Mensch oder Teufel (1956)

Mensch oder Teufel: Directed by Nicholas Ray. With James Mason, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau, Robert F. Simon. A seriously ill schoolteacher becomes dependent on a “miracle” drug that begins to affect his sanity.

“Dragon Ball, and especially Dragon Ball Z, is quite a love or hate show. Itu0026#39;s one of the longest series ever produced, with the plot that is ALWAYS about an evil guy coming to destroy the Earth and the good guys stopping them. So there are people who might not find this interesting. But if you u0026quot;livedu0026quot; the Dragon Ball legend, you canu0026#39;t object how amazing Z is. In fact, despite some big flaw, itu0026#39;s hands-down the best series of the Dragon Ball universe, with some scenes that are ought to go down in the history of television.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe whole series starts where the first Dragon Ball ends – Goku and Chichi marry, and now they have a new son, Gohan. But a mysterious Saiyan, who later turns out to be Gokuu0026#39;s long forgotten brother (Radish), notices that Goku did not do what he was asked for – kill the earthlings. Therefore, he gets Gohan as a hostage to make him change his mind. This starts it all, with some unexpected alliances, and some extremely lenghty enemies. Many situations are actually extremely famous by now – Vegeta-saga, Frieza-saga, Cell-saga, Buu-saga, theyu0026#39;re all well known. This is because, despite the similarity of the stories, theyu0026#39;re all exceptionally written.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIf you like these kind of super-fights, you can not miss Dragon Ball Z. But it has many aspects from the 1st series as well, like the characters being very charismatic, and the humor, which is now a lot less, but itu0026#39;s still good. The drawing style is good, you always understand what is going on the screen. And while in the bottom of your heart you always know that in the end the good guys will win, but thereu0026#39;s still plenty of suspense.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThere is some bad side of the series though. There are many fillers, the pace is slow, and there are plot-holes (well, no wonder, in so much time itu0026#39;s easy to forget details) – but even considering that, Dragon Ball Z is amazing. It knows full well the limits, and it doesnu0026#39;t even try to sell this thing as a big romance or anything. This is massive fights with some humor in it. Nothing else. But the way itu0026#39;s done, is fabulous, because youu0026#39;ll remember u0026quot;OVER NINETHOUSANDu0026quot; good scenes and good characters who will keep you entertained for the whole time! Easily the best part in the Dragon Ball universe, donu0026#39;t miss it if you like animes.”