- The Tree of Might The Earth’s destruction lies dormant within a single, solitary seed. Brought forth from the darkest reaches of space, the Tree of Might has been sown with the vilest of intentions. Once it takes root, nothing else can survive. A plant designed to drain the energy of a planet, it steals the very essence of life only to blossom in death and desolation. Unable to fell this
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This remastered set contains 2 Dragon Ball Z Movies: Tree of Might and Lord SlugThe Tree of Might: The Earth’s destruction lies dormant within a single, solitary seed. Brought forth from the darkest reaches of space, the Tree of Might has been sown with the vilest of intentions, for once it takes root nothing else can survive. A plant designed to drain the energy of a planet, it steals the very essence of life only to blossom in death and desolation. Unable to fell… More >>
Dragon Ball Z Double Feature: Tree of Might / Lord Slug
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#1 by Krystal Ng on March 31, 2010 - 2:27 am
I remember watching these as a kid in the Cantonese dub, and loving it. All these years later I can re-watch them in the original Japanese dubbings and it is still a lot of fun. I found after watching the entire series, that I infinitely enjoyed the movies more than the TV episodes themselves, because they more quickly got to the point and the plot wasn’t massively drawn out(something I think they are rectifying in Dragon Ball Kai). These two are no different, but what I liked was the content itself.
What made these two movies stand out was the fact that it didn’t just take brawn to beat the villain, it took brains…particularly in the case of Lord Slug. While fun, it gets a little cumbersome to have to watch them just butt heads for about 2 hours when they do so much of that in the series anyways. I appreciated the better use of characters like Piccolo(one of my favorites), when the show itself is usually so centralized on Goku. These two movies are before Goku could turn Super Saiyan, and if you like Vegeta and Trunks, this is before their time. Compared to the other movies like the Broly saga, these movies were more satisfying to watch than just the average Dragon Ball fare.
Rating: 5 / 5
#2 by AKJ on March 31, 2010 - 2:58 am
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.
Rating: 5 / 5
#3 by Jeffrey R. Peters on March 31, 2010 - 4:27 am
i’ve been a fan of dragonball z now for about ten years and after buying these steel book sets of the movies i now own every movie and every episode of dragonball z. i used to buy just about every vhs that came out when i first started watching dragonball z and i’m very impressed with how these newly remastered sets look, as an added bonus they are farely inexpensive. great buy for any and all dragonball z fans.
Rating: 5 / 5
#4 by A Customer on March 31, 2010 - 6:07 am
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.
Rating: 3 / 5