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BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#72476: Dec 19th 2017 at 12:11:37 PM

I remember uncut DBZ. 1030pm every night in middle school.

Eeeeyup.

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
Not really a lord of anything
#72477: Dec 19th 2017 at 12:13:15 PM

Faulconer and Yamamoto are about tied for best soundtracks I'd say.

This song needs more love.
TyeDyeWildebeest Unreasonably Quirky from Big Rock Candy Mountain Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: How does it feel to treat me like you do?
Unreasonably Quirky
#72478: Dec 19th 2017 at 12:14:43 PM

Speaking of which, does anyone know the name of the song that plays when Goku defeats Broly in Broly: The Legendary Super Saiyan? Specifically, this one:

No beer?! But if there's no beer, then there's no beef or beans!
PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#72479: Dec 19th 2017 at 12:30:33 PM

God, that movie is so anti-climactic. Goku: "Now the real fight begins!" *one-shots him with a single punch to the gut*

I've never associated Dragon Ball with rock or metal, but that's because my only exposure to the franchise for years was reading the manga.

edited 19th Dec '17 12:30:53 PM by PushoverMediaCritic

TwistedGear Don't know how to pilot this thing Since: Jun, 2014
Don't know how to pilot this thing
#72480: Dec 19th 2017 at 12:35:11 PM

I'd love if someone made an extended version of rock the dragon that tied in elements of other DBZ songs and gave it more lyrics that did the same. I like Rock the Dragon but it's just so dang plain and short that I can't enjoy it like I do the Japanese openings.

hardcorefakes coolest_guy from probably America Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
coolest_guy
#72481: Dec 19th 2017 at 12:37:02 PM

Imagine if they beat Cell that way.

Also, Rock the Dragon is epic. And Faulconer's tracks are probably the most nostalgia-inducing music for me.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#72482: Dec 19th 2017 at 12:43:16 PM

So yawl wanna see something cool?

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2017-12-18/graffiti-transforms-former-nazi-stronghold-into-dragonball-shenron/.125449

Some graffiti artists managed to transform a nazi base on the beach of Normandy into Shenron.

Now thats a work of art. [tup]

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Lionheart0 Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
#72483: Dec 19th 2017 at 12:47:47 PM

Yeah I remember that. I also remember not seeing any difference between that and "cut" version as a kid.

But yes, DBZ in America was pure 90's.

The big thing was that was the first time Funimation had actually dubbed the Saiyan Saga and the first half of Namek. Prior to that, whenever DBZ was reran on Toonami, it would go from the old Saban/Ocean dub to the Funimation switch over.

I think the V As also rerecorded most of the Namek Saga because it was pretty bad in their first go around.

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#72484: Dec 19th 2017 at 12:48:32 PM

I'm not a huge fan of Broly, but his transformation really is one of the best in the franchise. Really sells the "Oh shit..." factor of it.

I can see why people cling to this character.

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#72485: Dec 19th 2017 at 12:50:17 PM

[up] It is an awesome as fuck transformation, very iconic like a lot of things in this franchise. [awesome]

Also re-posting this cause it got bottom paged:

So yawl wanna see something cool?

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2017-12-18/graffiti-transforms-former-nazi-stronghold-into-dragonball-shenron/.125449

Some graffiti artists managed to transform a nazi base on the beach of Normandy into Shenron.

Now thats a work of art. [tup]

edited 19th Dec '17 12:50:44 PM by slimcoder

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#72486: Dec 19th 2017 at 12:53:20 PM

Don't link the same article twice.

So wait if Vegeta was sending guys like Dodoria to the next dimension does that mean they are hanging out in U6 now ??

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#72487: Dec 19th 2017 at 12:56:30 PM

[up][up]

It truly is.

...was gonna talk more about how the other characters are used, but lets let that die for now.

Something I've been wondering is if there are any mechanics of the verse you wish were explored a bit more?

I feel like there's still a lot behind the concept of the Spirit bomb (drawing energy from outside sources) that hasn't been used.

We know you can take ki from anything living (animals, plants, and even fellow sentients), but I've been wondering if it's possible to use that energy for things besides the Spirit bomb.

Right now, we only have the bullshit Spirit Sword / sword of hope, and Goku absorbing the bomb in the Super Android (though if he achieves Ultra Instinct the same way in the manga as in the anime then that's the first time he's ever absorbed energy like that in canon) for examples of other ways of forming the energy, I've been wondering if it's possible to use it to say, power up a different attack.

I do wonder if it's something he's thought of, or if he deliberately left it out.

edited 19th Dec '17 12:56:40 PM by HandsomeRob

One Strip! One Strip!
Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#72488: Dec 19th 2017 at 1:08:46 PM

I was going to say I'd rather the rules just stayed consistent rather than knowing more about them, but on second thought I want to know why a destroyer god is necessary. We've seen that they can help keep the universe from getting super terrible but that's about all we know. Such a role seems helpful if done by someone competent but not strictly necessary, which leaves me feeling like all the gods should die for the benefit of the universe.

Hobgoblin Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Sigilbreaker26 Serial Procrastinator Since: Nov, 2017
Serial Procrastinator
#72490: Dec 19th 2017 at 1:41:13 PM

We see characters pass ki to each other some times. It's how they beat Broly the first time (somehow...) and Gohan and Krillin give some to Piccolo to give him enough strength to keep Freeza away from Goku while he charges the spirit bomb.

"And when the last law was down and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, the laws all being flat?"
TwistedGear Don't know how to pilot this thing Since: Jun, 2014
Don't know how to pilot this thing
#72491: Dec 19th 2017 at 1:46:50 PM

The concept of Demons trapping the souls of they killed in a limbo state really could have stood to have been used more. It was the perfect counter to dragon balls and would have made future villains more menacing to have that power. The fact that the Kamehameha could be disabled by some martial artists was also a concept that could have stood to be more re-occurring. If only to have Goku or Krillin create a version that couldn't be disabled as easily. The concept of magic was also something I was explored more, to the point of me wishing SS 3 was a magic based form instead of just some SS 2 equivalent of grade 3.

Hobgoblin Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#72493: Dec 19th 2017 at 1:59:10 PM

Yeah, same with half of the U3 team.

Really? I thought the Universe 3 robots were supposed to be "modified warriors" to get around the rules (though that's still kind of shady, but whatever).

Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#72494: Dec 19th 2017 at 2:20:10 PM

If warriors being modified is cheating then get 17 and 18 out of the ring right now.

Banning robots is racism anyway.

edited 19th Dec '17 2:20:26 PM by Arha

PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#72495: Dec 19th 2017 at 2:25:55 PM

There is no way that Bollarator, Koitsukai, Panchia, and Narirama aren't robots.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#72496: Dec 19th 2017 at 3:11:09 PM

That was a U 6 rule but the TOP doesn't have it I think.

Also that uncut opening was cool. Never seen it before.

If there was anything I'd want to see explored more, it'd be either destroyers or ki itself. I'm not a huge fan of H x H but I do like the way they set up the rules for nen. Or how Negima has explained its magic system.

Like Arha I'd just prefer things be kept consistent. I don't mind ki being vague if its mostly consistent, but I think clearer explanations would help the adaptations be consistent. Or not. Toei seems to like making shit up.

hardcorefakes coolest_guy from probably America Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
coolest_guy
#72497: Dec 19th 2017 at 3:15:48 PM

Ki kind of behaves like plasma tbh. Kind of....

Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#72498: Dec 19th 2017 at 3:27:10 PM

I can see why people cling to this character.

This might be the nicest thing anyone has said about the Broly trilogy in this thread.

I'M MR. MEESEEKS, LOOK AT ME!
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#72499: Dec 19th 2017 at 3:31:34 PM

[up] Really?

I think I've said some nice stuff about him.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#72500: Dec 19th 2017 at 3:48:47 PM

You're far less jaded about this series than most, if the last 15-20 pages is any indication.

That said, maybe Broly's rep has improved since everybody apparently loathes Kale and Kefla now.

edited 19th Dec '17 4:12:06 PM by Soble

I'M MR. MEESEEKS, LOOK AT ME!

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