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Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 8:03 pm
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Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 8:09 pm
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Eloquent Conversationalist
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Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 8:11 pm
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Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 8:16 pm
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Eloquent Conversationalist
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Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 8:26 pm
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Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 8:42 pm
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Disclaimer: My best friend was obsessed with the show for more than a decade, so I have more knowledge on topic than I have any right to, and I find myself with opinions that I am quite sure are programmed responses. That being said:
I think, just based on preview, the main character is WAY to calm and serious sounding to be Goku. The Japanese version (a slightly less/more annoying version) pictures him as quite loud and rather annoying since the voice actor (a female, Masako Nozawa) who played him as a child was allowed to play him through adulthood as well.
I think that when a movie is made, at least one person should be doing it for artistic reasons, but it seems to me that this movie is being made for 100% money reasons.
I can only extend my pity to Akira Toriyama, who NEVER wanted to be and action writer, who's heart was and always will be in comedy (violent comedy, I will admit).
It was greed that made Dragon Ball Z turn from being an ok anime into the thing that so many loathe. It's repetitious nature and how the characters are constantly passing THE MOST POWERFUL STATE EVER is what caused many people to hate it. Toriyama realized that it was getting to this point during the cell saga and that's why he killed Goku and brought in the Teen Gohan section. You may notice that this part returned to a very similar feel as the Dragon Ball series. Well, in Japan, Gokuu was everyone's favorite character (in America, Vegeta is far more popular) and the fans screamed in outrage, sales went down. The bosses who were in charge of everything made Toriyama bring Gokuu back. For money, which they were afraid of losing.
So, after that long and pointless rant, I must agree with that old African proverb, as exemplified by Geoffry Chaucer in the Pardoner's tale: Avarice is the root of all evil.
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Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 8:53 pm
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Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 9:14 pm
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Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 11:01 pm
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Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 11:53 pm
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Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 11:56 pm
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Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 6:07 am
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Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:38 am
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Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 10:18 am
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Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 11:17 am
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