Fearless Zamasu said:
Which version of Goku was on M3?
As in relation to his canon self? M3 Goku seems to be a completely separate entity to his canon self, given the implications of the timeline and M4 seemingly being a sequel to it. Comparing him to his Namek self or himself during his training on the way there seems the most comparable in terms of power, plus he's wearing the same gi as he wore on his trip there and during the battle on Namek.
Now it's time for DBZ Movie 4 - Super Saiyan Son Goku/Lord Slug
I'll cut to the chase and say this is easily the worst of the first 5 movies and one of the worst DBZ movies overall. Whilst the others drew a lot of plotlines and events from canon content, this one ramps it up to over 9,000 with a villain who's a complete clone of Piccolo Daimao in all but the extent of their goals, as well as to an extent 23rd TB Piccolo. Evil Namekian, wishes for eternal youth, wrecks Goku before he gains a power up, can turn giant, got their stomach ripped open by Goku forcing his way through it...a complete rehash.
Along with this, the movie also felt like either a repeat of previous films or a complete step down from the same material offered before. The cast featured compared to M3 was far lower, whilst the plot of a villain wanting to slowly change the Earth and being beaten by a Genki-Dama were done in the previous one, and the one before it in the case of the latter.
I'll admit that it did have some positives. Toei's take on what a Super Saiyan may look like was pretty interesting for the time and it was good to see Piccolo kill a henchman again after not getting enough spotlight for 2 movies in a row, though it's not saying much when Dorodabo didn't do anything of worth to make this a good Piccolo moment, especially not when the next film would improve on that aspect threefold.
Overall score - 1/10. Only worth watching if it's the Abridged version.