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EchoingSilence Since: Jun, 2013
#15901: Dec 2nd 2015 at 5:39:47 AM

I haven't seen Broly, so I don't got a opinion on it or him. I know some people love him and some people hate him.

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#15902: Dec 2nd 2015 at 5:58:23 AM

I like him, but agree he's overused and overhyped.

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#15903: Dec 2nd 2015 at 6:01:49 AM

I don't understand how he can keep going without eating.

Seven years is a long time for a Saiyan to not have food.

edited 2nd Dec '15 6:02:46 AM by unnoun

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#15904: Dec 2nd 2015 at 6:12:48 AM

He probably devours entire ecosystems from the planets he raids.

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#15905: Dec 2nd 2015 at 6:25:09 AM

He subsists only on hatred for KAKAROT

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#15906: Dec 2nd 2015 at 6:28:20 AM

So would he eat lots of carrots, or avoid eating them?

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#15907: Dec 2nd 2015 at 7:03:54 AM

I'd like Broly if he weren't over exposed. Dragon Ball Multiverse makes me shake my head.

But his design is cool and I really like divergent transformations.

The US haven't made anything except video games and Evolution. Shit video games and Evolution. I've heard people say that about Broli, Bardock, GT and even Z. It's all lies.

America did make the Legacy of Goku series, which is my favorite of Dragon Ball games.

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#15908: Dec 2nd 2015 at 7:59:27 AM

You know, because none of the Broly movies were at the bottom of the list, this D Bcember provides another reason to ask "When Broly?"

Probably during the ten days leading up to the Cell Games, since that's where the movie ostensibly takes place.

The power levels are unchanged. Even Raditz's. Goku and Piccolo's power levels at the start of Z were just over 300 apiece. That's why they were pushed into using a self-sacrifice against him, remember?

Yep. Specifically:

  • Raditz - 1,500
  • Goku:
    • Base - 416
    • Weighted - 334
    • Kamehameha - Over 924
  • Piccolo
    • Base - 408
    • Weighted - 322
    • First Makankosappo - 1,330
    • Second Makankosappo - 1,480

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#15909: Dec 2nd 2015 at 8:53:17 AM

Raditz is 1,200-1,500.

Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#15910: Dec 2nd 2015 at 9:13:55 AM

Wrong.

Raditz is worth 1 Raditz™ and that is all.

edited 2nd Dec '15 9:15:32 AM by Memers

EchoingSilence Since: Jun, 2013
#15911: Dec 2nd 2015 at 9:17:01 AM

Which is great with the new Spacey's 1 Raditz menu.

Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#15912: Dec 2nd 2015 at 9:21:04 AM

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#15913: Dec 2nd 2015 at 9:43:08 AM

Raditz is 1,500 according to the Daizenshuu and other supplemental materials.

Raditz is 1,200 according to the statement that the Saibamen all have the same power as Raditz, which is a mistranslation of Vegeta's statement that the Saibamen are all close to Raditz's power.

One of these came from an official source, the other was extrapolated from a mistranslation.

edited 2nd Dec '15 9:43:59 AM by TobiasDrake

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#15914: Dec 2nd 2015 at 9:56:37 AM

I haven't seen Broly, so I don't got a opinion on it or him. I know some people love him and some people hate him

I think one important thing to remember about Broly is that a lot of his popularity came during the heyday where people didn't have immediate access to everything in the series. There were no sites to stream the series so you were either stuck watching it on Toonami or, if you were lucky enough, watching the bootlegged tapes.

So Broly benefitted greatly from the rumor mill hype train of being the Legendary Super Saiyan.

edited 2nd Dec '15 9:58:54 AM by Lionheart0

WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#15915: Dec 2nd 2015 at 10:00:20 AM

About the Broly movie: A large part of the plot is about Vegeta having a planet to rule over as Prince of all Sayains. It makes me wonder though, does Vegeta have any experience actually ruling over people?

edited 2nd Dec '15 2:44:51 PM by WillKeaton

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#15916: Dec 2nd 2015 at 10:02:00 AM

It also helps that Broly reflects Western ideals of masculinity better than Eastern. Dragon Ball gets so much crap for things like Frieza's Final Form or Super Saiyan God making the characters smaller instead of bulkier. In Western culture, we like our hulking supermen with biceps bigger than your torso. This, to the West, is what power looks like. Broly looks exactly like what a Western animator might design the Super Saiyan form to be.

Japan places more emphasis on smaller fighters making skillful strikes. To the East, this is what power looks like. Small, sleek, and precise. This is a holdover of samurai culture, where a larger combatant was merely slower and easier to strike a killing blow on. In anime, we see this frequently in characters like Nappa who are formidable, sure, but still beholden to their smaller, swifter superiors.

edited 2nd Dec '15 10:03:33 AM by TobiasDrake

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#15917: Dec 2nd 2015 at 2:32:32 PM

Special 23.

...I mean, yeah.

Dr. Raichi is a lot better than Hatchiyack.

I like the Saiyan and Tuffle stuff, but.

The actual film is.

I mean.

...I love how they keep foreshadowing Broly.

...I'm going to guess that History of Trunks is Kaiser's favorite.

edited 2nd Dec '15 2:39:50 PM by unnoun

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#15918: Dec 2nd 2015 at 2:46:51 PM

I'm going to guess that, too.

Also, why do people hate Bio-Broly more than the other Broly movies?

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EchoingSilence Since: Jun, 2013
#15919: Dec 2nd 2015 at 2:52:07 PM

Kaiser is such a fanboy for Trunks.

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#15920: Dec 2nd 2015 at 2:53:26 PM

Yeah, it's saying a lot that he uses his own speaking voice for him.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#15921: Dec 2nd 2015 at 3:00:45 PM

[up]It took me longer than it should have to realize he was doing that.

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#15922: Dec 2nd 2015 at 3:02:45 PM

Bio-Broly is held in such little regard because it somehow manages to screw up Broly by making a weird sludge clone of him that gets killed by water.

That and it's only Goten, Trunks, and Android 18 in there (and Krillin too). Goku just makes cameos and that's it.

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EchoingSilence Since: Jun, 2013
#15923: Dec 2nd 2015 at 3:10:01 PM

[up][up] I clued in when I heard Kaiser actually talk. And when I watched the last DBcember and his reaction to Trunks first appearing was just so much joy he was like a little kid describing their favorite scene in a movie. That's the big confirmation.

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#15924: Dec 2nd 2015 at 3:12:51 PM

I think there's enough of a difference, that it's not exactly the same as his normal speaking voice...though sometimes it is.

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#15925: Dec 2nd 2015 at 3:14:21 PM

I feel guilty for liking Bio-Broly more than the other two movies.

Like, I like that it focused more on side characters, especially ones that we hadn't seen do much yet or had kind of gotten shifted out of the spotlight.

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