Is Magus really all that cool?

[KebreI]

It was leak a while ago, I been told its MUCH better then it seems. Still over all a mediocre movie but the fights are well done, and the last one w/ Goku vs. Piccolo is suppose to be really good actually.

[Afinho]

Also, one thing I must ask that buggs me. WHY THE HELL DOES MAGUS HAVE POINTY EARS WHEN JANUS'S EARS ARE NORMAL, AND JANUS IS HUMAN?!!!!!

[KebreI]

Ah yet another reason he's not as good as Robo or Frog or Lucca or Alya or Crono or even Marle. He has pointy ears.

[Shadow D. Darkman]

I saw the trailer for DragonBall: Evolution, and I agree with all the haters. It FAILS.

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It must be during his time in "the Darkness" in which he gained them as proof he survived it.

I survived the darkness to defeat you, Lavos!

(I'll fix it when I see its DS counterpart. Just beat Zombor in my run.)

[V_Translanka]

Robo & Frog don't even have ears...>_>

Besides, plenty of Mystics transform...I assume it's Magic. Sneff, Serge & Co. also transform (into cats!)...I don't see why Magus would be above using a transformation, maybe to fit in better with the Mystics...maybe it's just a side-effect from studying the dark arts or maybe he caught some Mystic pointy ear STD...Guess who else is fairly emotionless and kicks ass that has pointy ears: SPOCK!!

Oh, and the cool thing about Dragonball was seeing Son Goku grow up throughout the series (& then later with Gohan)...a live-action movie just won't catch the light-hearted fun of Toriyama.

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[utunnels]

Hmm, might be a stupid question, but does Magus really has a name in 600 A.D.?
Yeah, you know in CT DS, those villagers in Medina call him fiendlord, which is supposed to be his title. But in JPN version, everyone calls him 'fiendlord', which means they don't use or don't know his name at all, unlike in ENG versin, he has a name as Magus plus his title.
His JPN "name" 魔王 doesn't sound like a name at all, I mean, something like "his majesty", "the boss", etc...
So maybe that's why in ENG version, they give him a serious name?

[Shadow D. Darkman]

He is still called Magus by Glenn, The Mystical Knights and the game itself. In fact, the game calls him "Fiendlord" when he does Dark Matter, and his castle (and thus the chapter title) is called "Fiendlord's Keep"

[utunnels]

Yeah, what I mean is he is always fiendlord in JPN version unless you rename him.
That's why I say he doesn't actually have a name in 600 A.D.
That's similar to Frog, because he's a frog monster, everyone calls him frog, so at last, he accepts that as his name.

[chrono eric]

It was leak a while ago, I been told its MUCH better then it seems. Still over all a mediocre movie but the fights are well done, and the last one w/ Goku vs. Piccolo is suppose to be really good actually.

I just watched the trailer and it was about 2 straight minutes of the hardest laughing I've done in a long time.

[ZeaLitY]

Darn, this thread is still going on...

Yes, Magus is cool because he refused to accept his circumstances and changed them. He could have died, or become dark lord, or left the Mystics, or committed suicide. But he decided to unleash his free will and become a true "Chrono Trigger." Accepting some things is good, or unavoidable, like death. But in a world in which time travel is possible, I applaud Magus for not accepting anything and fighting, even through thirty hellish years. This is what makes his Dream Devourer identity-washing so tragic.

[utunnels]

   If history is to change, change!
   If the world is to be destroyed, be destroyed!

   If I am thus to vanish and be no more......
   That in itself will be interesting!!


   Here we go, Lavos!

If history is to change, let it change!
If the world is to be destroyed, so be it!

If I must vanish from existence to see this done,
then I shall welcome that fate!

I'm coming, Lavos!

I recall CT DS has a different translation for Magus' lines in the Prophet ending, so I checked the Chrono Trigger Retranslation script.
I just wonder, why Magus says he will vanish? Does he mean if he defeat Lavos, he will be no more since he came from that era?

[Vehek]

My guess is that he believes in paradoxes or being erased because he (at least he thinks) wouldn't have been sent through time.

An older, and IMO, more awkward translation.

Maou: If history is to change, let it change!
      If the world is going to die, let it die!
      If what I am about to do causes me to vanish...
      Then I will be amused!!
      Go, Lavos!!

[utunnels]

Yeah, sound like that. So the idea of this game might be quite simple: if you change the past, you change the history. They just didn't consider whatwhat paradoxes...

[ZeaLitY]

Sounds more to me like "I'll do this if it's the last thing I do," or "I'll do this even if it kills me!" which are some well-known English idioms. Basically, he'll die for this.

[Afinho]

Sounds more to me like "I'll do this if it's the last thing I do," or "I'll do this even if it kills me!" which are some well-known English idioms. Basically, he'll die for this.

Or sort of "I'f i'm going down, I'm taking you with me"