Official On-Going DBZ 2013 Movie Thread: "Battle of Gods"

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Re: Official On-Going DBZ 2013 Movie Thread: "Battle of Gods

Post by Tanooki Kuribo » Sun Nov 18, 2012 9:42 pm

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Toonami97 wrote:So what are the chances of Gohan and well...Anybody else....Actually Fighting and actually winning?

Hey it could happen!
Well we all know who's going to kill/defeat the main guy.. Goku..! It's kind of sad knowing that.
We have no idea who is gonna kill this new enemy. For all we know, it could be Bulma.

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Re: Official On-Going DBZ 2013 Movie Thread: "Battle of Gods

Post by theawesomepossum777 » Sun Nov 18, 2012 10:01 pm

Tanooki Kuribo wrote:
Jackal puFF wrote:
Toonami97 wrote:So what are the chances of Gohan and well...Anybody else....Actually Fighting and actually winning?

Hey it could happen!
Well we all know who's going to kill/defeat the main guy.. Goku..! It's kind of sad knowing that.
We have no idea who is gonna kill this new enemy. For all we know, it could be Bulma.
You know you're obsessed with Dragon Ball when you start thinking about a scenario where Bulma flashes her boobs to the main villains, and they lose so much blood that they die from excessive blood loss. Though you have to take some liberties that the main villains are bigger perverts than Kame Sennin.

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Re: Official On-Going DBZ 2013 Movie Thread: "Battle of Gods

Post by CaBrPi » Sun Nov 18, 2012 10:08 pm

How about, and I may be crossing a line here, but... a team effort?

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Post by Sin » Sun Nov 18, 2012 10:22 pm

CaBrPi wrote:How about, and I may be crossing a line here, but... a team effort?
Does everyone putting energy into a Spirit Bomb or lending Goku their power for a giant Kamehameha count as team effort?

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Re: Official On-Going DBZ 2013 Movie Thread: "Battle of Gods

Post by CaBrPi » Sun Nov 18, 2012 11:20 pm

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CaBrPi wrote:How about, and I may be crossing a line here, but... a team effort?
Does everyone putting energy into a Spirit Bomb or lending Goku their power for a giant Kamehameha count as team effort?
No.

I was thinking more along the lines of everyone fighting together... and it actually amounting to something. I mean, think about it, almost all the big fights are one-on-one... Goku vs. Taopaipai, Goku vs. Tenshinhan, Goku vs. Piccolo-Daimao, Goku vs. Piccolo Jr., etc. Even against Freeza, no more than one person fights at a time, except for a few short bursts where Gohan and Piccolo (and sometimes Kuririn) work together for all of thirty seconds.

What I have in mind is something more like the Raditz fight, or the (second half of the) Vegeta fight. A legitimate team effort.

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Post by Tanooki Kuribo » Sun Nov 18, 2012 11:35 pm

theawesomepossum777 wrote: You know you're obsessed with Dragon Ball when you start thinking about a scenario where Bulma flashes her boobs to the main villains, and they lose so much blood that they die from excessive blood loss. Though you have to take some liberties that the main villains are bigger perverts than Kame Sennin.
I don't think I'm obsessed with DragonBall. :?

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Re: Official On-Going DBZ 2013 Movie Thread: "Battle of Gods

Post by B » Sun Nov 18, 2012 11:56 pm

Does V Jump not get leaked a week earlier in the same vein that Weekly Jump does?
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Post by Chuquita » Mon Nov 19, 2012 12:02 am

I bet it's just probably not as popular as Weekly Jump in terms of scans (not too many manga series run in V Jump if my older issues of it are anything to go by) and that's why there aren't any leaks yet.

I'm hoping that the time zone difference (for where I am, Japan's like half a day ahead of me, so it's Monday afternoon there right now) will cut about an extra day's wait off the countdown time for many countries.

It would be fantastic if scans appear by some time tomorrow though. *_*
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Post by penguintruth » Mon Nov 19, 2012 12:22 am

Turns out that all the new villain wants was a bowl of Trix and a glass of Nestle Quick.
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Post by Chuquita » Mon Nov 19, 2012 1:22 am

Looks like http://www.dragonball2013.com/ has its first official update since August. No info that's not already on the Kanzenshuu main page, but for anyone looking for a nice render of the movie's official title for Photoshop purposes or otherwise, it's there.

As with Shounen Jump Japan's site, the Japanese language version of the site is being updated first, so the "news" text isn't on the English version's yet.
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Re: Official On-Going DBZ 2013 Movie Thread: "Battle of Gods

Post by eledoremassis02 » Mon Nov 19, 2012 1:49 am

Chuquita wrote:Looks like http://www.dragonball2013.com/ has its first official update since August. No info that's not already on the Kanzenshuu main page, but for anyone looking for a nice render of the movie's official title for Photoshop purposes or otherwise, it's there.

As with Shounen Jump Japan's site, the Japanese language version of the site is being updated first, so the "news" text isn't on the English version's yet.

Thanks for the update! Been waiting for a better copy of the logo :D

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Post by Cipher » Mon Nov 19, 2012 2:42 am

CaBrPi wrote:What I have in mind is something more like the Raditz fight, or the (second half of the) Vegeta fight. A legitimate team effort.
The final major fights of both Z and GT were at least two-on-one as well, so it's not out of the question

And, honestly, for the sort of all-cast grand return this movie seems to be, that may be the route to go.

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Post by TheDevilsCorpse » Mon Nov 19, 2012 3:14 am

Cipher wrote:And, honestly, for the sort of all-cast grand return this movie seems to be, that may be the route to go.
Yeah, I'd say either have everyone (Goku included, not charging an attack on the sidelines) fight together to actively keep the baddie preoccupied until an opening can be found for Goku to deliver the final blow (he is the main hero), or go the Hatchihyack route and have everyone actually wipe out the threat together with a combined attack.

I really don't want a Genki Dama involved with the villain's defeat though...
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Post by Avenged » Mon Nov 19, 2012 3:25 am

Damn they made it harder to rip images off the site now with that little script disabling right mouse click, I still got all the new images though. :D
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Re: Official On-Going DBZ 2013 Movie Thread: "Battle of Gods

Post by eledoremassis02 » Mon Nov 19, 2012 3:44 am

Avenged wrote:Damn they made it harder to rip images off the site now with that little script disabling right mouse click, I still got all the new images though. :D

What I do is click on the image a drag it to a new tab. Seems to work for me :)

For those who are having problems and want the new logo, here it is :D

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Post by Avenged » Mon Nov 19, 2012 3:46 am

Thanks, but I got both that one and this better version. :)

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Post by eledoremassis02 » Mon Nov 19, 2012 4:05 am

I missed that one! lol thanks!! :D

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Re: Official On-Going DBZ 2013 Movie Thread: "Battle of Gods

Post by DBZGTKOSDH » Mon Nov 19, 2012 7:48 am

Tanooki Kuribo wrote:We have no idea who is gonna kill this new enemy. For all we know, it could be Bulma.
Bulma did defeat Gurmes, the main villain of the first movie.
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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: Official On-Going DBZ 2013 Movie Thread: "Battle of Gods

Post by DNA » Mon Nov 19, 2012 8:23 am

I want Yajirobe to defeat him. Everyone is struggling and he appears out of nowhere, complains, cuts the guy in half and roasts him.

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Post by TRL » Mon Nov 19, 2012 9:30 am

DBZGTKOSDH wrote:
TRL wrote:[@DBZGTKOSDH: Why would you want that?
Want what?
That luffy and naruto always do the finishing off. I'd be perfectly fine with it if those series mixed it up a little. Like Toriyama did in the Cell saga. He was well on his way in the buu saga too, but yeah then the spirit bomb happened. But you could argue that Vegeta and even Satan there were equally important. At least Goku wasn't miraculously the most powerful fighter in the saga and just won by overpowering.

If they do something like that in the movie I'd be fine with it. Vegeta, Gohan and Goku should have equally important roles in the fight. But it will ultimately probably end up in Goku finishing it off, which couldn't have happened without the rest. I'd rather not have the Gt style fight where everyone's just there watching Goku.

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