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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by FoolsGil » Sat Aug 27, 2022 6:18 pm

Dragonball Z Abridged Creator Commentary | Ep. 2-3
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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by Scsigs » Sat Aug 27, 2022 8:45 pm

I very much appreciate these commentaries. I like getting peeks behind the curtain & shit like that.
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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by FoolsGil » Sat Aug 27, 2022 9:43 pm

I was probably the only person in the room who didn't get Mahogany as a joke. Was pretty much neutral to the whole thing.

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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by JulieYBM » Sat Aug 27, 2022 9:48 pm

FoolsGil wrote: Sat Aug 27, 2022 9:43 pm I was probably the only person in the room who didn't get Mahogany as a joke. Was pretty much neutral to the whole thing.
I think it's dependent upon Gan's delivery of the line. It's a cross between cute and funny.
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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by Scsigs » Sat Aug 27, 2022 10:02 pm

FoolsGil wrote: Sat Aug 27, 2022 9:43 pm I was probably the only person in the room who didn't get Mahogany as a joke. Was pretty much neutral to the whole thing.
It's a bit of out there surreal comedy. It really depends on if you find the delivery & the fact that he's focused so much on the mahogany funny.
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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by coola » Wed Aug 31, 2022 5:59 pm

FoolsGil wrote: Sat Aug 20, 2022 11:50 pm
JulieYBM wrote: Sat Aug 20, 2022 8:30 pm
FoolsGil wrote: Sat Aug 20, 2022 7:31 pm Dragonball Z Abridged Creator Commentary | Episode 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_gUBzV ... rStarBento

I've been looking forward to something like this. Guess I'll do it 1:1 with the episodes too.
Good grief, has it really already been fifteen years did the first episode came out? I haven't watched it since then so seeing it via this commentary is so surreal. I can definitely see why they cringe where they do, though. I think some of the jokes aren't quite paced well and this might just be an issue of the editing but the episode kind of just plods along.

Also, wow, I completely forgot about the Raditz voice gag.
I still love the first episode. I was really into the abridged series' and this way back when was the pedigree. The cringe only reminds me of how much farther and beyond expectations DBZA eventually became.
It's also interesting to check Neighborhood Cluck version of DBZ Movie 1 and 2 from 2007/2008, humor is very reminiscent of early days of DBZ Abridged, and i kinda like some of jokes from NC versions too ("I told you we should get King Chappa!" and "I blame Krillin!" from DBZ Movie 2 for example :) )
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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by FoolsGil » Sat Sep 03, 2022 1:46 pm

coola wrote: Wed Aug 31, 2022 5:59 pm It's also interesting to check Neighborhood Cluck version of DBZ Movie 1 and 2 from 2007/2008, humor is very reminiscent of early days of DBZ Abridged, and i kinda like some of jokes from NC versions too ("I told you we should get King Chappa!" and "I blame Krillin!" from DBZ Movie 2 for example :) )
Got to respect the even older school DBZA flicks. I only wish that when TFS did their own versions they pulled more references. I was actually a bit disappointed that Cane Laser didn't make it into World's Strongest 2.0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hmtf2HU ... rStarBento
Dragonball Z Abridged Creator Commentary | Ep. 4-5

This was a one two punch for me, my two favorite episodes of season 1. So many great jokes that led to even greater jokes (though I was even more disappointed than Cane Laser that Clothes Beam didn't get a metro callback, though I can understand why in this day and age)

Also, listening to Kaiser talk about the editing makes me a bit sad. All the work put into this series, especially in the last season, will most likely never be seen again. There are still abridged series', but they won't have editing like TFS. The editing itself is a dead art. Unless Kaiser somehow gets the rights to redo Samurai Pizza Cats and Ghost Stories, probably the only two anime in existence where people will accept crazy wacky changes from the source material

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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

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Dragonball Z Abridged Creator Commentary | Ep. 6-7
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ngl, episode 6 doesn't quite hold up as strong, though the best jokes are still great

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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by Scsigs » Sun Sep 11, 2022 12:20 am

FoolsGil wrote: Sat Sep 10, 2022 6:55 pm Dragonball Z Abridged Creator Commentary | Ep. 6-7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV_qJT4 ... rStarBento

ngl, episode 6 doesn't quite hold up as strong, though the best jokes are still great
I'll be honest, I think the Mr. Popo jokes always hit when he's being a psychopath regardless of the episode.
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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by FoolsGil » Fri Sep 16, 2022 7:41 pm

Daddy's Home | HFIL Episode 7

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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by PerhapsTheOtherOne » Fri Sep 16, 2022 8:54 pm

Definitely seems like it's setting up for the Hell filler from the DBZ anime and the canonical Hell as envisioned in RoF onwards.

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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by FoolsGil » Sat Sep 17, 2022 7:12 pm

PerhapsTheOtherOne wrote: Fri Sep 16, 2022 8:54 pm Definitely seems like it's setting up for the Hell filler from the DBZ anime and the canonical Hell as envisioned in RoF onwards.
Yeah, suppose the finale is coming up sooner rather then later in that case. If it does happen, can't wait to see what Pikkon looks like in SFM.

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Dragonball Z Abridged Creator Commentary | Ep. 8-9
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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

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Dragonball Z Abridged Creator Commentary | Ep. 10
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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by JulieYBM » Sun Sep 25, 2022 12:08 pm

Yeah, jeez, Lani really was killin' it with his screams. It's a shame his mic quality was so bad.
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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by FoolsGil » Sun Sep 25, 2022 1:50 pm

Ironically, watching episode 10 and the commentary gave me newfound appreciation for how difficult it was to stop Vegeta in the OG.

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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by DanielSSJ » Sun Sep 25, 2022 3:19 pm

FoolsGil wrote: Fri Sep 16, 2022 7:41 pm Daddy's Home | HFIL Episode 7

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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by Scsigs » Sun Sep 25, 2022 10:12 pm

Overall, I appreciate the commentary videos. Helps someone like me make sense of some of the jokes & situations of the early days of the show, since I didn't start watching until 2012 after season 2 ended.

Also, it was during that last commentary for episode 10 that I finally figured out that "Christopher Walken/Christopher Reeves" joke. It was a joke at the fact that Christopher Reeves was a paraplegic & Vegeta crushed Goku's legs. I never realized that before.
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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by Scsigs » Sat Oct 01, 2022 7:22 pm

DBZA Creator Commentary | Bardock: Father of Goku
https://youtu.be/PK8YFGlKmHw

Since Scott brought up that they cast LK as Freeza in this, where they cast him based on his Ginyu audition, Sean Schemmel, voice of Goku for the Texas dubs, also got the part of Goku after auditioning as Ginyu originally. It's funny the similarities there.

Also, surprised they didn't mention that it was their first thing with Dragon Box footage after Season 1 used the shitty Orange Brick footage.

Also, didn't know this came out in between seasons 1 & 2. Good to know.
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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by PerhapsTheOtherOne » Sat Oct 01, 2022 9:13 pm

I forgot, but does Little Kuriboh's casting as Freeza predate or come after the Funimation portrayal by Chris Ayres?

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Re: DragonBall Z Abridged

Post by Scsigs » Sat Oct 01, 2022 10:02 pm

PerhapsTheOtherOne wrote: Sat Oct 01, 2022 9:13 pm I forgot, but does Little Kuriboh's casting as Freeza predate or come after the Funimation portrayal by Chris Ayres?
It predates it by about a good year or so. DBZA started in 2008, Kai started in Japan in April 2009, Bardock of Goku Abridged came out originally in October 2009, the Kai dub started recording in late-2009/early-2010 (with Linda Young still as Frieza doing the laugh in the first episode for the Bardock special's footage), & Chris Ayres' first episode didn't air until sometime in late 2010. So, LK being cast as Frieza in DBZA predates the Kai dub recast by around a year or so & they didn't reveal that until they premiered the special at their Youmacon 2009 panel with LK on the panel with them.
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