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Post by supergojita3 on Jan 1, 2019 21:00:25 GMT
I saw the movie. Awesome movie btw
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ahem
new brolly is just so much better than the old one, and I'll let anyone else chime in with their thoughts if you've seen it yet.
I hope this is a moment where goku isn't stated to holding back or some other such nonsense, because he got creamed in this movie.
What are your thoughts guys?
Mine are as follows...ahem.
New brolly is sympathetic and so is paragus to a degree. Brolly really reminds me of goku as a kid not knowing any social skills, being a real wild man, feral in every way and makes friends in some really goku like ways. the parallels are astounding.
The fact that brolly doesn't get upset over something retarded like goku crying is refreshing. I don't really buy his huge power in base and controlled oozaruu, but the comparisons to it and ssj4 were made by a guy named omari.
The fur pelt, the yellow ssj4 goku eyes, the oozaruu power in a humanoid form, and so on.
I'm hoping this arc isn't mangled like the BOG and FNF arcs were, but I bet it will be dragged out like no tomorrow.
The animation was good, the music was good and gogeta blue seemed like a grown up gotenks and not like his movie 12 self. This makes me wish he were used in the black arc. why nerf vegetto? that was pointless. old kai gowasu could have modified them or something at least to make them only last an hour but whatever.
I liked that brolly loved his dad, despite his strict nature. Bah, his pet was a sweet story element, and I bet that will be what the joke in tfs abridged dbz abridged will be as to why brolly awakens.
"what do you mean the dinosaur is dead? I named him bah! Bah is dead! bah bah bah!"
brolly: BAH! BAH! BAH! gRAWR!
how long did freeza hold off brolly? like 3 hours? don't you have to rest for 1 hour between fusions?
over all, a great movie, and I will be seeing it in theaters, and will buy it on blu ray, only to be disapointed by its retelling in super.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2019 3:21:21 GMT
I was going to watch it on Kissanime but they only have a cam version so I'm going to wait to see it in theaters this month. Luckily, there's a theater playing the movie about 30 minutes away from me. The animation is some of the best we've seen in Dragonball so it's definitely worth watching it in theaters if you can.
Based on the synopsis, I think I'll really enjoy the story. It's another low stakes fan service movie with Whis helping out a little towards the end but I like that there aren't any unnecessary retcons and fits better with what's been established. Broly was stranded on a far away planet so it explains why he never had a reason to power-up this much before.
This is the Broly I've always wanted to see. He's still a uncontrollable force of nature in LSSJ but a nice guy who doesn't like to hurt people in base. He does kinda overshadow Gohan though because they're both the friendly Saiyan prodigies but Broly has more potential and doesn't even need to train to achieve it.
The only thing I didn't like (besides the Minus stuff) is Freeza being spared in the end. Gogeta would've killed Broly if it hadn't been for the green alien girl teleporting him away so I'm not sure why they would let Freeza go especially since Goku was willing to kill him the last two times he had revenge. I'm wondering if Toriyama plans to have Freeza reform since he has absolutely no chance of successfully having revenge unless he somehow gathers the Super Dragonballs and learns how to use them. Freeza is more like Team Rocket now and a villain who occasionally gets in the way but isn't much of a threat. I mean he doesn't want immortality anymore and was given a harmless gag wish. It was nice that Broly beat him up for over an hour while Goku and Vegeta kept practicing the Fusion Dance though.
Anyway, those are my thoughts until I see the movie!
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Post by chewys on Jan 10, 2019 21:06:10 GMT
Ok... not gonna lie; i don´t usually like anything from DBS (like... nothing). But this movie was awesome! In fact it´s the best Dragon Ball movie (not as good as Goku´s father TV special), but it´s the best cinema movie for me.
The new Broly rocks so much more than the old one (not that hard anyway). The "mutant" explanation was simple and great. The "why" he was not spotted before was simple and effective. The fights were good (except Gogeta´s, i had a headache after so many greens and blues and BAMs)... but the best thing, by far, was Freezer. He stole the whole movie: his wish of being taller, but just 5 cm because he wanted his men to think he was still growing, epic! I laughed so hard! And when he killed Paragus, the face he made when he said "Broly they killed your father"... just so so so fun. The end, with Goku taking supplies to Broly and their friends, was also very nice.
Really a nice movie. I hope the new saga with XXI... i mean, the new DBS villan from the Kaioshin´s time, is as good. But, considernig how most of Super is quite bad (for me of course) i guess it´s not that likely. But, fingers are crossed.
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Post by supergojita3 on Jan 10, 2019 23:33:22 GMT
Ok... not gonna lie; i don´t usually like anything from DBS (like... nothing). But this movie was awesome! In fact it´s the best Dragon Ball movie (not as good as Goku´s father TV special), but it´s the best cinema movie for me. The new Broly rocks so much more than the old one (not that hard anyway). The "mutant" explanation was simple and great. The "why" he was not spotted before was simple and effective. The fights were good (except Gogeta´s, i had a headache after so many greens and blues and BAMs)... but the best thing, by far, was Freezer. He stole the whole movie: his wish of being taller, but just 5 cm because he wanted his men to think he was still growing, epic! I laughed so hard! And when he killed Paragus, the face he made when he said "Broly they killed your father"... just so so so fun. The end, with Goku taking supplies to Broly and their friends, was also very nice. Really a nice movie. I hope the new saga with XXI... i mean, the new DBS villan from the Kaioshin´s time, is as good. But, considernig how most of Super is quite bad (for me of course) i guess it´s not that likely. But, fingers are crossed. Yeah. another poster brought up the xxi comparison. I hope they take away the god forms for good and use OG forms. but they'll bring them back to sell new toys. Maybe they'll use fat buu for something and...ah who am I kidding. he'll sleep the whole arc, and if they take out the grand kaioshin, they'll put him back so fat buu can be in the last part of Z. That or he stays the same due to taking on the bulk of his essence, and expelling his evil from the buu saga.
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Post by Kor Saiyajinkami on Jan 17, 2019 3:37:09 GMT
OMG just saw the movie in theaters about an hour ago and it was amazing. Bulma wanting to use the wish to appear 5 yrs younger was great, but Frieza wanting to grow 5cm seemed stupid since they just used that gag with Bulma and it's so not in character of Frieza. I'm just gonna headcanon that he said that to hide what his true nefarious wish was.
Broly's pelt being the ear of his only friend that Paragus had attacked to separate Broly from it was touching and really did help add some depth to his character.
All the fights scenes were truly EPIC. Frieza killing Paragus and pretending it was a stray Ki blast was by far the funniest moment in the film. The Gogeta fusion failing twice to give us both Fat & Skinny Gogeta was funny. I actually like how they had IT'd to Piccolo's location to do it, because it makes sense that they'd be able to successfully pull it off without interference if done far away from the actual battle location.
Chile stealing the Dragon Balls to wish for Broly to be saved and returned to Planetoid Vampa was great and a really great end to the fight, so that Broly could live to fight/spar with Goku another day and maybe be of some future use as a new Z Fighter somewhere down the line if/when Super continue. And finally Goku bringing Chile, old orange guy (too lazy to look up his name), and Broly a Capsule house with some supplies and 2 other Capsules containing unknown necessities was great. So Goku-like just to want Broly to live so they could fight/spar another day.
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Post by supergojita3 on Jan 17, 2019 4:50:19 GMT
OMG just saw the movie in theaters about an hour ago and it was amazing. Bulma wanting to use the wish to appear 5 yrs younger was great, but Frieza wanting to grow 5cm seemed stupid since they just used that gag with Bulma and it's so not in character of Frieza. I'm just gonna headcanon that he said that to hide what his true nefarious wish was. Broly's pelt being the ear of his only friend that Paragus had attacked to separate Broly from it was touching and really did help add some depth to his character. All the fights scenes were truly EPIC. Frieza killing Paragus and pretending it was a stray Ki blast was by far the funniest moment in the film. The Gogeta fusion failing twice to give us both Fat & Skinny Gogeta was funny. I actually like how they had IT'd to Piccolo's location to do it, because it makes sense that they'd be able to successfully pull it off without interference if done far away from the actual battle location. Chile stealing the Dragon Balls to wish for Broly to be saved and returned to Planetoid Vampa was great and a really great end to the fight, so that Broly could live to fight/spar with Goku another day and maybe be of some future use as a new Z Fighter somewhere down the line if/when Super continue. And finally Goku bringing Chile, old orange guy (too lazy to look up his name), and Broly a Capsule house with some supplies and 2 other Capsules containing unknown necessities was great. So Goku-like just to want Broly to live so they could fight/spar another day. I agree. And I also thought freeza wishing to be taller was a red herring.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2019 20:45:30 GMT
And I also thought freeza wishing to be taller was a red herring. Toriyama was inspired to write RoF after listening to a song about Freeza. Maybe he heard Skee-Lo's "I Wish I was a Little Bit Taller" and that inspired the wish he gave to Freeza .
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Post by Drakthul on Jan 18, 2019 1:05:08 GMT
What a fantastic movie. Sure, it's got flaws, and I strongly disliked nu Bardock, but I super enjoyed what they did with Broly himself. Paragus was compelling too. King Vegeta being a cocksucker was awesome. I really enjoyed how they expanded on King Cold and Frieza as well. I also SUPER enjoyed child-Raditz and Vegeta, they were such bastards.
The animation was beautiful, and the fight was extremely well choreographed. Then there is the part where poor Frieza gets beat up because they lure Broly into him, lmao. Overall, it was a blast. So I really don't have a lot bad to say about it.
Also, Frieza wanting to wish to be 5 cm taller? That's totally Toriyama. I loved it.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2019 7:20:51 GMT
Also, Frieza wanting to wish to be 5 cm taller? That's totally Toriyama. I loved it. I don't know about that. I can agree it's "totally Toriyama" since he used a similar gag before but that was for a more comedic villain. If Salagir revealed that U8 Freeza joined the tournament to wish to grow 5 cm taller, I can't imagine anyone would praise him or claim he's capturing Toriyama's brilliance with this recycled gag. Freeza never implied he was self-conscious about his height especially since he was comfortable walking around in his shortest form. When he first learned about the Dragonballs, he wanted to go after them to wish for immortality. You would assume a guy who has killed twice already would be even more determined to wish for immortality but for some reason he abandoned that wish in favor of growing taller. It just seems like a random twist for the sake of it.
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Post by Drakthul on Jan 18, 2019 7:33:01 GMT
Also, Frieza wanting to wish to be 5 cm taller? That's totally Toriyama. I loved it. I don't know about that. I can agree it's "totally Toriyama" since he used a similar gag before but that was for a more comedic villain. If Salagir revealed that U8 Freeza joined the tournament to wish to grow 5 cm taller, I can't imagine anyone would praise him or claim he's capturing Toriyama's brilliance with this recycled gag. Freeza never implied he was self-conscious about his height especially since he was comfortable walking around in his shortest form. When he first learned about the Dragonballs, he wanted to go after them to wish for immortality. You would assume a guy who has killed twice already would be even more determined to wish for immortality but for some reason he abandoned that wish in favor of growing taller. It just seems like a random twist for the sake of it. I think you entirely missed the joke. Frieza is basically looking to wish for the same thing Bulma is, and is using almost the same logic behind it. That's what makes it golden. It's not that just Frieza wants it. It's how it ties into another character that helps it all come together. And if Salagir literally copy and pasted the same thing over, your right, it'd probably not be as well received. Because U8 Frieza has different priorities than Canon Frieza. He literally lives in an entirely different life environment, and social/political situation. Comparing the two is not realistic.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2019 8:25:24 GMT
I think you entirely missed the joke. Frieza is basically looking to wish for the same thing Bulma is, and is using almost the same logic behind it. That's what makes it golden. It's not that just Frieza wants it. It's how it ties into another character that helps it all come together. Yeah I kinda got that part since both wishes involved the number 5. I just didn't think the gag was worth changing what he originally wanted the Dragonballs for and giving him a previous villain's Napolean complex It wouldn't be well recieved in DBM because it would be considered out of character for Freeza and a random change from what he previously wanted the Dragonballs. What social/political situation are you were referring to? U8 Freeza and DBS Freeza were nearly identical up until the Namek saga and both failed to obtain immortality. DBS Freeza almost dies on Namek, comes back for revenge as a cyborg and gets killed, spends the next 15 years or so in hell, gets resurrected and immediately goes to train to have revenge again. If anything he should be even more determined to become immortal just so he could avoid going to the hell he hated so much if his 3rd attempt at revenge fails. I'm not seeing what life changing incident occurred between Namek and this movie that would lead to Freeza deciding growing a few cm taller is more important to him than wishing than immortality. I assume Toriyama wants to keep him around longer so he made him out to be less evil compared to before by giving a non-threatening gag wish.
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Post by Conqueror Geng on Jan 18, 2019 8:59:02 GMT
I don't know about that. I can agree it's "totally Toriyama" since he used a similar gag before but that was for a more comedic villain. If Salagir revealed that U8 Freeza joined the tournament to wish to grow 5 cm taller, I can't imagine anyone would praise him or claim he's capturing Toriyama's brilliance with this recycled gag. Freeza never implied he was self-conscious about his height especially since he was comfortable walking around in his shortest form. When he first learned about the Dragonballs, he wanted to go after them to wish for immortality. You would assume a guy who has killed twice already would be even more determined to wish for immortality but for some reason he abandoned that wish in favor of growing taller. It just seems like a random twist for the sake of it. I think you entirely missed the joke. Frieza is basically looking to wish for the same thing Bulma is, and is using almost the same logic behind it. That's what makes it golden. It's not that just Frieza wants it. It's how it ties into another character that helps it all come together. And if Salagir literally copy and pasted the same thing over, your right, it'd probably not be as well received. Because U8 Frieza has different priorities than Canon Frieza. He literally lives in an entirely different life environment, and social/political situation. Comparing the two is not realistic. Yeah, to be honest this is what I liked about it. Otherwise the dragonballs were basically useless other than to have them Freeza come close by to Earth. And Bulma collecting them was so we did not have to get small filler scenes of nameless Freeza's soldiers searching them. The saving Broly thing was not even that needed since I do not think Gogeta would have wanted to kill him, even with Vegeta being 50% of it. The 50% of Goku would have never wanted that, specially when he had already noted he was an OK person mostly fighting against his will when he faced him as a SSJGod. So I don't think what they were wishing for is really that important for the overall plot. In my opinion this movie attempted to be the epitome of fan service and nearly got it done by combining 3 of the best movies pretty coherently into a DBS setting. I felt the compression and cutting was palpable since the original idea was like a 3 hour movie. With half of that time, contrary to the 5 minutes of Namek, the entire movie felt reaaaaally fast. I now kinda wish this is redone in anime like BoG and RoF were redone, contradicting my previous statements of wanting the continuation to start with moro saga. However I also think they will not be able to match this movie's art and animation in weekly episodes. Ah, I forgot to mention I loved the fact there was no fucking kaioken! And no ultra instinct.
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Post by Drakthul on Jan 18, 2019 15:54:54 GMT
I think you entirely missed the joke. Frieza is basically looking to wish for the same thing Bulma is, and is using almost the same logic behind it. That's what makes it golden. It's not that just Frieza wants it. It's how it ties into another character that helps it all come together. Yeah I kinda got that part since both wishes involved the number 5. I just didn't think the gag was worth changing what he originally wanted the Dragonballs for and giving him a previous villain's Napolean complex It wouldn't be well recieved in DBM because it would be considered out of character for Freeza and a random change from what he previously wanted the Dragonballs. What social/political situation are you were referring to? U8 Freeza and DBS Freeza were nearly identical up until the Namek saga and both failed to obtain immortality. DBS Freeza almost dies on Namek, comes back for revenge as a cyborg and gets killed, spends the next 15 years or so in hell, gets resurrected and immediately goes to train to have revenge again. If anything he should be even more determined to become immortal just so he could avoid going to the hell he hated so much if his 3rd attempt at revenge fails. I'm not seeing what life changing incident occurred between Namek and this movie that would lead to Freeza deciding growing a few cm taller is more important to him than wishing than immortality. I assume Toriyama wants to keep him around longer so he made him out to be less evil compared to before by giving a non-threatening gag wish. Frieza literally explains in the movie why he no longer wants to be immortal. Him wishing to be taller is a vain, childish, and whimsical thing for Frieza to do... That sounds like Frieza to me. :\
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2019 19:31:11 GMT
Frieza literally explains in the movie why he no longer wants to be immortal. Him wishing to be taller is a vain, childish, and whimsical thing for Frieza to do... That sounds like Frieza to me. :\ I've only read spoilers and none of them gave a reason why he changed his wish. If that sounds like Freeza to you then we have a different view of the character. On Namek, he considered himself the strongest in the universe but still wanted immortality. In DBS: Broly, he wants revenge against Goku who vastly surpassed him in the previous saga and hoping a more powerful Saiyan would do the work for him without killing him. He's risking his life again and being stuck in hell but considers being taller more important than immortality. I'm willing to give it a pass because Toriyama is the author and is just trolling us but I would be lying if I was willing to do the same for another writer giving Freeza this wish. I wouldn't care what kind of history or life changing situation happened to U8 Freeza, I would still think Salagir is using an unoriginal gag or got the wishes of past villains mixed up. Cooler is canon to DBM so Salagir could use the excuse that Freeza is jealous of Cooler's height but I imagine that wouldn't be enough for anyone on this forum to consider a good wish for Freeza. Obviously it's not meant to be seen as more than just a silly gag or it comes at the expense of a more serious villain that never implied this mattered to him.
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Post by Kor Saiyajinkami on Jan 18, 2019 19:31:36 GMT
Yeah I kinda got that part since both wishes involved the number 5. I just didn't think the gag was worth changing what he originally wanted the Dragonballs for and giving him a previous villain's Napolean complex It wouldn't be well recieved in DBM because it would be considered out of character for Freeza and a random change from what he previously wanted the Dragonballs. What social/political situation are you were referring to? U8 Freeza and DBS Freeza were nearly identical up until the Namek saga and both failed to obtain immortality. DBS Freeza almost dies on Namek, comes back for revenge as a cyborg and gets killed, spends the next 15 years or so in hell, gets resurrected and immediately goes to train to have revenge again. If anything he should be even more determined to become immortal just so he could avoid going to the hell he hated so much if his 3rd attempt at revenge fails. I'm not seeing what life changing incident occurred between Namek and this movie that would lead to Freeza deciding growing a few cm taller is more important to him than wishing than immortality. I assume Toriyama wants to keep him around longer so he made him out to be less evil compared to before by giving a non-threatening gag wish. Frieza literally explains in the movie why he no longer wants to be immortal. Him wishing to be taller is a vain, childish, and whimsical thing for Frieza to do... That sounds like Frieza to me. :\
That excuse was lame for multiple reasons:
1) If he dies, he'll definitely go back to that Hell he hated. 2) He could wish for an upgraded version of Immortality if he really feared that. 3) Even without an upgraded version of Immortality, an opponent is eventually gonna get either tired out by endlessly attacking someone who can't die -OR- bored enough to stop attacking and just leave their wiped out Immortal opponent behind.
As Skar pointed out, he never had a problem with his height before as he'd for the longest time lived in his smallest form. So it is definitely out of character, since it's a problem that appeared out of nowhere just for the sake of doubling up on the gag wish Bulma wanted.
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Post by Drakthul on Jan 18, 2019 19:46:27 GMT
*shrugs*, well, I enjoyed it. You're free to disagree.
Also, Frieza dying on *EARTH* Leads to that Hell. If he dies somewhere else, it's not really known. (The odds of him dying on Earth tho, are really high. lol)
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2019 1:25:46 GMT
*shrugs*, well, I enjoyed it. You're free to disagree. No worries. You said I may not have gotten the joke but it wasn't very subtle so I just wanted to explain why I didn't think it was consistent with his character. I understand Toriyama likes to subvert expectations but I believe there's a difference between a clever twist and just doing something outlandish or unexpected for the sake of it. Freeza went to Earth twice before and only wanted revenge so I'm not sure why he decided to also seek the Dragonballs for this wish after all this time.
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Post by Xeno Black on Jan 19, 2019 20:16:09 GMT
I'm at the movies and it starts in 45 minutes. Looking forward to this.
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Post by Kor Saiyajinkami on Jan 19, 2019 20:35:10 GMT
I'm at the movies and it starts in 45 minutes. Looking forward to this.
Make sure to let us know what you think of it after it's over.
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Post by Ashanark on Jan 20, 2019 0:51:24 GMT
All things considered, DBS: Broly is the best Dragon Ball movie ever made.
This is a decade of reboots. Broly’s so popular it was inevitable he was going to make his grand return sometime, and making that inevitable Broly movie was going to be like shooting in a barrel. (Especially with a fanbase like Dragon Ball’s.) With that said, there are a lot of ways Broly could’ve been done very, very wrong, and happily this film doesn’t fall into any of them. For one thing, it doesn’t bog itself down with references to the original Broly films, which is a mistake Super made with Kale. For another thing, this new Broly isn’t very much like Broly at all.
I think it was the Russo Brothers who said that they made Infinity War with the idea that Thanos was the protagonist. We start the movie with him and follow his journey, and it is his victory we see in the end. He has a complete hero’s arc; the only problem is that he’s a villain.
Similarly, Broly is the main reason most people who have or will watch this movie are going to watch this movie, and funny enough, the film is a lot less interesting when it’s not focusing on him—especially the dynamic with his father. Paragus’ efforts to rescue Broly from the nightmarish Vampa planetoid have a darkness to the color palette, a general lack of music, and a focus on military equipment instead of ki-voodoo that all combine to make the opening act possibly the most interesting part of the film. When Paragus shoots his Saiyan co-pilot to save supplies, it felt like a different genre altogether.
The film’s main weakness, in fact, is Goku. Broly’s new backstory means Goku really has little to do with the greater plot at all. Bardock and Gine are not seen or referenced in the film’s opening scenes, and neither of them have any sort of relationship with King Vegeta, Paragus, or even Frieza—a retcon of Bardock’s backstory which I’m still not very happy about and is a topic for another day. As a result, their segment of the story is extraneous, a random little detour from Broly’s journey mainly to justify Goku’s presence later on. Goku himself feels like an awkward third wheel outside the core Paragus/Broly/Frieza/Vegeta dynamic, only there because, as main character, he’s required to be.
(By the way, they did Vegeta dirty in this film. As a SSG he has to be rescued from Broly by Goku…who then proceeds to engage the same Broly in base form. So in this film, Goku’s base is apparently four magnitudes of power above Vegeta’s, I guess?)
In fact, a bit more ambitious version of this film would’ve stuck with Paragus and Broly for their entire time on Vampa, with Goku and Vegeta perhaps first appearing when the father and son later land on Earth. Events like Paragus training Broly, learning firsthand about his rage conditions, and the incident with Bah would’ve had a better effect if seen in the present. (For the record, the Baa story has a lot of unintentional hilarity. “Bah was my friend, so now I wear his ear to remember him.” “Oh. That’s… … …so sweet.”) It also would’ve made Frieza’s realization of how to make Broly Super Saiyan—something that was an excellent example of Five-Second Foreshadowing—have a bit better payoff. Even so, while we’re to understand from Green Waifu that Paragus’ shock treatment of Broly was wrong, I can’t help but take Paragus’ side: if the only way to stop your son from going into Unstoppable Murder Mode is a quick zap with the remote, then maybe that’s the best thing.
On the whole DBS: Broly avoids many problems the previous films had: -- Gone are the unfunny Pilaf gang comic relief, replaced with some surprisingly good humor from Frieza, of all people. The deliberate comparison between the pettiness of his and Bulma’s wishes was great. The way he did the “A blast killed your father!” made what probably should’ve been a very tragic moment pretty comical. (Seriously: the Z-Fighters should’ve at least promised Broly they’d bring Paragus back or something.) We’re also given to understand that Frieza apparently got the crap beat out of him by Broly for a solid hour while Goku and Vegeta practiced fusion. This is not only hilarious, but also some much-needed karma for Frieza, who’s left to sail off into space at the end without any sort of challenge. -- Beerus is not present, saddled with the much funnier role of Bulla’s babysitter, and it’s left ambiguous just how Whis compares to Broly, leaving at least some tension in the movie. -- The cast was much narrower this time around, too. Heck, if we’re being honest here, Piccolo didn’t even need to be in the film. -- For the most part, the dialogue scenes worked. Green Waifu isn’t necessarily the most compelling character—and I liked her older partner better—but hey, she’s cute and she’s not annoying. (I do question the decision to stick her butt center-frame in a few shots, though.) Frieza’s two lieutenants are interesting, especially the floating blue savvy one. -- While the inexplicable dips into 3D remain, they’re much less obtrusive than before.
From a pure animation perspective, this is the best-looking Dragon Ball film of all time. It doesn’t necessarily have the best choreography—I still give that honor to Dead Zone and World’s Strongest—and Battle of Gods had better camerawork when it came to letting you see the action—the camera in Broly had a tendency to zoom in on people’s faces, making the final battle hard to follow—but it did have some great moments, like the switch to First-Person Broly and later Gogeta’s sick blast dodge. On the whole, though, the final battle might've been too long: by my count, Broly increases in power 10 different times during his fights with Vegeta, Goku, and Gogeta. That's an awful lot of yelling. At least it absolutely creams the original Broly movie, where Broly just effortlessly curbstomped everybody for the same amount of time before getting killed in one hit.
Walking out of the theater, I was wondering what DBS: Broly meant for the future of the franchise. It’s probably going to set records, so some kind of sequel is inevitable. How are they going to contrive to make Broly a villain? Or will they him fight alongside Goku and get worfed against some new villain? Or will they consign him to Beerus duty and just be an almighty bystander? It’s highly unlikely he’ll replace Vegeta as Goku’s rival, but it’s unlikely Toei will let him have his happy ending, either.
On the whole, this was about as good a Dragon Ball experience as one can get and I’m glad I got to see it in theaters. I’m pretty happy with this new take on Broly.
Best part of the movie: Broly punches Gogeta so hard he's knocked into an LSD dimension and all Gogeta can manage in response is a deadpan “What the…?”
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