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SSJup81 03-27-2009 04:16 AM

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Originally Posted by superheel (Post 688816)
It'll be awesome if they will reboot the whole series. But I have a horrible feeling that this thing is another april fool's joke, like the Dragon Ball AF before.

No, because the information has been out too long, there's even a teaser out for it and the information is up on Toei's official site. That's way too much effort for a holiday that's not celebrated in Japan. Besides, they just came out with that DBZ special last November, which takes place 2 years after the Buu Saga and the timing of when DBZ starts up next month seems almost like an anniversary thing. DBZ started, in Japan, in April of 1989...here it is 2009, the series, in general, is still ultimately popular over there, and also the 20th year since it started.

nobora 03-27-2009 05:07 AM

^_^ YES! DBZ

koikurasu 03-27-2009 05:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Tangram (Post 687655)
From what I've gathered, it started out as a plan to simply remaster it. Higher quality video and sound. Then, someone said, "Hey, let's fix some of the funky dialogue." Then, someone else said, "While we're at it, let's take out this episode." And then it ended up as a new series.

Lol, that makes a lot of sense. I could see that happening.

Jaydelart 03-27-2009 06:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Kanji_The_Wanderer (Post 687633)
As much as I love DBZ and all, I don't understand the point of this? What kind of revision could the story have? Awhile ago they remastered every episode and released it on television, what else needs to be done?

I don't think it needs a remake, it's perfect just the way it was (is).

I just prefer it in English over it's Japanese dubbing, IMO they did a much better job.

I'll have to see what this "DB:Kai" is going to entail.

I'm a little curious, but not all that much.

I agree; I prefer the English dubbing over the Japanese voice-acting too. Though, looking a little deeper, I think it's somewhat of a matter of bias. If I were to grow up liking DBZ with the Japanese dubbing (which is unlikely ~ but hypothetically speaking...), I'd probably be saying the opposite.



As for the new movie...
Initially, I was very critical of it - and I still am - but I have to admit, it does look pretty cool (with the exception of Piccolo). I'd probably watch it... I just wouldn't look at it as a true DBZ movie.




About the filler episodes...
Am I the only one that really didn't care? Seriously, I enjoyed the show. I think people just complain a little too much.


In regards to which series is the best?...
I liked DB and DBZ. GT was a little "eh..." for me.

DB was a little more down-to-earth; a little more fun to watch. Like SSJup said, the storyline revolved around skill and adventure and less around power. Because of this, I feel the characters had more personality.

DBZ was more colorful than DB -- both literally and figuratively. It had intense action and good suspense. It was also longer, allowing for more variety, in terms of villains and events.

SSJup81 03-27-2009 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Jaydelart (Post 688940)
About the filler episodes...
Am I the only one that really didn't care? Seriously, I enjoyed the show. I think people just complain a little too much.

For me, as I mentioned, it was how the filler was done, not the fact that it had filler that was annoying. They extended stuff out way too much. They extended canon arcs out for far too long. The Freiza Saga is still a headache. Five minutes until Namek blows...20 eps later, they're still fighting!! Yes, I did exaggerate that, but that's w hat it felt like. :p
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In regards to which series is the best?...
I liked DB and DBZ. GT was a little "eh..." for me.
For me, it's definitely Dragon Ball. I like Z too. GT, I liked how it started, because it was very Dragon Ball-ish. An adventure to search for the Dragon Balls and meeting new people and beings while searching for it. It became too DBZish for my liking later on.
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DB was a little more down-to-earth; a little more fun to watch. Like SSJup said, the storyline revolved around skill and adventure and less around power. Because of this, I feel the characters had more personality.
Yep yep. I prefer skill and adventure to power power power power, ki blast ki blast ki blast. I like DBZ, but that aspect started to bug me after a while, even though I did like the DBZ characters; ironically, I wasn't a big fan of most of the villains for DBZ. I preferred the DB villains. Seemed more "real" to me or something. One person actually told me that I probably liked DB more than DBZ is because I'm female. Like that has anything to do with it, probably. lol
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B]DBZ[/b] was more colorful than DB -- both literally and figuratively. It had intense action and good suspense. It was also longer, allowing for more variety, in terms of villains and events.
Too long! >< It may have had variety, but it got annoying that these villains just wouldn't die or kept having other forms, even if the fight scenes were cool. I just wished it didn't take so long to get to the point where Z is concerned.

Main thing I did like for Z, regarding the Freiza saga, was how much hatred and dislike Vegeta had towards Freiza. Wish they could've kept in more background story to show what Vegeta went through as opposed to just a small glimpse. I think the Freiza Saga is when I really became a Vegeta fan.

SceptileMaster 03-28-2009 02:13 AM

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Originally Posted by SHAD0W (Post 688598)
Z was still the best series though, Right?

Well I personally enjoyed Z more.

SHAD0W 04-04-2009 10:25 PM

I hope y'all haven't forgotten that THE NEW SERIES STARTS IN HALF AN HOUR!

Tangram 04-04-2009 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by SHAD0W (Post 693482)
I hope y'all haven't forgotten that THE NEW SERIES STARTS IN HALF AN HOUR!

I'll be watching on KeyHole TV.

SHAD0W 04-05-2009 12:02 AM

Its On Now!!!

Edit: argh! major laggggg! Keyhole TV kept bugging out cuz of the ammount of viewers!

SSJup81 04-05-2009 11:05 AM

Aw, wish I could've seen it. So, how was the first episode compared to how it was originally?


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