Dragonball Z
Jan 28, 2015, 11:34 PM
The human fighters were my favorite. I really hated how it was always the aliens defending Earth while Krillin, Tien, and Yamcha were pretty much only there to get crapped on to the point that they all gave up after the androids. All 3 of them were more than a match for Frieza by the end of the series, but you wouldn't have known it by how they were treated. Even the human cyborgs ended up getting the same treatment...or worse treatment in 17's case. "That guy who was wiping the floor with Saiyans just a minute ago? Uh, he's probably around somewhere."
I also hated how there were no consequences for arrogance. It wasn't that they were constantly dragging out every fight for 20 episodes...it was that they were screwing around for 99% of the fight and never paying the ultimate price for it. When Krillin was fleeing Frieza and then solar flared him, that was it. Game over for Frieza. He was completely at Krillin's mercy, and could not have survived. Obviously they wouldn't let that happen.
The best DBZ fight was Raditz. Earth's defenders (the alien ones anyway) were equally outclassed and instead had to rely on actual teamwork and suicidal determination to even have a chance of squeaking out a win. After that, the show was pretty much all about "let's drag things out and try not to die too much before the messiah arrives to save us."
I also hated how there were no consequences for arrogance. It wasn't that they were constantly dragging out every fight for 20 episodes...it was that they were screwing around for 99% of the fight and never paying the ultimate price for it. When Krillin was fleeing Frieza and then solar flared him, that was it. Game over for Frieza. He was completely at Krillin's mercy, and could not have survived. Obviously they wouldn't let that happen.
The best DBZ fight was Raditz. Earth's defenders (the alien ones anyway) were equally outclassed and instead had to rely on actual teamwork and suicidal determination to even have a chance of squeaking out a win. After that, the show was pretty much all about "let's drag things out and try not to die too much before the messiah arrives to save us."
