Freeza was basically designed to be utterly loathsome (Toriyama based him on how he thought monsters were like when he was a kid, if I remember right), so he is kind of a terrible defence to fall back on. I think if you want to do something gritty and realistic like that, Dragonball is not the thing you're looking for. ^^;

[url=http://ae.playstation.com/media/157801/dragonballevolution_hero_vf1.jpg]I mean we all loved it the last time Dragonball tried to be realistic, right?[/url] : D