TVTropes Now available in the app store!
Open

Follow TV Tropes

Following

Dragon Ball

Go To

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#20101: Jul 1st 2015 at 4:49:37 PM

The "rules" of Deathbattle is for both combatants to fight as hard as they can, to the death.

alekos23 Since: Mar, 2013
#20102: Jul 1st 2015 at 4:51:03 PM

Didn't Supes get some kind of solar flare nuke recently?

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#20103: Jul 1st 2015 at 4:59:03 PM

The narrative of death battle isn't actually a very good one.

Because "who can beat who" is the dumbest shit ever. And reason 34562976 why I hate fandom.

...Also why I hate power levels.

alekos23 Since: Mar, 2013
#20104: Jul 1st 2015 at 5:09:48 PM

B-but you can totally calculate how hypersonic someone is from panel placement.

LOLypop1224 ...what am I even DOING here? Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
...what am I even DOING here?
#20105: Jul 1st 2015 at 5:18:20 PM

I've never enjoyed the idea of Death Battle, either. It's just way too much fanboy nitpicking. I get a lot of people enjoy this stuff, but I don't, really. And if fictional characters did fight, I'd rather an outcome be determined from more than just "My power level is higher than yours."

You know, like how early Dragon Ball/DBZ did it.

The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!
Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
Court Dragon
#20106: Jul 1st 2015 at 5:18:47 PM

Yeah, it doesn't exactly go for any narrative beyond brief intro scenes. The focus is on the battle and their reasonings. I can totally get that premise not doing anything for you, and that's as legit as enjoying it. It's all good.

[up] they do (at least claim to) factor in tactics and personality as well. Though it does often come down to how powerful [x] thing is, I'll not claim otherwise.

edited 1st Jul '15 5:20:01 PM by Enlong

I have a message from another time...
unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#20107: Jul 1st 2015 at 5:21:19 PM

I mean, there have been a handful of fun episodes.

But I feel the premise of the series is inherently flawed and reveals one of the numerous fundamental rots at the heart of nerd culture.

edited 1st Jul '15 5:21:26 PM by unnoun

Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
Court Dragon
#20108: Jul 1st 2015 at 5:25:07 PM

A bit dramatic, but I understand.

I have a message from another time...
Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Arashi Shigehito
#20109: Jul 1st 2015 at 5:26:57 PM

Really, it honestly isn't that different from Deadliest Warrior.

edited 1st Jul '15 5:27:25 PM by Ssj3Gojira

Let's see if you can get past my Beelzemon. Mephiles, WARP SHINKA!
unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#20110: Jul 1st 2015 at 5:27:48 PM

Just because I don't know what that is doesn't mean I would hate it less if I did.

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#20111: Jul 1st 2015 at 5:28:13 PM

If you don't enjoy the idea of vs. fights Deathbattle doesn't have any real appeal. I do, so I watch it when I can.

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#20112: Jul 1st 2015 at 5:31:18 PM

The appeal is the parts that aren't that.

Deadpool was fun. As is Taka.

Masako X is nice.

The Eggman vs. Wily one was unique and they should do more like it.

I liked Solid Snake. And I learned a lot of things about Splinter Cell and am actually considering giving it a shot at some point!

edited 1st Jul '15 5:31:31 PM by unnoun

Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Arashi Shigehito
#20113: Jul 1st 2015 at 5:31:32 PM

[up][up][up] It's a show that had Sun Tzu lose to Vlad the Impaler.

edited 1st Jul '15 5:31:52 PM by Ssj3Gojira

Let's see if you can get past my Beelzemon. Mephiles, WARP SHINKA!
BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#20114: Jul 1st 2015 at 5:32:05 PM

Really just wish people saw it as Rule of Cool like I do, but unfortunately its always Serious Business.

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#20115: Jul 1st 2015 at 5:32:13 PM

[up][up]...Kill it with fire.

Wait, was Vlad doing an accidental ritual thingy with the impaled corpses?

...Because still kill it with fire, but with a salute of begrudging respect.

edited 1st Jul '15 5:36:39 PM by unnoun

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#20116: Jul 1st 2015 at 5:33:31 PM

Just Here for Godzilla is a perfectly valid reason to enjoy anything.

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#20117: Jul 1st 2015 at 5:34:54 PM

I mean, I'm not going to say that seeing things fight isn't kinda fun.

The sheer amount of time devoted to who would win and who is better at killing is the annoying part.

Like, I am kinda disturbed by the fact that the rules say the fight has to be to the death.

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#20118: Jul 1st 2015 at 5:36:50 PM

Its a web series on the Internet between fictional characters. I hardly think the morality of it really matters.

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Arashi Shigehito
#20119: Jul 1st 2015 at 5:37:39 PM

@unoun They basically do the same thing Death Battle does, in that they analyze the weaponry of two different types of warriors and run countless simulations to determine the one who would win most often. It does mean there are times where the declared winner gets killed, it just means they win more often than not, like what was done for that Pokémon Starter Battle Royal.

edited 1st Jul '15 5:38:06 PM by Ssj3Gojira

Let's see if you can get past my Beelzemon. Mephiles, WARP SHINKA!
Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
Court Dragon
#20120: Jul 1st 2015 at 5:50:23 PM

You may prefer 1-minute-melee, which is basically the fights without the research.

I have a message from another time...
unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#20121: Jul 1st 2015 at 5:52:37 PM

I mean.

...The thing is that the research at the beginning has some interesting facts, jokes, references, and even some character sometimes.

Again, I have gone from no interest in Splinter Cell to starting to try to save money for the next steam sale.

And part of that was the fight itself, part of it was the clips at the beginning made the gameplay and characters seem interesting.

edited 1st Jul '15 5:58:34 PM by unnoun

Cruherrx I say things. from my own little world Since: Apr, 2010 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
I say things.
#20122: Jul 1st 2015 at 7:23:47 PM

The only Deadliest Warrior episode I remember is vampires vs zombies.

"If you weren't so crazy I'd think you were insane."
Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
Court Dragon
#20123: Jul 1st 2015 at 7:39:42 PM

That's even less meaurable than To-*SHOT*

I have a message from another time...
IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
himitsu keisatsu
#20124: Jul 1st 2015 at 7:48:59 PM

For the record, Vlad the Impaler's biggest feat was scaring the pants off the Ottoman empire which is pretty much the reason why Europe wasn't mostly ruled by those guys. He did this by impaling a countless number of people and making a giant forest out of their corpses (and also some of them were still alive and well enough to scream for added ambiance).

I don't recall him being a particularly adept general, per se, but he did pretty much do the most epic bit of psychological warfare in history.

But the fact that Sun Tzu has extremely inferior troops as his disposal would probably tip the scales in Vlad's favor regardless.

The difference in equipment is basically making it look like Sun Tzu's forces were swinging bananas trying to bring down brick walls.

edited 1st Jul '15 7:50:00 PM by IAmNotCreativeEnough

himitsu keisatsu seifu chokuzoku kokka hoanbu na no da himitsu keisatsu yami ni magireru supai katsudou torishimari
Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#20125: Jul 1st 2015 at 9:09:20 PM

Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan Goku in Resurrection F is stronger than Super Saiyan God Goku in Battle of Gods, however Goku has also been training between movies so that could be the reason for his improvement instead of the form being superior.

Death Battle doing another Superman vs Goku doesn't make sense to me. I know Goku got two new forms, but Death Battle explained in the last video that they only go off feats, not power scaling.

Absolutely no numerical feats were given in the last movies. Only powerscaling, with Goku becoming stronger than a guy stronger than some other guys. So anything they come up with will be conjecture.

I am not a fan of death battle. I feel cross series vs are interesting but fundamentally flawed, because the differences in setting often make it impossible to say. And I feel they give themselves too much authority for what they're doing.


Total posts: 130,800
Top