What made GT so bad ?

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Re: What made GT so bad ?

Post by DBZGTKOSDH » Tue Jun 30, 2015 6:14 am

SSJ2FutureGohan wrote:There is plenty of evidence for a decreasing multiplier.
  • General Rild's comment when sensing Goku's Ki after he transforms
  • General Rild is slightly weaker than Base Goku, and Hyper Mega Rild can put up a fight against Super Saiyan Goku. Hyper Mega Rild is just Base Rild with the Mega Cannon Sigma members' power added on, and all of them are weaker than Base Goku. If their power was over 50x weaker than SS Goku, their power wouldn't have been relevant to Hyper Mega Rild.
  • Goku surpassing his SS form in Base from battle in space becomes quite ridiculous sticking to the 50x multiplier.
  • Toei clearly does not think the boost is large, just watch any of their productions.
Goku says the same thing about Rild's power after his first transformation, which would imply that Rild got a similar boost, and we don't know for a fact that Hyper Mega Rild's battle power is an addition of Rild's & Mega Cannon Sigma's.

As for Goku surpassing his SS self like this, it's already a ridiculous idea by itself. Actually, almost anything that has to do with battle powers in GT is ridiculous.
Clearly Vegeta had dormant power to tap into, otherwise he couldn't have progressed.
Toriyama said that there is no limit to ki's growth through training, so just because Vegeta, or anyone else, has reached his limits after drawing out all of their dormant power through training or other means, it doesn't mean that they can't keep progressing. It does slow down their progress dramatically though, otherwise, Piccolo, Kuririn, etc would have been able to catch up through training.
Also, what about Goku after the Ultra Divine Water?

“Unlike the Super Holy Water, the Super God Water isn’t just a trick; it’s not merely ordinary water. Rather, it’s magnificent water capable of drawing out all the power you’ve got hidden inside you…However, if you’ve already mastered all of your power through training, even if you drink the Super God Water you won’t get stronger at all…”

Goku had all of his hidden power drawn out, yet, he still progresses, and obtains 3 more transformations..
Saiyans are said to have bottomless dormant power. The Super God Water obviously didn't touch the dormant power that was used by the Super Saiyan forms, though it seems to have touched from his Oozaru dormant powers, but not all of it (he didn't become x10 stronger), so it doesn't seem to draw out all of the dormant power, at least not for Saiyans. Gohan got his dormant power drawn out by Saichouro, and he was still getting rage boosts without doing any training to re-develop these dormant powers, not to mention that he transformed normally years later into Super Saiyan 1 & 2. Vegeta got his dormant power drawn out beyond its limits by Babidi, yet it obviously didn't touch his SS3 dormant powers.
In Movie 13, they show him with his round / not fully outlined eyes, that's how we know it's a transformation there. The same is not done in GT.
But his eyes are not the only thing that changes, his hairstyle changes as well. In the manga, the eyes remain fully outlined, but his hairstyle changes when he fights & when he doesn't, which would mean that it works like a transformation there as well.

The reason that base Gohan's eyes aren't fully outlined in M13 is most likely because we hadn't seen base Gohan after the ritual in the manga when the movie was released.
You are correct about nothing being mentioned about his Ultimate powers in any guidebook, which is why it's pure speculation to say he lost them, and not supported by evidence.
It's not pure speculation, there are evidence. There is no mention of Ultimate Gohan in GT guidebooks or video-games, Gohan turns Super Saiyan even though it shouldn't have any effect on his power because that's the whole point of Ultimate. The M13 guidebook even stated that Gohan may not even be able to turn into a Super Saiyan anymore, and even though Toriyama's BoG contradicted that, the fact that a guidebook by Toei state that U. Gohan can't turn into a Super Saiyan means that if GT base Gohan is Ultimate Gohan, he shouldn't be able to turn into a Super Saiyan.

The only thing that indicates that Gohan is Ultimate are his eyes, but even that isn't enough evidence because we see base Gohan with fully outlined eyes in the manga, and because it wasn't Toei that decided to give GT base Gohan the fully outlined eyes, it was Toriyama, who designed GT Gohan.
No guidebooks ever say Ultimate to be a form, either.
False.
...what? All I said is there's nothing supporting him being weaker. If you want to say he lost his Ultimate power, you need to prove it. You can't say he lost it and then make me prove you wrong, you're making the claim. Nothing ever said it was a
That's my point. There is no enough evidence for us to conclude if GT base Gohan is stronger, or weaker, that Z Ultimate Gohan.
James Teal (Animerica 1996) wrote:When you think about it, there are a number of similarities between the Chinese-inspired Son Goku and that most American of superhero icons, Superman. Both are aliens sent to Earth shortly after birth to escape the destruction of their homeworlds; both possess super-strength, flight, super-speed, heightened senses and the ability to cast energy blasts. But the crucial difference between them lies not only in how they view the world, but in how the world views them.

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: What made GT so bad ?

Post by SSJ2FutureGohan » Tue Jun 30, 2015 3:33 pm

This clearly isn't going anywhere, since we have different views on Ultimate Gohan... the way I see it, Ultimate is his new base... There is no base, and then power up to "Ultimate" like a form.
That's my point. There is no enough evidence for us to conclude if GT base Gohan is stronger, or weaker, that Z Ultimate Gohan.
So... you haven't provided any proof Gohan lost the power up... there is no reason, we both know that, this just sounds like a way to avoid "overpowered characters", despite characters becoming ridiculously stronger than previous villains being a common trend in Dragon Ball..

Also, Goku never says that about Rild's transformation, and all Rild did was literally absorb the Sigmas.

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Re: What made GT so bad ?

Post by DBZGTKOSDH » Tue Jun 30, 2015 5:27 pm

SSJ2FutureGohan wrote:This clearly isn't going anywhere, since we have different views on Ultimate Gohan... the way I see it, Ultimate is his new base... There is no base, and then power up to "Ultimate" like a form.
Fair enough. But how do you explain Gohan's hairstyle returning back to normal after his revival? Do you think that Toriyama screwed up?
So... you haven't provided any proof Gohan lost the power up... there is no reason, we both know that, this just sounds like a way to avoid "overpowered characters"
It's not about overpowered characters, it's unavoidable in GT, and I think that base Gohan's performance against Rild could place him above Z Ultimate Gohan. The main reason I believe that he lost the power-up is because the whole point of Ultimate is to replace the SS transformations. Becoming Super Saiyan on top of Ultimate is like becoming a Super Saiyan on top of Super Saiyan 3, which makes no sense.
despite characters becoming ridiculously stronger than previous villains being a common trend in Dragon Ball..
What happened in GT has never happened in the manga. Everyone but Goten, Trunks, Oob, and Pan had reached their limits by the end of the manga, and the only way for them to get ridiculously stronger was through new transformations, new techniques, or merging methods. The time they were getting thousands times stronger should have already passed.
Also, Goku never says that about Rild's transformation, and all Rild did was literally absorb the Sigmas.
My bad, Goku said that before Rild transformed. After Rild said that Goku was using less than half of his power, Goku says "You too, right?". And just because Rild merges with the Mega Cannon Sigma doesn't mean it must work as an addition. Gotenks, Vegetto, or Perfect Cell aren't just Goten + Trunks, Goku + Vegeta, and Cell + #18 after all.
James Teal (Animerica 1996) wrote:When you think about it, there are a number of similarities between the Chinese-inspired Son Goku and that most American of superhero icons, Superman. Both are aliens sent to Earth shortly after birth to escape the destruction of their homeworlds; both possess super-strength, flight, super-speed, heightened senses and the ability to cast energy blasts. But the crucial difference between them lies not only in how they view the world, but in how the world views them.

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: What made GT so bad ?

Post by Rocketman » Wed Jul 01, 2015 10:07 am

DBZGTKOSDH wrote:Fair enough. But how do you explain Gohan's hairstyle returning back to normal after his revival? Do you think that Toriyama screwed up?
It's not important. He flickers back and forth for the rest of the chapter after unlocking the power. I think it's far more likely that Toriyama didn't draw that single sprig due to the complexity of the panels during fight scenes, not because he intended people to focus on it instead of the blindly obvious change to Gohan's eyes.

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Re: What made GT so bad ?

Post by DBZGTKOSDH » Wed Jul 01, 2015 1:37 pm

Rocketman wrote:It's not important. He flickers back and forth for the rest of the chapter after unlocking the power. I think it's far more likely that Toriyama didn't draw that single sprig due to the complexity of the panels during fight scenes, not because he intended people to focus on it instead of the blindly obvious change to Gohan's eyes.
It doesn't go back & forth, it goes slowly from the one side to the other side.

But I accept your interpretation, even if I don't go by it.
James Teal (Animerica 1996) wrote:When you think about it, there are a number of similarities between the Chinese-inspired Son Goku and that most American of superhero icons, Superman. Both are aliens sent to Earth shortly after birth to escape the destruction of their homeworlds; both possess super-strength, flight, super-speed, heightened senses and the ability to cast energy blasts. But the crucial difference between them lies not only in how they view the world, but in how the world views them.

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: What made GT so bad ?

Post by TheUltimateVegito » Sat Jul 04, 2015 8:07 pm

Lord Beerus wrote:The only saving grace of GT was the Shadow Dragons, they were fucking brilliant and such an ingenious idea. But they somehow managed to even screw that up, by essentially turning them into fodder for Goku.
Nova Shenron was done really well imo.
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Re: What made GT so bad ?

Post by Singh is King » Mon Jul 20, 2015 8:10 am

Honestly, I sort of liked GT, as flawed as it was: particularly the Shadow Dragon Arc...

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