Do you think Frieza's personality change was good or bad?

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Thinking back to when he was first introduced, he was downright menacing. He was the kind of character that didn't need to look intimidating, he words and personality did all the work. You knew he was meant to be feared even before you saw him fight. That being said, there was a shift when he was reintroduced in Dragon Ball Super via the movie Resurrection F. He was still the same but something was a bit different. I couldn't put my finger on it until Goku wen to make a deal with him and he was assigned the final spot for the ToP. He is a lot more silly now and almost laughable. I don't see him as a threat anymore and this is not because Goku already beat him or that Trunk basically made sliced bread out of him... He is just more corky and "child-like" now.

Do you think this change was good or bad? Do you notice any other differences?
 
I preferred the maniacal Frieza, I really do, but I understand why they made the change. If he was still trying to pass himself off as this all-powerful tyrant obsessed with world domination when, in actuality, he's been beaten more times than Yamcha, well...it just isn't going to get taken seriously. Give him a little more personality, introduce a character quirk or two and he's fresh for the new generation of DB fans, though slightly annoying to those who are longer term fans.

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You basically touched on this in your post but it's less about Frieza's personality changing and the series tone changing. For the Saiyan, Frieza, and Cell sagas, Dragon Ball while still had fun and levity, was more serious in nature than anything before or after them. Probably the main reason I didn't care for Resurrection of "F" was because it lacked any dramatic tension. It was impossible to take Lakers Frieza as a serious threat (especially since Goku and Vegeta didn't). Outside of that though, I find Frieza pretty entertaining, loved him in the Broly movie. I don't think you could ever manage to justify Frieza as a legitimate threat again, so it's a probably a good thing that they leaned more on the parody elements of Dragon Ball and Buu Saga side of things, making a joke out of Frieza's enormous power-up with the "I trained for the first time ever" excuse which is mildly amusing.
 
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Mustafar Reginald said:
You basically touched on this in your post but it's less about Frieza's personality changing and the series tone changing. For the Saiyan, Frieza, and Cell sagas, Dragon Ball while still had fun and levity, was more serious in nature than anything before or after them. Probably the main reason I didn't care for Resurrection of "F" was because it lacked any dramatic tension. It was impossible to take Lakers Frieza as a serious threat (especially since Goku and Vegeta didn't). Outside of that though, I find Frieza pretty entertaining, loved him in the Broly movie. I don't think you could ever manage to justify Frieza as a legitimate threat again, so it's a probably a good thing that they leaned more on the parody elements of Dragon Ball and Buu Saga side of things, making a joke out of Frieza's enormous power-up with the "I trained for the first time ever" excuse which is mildly amusing.
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Yeah, I guess that is true. If they brought him back and kept him the same, nothing would have changed. I guess this is another example of how "Goku changes people". Seems like you either die or become "good" to a certain extent.
 
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dat swag...

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