I watched about half of Super before going back and starting my DB/DBZ watch through so I already know Frieza is back, so I guess I am good to go!
I finally got to see Broly. Fucking ruled. I appreciated actually making Broly a character, and even thought the resolution was a little lacking IMO, I don’t mind it as much as I thought I would. The fight scenes were on another level though. Holy shit that was entertaining. I HAAAAATE what they did to Bardock though. I truly hate it. And I get why they did but I also don’t lol. Like, Toriyama was involved in BOTH previous tellings/portrayals of Bardock’s story, so why did he suddenly change it up so much?
Toriyama really wasn't involved in the original Bardock television special. That one was totally Toei, but Toriyama liked the Bardock design and used it in one Dragon Ball manga panel during a Freeza flashback. Dragon Ball Minus was the first true Toriyama take on Bardock, and that is what was adapted in the Broly film. That being said, I'm with you. I prefer the previous Bardock / Goku origin story a lot more.
God, that speech was....something else. Seems like a super odd guy. I never thought about this stuff existing in this sort of culture but now that it's been brought up, it makes complete sense. Especially with this guy who apparently had a crazy big fan base and a lot of influence (which is the first I'm hearing about it).
Finally got around to watching the new movie. Loved that they basically split it into the first half being the story and practically the entire second half being the fight. Favorite part was definitely them leading Broly into Frieza as a distraction lol. And Goku amping himself up to start fighting Broly
Just got to the Cell Games in my watch-through. I think this is around where I started watching as a kid. I'm so hyped. It's now been over a year from when I started with Dragon Ball.
I'm extremely cautious with this haha. I'm in the Tournament of Power now, and I started my full re-watch in December 2016. I'm sad I'm almost done!
My pace has slowed down now that my roommate and I are living in different apartments with our girlfriends, but we try to watch a disc a week. Hopefully I finish in 2019 lol
Have you guys done a full rewatch of GT? I feel like I watched it one time all the way through as a kid, but I've never really gone back to it. Some of it just really drags for no apparent reason (they just inexplicably get beat up for multiple episodes instead of just going Super Saiyan and being done with it haha).
I just did about a year ago. Definitely agree on it dragging at times. There are some good points to it, but I’m not too into it overall.
According to Geekdom, it looks like the Super anime is confirmed to already be in production and will most likely return in July or so. Also claims he is fairly certain they will not retell the Broly but the animator from the film is on board. All good things. I’d say we should probably be getting an announcement next month.
Just saw an ad for DBS Broly coming to Blu-ray soon. It said "With over 45 minutes of bonus footage" so that makes me excited.
Oh yeah, I can see how that's misleading but that's kind of what I thought it would be. BoG had some extra scenes than the theatrical version I guess, but I definitely didn't expect a version of this movie that was 45 minutes longer. haha. The Frieza movie hardly had any bonus features. I wonder if Broly's voice actor will be in all of the extras considering everything that's happened with him recently.
I think a lot of people were excited for potential extra scenes on the home release because we were told Toriyama’s original script would have been about a 3 hour movie. So Funi’s wording in the trailer gave some false hope initially haha.