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AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#23551: Jan 3rd 2017 at 12:57:36 PM

Broly Part 2 can't get here soon enough...

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Eriorguez Since: Jun, 2009
#23552: Jan 3rd 2017 at 12:58:51 PM

Ah, gotta remember those 6 months between season finales and season premieres...

RavenWilder Since: Apr, 2009
#23553: Jan 3rd 2017 at 9:15:40 PM

In the first part of the Broly movie, Goke mentions going to a bunch of different villains to see if they had destroyed South Galaxy, including "that monster Pilaf".

I'd been wondering if Team Four Star could ever try abridging the original Dragon Ball anime, given how difficult it is to spoof a comedy. But that comment got me thinking it might actually be pretty funny to see someone abridge/parody Dragon Ball by playing the wacky shenanigans as dark and dramatic as possible, with villains like Pilaf getting the Mr. Popo treatment.

Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
Court Dragon
#23554: Jan 3rd 2017 at 9:44:57 PM

I feel like that is a bit that would get old relatively quickly. Maybe as a flashback scene with that as the joke, but I don't think it could carry a full series.

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LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
Not really a lord of anything
#23555: Jan 3rd 2017 at 9:46:12 PM

Given how people are already getting sick of the Popo gag, I doubt that would go over well.

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RavenWilder Since: Apr, 2009
#23556: Jan 3rd 2017 at 9:54:30 PM

My hope with Popo is that, when Majin Buu finally shows up, all the characters think Buu is just this ridiculous thing they don't need to take seriously, except for Popo, who freaks right the fuck out and yells "WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!"

Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Perpetually Confused
#23557: Jan 3rd 2017 at 9:56:05 PM

Popo gag is fine.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#23559: Jan 3rd 2017 at 10:02:00 PM

Why would Future Dumplin be scared of Buu? Dumplin was only ultimately beaten by a tag-team of Super Saiyan Blue Goku and Super Saiyan Blue Vegeta.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#23560: Jan 3rd 2017 at 10:07:02 PM

[up][up][up]Stating that some people are tired of the Popo gag is just a fact regardless of how you personally feel about it.

Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
Court Dragon
#23561: Jan 3rd 2017 at 10:25:13 PM

Alternate gag.

When Buu's egg finally hatches, the first thing he says is a high-pitched but distinctively drawn-out "Hiiiiii!"

edited 3rd Jan '17 10:26:21 PM by Enlong

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Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#23562: Jan 3rd 2017 at 10:33:06 PM

[up][up]How unnecessarily aggressive.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#23563: Jan 3rd 2017 at 10:39:31 PM

Except not really, he's just stating the truth.

edited 3rd Jan '17 10:39:48 PM by randomness4

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Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#23564: Jan 3rd 2017 at 10:47:28 PM

Nah. *Someone states an opinion* -> "your opinion doesn't matter" is uncalled for and just makes the thread more unpleasant.

Darthwyn leader of Inherit from The void Since: Feb, 2016 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
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#23565: Jan 3rd 2017 at 10:50:44 PM

An aggressive statement where the truth is subjective since it is a YMMV rather then an absolute truth.

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#23566: Jan 3rd 2017 at 11:00:42 PM

The fact that "people" think the Popo gag is getting old is technically objective, but it's also a generalization so it just kind of is what it is. You could also say "people" like that gag and want it to continue, and not be any less (or more) accurate.

I personally think the gag needed to change, but largely because I think the writing for the series has moved past the kind of jokes that made it work, and because at this point the joke itself has reached the point of repetitiveness unless it evolves. So far, it looks like they actually are changing the way Popo's character works, so... yeah. They seem to have been aware of all that too, being good writers and all.

edited 3rd Jan '17 11:01:44 PM by KnownUnknown

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#23567: Jan 4th 2017 at 12:13:02 AM

It was just "people"...it's not like they said everyone was getting tired of the joke.

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Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#23568: Jan 4th 2017 at 12:23:19 AM

I'm okay with the Popo gags. If they were more frequent, maybe it'd be grating, but as it is they're focusing on other aspects of him like his relationships with Kami and now Dende.

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#23569: Jan 4th 2017 at 12:39:17 AM

I'm fine with it also since it seems to be reaching the end point soon enough when super buu will be eating him like everyone else.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#23570: Jan 4th 2017 at 1:15:31 AM

TFS have already said they're doing abridging the first DB anime as a series of movies.

Iaculus Pronounced YAK-you-luss from England Since: May, 2010
Pronounced YAK-you-luss
#23571: Jan 4th 2017 at 1:30:27 AM

It seems pretty clear what's going on with Pilaf - he operates at a level of villainy that Goku can actually understand.

What's precedent ever done for us?
randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#23572: Jan 4th 2017 at 1:36:09 AM

In that...he's blatantly evil and plotting schemes.

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Iaculus Pronounced YAK-you-luss from England Since: May, 2010
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#23573: Jan 4th 2017 at 1:43:10 AM

[up]More in that he's got roughly the same level of threat and menace as a panto villain. Possibly slightly less.

What's precedent ever done for us?
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#23574: Jan 4th 2017 at 5:15:59 AM

Nah. *Someone states an opinion* -> "your opinion doesn't matter" is uncalled for and just makes the thread more unpleasant.

Good thing that's not at all what I said or even implied. Change "Popo joke" to "anything else" and that statement remains true. There are things (manga, television, The Krillin Owned Count, etc.) that I like and enjoy that other people do not or have gotten sick of. That I continue to enjoy them does not make the statement that other people don't or no longer do, any less true.

If simple statements of fact make this thread too unpleasant for you, then that is honestly your problem, not mine. I didn't even say most or imply a majority, I just said some people, which is true as this thread can attest.

edited 4th Jan '17 5:23:56 AM by LSBK

Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#23575: Jan 4th 2017 at 6:33:31 AM

I would mind the Popo joke less if I actually thought he'd get eaten by Super Buu, but he's probably going to be written out of that scene.


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