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RyuujinBlueZ posted:I get the feeling that Perfect Cell is going to end up feeling a lot like Freeza, which is fine because that's about how it was in the original, but I think starting off with super-creepy Cell like this to put some distance between Perfect Cell and Freeza is a great way to keep people from accusing them of only being able to write villains one way. They could go for a middle ground between the two. Haughty, full-of-himself, cruel and sadistic but with a tad creepier bent. Or just mimic the series and mix the personality traits of his "dads". Freeza's snarky politeness, Vegeta's arrogance, Piccolo's smarts, and Goku's more laid-back approach to fighting. ...actually, if they DO do that, but go with the Abridged personalities, poo poo could get kinda creepy really fast. Just mixing any part of Abridged Goku's personality with those others could lead to... really unnerving results.
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May 13, 2014 08:09
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Oh god dammit, it won't load for me. Might be because I checked this at work, but still. I have a break just long enough and it not loading is just sad.
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May 13, 2014 08:12
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Gohan's desire to be a kid detective was awesome. I also love Trunks' line "I'm glad someone's having fun with this." Cell was... wow, he was loving creepy.
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May 13, 2014 08:28
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BlitzBlast posted:I just want to see how they handle the second form. 
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May 13, 2014 11:50
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You know Cell being creepy along with that childhood nightmare inducing death really has reminded me just how graphic DBZ could get, I mean Buu freaking turned into sludge and shoved himself down some guy's throat to the point the dude exploded, and lets hope they don't make cell creepy when it get's to the vore part.
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May 13, 2014 14:02
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Zedd posted:Posh British I kind of hope its the same personality as Namek Vegeta: Singleminded focus on his goal, trash talker extraordinaire otherwise.
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May 13, 2014 14:08
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SirDrone posted:and lets hope they make cell creepy when it get's to the vore part. I'll forward this message to them. 
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May 13, 2014 14:16
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The episode becomes a little funnier when you realize that Cell is loving high as gently caress.
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May 13, 2014 15:16
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Piccolo, you drove a car. How was that?
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May 13, 2014 15:30
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SirDrone posted:You know Cell being creepy along with that childhood nightmare inducing death really has reminded me just how graphic DBZ could get, I mean Buu freaking turned into sludge and shoved himself down some guy's throat to the point the dude exploded, and lets hope they don't make cell creepy when it get's to the vore part. In general, I imagine we're going for more ham once Cell transitions from being legitimately nightmarish to whatever his second form is. And his third form's stubby tail, and sudden human face. Also, I've been trying to identify what might be the joke behind singing Mr. Sandman. It's really hard because the song's been sung by every musician and their mother and it's impossible to identify who or what they could possibly have been going for, it's all a mass of different personalities. I hope that in itself was the joke. Y'know, besides just sounding creepy.
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May 13, 2014 16:14
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That entire fusing segment being serious is gonna lead to a joke where Piccolo is completely useless whenever they get past 17, huh?
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May 13, 2014 16:58
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Not a laugh-out-loud funny episode, but Detective Gohan was all kinds of  and I am psyched as hell for Cell to start being a thing - I've been waiting for his face off with piccolo for a while.
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May 13, 2014 18:08
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Takahata's Cell is really, really good. Like, DBZA has generally been A+ on the voices but I can't imagine a better rendition of pre-android Cell.
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May 13, 2014 18:12
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I kind of wished they spend more time on YES YES YES YOU CAN DO THIS! :fuckin'narutosay: But yeah, echoing the love for DBZA Cell
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May 13, 2014 18:49
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I'm pumped that they've finally gotten to Cell. The Androids \ Cell saga was always my favorite part of DBZ.
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May 13, 2014 19:19
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I kind like the "fake Namek" it had a little of the adventure flavor that Z was lacking. The first time I watched Z I didn't know it was a filler episode. Regarding the Saiyans race, they didn't seen to be a Race that trained to get stronger. They always seen, to me, a proud race of their natural "power level" and just go straight brawling sometimes get a little stronger in the process. Goku was a game changer, to Vegeta at least. I think Vegeta never actually trained prior meeting Goku, he was always "I'm the prince of Saiyans... The most powerful Sayan... I'm naturally stronger... wada wada...", Goku that actually introduce him the ideia to train to get more powerful.
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May 13, 2014 20:07
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Captain Quack posted:I kind like the "fake Namek" it had a little of the adventure flavor that Z was lacking. The first time I watched Z I didn't know it was a filler episode. Yeah, if I remember correctly, Frieza and most of his minions were all mutants who were born with abnormally high power levels...they never really had to train to gain more strength as they were just born super powerful.
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May 13, 2014 20:26
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May 13, 2014 21:25
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I thought I remember a scene where vegeta was young practicing against a bunch of saibamen. So I am not sure that is true about them never training.
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May 13, 2014 21:57
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Prison Warden posted:I'm just happy they mentioned the King. King Dog is a reference to the King Piccolo saga, right?
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May 13, 2014 22:03
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VanSandman posted:King Dog is a reference to the King Piccolo saga, right? King Dog even appears during the Cell Saga actually, though I'm not sure if that is just for filler.
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May 13, 2014 22:06
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Vire posted:I thought I remember a scene where vegeta was young practicing against a bunch of saibamen. So I am not sure that is true about them never training. Yeah, but that was (probably) filler, and even if it wasn't the training just consisted of him blowing them away in 0.2 seconds. That's not really training. Caros posted:King Dog even appears during the Cell Saga actually, though I'm not sure if that is just for filler. He recognizes Goku but decides it can't be him because of the blonde hair.
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May 13, 2014 22:11
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Caros posted:King Dog even appears during the Cell Saga actually, though I'm not sure if that is just for filler. It's not filler. He recognizes Goku and also sends a military attack against Cell before the Cell Games, which leads to the return of Dende
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May 13, 2014 22:23
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Vire posted:I thought I remember a scene where vegeta was young practicing against a bunch of saibamen. So I am not sure that is true about them never training. I think there's a scene like that in Bardock: The Father of Goku.
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crankdatbatman posted:which leads to the return of Dende This is what I'm looking forward to. Any Gohan/Dende interaction after his last appearance.
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May 13, 2014 22:30
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May 13, 2014 22:32
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Vire posted:I thought I remember a scene where vegeta was young practicing against a bunch of saibamen. So I am not sure that is true about them never training.
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May 13, 2014 22:44
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People judge DBZA episodes for the laughs, but I think at this point we can safely say that this adaptation is just a superior one to the original, rather than an intentionally funny one. At least, that's how it is to me. There was far more exposition between Piccolo/Kami than in the original.
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May 13, 2014 23:37
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The news segments were loving spot on when making fun of American news channels. Both the marijuana and "I know this may come across as racist but..." poo poo could likely be direct rips from FOX news segments.
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May 14, 2014 02:11
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dipwood posted:People judge DBZA episodes for the laughs, but I think at this point we can safely say that this adaptation is just a superior one to the original, rather than an intentionally funny one. At least, that's how it is to me. There was far more exposition between Piccolo/Kami than in the original. I had the same thought. In a lot of ways DBZA is now very much just an 'abridged' series. You get the whole plot of the series, a little bit of the fighting through the lens of a slightly more comedic take. Not every scene needs to have a joke, and that is no more clear than the introduction of cell which was straight up disturbing.
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Caros posted:I had the same thought. In a lot of ways DBZA is now very much just an 'abridged' series. You get the whole plot of the series, a little bit of the fighting through the lens of a slightly more comedic take. Not every scene needs to have a joke, and that is no more clear than the introduction of cell which was straight up disturbing. Was kind of skeptic when he began doing the sandman thing, but man that wind down. He got sinister fast.
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May 14, 2014 03:54
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I've watched the new episode twice now, no belly laughs but it had some decent jokes. It's still a parody, just a very tasteful, loyal to the subject matter parody
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May 14, 2014 04:07
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I think it's kind of funny this episode had more of Kami and Roshi, who must have had like 4 voices and kind of different characterizations by the DBZA guys since they started. I like what they both settled on for them though.
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May 14, 2014 04:13
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They're getting into a part of the series that's kind of hard to make "funny" compared with previous arcs. Overall I like the way they've handled everything, though.
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First form Cell is easily my favorite DBZ villain. Yeah he isn't the most powerful, but where Frieza just runs off pure power to be an intimidating villain Cell has this overwhelming feeling of dread. He's slowly making his way across the country and when he comes to your town he's gonna eat you and your parents. It's just more personal than Frieza's modus operandi of blowing up the whole planet in one fell swoop. I know it wouldn't have been possible in the story but if he just played off that the whole time I would've loved it. Second form Cell kind of reminds me of Doomguy so I hope they go with that.
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May 14, 2014 04:56
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Second form of Cell reminds me of a really dumb teenager.
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crankdatbatman posted:I've watched the new episode twice now, no belly laughs but it had some decent jokes. It's still a parody, just a very tasteful, loyal to the subject matter parody This is the key thing that all the other Abridged parodies, including Yu-Gi-Oh, the one that started this whole nutty trend, just seem to lack: a genuine unabashed affection for the source material. All the others Abridged serieses I've watched are too busy shittalking the thing that's responsible for their existence that they forget to actually be entertaining.
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May 14, 2014 05:04
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Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged started off fine, but it got full of itself right after Marik motorcycled in and never really got its head out of its rear end. Last episode I remember watching was one where Kaiba goes off on a rant to most of the supporting cast in a scene that was probably supposed to be funny but ended up being really really awkward.
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VJeff posted:This is the key thing that all the other Abridged parodies, including Yu-Gi-Oh, the one that started this whole nutty trend, just seem to lack: a genuine unabashed affection for the source material. All the others Abridged serieses I've watched are too busy shittalking the thing that's responsible for their existence that they forget to actually be entertaining. That's the big problem I have with the entire "Abridged" series thing. Everyone's so focused on cranking them out so they can get views and by getting views, they get that sweet, sweet ad revenue. The main reason Yu Gi Oh and DBZ work is that it's been long enough that people can be nostalgic about the series. You can't be nostalgic and go "Boy I remember back in the day when Attack on Titan did some crazy stuff" when "back in the day" was about 4 weeks after the episode aired.
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