wolflonnie wrote: Sun Nov 03, 2019 6:36 pm
You're right. I only watched the 23th Tenkaichi arc of the original DB, and pieces of DBGT. I might do that
Do it, buddy! You'll have a blast!
OG DB is really weird at first, as is any long-runner when it first starts out, but it's an absolute blast. And GT, much as many don't like it, I can't help but love for its utterly fantastic music, and how unique and weird it is as a Dragon Ball series. Takes some time for it to find its niche, but when it does, there's nothing else in the franchise that quite has the same feel.
ABED wrote: Sun Nov 03, 2019 6:50 pm
Given how readily available the original DB is, I don't know why any fan wouldn't watch the story from the beginning.
I agree with you. However, most people in the west grew up watching Z on TV, and maybe watched some or perhaps all of Funimation's butchered version of GT. So, Z is what people tend to come back to, that's what people think of first, and nostalgia for that is what draws people to go and rewatch the show, in general. Even if it's a really silly thing that's entirely brought on by the shortcomings of Funimation's ability to bring the show to the west, that is the reality we live with.
Still, no reason anyone can't make up for lost time now, in the 21st century. The blue or yellow bricks of DB, or whatever the Australian sets are, and the green bricks of GT, are readily-available for all to enjoy (the original DVD singles are pretty available too, I guess, since they tend to go for quite cheap, and the video quality's better, but... To each their own. Convenience is often king).
So, as I must've said at least once since Super #131 aired, this hiatus is the perfect time for people to fill whatever time they previously used to watch Super, with the two incarnations of the show they may have missed out on. Especially since Super's subs being ahead for so long has got so many previously-dub-focussed fans used to watching subbed, so naturally, anyone watching OG DB for the first time can watch subbed, then move onto Z, and see that subbed for their first time, and in all, this could make the full DB+Z+GT viewing a complete, new experience for them.
And y'know what, I kinda envy those people; I'd love to watch the full run of DB+Z+GT for the first time all over again. Or even just the original series. There's nothing quite like it.

The point of Dragon Ball is to enjoy it. Never lose sight of that.