Don’t try to frighten us with your sorcerer’s ways, Cthulhu Frink. Your sad devotion to that ancient feature has not helped you conjure up lost websites, or given you clairvoyance enough to find the revisionists’ hidden fort-*starts choking*
[Webmaster would then say:]
Enough of this! Frink, release him!
[TV’s Frink will then say:]
As you wish. *releases Danfun128 from Force Choke*
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…I heard that from somewhere.
I vaguely remember hearing “Help me Obi-Wan. You’re our only hope.” when I was very little. It had to have been either the 95 faces vhs or the 97 se vhs, or a tv broadcast of either the original or the 97se.
I’m BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!
What did I miss during the last three weeks?
For those of you curious of the progress made in my marathoning, here is the last episode of the series I’m watching.
Whoniverse: Big Finish Doctor Who “The Mutant Phase” (Part 4)
Dragon Ball: Z “Freeza’s Secret Weapon! The Devilish Ginyu Special Corps”
I don’t think I will be able to post for a few weeks. Technically this is day 1 but whatever. I wish I could talk about my issues, but I have my reasons for keeping to myself…see you later.
Well, mom had one of her spontaneous exorcisms on me, because of…problems. I don’t feel like anything good came out of the experience, and she thinks I should be “scared shitless” because of said issue. (My mom is a master of the Precision F-Strike. She usually doesn’t swear, but on the very infrequent occasion that she does it definitely makes an impact). I won’t say what the issue is, for fear of being banned or misunderstood, but I will say that demanding that “spirits of redacted come out of my son!” doesn’t help matters. The worst part is that although she claims that she did the exorcism because she saw a demon last night, she wasn’t far from the truth. I have been having…issues…which I would prefer not to talk about. At the same time I know she didn’t handle the situation properly. Without saying what the issue is, what can you suggest that will help me A. Feel better, and B. change.
edit: lol 1138 posts
Under normal circumstances I or someone else would put the Bunny there, but it wouldn’t be appropriate, would it?
Is that story true?
I don’t care what it is, I hate “clever” terms like Liemax.
It’s almost as bad as sheeple.
That’s what they want you to think. WAKE UP!!!
edit: Can somebody tell me how to fix this post?
I’m almost finished with the wedding dress filler. Why did the anime writers think a sexist mountain should exist? 😆
For DBZ and DBGT, I’m going to follow the guide here, all in Japanese. Whatever decision I make after that depends on how well I can handle DBZ’s pacing.
Edit: aaaaaaaaaaaaand that’s a wrap for original DB.
Tell me something I don’t know…
This is probably shopped, but it sums up the last two weeks nicely. 😉
I hope that’s shopped. Notice the little child on the right?
Sonic sunglasses are nothing. Sonic sunglasses are nobody.
I finished episode 132, and feel comfortable watching DB movie’s 3 and 4. Movie 3 seems to suffer from the same problem that Movie 1 does…warp speed pacing. Movie 2 was a little on the fast side as well, but the pacing is much better. I have yet to see movie 4 and episode 133 on…
edit: I think Movie 3 is actually worse than Movie 1. At least Movie 1 only adapted one saga (Emperor Pilaf saga). Movie 3 took portions of the Tournament Saga, the Red Ribbon Army Arc, and the Tien Shinhan Saga, put them in a blender, and called it a day.
edit 2: I’ve seen enough of Movie 4 to have an opinion on it. I like that it isn’t as rushed as Movie 1 is. There were some odd moments though, like Android #8 attacking Goku and then saying he hates fighting, Muten Roshi’s voice is weird, and some of the music is off. Also, Goku’s first Kamehameha is too big imo. Also, the General Blue of Movie 3 and the Red Ribbon Arc would never have let soldiers arrest him for his execution like his Movie 4 counterpart does. These complains may be nitpicks, but the inconsistency turns me off a little.
Movies 1-3 are consistent with each other, but 1 and 3 try to adapt previous plots and rush through them. Movie 2 uses a plot from the series as a base, but most of it is original. Movie 4 has a better pace than 1 and 3, and possibly to a lesser extent 2, but the inconsistencies with the main series makes it harder to enjoy then it should be. Then again, should I be this critical? It’s not like the LOTR movies are ultra faithful to the books. xD
So, grading the original DB movies, 2 and 4 are the good ones, 1 and 3 are the bad ones.
What is this, the Star Trek movie curse?
I’m tempted to use that quote out of context in my signature xD.
Yes, there is a difference. There is also several more audio tracks. I wish I could explain more, but
a. there are people more qualified
b. I should be in bed by now.
I have finished episode 114. It’s amazing how silly the show was at the beginning and how serious it is at this point in time.
On another note, I tried registering for the Kanzenshuu forums, but I haven’t passed the manual activation. I wonder why…
I guess I’ll ask the questions I was going to ask there here.
At what point do the funimation dvds stop having macroblocking issues (As in, releases after a certain year? Or do all the dvds of a certain range have macroblocking?)? Are all of the “Big Green” dvds open matte? How is the quality of the “Big Green” dvds compared to the “Ultimate Uncut” 1-3 movies? Are there any good open matte releases of DB Movie 2 (most recent set has half the framerate. The older releases most likely have macroblocking. And of course, Dragon Box is cropped.) Which movies have no issue being open matte? Which of them have minor issues (only effect a couple scenes, and can be cropped or zoomed in as necessary)? Which of them have major issues (effects the vast majority of scenes) to the point that cropped is better? Last but not least, as bad as they are, do the “Big Green” and Speedy dubs of the movies and specials (not counting DBZ 1-3. Uncut Ocean wins in accuracy.) have moments where they are more accurate then the corresponding Funi dub?
Why couldn’t you ask him to give the tape to someone on this forum who has proper vhs transfer equipment?
Since the forum migration has come and gone, shouldn’t this thread be locked?
You seriously have that? While I don’t have any desire for it, I wouldn’t be surprised if others want it. Of course, you know the rules; you can’t post direct links on the thread. Hint at where you plan to uploaded, and if anyone wants more detail than that, they can PM you.
I have just finished episode 78. I’m going to take a break from the main series so I can see the four DB movies.
If someone said that episode 78 was the last episode of the whole franchise, I probably would have believed them, as it seemed like almost everything was resolved. It was pretty emotional seeing Oopa’s dad get raised to life, along with Grandpa Gohan’s brief appearence. Of course, as the series goes on, I’m sure it will get more epic, and resurrection-by-dragon-balls won’t make as much of an impact xD.
edit:
Just finished “Curse of the Blood Rubies” in Japanese. Honestly, it was a little rushed 😛
Apparently it is the only movie of the original DB to have a dub using the new Funi cast. I’m going to give that a try.
Am I right in saying that the Funi dubs for the other three DB movies share the same, um, “quality” as the actual series dub?
edit 2: Ermm, the voices sound better than the Funi series dub, but it isn’t very faithful to the subtitles. Having decent voices is nice, but if your translating something and it isn’t accurate to the source material and the bad translation isn’t popular enough to be considered informative to the fandom at large…
I stopped the dub at the 10 minute mark, btw.
So, one movie down. Three to go…before I watch…filler. 😛
edit 3: I finished the first two movies. I’m going to hold off on the other two until later, considering there are characters from episodes I haven’t watched yet.
If the Dragon Box and the Level sets use the same audio source, I'd bet the Level sets would sound just a little better coming from the Level sets because of being lossless.
By combining, I mean overlaying the details of both video sources (downscaling the Level sets to SD) to get the best of both worlds. There might be more detain in the Level sets in some scenes, and the Dragon Box on other scenes. Basically align the two sources and have them overlay each other, then make sure everything matches.
You have 1-17 with Level video and broadcast audio? I know I haven't finished the original Dragon Ball yet (currently up to but not including episode 77) but you got my attention. How did you get the broadcast audio? I thought kei17 had most of it locked up.
Can you PM me where I can find this awesome combination? If you can, can you please only do so if said combination has subs?
On a different note, I've been listening to clips of the various dubs of DB as I go through the jp subbed version. Obviously the Funi dub is the easiest to find, and honestly I think it would be the worst if it weren't for Hamony Gold's dub changing the names of everyone. The Blue Water dub is bad, but still better than the Funi dub. Of the dubs, the Funi/BLT dub seems to be the best one, but it only covers the first 13 episodes. Of course, I haven't heard a single segment of the Harmony Gold, Animax, or Filipino dub, so as of the dubs I heard even a little of...
Japanese with subs > Funimation/BLT > Blue Water > Funimation
What do you think of this opinion?
On yet another note, is it possible to combine sources to get the best detail of both? Like the DBZ Dragon Box (Funi or Toei, it doesn't matter) and the Level Blu-Rays? Or the Funi/BLT VHS tapes and the first saga set (VHS of course has lower resolution, but the saga sets are poorly encoded)?
ADC? Who? What?
...and what do you mean by custom? Do you mean a hybrid of the saga set/blue brick subtitles and fansubbed next-episode-previews and translation of the Japanese credits?
Is that a spoiler?
Also, been there, done that.
Sorry SilverWook...and thanks for the new signature material :P
