Author Topic: Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete! (Read 99713 times)

nikkiolie · « **Reply #450 on:** May 18, 2009, 09:18:26 pm »

So I hope that it works out. I would totally go see it

Konan-ChanX3 · « **Reply #451 on:** May 18, 2009, 09:30:27 pm »

Same here!

nikkiolie · « **Reply #452 on:** May 22, 2009, 10:48:28 am »

Do we have any idea when it is going to come out here?

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #453 on:** May 22, 2009, 10:53:34 am »

Quote from: KogaRyu on March 26, 2009, 02:11:55 am

According to Blu-Ray.com, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete will be released here in the states on June 7.

Extras include
"Legacy of FINAL FANTASY VII" Featurette
"Reminiscence of FINAL FANTASY VII" Original Story Digest
On the Way to a Smile - Episode: Denzel Animated Film
"Reminiscence of FINAL FANTASY VII Compilation" Story Digest
Exclusive Sneak Peek at FINAL FANTASY XIII
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete Trailers

http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=2525

I'm pretty sure it is still set for early June. Nothing's been updated or changed for a month or so.

nikkiolie · « **Reply #454 on:** May 22, 2009, 11:01:19 am »

Sorry must of missed that ^_^;; But it will be in time for my Birthday

KogaRyu · « **Reply #455 on:** May 24, 2009, 04:35:39 am »

Quote from: EveofAbyss on May 22, 2009, 10:53:34 am

I'm pretty sure it is still set for early June. Nothing's been updated or changed for a month or so.

Yeah no real changes, except its now June 2nd rather then the 7th.

This is according to both Bestbuy and Amazon.com

nikkiolie · « **Reply #456 on:** May 24, 2009, 09:10:20 am »

WOW that is coming up quickly. I hope hope hope it will also come out on DVD but I doubt it. Not at first at least.

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #457 on:** May 24, 2009, 10:02:34 am »

Yeah, wow, next week! W00

nikkiolie · « **Reply #458 on:** May 24, 2009, 11:48:11 am »

Wow that is really soon. God I can't wait. When do you want to have the part? I would prefer after the 13th since it is getting to the end of the school year and I have finals to worry about.

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #459 on:** May 24, 2009, 12:08:34 pm »

I have to talk to Kahlan, but I'm not sure if we're still doing it or not. Have had a lot of things come up. *shrug* We'll see what happens.

nikkiolie · « **Reply #460 on:** May 24, 2009, 02:53:56 pm »

I see, well if you don't that is fine

Black~Rose · « **Reply #461 on:** May 25, 2009, 07:35:38 pm »

I wouldnt be able to do anything the weekend of june 13th and 14th,, I have exchange program crap to deal with and my parents are haveing dinner guests or something

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #462 on:** May 25, 2009, 08:43:04 pm »

It's alright, we're not doing anything for it anyway. Just gonna pick it up and watch it, but not doing a party or anything.

nikkiolie · « **Reply #463 on:** May 25, 2009, 08:49:57 pm »

Thats alright. I might think about doing it then >_>

The_Geek · « **Reply #464 on:** May 27, 2009, 07:58:47 pm »

Quick to the Reno chopper! *Hops aboard*

Konan-ChanX3 · « **Reply #465 on:** May 28, 2009, 02:19:43 pm »

Can't on the 13th or 14th, the beach is on the 13th and my tea party's on the 14th :/

nikkiolie · « **Reply #466 on:** May 28, 2009, 02:54:10 pm »

I did say I MIGHT THINK about doing it.

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #467 on:** June 02, 2009, 05:18:24 pm »

It snuck up on me! I totally forgot about it! It's out today!

W0000000ooooo000!

nikkiolie · « **Reply #468 on:** June 02, 2009, 06:39:50 pm »

I haven't seen it anywhere but I didn't go check

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #469 on:** June 02, 2009, 06:49:24 pm »

Yeah, Kahlan and I are going out later to look. Fingers crossed!

nikkiolie · « **Reply #470 on:** June 02, 2009, 08:15:55 pm »

I'm sure you will find it, if it is out that is. Not many people have even heard of it.

Kahlan4 · « **Reply #471 on:** June 03, 2009, 03:25:45 am »

i got it at best buy yesterday, it was right up front with all the new releases, so not hard to find at all ^.^ it is here in my possession, but alas, i cannot watch it until eve brings the ps3 over T.T can't... wait... to see it... >.< lol

nikkiolie · « **Reply #472 on:** June 03, 2009, 08:06:37 am »

I'm glad you got it. I'm sure you'll like it.

I don't suppose they had DVD copies of it?

Kimba-White-Lion · « **Reply #473 on:** June 03, 2009, 12:34:10 pm »

Dang, I can't get it unless they release a DVD version. $:-\$

nikkiolie · « **Reply #474 on:** June 03, 2009, 12:36:19 pm »

A lot of people are in that position.

Kahlan4 · « **Reply #475 on:** June 03, 2009, 05:28:07 pm »

no dvd's, unfortunately. i made sure to check all around the store. maybe they'll do it later, but i don't really see them doing it any time soon. maybe they really wanted people to see the movie and extras with the enhancements and clarity of blu-ray, though i've never watched a blu-ray disc, so i dunno what the differences are, but i've heard it's a lot crisper and such, kinda like hdtv... but i can't ever notice the difference in hdtv either >.>

nikkiolie · « **Reply #476 on:** June 03, 2009, 06:38:40 pm »

Well that is unfortunate. I hope they do it, but if not it isn't a big deal. I've seen it at least once

Kahlan4 · « **Reply #477 on:** June 04, 2009, 10:39:36 pm »

so eve and i just watched acc this evening. i am still speechless o.O SO GOOD!

so, i retract my prior statements about blu-ray. i'd never watched anything on blu-ray before, but i can see what all the hype is about. it's so much more crisp and clear and the colors are much richer and bolder. it's just all together better. and now i see why they released acc on blu-ray and not dvd, it really should be seen on blu-ray, it's the only way to really see and appreciate all the hard work they put into the film. so yes, i will eat my words that dissed blu-ray before, lol. granted, i will still get dvd's, but i'll get certain special movies on blu-ray (ie terminator salvation when it comes out... lol)

anyway, back to acc. i love how they dispersed all the new footage through out the movie, so it wasn't just added in scenes, it was extensions of scenes. the additional info they gave was really nice and would be really helpful to those watching it who haven't played the game. i was wowed within the first few minutes upon seeing the addition of the mog with cait sith sitting on his head in the flashback scenes ^.^ and let me say, marlene's impression of barrett was hilarious. but the best was the extended sephiroth vs. cloud fight *dreamy sigh* lol.

so, if given the opportunity, watch it, you won't regret it!

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #478 on:** June 04, 2009, 10:45:02 pm »

*Wow! You beat me to the review, Kahlan, lol

Just watched it today, and I have to say....wowie! Umm, lessee, first things first: I now completely understand why this was only released on Blu-Ray. It would be an injustice to the quality they put into it to release it on anything else. I'm not turning into a Blu-Ray snob, I promise, but some things just require the higher definition of the format, and this is without doubt one of those things. The colors are amazingly vivid, the textures are crisp to crystal clarity. It's all beautiful. And this coming from someone who never understood the application of Blu-Ray to film. I have seen the error of my ways.

As for actual product significance, this does not leave the viewer wanting! It boasts 26 minutes of extra footage, but it definitely feels like more. Instead of a typical extended cut of a film where there are just extra scenes thrown in here and there, FFVII:ACC has extra scenes, elongated scenes, and just snippets, reimaginings and all-together new stuff spread throughout the entire film. It feels like an entirely different movie from the original release. In addition to that, there are also some redubbed voices and narrations, and the extended Sephiroth battle....not to be missed for the world!

I love it, love it, love it, and give it 5 cute Marlene-Barret impressions out of 5.

nikkiolie · « **Reply #479 on:** June 05, 2009, 09:21:57 am »

I thought you would like that part. I did notice how sharp the picture was when I watched it. I may have to watch it again after I am done with school

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #480 on:** June 05, 2009, 09:23:45 am »

Yeah, when you mentioned Marlene doing the impression, I was already really excited to see it, but when I sat down to actually watch the movie, I had forgotten so it caught me by surprise. And I almost fell off the couch laughing, lol.

Sooo cute.

nikkiolie · « **Reply #481 on:** June 05, 2009, 09:27:10 am »

I laughed really hard too when I saw it XD

JeffT · « **Reply #482 on:** June 05, 2009, 01:29:50 pm »

Quote from: EveofAbyss on June 04, 2009, 10:45:02 pm

As for actual product significance, this does not leave the viewer wanting! It boasts 26 minutes of extra footage, but it definitely feels like more. Instead of a typical extended cut of a film where there are just extra scenes thrown in here and there, FFVII:ACC has extra scenes, elongated scenes, and just snippets, reimaginings and all-together new stuff spread throughout the entire film. It feels like an entirely different movie from the original release. In addition to that, there are also some redubbed voices and narrations, and the extended Sephiroth battle....not to be missed for the world!

I find these comments interesting when compared with the use of fully-rendered video in the original game itself. In 1997 when FF7 was released, CD-ROM was still a new format and game developers were figuring out how to use the vastly improved capacity (relative to game cartridge ROMs). Many games in the last several years before 1997 used video to the detriment of gameplay, being "interactive movies" of sorts, or just tacked on opening and ending videos to otherwise unenhanced gameplay that could have been done in a cartridge (look at the games on the Sega CD system, for example). But instead, FF7 carefully interspersed small bits of video all throughout the game, sometimes just a few seconds long, sometimes longer, so that you never felt like you were entering or leaving video, but instead, it was completely seamless with the gameplay. To make it even more immersive, the first and last frames of the videos would be identical to the real-time rendered 3D scenes.

FF7 was the shining example of how to use the CD-ROM format to enhance gameplay (while also showing how to mask its drawback, load times, which severely affected many other CD-ROM games at the time). Which was the very reason that Square defected from Nintendo's cartridge-based N64.

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #483 on:** June 06, 2009, 04:52:46 pm »

That is really interesting, Jeff. I had never thought of the similarity between the relationship between VII and other games of the time, and AC to ACC. I do have to say I was (and still am considerably) blown away by the way VII was animated so seamlessly, transitioning from in-game to pre-rendered. I'm actually replaying through VII right now and, yeah, it is still pretty much flawless, for its time and on its own merit as well.

Anyway....as for ACC, I still would have loooooved to see more of Red XIII, as in speaking parts.

But I guess he does get the last word over everyone, or should I say the last howl....498 years later!

nikkiolie · « **Reply #484 on:** June 07, 2009, 08:41:54 pm »

Yeah more parts from Red would have been good....but I wasn't too fond of his english voice so I didn't mind all that much ^_^;

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #485 on:** June 08, 2009, 02:39:52 pm »

Ah, yeah, I think it grew on me. I'm not sure I ever really thought anything about his voice because it is such a fleeting instant in the movie. It can get lost in everything else that is going on, heh.

I just think he deserves way more of the screen than he gets.

Kahlan4 · « **Reply #486 on:** June 08, 2009, 04:25:25 pm »

i actually thought red xiii's english voice fit him really well. though it was only one line and very short, i could sense such intelligence in it, i can't find the words at the moment to describe it, but it was very much how i'd imagine red sounding, almost having an ancient knowledge of things and very deep. but that's just me ^.^

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #487 on:** June 08, 2009, 04:32:59 pm »

Quote from: Kahlan4 on June 08, 2009, 04:25:25 pm

i actually thought red xiii's english voice fit him really well. though it was only one line and very short, i could sense such intelligence in it, i can't find the words at the moment to describe it, but it was very much how i'd imagine red sounding, almost having an ancient knowledge of things and very deep. but that's just me ^.^

You know what? I changed my mind, wasn't really thinking when I wrote my response. I agree, Red XIII's voice had inherent wisdom in it, in just that one sentence I could sense the knowledge of the planet, as only Cosmo Canyon could bring breed.

Good insight. ^_^

He still needs more screen time, haha

nikkiolie · « **Reply #488 on:** June 09, 2009, 10:24:41 am »

It wasn't bad....it just seemed a little too feminine if you ask me =/

I like cait sith's voice though XD

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #489 on:** June 09, 2009, 11:36:16 am »

haha, yes, I love that they gave Cait Sith a Scottish brogue (I don't know why, but it worked brilliantly!).

nikkiolie · « **Reply #490 on:** June 09, 2009, 11:37:32 am »

It did work really well. I will try to watch it again tomorrow night.

mattstotts46 · « **Reply #491 on:** June 10, 2009, 01:46:22 am »

I saw it at Best Buy for $30. I was sad I didnt have that money with me. After the 12th maybe i'll get it =)

Kahlan4 · « **Reply #492 on:** June 10, 2009, 03:14:01 am »

Quote from: mattstotts46 on June 10, 2009, 01:46:22 am

I saw it at Best Buy for $30. I was sad I didnt have that money with me. After the 12th maybe i'll get it =)

yeah, it kinda sucks that it's $30, but it's definitely worth every penny ^.^ hope you can get it!

nikkiolie · « **Reply #493 on:** June 10, 2009, 05:22:10 pm »

We saw the limited edition with the FF XIII demo but it was $75....Devin got the $30 one at best buy XD

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #494 on:** June 10, 2009, 11:25:48 pm »

You really saw the limited edition? That's pretty awesome. Kahlan didn't see that anywhere at Best Buy, but really, I wouldn't care too much about the XIII demo. Not enough to pay an extra 40-some dollars.

I'm fine with the basic product, heh

nikkiolie · « **Reply #495 on:** June 11, 2009, 06:34:11 am »

It was at Uwajimaya. Yeah Devin thought the same.

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #496 on:** June 11, 2009, 07:38:04 am »

Ah, Uwajimaya, that makes sense then. That explains why it cost so much too, haha

nikkiolie · « **Reply #497 on:** June 11, 2009, 08:34:41 am »

yeah it does make a lot of sense

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #498 on:** June 11, 2009, 09:56:11 am »

So the imported edition at Uwajimaya, that was Blu-Ray, also?

nikkiolie · « **Reply #499 on:** June 11, 2009, 03:46:48 pm »

It looked like it. It was in a different box though....

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