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Originally Posted by Tony_Bacala

Thanks for the clarification. I looked it up and found similar, but I always assumed the green tinge was due to funky 90s anime highlights and shadows rather than being actual green. Either way I'm cool, just not a big Broly fan that I needed another so quickly.

No problem! I think, for many, much of this confusion stems from this strange debate of green vs. yellow amongst the fans.

Perhaps in his 2nd and 3rd movies his hair is a normal yellow/blonde/gold, but in Movie 8, his hair is green.
This fits him being both a villain, and something beyond our usual understanding of a "Super Saiyan." I find it more appropriate than yellow hues because green is typically associated with evil/threatening, and him, being almost godlike ("legendary") indicates that by nature he should be threatening.
He should be in control of the situation when it comes between him and YOU.

Aside from that, it should just be a physical trait of his that anyone watching Movie 8 should notice. Especially in shots that feature him in the same frame with our heroes, who are depicted in their usual yellows.

I also feel that there is a tendency amongst buyers to justify inaccuracies in their purchases in order to diminish the feeling of dissatisfaction in what he/she bought. That is something I myself engage in, as evidenced by my previous post in this thread, in which I screenshot the only instance where SDCC Broly is totally accurate.




In response to Joelston, My personal belief is that any character design can be justified by its context. I completely understand your grievances with Broly's character design.
In fact, I wouldn't look to the movies for any satisfaction for how he is depicted.
After watching Movie 8, I listened to my favorite DBZ podcast hoping they would also feel that this movie is far and away inferior to the primary series.
Instead, I found them using words like "masterful."

No, no, no, no no. Movie 8 was entirely horrible. HORRIBLE. BAD. NOT GOOD.

Broly is supposed to be the Legendary Super Saiyan.
If anything, he deserves an entire arc dedicated to him. He is something that not only we as viewers, but also the characters themselves, have been waiting to witness, and thought that they had.
Broly should be a complete surprise, shocking, mind blowing, incomprehensible, godlike.

People complain about Vegeta's characterization in Movie 8, and I can agree. They overplayed his reaction at seeing a near-god. However, he is the only character that reacted appropriately.
No one in the movie treated the story as anything more than it was, a less than theater-worthy bout between an unusually-strong adversary.

I think Broly's entire story should be re-written. It should properly convey his power, and hopefully, give him some importance in the histoy of DBZ.

I think his character design properly conveys him as the Legendary Super Saiyan that we had heard so much about, yet the story itself did not deliver on this characterization.