Quote Originally Posted by Anteros View Post
I have a hard time seeing how he could have ever made the original androids a credible threat. Morbidly obese clown robot is not exactly a design that radiates danger. Putting them aside in favor of 17/18 and Cell was the right choice.
17 and 18 would have made better villains than Cell IMO. You can even keep the part where they end up not being pure evil, just kinda petty and confused.

I never liked Cell, and as time has gone on I think my opinion on the Cell saga as a whole has degenerated quite a bit. It has some hype moments, buried under a lot of trash. I actually think the Buu saga overall is better than Cell.

Cell as a villain is a big part of this. Or, at least, Semi-perfect and Perfect Cell are. Perfect Cell is just Frieza 2.0, and Semi-perfect is too single-minded to really be an interesting villain.

Imperfect Cell is indiscriminate enough to be interesting. Truly monstrous in a way the other forms aren't.