Well... what IS DBZ if it isn't just random fighting and useless dialogue? I have seen all of DB and DBZ and about 10-30 episodes of DBGT (enough to make me not want to see the rest), and I firmly stand with my opinion that DBZ is just taking the idea of people with cool powers and wrapping it around some story that only serves to give the writers and animators more and more chances to show off their ideas.
I really want you to tell me I'm wrong here. The story is insanely lacking. There isn't much logic behind a lot of the choices made in the story, but they simply had to have some random plot twists to totally toss everyone off. Their sad attempts at suspense equate to panning over a wide still shot (WITH MOVING GRASS ANIMATION!!!!!!!!!) or making a '1 day voyage' span over 15 episodes. How is it that Goku takes like 10+ episodes to get from King Kai's planet to Earth in order to stop Vegetta whereas it only takes him like 8 episodes to travel from Earth to Namek? I'll tell you why: the writers couldn't think of a way to add any kind of emotion or whatnot without forcing at least 2 character to get the prune juice removed from their bodies by 'the bad guys'. Also, they save lots of money on animation when all they show for long periods of time is a silent staring contest between the valiant hero and the embodiement of anger. That, or the recycled shots of someone powering up for 5 minutes straight while other characters can only stare and quiver in shock and awe.
How on Earth did they get away with perpetuating the same situations with different settings for a whole series? Allow me to summarize the whole plot of the whole series (granted, I may forget a few things here and there, but oh well):
-There is an evil Saiyan named Raditz that is here to kill Goku. Only by giving their all can Goku and Piccolo stop Raditz using Piccolo's new technique, but at the cost of Goku's life.
-Raditz's death alerts two new super threats, so everyone begins to train. A lot. only by giving their all can Earth's greatest warriors fend off these viscious men until Goku can return (from death) and defeat both men with his new technique, but at the cost of many lives and lots of pain for all good guys, namely Piccolo.
-Piccolo's death destroys the d-balls on Earth, so everyone has to travel to Namek in order to get them. Goku will follow soon after for healing reasons. Once there, a new threat arises, and only by giving their all can a tiny group of good guys fend off the Ginyu Force until Goku can arrive and defeat them with his new technique, but at the cost of Dende.
-The defeat of the Ginyu alerts a new sinister force, and only by giving their all can an even smaller group of warriors fend off Frieza until Goku can catch up and defeat the android with a new technique, but at the cost of what seems like Goku's life.
-Frieza returns to Earth to start trouble but is defeated by a new fighter, Trunks, FROM THE FUTURE!!!
-Goku returns to Earth and a new threat arises; some random ass androids. Lots of fighting, no one really wins, lots of extra training.
-Cell shows up, and only after training A LOT and giving their all can a small group of warriors take turns fighting him. Eventually, Goku uses his new techniques to hurt Cell a lot, but then Goku dies (Why? No one knows. The guy can teleport in a matter of seconds, but instead he decides to chill out with a self-destructing dude for like 5 minutes while babbling about how cool his son is. He could've shot back to Earth with King Kai and that would've been that, but no, we need plot twists and emotion!)
-Cell comes back, and people gasp a lot. Only by using his new technique can Gohan defeat Cell.
-A bunch of crap about some fighters trying to save the world from a menace known as Buu, lots of useless drama at the hands of Vegetta, 'hopeless fighting', eventually Goku and Vegetta use a new technique to defeat Buu.
-Shit rolls downhill from here.
In summation, the plot sucks. They tried to make some sort of story based loosely on fighting and... uhh... training? DBZ is over rated, and just because most people agree with that doesn't mean they jump on band wagons. Learn to be more open minded.
And FLCL tends to make more sense than DBZ sometimes... ZING
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