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by Gabool The Wild » Tue Jun 30, 2009 7:47 pm
First and foremost, I just want to thank this board for being such a great community and always having great information.
Okay, I'm a lurker more than anything, but I'm going to throw my whole two cents in about the whole "remastered" stuff.
First off, I don't like the widescreen at all. Losing footage is horrible, the bright ass colors at times make my head hurt, but besides that, I'm quite pleased with these releases. They've got the Japanese and English tracks along with a pretty accurate script and the dubbing has been pretty good. Me, I'm just happy I own all of DBZ/GT and soon, DragonBall, on DVD at a cheap, affordable price.
Really, the only thing I hate about these releases is, well, hearing a new one is coming out. That's because every time a new one is announced it seems like the next month or so of this forum is filled with arguing and bitching. The way I look at it is this: We are NEVER going to get a "perfect" version of DragonBall and the people who sit around and piss and moan because they didn't get the release the way they wanted it is kind of stupid to me. Yes, I understand your anger. Yes, it also angers me that they are basically "destroying" DragonBall and lying to us. Yes, I understand your want for a perfect release, but come on. It will NEVER happen and if it DOES then it's going to be a looooooong time.
I think we should be happy with what we're getting. A (for the most part) good release with a very cheap price tag. I see so many of you get all booty-hurt and bent out of shape because Toei or Funimation isn't doing what you want to the exact speculation. It's fucking bullshit. Look, if you guys are going to get so angry about these releases or not getting what you want, then start your own company. Find a way to get that "perfect" DragonBall release that you want. And don't any of you tell me it's impossible, because if just HALF the people that get on this forum daily to talk shit about these releases and bitch about it not being the way they wanted it got together, we'd be in DragonBall fucking Heaven.
I mean, seriously, does it actually SURPRISE even half of you that we're not getting the release we want? Things almost never come out the way we want them, so why even bother thinking DragonBall will? Do you guys really think that you're going to get exactly what you want? It's fun to hope, dream, and aspire, but if you're going to bitch about something like that and just repeatedly say "FUCK YOU FUNIMATION" over and over again, then you're more ignorant than the typical "OMFG SSJ-123-ABC-DO-RE-MI-GOGETA" (Yes, that's a fucking Michael Jackson reference, may he Moonwalk his way to Heaven) fan.
Look, I too am disappointed by the loss of grain, the cropping, and the coloring, but come on, it's better than nothing and at least they're relatively cheap.
Debating about what we want is nice, throwing around what we like and don't like is nice, but half the time that's not what I see. I see a bunch of angry fans ready to behead Gen Fukunaga just because Funimation is fucking up DragonBall a little.
All I'm saying is that even though there are some things wrong with these releases, we need to learn to take it with a grain of salt until someday, by some miracle, we DO get that "perfect" release. Shit, we could all still be watching shitty horribly inaccurate, and even worse quality fan-subs.
This isn't directed towards all of you guys, I fucking Love this forum even though I don't post much. This is directed, though, towards those people who get angry every time they don't get that <Insert Name Here>'s Perfect Edition of DragonBall.
We're picky, we're purists, we meticulously read into every single goddamn word in DragonBall, we spend a SHIT LOAD of our time and money on DragonBall, we're constantly speculating about DragonBall, and we're all huge fans, and that's exactly why we're part of the Daizex community to begin with, and that's also exactly why we need to learn to take a little bit of what we've been getting for granted.
I Love and Hate these releases, but until something better comes out, Funimation has my fucking money.
There's my rant.
Hopefully it makes up for me lurking so much.
(By the by, sorry if this is a bit random and I sound bitchy. I just needed to finally get some of my opinion out.)
