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That's why we're on M12 now. 
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:rock :rock :rockPaladin said:
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M12 was almost perfectly executed! So i'll watch it on sub since I already watched it on dub like a dozen times. :bitch
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Fearless Review of M12:
Definitely the best movie of DBZ IMO. With 3 classics fight from Goku/Janemba, Vegeta/Janemba and Gogeta/Janemba despite it was a short fights, the moves were awesome. Another positive of this movie is how SSjin3 Goku is such a badass and credit to Sean Schemmel with that scream and great effort from him. Goku and Vegeta played their role very well as rivals leading to their fusion than the story series IMO. There are funny moments with the great Veku and nearly survived from 30 mins against Janemba. Speaking of Janemba, he had some coolest movesets and techniques in the series that looks original.
Rate: 9/10
Definitely the best movie of DBZ IMO. With 3 classics fight from Goku/Janemba, Vegeta/Janemba and Gogeta/Janemba despite it was a short fights, the moves were awesome. Another positive of this movie is how SSjin3 Goku is such a badass and credit to Sean Schemmel with that scream and great effort from him. Goku and Vegeta played their role very well as rivals leading to their fusion than the story series IMO. There are funny moments with the great Veku and nearly survived from 30 mins against Janemba. Speaking of Janemba, he had some coolest movesets and techniques in the series that looks original.
Rate: 9/10
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Fat Janemba was a useless piece of shit and supposedly the strongest villain Goku ever saw. BUllshit. Super Janemba is cool. The yell bad words at the glass was dumb. Pikkon could have been used better. The release of all the villains could have been used better as well. We could have had some epic fights. Bastards.
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I didn't know that Gohan and Videl are in relationship in this movie lol.
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Now for Movie 13 - Ryu-ken Explosion! If Goku doesn't, who will?!/Wrath of the Dragon
There are mixed feelings I have regarding this. On one hand, it's plot's premise and the way it's original character of Tapion is used would make it one of the better films, with Tapion bonding with Trunks being something the movies never really offer time for. On the other hand, the powerscaling and fights in the film is completely flawed. I don't consider SS2 Goku/Vegeta > Ultimate Gohan to be much of a deal breaker in hindsight, now that Super did the same for their pre-God selves (not to mention the Inside Boo and SS2 Goku VS Pure Boo filler), but having dumb things such as Goku not going SS3 as soon as he got stomped was stupid. Hildegarn's ability was somewhat interesting, but overall finding it's weakness by striking the moment he materialises was a pointless gimmick overall when it was a power up and new technique that won the battle. It was also fairly stupid how the credits tried to imply that Tapion and Future Trunks have the same sword, even though that makes absolutely no sense, not to mention Tapion's character arc being concluded by a time reset is terrible writing.
The art continued to be as good as previous films, if not better. The palette and designs for each character was top notch and the Ryu-ken explosion was a very cool shot.
Overall, I'd give it about a 2/10, maybe 2.5 (3 approx). The movie had a good premise and an interesting take on it's new character, though a few plot decisions leave the 2nd part being asspull after asspull. My only defence for that is at least it wasn't as bad as the Broly is MAXIMUM Trilogy.
Next time, we take a short break from DBZ to review The Path to Power.
There are mixed feelings I have regarding this. On one hand, it's plot's premise and the way it's original character of Tapion is used would make it one of the better films, with Tapion bonding with Trunks being something the movies never really offer time for. On the other hand, the powerscaling and fights in the film is completely flawed. I don't consider SS2 Goku/Vegeta > Ultimate Gohan to be much of a deal breaker in hindsight, now that Super did the same for their pre-God selves (not to mention the Inside Boo and SS2 Goku VS Pure Boo filler), but having dumb things such as Goku not going SS3 as soon as he got stomped was stupid. Hildegarn's ability was somewhat interesting, but overall finding it's weakness by striking the moment he materialises was a pointless gimmick overall when it was a power up and new technique that won the battle. It was also fairly stupid how the credits tried to imply that Tapion and Future Trunks have the same sword, even though that makes absolutely no sense, not to mention Tapion's character arc being concluded by a time reset is terrible writing.
The art continued to be as good as previous films, if not better. The palette and designs for each character was top notch and the Ryu-ken explosion was a very cool shot.
Overall, I'd give it about a 2/10, maybe 2.5 (3 approx). The movie had a good premise and an interesting take on it's new character, though a few plot decisions leave the 2nd part being asspull after asspull. My only defence for that is at least it wasn't as bad as the Broly is MAXIMUM Trilogy.
Next time, we take a short break from DBZ to review The Path to Power.
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Fearless Review of M13:
This movie is nothing but a highlight for Golu's Dragon Fist IMO. The quality is great and so the story and it seems Tapion is just a copy of Future Trunks IMO since both their world was destroyed and coincidentally have a same swords lol. Hirudegarn is a great concept as a monster something that DBZ lacked but at the end it's all about Golu and the power scalling is fucked up too.
Rate: 4/10
This movie is nothing but a highlight for Golu's Dragon Fist IMO. The quality is great and so the story and it seems Tapion is just a copy of Future Trunks IMO since both their world was destroyed and coincidentally have a same swords lol. Hirudegarn is a great concept as a monster something that DBZ lacked but at the end it's all about Golu and the power scalling is fucked up too.
Rate: 4/10
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A movie copy of M1.
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And we move on to the Path to Power.
Despite it being a retelling of the original series up to the Red Ribbon Arc, I found it to be a lot more enjoyable and less riddled with massive flaws than any of the previous films. It was nice to see the experimentation in art and keeping faithful to the manga's palette. The art style in this movie is perhaps the best Toei's done with the DB series. The only thing I didn't really like about it was Goku's rage boost Kamehameha at the end being Deus ex Machina, though compared to most previous asspulls in movies, this seems like a godsend. I guess you could sum it up as being a film that plays things safe, which allows it to have a lot more rewatch quality than the likes of the low and mid tier movies Piccolo Daimao 2: Electric Slugaloo or the Maximum OverSaiyan Trilogy. Nothing too groundbreaking for the franchise, but a pleasant work nonetheless.
Overall score - 5.5/10 (6/10 approx)
Despite it being a retelling of the original series up to the Red Ribbon Arc, I found it to be a lot more enjoyable and less riddled with massive flaws than any of the previous films. It was nice to see the experimentation in art and keeping faithful to the manga's palette. The art style in this movie is perhaps the best Toei's done with the DB series. The only thing I didn't really like about it was Goku's rage boost Kamehameha at the end being Deus ex Machina, though compared to most previous asspulls in movies, this seems like a godsend. I guess you could sum it up as being a film that plays things safe, which allows it to have a lot more rewatch quality than the likes of the low and mid tier movies Piccolo Daimao 2: Electric Slugaloo or the Maximum OverSaiyan Trilogy. Nothing too groundbreaking for the franchise, but a pleasant work nonetheless.
Overall score - 5.5/10 (6/10 approx)
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I didn't watch the movie but I'll give the GOAT opinion on this one.
The movie sucks since it's just the same version of the very first movie with an extra arc like RRA. The design of Goku is absolutely disgust me it's like GT is trying to shove their version Kid Goku to the original canon Goku which is wrong. Also, Bulma's hair was changed as well for no reason at all. The KHH scene was absolutely cringeworthy with Goku crying like a bitch if anythat it's like Kid Gohan when #16 was destroyed by Cell.
Rate: 0.5/10
The movie sucks since it's just the same version of the very first movie with an extra arc like RRA. The design of Goku is absolutely disgust me it's like GT is trying to shove their version Kid Goku to the original canon Goku which is wrong. Also, Bulma's hair was changed as well for no reason at all. The KHH scene was absolutely cringeworthy with Goku crying like a bitch if anythat it's like Kid Gohan when #16 was destroyed by Cell.
Rate: 0.5/10
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Guess we ought to move on to Battle of Gods now. I know Paladin's been waiting for this 
This movie has a massive edge over the rest due to being a completely original story that doesn't rehash or reboot older material, thus showing far more creativity in it's story than those that came before it. It's new characters, Beerus and Whis, were a particular highlight. They were far better characterised than any previous antagonists in the DBZ Movies and most of the anime/manga, for that matter, being completely beyond the 1-dimensional megalomaniacs the franchise so often has opposing Goku and the rest. On the subject of characterisation, Vegeta's scenes were a particular highlight in showing his character development through the series as a whole. The additions to the lore of the franchise also make it a more intriguing watch than the others, even if some of it can be contradictive, plus one of the main reasons to watch this work by Toei is that they finally let Goku not only lose the climactic battle, but not really even come close to winning. It was also great to see far more of a balance in both the action and comedy tones of the film, with it being rare that those outside of the DB Movies and the first DBZ Movie got the balance right.
As far as art goes, it was pretty good. I prefer the hand drawn art and colouring of the movies from the early to mid 90s as opposed to the cleaner digitally produced art of the modern era (as well as the same for anime as a whole), though it's easily above average as far as typical art/animation goes in both DBZ anime and Toei products, apart from the nauseating CGI during the SSG Goku VS Beerus fight.
The movie indeed has it's flaws in contradictions such as Beerus wiping out the dinosaurs or someone as strong as a Super Saiyan God not being able to destroy all the evil Saiyans even with the time limit of the form. The massive plot haxes and asspulls can be pretty bad as far as general scaling goes, such as Vegeta's "MY BULMA!!" hax or Goku getting a ridiculous power up through what's essentially just holding hands, though as far as a narrative tool, I could defend the former as presenting Vegeta's character development. The large amount of time dedicated to the Pilaf Gang was pretty bad too, though I at least found humour in the odd moment of them here and there.
However, I'd overall say that it was the best movie of the franchise, giving it a score of 6/10. Though it has some major flaws it more than makes up for it by doing something far beyond the capabilities of the other films; revitalising the franchise by adding more material to actually continue the story, along with taking some risks in avoiding the norm as far as it's new characters and conclusion go, thereby making it a standout work in it's field.
Next time, we approach it's absolute letdown of a sequel.
This movie has a massive edge over the rest due to being a completely original story that doesn't rehash or reboot older material, thus showing far more creativity in it's story than those that came before it. It's new characters, Beerus and Whis, were a particular highlight. They were far better characterised than any previous antagonists in the DBZ Movies and most of the anime/manga, for that matter, being completely beyond the 1-dimensional megalomaniacs the franchise so often has opposing Goku and the rest. On the subject of characterisation, Vegeta's scenes were a particular highlight in showing his character development through the series as a whole. The additions to the lore of the franchise also make it a more intriguing watch than the others, even if some of it can be contradictive, plus one of the main reasons to watch this work by Toei is that they finally let Goku not only lose the climactic battle, but not really even come close to winning. It was also great to see far more of a balance in both the action and comedy tones of the film, with it being rare that those outside of the DB Movies and the first DBZ Movie got the balance right.
As far as art goes, it was pretty good. I prefer the hand drawn art and colouring of the movies from the early to mid 90s as opposed to the cleaner digitally produced art of the modern era (as well as the same for anime as a whole), though it's easily above average as far as typical art/animation goes in both DBZ anime and Toei products, apart from the nauseating CGI during the SSG Goku VS Beerus fight.
The movie indeed has it's flaws in contradictions such as Beerus wiping out the dinosaurs or someone as strong as a Super Saiyan God not being able to destroy all the evil Saiyans even with the time limit of the form. The massive plot haxes and asspulls can be pretty bad as far as general scaling goes, such as Vegeta's "MY BULMA!!" hax or Goku getting a ridiculous power up through what's essentially just holding hands, though as far as a narrative tool, I could defend the former as presenting Vegeta's character development. The large amount of time dedicated to the Pilaf Gang was pretty bad too, though I at least found humour in the odd moment of them here and there.
However, I'd overall say that it was the best movie of the franchise, giving it a score of 6/10. Though it has some major flaws it more than makes up for it by doing something far beyond the capabilities of the other films; revitalising the franchise by adding more material to actually continue the story, along with taking some risks in avoiding the norm as far as it's new characters and conclusion go, thereby making it a standout work in it's field.
Next time, we approach it's absolute letdown of a sequel.
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It's her hair color in the original manga.Fearless Man said:
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Mikey said:
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