Hades wrote:Except, both Metal Gear games occurred when Solid Snake was an adult and a soldier, while Goku decided it would be a good idea to throw his children to nigh-unstoppable monsters, and they were only saved by plot fiat (then again, there's a lot of that in metal gear).
Just because it's "lighthearted" doesn't mean it can't be picked apart, and Spec Ops: The Line tears Shonen to pieces. Imagine Goku with all his illusions torn away from him and forced to look at what he does in a hellish environment. But that's enough of that.
And just because it's dark doesn't make it more realistic. No, but it does mean there are different expectations going in to it. I don't go into a Batman movie expecting a light tone, nor a Superman movie expecting a depressing film, which is why Superman Returns missed the mark.
Gohan was "saved" because he was strong. Would you rather Goku fight Cell and everyone die? The monsters weren't unstoppable, that was the point of why let his kids fight them.
I'd rather watch a Shonen series than Spec Ops. If Goku looked at what he did, he'd see that he saved the world plenty of times. You like darker stuff, which is okay, but much of that comes down to your bleak view of the world, so the art you enjoy reflects that. If some story isn't that bleak, it's not real, and thus flawed to you. One wonders why you are even a fan of Dragon Ball, much less a member of this board if you have such a problem with this show. I haven't seen a single post where you show any enthusiasm for it.
A YYH and DB cross over could be cool, but it depends on the point in DB where the cross over takes place since even Raizen (the strongest character in YYH) would be no match for Goku at a certain point.
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