Dragon Ball Z - The Return of Cooler (Uncut Feature)

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Summary: The Return of Cooler
Review: I some ways, I kind of feel sorry for the Japanese. They don't get to experience the drama of Dragon Ball Z. The drama in the English version is very well done, especially the music. I noticed that they hardly have any music during their features, and when they do it sounds like old Godzilla horror music. I am sure they would love to hear the excellent music that was created for the English versions. Well now to the main point. This movie was very well done. It is probably one of the best ones out there right now. Although I havn't seen "Cooler's Revenge" ( I don't know why ) I have seen all the others. I have to say I was very Impressed. This movie tops "Lord Slug" any day. So if you are looking for something to really wet your Dragon Ball Z appetite till the next movie comes out, featuring Androids 13, 14, and 15; buy the uncut version of "The Return of Cooler". With it's interesting storyline, and fast paced battle action, your sure to grab onto your seat.

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Summary: The Best Dragon Ball Z Movie Ever!
Review: If you've ever seen a dragon ball z movie you know what they're like.Some of them for example like this one is excellent. Others however like movie #4 aren't to great.Okay, on to the DVD. This DVD is awesome it includes three versions. English Dub, Japanese version, and English dub dolby digital 5.1 surround sound version.As far as the movie,in my opinion this is the best dbz movie ever.It has a very interesting plot,exciting fight scenes and the fact that a hero with incredible strength and his will to never give up makes this movie one for any anime fan.OH yeah i almost forgot the DVD will have other extra features to.Overall I give this movie a 5 out of 5. [....]

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Summary: The best one out of the dubbed
Review: Movie 6, Return of Cooler, is a great DVD to buy. The movie keeped me on the edge of my seats as Goku and the gang were fighting an army of robotic mechines. The intense battle between Meta Cooler (Yes that's spelled right. This dubbed uses Meta, not Metal) and Vegeta and Goku. Not many special features, as usual. There are some voice actor interviews and some profiles of the charicters but that's it. This is still a great buy, although. I recommend this to all DBZ fan out there.

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Summary: Cool Movie!!!
Review: No offense, but this movie could've turned out more better if they were to have Trunks on there. But overall, it was a good movie. What I liked the most is Goku vs. Meta-Cooler. I mean, talk about intense battling. What was dumb enough is Vegeta getting his ass kicked even as a super saiyan, he still sucks! But like I said, "Cool movie, but it could have been better!"

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Summary: Too bad movie 7 came after this one.
Review: Now this was a primary example of how to make a good hour-long fight scene, unlike DBZ movie 7, which came after this one, and has to be the worst DBZ movie to date. But let's talke about this one. Yes, like Frieza, Cooler becomes a cyborg, luckily, it's done in an imaginitive way that keeps it from becoming a rehash of what happened to Cooler's dear brother. The best part of this film is that Goku and Vegeta actually have to put aside their differences and WORK TOGETHER, something which they pretty much haven't done before. That, and we get to see them both in SSJ form double-teaming Meta-Cooler, and even then they still can't defeat him! Kuririn, Muten Roshi, Oolong, and Yajirobe are pretty much comic relief in this one, as all of them and Gohan are captured by Cooler's androids, and it's up to Piccolo to save them. Of course, we don't care about that, we want to see Goku and Vegeta double-teaming an evil robot with the mind of an alien, and have to go all-out to defeat it. So there.

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Summary: Too bad movie 7 came after this one.
Review: Now this was a primary example of how to make a good hour-long fight scene, unlike DBZ movie 7, which came after this one, and has to be the worst DBZ movie to date. But let's talke about this one. Yes, like Frieza, Cooler becomes a cyborg, luckily, it's done in an imaginitive way that keeps it from becoming a rehash of what happened to Cooler's dear brother. The best part of this film is that Goku and Vegeta actually have to put aside their differences and WORK TOGETHER, something which they pretty much haven't done before. That, and we get to see them both in SSJ form double-teaming Meta-Cooler, and even then they still can't defeat him! Kuririn, Muten Roshi, Oolong, and Yajirobe are pretty much comic relief in this one, as all of them and Gohan are captured by Cooler's androids, and it's up to Piccolo to save them. Of course, we don't care about that, we want to see Goku and Vegeta double-teaming an evil robot with the mind of an alien, and have to go all-out to defeat it. So there.

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Summary: One of the better DBZ movies.
Review: Oh, it's true -- DBZ has its formula. But as anyone following series knows, you can have good formula and bad formula.

This is good formula. "Return of Cooler" (oddly, he's just called "Coola" in the subtitles) really should be watched with the preceding movie as a double-header, since Cooler makes his first appearance in that one. He's one of a very, VERY small number of villains to ever manage to fight Goku after having lost one to him.

In this one, Cooler's come back as a cyborg, having fused with a Borg-like supermachine called "Big Gete Star" (I prefer the spellings of Gheti or Geti, but c'est la vie) that among other annoying traits allows his now-robotic body to repair itself at lightning speed. Cooler attacks New Namek, the planet the Namek-seijin went to after their original planet was destroyed in the battle between Goku and Freezer.

(for the uninitiated, yes, the names are that silly. Toriyama-sensei is very fond of puns and in-jokes, and most names in Dragonball/DBZ refer to food, clothing, or appliances in some way)

The Namek-seijin get help when their planet is attacked, in the form of Goku and his friends. This is just fine with Cooler, who was planning on hitting Earth next.

What makes this one better than some of the others is that its battles do not follow the pure formula. There IS one DBZ movie that follows the formula to the letter and remains fun to watch (the next one -- Three Super Saiyajin), but on the whole it's better when there's unexpected twists. In this one Goku simply CANNOT win it alone and does need help, and their enemy is something beyond merely another Badass Warrior.

The movie also gives us a bit more action from the other characters, giving even Kuririn, comic relief though he usually is, a few moments to kick some. Piccolo gets several cool moments, including one that really gives one an appreciation for why he's still sometimes considered to be on the top level of power.

If you're a DBZ fan, this is one of the movies you really should own.

Negative points:

I've seen this one in letterbox format at least once; why that isn't on the DVD, I don't know.

The translation in subtitles is... iffy. There aren't very many places where it's flat-out WRONG, but a number where the translated version doesn't get the right spirit or phrasing for what the original meant. (one subtle point which they and other fan-translators muck up is that when Goku first becomes Super-Saiyajin and Cooler comments on it, Cooler HESITATES. His voice makes clear that he's NOT quite as confident as he makes himself out to be, and that should be reflected in the subtitles.)

It seems rather unfair that the English version gets a super-Dolby and we get Japanese Mono -- I believe this was released in theaters, which makes it hard to believe that there IS no stereo version of the Japanese. I suppose it's possible, of course, in which case there's nothing to be done -- you can't bring back the Japanese cast and re-record it (and even if you wanted to, at least one of the original VA's is dead now).

Rating:
Summary: One of the better DBZ movies.
Review: Oh, it's true -- DBZ has its formula. But as anyone following series knows, you can have good formula and bad formula.

This is good formula. "Return of Cooler" (oddly, he's just called "Coola" in the subtitles) really should be watched with the preceding movie as a double-header, since Cooler makes his first appearance in that one. He's one of a very, VERY small number of villains to ever manage to fight Goku after having lost one to him.

In this one, Cooler's come back as a cyborg, having fused with a Borg-like supermachine called "Big Gete Star" (I prefer the spellings of Gheti or Geti, but c'est la vie) that among other annoying traits allows his now-robotic body to repair itself at lightning speed. Cooler attacks New Namek, the planet the Namek-seijin went to after their original planet was destroyed in the battle between Goku and Freezer.

(for the uninitiated, yes, the names are that silly. Toriyama-sensei is very fond of puns and in-jokes, and most names in Dragonball/DBZ refer to food, clothing, or appliances in some way)

The Namek-seijin get help when their planet is attacked, in the form of Goku and his friends. This is just fine with Cooler, who was planning on hitting Earth next.

What makes this one better than some of the others is that its battles do not follow the pure formula. There IS one DBZ movie that follows the formula to the letter and remains fun to watch (the next one -- Three Super Saiyajin), but on the whole it's better when there's unexpected twists. In this one Goku simply CANNOT win it alone and does need help, and their enemy is something beyond merely another Badass Warrior.

The movie also gives us a bit more action from the other characters, giving even Kuririn, comic relief though he usually is, a few moments to kick some. Piccolo gets several cool moments, including one that really gives one an appreciation for why he's still sometimes considered to be on the top level of power.

If you're a DBZ fan, this is one of the movies you really should own.

Negative points:

I've seen this one in letterbox format at least once; why that isn't on the DVD, I don't know.

The translation in subtitles is... iffy. There aren't very many places where it's flat-out WRONG, but a number where the translated version doesn't get the right spirit or phrasing for what the original meant. (one subtle point which they and other fan-translators muck up is that when Goku first becomes Super-Saiyajin and Cooler comments on it, Cooler HESITATES. His voice makes clear that he's NOT quite as confident as he makes himself out to be, and that should be reflected in the subtitles.)

It seems rather unfair that the English version gets a super-Dolby and we get Japanese Mono -- I believe this was released in theaters, which makes it hard to believe that there IS no stereo version of the Japanese. I suppose it's possible, of course, in which case there's nothing to be done -- you can't bring back the Japanese cast and re-record it (and even if you wanted to, at least one of the original VA's is dead now).

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Summary: Attack! 1,000,000 Power Warriors!
Review: Originally entitled "Attack 1,000,000 Power Warriors", "The Return of Cooler" is a continuation of the story as it was left at the end of "Cooler's Revenge". As such that movie should most definitely be viewed prior to this one, otherwise the storyline may come off as a bit confusing. Following the defeat of Cooler at the hands of Goku & Co. Dende, the God of Earth recieves a distressing message from planet New Namek. Apparently the planet has become host to the parasitic Big Gheti Star: a gigantic metallic saprophyte which attaches to worlds and drains them of their genki (life) energy. The unfortunate Nameks have also been personally victimized (AGAIN!) in that they are being herded into Big Gheti Star to be executed and used as a further genki energy source. At the request of Dende; Goku, Gohan, Krillin, Piccolo, Yajirobi, Master Roshi & Oolong(?) travel to New Namek to investigate the situation. The Z Warriors soon come under fire from the minions of Big Gheti Star. After handily swatting down these pests, Goku is confronted by a new challenge, Cooler! The brother of Frieza, thought to have been killed in their previous conflict (pitched into the sun), he has returned in a new, metallic form, to wreak his terrible vengeance upon the Saiyan monkey who has caused his downfall. It soon becomes VERY obvious to Goku that Cooler's new strength is beyond his ability to overcome, even when transformed into a mighty Super Saiyan. When all seems lost, and Goku is at the mercy of the metallic Cooler, he is rescued by the most unlikely of heroes...the Prince of all Saiyans, Vegeta. Together, & with much effort, they overcome Metal Cooler. Their victory is short-lived, however as they are immediately confronted by an entire army of Metal Coolers. After a brave but ultimately futile stand against the horde, the Saiyan duo is imprisoned aboard the Big Gheti Star, to be drained of their nearly limitless ki, until death. The pair prove to be more than Cooler bargained for, however, when they overload their restraints and begin an attack on Big Gheti Star itself. After a pitched battle in which Vegeta is forced to abandon his pridefulness & wrath in order that they may both survive the conflict, Cooler & the Big Gheti Star are destroyed and the Saiyans return to New Namek, after the prisoners are liberated from it by Piccolo.

This is the 6th DBZ film...& my second favorite, following Dead Zone. It is standard DBZ feature fare, a pitched battle but not much in the way of character development or interaction. It's definitely one hell of ride. I have yet to see the English dub but I'm sure that we're in for another FUNimation style ADR, with lots of added dialogue & the heavy rock soundtrack. Anyway, 4.5 stars, fun but not essential to the DBZ plotline.

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Summary: Better than the previous movies
Review: This DVD is well worth your money if your a dragonball Z fan. If not, well, why are you reading this? The plot is very organized (save for a rushed start) and the action intense. Surprisingly, I thought that the english dubbed version was worth my money alone. It was the only FUNImation feature that made me laugh at their dialouge. The action, as I said, was intense. All of the fighting scenes were well choreographed and featured both Vegeta and Goku (both super sayjin) facing the same guy. It's my favorite DVD as of yet, and I encourage everyone who likes Dragonball Z to buy this DVD.