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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#31526: Sep 5th 2018 at 6:38:35 AM

You assume Toriyama knows enough about the differences between Genes and Cells to know that.

Or that he didn't just choose Cell without giving it more thought.

This is not me taking a shot either: don't remember enough about Science myself to know the difference between Genes and Cells, so I can't judge him.

Plus Cell does sound cooler, even if it's less accurate.

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#31528: Sep 5th 2018 at 7:01:41 AM

If there's one thing I like and hate about Fighter Z, it's that the story is somewhat explicit about the big bad being an ordinary human modified by the addition of cells.

Take a corpse, add Buu goop to it, and you get a vore waifu, I guess.

Scientifically there's. I was going to say a lot wrong with that idea, but no, actually, everything is wrong with that. Every word of that sentence. On every level.

But it's also consistent with what Cell is to begin with. Only instead of making an organism's body from scratch out of cells, you add cells to the body of an existing organism.

So it seems less like they're using the word cell when they mean gene and more like they say cell when they mean cell.

Which is. Scientifically it makes almost less than no sense, but I still weirdly like it because it's unique.

Gene splicing abominations are a dime a dozen in fiction, but there's nothing quite like Cell.

Edited by unnoun on Sep 5th 2018 at 10:40:53 AM

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#31529: Sep 5th 2018 at 9:35:15 AM

I mean the whole Cell thing was introduced in an arc homaging the Terminator in a series that had a bubble-gum genie.

Don't get hung up on the real-world facts.

Follow that mantra thing.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
fasoman1996 Google "big ears" from Argentina (A.K.A. Naziland) Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
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#31530: Sep 5th 2018 at 9:40:42 AM

Making sense of Dragon Ball is an excersize in futility.

BTW, do you think they will make Bojack after episode 60 is done? They been hinting about it since very early on

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PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
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#31531: Sep 5th 2018 at 9:42:54 AM

I think they will, but they'll take a break in-between. I could see Bojack releasing sometimes this year. Hell, maybe it'll be another Christmas special.

Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
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#31532: Sep 5th 2018 at 10:05:04 AM

I can see it as a Thanksgiving special for some reason instead.

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Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
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#31534: Sep 5th 2018 at 12:17:21 PM

TL:DR it's streaming Friday

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#31535: Sep 5th 2018 at 12:49:32 PM

Same bat-time, same bat-place?

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#31536: Sep 5th 2018 at 12:54:35 PM

Suffering ensues...

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#31537: Sep 5th 2018 at 6:22:17 PM

Oh, I wish the manga and everything had said Cell was made of the genes of the warriors. But they kept saying "cells" instead. Consistently and constantly.

...I mean, if it had been genes, his name would probably be Gene.

I see your point and I raise you "Androids" 17 and 18.

Accurate terminology has never been Toriyama's Gero's forte.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#31538: Sep 5th 2018 at 6:38:30 PM

Cyborgs being laballed as Jinzoningen is pretty consistent in Japanese media, even though Kaizoningen would be more accurate.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#31539: Sep 5th 2018 at 6:39:23 PM

I wonder how they're going to handle the Videl and Spopovich fight.

PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
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#31540: Sep 5th 2018 at 6:48:15 PM

Knowing TFS, Spopovich vs Videl will be kind of similar to Cell vs 18. TFS will make Spopovich losing to Mr. Satan into his main driving character trait, so he will make a lot more personal attacks on Videl. Videl breaking his neck will be in a moment of anger and will be played more realistically until Spopovich just fixes it. Spopovich beating up Videl will be a mixture of dark and bitter jokes from Spopovich combined with the intensity of Videl getting beat up. Her final stand will probably be played for drama, but there will be dark humor in the background, kind of like how Recoome vs Gohan ended.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
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#31541: Sep 5th 2018 at 6:50:55 PM

I am so looking forward to when Dende meets Videl.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
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#31542: Sep 5th 2018 at 6:53:01 PM

That's going to go either one of two ways. Either Dende hates Videl for stealing Gohan, or Dende and Videl bond over how great Gohan is. Hell, it might be the former and turn into the latter.

Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#31543: Sep 5th 2018 at 7:09:48 PM

I never want to see TFS Dende again.

fasoman1996 Google "big ears" from Argentina (A.K.A. Naziland) Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
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#31544: Sep 5th 2018 at 7:16:28 PM

* Little Green

Actually, i want to see if they actually revive 16 with the dragon balls or not. It's implied that he doesn't come back in the original but that doesn't necessarily has to happen here too

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#31545: Sep 5th 2018 at 7:20:22 PM

You'll probsly sees him again next episode, honestly.

It would only make sense, or not...

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Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
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#31546: Sep 5th 2018 at 7:31:11 PM

I'm hoping that once Dende grows up in the time skip, he won't act like a creepy old man anymore.

The legend has returned.
unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#31547: Sep 5th 2018 at 7:33:06 PM

I thought they weren't doing Buu.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#31548: Sep 5th 2018 at 7:35:18 PM

They are doing Boo...

Doing it good, good.

[up][up]Won't he be even older though? That makes no sense.

Edited by randomness4 on Sep 5th 2018 at 7:35:19 AM

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Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
Former King
#31549: Sep 5th 2018 at 7:38:38 PM

What I mean is he's going to mature past his 'flirting with Gohan' phase and therefore he won't be like an old man flirting with a child.

The legend has returned.
SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
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#31550: Sep 5th 2018 at 7:39:15 PM

I also never want to see Abridged Dende again, for the reasons already mentioned.

He's fucking gross.

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