Has anyone else seen the article about this? I found it in a Japanese mag at Mitsua. I can't read it, but the pictures and some English text confirm the rumors. There will be a FFVII movie released next summer!

Cloud and Sephiroth look fucking awesome!

From what I've heard, it's a sequal to FFVII, not a remake. I'm super excited. Anyone heard this yet? Any links?

I've heard the news, I am a biiig Final Fantasy fan so I'm real excited! I've seen the images too, Sephiroth looks sooooooooooo cool! I can't wait! :D

yeah, check the final fantasy thread. you would be amazed what is written there.

i haven't gotten a whole lot of sleep recently so excuse me if the following is a complete brainfart.

the final fantasy movie that was released a few years ago ... someone help me out ... was that based on a game or what? was there even a final fantasy movie released?? and is this new movie a sequel to the one that may have been released a few years ago that may or may not have been based on one of the games??

:?
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It appears that the new movie coming out is based on Final Fantasy 7 the game, and nothing to do with the movie that was released a few years back.

Yes there was a movie. Aside from some terms, names, etc. it had nothing to do with the games. Course, the stories of the games are all independent of each other.

The new one is a sequel to Final Fantasy 7 which was released some time ago. Final Fantasy VII-2

so that other movie that was released a few years back ... what was that based on, if anything?

*lookin' forward to the next final fantasy movie*

I never got into Final Fantasy until i saw the movie the spirits within... then i started playing so im not sure exactly all the details... im new to it! I LOVE IT but still new

The new one is a sequel to Final Fantasy 7 which was released some time ago. Final Fantasy VII-2

Wait now I'm confused. There was a FF7 movie released? Was it anime or what?

Sorry if I worded that wrong somehow;

they are making a sequel to Final Fantasy VII, however, instead of a game, it's going to be in movie form.

and The Spirtits within was, as I said, an independent story in it's own. ;)

Unfortunately after that animation team did the Flight of the Osiris short for the Animatrix, square disbanded the department. :(

Did anyone happen to watch the outtakes in Spirits within? I love the one where doo man trips and he shoots the girl and kills here.... Its the best ! lol Talking about the movie made me think about it!

Yeah, I liked all of the outtakes in TSW. Not to mention the little Thriller video that they added. :p

The graphics for the new movie look pretty decent. I wasn't sure how they were going to do the visuals for the characters, but they seem pretty decent. I was just looking over some old threads at an FF forum and there was one from July that was swearing that Square would never be crazy enough to come out with another movie for a Final Fantasy, especially not for a direct sequel. Seems those posters are eating their words now. :D

By the way, the movie will be directly to DVD and there's been no news of an English version being released. So far it's only set out for Japan to receive the sequel. Let's just hope they decide to translate it for North America and Europe.

I'm sure it will be released here... those Square folks are greedy people, they are. They'd be fools to keep it from the americans. And even if for some reason they do, it's guaranteed some fansub group would subtitle it for download or bootleg.

I heard somewhere that they’re also planning a prequel movie to FFVII because a lot of people couldn’t follow the story to the game (Involving Cloud, Sephiroth, Jenova,etc)

Then I guess it kind of sucks to be the people who couldn't follow the story because so far there's been nothing official on an FF7 prequel. :)

Hmm... Even though I thought the game wasn't that great and generally left it with distaste, I admit this movie is going to be cool to see. Nobody does CG like Square.

*punches Germ in the face*

FFVII is the greatest game of all time

Nothing else even comes close...



Except Freespace I.

i don't think anyone mentioned yet that the name is actually FFVII: Advent Children. it's supposed to be about an hour long. i have the trailer, if anyone's interested. just IM me. it's not very good quality, almost no sound, but it's the only one out there that i know of.

Haven't seen the trailer yet, I found a torrent but it didn't work so I gave up. I'm sure there's a US release planned, and if not, there'll be fansubs as soon as it comes out and someone has time to sub it. Also, there was a thread on this on another forum I go to, and it showed up on google and that thread has nearly 10000 hits, compared to the normal 50 or so.

Sorry if I worded that wrong somehow;

they are making a sequel to Final Fantasy VII, however, instead of a game, it's going to be in movie form.

and The Spirtits within was, as I said, an independent story in it's own. ;)

Unfortunately after that animation team did the Flight of the Osiris short for the Animatrix, square disbanded the department. :(

wait, WHAT? Why? When did all this happen??

Haven't seen the trailer yet, I found a torrent but it didn't work so I gave up. I'm sure there's a US release planned, and if not, there'll be fansubs as soon as it comes out and someone has time to sub it. Also, there was a thread on this on another forum I go to, and it showed up on google and that thread has nearly 10000 hits, compared to the normal 50 or so.

Dude, just go check the Final Fantasy thread. I posted a link to a really good trailer for it. Go there and check it out. Watch the 12 mb file one though because it is better.

Sorry if I worded that wrong somehow;

they are making a sequel to Final Fantasy VII, however, instead of a game, it's going to be in movie form.

and The Spirtits within was, as I said, an independent story in it's own. ;)

Unfortunately after that animation team did the Flight of the Osiris short for the Animatrix, square disbanded the department. :(

wait, WHAT? Why? When did all this happen??

Well they shut down the animation team because the Spirits Within did really bad in the theaters and they spent over 300 million on the movie and made only about 50 million, so they had to get rid of it. They brought it back for Flight of the Osiris for some reason, but the team died again after that.

Oh yeah, on the Animatrix DVD there is a test animation that they made which has Dr Aki Ross from the movie (with short hair) fighting a sentinel. It’s really cool. :)

Did anyone happen to watch the outtakes in Spirits within? I love the one where doo man trips and he shoots the girl and kills here.... Its the best ! lol Talking about the movie made me think about it!
lol I love the one where they crash the car and the Dr guy says ‘Is everyone all right’ and they all have like spanners and stop signs sticking out of their heads.
Or when Gray tries to jump through the window and just bounces off of it.
:D

I didn't think it was that bad. I don't know why everyone hates it . . .

Ah I gotta see the trailer of FFVII: Advent Children :D

btw <----------huge fan of Final Fantasy

Ah I gotta see the trailer of FFVII: Advent Children :D

btw <----------huge fan of Final Fantasy

same here, FF7 is indeed the best game ever (Luna's right here)...

as for spirits withing, people were expecting a movie with a lot of RPG elements, but as i said in the FF thread, that would have taken a whole lot more time (let's say for short like a 15 hrs dvd), more money, and people woudln't have seen it, cuz:

1.- it would have been to long
2.- if they did 3 parts (as someone mentioned), people wouldn't have been very happy about having to go three times and pay triple ammount to see it...

There you are Dark, you were under my very own nose.........Argh its late here lol

Then I guess it kind of sucks to be the people who couldn't follow the story because so far there's been nothing official on an FF7 prequel. :)

Hmm... Even though I thought the game wasn't that great and generally left it with distaste, I admit this movie is going to be cool to see. Nobody does CG like Square.

i agree with luna... but anyway... people who didn't understand FF7 missed up a great part of FF7, so if they liked it, they will like it 10 times more at least by understanding that....

cloud is not a clone, sephiroth isnt'....... won't say it, it would ruin a lot of people playing it right now...

well anyway, any question about FF7 story, you can as k here, i'll be delighted to let you in on it... i'm a ff freak, and know all bout FF7... so i'll be glad to help anyone

Cloud looks more of like Tidus now than the classic.

is this movie gonna be created using CG, like TSW or will it be in anime form?
either way it's gotta be better than TSW - that film flopped because it was HUGELY disappointing to most FF fans

It's CGI, not traditional animation.

Cloud looks more of like Tidus now than the classic.

lol tidus looks like cloud, not the other way around... don't forget who came first ;)

Tidus don't look like the classic Cloud, Advent Children's Cloud looks like Tidus with his short spiked hair.

anyone remember this?
http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2003/screen0/197341_20031003_screen003.jpg

Yeah he does, hair looks similar.... Can't wait for it to come out... It should be worth watching at least

:? Yeah, you guys should check out some J-Rockers some time... the messed up bleached hair look seems to be the big thing in japan now, so I'm assuming it's more Tidus and Cloud look like Gackt than Tidus looks like Cloud or Cloud looks like Tidus. And on the subject, I swear Tetsuya Nomura is obsessed with Gackt. You can almost always find a picture of that guy looking exactly like either Cloud, Squall, or Tidus. It's crazy.

I'm almost afraid to see Tifa.

Tidus don't look like the classic Cloud, Advent Children's Cloud looks like Tidus with his short spiked hair.

anyone remember this?
http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2003/screen0/197341_20031003_screen003.jpgthat's THE church wher eyou meet aeris

in the preview, you will see Cloud walking up the aisle of the church.
I wonder if they will mention Aeris or have a flashback of her.

any one know how long it'll be? I hear its going to be a mere 60 minutes,but dont know officially

I can't wait!
I serioasuly hope they don't refer to the old game too much and mess up the story, and I hope Lance Bass isn't Seph's voice...!
And why does Seph have short hair in the two years after part?!

Seph looks gay...

Whats with those lips.


God they are going to mess this up.

this game brings back so many memories. I remember playing it as a freshman in high school. I couldn't beat it though, I stopped at some robot towards the end who would pick up my party members then kill me. I hope they don't fuck this movie up, but I'm pretty sure they will. man that robot pissed me off

I can't wait!
I serioasuly hope they don't refer to the old game too much and mess up the story, and I hope Lance Bass isn't Seph's voice...!
And why does Seph have short hair in the two years after part?!

lol the story would be GREAT if they referred to the story...

oh and i don't think that's sephiroth for 2 reasons:

1.- short hair
2.- he died...

it might have been a clone, or maybe his son, but not sephiroth... i know they'll relate sephiroth to some big part of the story, maybe even bring him back to life (evanescence hee), but the guy cloud's fighting, i'm almost 100% sure is not sephiroth...

EITHER WAY, SEPHIROTH OWNS ANY OTHER VILLIAN... except maybe knives from trigun... ;)

that grey haired dude fighting Cloud is not Sephiroth, he is however an enemy.
In Advent Children's logo, Sephiroth is in it. He could have somehow been resurrected or all of his apperances will just be a flashbacks.

In a Japanese page that had been translated a little it said something about Cloud facing someone related to Sephiroth…?
It’s too bad that I can’t find it again…

In a Japanese page that had been translated a little it said something about Cloud facing someone related to Sephiroth…?
It’s too bad that I can’t find it again…

see... i think he's sephiroth clone or son...

Game Informer has some AWESOME SHOTS of the movie in this months edition.. I would scan them but i dont know how to go about putting them on the thread that always confused me???

Game Informer has some AWESOME SHOTS of the movie in this months edition.. I would scan them but i dont know how to go about putting them on the thread that always confused me???

You have to have a site to host them, or I dunno, put them on yahoo or something

I have a site with unlimited space, if ya need them hosted let me know or contact me via my contact info in profile...

me.... WANT.... PICTURES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

of what? :)

Game Informer has some AWESOME SHOTS of the movie in this months edition.. I would scan them but i dont know how to go about putting them on the thread that always confused me???

of this...

There's also a trailer at http://www.ff7-2.com/

It's not great quality but it's kind of neat anyway.

You guys want pics? I got TONS, and in wonderful quality. :D Just tell me what you're interested in seeing, and maybe Sedric would host them for us.

I also have the E3 trailer, 50ish MBs, long download for dial-up. It's much more intense than the Cloud vs Kadaj (the sword duel) trailer, showing the 3 "mystery" guys, all in combat with cloud at some point, Vincent, Marlene, Tifa (who smokes Loz with 8,000 punches :D ), Wheelchair guy, and Sephiroth.

I've also put together some banners depicting about 2 seconds of a few gorgeous scenes. I can share these once pix8.net gets back up and running, or someone wants to host them.

Woah man, talk about thread-revival. lol But thanks. I missed it the first time around. I wish Square would hurry up and release it already:) . *is an impatient person* I'm replaying FFVII on my PC now so I should be fresh on the plot.

lol, yeah. From what I've heard, I think it's releasing in Japan in 3rd quarter, about the same time as FFXII. I'm seriously thinking about investing in some Square-Enix stock :rolleyes:

The E3 trailer has english background speech and some english texts, though no subtitles. I just hope they do a decent dubbing job on the transfer, and get fitting voice-actors (ie: no Lance).

http://www.7ac.net/images.php

Lots of pics there.

If Squeenix got the Wolf's Rain/Cowboy Bebop cast to dot he voices, then I will be happy.

Johnny Yon Bosch (Kiba in Wolf's Rain) as Cloud
Beau Billingslea (Jet) as Barret
Wendee Lee (Faye) as Tifa
Daran Norris (Vincent in Knocking on Heaven's Door/The Movie) as Sephiroth
and Steven Blum (Spike) as RUDE

Oh yes.

I hope they don't dub it and just put subtitles at the bottom. Americans always do a very crappy job on dubbing.

http://www.7ac.net/images.php

Lots of pics there.
OMG thank you. That's great! :D :D :D

I hope they don't dub it and just put subtitles at the bottom. Americans always do a very crappy job on dubbing.
I'm interested to hear what they would sound like in English. When I got Kingdom Hearts, one of the things I was most excited about was hearing what the Final Fantasy characters sounded like.
I think they did a great job with the voice acting in The Spirits Within.

(Edit for the 3rd time hahaha)
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just downloaded the E3 trailer!!! :eek:
This movie is gonna be sooooooooooooo amazing :D
I love that trailer, I've watched it 3 times already.

I can't wait - Motorcycles, guns, huge ass swords, Tifa kicking ass, One Winged Angel!!!

I hope they don't dub it and just put subtitles at the bottom. Americans always do a very crappy job on dubbing.

i agree, i like things better in their own lang and with subtitles. i think u get more outta it that way.

I personally would prefer a movie about FFVIII since that was my favorite game, but anyways I'm surelly going to see that one.

yeah big thread revival. They should have english voice-overs, but also put the japanese voices on the dvd

I personally would prefer a movie about FFVIII since that was my favorite game, but anyways I'm surelly going to see that one.

OMG you and me are probably the only people on the face of the planet that think so, but I completely agree with you.

yeah big thread revival. They should have english voice-overs, but also put the japanese voices on the dvd
Yeah that would be cool.
So you can change the language and subtitle settings.

I can't wait to see this movie......I saw the trailers and it's badass ! Sephirot ownz.

And a side note, i can't wait to see Innoncence as well (the sequel of GITS)..

:)

AUGH! Why can't they bring Aeris back?! *sob*

Most painful... death... EVER. At least Auron was already dead and Tidus came back but augh Aeris. Poor, poor Aeris.

Oh, and according to ffonline.com, AC was supposed to be released on July 1st here and the first quarter in Japan. It hasn't been updated for a while though, so apparently they got pushed back :( I was really looking forward to it, too. FFVII was sort of my gateway into the FF world :D

And does anyone think that if you made Tifa's outfit blue she would look eerily like Rinoa?

AUGH! Why can't they bring Aeris back?! *sob*

Most painful... death... EVER. At least Auron was already dead and Tidus came back but augh Aeris. Poor, poor Aeris.

Oh, and according to ffonline.com, AC was supposed to be released on July 1st here and the first quarter in Japan. It hasn't been updated for a while though, so apparently they got pushed back :( I was really looking forward to it, too. FFVII was sort of my gateway into the FF world :D


I actually remember that I cried when Aeris died. Haha I looked like such an idiot, crying over a bunch of polygons. But I swear, that music is what made it so bloody sad.

I would love to see AC. FFVII is the game that introduced me to the series, back in 1997. I remember I skipped a day of school just to play it :D

I doubt we'll get it out here though... :(

And does anyone think that if you made Tifa's outfit blue she would look eerily like Rinoa?[/
I'd never thought about it, but now that you mention it....yeah :eek:

ya i think i am among all of you when i say i thought that death was really tragic. i still cant believe it when i play that game. its such a major twist in the story. but that prolly the next ff story ever.

the only thing that I thought when Aeris died was "Dammit, I lost my healer"

I didn't think it was that sad, but I really hope that they don't bring her back in AC.

Yeah, Tifa would look sorta like Rinoa, cept she would have enormous boobs for Rinoa. And Rinoa was cooler.

Yeah, Tifa would look sorta like Rinoa, cept she would have enormous boobs for Rinoa. And Rinoa was cooler.

What's so cool about a useless can't-even-save-herself girl?

At least Tifa can beat you to a pulp.

Rinoa can't even go five minutes without screaming "SAVE ME SQUALL!!!". Ugh.

Yeah, you can tell I absolutely hate FFVIII.

']What's so cool about a useless can't-even-save-herself girl?

At least Tifa can beat you to a pulp.

Rinoa can't even go five minutes without screaming "SAVE ME SQUALL!!!". Ugh.

Yeah, you can tell I absolutely hate FFVIII.


Yeah, she said "save me" when she got captured and absorbed by a sorceress from the past, other than that, she just wanted a piece of Squall.

And like hell she couldn't take care of herself. She had a bad ass thing that strapped to her arm that shot boomerang blades. She also had Angelo, and he kicked ass all over the place. Her limit break was the shit because Angelo could make the entire team invincible for about 3 rounds.

The only bad thing in that game though was the weapon system and having to upgrade them rather than getting new ones.

Eh, FFVIII had such a badass plot that was completely ruined by the junctioning system. Combine the sphere grid with the plot of FFVIII and I think you would have the best game of all time (as far as rpg and FF goes :P)

I personally think Rinoa is awesome. She's just a facet of everyone's personality that a lot of people choose to ignore; how do you act when you get all hyper and bouncy and what not? That's what dshe's supposed to represent, which I think was a slap in the face to power gaming "I like muscle and swords" Fighter from 8 Bit Theatre type of people. She was refreshing from the power themes, like Aeris was, only they FREAKING KILLED OFF AERIS AUGH.

*ahem*

Done now.

I am a huge video game junkie. And I just loved FFVII. Ahh the memories...

There's not really any point in putting this in the Your Stuff forum, but here's a Tifa graphic I made today. :p

http://www.evboard.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=5040&stc=1

What do you think of it?

There's not really any point in putting this in the Your Stuff forum, but here's a Tifa graphic I made today. :p

http://www.evboard.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=5040&stc=1

What do you think of it?
That is awesome! :eek: *applauds you*

This goddamn thread has actually made me want to dig out my copies of FF VII and VIII :rolleyes: :p

That is awesome! :eek: *applauds you*
Hehe thank you very mcuh:D

I liked FFVIII, except for Rinoa.

I'm glad they decided to include the Turks in FF:AC.

Rinoa wasn't that bad... kind of whiny though.
Hmmmm maybe it was just cause of the look of her character, but I thought she was pretty cool.

Tifa is the best by far though :D

']What's so cool about a useless can't-even-save-herself girl?

At least Tifa can beat you to a pulp.

Rinoa can't even go five minutes without screaming "SAVE ME SQUALL!!!". Ugh.

Yeah, you can tell I absolutely hate FFVIII.

True, but I guess it's all in how you look at it.

FFVIII's theme was love (officially, i'm not just pulling that out of my ass). I think they did a kickass job making a love-based FF title that didn't get all cheesy-mushy every four seconds, and Squall's attitude towards everything was what made it just splendid.

I like Rinoa better than Tifa, just because she was a great story element. I don't think Tifa's ass-kicking abilities helped the story out much... :(

u know clud kinda looks like tidus too. they have the same eyes and face shape.

u know clud kinda looks like tidus too. they have the same eyes and face shape.

I think Tidus looks more like a modified version of Squall.

I liked FFVIII, except for Rinoa.

I'm glad they decided to include the Turks in FF:AC.

Especially Rude? XD

I dunno, there were just so many things that annoyed me about FFVIII.

I think it was mostly Squall's fucking whining every 5 minutes about responsibility. SHUT UP, YOU MORON.

And Rinoa was absolutely useless. Ooo. Random spells. Bah.

Dude, Tidus just looked fucking silly. I wouldn't call him hot, sexy or anything of the sort. Squall, while being whiny, was damned sexy, though.

However, it appears as though the reworking of Cloud for AC will smackdown the hotness of Squall, though they both posess big swords.

Mmmm. Big swordy goodness.

And why did they pass up Barett's Mr. T-esque do for cornrolls? That seems kinda messed up.

Tidus is practically a woman.

I think FF7 is one of the best of their game. Despite the graphics, its fun. Now if they make a movie based on the game, i have a feeling they'll change a lot of things around. I dunno, but i think they are going to mess this one up... just my thoughts....

There hasn't been much news on this so I thought I'd post this(can't wait!!!)

:) (http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3136946)<--link
Though the official news post-dates the conventional wisdom by some time (in other words, we all saw this coming), Final Fantasy VII Advent Children will not see release within 2004. Square Enix's latest preview trailer promoting the Final Fantasy VII follow-up movie now features a nebulous 2005 release window, rather than the winter 2004 release date the publisher had stuck to until now.
When it was first shown off at the 2003 Tokyo Game Show, Advent Children was scheduled for release in the summer of 2004. However, it's gradually slipped down the calendar over the past several months -- Square Enix has shown a succession of previews at film festivals, but those have only featured perhaps one-third of the finished product.

Exactly when in 2005 the movie might see release remains an open question. However, Square Enix's commitment to publish Advent Children on Sony's UMD format (for playback using its upcoming PSP handheld) suggests that it might come sooner rather than later, to back up the PSP's spring release in North America and Europe.

Whatever the case, we'll watch out for more updates as they arrive.

Im not really interested in this THAT much. Im more curious of the story. Not cuZ OMGAWSH CLOUD/TIFA iz soo Hotttttt!

I like how there are no press releases about the story and plot of the movie- only about who is in it.

yeah they kept it pretty mysterious, but the people who went to the montreal and venice(?) film festivals got to see the first half hour of it. They have a lot of stuff about the movie at adventchildren.net I go there every so often, but I haven't read any of the 'spoilers'

any release date yet?

any release date yet?

you didn't read the little article did you? :)

Tidus is practically a woman.
I agree. Although my friend thinks he is a "sexy boy-man" he looks like a chick. Give me Wakka anyday. Or even better, Squall ;)

Weird, I was thinking of a song to get from FF and here is the thread. lol. I need your help guys. (Since this is kinda related to FF, maybe I'll ask about the game's soundtrack)

Awhile ago, the FF commercial was on and a song was playing. A girl was singing it and it's kind of catchy. I don't know what the game number was. I only remember a catchy tune and girl singing. :( If anyone knows what I'm talking about or thinks what song it is, I really appreciate it. Gr! Sucks when you can't remember anything. :(

Weird, I was thinking of a song to get from FF and here is the thread. lol. I need your help guys. (Since this is kinda related to FF, maybe I'll ask about the game's soundtrack)

Awhile ago, the FF commercial was on and a song was playing. A girl was singing it and it's kind of catchy. I don't know what the game number was. I only remember a catchy tune and girl singing. :( If anyone knows what I'm talking about or thinks what song it is, I really appreciate it. Gr! Sucks when you can't remember anything. :(
by a while ago do you mean like..i month or so? because if you do, it might have been ff X part 2(is that the name? i think so) because i remember the commercials had yuna singing some song(at least thats who i thought was singing it)
my brother got that game...omg, it was..um...lets just say extremely..girly and kind of retarded.

It probably was Final Fantasy X-2. Of all Final Fantasy games, that probably got the most publicity. I did get the game...um...it was pretty much eye candy. Thats about it. Nothing truely interesting. Charlie's Angels on another planet, basically.

It probably was Final Fantasy X-2. Of all Final Fantasy games, that probably got the most publicity. I did get the game...um...it was pretty much eye candy. Thats about it. Nothing truely interesting. Charlie's Angels on another planet, basically.


yeah, makes me mad, my game got scratched, but it sucks that you gotta go through all that fluff just to see what happens to tidus. Its a good idea, but the execution is not so great.

I know they were being critizied for making all their games, save the world kind of plots, but thats what i like about them. how they could suck you into the story, while keeping the action going.

Yay!! You guys rawk! Thanks for picking out which one for me. I found it! :D It's called Real Emotion. w00t! *Smooches*

I loved that film, I dont care what anyone says about it. It ruled.

Film...? *wonders* Do you mean uh..the first movie? o.O

I think he means The Spirits Within. Nice eyecandy terrible story~

Can't wait for Advents Children. FFVII is joint top as my fav FF game ^_^ (the other being V)

Oh my God !!! Finally some people who love FF too!!!

I've already seen the movie on TV. It's really awesome !!! Although if you pay close attention you will actually see that the story is just like the one of the FFVII Advent Children Game. That's a really astonishing game. But, I'm sorry, I actually happen to have loved FFVIII a little better for the monsters that are there are more developed and also are more cool.

you can visit this website and then go to their links section for a short list of Final Fantasy Websites... Trust me, this site is run by some very close friends of mine...

http://www.greatmindz.tk

Ew! FFVIII was terrible imho~
The story, the characters, the graphics, everything was just so badly done =|

It didn't have an outstanding character either... VII has Sephiroth & IX has Vivi...

I loved that film, I dont care what anyone says about it. It ruled.
It did rule, but I think it would have been better if they had made a movie based on one of the games instead. Final Fantasy 7 or 8 would have made kick ass movies.

Ew ew ew! stop saying 8 lolz~ 9 would of been so much better as a movie, you have Vivi! and the other black mage's, not to mention kawaii Eiko =]

Okay I'll stop saying 8...

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88888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888 8888 :D

You have to admit 8 ruled. It had Squall, for one, as well as a great story. I only played 9 once...I could never get into it as much as 7, 8 or X.

Ew Ew Ew EW!! lolz~

Squall is nothing compared to Sepi, Cloud and Zidane~ they're totally awesome main characters. I love the stunning visuals in FFIX, that was pushing the PSX/PS1/PS (whatev ya wanna call it) to it's peak perfection. I hated everything about FF8~ Especially those bloody Malboro things~

Oh my God !!! Finally some people who love FF too!!!

I've already seen the movie on TV. It's really awesome !!! Although if you pay close attention you will actually see that the story is just like the one of the FFVII Advent Children Game. That's a really astonishing game. But, I'm sorry, I actually happen to have loved FFVIII a little better for the monsters that are there are more developed and also are more cool.

you can visit this website and then go to their links section for a short list of Final Fantasy Websites... Trust me, this site is run by some very close friends of mine...

http://www.greatmindz.tk

What are you talking about? Spirits Within or Advent Children? I'd find it hard to believe advent children, so Spirits Within...Yes?
And the game is just Final Fantasy VII, no Advent Children.

I was wondering what does everyone think of all the FFVII spin offs?
We have Advent Children, Dirge of Cerburus(sp?)(PS2), Before Crisis(Cell Phone) and there's gonna be one coming out for the PSP.

Ew Ew Ew EW!! lolz~

Squall is nothing compared to Sepi, Cloud and Zidane~ they're totally awesome main characters. I love the stunning visuals in FFIX, that was pushing the PSX/PS1/PS (whatev ya wanna call it) to it's peak perfection. I hated everything about FF8~ Especially those bloody Malboro things~
Squall has the gunblade. Therefore, he rules :D Just admit it, you love everything about FFVIII.

I was wondering what does everyone think of all the FFVII spin offs?
We have Advent Children, Dirge of Cerburus(sp?)(PS2), Before Crisis(Cell Phone) and there's gonna be one coming out for the PSP.
I am glad there are so many spin offs centering around FFVII. It was the game that got me onto the series, and the one with the best music (to me anyway) so any more movies/games based on that makes me a very happy puppy :D

What are you talking about? Spirits Within or Advent Children? I'd find it hard to believe advent children, so Spirits Within...Yes?
And the game is just Final Fantasy VII, no Advent Children.

I was wondering what does everyone think of all the FFVII spin offs?
We have Advent Children, Dirge of Cerburus(sp?)(PS2), Before Crisis(Cell Phone) and there's gonna be one coming out for the PSP.

Well, I'm sorry but I have seen an ad that promotes FFVII and in the end it clearly says "Final Fantasy VII : ADVENT CHILDREN"...

"Maybe the ad is wrong...", I don't think so.. I'm saying this because I HAVE seen this ad and so have some of my friends and they can actually prove me right on this...

I'm deeply sorry if you felt offended by me saying this, but it's only what I have seen on the ads available for me !!!

Still, you don't have to believe me, you can actually go to this website and check that out.

http://www.adventchildren.net

Well, I'm sorry but I have seen an ad that promotes FFVII and in the end it clearly says "Final Fantasy VII : ADVENT CHILDREN"...

"Maybe the ad is wrong...", I don't think so.. I'm saying this because I HAVE seen this ad and so have some of my friends and they can actually prove me right on this...

I'm deeply sorry if you felt offended by me saying this, but it's only what I have seen on the ads available for me !!!

Still, you don't have to believe me, you can actually go to this website and check that out.

http://www.adventchildren.net

No, You were just calling the game FFVII: Advent Children, and I was tired:)
You have ads on tv for it...no fair. I thought you were watching some pirate version of it or something(or just very confused) :o
eh sorry.
I used to go to adventchildren.net every day, but I havent been there in a while.

Well, I'm sorry but I have seen an ad that promotes FFVII and in the end it clearly says "Final Fantasy VII : ADVENT CHILDREN"...

"Maybe the ad is wrong...", I don't think so.. I'm saying this because I HAVE seen this ad and so have some of my friends and they can actually prove me right on this...

I'm deeply sorry if you felt offended by me saying this, but it's only what I have seen on the ads available for me !!!

Still, you don't have to believe me, you can actually go to this website and check that out.


Just to straighten this little bit out:

Final Fantasy 7- Game.
Final Fantasy 7: Dirge of Cerberus- Game
Final Fantasy: Spirits Within- Movie
Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children- Movie
Final Fantasy 7: Before Crisis- Game

I know this thread is about th emovie- but i must express my sincere dislike for Final Fantasy 8, and how Final Fantasy went downhill from there.

Final Fantasy 8's story was totall half-assed. Every character, except Rinoa, had almost the exact same childhood, except for where they lived thereafter. When I say "All" from now on, I am reffering to the heroes, including Seifer, except Rinoa. All of the heroes started out at the same orphanage. Even the sub-pseudo-villain Edea. They all grew up there. They all left, and incidentally, all of them joined Military academies. And lets see...the teacher, Quistis, appears to have a thing with her student- Squall. Or shes just basically his very very very very close mentor.

Now, more into the game- the main character, Rinoa- randomly and suddenly falls into a coma. Which, thereafter, the main character, Squall- totally and out of nowhere bursts into a hysterical monologue-ing fit about his love for her. Up to that point, Squall APPEARED to have blown Rinoa off and was reluctant to do anything for her. Wow, what an odd revelation.

Squall, the main character- how cliche. THink of Cloud from FF7 with friends. A depressed boy, lone warrior, forgotten/supressed past. Lost relatives, a mysterious rival (who turns evil), and a stoic disposition.

The most interesting part of that game, though- were the time lapses between his counterpart, Laguna, and his story. Personally, I found Laguna's stories and his allies much more captivating than Squall and his groupie of military cadets.

A good game is where you feel for the characters and, ya know, are uh...effected by the game. In FF7- Aeris dies. Owch. That sucks. A lot. I totally felt for it. In this game-...um...im sorry, where is the moment that should have effected me? Even in the old school Final Fantasy 4- two playful little twins sacrifice themselves to save the party. Owch. That sucks. In Final Fantasy 6, I hated the bad guy. I just hated him. Period. Where in FF8 was this same strong storyline event(s) that is in every other final fantasy...?

Where in FF8 was this same strong storyline event(s) that is in every other final fantasy...?
The part I thought was similar to the others you mentioned is when Squall and Rinoa are finally just getting everything together, and then Rinoa is discovered to be a sorceress and taken to be sealed away. Then Squall has has big dramatic rescue moment.

This thread makes me want to play all games again >_> And I shall, once I get through FFX.

There's always a romantic theme with the FF games.

VII - Cloud + Aeirth/Tifa
VIII - Squall + Rinoa
IX - Zidane + Garnet/Dagger (maybe Eiko ew x] )
X - Tidus + Yuna
X2 - Was just a crap game lolz~

I really hope the FFVII spin off games don't suck~ X2 was proof that they should never made a spin off.

I'm looking forward to the movie though, I've been following it since.. last year I think, could be longer then that ^_^;

The part I thought was similar to the others you mentioned is when Squall and Rinoa are finally just getting everything together, and then Rinoa is discovered to be a sorceress and taken to be sealed away. Then Squall has has big dramatic rescue moment.

That didnt do it for me simply because of just the awkwardness of the entire game's pseudo-romance story itself. Just didnt work for me...

I got a subbed trailer of Advent Children with my paid account over at IGN. It's going to be great : )

http://www.luna-fx.net/advent.jpg

Enjoy, if my bandwidth lasts


http://www.luna-fx.net/FFVII_AC_Official_5_10_qthigh.mov

Luna wins.

AC comes out just after my birthday, too.
Yay for a coordinated release :)

Nice!! I can't wait to see this!!! It just amazes me how well the movie looks.

Advent Children = awesome. Saw it today

Not amazing but awesome. They could have done so much more with it though.

So its actually out on DVD now? Neat. Ill have to go get it now

So its actually out on DVD now? Neat. Ill have to go get it now
Wait, I heard it was delayed until January...I'm so lost now.

Well, I wouldnt be surprised. Again, Square cant make a deadline to save its life. I actually heard it would be out today... but then i was told it was delayed.

As expected. And I cant find any confirmation...

Well, I wouldnt be surprised. Again, Square cant make a deadline to save its life. I actually heard it would be out today... but then i was told it was delayed.

As expected. And I cant find any confirmation...
Psh, this blows.
EBgames.com says that the movie will ship on November 28, 2005.
Damn Square for delaying it again.

It looks like I have some motivation for figuring out how to tunnel Bittorrent through my school's network now... or I could get my Korean roommate to use his Korean p2p app, which is unblocked. :D

From everything I've heard, they stretched too little story over too long a running time...so it equates ou to more style than substance...hmm.

Still, doesnt make me want to see it any less.

From everything I've heard, they stretched too little story over too long a running time...so it equates ou to more style than substance...hmm.

Still, doesnt make me want to see it any less.


It's true, they could have added much more depth too it, but hard core FFVII fans will love all the little details they threw in, while average FF fans will be lost and a bit confused.

Honestly I expected more from the story (it seemed a little too much like an 'add-on' rather than a new original storyline) but I still loved the movie :p

They clearly put a lot of work into the action scenes (Cloud vs Sephiroth was awesome)
I'm not sure I really like how they brought Sephiroth into it though. It seemed kind of like just an easy way of having him appear in the movie.
I loved Aeris' part in the story. It was a great way of bringing closure to everything.

I would have liked to see more scenes with the whole party though. Tifa kicks so much ass, I'm glad she was one of the prominent characters.
I was never really into the Turks that much, and I felt there was a lot of scenes with them, when (in my opinion) they aren't as important characters.

I shouldn't pick at though :p It's an amazing movie and definitely worth the wait.

Edit: I forgot to mention the music! :o
One of my favourite things about the movie. A lot of the songs from the original soundtrack have been remixed and they sound incredible :D I love the new version of One Winged Angel

FF7: ADVENT CHILDREN ROCKED!!!!!!
I loved it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it's soooooo freaking awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe its just because ff7 was the first role-playing game i played in my ENTIRE life, or just that the movie kicks major ass!
either way i think its the best movie ever!!!!!!!!
well that ive seen.
I think its worth it though. There's not much confusion that happens with people who aren't major ff7 fans because my friend saw it and she knew barely anything about final fantasy 7 and now shes become obsessed!
but anyway, its supposed to come out in US on January 10th, 2006.
So just keep your eyes peeled!!!!

Hah. Haven't seen it yet. Waiting for the American launch, which probably won't happen for another 6 months.

And yeah, I know of about 32,600 different places to download it from. Thanks, but no thanks.

Well, I wouldnt be surprised. Again, Square cant make a deadline to save its life. I actually heard it would be out today... but then i was told it was delayed.

As expected. And I cant find any confirmation...
The retailers that I've talked to are expecting an American in about March or April. Squenix hasn't released a [new] official American release date to anyone, though.

American (and possibly UK) launch is April 25. Everywhere else is TBA. I live in OZ, so I'll probably get it from Amazon.

Anyone know why its being pushed so much? Do they not wanna compete with other releases, or is there some production reason?

Well, i bought it.

Its a bit overrated. Cloud is the main focus, and I was a bit tired of that. He was really obnoxious.

The action is awesome, the CG isn't as amazing- but I guess the action more than makes up for it.

Tifa's fight scene is the best, in my opinion. All the symbolism and references are very abstract, unless its as cheesy as I think it is.

Anyway, plot/story = weak, CG isnt as amazing as I expected-- at times, it looked real like Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, but then sometimes it looked just like Final Fantasy X, the game. All the original characters make an appearance, with maybe only Tifa playing a significant role. The turks play an even more significant role than the rest of the cast.

Id say overrated- definately not worth the hype. But not that bad, either. Prepare for extreme anime-cheesyness, over-the-top special effects, but a fun ride during the fights. And...super sinister looking villains who can circle the rest of the cast in fighting ability, but yet, break down and cry. And youll probably get tired of hearing the word "mother". Just watch. Id really make a safe bet to say that this movie is really just a showcase for how well they can do action, and show the diverse characters of Final Fantasy 7 in FMV action.

Picked it up as well. I'm not to sure about whether or not it lives up to the hype, beyond the constant pushing back of the release date, I tried to generally ignore it.

As such, while yes, the overall plot was rather skimpy and stretched out over to long of a movie, the overall final product is a rather fun movie. I took it for not much more than that, and I wasn't dissapointed.

The English version is out in Oz on May 3rd, but I do have the sub, and I love it. Cloud being the main focus I do not have a problem with, the story is as good as can be expected considering the constraints that S-E had to work with (bringing Sephiroth back and such) and the visuals are awesome - the fight scenes in particular shame all of Hollywood.

The story is well done - Geostigma is ingenious, I think. After all, at the end of the film, we knew that Jenova cells were in the Lifestream, and that the Lifestream had in fact helped Holy destroy Meteor by spreading over Gaia, so it makes sense that there would have been some Jenova-related side-effect. Kadaj, Loz and Yazoo are in fact physical manifestations of Sephroth's will and power - vessels, if you will, for this villian to reclaim his power. The fanservice was also well done,. Oh, and the First Tsurugi and Fenrir just rule.

BTW, I was just up at the Supanova convention and had a chat with the head of Weta Workshop, Richard Taylor. He hadn't heard of AC, so I wrote down the name for him, and he said he'd check it out. Might we soon see a Square-Enix/Weta collaboration? Mmmm...

BTW, I was just up at the Supanova convention and had a chat with the head of Weta Workshop, Richard Taylor. He hadn't heard of AC, so I wrote down the name for him, and he said he'd check it out. Might we soon see a Square-Enix/Weta collaboration? Mmmm...

Well, considering Square shut down their movie division after Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within...I don't think so.

Weta is already going to be doing the VFX for the Halo movie and so far as I last heard, whenever production actually gets underway, there are already preliminary art work done by them for the Evangelion movie...

I also asked Richard about Evangelion - he said it's slowed down, but he really looks forward to moving into it. Also, the Halo movie is apparently well underway - he discussed his enjoyment of moving into the future, as opposed to the medieval setting of LotR.

I rented and watched it last night, and it fucking rocks :), It was great to see my favorite game characters animated and talking :)

favorite game characters
Woudl that just be Sephiroth, Cloud, Vincent, and Tifa? Because the other characters didnt really do anything.

I was so disappointed with the lack of involvement of the other characters. All they did was jump in and attack Bahamut, and thats it.

Lame.

Story was also pretentious.


The story is well done - Geostigma is ingenious, I think.
I also thought it would be a cool story because of this. But the story isnt about geostigma, a sickness, or a cure for this. Its about abstract references to Sephiroth and the Jenova experiments and Aerith. At the end, when the children are cured from the church water, I almost completely forgot that geostigma existed, because the movie was like a huge tangent. A fun one, but not a very good storytelling one.

I personally love the storyline of Advent Children, and the CGI is a lot better than the movies on FFX-2 (they were really lazy with that game), but all that's a matter of opinion I guess.

My point is that the voice actors they've got seem to be really good (I've not seen the whole of the english version yet mind you). Kadaj is annoying (though he sounded really cool and insane in the japanese one) but Sephiroth's voice :D - me and my friends had to invent a whole new concept just to describe it: 'vocal sex'

I have to wait until my birthday to get the DVD though...damn

I brought this on dvd for my boyfriend. I haven't watched it all the way through, just bits. The graphics are amazing. It sucks that they did the lip synching in japanese though :(
Though I gota say, from what I have seen. Wow.

Meh. It was aight.
I just watched the English version the other week.

I thought the CG was top-notch.... sort of. It's definitely the best animation I've ever seen, but when you take a look at future titles already well into development (MGS 4, Gears of War), eh... it's not QUITE so impressive.
Especially for all the nitpicking and date-pushing.

The fighting was intense. And insane. And required one HUGE suspension of belief. And took a few watching-throughs and slowing-downs to really catch all of the action. But there's no complaining, there.

Hmph.
Typical anime voice acting. Which is fine for anime, but hell. The characters looked far too lifelike to have those cartoony voices.
...And what happened to YELLING?! I don't care if Sephiroth is supposed to be all cool and collected and somehow-therefore-the-best-villain-ever, his voice acting was boring as hell. With buildings collapsing and orchestral-metal themes playing, Sephiroth is somehow heard without raising his voice.
What silliness.

The story... eh, yeah whatever. I found myself trying to find the point of it all.
There are no pre-movie conflicts that are resolved, and every conflict came from the movie itself. Aside from "omghumansdied" and other such fanatics, the movie answered no questions that it didn't itself ask, and asked no questions that were left unanswered.
We find out that Geostigma plagues humankind. They cure it.
We find out that Cloud has alot of guilt. He gets over it.
Kadaj, Yazoo, and Loz are introduced. They die.
Sephiroth comes back to enslave the world. He dies.

Cloud lives.
Everyone else lives.
Everyone's better now.
And the world that we never knew was troubled... is fine again.

...Say what?
Uhm.... okay then.


SE needs to take a few notes from Kojima, I think.
SE seems to mother their characters into a world of boredom. What happened to the pain and suffering...? What happened to REAL loss and death and tragedy?

Bah.
Done.

woooo I rented this movie a few weeks ago and I have to say I've never been into games and stuff but it was soooooo goood!!! Thought it was a little confusing since I never played the games and heard about the story.

I loved those white, glowing trees aaahhhh best imaginary place evver!! I also really liked Tifa, she's soo cool..so haha I decided to print up her pic and get my haircut like her!!

Aww and I really liked the ending..oooo and the music haha

Good movie,at least it had to do with the RPG games,unlike FF:Spirits within that had nothing to do with the video games. :D

Good movie,at least it had to do with the RPG games,unlike FF:Spirits within that had nothing to do with the video games. :D
Well all the games are seperate anyway...

But I think that TSW had the same themes and ideas as some of the games. Spirits, Energy, Gaia, etc.

Good movie,at least it had to do with the RPG games,unlike FF:Spirits within that had nothing to do with the video games.
Except, the Spirits Within had a story, plot, and deeper storyline and ideas that made you think.

So...intense CG action, less movie. Fair CG action, more movie.

Except, the Spirits Within had a story, plot, and deeper storyline and ideas that made you think.

So...intense CG action, less movie. Fair CG action, more movie.


only teh spirits within didnt have a good story. i hated how most of teh characters died.

I just got done watching it. Wow, I am very impressed. Ten times better than the spirits within. The plot was confusing, but then I havent really played a final fantasy game that did lol. The CGI and music and sound are by far the best I have ever seen in ANYTHING animated, whether it be video game or movie.

What probably surprised me the most is the depth of the movie. I may be overanalyzing here, but I love the mixing of Eastern and Western philosophies and religion, the combination of Eastern sacredness of nature, as well as the Western philosophies of benevelant deities, also the ideals of fate and free will.

Just like the game, it leaves you feeling like you have just witnessed something epic, and while you dont completely understand it all, you know its important.

My only complaint is that they may have made Cloud a little TOO powerful. Definately a must see for anyone you liked final fantasy 7.