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| Dragon Ball Z Double Feature - Tree of Might / Lord Slug (Steelbook) | 
 enlarge | Actor: Dragon Ball Z
Studio: Funimation Prod
Category: DVD
List Price: $29.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 29422
Format: Animated, Color, Ntsc, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: Japanese (Original Language), English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Running Time: 105 minutes
Number Of Items: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: FMADFN05015D
UPC: 704400050152
EAN: 0704400050152
ASIN: B001C4ZQD4
Release Date: September 16, 2008
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Product Description
Studio: Funimation Prod Inc Release Date: 09/16/2008
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In both the third and fourth Dragon Ball Z movies, Tree of Might (Chikuu Marugoto Chou-kessen, "Earth's Ultimate Deciding Battle") and Lord Slug (Suupaa Saiya-jin da Son Gokuu, "This is the Super Saiya-jin Son Goku"), menaces from outer space threaten to destroy the Earth. Tullece, one of the few surviving Saiyans, and his gang sow the seeds of the monstrous Shinseijo plant in Tree of Might. If the Shinseijo reaches maturity, it will drain all the water, nutrients, and life energy from the Earth and store them in its fruit--which Tullece will consume to make himself even more powerful. The title character in Lord Slug is the last of a race of "super Namekians," who arrives in a ship that resembles a small planet and bullies Gohan and Bulma into getting him the Dragon Balls to obtain eternal youth. The newly regenerated Slug begins to "terrafreeze" Earth, killing its inhabitants and transforming it into a gargantuan space vessel. Goku takes down both villains in duels-to-the-finish, with some help from Gohan and the other Z-Fighters. The features last about an hour apiece, and feel more like TV specials than theatrical films. Both are just business as usual for the Z-Fighters, but that's what Dragon Ball Z fans expect. The viewer has a choice of the English dub with the original score or new, obtrusive rock music, or Japanese dialogue and music. (Rated TV PG. suitable for ages 8 and older: violence, brief nudity, tobacco use) --Charles Solomon
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 Awesome September 13, 2008
I got an early copy. I remember seeing Lord Slug long ago once, it was in bad quality. I'm really glad I got to see a remastered version, great color, sound, everything. If you love DBZ, you'll love these two. Tree of Might is great classic DBZ.
 A good set, if you missed out on these movies during their initial release August 9, 2008
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
In recent years, FUNimation, who has begun to release countless anime titles spanning various genres, has gone back to the franchise that made them big - Dragon Ball Z. They have gone back and begun releasing the series and the films in inexpensive season sets and double features.
The newest double feature is this set, which combines the third and fourth movies of the Z series - Tree of Might and Lord Slug
Tree of Might features the Z-Fighters pitted against a group of space pirates destroying Earth with a tree that sucks the life force out of any planet it is grown on. The fighters go into battle with this new threat, only to find they may be powerless to stop it. If things weren't already bad enough, the leader of the space pirates is a Saiyan - even more powerful and heartless than the two our heroes fought against not so long ago. Through the tree, he aims to grow fruit, which he can eat, and become even more powerful - so powerful that he believes he will be invincible.
Lord Slug features an ancient, mutated evil Namekian coming to earth, hoping to use the Dragon Balls to wish back his youth (a Namek wishing back his youth... haven't we seen this somewhere else before?) He succeeds, and turns the Earth into an icy wasteland. Goku and company must wage war against this new force threatening the planet.
These are two decent movies, though not the best in the series. Tree of Might has some decent battle scenes, but it's basically an hour of everybody getting beat up and Goku coming to the rescue. Yawn. Though Turles is an interesting villain, he doesn't really get the character development he should, and that as a whole makes the story weaker. Lord Slug is a marginal improvement, with better fight scenes and more scenarios that let the whole Z-Team shine - but the story feels plagiarized from the original Dragon Ball's King Piccolo Saga. They're good movies for the Dragon Ball completists, though not the best in the series by any means.
I want to clear something up for some of the confused fans - while these "Double Features" crop the movies, this was always the intention. These movies were made with cropping in mind, so as to fit them on Japanese cinema screens. So you're actually seeing the movies in the aspect ratio Toei intended (this does NOT apply to the cropped Trunks/Bardock set from a few months back, though - those were made for TV, and were indeed cropped without it being the intention.)
Also, for anyone who cares, like the recent series season sets, here you can watch the English dialogue with the Japanese background music. Of course the dub sucks, so do yourself a favor and stick with the original Japanese.
And now for the all-important question - should you get this set if you already own FUNimation's older DVDs of the movies? My answer is no, there just isn't reason enough to replace your older DVDs with this set. Additionally, you can get the older versions of the movie (which have more of the picture on them, as opposed to the Jap theatrical aspect ratio) for VERY cheap from Amazon's independent sellers. But if you can't find the older, cheaper issues, this makes for a fine alternative. You DO get 2 good movies for a good price.
Final verdict? Get it if you're a DBZ fan, but not if you already have older DVDs of the movies.
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