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Re: Unpopular DB opinions

Post by Anime Kitten » Tue Aug 02, 2016 10:05 pm

The FUNimation dub of Z's jokes were awesome.
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Re: Unpopular DB opinions

Post by Bansho64 » Tue Aug 02, 2016 10:08 pm

Anime Kitten wrote:The FUNimation dub of Z's jokes were awesome.
Which one's do you mean? The ones originally in the japanese version (Like Gokuu's jokes with Kaiosama) or the ones they themselves added to scenes.

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Post by Anime Kitten » Tue Aug 02, 2016 10:09 pm

Bansho64 wrote:Which one's do you mean? The ones originally in the japanese version (Like Gokuu's jokes with Kaiosama) or the ones they themselves added to scenes.
The "bad" ones from Goku VS Frieza.
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Re: Unpopular DB opinions

Post by Boo Machine » Wed Aug 03, 2016 12:10 am

I think Gohan was at his worst during the Android/Cell arc.

I love the Great Saiyaman and I wish there was more story centered around that point.
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Re: Unpopular DB opinions

Post by MaxZ » Wed Aug 03, 2016 2:20 am

Nikkolas wrote:Well I guess I might have an unpopular opinion in that I love Budokai Tenkaichi. (at least the 3rd one. not sure on the others) It has every character I really want to play in a DB game. There is nothing quite like beating up people with my beloved Pan.

I'm not sure how unpopular this is but I detest Goten and Trunks. Their very existence is a mockery of Goku's legendary journey to Super Saiyan. Even Gohan was fighting galactic overlords by the time he was five so I can excuse his early transformation. Future Trunks also had proper incentive to transform.

But those two? They didn't do anything. They don't deserve to have that powerup. The mere fact they can fight 18 - the very 18 who made a mockery of Vegeta and who (in another timeline) would go on to decimate Earth's heroes - makes me sick.
to be fair the only reason they could fight her was because she was confused and trying not to kill what she initially thought was an ordinary human.

but I agree that them having the SSJ form kind of cheapens the transformation. I kinda like SSJ3 Gotenks though :shifty:

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Re: Unpopular DB opinions

Post by MaxZ » Wed Aug 03, 2016 3:35 am

I hate the English Kai Gohan's voice

apparently that's controversial, after reading a few of the early pages in this thread

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Post by Dragon Ball Ireland » Wed Aug 03, 2016 5:27 am

MaxZ wrote:I hate the English Kai Gohan's voice

apparently that's controversial, after reading a few of the early pages in this thread
I disagree, but that's actually a popular opinion for fans of the original Funimation dub.
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Post by MaxZ » Wed Aug 03, 2016 5:50 am

Dragon Ball Ireland wrote:
MaxZ wrote:I hate the English Kai Gohan's voice

apparently that's controversial, after reading a few of the early pages in this thread
I disagree, but that's actually a popular opinion for fans of the original Funimation dub.
I also hate Android 18's Kai voice. guess I just don't like Colleen Clinkenbeard

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Re: Unpopular DB opinions

Post by ABED » Wed Aug 03, 2016 6:03 am

I'm okay with Trunks appearing. I just don't like how he first showed up and his reasons for it.

Perhaps if the series ended in the Cell saga, I wouldn't have a big problem with it.

I just find the original timeline and others way too depressing.
But that's the whole point. The situation had to be bad enough to want to time travel.
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Post by Trickster » Wed Aug 03, 2016 6:32 am

I don't like the fusion concept.
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Post by ABED » Wed Aug 03, 2016 6:46 am

Gonna need more, like why you don't like it.
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Re: Unpopular DB opinions

Post by Trickster » Wed Aug 03, 2016 7:43 am

Esthetically speaking, I like Gogeta very much. I also like his passage in Movie 12. But, generally, I think it's a lazy resource to make the good ones win the battles, just as a deus ex. Also, I don't like the idea of omitting the characters we already know only to present a new, stronger one, with no background. The fusion concept is "too much 'Digimon'", for me.
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Re: Unpopular DB opinions

Post by ABED » Wed Aug 03, 2016 9:25 am

It's not a deus ex machina. They set it up, we've seen versions of it before, and fusion doesn't lead to victory directly. Also, the fusion dance takes time to learn and there are consequences to getting it wrong.
The biggest truths aren't original. The truth is ketchup. It's Jim Belushi. Its job isn't to blow our minds. It's to be within reach.
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Re: Unpopular DB opinions

Post by Anime Kitten » Wed Aug 03, 2016 11:48 am

Boo Machine wrote:I love the Great Saiyaman and I wish there was more story centered around that point.
You're not alone on that one! I'd like to see Gohan go to a part-time Great Saiyaman job in Super; wouldn't he be somewhat relevant?

I like Stephanie Nadolny much, much better than Colleen Clinkenbeard.
Ocean dub voices are terrible.
Super Saiyan God, Blue, and Golden Frieza are underrated.
Super Saiyan 4 is overrated (but I still love it).
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Re: Unpopular DB opinions

Post by Cetra » Wed Aug 03, 2016 12:06 pm

Anime Kitten wrote: Super Saiyan 4 is overrated (but I still love it).
A lot of people hate SSJ4 actually.
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Post by Anime Kitten » Wed Aug 03, 2016 12:18 pm

Cetra wrote:A lot of people hate SSJ4 actually.
Well, I've certainly heard people say it's better than God and Blue, solely because they're "recolors".

Anyway...
Cha-La Head-Cha-La is great but overrated.
Step Into the Grand Tour is a good opening theme.
Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan is an awesome name.
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Re: Unpopular DB opinions

Post by Bansho64 » Wed Aug 03, 2016 12:21 pm

Anime Kitten wrote: Step Into the Grand Tour is a good opening theme.
How? I'm not trying to be mean or antagonize you at all. I'm legitimately curious as to why you think it's good.

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Post by ABED » Wed Aug 03, 2016 12:22 pm

Anime Kitten wrote:
Cetra wrote:A lot of people hate SSJ4 actually.
Well, I've certainly heard people say it's better than God and Blue, solely because they're "recolors".

Anyway...
Cha-La Head-Cha-La is great but overrated.
Step Into the Grand Tour is a good opening theme.
Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan is an awesome name.
Wow, those really are unpopular opinions.

I don't like Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan because it's too long and redundant. It's like the Evil League of Evil or the American Dodgeball Association of America.
The biggest truths aren't original. The truth is ketchup. It's Jim Belushi. Its job isn't to blow our minds. It's to be within reach.
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Post by Anime Kitten » Wed Aug 03, 2016 12:26 pm

Bansho64 wrote:How? I'm not trying to be mean or antagonize you at all. I'm legitimately curious as to why you think it's good.
Besides being catchy, I like to hear the use of the FUNi names in it, whereas in the Japanese songs you usually don't get much.

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Post by Neo-Makaiōshin » Wed Aug 03, 2016 1:08 pm

ABED wrote: I don't like Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan because it's too long and redundant. It's like the Evil League of Evil or the American Dodgeball Association of America.
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