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#12301: Jun 4th 2015 at 12:00:42 PM

It was the early days of what became Team Four Star. The original plan was that they'd do ONLY the movies, but then they decided to do the show too. As a consequence, there's even more Early-Installment Weirdness than season 1 had, such as Goku being moderately intelligent but callous and kinda spiteful, or the whole joke with naming one of the minions in Dead Zone Douchebag, which received a Mythology Gag with said minion's last line in the remake, "What a douchebag...."

edited 4th Jun '15 12:02:27 PM by TobiasDrake

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#12302: Jun 4th 2015 at 12:14:14 PM

Aaaand, I'm all caught up.

Holy shit, 17 getting absorbed might be the creepiest moment in the series.

WHICH IS FUCKING SAYING SOMETHING.

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#12303: Jun 4th 2015 at 12:15:40 PM

Yeah....

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#12304: Jun 4th 2015 at 12:27:22 PM

I still don't know which is creepier: the way Freeza will flippantly kills scores of people without a second thought just to prove a point, or the way Imperfect Cell methodically kills scores of people to satisfy a singular but driven purpose.

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#12305: Jun 4th 2015 at 12:31:09 PM

In canon, Cell is much creepier if only because of that one time when he powers up before fighting Piccolo and 17.

In DBZA, it's probably still Cell since, unlike Freeza, he's actually disturbing.

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#12306: Jun 4th 2015 at 12:31:15 PM

Cell is creepier, Frieza is scarier. They're both terrifying but in different ways.

Cell is horror-movie disturbing while Frieza is Holocaust monstrous.

edited 4th Jun '15 12:32:05 PM by TobiasDrake

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#12307: Jun 4th 2015 at 12:35:05 PM

[up] Comparing Cell to a horror movie villain seems like a insult since I've never encountered one that's actually scary. He's more like, I dunno, early Resident Evil or Silent Hill scary. He's disturbing on a level that goes far beyond his actions.

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#12308: Jun 4th 2015 at 12:37:35 PM

No, I'd say horror-movie scary is accurate. He's an inhuman monster that crawls around and eats people. He lacks the psychological edge to be Silent Hill creepy. Cell is disturbing for the literal nature of exactly what he is. There's no greater implications or deeper themes behind Cell. He doesn't speak to the darkness within man's soul. He's just a monster.

edited 4th Jun '15 12:40:43 PM by TobiasDrake

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#12309: Jun 4th 2015 at 12:48:56 PM

Touché. I still stand by him being Resident Evil scary if only because RE2 creeped me out far more than any horror movie has.

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#12310: Jun 4th 2015 at 12:58:19 PM

The first parts of the Cell saga were some of the few times Dragon Ball seriously went for suspence, and I remembering it being awesomely scary when I was a kid. The most terrifying part about Imperfect Cell isn't just the brutal way he absorbs people, but how he's able to do it so efficiently that our heroes barely even see him. Them arriving to late to empty cities and such, especially the couple times we see that Cell is still right there watching them but is masking his energy so they'll never find him.

Though I saw DBZ well before I saw Alien, he is reminiscent of monsters like the Xenomorph. There's a huge "he can strike anywhere undetected and kill us off before we even know how to fight him off" vibe there.

edited 4th Jun '15 1:00:31 PM by KnownUnknown

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#12311: Jun 4th 2015 at 1:01:31 PM

I need to watch Alien so that I might have a horror movie I can favorably compare things to.

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#12312: Jun 4th 2015 at 1:05:55 PM

I asked this in the main dragonball thread, but what the hell, I'll check here, too.

Would anyone be interested in a Dragonball RP?

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#12313: Jun 4th 2015 at 1:20:19 PM

As horror monsters go, Imperfect Cell was very effective at appearing just enough to keep the suspense rising. That's a key element of monster filmmaking that is easy to screw up.

edited 4th Jun '15 1:20:39 PM by TobiasDrake

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#12314: Jun 4th 2015 at 1:23:52 PM

[up][up] Even though the chances of me joined are practically zero, I'd still like to hear what ideas you have for it.

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#12315: Jun 4th 2015 at 1:32:08 PM

[up][up][up]What Zel said.

[up][up]Yes, I wholeheartedly agree.

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#12316: Jun 4th 2015 at 2:09:51 PM

I'd also be interested.

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#12317: Jun 4th 2015 at 2:14:37 PM

The details are sketchy right now, but I promise there will be a lot of freedom in terms of character creation.

Moreso than in Xenoverse, some might say. >.>

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#12319: Jun 4th 2015 at 4:02:34 PM

[up] NANOMACHINES, SON!

But, yeah, Imperfect Cell was definitely a different kind of villain. He didn't stick in fights he couldn't win. You couldn't just confront him, or he'd run away and absorb more people. He could even hide his power level like the heroes!

It was certainly unlike anything Dragon Ball had seen until that point.

The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!
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#12320: Jun 4th 2015 at 4:44:17 PM

I compared 16 vs Imp Cell abridged and original.

Abridged did it so much better in my opinion, it was fast, powerful and the music they added especially with it's heart like beat really set it up much better.

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#12321: Jun 4th 2015 at 4:59:55 PM

TFS Abridged isn't drama; it's comedy, and held to a different standard. As a series meant to be taken seriously as a drama, it completely fails. And that's okay, since that's not what they're trying to do.

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#12322: Jun 4th 2015 at 5:04:06 PM

I seriously appreciate that Android 16 makes all those Gundam noises.

Oh really when?
EchoingSilence Since: Jun, 2013
#12323: Jun 4th 2015 at 5:06:11 PM

Dude same here! Now I want a Gundam with 16 abilities.

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#12324: Jun 4th 2015 at 5:30:47 PM

Imperfect Cell is pretty much a talking Xenomorph in his approach. Methodical, unseen until it is too late, and damn fucking efficient.

Watch Alien. Ignore Prometheus and watch Aliens, if you want to keep on, Aliens is action rather than terror, but it does justice to the original.

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#12325: Jun 4th 2015 at 5:47:34 PM

Does thwt make it Terminator vs Alien?


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