I thought he was a great character, one of my favorites from the series. He deserved a lot more than he got n DBZ because he trained harder than anyone else but still was over shadowed a ton. I feel like Toriyama should have done the rivalry between Goku and Vegeta better, instead of a one sided a fair, it should have been like Naruto and Sasuke where it more equal. I understand the main character(Goku) has to be stronger than his rival Vegeta but it doesn't have to be a huge difference like DBZ did. Good thing Toryiama, in the next movie they are making, Vegeta is going to be playing the main role and hopefully they have go SSJ3 or something to shorten the difference between his and Goku's strength.