Aeris's Death FMV... What a mess!

[ForceStealer]

In Mideel Ultima is planted low on his four legs which might account for SOME of the difference in height, but yeah, there are still some scaling issues there.

and yet some people complain that English has only one word for it.

Well Greek has four and that seems a reasonable amount to me.

Friendly (Brotherly) love: philos
Passionate/romantic Love: eros
Spiritual("True") love: agape
Affection: storge

(If I got any of those wrong I'm sure our newly resident Greek-English expert will correct me). But one word isn't enough, and Japanese has way too many.

 

[Octo]

I'll consider it.

;_;

Ahem...Actually come to think of it, it was weird that the Ultima Weapon shrunk like that. Diamond was a similar size to Emerald and Ruby (though it should be pointed out that none of the weapons were as large in-battle as they appeared in the FMVs) and it wasnt like there were no other massive enemies (Proud Cloud)

The text being mirrored, sounds like they made the FMV's earlier or separate from the other bits and then saw that it didnt fit the other way and so flipped it.

 

[DLPB]

The reason they weren't as large in battle is obviously for the purpose of camera angle and ease of play. If it was to scale, can you imagine what that would be like in battle? It isn't necessary.

 

[Shademp]

I noticed something else about Aeris' Death FMV that I never saw before...
Look at her ear from 0:26-0:28. Seriously.
A sort-of duplicate of her eye lash moves up and down her ear as she blinks!

What's interesting is that this is *not* seen when she blinks at the beginning of the video. I can't see it either when she falls over.

I'm never gonna look away from that ear-eye-lash whenever I see that FMV from now on.

The reason they weren't as large in battle is obviously for the purpose of camera angle and ease of play. If it was to scale, can you imagine what that would be like in battle? It isn't necessary.

Indeed, the purpose is obvious but it is still an inconsistency with the scale.
To be honest, I think Ultima Weapon's "canon" size should be closer to the battle-version rather than the FMV/Overworld version. I just cannot imagine how Cid & Co could stop Ultima from trashing Mideel if Ultima was bigger than the Highwind.

In the game they make a big deal out of battling Diamond and whether or not they can take that thing, but Ultima isn't presented as much of a threat. Barret even says post-battle, "Just a little more and I would have got him". If they were so confident with battling this Weapon, why the fear associated with Diamond Weapon?

 

[Octo]

I dont know why Im thanking you, I wont be able to unsee it either!

 

[Sephiroth~and~Vincent_Fan]

well I guess this cgi was good practice for them for the future so in that case I'm glad they did it the way they did, and besides I find it very unique, I never played a game with them looking like that. I think it can be taken as bad or good...but #2 and #3 I didn't notice until now lol It's strange but at least it's not usually something you'll notice on your first time playing since I was so taken in by what was happening. with #4 I'll agree with someone else that Holy was holding the ribbon on, and because it flew off it loosened, well that's the story I've decided to stick to and does this scene still give anyone goosebumps or is it just me? I've seen it so many times so idk why

 

[Sephiroth~and~Vincent_Fan]

well I guess this cgi was good practice for them for the future so in that case I'm glad they did it the way they did, and besides I find it very unique, I never played a game with them looking like that. I think it can be taken as bad or good...but #2 and #3 I didn't notice until now lol It's strange but at least it's not usually something you'll notice on your first time playing since I was so taken in by what was happening. with #4 I'll agree with someone else that Holy was holding the ribbon on, and because it flew off it loosened, well that's the story I've decided to stick to and does this scene still give anyone goosebumps or is it just me? I've seen it so many times so idk why

 

[Ite]

I love that when her ribbon flies off, underneath is an enormous cylindrical disc of solid brown hair.

 

[Shademp]

I love that when her ribbon flies off, underneath is an enormous cylindrical disc of solid brown hair.

...That's another detail I never thought of.

 

[Vorona]

A sort-of duplicate of her eye lash moves up and down her ear as she blinks!

I love that when her ribbon flies off, underneath is an enormous cylindrical disc of solid brown hair.

Bawww you guys have ruined what was an upsetting and poignant scene for me!

Aha but no really, that CGI has some messed up stuff going on. I'll never be able to unsee the eyelash ear thing.

 

[Shademp]

Bawww you guys have ruined what was an upsetting and poignant scene for me!

Aha but no really, that CGI has some messed up stuff going on. I'll never be able to unsee the eyelash ear thing.

My job is done.

You should see the mistakes in the other FMVs, nyuk nyuk nyuk.
I could ruin part of the ending for you

 

[Vorona]

There's more?!

Haha oh do tell

 

[Tetsujin]

Now I'm curious, too.

 

[Shademp]

I may have made you curious over nothing since there is only one mistake I can point out with the ending FMV;

When Tifa is holding Cloud and then ascends to the platform, she phases right through Cloud's arm. See it at 1:44. It's easy to miss but I promise that if you pause at just the right millisecond you'll see it.

I urge you all to find other mistakes in the FMV which I have not yet noticed!

 

[ForceStealer]

You mean like how all the stuff flies off the Highwind, then Cid pulls the lever, and right before it bursts into 'jet' form, its completely whole again?

 

[Shademp]

You mean like how all the stuff flies off the Highwind, then Cid pulls the lever, and right before it bursts into 'jet' form, its completely whole again?

...By the gods you are right.

THAT'S AWESOME! Great job ForceStealer.

I should also add that the overview of Kalm is not identical to how it looks when you roam that place but that's an oversight I can deal with. I can't describe the differences but it's nothing major so nevermind.

Edit: You gotta be kiddin' me... At 5:41 in that FMV, Cloud's shoulder pad is on his right side. It's supposed to be on his left side! You can also see a hint that Barret's gun arm is his left arm, not his right one!
WOW.

 

[ForceStealer]

And Cloud's spike goes the other way, they must have mirrored that shot. I wonder why.

..By the gods you are right.

THAT'S AWESOME! Great job ForceStealer.

lol, that one I even noticed as a kid.

 

[DLPB]

It's not really a mess at all... they were working to time and probably a tight budget and people don't notice these things easy, which is why it is OK.

Interesting, but not a mess

 

[Nursie]

These are interesting finds! To be honest, noticing these mistakes makes me fonder of the back-in-the-day craptastic graphics. I just get all fuzzy inside when I see those mistakes.

I get some good kicks out of the grammatical cock-ups from the English translation of the game:

 

[Shademp]

Noticed something "weird"...

The floor Aeris is kneeling on is...checkered. Checkered black and white. But only where the light shines intensely.
See this at 0:11, and partially at 0:24 and 0:38.
It's weird because the floor shouldn't look like that.
It is not checkered at any point outside of the FMV. Why it does this only under strong light is beyond me.

 

[Dana Scully]

Sounds like a glitch with shadow rendering, imo.

 

[Ite]

Yeah, it looks like the little squares of light are moving around. That's wacky how intense they are.

 

[Username]

Oh come on, sorry but this is a good scene, leave it alone, any complaints are pointless, you are all just picking at it, it gets on my nerves.

 

[Ite]

Dude, the fandom has been around for fourteen years, let us talk about things.

 

[Username]

You do realise who you are talking to right?

Anyway, fair point,

Thing is, do you really want to pick apart a vital part of a game, and make it seem like an ordinary cut scene?