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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#2276: Nov 11th 2012 at 5:12:48 PM

They don't know how far they'll go. If they don't burn out, they'll at least do all of Z.

Filby Since: Jan, 2001
#2277: Nov 11th 2012 at 5:24:26 PM

They have it planned out to the end of the Cell Saga, and they'll probably do the Buu Saga as well. I don't think they're interested in abridging GT or the original Dragon Ball.

Wildcard Since: Jun, 2012
#2278: Nov 11th 2012 at 5:36:34 PM

Yeah if they were they would've probably started there.

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#2279: Nov 11th 2012 at 5:36:38 PM

Why does everyone hate GT? I like GT.

Whether they keep doing DBZ abridged I'm sure Team Four Star will remain a thing though.

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Wildcard Since: Jun, 2012
#2280: Nov 11th 2012 at 5:38:18 PM

[up]I can't speak for everyone but I didn't hate it either. I didn't like how it kept the series going after it had a great ending but I feel the same way about the Buu Saga. I would've loved seeing Gohan being the new hero of Earth.

Filby Since: Jan, 2001
#2281: Nov 11th 2012 at 5:53:52 PM

[up][up]I don't hate GT, I just think it's really lackluster compared to DBZ. Pan is annoying, Kid Goku is annoying, Trunks barely does anything, most of the villains are shallow and uninteresting (though I like Baby)... it just doesn't measure up IMO.

Wildcard Since: Jun, 2012
#2282: Nov 11th 2012 at 5:56:33 PM

[up]I think Pan was much less annoying than a few of the countless leftovers from DB, and Maron, and Chi-Chi.

edited 11th Nov '12 5:56:49 PM by Wildcard

GethKnight Since: Apr, 2010
#2283: Nov 11th 2012 at 6:21:55 PM

I think some of the hate is due to Toriyama not working on it.

BigMadDraco Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#2284: Nov 11th 2012 at 6:24:41 PM

The kid Goku thing didn't help as it felt really gimmicky. Though I will give GT credit for being better paced than DBZ.

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#2285: Nov 11th 2012 at 6:30:54 PM

The only thing I hate about GT is that it is written like a bad Z movie instead of a show. The concept was good and I felt Super Saiyan 4 was more of a final evolution to the Super Saiyan line than 3 did. The villain differ per person so I won't get into that, but the ending was terrible. Most of it was a rehash of Z and then Goku does the dumbest shit ever.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#2286: Nov 11th 2012 at 6:37:59 PM

I hate GT because:

a) It's horribly written

b) it had potential

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#2287: Nov 11th 2012 at 6:42:21 PM

Sometimes I think he was the progenitor, too. I don't like to, I just think it.

Also, it'd give him more sons to ignore.

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#2288: Nov 11th 2012 at 6:45:02 PM

...I think the basic idea of the Shadow Dragon Arc, deconstructing the Dragon Balls because it used to be that they were only found once a hundred years, until Bulma and her radar meant that people were using them at least twice a season was clever. It wasn't well executed in my opinion, but the idea itself was an okay one. A good one. A great one even.

edited 11th Nov '12 6:46:57 PM by unnoun

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#2289: Nov 11th 2012 at 6:48:05 PM

I actually dislike that idea because it makes the Namekians horribly negligent.

If they had just lost their power or something, that'd be better. But not nearly destroying the Earth.

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#2290: Nov 11th 2012 at 6:49:26 PM

[up] Well, the Namekians didn't use their bloody Dragon Balls that often. Mostly the Dragon Balls sat on a shrine in the village. The Namekians might not have tested what happened when the Dragon Balls were so horribly misused like they were for pretty much the entire series.

EDIT: Although, yeah, destroying the world seems a bit much.

edited 11th Nov '12 6:50:30 PM by unnoun

theweirdKiddokun What a Wonderful World! from Last Place in the Race Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#2291: Nov 11th 2012 at 6:50:41 PM

It was written like a bad Z movie.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#2292: Nov 11th 2012 at 6:50:56 PM

They created the damn things, and they know how they work.

After all, the Nameless Namekian knew how the Black Star Dragon Balls would blow up Earth, presumably without testing such a thing.

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#2293: Nov 11th 2012 at 6:51:35 PM

[up][up] ...That implies that there were good Z movies. I don't think there were many of those. Maybe one.

[up] Look, I'm not saying it was executed well. Just that it was a decent idea. Also, there are plenty of times when people create things and don't know how they would work under extreme conditions, so just because the Namekians created the Dragon Balls doesn't mean they would automatically know what would happen when they were used to bring at least one person back to life a year.

edited 11th Nov '12 6:54:34 PM by unnoun

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#2294: Nov 11th 2012 at 6:52:52 PM

Not necessarily good, but it could be implying their are mediocre Z movies instead.tongue

I think Fusion Reborn is pretty good for a Z movie. Ignoring the Toei wank, Wrath of the Dragon is also fun.

No, the Namekians know exactly how their Dragon Balls work. We see this in Z.

I think losing their power might be a good idea, spawning evil dragons is a terrible idea.

edited 11th Nov '12 6:55:54 PM by Saiga

theweirdKiddokun What a Wonderful World! from Last Place in the Race Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#2295: Nov 11th 2012 at 6:54:09 PM

.....Let just say that it was a hit and miss with the movies.tongue

I think the dragon thing would of been good if every dragon was good as Nova Shenron and Syn Shenron/Omega Shenron.

edited 11th Nov '12 7:03:44 PM by theweirdKiddokun

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#2296: Nov 11th 2012 at 7:10:08 PM

Cooler was a good movie.

Also, have you considered the original dragon ball creators might have been assholes?

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#2297: Nov 11th 2012 at 7:10:58 PM

Dende is an asshole?

He's the one who created the Dragon Balls that went Shadow-y, after all.

edited 11th Nov '12 7:11:17 PM by Saiga

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#2298: Nov 11th 2012 at 7:21:23 PM

[up] Maybe all he was doing was making the Dragon Balls the same way the original asshole Namekians made them. And when did the Namekians know exactly how the Dragon Balls worked in Z? There are plenty of times when something is created, but you won't know exactly what the hell it actually does until you test it. And then, when something is made a long enough time ago, the next generation starts forgetting things.

I mean, yeah, they made the Dragon Balls, and they get the whole "grants wishes" thing, but the Dragon Balls weren't used that often on Namek, so they might not have known the exact results that would occur from them being used near constantly like what happened when Bulma came up with her radar.

edited 11th Nov '12 7:32:02 PM by unnoun

Filby Since: Jan, 2001
#2299: Nov 11th 2012 at 8:50:39 PM

Dende is an asshole?

Only when you call him Little Green.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#2300: Nov 11th 2012 at 9:36:48 PM

They made the rules, too. When Dende creates the new set of Dragon Balls he explains how he can decide what the rules are and whatnot. They didn't just shit out a bunch of Dragon Balls without knowing what was going on.

And again, the Nameless Namekian created the first Dragon Balls, and knew they would destroy the world without testing.

And in GT, the negative energy problem was already known about by Kibitoshin, Old Kaioshin, Mr. Popo, Dende and apparently the entire Namekian race, yet none of them ever mentioned anything about it despite the shadow dragons having the ability to wipe out the universe.

edited 11th Nov '12 9:37:10 PM by Saiga


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