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Summary: Best buy for DBZ fans
Review: This DBZ DVD Boxed set of the Dead Zone, World's Strongest, and Tree of Might, is an awesome buy for any DBZ fan. All 3 movies have a good plot, and a lot of fighting action (not all done by goku). Movie 1 - Dead Zone - Features Garlic Junior and his quest to gain immortality and to fufil his father's dream of filling the world with evil. Movie 2 - World's Strongest - Features a mad scientist who's brain survived an avalanche thanks to his partner, and want to implant his brain into the world's strongest man (Goku). Movie 3 - Tree of Might - Features the sayian Turles and his quest to become the strongest person in the universe with the fruit from the tree of might which he plants on the earth, sucking all the nutrients from the gound.
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Summary: Dragonball Z - The first three movies
Review: [I rate this three and a half stars, actually]Basically, this is a collection of the first three Dragonball Z movies, on DVDs. For those of you who don't know, alongside the standard Dragonball Z series, 13 movies, 2 specials, and 1 OVA/OAV were released. Most of these were strictly for entertainment, as there is no way most of them could possibly have taken place. Also, none of them are very long (they are about the same length as 2-3 standard episodes.) Read on for summaries of each, and my opinions. MOVIE ONE - DEAD ZONE This movie occurs before Dragonball Z begins, probably a year before Raditz arrived. Here's the basic story. A power-hungry demon named Garlic Jr. is the son of a demon who attempted to become guardian of the earth, but the current guardian did not allow it. To get revenge on the world, he obtains the Dragonballs and makes himself immortal (since Gohan was wearing his Dragonball hat at this time, henchmen kidnapped him.) This is the ONLY time in all of Dragonball/Z/GT someone SUCCESSFULLY makes an immortality wish. Goku goes to Garlic Jr's castle with the hopes of rescuing his son, while his worst enemy (at the time,) Piccolo, is also going to the castle to get revenge on the henchmen that attacked him. This film could never have taken place, because the Z-crew already knows Gohan here, but they meet him for the first time in the Raditz saga. Likewise, Goku was surprised to see Gohan's hidden power in the Raditz saga, despite the fact that he uses it in this film. Because the film could never have happened, the Garlic Jr. saga of the actual series could also never have happened. MOVIE TWO - THE WORLD'S STRONGEST This movie occurs shortly after the battle with Nappa and Vegeta, but before the crew goes to Namek. Here's the basic story. Fifty years ago, a brilliant scientist was killed in an avalanche. However, his brain was implanted into a cyborg body by his robotic assistant so that he would never die. Their laboratory was covered by ice and snow in an avalanche. Finally, the present day arrives. Kochin (the assistant) uses the Dragonballs to free the lab from the icy prison. During a recent expedition to this area, Piccolo vanished. Gohan returns to see if he can find out what happened to his friend. Also, Master Roshi is taken to the lab (because their data is outdated, it still says he is the world's strongest man.) Bulma is also kidnapped, and an all-out war against these villains begins. This film could never have occured. After the Saiyan Saga but before the Namek Saga is the only time it could have happened, but Piccolo is alive, so that completely voids the film. Likewise, there was not an intreval of this long between the two sagas. MOVIE THREE - THE TREE OF MIGHT This film takes place exactly when Movie Two would have. A mysterious group of space villains plants a seed on Earth. This causes the growth of a huge tree that drains the life force from the planet, all for a few pieces of fruit. When Turless (a Saiyan who looks just like Goku), the leader of these bad guys, eats a piece of it, his power will become unrealistically high. The Z Fighters set out to stop those who have begun creating havoc on the earth. Also, this film introduces Icarus/Haiya Dragon, who appears in the Garlic Jr. Saga, the infamous "driver's licenses" episodes, and movies 4 and 5. This film could never have happened because Piccolo, Tien, Chiaotzu, and Yamcha - all of whom died in the Saiyan Saga - are alive and well here. Likewise, Turless is a Saiyan - The only surviving Saiyans in the universe are Goku and Vegeta (who doesn't appear in this film.) The fact that Turless looks just like Goku only adds to confusion (there are a ton of conflicting reasons for this.) Likewise, this film, which NEVER COULD HAVE HAPPENED, introduces Icarus/Haiya Dragon. Accordingly, anything else that Icarus/Haiya Dragon appears in automatically never occured. There you have it - the first three Dragonball Z films. These were done by Pioneer, so the English dub actors are different than the ones you hear in the later TV episodes. Likewise, these DVDs have more extras than the modern DBZ DVDs, but not much. These films are good overall, but for the most part only die-hard Dragonball Z fans will get a kick out of them. I would actually consider holding off on buying these - they will be redubbed and released soon - hopefully with more extras. I hope you enjoyed this review. If you did, please click the "YES" button below.
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