What's this? An editorial with NEW material?!

By Underfaker

Allright, it seems that I have been called to task about some of the things I have written about DBZ, espically "Episode V- The Uninformed Strike Back!" I have come to answer some of these outcrys and even write a (kinda) new editorial! Yippee!

First off, the questions I asked at the end of the editorial where meant only by this- I asked the questions because possibly in the fansubs or the manga the questions didn't get answered. The "reviving Raditz" thing got answered because I didn't know about the one year policy of reviving
somebody. Something that was answered in either the manga or the fansub. I have to admit, some of the questions I did ask out of sarcasm, but the rest I really thought some answer may have been given. The Cell question was EXTREMELY sarcastic but apparently a few people didn't get it. I'M SORRY. Now, about the "Head-Cha-La" thing, I still stand by my position. I like "Rock The Dragon" better than "Head-Cha-La" and that doesn't mean I hate everything that Akira has done. If I did hate it, I sure as hell wouldn't waste my time in writing these letters and watching F'N DBZ!!! Now, I don't hate the song because I can't understand it. I still have a hard time understanding "Smells Like Teen Spirit" but I enjoy it. I don't like the original opening theme because its my opinion. Not anybody elses. And by the way, i'm not complaining to Temple of Trunks. Ms. Meri is merely letting me state my opinion and I thank her gratefully for that. If I do ANY complaining, its only because I am frustrated by something.

I didn't know about the manga being in existance a few years before the show, so I am sorry for that one. See, i'm a REAL man, I admit my mistakes.

Now...censorship. I know I've talked about it before and such, so I have once again decided to do the unpopular thing and...sigh...defend it. I've seen censorship in DBZ and I have to say this much...it ain't so bad.

I've purchased almost every episode of the Frieza saga in the Uncut format. I also have almost every episode of the Frieza saga from Cartoon Network (a.k.a. the Cut format) and you aren't missing too much. You want to know some of the things they cut out? First off, blood is cut way down, but since I'm not a Sayia-Jin, blood doesn't mean too much to me. They also cut out some swearing (Dende- "Don't piss of the dragon!") and I know some of the editing of the swearing on the Japanese version, noticably Goku yelling out "Sh*t!!!!" as Namek explodes. The only other thing I notice is they take out some nudity.

Blood- Sure, it keeps us alive and any kid knows what it is before they are old enough to talk, but do we really need to see a lot of it? Sure, it makes the story more plausible, but since mother's buy most of the DBZ merchandise and allow children to watch the show thats what we get. If you
are that much of a ghoul, then buy the Uncut version or go rent Faces Of Death.

Do we really need a lot of cussing? I like to cuss a lot (I am a Texan) and its good to get your point across. But do you REALLY need to hear it? Are you really such a depraved individual that you need to hear a lot of bad words? Does the continuation of the DBZ universe and our own REALLY need it? Granted, some of the stuff is pretty damn corny, but this is a show geared to younger audiences, aimed at younger audiences and intended for younger audiences. And no matter what we say or do, it will always be that way. The American populace wants it that way and so FUNimation will do that.

As for the nudity, well...I can do well without frontal nudity of a young Goku or Gohan and I can do well without seeing their asses, Vegeta's ass or Trunk's ass (sorry Ms. Meri!). Does seeing nudity make you happy? For some it might, but I can do well without it, thank you.

The Super Texa-Jin,
Jonathan "Underfaker" Lindsey