And... it’s not much. I went to one panel yesterday; the STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS Tenth Anniversary retrospective. It was fun; series producer/co-creator Dave Filoni told some stories along with the other guests. They all lamented the series’ premature cancellation and showed some concept art to tease what would have come if the show hadn’t been yanked.
Then, to close things out, Filoni said that he had something to show the fans who had supported the show over the years. The lights went down and a trailer rolled. New footage appeared, along with the tagline “A war left unfinished... until now.” They has tricked us! This was no post-mort for a series cancelled before its time! It was an announcement that the show would be coming back next year!
The crowd went nuts. It was a really cool moment, and though it was, like I said, the only panel I went to yesterday, it was more than sufficient to allow me to call the day a win.
Next week: more James Bond, though I’m still way behind on my reading. This project may yet have further hiccups, but I guess we’ll find out together...
I take it you noticed a lot of DRAGON BALL around the Con. They were releasing a trailer for the upcoming movie.
ReplyDeleteThere’s lots of DB stuff here! Pedicabs in the area are sponsored by the new movie. Though I’m not sure that beats last year, when a local bar had a huge Piccolo mural to direct patrons to the restroom...
Delete(I’m a big DB/DBZ/ DB Super fan!)
That's awesome. I thought you would reply with indifference, commenting that it wasn't part of your Toonami viewing in y(our) college youth.
ReplyDeleteCollege is actually just about when I got into DRAGON BALL Z. It had been on TV for a while in syndication, but I didn't watch it until it hit Toonami. I think I started it during the early Freeza saga and got hooked pretty quickly. Overall, I like the original DRAGON BALL more than DBZ due to the bigger emphasis on humor and world-building. I do love the Androids Saga in DBZ, though. From Trunks' arrival up to around the point where Cell absorbs 18 is probably my favorite stretch of the series.
DeleteI like SUPER for its return to the more humorous style of DB, though I can't standing the excessive dumbing-down of Goku.
I was aware of it, but generally ignored it until I spotted a promo for TENCHI MUYO (which I started collecting, even though I was acquainted with the first film since it premiered on SciFi's Anime Festival in 1996), so I decided to watch the entire block until I spotted the commercial. I was introduced to GUNDAM WING and DBZ. I believe it was the 'Piccolo sacrifice' episode and learned the little kid wasn't the hero's sidekick or little brother but his son! That got me hooked. Like you I prefer the original DB, although I love Son Gohan's story from scared child to husband & father (Yes...I like his portrait in SUPER).
ReplyDeleteI actually wrote several fanfic crossovers, one with THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES and the other with THE NEW MUTANTS (during the Magneto tenure).