[General Discussion] FFVII Compilation Thread

Originally Posted by SOLDIER

How about the domestic Cloud with Fenrir? Any places selling it for less than $60? I still want that Cloud PlayArts figure, bike or no.

Selling less than $60? Not that I know of (then again, bought mine from my local comic shop). Seem some on the yahoo Japan auction site, going for about $110. Anyway, either way it'll probably go over $60, once you consider shipping charges (the overall packaging is quite big), that's assuming your order online. The way I see it, the price for the set is only going to keep rising from here on up. As for the Cloud figure, it's pretty cheap, $20.

Originally Posted by SOLDIER

Also interesting is the E3 2005 trailer. I don't recall that particular trailer ever being available for download. Either that or I didn't decide to view it, thinking the movie was due that following September. Yeah, I'm still pretty upset over that.

Yea, that one never got released as far as I know. Pretty glad it didn't, as it ended up being quite a revealing trailer (pretty much spoiling all the good action sequences).

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Oh, and I've noticed that everywhere I've stopped by, AC has been sold out! I'm quite surprised, even a big chain store like HMV had no copies left. Maybe it was a small shipment or something...

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Maybe some distributors considered it "just another anime" or direct-to-video crap.

Originally Posted by SOLDIER

Is it me, or is Advent:One Winged Angel the best song ever?

Probably not. But I'd list it as high as my favorite song of 2005 anyway. There are not that many covers, remixes or arrangements which so clearly surpass the quality of the initial version, especially if it's something like nine out of ten people's favorite boss music in a console RPG.

FELIPE NO

I don't know where everyone else lives, but there's a gazillion copies here in Toronto.

I still think FFVIII's Liberi Fatali beats any arrangement of One-Winged Angel any day. Not that OWA is bad though. I enjoy anything with a Latin chorus in it :3 In fact, if you know any other track from a game like that, then be sure to pass it my way.

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Originally Posted by SOLDIER

Also, here's a shot of the beginning.

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They said there was a meaning behind the birds shown, but they wouldn't reveal it. I thought it would represent the number of the main group, but there's over 20 birds.

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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.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

The birds symbolize the number of milkings I mean parts of the compilation they are gonna do.

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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.




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Nice FAQ. It lists a lot of interesting points, especially

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the fact that Cloud is actually a level beyond 99, while everyone else is 99. The Turks, however are at a lower level, so that dispels a certain person's claim that the Turks are top tier, or that Rude is stronger than Tifa.

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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.

The thing is, if it's true, why keep it a secret? Unless

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they only put 29 birds because that's what the original ending had, and as a result they themselves don't know the significance, since it was already established in the original game.

This one is the most interesting.

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Next to the "family" photo of Cloud, Tifa, Denzel and Marlene, there's a can of Amino-D. Amino-D is a drug used to help patients who are chemically injured or who have a chronic disease.

Do you think the drug is for Denzel? Or could it be for something else?

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Originally Posted by Hantei

Probably, if you do some digging on Japanese auction sites. As so far, all the known custom jobs (to me) have been from Japan. Haha, but good luck, if I remember correctly that last custom job I posted went for over $500.

If you know of any Japanese sites off hand I would really appreciate it.

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Forgot to comment on this:

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Oh, and I've noticed that everywhere I've stopped by, AC has been sold out! I'm quite surprised, even a big chain store like HMV had no copies left. Maybe it was a small shipment or something...

Why assume it's because of small shipments? Maybe it's because the movie has been highly anticipated for so long and is selling like hotcakes. Even though everyone on earth but me downloaded the movie, I still wouldn't be surprised if it pulled some big sales numbers. I'm not sure if it'll sell as much as a big SE game, but I do expect it to make more money than the standard anime release.

Here's an interesting read about the potential of AC's sales.

http://animenation.net/news/askjohn.php?id=1307

Even though I was mostly thinking about more sales sealing the deal for a remake and other movies by SE, I failed to look at the big picture; an outbreak of serious CG films to replace kiddie embarassments like Hoodwinked and Ice Age 2. There's always been a potential there, but Square has been the only company brave enough to try it in America. Plus, CG movies can do many action scenes that are otherwise impossible to do in live movies (or it wouldn't look nearly as seamless). So I hope AC starts a trend, either way.

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Originally Posted by TheSteve

If you know of any Japanese sites off hand I would really appreciate it.

Well, the one I occassionally check out Japan's Yahoo! Auctions site.

Heh, from some digging I found fan made cosplay sword of Cloud's AC sword (complete form).



Also, it looks like the FFVIII Play Arts figures are released now too. Glad to see they included the lion head chain on Squall's Gunblade.



This guy isn't selling his custom jobs, but they're really impressive. He's even got a video showing how he assembles all 6 swords together. Looks like he finished making the rusted buster sword from the movie as well, along with materia to go into the slots. It also appears that he's done head resculpts for Rinoa (the top 2 pics) and Squall. Ohh, even an ad for the FF8 play arts.

http://blog.livedoor.jp/lead007/

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Why assume it's because of small shipments? Maybe it's because the movie has been highly anticipated for so long and is selling like hotcakes. Even though everyone on earth but me downloaded the movie, I still wouldn't be surprised if it pulled some big sales numbers. I'm not sure if it'll sell as much as a big SE game, but I do expect it to make more money than the standard anime release.

Most of the shops I've stopped by appeared to only have one row/column/slot for the movie, and I didn't see any ridiculous box stands, like they had for American Dad volume 1 (which they should have done for AC). Hence my assumption.

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by SOLDIER

This one is the most interesting.

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Next to the "family" photo of Cloud, Tifa, Denzel and Marlene, there's a can of Amino-D. Amino-D is a drug used to help patients who are chemically injured or who have a chronic disease.

Do you think the drug is for Denzel? Or could it be for something else?

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Amino refers to amino acid. D is the single letter short for the amino acid, apsartic acid/aparate. Amino acid drinks are very popular in japan and isn't really a drug for anything. I just see it as engrish, unless it's really just a can of apartic acid which can be pretty bad for your teeth... just like coke

edit: I just looked up the 'drug' you mentioned...'Amino-D tox' which is just esentially an amino acid supplement pill... not really a drug but one of the health fads going around... they're just basic amino acids needed for metabolism

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I think that the main reason is due to the fact that most short supplies of AC is because it's mostly movie stores who are selling AC, therefore they arn't aware as to how popular the series really is and they don't want to stock something that won't sell. But as soon as AC FINALLY came out they sold in like twenty-minutes and now everyone has to restock. So just give it a bit of time and it shouldn't be too hard to find a copy of AC. And if you still can't find it within a month or so then there's always E-bay (or whatever you preffer).

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Most of the stores here that were supposed to get the movie were sold out on Tuesday, too. I only know that our Best Buy got about 20 copies of the movie, so I figured it was similar for other stores. I was lucky enough to find some copies at a Wal-Mart, though. There were only 6 left in one column of a display and they said they didn't have any more to restock with.

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WoW!! That was close eh?

I really do feel for all thoes who haven't been able to get AC yet, so in their honor I will watch my copy once a day until the shortage has come to an end.

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Originally Posted by SOLDIER

One of the few ac.net threads that don't make me cringe; a list of easter eggs found throughout the movie.

http://forums.adventchildren.net/sho...3&page=1&pp=15

(the password is Sephiroth ;/ )

I noticed a few when I was watching, but some of the more deeply hidden ones made me chuckle.

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My personal favorite though is

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the Loveless sign that hits Rude on the head has a picture of Aerith on it. Other Loveless signs in the movie also have a picture of Tifa.

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I thought the easter egg with the Squaresoft covers was an interesting one. They found FF7 (of course), Bushido Blade and Bushido Blade 2, and I caught Xenogears. Either they had too much time on their hands, or Square really wanted to thank people....

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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......



I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by hikarub

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......

Ahhh...but if you played the game...you know to stay until the very end.

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I watched until the end, since I know it's Square's practice to always include a final image or whatnot. Plus, I already knew that this particular movie had something past the credits, I just wasn't sure what. Besides, what FF fan would skip through the traditional FF theme?

FELIPE NO

I did as well. It was interesting to see Cloud driving along a road like that, and stopping occasionally to talk to people.

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Who thought this movie sucked?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

My guess is you did.

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Originally Posted by Trench

Who thought this movie sucked?

Me, but I don't think there's any point in discussing how much it sucked in a fan thread.

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I did as well.

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Originally Posted by Motsy

I did as well.

At least tell us why you didn't like it. So we can flame you.;_;

I was speaking idiomatically.

What irked me about FF7:AC was the lack of actual storyline. Aside from the overly-dramatic fight scenes, there was no real plot development or character development. I would have expected to see more of Cid, Red XIII, Yuffie, etc.

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