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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#30301: Dec 4th 2015 at 8:20:51 PM

I sorta like the term salty.

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#30302: Dec 4th 2015 at 8:26:05 PM

I think it's interesting that three different, distinct tastes: sour, salty, and bitter, have been adopted by society as slang terms for pretty much the same feeling: an angry, bad mood.

edited 4th Dec '15 8:29:34 PM by PushoverMediaCritic

Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#30303: Dec 4th 2015 at 8:31:06 PM

[up] And yet all three terms are different from each other due to subtle variations in connotation. Personally, I love the word since it's rather clever.

edited 4th Dec '15 8:31:18 PM by Zelenal

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AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#30304: Dec 4th 2015 at 8:55:06 PM

Hey, did anyone hear about that petition to rename a distant planet Namek?

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MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
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#30305: Dec 4th 2015 at 8:58:03 PM

edited 4th Dec '15 9:41:11 PM by MadSkillz

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#30308: Dec 4th 2015 at 10:06:03 PM

[up][up]If that doesn't happen, I'll be rather disappointed.

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#30309: Dec 4th 2015 at 10:09:25 PM

Who else signed it?

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#30310: Dec 5th 2015 at 12:20:43 AM

Well then the power levels really are all over the place. Because Maj Uub destroys Rildo in one shot.

Yeah, so what? That doesn't contradict anything. Rildo is stronger than Boo, Goku is stronger than Rildo, Oob is stronger than Goku, therefore stronger than Rildo, and later Goku is stronger than Oob.

All it is is that Oob and Goku leapfrogged each other for a while.

@Tobias I agree with all of this. I remember how much people praised Vegeta's beatdown when it happened, but it's always been a terrible scene that didn't really fit the movie. It was framed like this was the moment Vegeta had to let loose and fight, but restraining himself was a good thing and achieved more than his beatdown did. It just wasn't the correct payoff at all, and undermined what his humiliation meant. Just mucks everything up.

edited 5th Dec '15 12:39:23 AM by Saiga

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#30311: Dec 5th 2015 at 12:53:16 AM

I liked it. It at least showed Vegeta cared about SOMEONE in his life.

Plus, I find it funny to compare Saiyan saga Vegeta and Battle of Gods Vegeta: the former is a genocidal villain who is vile even by the standards of the Saiyan race...and the other is willing to humiliate himself and stand up for his wife if it means saving the Earth from the God of Destruction, who outclasses him in literally every way.

Wow, Toriyama knows how to develop a character a bit, doesn't he?

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#30312: Dec 5th 2015 at 12:57:10 AM

The thing is attacking Beerus did nothing to save the Earth/his wife and just undid anything his humiliation could have achieved. The two just go contrary to each other.

Showing that Vegeta cares about Bulma is nice but it's done in such a terrible way.

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#30313: Dec 5th 2015 at 1:24:28 AM

Well, at that point Beerus has already gone off the handel thanks to Buu, and of coruse the rest of the group attacking him. He was intending to destroy Earth anyway so Vegeta might as well try and make a stand since more humiliation wouldn't help.

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#30314: Dec 5th 2015 at 2:32:57 AM

I don't mind the fact Vegeta drew the line at attacking his wife and tried to fight the god of destruction. I mind that he did better than Majin Buu, Goku, Gotenks and Gohan, without turning super saiyan 3 no less.

All that about training surpassing an elite, that's been hammered in for the last four sagas? Undone. All that about Gohan's amazing potential? Apparently Vegeta has more. Vegeta's acceptance of inferiority and swallowing of pride? Reset button? The most satisfying moment to me was when Vegeta wasted all his energy on his galik gun and was then neutralized by a poke to the head.

I get why it was done. Beerus had been effortlessly swatting everything, seeing him take a few punches to the face was appropriate, but more satisfying to me would be A) Vegeta rushes in rage to get beat worse, promoting Beerus to make some comment about it not mattering how mad he gets only to be shut up by a punch from Gohan, who then burns himself out on the first seemingly successful assault on Beerus or B)We get some dialog, internal or external, before or after Vegeta's attack on Beerus, that explains how he was suddenly able to pull deep inside enough for the energy to turn super saiyan 3.

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#30315: Dec 5th 2015 at 2:39:09 AM

Your dislike of Vegeta is really showing. Why should Gohan, who's an unimportant character in the movie get a moment of glory? Vegeta was the deuterognist of the movie, right after Goku, it's normal he get to have his five seconds of looking cool. I agree that Vegeta should have turned SSJ3 for that though. The rage boost was kind of silly.

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#30316: Dec 5th 2015 at 3:26:46 AM

Because you shouldn't have to be the most powerful to have character focus, Krillen's already proved that and Vegeta's desperate attempts to deal with an enemy he can't simply blast to death was refreshing. Gohan's gimmick is getting stronger when his friends get hurt, Vegeta pushing him to do something awesome wouldn't have made Vegeta look bad because we wouldn't have expected much of Vegeta anyway.

I get why Vegeta was the one to put Beerus on the receiving end of offense too. It was to put Vegeta back on the road to becoming one of the more powerful fighters again, and my personal dislike of that aside, it could have been done in a way that was more inline with what had been established prior. A) was my personal preference, B) was a more internally consistent way to get what they wanted.

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IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#30317: Dec 5th 2015 at 4:40:33 AM

Here's an interesting fact: Yes, the Ghosts of the Super Ghost Kamikaze Attack are blown up when they come into contact with pretty much anything... But they can dodge and chase people. That's what changes the attack from 'ridiculous nonsense' to 'actually could work'. It didn't work on Vegetto because Vegetto is Vegetto, but against an opponent that isn't immensely faster than you or the ghosts you summon? It'll wreck 'em.

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#30318: Dec 5th 2015 at 6:44:31 AM

Ever wished Namek was a real planet?

Now is your chance.

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#30319: Dec 5th 2015 at 8:31:28 AM

To be fair, SS 3 has never been that great of a transformation.

Didn't it drain too much energy?

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#30320: Dec 5th 2015 at 8:59:58 AM

[up][up]*actually looks up said planet*

...wow. Normally I'm not for these kinds of petitions, but yeah, that really looks like a Namek to me. And it's suspected to have a lot of oceans, just like Namek. And it's in its sun's habitable zone.

Take a look-see. This is just one article on it.

I won't lie: this is making me happy. I signed it.

Also, note how it's estimated to have around 10 times Earth's gravity. Sound familiar? It's practically begging for a connection to this series.

edited 5th Dec '15 9:29:17 AM by BaffleBlend

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#30321: Dec 5th 2015 at 9:51:00 AM

Hey, I already linked that!

[up][up]

Yes, and it looked stupid.

Plus, wasn't Gohan tipsy during that part of the movie?

edited 5th Dec '15 9:51:49 AM by AdricDePsycho

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#30322: Dec 5th 2015 at 3:29:07 PM

Just to shoot down 'apparently Vegeta has more hidden potential than Gohan', Vegeta outright said in the last chapter that Gohan might have the most hidden potential of everyone.

IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#30323: Dec 5th 2015 at 4:36:34 PM

Hidden potential don't mean shit if you don't, you know, unhide it.

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#30324: Dec 5th 2015 at 4:41:58 PM

That's the thing with potential, it doesn't help if it isn't realized.

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#30325: Dec 5th 2015 at 4:44:05 PM

Am I the only one that doesn't want to see a Super Saiyan 3 Vegeta? I mean, the form looks atrocious, and Vegeta shows off enough forehead anyways.

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