[General Discussion] FFVII Compilation Thread

Hell, I was pretty disappointed that they weren't including Last Order with the movie. What the fuck were they waiting for? Goddamn. Will they be including the Reminisence of FFVII which was included in the Japanese DVD? Somehow I doubt it......

Oh, I still think the custom sword from before were better. (Very sexy!!!)

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Oh, thank god!!! I know it's just a small thing and all, but I would've been seriously pissed if it wasn't included. It would sort of explain about Vincent's....

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....cell phone. He doesn't have one in AC (Marlene asks him and he shows her his mantle with nothing inside). When he shows up for the Bahamut Sin fight, he asks where the phone shop is. And in the trailer for Dirge of Cerebus, you see he now has a phone.

Heh heh, I feel a little warmer inside.

How ya doing, buddy?

Hantei, forgive me if I'm wrong, but weren't you the one who posted pics of the Cloud & Fenrir you bought and took out of the box? (Before the crash, I mean.) I just went and bought the set as well!

You mentioned that it was a bit difficult to remove Cloud's hand due to the close proximity of the elbow joint. I found this to not be a problem as the hand came off quite smoothly. However, putting Cloud's sword hand in it's stead was fucking HARD!!! o_O....Then it took me ages to put the sword in his hand after that. Just the way it was molded seemed to be a problem. I literally had to pry the fingers open with a screw driver before I could slip the sword handle in..... >_< . But after that it was great - the hand just held the sword in a good grip.....way cool!!

Putting him on the bike was....difficult too. I still can't get him to sit on the bike properly (his butt won't touch the seat) and I can't get his left hand to grip the steering handle. And is it just me or is the elevation of the front fork a little too high?



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This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Hey, congrats!! But are you gonna be able to get it on your Birthday? I know you've preordered but you better check to make sure they don't screw up and not have yours ready. That would make a disappointing Birthday.......


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I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Heh, still waiting for that release? Yeah, can't wait. Here's something to take off a little bit of that waiting time......

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VGCats - Advent Children




I was speaking idiomatically.

We've been screwed, it's that simple. Even those like myself who have seen both AC and Last Order already think this is fucked up. I want to buy the DVD, but holy shit is this it?!

Originally Posted by CuteChocobo

I want the commentary to include "Why FFVIIAC take THIS DAMN LONG TIME to be released in English"

I fucking wish. We should be so lucky......

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by Amanda

But it has the one scene where Cloud does something cool and thus his one lone, shining moment of NOT SUCKING. Everything after that in the timeline is him and his boring angst, and him deciding that the best way to deal with his emotional pain is to be an asshole to everyone. So for me, Last Order gets points for the sheer fact that it contains that one brief moment where Cloud isn't an utter tool whom I wish would die a painful death.

Heh, yeah. Last Order may have screwed up a bit when people compare the events to the game, but Cloud was cool then. Even if it was for the briefest of moments.

But it still would've been NICE if it was included in the AC release. At least it'd partly explain the fucking huge delay. As it is, S-E has no justification for screwing us all for so long.



FELIPE NO

Regarding the lip-synching, does anyone know if they did adjust it for the English dub? And if they did, what about those people who would prefer to watch it in Japanese? Does that mean the lip-synch with the original Japanese dialogue will be totally out of whack!!?



What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Originally Posted by Qwarky

The amount of contradictory info is bothersome. The AC website (at least I'm assuming it's the official website) states that April 24th has been confirmed as the European launch date and also a simultaneous release for Europe, US and I guess Australia unless S-E forgets them again. Considering everyone's been talking about 25th being the US release, this is puzzling. Also, while the news is listed on the site's front page, no one's bothered to update the DVD info, which still states TBA for Europe =/

I wonder if the time difference has anything to do with that? We're roughly 12 hours ahead of the US, roughly 4 hours behind the UK. So roughly 16-20 hours difference between the US and Europe may account for Europe seemingly getting it sooner.

Or maybe they just fucked up the release date for Europe. Maybe they screwed Europe? I wouldn't be surprised.....


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Jam it back in, in the dark.

Hantei, does that Cloud figure include a scabbard for the sword or are you just propping it up against the figure stand? Anyways, the figure alone doesn't seem to appeal that much to me. I'm pretty glad then to have been able to get the Cloud + Fenrir set instead.

I STILL want the 6 piece sword though!! Wonder if that will ever make it out for retail?




How ya doing, buddy?

I thought something was wrong with that poster art, Fenrir and Cloud's First Sword is looking way off - the artist probably didn't have much reference to work with (which is quite strange since most of the facial expressions and likeness' for the characters are dead-on).

Nevertheless, that is awesome artwork.

Regarding Tifa's assets, I don't think the size is the problem, it's more like the emphasis on the shape and curves which doesn't fit what she's wearing. Just my thoughts.





This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Anybody else in this thread from Hong Kong? I was just down in HMV in Causeway Bay and saw that they have FFVII:AC on the shelves already. It's ditributed by ERA and according to the box, it's only for sale for the Hong Kong and Macau market. I was really surprised since I didn't think we would get it here until after the NA release.

The DVD has both Japanese and English soundtracks and subtitles in English, Chinese, Korean, Malaysian and a number of others. The main thing that caught my eye and stopped me from purchasing it was the fact that it was only 1 disc. The only extra included in the disc was the Reminiscence of Final Fantasy VII, no commentary, trailers or deleted scenes were mentioned.

I couldn't find ERA's website (if they have one) but here's a site that is taking orders for the HK version. Unfortunately, it doesn't include much information on what is or isn't included on the disc.

http://www.sensasian.com/view/product.cgi/EN/V11118-D


Anyone else seen this around?

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

No, I seriously doubt it's a bootleg. For one, it's by ERA which is pretty well-known in Asia; and two, it's being sold in HMV, who do not sell bootlegs of any kind. I can say it's an actual DVD release of AC, apparently more than 10 days earlier than in North America.

I'm just wondering why it's only one disc. Is there a special edition for Asia later on or something? Or have we just been screwed? In any case, I may just wait for the NA release and then just import it over here. It's not worth buying if it's missing so much content.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Kairi Li

Thanks for informing me, I'm from Hong Kong, and I'll see if I can check it out at HMV Causeway Bay sometime this week.

It should be available at all HMVs I imagine. I'll probably pop by Central and check it out over there as well on Monday.

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Its one disk cause usually HK versions of DVDs are crap. Even DVDs that don't have vanilla disks in the USA ended up in vanilla disks in HK. There were also cases where the DVD in the USA is one disk with features, and yet the HK distibution morons cut out all those features and made it vanilla.

Goddamn, that is so true. Nearly 80% of movies from around the world get the shitty treatment by the time we get them.

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We get it first probably cause we're closer to Japan, and there may have been some agreement to release it as soon as the dub was ready. In Hong Kong if the movie you want on DVD gets distributed then that means its gonna be cheap.

HK$109 something over here. I thought it was a mistake before realizing there was so much content missing.

I'll try asking these guys at HMV whether or not there's another version coming as well or if this is it. I was really tempted to buy it but........

How disappointing........




What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Damn, I've still to get my copy of AC......I'm steering clear of the HK version and still waiting on the US version. I probably won't be getting it from HMV though since they told me that they were unlikely to order the US version at all.

Bastards.


>_<

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by Lacerta

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I wonder what the meaning behind the birds is too. Isn't this the same exact scene as from the ending of FFVII, birds and all? Although I don't recall anyone figuring out the meaning to it back then, so it'd be a while until someone figures it out.

This is actually touched upon in the website mentioned by a lot people here already. They theorize that....

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.....it might have something to do with the number of staff on the original game:

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Q. Was there a meaning in the number of birds there were? (From commentary)
A. There was 29 birds. It's rumoured there was 29 people in the staff when FFVII went on sale but it's unknown if it's true or not.

Go to http://xthost.info/ffwebnovel/ and click on F.A.Q. on the list on the left-hand side, then select the faq "With Graphics". There are a lot of theories there, regarding many questions a lot of people had about the movie, along with pictures for reference.

In the "Easter Eggs" at the bottom of the page they also mention the "Loveless" ads.




What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

This might actually be a stupid question, but how many of you who bought the DVD without watching the downloaded version actually watched until the very end of the movie? (I mean right upto the very end, past all the credits).

Just curious, since I know a lot of people who never watch the very end of any movie. As soon as the credits start rolling, they just turn the movie off. I learned earlier on that some movies might have a little extra something after the boring credits go by.......

How many of you actually saw the end?

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.......with the group photo and flowers on Cloud's desk in Seventh Heaven.

It'd be shame if you missed that......



Jam it back in, in the dark.