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wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
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#3501: Feb 18th 2013 at 9:21:30 PM

I didn't even know there was a game until you guys mentioned it.

[up][up]Just... just... what?
Okay, um... if you don't have anything nice to say... um... "that Sega Saturn game has some really impressively detailed backgrounds?"

Watchtower Since: Jul, 2010
#3502: Feb 18th 2013 at 9:57:40 PM

The only good thing I've heard about the game is the gameplay, and even then the gameplay is basically gimped straight from the Budokai series. Granted, that's still one good thing about the game, which is a helluva lot more than what you can say about the movie.

wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
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#3503: Feb 18th 2013 at 9:59:09 PM

Was Roshi in the movie less detestable than Roshi in the series?

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#3504: Feb 18th 2013 at 10:08:55 PM

Apart from Bulma finding hustler mags or whatever in his apartment, yes.

wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
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#3505: Feb 18th 2013 at 10:11:20 PM

Then there's one improvement.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#3506: Feb 18th 2013 at 10:14:15 PM

Meh, I think Roshi is funnier as a lecherous old coot who just so happens to be one of the world's best martial artists.

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#3507: Feb 18th 2013 at 10:15:29 PM

I think he works better being horribly murdered after the Z-Fighters get some sense into their heads.

Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
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#3508: Feb 18th 2013 at 10:27:32 PM

I watched the movie once. It was at a convention, and it was a roast of the movie, headed by Kyle Hebert.

I think that's probably the best format in which to watch it.

Kyle Hebert was doing autographs at one point, too, and my roommate got him to get his copy of it the DVD box for that movie (he got it as a gift or something, I don't remember the actual circumstances), and the guy prefaced the signature with "this movie blows!"

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wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
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#3509: Feb 18th 2013 at 10:36:41 PM

[up][up][tup]

edited 18th Feb '13 10:36:49 PM by wanderlustwarrior

GethKnight Since: Apr, 2010
#3510: Feb 19th 2013 at 6:56:53 AM

Jet Li Chow Yun Fat was fun as Roshi. If he had grown a beard for the roll and shaved his head, he would have looked excellent when he wore those sunglasses that looked like the ones Roshi in the show wore.

..............<_< I saw it in the theaters. Thought it could have been worse. Only really complaint I have is that they had Goku and Chi-Chi in high school together. I had no trouble with Goku being not 10, I figured something like that would have to be done.

edited 19th Feb '13 3:02:33 PM by GethKnight

Watchtower Since: Jul, 2010
#3511: Feb 19th 2013 at 7:17:56 AM

[up]Can't tell if you're joking or not, but that's not Jet Li. That's Chow Yun Fat.

For the first 10 seconds of his screen time, Roshi actually acts just like how you'd expect him to - he's perverted, he's loud, and he's jolly as hell. Then he hears the news of Piccolo's return and he becomes Generic Asian Mentor #Over9000.

[up][up][up]If the movie has one saving grace, it's that it's stupid enough to be excellent Snark Bait, provided you put yourself in the right setting. More than what I can say for Street Fighter The Legend Of Chun Li, which was boring as fuck even when I had a full entourage with me.

edited 19th Feb '13 7:18:51 AM by Watchtower

GethKnight Since: Apr, 2010
#3512: Feb 19th 2013 at 7:24:00 AM

Then keep the comment and change the name.

AndroidChaos The Trope Seeker from Mexico Since: Aug, 2012 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
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#3513: Feb 19th 2013 at 2:58:19 PM

[up] Dude, the Edit button is your friend. You can just as easily do that yourself instead of asking people to do this for you. =/

wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
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#3514: Feb 20th 2013 at 12:17:33 AM

I think he was just suggesting that his wording/naming was wrong but the sentiment is the same, nothing more.

I wonder what might've happened if Cell's data was finished collecting after Buu.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#3515: Feb 20th 2013 at 12:29:07 AM

Probably not much. I don't think Cell's strength depended on the strength of the people he received samples from. Otherwise, Trunks' DNA would have had higher priority.

wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
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#3516: Feb 20th 2013 at 12:46:47 AM

That's a good point. Still, some powerful moves that weren't dependent on power debuted that arc. Petrifying Spit or Candy Beam might've made things too easy for him... well, unless he went up against the Incredible Fighting Candy. Buu's style of absorption might've been nice.

I wonder... if the Fusion Dance is also a power booster, what if he started forcing Cell Jrs to fuse.

Eh, I'm tired and my mind is wandering.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#3517: Feb 20th 2013 at 12:48:05 AM

Those abilities are magic, so they might not be possible for him to inherit.

Medigo0 Since: Jun, 2012
#3518: Feb 20th 2013 at 2:22:59 AM

also Buu is kinda... less solid

which makes me wonder how Cell would even incorporate Buu's cells

maxwellelvis Mad Scientist Wannabe from undisclosed location Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: In my bunk
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#3519: Feb 20th 2013 at 8:25:46 AM

[up]He wouldn't. He'd just turn into another Buu.

Of course, don't you know anything about ALCHEMY?!- Twin clones of Ivan the Great
Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
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#3520: Feb 20th 2013 at 9:45:44 AM

I'm thinking that Buu is more of a golem than a biological creature. It's why he could regenerate even after being blown into molecules.

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Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#3521: Feb 20th 2013 at 11:44:33 AM

Yeah, I can't imagine Buu even has cells.

Though I do wonder why he has a heart and stuff when they go inside him. Why does he need a heart? Or blood, for that matter? He doesn't need oxygen, so it can't be to pump oxygen to his body... Which is pretty much the main purpose of blood...

edited 20th Feb '13 11:45:16 AM by Anomalocaris20

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
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Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#3523: Feb 20th 2013 at 11:46:30 AM

But it doesn't pump food...

Maybe he only has "fake" organs that are purely aesthetic in his body as a side-effect of absorbtions? That heart and blood is just the result of his body morphing to resemble the kais he absorbed, even on the inside? Like, that heart is exactly as useful as Gohan's shirt when he absorbs Gohan...?

I also wonder how Super Buu can constantly crack his neck without bones. Those he definitely does not have.

edited 20th Feb '13 11:47:36 AM by Anomalocaris20

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
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#3524: Feb 20th 2013 at 12:12:00 PM

Man that was annoying.

CobraPrime Sharknado Warning from Canada Since: Dec, 1969 Relationship Status: Robosexual
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#3525: Feb 20th 2013 at 12:15:24 PM

[up][up] Neck cracking doesn't involve bones? But rather altering the pressure of the synovial fluid.


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