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Lionheart0 Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
#16101: Dec 5th 2015 at 1:01:14 PM

...Taka telling the others that they're the longest lasting friends he's ever had is really sweet.

That was sweet and hilarious at the same time because Kirran died at that very moment and cut him off.

So wait, this movie is pretty much the beginning of the first tournament arc, but with Launch replaced with a princess and gratuitous vampires?

Yep, the Dragon Ball movies had the reoccuring habit of starting off almost exactly like the arcs they're adapting from before going into to a completly unique direction. Like the first movie follows the first arc almost note for note with Goku's encounters with Bulma and Yamcha before becoming completely different.

edited 5th Dec '15 1:03:47 PM by Lionheart0

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#16102: Dec 5th 2015 at 1:34:30 PM

I mean, I know the movies usually rip-off their plots from the anime (World's Strongest rips off the kamehameha-galick gun duel from the Saiyan saga, both Cooler movies rip off the two stories Frieza was in, Lord Slug rips off Demon King Piccolo, Super Android 13...well it's obvious, and Fusion Reborn rips off some of the Majin Buu saga). It's not uncommon.

I just didn't think they would take an actual plotline and move it into another direction then the anime. Reminds me of the Power Rangers movie in that way.

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VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#16103: Dec 5th 2015 at 1:38:31 PM

World's Strongest rips off the kamehameha-galick gun duel from the Saiyan saga,

I did? Well even if it did I thought it was pretty original. At least all it took was a Beam Struggle and not a plot.

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#16104: Dec 5th 2015 at 1:41:43 PM

[up] It wasn't just the beam struggle it ripped off, it also ended the same way with the villain getting launched into the sky and Goku having to Spirit Bomb them.

The difference is that Vegeta survived and Doctor Wheelo didn't.

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VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#16105: Dec 5th 2015 at 1:48:46 PM

Dr. Weelo isn't the only villain killed by a Spirit Bomb so I don't see any significance in pointing that out.

Besides, my point is the actual plot is original.

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#16106: Dec 5th 2015 at 1:51:00 PM

Oh yeah, the plot is definitely original. It's definitely a great movie (though the end kind of drags a bit, but that's just my take). It's just that you could kind of tell they were taking some influence from the Goku and Vegeta battle.

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#16107: Dec 5th 2015 at 3:39:08 PM

Honestly, I could never see the appeal of World's Strongest. Yeah, Roshi gets to be awesome but you could just watch any Dragon Ball to see him being more awesome. Yeah, the plot is original but it's also really weird, and Dr. Wheelo's robot design doesn't do anything for me. Evil Piccolo was sweet, even if the impact was reduced by Piccolo being evil until just recently.

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#16108: Dec 5th 2015 at 3:44:57 PM

I haven't seen any of the movies but the idea about Goku's ridiculous strength being turned against the good guys seems like a pretty cool idea. As overpowered as he is, Goku would make the ultimate villain.

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#16109: Dec 5th 2015 at 3:53:21 PM

Wait a minute. This page suggested that Cooler did something Frieza already did?

BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#16110: Dec 5th 2015 at 3:58:55 PM

Uh, take over Namek?

Have you not seen Return of Cooler's Revenge: The Reckoning?

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#16111: Dec 5th 2015 at 4:00:10 PM

I have. That's why I was joking about it.

The lastest movies have had fun music with instrumental or style changes. I'd like to hear a full new Jingle Bell Rock The Dragon.

TheMageofFire Since: May, 2012
#16112: Dec 5th 2015 at 4:01:02 PM

Where the fuck is today's Raging Blast 2 episode.

alekos23 Since: Mar, 2013
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#16114: Dec 5th 2015 at 4:04:48 PM

According to Kirran's Twitter, it's stuck in You Tube's uploading hell.

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#16116: Dec 5th 2015 at 4:27:56 PM

From what I gather (and this is according to Kaiser Neko), part of the appeal of World's Strongest is in the scene where Goku goes through all the different rooms to get to Roshi, and it resembling Game of Death.

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#16117: Dec 5th 2015 at 4:32:48 PM

That's another thing that annoys me about the movies: they include weaker minions and the weaker heroes, but instead of having Krillin vs Minion, Gohan vs Minion, etc, the movies have the weaker heroes get trashed by the minions, which are than all trashed by Goku. Tree of Might was the worst about this: all the side characters got a fight, all the side characters lost their fights, Goku wins all the side character's fights for them in a matter of seconds.

edited 5th Dec '15 4:34:09 PM by PushoverMediaCritic

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#16118: Dec 5th 2015 at 4:34:44 PM

And then Goku gets his ass beaten 6 ways to Sunday by the bad guy.

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BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#16119: Dec 5th 2015 at 5:16:07 PM

Yeah, that's kind of dumb, at least before Goku actually became significantly stronger than everyone else.

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VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#16120: Dec 5th 2015 at 5:19:11 PM

Turles is fucking funny because his backstory depends on the version of the film you're watching.

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#16121: Dec 5th 2015 at 5:20:54 PM

It's like, in every DBZ movie, the opponent is always stronger than Goku until he powers up, and then the villain gets stronger than him again by turning into a different form or something that makes them more powerful or deadly (Cooler, Lord Slug, Janemba, Garlic Jr, Turles, Android 13, etc.), then Goku either Spirit Bombs them or gets a deus ex machina from either a new arrival or a new technique (Dragon Fist, Fusion, Gohan's whistling, etc.).

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#16122: Dec 5th 2015 at 5:32:00 PM

My favorite part of World's Strongest Abridged was the scene where Wheelo keeps asking for the strongest guy he can think of but for one reason or another they can't use them. It was a nice shout out to Dragonball characters and I'm afraid it'll get cut out if they reabridge it like they cut out "Don't dodge, it'll hurt him morally" from the first Dead Zone Abridged. That one was especially bad because Piccolo references it in an early episode during the Raditz fight.

JonnasN from Porto, Portugal Since: Jul, 2012
#16123: Dec 5th 2015 at 5:53:11 PM

Oh hey, they mentioned the vampire movie. Gotta agree with them, the film isn't bad, it's just unimpressive (the humour being the only salvageable thing). Heck, Goku turns into Oozaru, and it manages to be utterly forgettable.

For those not in the know, the first 3 DB movies, as a whole, are supposed to be replacement/re-adaptation of the story of the original Dragon Ball into a movie trilogy (they share their own continuity). "Curse of the Blood Rubies" is a retelling of the Pilaf arc except with somebody who isn't Pilaf, "Sleeping Beauty" is the search for Lunch turned into a full-blown adventure with demons, and the third film - called "Mystic Adventure" here in Portugal - is where things go full-blown AU (Chiaotzu is an emperor, Master Crane and Tao Pai Pai command the empire's Red Ribbon army, General Blue is a good guy, etc).

While the second one is just "meh", I have fond memories of the first and third, since I used to own them in VHS back when I was a kid.

BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#16124: Dec 5th 2015 at 6:04:35 PM

I'll have to give those a look.

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#16125: Dec 5th 2015 at 6:38:56 PM

The third movie is called "Mystical Adventure" here in the US as well.

edited 5th Dec '15 6:40:38 PM by Zelenal

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