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ThatBasqueGuy posted:16 was still way strong regardless, though. Granted, not a cyborg. He was still eclipsed by Vegeta/Trunks when they came out of the RoSaT, though.
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New Leaf posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP75aZvWVdw
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Feb 21, 2015 21:29
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Esroc posted:Dende's Dragon Balls were modified versions of Kami's, not brand new. It's still dumb when you consider that you can adjust the timelimit for how long the Balls go inert for. So if there WAS Negative energy just... I dunno... don't make the balls usable until the energy disappears?
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Feb 21, 2015 22:09
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Endorph posted:my favorite part of this opening is that it makes z-era master roshi look like a huge badass He was a badass in that movie. I like it when Roshi fights.
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Feb 21, 2015 22:21
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New Leaf posted:Rock the Dragon or nothing. This was the opening I remember from when I first saw DBZ as a kid. It annoyed me because almost none of it was actually in the series, it was mostly movie footage. VanSandman posted:He was a badass in that movie. I like it when Roshi fights. The first Kamehameha was one of the best scenes in all of Dragonball canon.
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Feb 21, 2015 22:28
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Hijo Del Helmsley posted:This was the opening I remember from when I first saw DBZ as a kid. It annoyed me because almost none of it was actually in the series, it was mostly movie footage. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdQLaHEpx9w BEEF CAKE ROSHI!
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Feb 21, 2015 22:34
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Endorph posted:my favorite part of this opening is that it makes z-era master roshi look like a huge badass It's kind of funny how pretty much all of that opening is from poo poo that isn't in the series, and for that matter didn't actually happen. I guess it avoids spoilers!
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Feb 21, 2015 23:42
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Justin_Brett posted:It's kind of funny how pretty much all of that opening is from poo poo that isn't in the series, and for that matter didn't actually happen. I guess it avoids spoilers! Most of those clips are from Dead Zone, World's Strongest and Tree of Might. They didn't happen canonically in the series, but they also weren't made specifically for the opening, if that's what you're implying.
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Feb 21, 2015 23:53
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Justin_Brett posted:It's kind of funny how pretty much all of that opening is from poo poo that isn't in the series, and for that matter didn't actually happen. I guess it avoids spoilers! Except for the part where it ends with SS Vegeta, SS Trunks, and SS Goku.
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Feb 22, 2015 00:02
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I like Goku doing all the handsprings then falling on his neck, it kind of sums of his goofy character well. Nappa tearing up a jet with his hands also did a lot for me before I knew anything about the show, because holy gently caress that dude must be strong.
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Feb 22, 2015 00:19
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Was Goku the first protagonist in the history of manga who was dumb, ate a lot and secretly had great strength that stemmed from him caring for his friends? It's an archetype now, but it had to start somewhere.
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PiedPiper posted:Was Goku the first protagonist in the history of manga who was dumb, ate a lot and secretly had great strength that stemmed from him caring for his friends? It's an archetype now, but it had to start somewhere. Well, he's more or less just a cut-and-pasted Son Wukong from Journey to the West.
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Feb 22, 2015 00:39
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Here's something I've been wondering about shonen manga/anime: How long have "ki" attacks and energy attacks been a thing? Kamehamehas, Hadokens, whatever. I know that in Taoism and such, there are metaphysical beliefs about chi and prana and so on. But in terms of being depicted in comics, movies, video games, etc., how long has this been a trope? Because off the top of my head, I can't really think of anything before the 1980s. Supposedly the Hadoken from Street Fighter was inspired by the Kamehameha from Dragon Ball, but where did Toriyama get the idea?
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PiedPiper posted:Was Goku the first protagonist in the history of manga who was dumb, ate a lot and secretly had great strength that stemmed from him caring for his friends? It's an archetype now, but it had to start somewhere. If he wasn't the first, he drat sure made it popular.
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Feb 22, 2015 00:41
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New Leaf posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP75aZvWVdw You guys still have a chance with Revival of F.
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Feb 22, 2015 00:43
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Rock the Dragon is awesome and I'm glad I'm so heavily invested in DBZ and take it so seriously, but it feels off, in a way. Especially so for the comedy oriented Battle of the Gods. It's just so much edgier and less "fun adventure" then Cha-La Head-Cha-La.
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Feb 22, 2015 00:47
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Blue Star posted:Here's something I've been wondering about shonen manga/anime: Fist of the North Star is older than Dragon Ball and had stuff like Ki but no Kamehamehas or anything, and there's a bunch of old Karate manga with similar concepts, plus Kung Fu movies. Though really magical martial arts is a really, really, old trope that dates back to old Chinese Wuxia stories and plays.
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Feb 22, 2015 00:58
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Neo_Crimson posted:Fist of the North Star is older than Dragon Ball and had stuff like Ki but no Kamehamehas or anything, and there's a bunch of old Karate manga with similar concepts, plus Kung Fu movies. Though really magical martial arts is a really, really, old trope that dates back to old Chinese Wuxia stories and plays. I know wuxia has been a thing for centuries, but I'm talking about things like glowing blue/yellow energy beams that characters shoot from their hands and what-not. It seems weirdly modern. This isn't some pressing mystery that I want answered immediately; it's just interesting.
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Some Numbers posted:Most of those clips are from Dead Zone, World's Strongest and Tree of Might. They didn't happen canonically in the series, but they also weren't made specifically for the opening, if that's what you're implying. Yeah that's what I mean, those aren't canon and thus didn't technically actually happen.
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Blue Star posted:I know wuxia has been a thing for centuries, but I'm talking about things like glowing blue/yellow energy beams that characters shoot from their hands and what-not. It seems weirdly modern. This isn't some pressing mystery that I want answered immediately; it's just interesting. Ki is part of Chinese wuxia for a long time. The modern codifier is Jin Yong and in one of his stories, there's a martial art that basically lets you use ki like a lightsaber but from six fingers at a once. This was serialized from 1963 to 1966 so it's a pretty old story element.
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Feb 22, 2015 03:10
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Hijo Del Helmsley posted:This was the opening I remember from when I first saw DBZ as a kid. It annoyed me because almost none of it was actually in the series, it was mostly movie footage. Aye, I remember Cartoon Network had a bunch of advertisements for DBZ which were actually pretty vague, but it looked different from anything I'd seen so I thought I'd try it out. I sit down on Monday evening at either 5pm or 5.30; "Rock the Dragon" starts up; 9-year old mind blown. Of course, what happened after that was every other channel tried to copy it, to varying degrees of success. The one I'll always remember is Fox Kids getting Sailor Moon... and trying to advertise it as a shonen action series. Wheat Loaf fucked around with this message at 03:32 on Feb 22, 2015 |
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As a kid, I thought Burter was the coolest looking member of the Ginyu force, so I was really looking forward to seeing him fight and kept getting pissed when they would keep restarting the show just before his fight. Then the show finally continued and he got chumped in like, one episode. 
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Rhonne posted:As a kid, I thought Burter was the coolest looking member of the Ginyu force, so I was really looking forward to seeing him fight and kept getting pissed when they would keep restarting the show just before his fight. Then the show finally continued and he got chumped in like, one episode. How could he be the coolest? He wasn't short and orange.
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New Leaf posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP75aZvWVdw I remember the first time I heard that version I felt so ripped off because this was the one Canadian's got https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEl9skiNc88
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Countblanc posted:How could he be the coolest? He wasn't short and orange. You don't get it man, he was the fastest in the UNIVERSE!
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Feb 22, 2015 05:01
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Ekusukariba posted:I remember the first time I heard that version I felt so ripped off because this was the one Canadian's got lmao
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Feb 22, 2015 05:14
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So after way too long, I finally watched Battle of the Gods. That movie was pretty amazing, I'm glad I didn't get spoiled on like half of what happened (mostly the first half).
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Feb 22, 2015 05:24
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I think Pilaf and his gang are my favorite part of that movie.
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Ekusukariba posted:I remember the first time I heard that version I felt so ripped off because this was the one Canadian's got WOW. That's.. really special. Why the hell do they even have an alternate intro? I do like the inclusion of Krillin blasting Vegeta through the chest, though.
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Is it time for the Big Green dub again? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-DVmgRb0v0 Westwood Media and AB Groupe later began production on English dubs of the Dragon Ball/Z/GT movies and TV specials. However, YTV opted not to broadcast them, so without Canadian broadcast rules to take into consideration, Westwood and AB Groupe decided not to produce these dubs in Canada or license the rights to previous dubs of the movies; instead took a notoriously cheap route and had these dubs recorded in an unknown foreign country. These dubs are notorious for having bad voice acting and strange character nomenclature, for example Krillin is named Clearin, Bulma is named Blooma, and any instance of the word "Saiyan" is replaced with "warrior". The scripts were based upon AB Groupe's French dubs of the films. These dubs have been nicknamed the "Big Green" dub, because Piccolo's name in these dubs was in fact "Big Green." The AB Groupe and Westwood Media dubs of these films were broadcast on Cartoon Network UK's Toonami block, and were distributed on Television and on video around Europe. The "Big Green" dub of Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest (changed to "The World's Strongest Guy"), Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might (changed to "Super Battle in the World"), and Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug (changed to "Super Saiya Son Goku") were released on VHS and DVD, but none of the other movies from this dub received a home release due to poor sales of the aforementioned movies. Firstborn fucked around with this message at 06:56 on Feb 22, 2015 |
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Firstborn posted:Is it time for the Big Green dub again? I really want to see all of the Big Green Movies. If only just for stuff on par with Paragus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl2-xuUffi4
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Momomo posted:So after way too long, I finally watched Battle of the Gods. That movie was pretty amazing, I'm glad I didn't get spoiled on like half of what happened (mostly the first half). I just showed Battle of the Gods to my buddy and we had an absolute blast with it. Really really great movie.
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Ekusukariba posted:I remember the first time I heard that version I felt so ripped off because this was the one Canadian's got This was actually the later one. We got Rock the Dragon for the show's initial run through the Saiyan Saga I know that much for sure. Firstborn posted:Is it time for the Big Green dub again? You can't drop that poo poo without bringing in the best DBZ dub. Saiya people and all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wG84efH4sw Caros fucked around with this message at 09:12 on Feb 22, 2015 |
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Caros posted:This was actually the later one. We got Rock the Dragon for the show's initial run through the Saiyan Saga I know that much for sure. I only remember the Rock the Dragon song showing up when Goku comes back and kicks the crap out of Nappa and maybe one or two other times. I remember it since it came out of nowhere and it went immediately back to the crappy Dragon Ball chanting in the next episode.
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Ekusukariba posted:I remember the first time I heard that version I felt so ripped off because this was the one Canadian's got Holy poo poo nostalgia rush New Leaf posted:WOW. That's.. really special. Why the hell do they even have an alternate intro? I do like the inclusion of Krillin blasting Vegeta through the chest, though. Actually that's not even the right intro, seems somebody took the time to recut it for some reason. Here's the real version. It's exactly the same footage as Rock the Dragon, including Nappa tearing through jets like butter, easily my favourite part. SatansBestBuddy fucked around with this message at 09:49 on Feb 22, 2015 |
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Feb 22, 2015 09:43
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I have a personal weak spot for this DBZ intro, it goes full-on buttrock. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiZWmUsG3ls
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Zedd posted:I have a personal weak spot for this DBZ intro, it goes full-on buttrock. This one has a few fun clips and the music, but man, it's like they tried to find all of the worst animations from the Namek, Freiza and Garlic Jr. sagas and jammed them all together into a minute-long clip.
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surf rock posted:This one has a few fun clips and the music, but man, it's like they tried to find all of the worst animations from the Namek, Freiza and Garlic Jr. sagas and jammed them all together into a minute-long clip.
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I always liked We Gotta Power, which no one ever talks about. Although my favorite Hironobu Kageyama is probably M.D. Geist's end song.
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Zedd posted:I have a personal weak spot for this DBZ intro, it goes full-on buttrock. I do actually like that song, but I've always hated that clip of Yamcha running at around 00:45. It just looks so cheesy to me.
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