04-25-2004, 01:52 AM
Frankly, I am getting slightly tired of seeing so many recent discussions about Dragonball related stuff that I feel like bashing it a little on behalf of anti-Dragon Ball crowd. There is enough Dragon Ball info lately here to write a PhD thesis for every member of this board and more. Click click click click click *copying and pasting all the DBZ info found in the forum into a thesis file*......Done. Submitted....Done. Approved by commitee. Yoo hoo! All right, you can start calling me Doctor in DragonBallogy.
I understand that it's one of the most popular anime series ever. What I don't understand is why. Evaluating unbiasedly, its animation is average, overall plot is subpar, homour is average, characters are rather lame and unoriginal, story repeating itself without creativity, excessively long series with lots of filler episodes. Adding all up gives......*gulp*.......average......at best. Nothing stands out about this anime except popularity. What makes this mediocre anime stand out from heaps of other mediocre animes? It's one of those lives' unsolved mysteries that we'll never be able to fathom.
All you Dragon Ball fanatics, if you feel like defending the honour of your beloved animation, go right ahead. Whatever you say, Dragon Ball is an epitome of mediocrity. Well, popular mediocrity anyway.
I understand that it's one of the most popular anime series ever. What I don't understand is why. Evaluating unbiasedly, its animation is average, overall plot is subpar, homour is average, characters are rather lame and unoriginal, story repeating itself without creativity, excessively long series with lots of filler episodes. Adding all up gives......*gulp*.......average......at best. Nothing stands out about this anime except popularity. What makes this mediocre anime stand out from heaps of other mediocre animes? It's one of those lives' unsolved mysteries that we'll never be able to fathom.
All you Dragon Ball fanatics, if you feel like defending the honour of your beloved animation, go right ahead. Whatever you say, Dragon Ball is an epitome of mediocrity. Well, popular mediocrity anyway.