To sum things up here for the little contest we've got going,
"Last Updated: Jan. 27; 11:15 PM PST
Where: Opinions
By: GreatSaiyaman777
Hey guys. Just for the record, I wasn't calling DB UK "mainstream." I just happened to mention the whole "mainstream" issue after talking about them a bit. Sorry for any confusion.
Now for some big news. Remember that editorial from Funimation I responded to a while back ago? I found something similar one might call a treasure trove... Another editorial from somebody at Funimation? No... Two editorials? No.... Three editorials. Still no. FIVE editorials? No! TEN editorials? Hah hah, nope. TWENTY EDITORIALS?! Okay, now you're getting too high...
Basically, someone from Funimation under the name "Underfaker" wrote.... (drum roll) ELEVEN WHOLE editorials and submitted them to the site Temple of Trunks! You can read them all here! And man, this guy says some really stupid stuff. Like at one point he BLAMES hardcore fans for bitching about Rock the Dragon and says something to the extent that "it's YOUR fault! Us dubbies LOVED THAT SONG! But, NO, no no no no no, NOOOOO! They changed it because of you guys! It's YOUR FAULT! You should have just shut up and just been happy about it!" Um... yeah. Forgive us for not realizing Funimation would be so incompetent that they'd replace it with something even worse. Besides, wasn't it YOUR company's idea to take that godawful Faulconer song and slap it all over 200+ DBZ episodes? When we complained about Rock the Dragon, that's not exactly what we were asking for in return. (actually, something more along the lines of a dub of Head Cha La and other songs. But we're probably not EVER going to get that, now that the great Bruce Faulconer and his big white cat Mr. Fluffles are returning for one last round of casio synthesizing and endlessly recycled college kid-composed music.)
He then calls us original version fans "a bunch of deranged brainwashing cultists" (argh! I command you all to kill everybody from Funimation! And send me all of your money! Do this and I'll give you eternal salvation in Heaven!) and other assorted garbage, even going so far as to defend some of Saban's and the entire dub's worst censored lines of all time. ("Good thing it was a Sunday or those buildings would have been empty!") Ordinarily, I'd jump on the chance to respond to some assclown like this and reply to all his editorials. But you know what?
ELEVEN FREAKING EDITORIALS IS JUST TOO MUCH RIGHT NOW! And this guy's.... man. Just trying to get through responding to... one of them... drove me half-insane. Granted, if this is a look into "Funimation's head" and what many of those people think at that company about DBZ, I can't help but say that that really terrifies me, and it explains A LOT about why the show's handled the way it is and why they many of them (but thankfully, NOT all, I can personally say) seem completely unable to relate to any fans who aren't happy with Funimation and aren't dubbies with virtually no exposure to the original version. (ie, "the majority of all DBZ-viewing fans in America") But like I said earlier, I'm getting tired of just replying to Funimation's arguments all the time and I want to take the site in some new and different directions. Maybe if Funimation had just butchered Movie 9's music I'd have something to piss me off and get me energized but, man, I need a change of pace. However-
I've shown these editorials to several of my friends and they've all been very outraged. But none of them replied to em, since back then I told em, "relax, I'll handle it." So, that being said- I leave it to all of YOU GUYS, the viewers and readers of dbzoa, to reply to his eleven editorials should you so choose! Don't like him comparing you to Scientologists, Moonies or brainwashed Japanese wackos setting off gas bombs in Tokyo subways? Submit an editorial in reply to one (or more) of his wacky editorials! And as an added incentive to you guys since I'm in such a good mood right now, as a very special offer, I'll give one of the people who respond to his editorials DBZ Movies 9-13 (+ DBGT Tv Special) on good-quality VHS fansubs! That's right, ALL SIX movies that are still unreleased in the States! Something that WON'T all be out till 2006! Hell, I'll even autograph em for ya as fansub collectibles/trophies! How's that for some motivation, eh? Only requirement is they all gotta be answered first (all 11) before I pick a favorite based on my own judgement. So if you got ANY editorial/opinion responses you want to make to any one (or more) of this Funi person's editorials, come by the DBZOA's "Dubbed DBZ" message boards, join up and post em there in a topic. Oh yeah, and please don't reply to the first of the ones Underfaker did, ("The DBZ Cult") Ultraseiya said some pretty interesting things to me when he first read that, and I think he might want to reply to that one."
"Last Updated: Feb. 3; 9:05 PM PST
Where: Opinions
By: GreatSaiyaman777
Man oh man oh man.... all you One Piece fans are REALLY going to like my new editorial. That's all I have to say about that. :) And to think, I don't even run a One Piece site and I've already scooped up this news.
Also, for those who missed my January 27th update, be sure to check it out. So far, we've had 3 entries, with one pending and more promised. There are still 7 chances left to win the DBZ contest of a lifetime (DBZ fansub VHS movies 9-13 + GT Special and the real "uncut" [ie, bonus footage, man why does Funi always cut those extras?] DB Movie 4 which I'm now throwing in, all for free) so enter now and don't be left behind!"
And there ya go. Anyway, enjoy the editorials. And now then.... let the games.... BEGIN!"
- GreatSaiyaman777
