-ken rip off known as "Super Saiyan God" was bad enough, but "Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan"?, that looks like something straight out of a Dragon Ball AF fanfic.

Anything which goes out of it's way to discredit GT's existence.

Another villain who absorbs/possess people.

Super Saiyan 2 getting skipped over/neglected again like in GT.
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Re: What do you hope not to see in Dragon Ball Super?

Post by Basaku » Wed May 13, 2015 10:06 pm

Kakacarrottop wrote:Anything which goes out of it's way to discredit GT's existence.
If the decision was made that Super will be the new official continuation, then pretty much everything in the show will be discrediting GT. How does one even define when does "going out of its way" to discredit it starts and when it doesn't?

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Re: What do you hope not to see in Dragon Ball Super?

Post by Hellspawn28 » Wed May 13, 2015 11:03 pm

Kakacarrottop wrote:
Anything which goes out of it's way to discredit GT's existence.
Even if it does, it's not like Toei is going to be like "Hey Super is the real sequel to DBZ and we are going to replace every copy of GT on DVD with Super. Every copy of GT is going to be recalled and burned! Enjoy GT while you can." GT will always exist and no matter what happens in Super. I would imagine if Super takes place after Goku leaves with Uub, GT will be view as a alternate sequel to GT. Even games like Xenoverse views GT as a different timeline to the main series.
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Re: What do you hope not to see in Dragon Ball Super?

Post by ChahikoDBZ » Thu May 14, 2015 1:12 am

Furry Saiyan transformations and any past villains returning.
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Re: What do you hope not to see in Dragon Ball Super?

Post by moochfloatjr » Thu May 14, 2015 11:42 am

No new Super Saiyan forms. First of all, SSGSS is pretty much the absolute best transformation Goku and Vegeta have - it channels a power far greater than Super Saiyan 3 with no strain. Anything more would be overkill. Plus, I don't want SSGSS to become the new SS2 (in that it would be overshadowed very quickly after its debut) or anything.
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Re: What do you hope not to see in Dragon Ball Super?

Post by Hellspawn28 » Thu May 14, 2015 1:36 pm

Kakacarrottop wrote:Any more new Super Saiyan transformations (other than Super Saiyan 5). The bland Kaio-ken rip off known as "Super Saiyan God" was bad enough, but "Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan"?, that looks like something straight out of a Dragon Ball AF fanfic.
Would a SSj5 be any different then what we got with the new god forms? A official SSj5 will likely look something from a straight out of a Dragon Ball AF fanfic too seeing that a real official SSj5 will likely be a gold or silver version of a SSj4. I'm not a huge fan of SSjGSSj, but a real SSj5 will likely be no better if you ask me.
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Re: What do you hope not to see in Dragon Ball Super?

Post by Fishman » Thu May 14, 2015 9:45 pm

moochfloatjr wrote:No new Super Saiyan forms. First of all, SSGSS is pretty much the absolute best transformation Goku and Vegeta have - it channels a power far greater than Super Saiyan 3 with no strain. Anything more would be overkill. Plus, I don't want SSGSS to become the new SS2 (in that it would be overshadowed very quickly after its debut) or anything.
Super Saiyan God says hello. What with us just having to accept that the characters who had it 'absorbed the power so they have it all the time guys!!' and now everyone is just jumping straight to turning blue instead of red.
Super Saiyan Blue is not a creative color.
DBZ Movie 3 told a stronger and more believable "Evil Goku" story in 60 minutes than Dragon Ball Super has in 20 episodes. And it did it with better visuals and score.

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Re: What do you hope not to see in Dragon Ball Super?

Post by Basaku » Thu May 14, 2015 10:16 pm

Hellspawn28 wrote:
Kakacarrottop wrote:Any more new Super Saiyan transformations (other than Super Saiyan 5). The bland Kaio-ken rip off known as "Super Saiyan God" was bad enough, but "Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan"?, that looks like something straight out of a Dragon Ball AF fanfic.
Would a SSj5 be any different then what we got with the new god forms? A official SSj5 will likely look something from a straight out of a Dragon Ball AF fanfic too seeing that a real official SSj5 will likely be a gold or silver version of a SSj4. I'm not a huge fan of SSjGSSj, but a real SSj5 will likely be no better if you ask me.
If they're gonna use the furry GT concept then I suspect it's gonna be included in separate Oozaru progression line, not SSJ4. Seems clear that Toriyama doesn't want SSJ4, SSJ5 etc. New transformations for new toys to sell sure, he already did 2 new in past 2 years, but outside direct SSJ3 power-up

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Re: What do you hope not to see in Dragon Ball Super?

Post by sintzu » Fri May 15, 2015 4:46 am

moochfloatjr wrote:I don't want SSGSS to become the new SS2 (in that it would be overshadowed very quickly after its debut) or anything.
I never get why some fans say this about 2 considering it has more of an impact on the story then 3.

1- It was used by Gohan to defeat a main villain.
2- It was used by Goku&Vegeta in their rematch
3- It was used by Vegeta when he sacrificed himself.
4- It was used by Vegeta when he surpassed Goku.
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Re: What do you hope not to see in Dragon Ball Super?

Post by Dyno » Fri May 15, 2015 11:02 am

sintzu wrote:4- It was used by Vegeta when he surpassed Goku.
You mean Movie 14? If so, the interview which Toriyama said there won't be Super Saiyan 2 anymore kinda gives you an idea that Vegeta used Super Saiyan. At the end of the movie, Kakarot says "You transformed into an awesome Super Saiyan".

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Re: What do you hope not to see in Dragon Ball Super?

Post by sintzu » Fri May 15, 2015 11:29 am

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You mean Movie 14? If so, the interview which Toriyama said there won't be Super Saiyan 2 anymore kinda gives you an idea that Vegeta used Super Saiyan.

At the end of the movie, Kakarot says "You transformed into an awesome Super Saiyan".
He was talking about the events that follow BOG.

I don't think he meant it literally cause he went all out against Beerus so it makes sense that he used 2 and when he's powering up his aura changes before he attacks which means the form he is did as well.
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Re: What do you hope not to see in Dragon Ball Super?

Post by moochfloatjr » Fri May 15, 2015 7:15 pm

Fishman wrote:
moochfloatjr wrote:No new Super Saiyan forms. First of all, SSGSS is pretty much the absolute best transformation Goku and Vegeta have - it channels a power far greater than Super Saiyan 3 with no strain. Anything more would be overkill. Plus, I don't want SSGSS to become the new SS2 (in that it would be overshadowed very quickly after its debut) or anything.
Super Saiyan God says hello. What with us just having to accept that the characters who had it 'absorbed the power so they have it all the time guys!!' and now everyone is just jumping straight to turning blue instead of red.
At least Super Saiyan God got some form of unique reasoning for disappearing. There was a huge gap between the debuts of Super Saiyan and Super Saiyan 2, and a very miniscule one between 2 and 3 - it got two good fights then disappeared.
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