@DangerousLoki said:
@Laurcus: The author can say what they want. If it's not supported by anything but the author statement then I give it no credence. Goku has never destroyed a planet. He has never shown the ability to destroy a planet. He has never displayed the ability to destroy a planet. Even more directly and to the point. The only one to display true planet busting was Buu. Vegeta displayed an early feat in his appearances of somehow destroying a planet and it's moon. So this means that Vegeta a planet buster before he arrived on Earth. He wasn't able to beat Goku. This was before Goku acheived Super Saiyian. So are you telling me that in the earliest incarnation of Vegeta and Goku, they're both planet busters but Vegeta can't contend with Frieza, whose biggest feat is.. Planet busting? Planet busting by the way that happens not by his own power but by destabilizing the planets core structure to cause it to explode. This is akin to Luke Skywalker blowing up the Deathstar. It's not that his shot is super powerful only that he hits a vent shaft that connects to a sensitive part of the ship causing it to blow up. And here's the kicker. The only legitimate planet buster I've seen is Buu. In the anime, Buu blows up Earth with a blast that Goku says is "Enough to blow up the planet ten times." That's what you state he's capable of in SS1. At this point in the story he can acheive SS3. Meaning that at this stage he should have been easily capable of deflecting such a blast. Yet he isn't able to. And has to flee as he doesn't have the power to counter it. And I never watched GT. The point is. The author can say Sentry has the power of a million exploding suns, it means nothing until he displays something near that power.
@a88378438: Superman is not Supergirl. Even if you argue that they have the same power. A fact that's never been established (Female and male musculature are different. Given their near human natures elsewise this suggests that Kryptonian physiology is probably the same. This would mean the males are physically stonger due to their having a higher level of muscle mass then the females. On average.) They are not the same people. Batman is not Daredevil. While they are both peak human in physical stats, no one would claim Batman can do everything Daredevil does or the inverse. Cassandra Cain for instance isn't Batman and the same applies. Vegeta and Goku are both Saiyans but no one claims Vegeta is capable of everything Goku is. They are two different characters. They have their own abilities and capacities and you must look at them as individuals.
@Dark Cloud™: We don't know anything about Bills. I'll wait for the movie. Which I won't watch but I'm sure feats will be posted from it. See above. I don't take author statements as fact until circumstance and context can be defined.
We're never gonna agree. The thing is, I trust author statements, because I believe an author has creative control over their work. If Toriyama said the Buu saga didn't happen, I'd go around telling everyone that the Buu saga didn't happen so they should just deal with it.
If the author has stated that Sentry has the power of a million exploding suns, then he has the power of a million exploding suns and fans should learn to suck it up and deal. Btw, I don't like the Sentry, or even Marvel for the most part, so I'm not saying this to try and fan wank Sentry. Author > opinions of random people on the internet.
Now I will address the part of your post I bolded. Frieza's biggest feat within the context of DBZ was his power level. Your analysis shows a big lack of understanding of DBZ's story. Feats do not determine a character's power, they are merely indicative of it. We use feats on Comic Vine as a way to measure someone's power. An author does not have the problem of having to measure someone's power, they simply decide how powerful the character is. In that case, feats are irrelevant. Vegeta couldn't beat Frieza because he was vastly more powerful than Vegeta. That's all there is to it. Who cares if the highest amount of collateral damage they both caused was in some way equivalent? Collateral damage is not the same thing as power.
Btw, you're wrong about Frieza and his capability to blow up planets. When he blows up Planet Vegeta he does not destabilize the core. He just throws a giant ball of energy at it. It's only when he blows up Namek that there's a mention of the planet core.
2nd Bolded part: Goku is capable of sensing energy. Just because a blast currently has the power to blow up the Earth 10 times doesn't mean that is its maximum power. If Goku were to try and deflect it, he would be opposing Kid Buu's energy. What's to stop Kid Buu from adding more power to the blast? Goku had been fighting for hours at that point, so he obviously wasn't at full power. What makes you think he couldn't sense Kid Buu's vastly superior energy. Plus he was in base form at the time, so he would have needed to transform anyway. If Goku wasn't aware of the fact that Kid Buu greatly outclassed him in total energy then he wasn't using his power set correctly.
So if Goku tried to stop it, it probably would have gone down like this. Goku transforms to SS3. Goku starts forcing energy blast back. Kid Buu gets pissed and amps up the power of his blast. Goku and Kid Buu keep dumping on more power until one of them runs out, which definitely would have been Goku. Goku dies, again. If he doesn't die he's now completely exhausted. There would have been no point in trying to stop Kid Buu's blast.
Also, I know this wasn't directed at me, but we know plenty about Bills. Lots of people have the movie. First screenings happened 2 days ago.
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