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Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#5851: Mar 21st 2014 at 5:28:38 PM

Was Vegeta even Super Saiyan 2 when he fought Beers? I heard it was just Super Saiyan 1, for even more stupidity.

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
FireShadow (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#5853: Mar 21st 2014 at 5:45:47 PM

If there's one positive we can take from Battle Of Gods, is that it's opened the door to the weird and wonderful alternate universes that exists in Dragon Ball, which are begging to be explored and if it's anything like the online comic, this will be very interesting... and quite possibly the greatest of example Fan Wank and Pandering to the Base ever.

edited 21st Mar '14 5:59:33 PM by FireShadow

sockpuppet1 Since: Apr, 2013 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#5854: Mar 21st 2014 at 6:12:47 PM

Not even close. The DBU has already explicitly established alternate timelines in the Cell arc. What BOG has is OTHER universes, not alternate ones. As in, universes with entirely different rules and beings, rather than just a variant of this one. DBM runs on different timelines/alternate timelines, as shown by Future Trunks' timeline being counted as a universe.

[up][up][up] I think I already explained this, but the lack of sparks doesn't necessarily mean he's not a SS-2, especially in the anime. The hair differences are hard to pick out, but I just don't really see any reason to assume he's not a SS-2. Yet he still surpassed SS-3 Goku with rage, even though that violates how his own damn biology works (he doesn't get rage boosts, only Gohan does), because the writer of the movie is an self-admitted Vegeta fanboy.

[up][up][up][up] Majin Vegeta is exactly as strong as post-death Vegeta. And all that shows is that Vegeta's potential has either been already drawn out through normal training or is just outright pathetic, since Babidi's power-up was supposed to bring him beyond the limits of his own dormant potential, and all it did was make him like 25% stronger to match SS-2 Goku. Either way, it rather explicitly shows that his dormant power is nothing to write home about.

edited 21st Mar '14 6:16:18 PM by sockpuppet1

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#5855: Mar 21st 2014 at 6:15:58 PM

He's a Vegeta fanboy yet this happened?

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
sockpuppet1 Since: Apr, 2013 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#5856: Mar 21st 2014 at 6:17:24 PM

Yeeeeep... that's the reason that Vegeta gets the stupid rage boost, gets Character Shilling from Beerus and Goku, actually gets a proper fight with Beerus before he even gets the rage boost (where he somehow doesn't instantly die against the guy who supposedly KO'd Ultimate Gohan with one kick), and gets more screen time than any other character in the movie.

FireShadow (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#5857: Mar 21st 2014 at 6:27:58 PM

[up] That must've burned you up inside, knowing Vegeta was essentially the star of the movie considering how much you despise his character and detest every moment he's onscreen. [lol]

[up][up] Are you really surprised shit like that happened? The guys who produced this movie are obsessed with putting in as many gags and humor as possible in anything Dragon Ball related. And when funny shit happens, every character get's dragged into it. Even Vegeta. Hell, there was one scene where Piccolo was (badly) singing Karaoke and Gohan got drunk challenged Mai to shoot him! Granted the bullets won't harm him, but still...

[up][up][up] My mistake, I guess I got the short end of the stick when it came to the right subtitled version of the movie that I watched. But still, the other idea of other universes does leave a lot to the imagination, don't you think?

edited 21st Mar '14 7:02:44 PM by FireShadow

sockpuppet1 Since: Apr, 2013 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#5858: Mar 21st 2014 at 6:31:57 PM

Hey, that's not true. I liked when Fat Buu utterly raped him in their 'fight'. And, uh... his fights with Zarbon (2nd match) and the Z-fighters were pretty good.

Also, hey, if he's gotta be the star of a movie, at least it was a shitty one tongue

edited 21st Mar '14 6:35:53 PM by sockpuppet1

Demongodofchaos2 Face me now, bitch! from In a Cultivation World (Ancient one) Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
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#5859: Mar 21st 2014 at 6:32:03 PM

Crossover Bait, too.

Maybe the world of Dragon Quest or Chrono Trigger is one of them. wink

Watch Symphogear
FireShadow (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#5860: Mar 21st 2014 at 6:46:50 PM

[up] That would be SO. FUCKING. AWESOME. If that actually happens, I think my head would explode from sheer delight. smile

And can you imagine that the ruler of all of the universes would be later revealed to be... Tori-Bot!? Now, that, would be spectacular! [lol] But at the same time I have a horrible if that were the case, the joke would go over the heads of a large majority of the Dragon Ball fanbase and which could lead to huge Internet Backdraft or Hype Backlash. Not that the franchise has already suffered form this for several years, but that could be the worst case, and that's saying a lot...

edited 21st Mar '14 6:51:18 PM by FireShadow

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#5861: Mar 21st 2014 at 6:51:10 PM

[up]X6

~Watches Video~

....Behold! The Prince of all Saiyans in all his glory!!!tongue

One Strip! One Strip!
FireShadow (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#5862: Mar 21st 2014 at 6:56:56 PM

[up] *Sigh* And Vegeta is essentially considered the "Stone Cold Steve Austin" of shonen anime and manga. But then again, Stone Cold Steve Austin has done some weird shit over the years... but still remains a badass. Vegeta, on the other hand, well... GT pretty much treated him like a Butt-Monkey, so it could be worse.

Ah, who am I kiddin! He's still a cool, badass motherfucker no matter what happens! cool

edited 21st Mar '14 7:11:09 PM by FireShadow

Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Arashi Shigehito
#5863: Mar 21st 2014 at 7:02:30 PM

[up][up][up][up] You do realize that means Lavos, aka the Time Devourer exists, right? Goku would never be able to beat him, simply because there are an infinite number of him that he can just pull out from the other timelines if he died. Hell, Beerus and Whis would also not be able to beat him because of that fact, so the entire DB Universe is fucked.

edited 21st Mar '14 7:04:00 PM by Ssj3Gojira

Let's see if you can get past my Beelzemon. Mephiles, WARP SHINKA!
sockpuppet1 Since: Apr, 2013 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#5864: Mar 21st 2014 at 9:44:13 PM

Vegeta? GT's Butt-Monkey? You kidding? At least he got to beat up Goku (albeit while possessed) and be fusion fodder. What did everyone else get? Aside from some minor moments for Uub, Pan, and Trunks?

FireShadow (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#5865: Mar 22nd 2014 at 2:51:53 AM

[up] I'm not saying he was the Butt-Monkey of GT, I'm saying he was one of the several Butt Monkeys in GT. I'm mean he wasn't even supposed to have such a huge supporting role in show originally, so I consider him one of the lesser Butt Monkeys of the show.

edited 22nd Mar '14 2:52:58 AM by FireShadow

SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Love is Love is Love
#5866: Mar 22nd 2014 at 5:29:43 AM

It was a show about Goku, Pan, and their Universe's worth of worthless buttmonkey sidekicks.

My various fanfics.
FireShadow (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#5867: Mar 22nd 2014 at 7:33:09 AM

[up] GT could have been so much better if the script was majorly re-written and the characters were designed less goofy. Such a wasted opportunity...

alekos23 Since: Mar, 2013
#5868: Mar 22nd 2014 at 7:34:57 AM

dunno,goofy designs are pretty DB esque. tongue

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#5869: Mar 22nd 2014 at 8:06:47 AM

It would have been better if they let us see Adult Gotenks.

That would have rocked, especially since Trunks seemed more mature, and that might have balanced things out more (Goten was hard to gauge on whether he matured or not).

One Strip! One Strip!
SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Love is Love is Love
#5870: Mar 22nd 2014 at 8:11:26 AM

GT would have been better if they just removed Goku from the equation. Like, the plot of the series is that the bad guy kidnapped Goku and put him in a jar or somethin', so the rest of the cast is forced to step up and kick ass.

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#5871: Mar 22nd 2014 at 8:36:11 AM

I can't say I liked all the "dramatic" choices they made like killing Piccolo and the possessing everyone plot.

Like, I actually kinda liked the silly bits in space a bit more than the point where they tried to be serious about it.

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#5872: Mar 22nd 2014 at 10:03:04 AM

I agree on taking Goku out of the series. He can still be around but I think having a main cast comprised of Pan, Uub, Goten, and Trunks would have done a lot of good for the series. Give us a chance to see the next generation in action.

SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Love is Love is Love
#5873: Mar 22nd 2014 at 11:07:17 AM

Maybe Gohan as well, at least in one arc. Just to go "Hey, everyone. Remember how I'm the STRONGEST LIVING THING IN THIS UNIVERSE?"

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ScorpioRat from Houston, Texas Since: Jan, 2013 Relationship Status: Forming Voltron
#5874: Mar 22nd 2014 at 11:36:11 AM

[up][up]This, so much. I really wanted Adult Gotenks. And SSJ Pan, which still has never happened in any media ever. I swear they're doing it on purpose now.

GT should have kept to the original Dragon Ball feel except in space, and have some interesting fights just sprinkled in between finding Dragon Balls or something. And a really cool outer space remix of the original theme needs to be made, like immediately.

edited 22nd Mar '14 11:38:51 AM by ScorpioRat

sockpuppet1 Since: Apr, 2013 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#5875: Mar 22nd 2014 at 12:57:30 PM

[up][up] Except he's not, as Toei decided they needed to stamp out every threat to the Church of Goku, so they took away Gohan's Ultimate form in GT and made him use SS again.

edited 22nd Mar '14 12:57:45 PM by sockpuppet1


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