I just got done with a re-watch/re-read of the Freeza arc, and I have to say, the thought of Vegeta possibly getting his chance to kill Freeza in this movie terrifies me a bit. I think it would be a great disservice to a character who was already mishandled quite a bit in later parts of the story. Vegeta losing to Freeza was one of the best character moments in the series. Out of all the pointless transformations and power-ups during that battle, Vegeta's was the only one that really had any weight. The fact that his didn't amount to anything, unlike all the others, which were just there for cheap drama, was an integral part of the story. Everything he had been working for had been for nothing. All of the scheming and cheating of death he'd managed to accomplish all throughout the arc had brought him to this moment... where he could do nothing but fail, and he finally had to face his own inadequacies for the first time. To borrow from Star Trek, it was Vegeta's Kobayashi Maru. And in the end, in his last moments, he was forced to swallow his pride and insist that someone he hated pick up his torch instead. What an amazing, powerful moment. And while a lot of what comes after tends to undo that development, I think it would substantially cheapen all of that to have Vegeta now get to smack Freeza around. And all for the sake of fanservice. For the sake of Vegeta getting to do something "cool."
ssjjanemba wrote:Avenged wrote:Plot twist, Freeza becomes a good guy and a new threat arrives.
Better plot twist: vegeta becomes a bad guy.
For Vegeta, that's not a plot twist anymore. That's Tuesday...
In all seriousness, though, if they do the "Vegeta becomes a bad guy again... again... again..." one more bloody time, somebody stop the world because I want to get off...