Hellspawn28 wrote:Micheal Bay's humor is made for kids that find peeing and taking a shit funny
Not that I dislike Dragon Ball, and not that I like any of Michael Bay's movies, but, um, this is different from Toriyama's brand of humor, how?
To be honest, while I'm not as self-loathing about it as thatdbzguy seems to be, I can't really disagree with some of the points he's made. Even though I like it all, I can't deny that, especially in the later arcs of the series, the plots become increasingly repetitive; nearly ALL of the characters serve no greater purpose than to fail miserably, thereby raising the tension but in a very cheap way (Piccolo arc, Freeza arc, and especially the Boo arc); the lack of planning really begins to show its seams, resulting in major plot developments coming out of nowhere or being discarded out of nowhere with absolutely no foreshadowing or thematic significance (such as Gohan in the Cell arc); Toriyama writing himself into corners due to his lack of planning resulting in characters having to make stupid decisions to move the plot forward (the first half of the Cell arc). Honestly, I get the impression that Toriyama was attempting to write more sophisticated stories but lacked the ability and/or discipline to do so. What was charming when given a humorous tone became harder to spackle over when expected to be taken seriously.
I still love it, but some parts really do not hold up under any kind of scrutiny.
