What do you hope not to see in Dragon Ball Super?

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Re: What do you hope not to see in Dragon Ball Super?

Post by Vegitofaxx » Fri May 08, 2015 1:28 am

Scott wrote:
Retan wrote:Goku not being the only one to get cool techniques, and transformations.
Uhh, he never did. Goku isn't the only one who gained cool tecniques and transformations. Every character in the series has a pretty cool technique and Goku only had 1 transformation that nobody else had and that was Super Saiyan 3.
Except for Gotenks....
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Re: What do you hope not to see in Dragon Ball Super?

Post by voltlunok » Fri May 08, 2015 1:28 am

Scott wrote:
Retan wrote:Goku not being the only one to get cool techniques, and transformations.
Uhh, he never did. Goku isn't the only one who gained cool tecniques and transformations. Every character in the series has a pretty cool technique and Goku only had 1 transformation that nobody else had and that was Super Saiyan 3.
Gotenks has SSJ3, just saying.

But I think what Retan is trying to say is maybe not as much Goku, let someone else have an episode spotlight or get a new power up and I'll throw Vegeta in on that bus too cause he is slowly closing in on matching Goku for powering up.
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Re: What do you hope not to see in Dragon Ball Super?

Post by TheGmGoken » Fri May 08, 2015 1:33 am

Not DBS animation show. But I hope we don't see bad dubs. Ain't the 80:s - 90's no more.

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Re: What do you hope not to see in Dragon Ball Super?

Post by Scott » Fri May 08, 2015 1:34 am

voltlunok wrote:
Scott wrote:
Retan wrote:Goku not being the only one to get cool techniques, and transformations.
Uhh, he never did. Goku isn't the only one who gained cool tecniques and transformations. Every character in the series has a pretty cool technique and Goku only had 1 transformation that nobody else had and that was Super Saiyan 3.
Gotenks has SSJ3, just saying.

But I think what Retan is trying to say is maybe not as much Goku, let someone else have an episode spotlight or get a new power up and I'll throw Vegeta in on that bus too cause he is slowly closing in on matching Goku for powering up.
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Re: What do you hope not to see in Dragon Ball Super?

Post by Vegitofaxx » Fri May 08, 2015 1:36 am

TheGmGoken wrote:Not DBS animation show. But I hope we don't see bad dubs. Ain't the 80:s - 90's no more.
I wouldn't mind the Big Green team coming back....Who's with me?
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Re: What do you hope not to see in Dragon Ball Super?

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Retan wrote:Really never seen it what's it look like?
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Re: What do you hope not to see in Dragon Ball Super?

Post by Analytical Delusion » Fri May 08, 2015 2:05 am

Really don't want to see a continuation of the post-28th Budokai stuff (really hoping it's retconned). I don't mind Uub as a concept, though I don't like many of the character designs in the epilogue (in general, epilogues in manga seem forced/tacked on, and it's hard to find a good fit...I don't think Dragon Ball's ending did that), and would prefer for the world to remain open-ended.

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Re: What do you hope not to see in Dragon Ball Super?

Post by ConfusedPhantom » Sun May 10, 2015 12:55 am

- Old ideas being reused again
- Kuririn dying again. In fact, I don't want to see any of the existing characters to die again
- Returning villains
- Goku and Vegeta getting more new forms.
- Other characters being shafted
- Terrible animation....and it's probably going to happen =_=

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Re: What do you hope not to see in Dragon Ball Super?

Post by Dyno » Sun May 10, 2015 1:07 am

ConfusedPhantom wrote:- Terrible animation....and it's probably going to happen =_=
Why do you think that?

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Re: What do you hope not to see in Dragon Ball Super?

Post by Basaku » Sun May 10, 2015 5:32 pm

Dyno wrote:
ConfusedPhantom wrote:- Terrible animation....and it's probably going to happen =_=
Why do you think that?
Cause we're talking Toei, a company that went cheap on DB Kai and Sailor Moon Crystal, 2 of their biggest global franchises. Nothing's 'safe' and secured to have high budget when it comes to Toei, they will cut corners on literally everything they possibly can

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Re: What do you hope not to see in Dragon Ball Super?

Post by Lord Beerus » Sun May 10, 2015 6:42 pm

Basaku wrote:
Dyno wrote:
ConfusedPhantom wrote:- Terrible animation....and it's probably going to happen =_=
Why do you think that?
Cause we're talking Toei, a company that went cheap on DB Kai and Sailor Moon Crystal, 2 of their biggest global franchises. Nothing's 'safe' and secured to have high budget when it comes to Toei, they will cut corners on literally everything they possibly can
Not to mention One Piece, they're biggest cash cow in Japan, also gets very limited budget most of the time and it shows quite blantly how much they cut corners at times.

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Re: What do you hope not to see in Dragon Ball Super?

Post by Majin Buu » Mon May 11, 2015 9:17 am

My biggest fear is that there will only be token attempts at doing something different at best and at heart we'll mostly be getting more of the same- same black and white characters and morality, same basic plot flow, and more transformations. However, I'm also worried that we've either reached or aren't far from reaching the point where in order to do something truly different with this story, you would have to go so far outside the box that that it would start to not feel like Dragon Ball anymore. At this point I feel like I'm the type of fan that's to Dragon Ball what Mario fans that want more story in the main games are- the fan asking for something that the series doesn't do. I'd like a more complex story out of Dragon Ball (IE, more stuff like Bardock TV Special), but I know we're not gonna get that because Dragon Ball doesn't do complex.

I'm also afraid that this will result in more pointless retcons from Toriyama.
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Re: What do you hope not to see in Dragon Ball Super?

Post by Cursed Lemon » Mon May 11, 2015 9:28 am

I'm also not very hopeful for the animation quality, or the art style for that matter. Every time I look at Cockpit or Junio stuff, I just think in my head, "this is what Dragon Ball is supposed to look like". Then I look at modern DB stuff with the really stiff animation and "shiny" aesthetic, and it depresses me...

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Re: What do you hope not to see in Dragon Ball Super?

Post by bleed0range » Mon May 11, 2015 9:46 am

Majin Buu wrote:My biggest fear is that there will only be token attempts at doing something different at best and at heart we'll mostly be getting more of the same- same black and white characters and morality, same basic plot flow, and more transformations. However, I'm also worried that we've either reached or aren't far from reaching the point where in order to do something truly different with this story, you would have to go so far outside the box that that it would start to not feel like Dragon Ball anymore. At this point I feel like I'm the type of fan that's to Dragon Ball what Mario fans that want more story in the main games are- the fan asking for something that the series doesn't do. I'd like a more complex story out of Dragon Ball, but I know we're not gonna get that because Dragon Ball doesn't do complex.

I'm also afraid that this will result in more pointless retcons from Toriyama.
Let's be real. The series doesn't have to do a complex story to be good. But I am afraid it will keep the more light hearted tone of bog. Which is fine, but not all the time. I'd really like the tone of the saiyan to cell arc to return. It could be goofy here and there but I'd rather it not be all the time. Heck I would even take the time of the boo arc over what I am really expecting. At least there was a legimiste doomsday threat they were all afraid of and they treated it seriously with a mixture of the humor Toriyama loves.

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Re: What do you hope not to see in Dragon Ball Super?

Post by Akyon » Mon May 11, 2015 12:06 pm

Regarding black and white characters...

...does anyone think Beerus may have been a step in the right direction regarding grey morality?

Maybe I'm too hopeful, but I'm hoping a lot more of the 'villains' from here on aren't going to be evil for evil's sake.

On topic: I really hope we don't get a character introduced purely to showcase a particular skill. I felt like Goten only existed so fusion could be showcased. I don't really want any more characters like that.

Also I don't want to see Goten get sidelined and do nothing. I'd like to be shown there's more to his existence than Trunks' fusion buddy and an excuse to draw Kid Goku again.
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Re: What do you hope not to see in Dragon Ball Super?

Post by Hellspawn28 » Mon May 11, 2015 2:44 pm

The villains that I don't want to see:

- Surviving Saiyans
- More cyborgs from Dr. Gero
- Nephilim (overdone in most fictional stories in my opinion)
- Old villains returning. Freeza was fine, but let's not do it again.
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Re: What do you hope not to see in Dragon Ball Super?

Post by Fishman » Tue May 12, 2015 12:14 am

Goku

at least not hogging the spotlight like he has been for the last two decades
Super Saiyan Blue is not a creative color.
DBZ Movie 3 told a stronger and more believable "Evil Goku" story in 60 minutes than Dragon Ball Super has in 20 episodes. And it did it with better visuals and score.

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Re: What do you hope not to see in Dragon Ball Super?

Post by Lord Beerus » Tue May 12, 2015 11:27 am

Fishman wrote:Goku

at least not hogging the spotlight like he has been for the last two decades
The only time Goku was really hogging the spotlight was in GT and that ended in 97. Since then we had nothing new in the franchise until 2013 with Battle Of Gods.

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Re: What do you hope not to see in Dragon Ball Super?

Post by Fishman » Tue May 12, 2015 12:32 pm

Lord Beerus wrote:
Fishman wrote:Goku

at least not hogging the spotlight like he has been for the last two decades
The only time Goku was really hogging the spotlight was in GT and that ended in 97. Since then we had nothing new in the franchise until 2013 with Battle Of Gods.
those two things specifically being what i'm referring to
Super Saiyan Blue is not a creative color.
DBZ Movie 3 told a stronger and more believable "Evil Goku" story in 60 minutes than Dragon Ball Super has in 20 episodes. And it did it with better visuals and score.

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