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Final Fantasy VII Advent Children
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NCS
Product Synopsis
Update: 2:33PM EST
Yes, the USA version of Final Fantasy VII Advent Children DVD is
really in stock and shipping to preorders today.
New orders are welcome to ship this afternoon. Due
to the large amount of inquiries, NCS recommends
shipping with USPS Express Mail if you wish to
receive this item tomorrow if you reside in the USA.
From the publisher:
Two years after the
events in "Final Fantasy VII", a disease called 'Seikon-Shoukougun',
or 'Geostigma', is spreading through the planet.
This disease is believed to have been caused by the
body fighting off foreign material that invaded the
body two years earlier, at the end of "Final Fantasy
VII". Guilt-ridden and haunted by his past,
ex-SOLDIER Cloud Strife has decided to live a
secluded, solitary life away from his friends while
maintaining "Strife's Delivery Service", whose
headquarters is located in Tifa Lockheart's bar, the
Seventh Heaven. Tifa's bar serves as an orphanage
for children stricken with Geostigma. Here, Tifa
keeps an eye on Barret's six-year-old daughter,
Marlene, while Barret searches the planet for an
alternative energy source to the Planet's energy,
Mako.
One day, Cloud receives a phone call from the former Shinra, Inc.
president, Rufus, asking him for protection from a
mysterious man named Kadaj. Kadaj, in the meantime,
along with his brothers Loz and Yazoo, are searching
for their "mother", and seem to believe that Cloud
knows where to find her. Meanwhile, Vincent
Valentine has been wandering the planet gathering
information on Kadaj's scheme, and Cloud and his
friends must come together again to fight these new
enemies.
NCS Comments - Sept 13, 2005 (From the Japanese
version)
We watched the DVD from the LE box that arrived
yesterday. There may be spoilers below, so avert
your eyes with the quickness if you don't want to
read them.
• When it's all over, Advent Children is just a
story about three boys looking for Mother. What
could be so bad about that?
• The three red creatures (Red XIII, et al) racing
in the beginning would fit perfectly in a remake of
the Lion King where the beasts rush up something
that could very well be Pride Rock. The flock of
birds flying overhead carries a tinge of the Disney
style.
• There's a short interlude near the introduction of
the movie when a young child is narrating the
storyline from FFVII and the battles that took place
before the current story that will cause many a fan
to swat a tear from his/her eyes. You'll know it
when you see it.
• When Cloud wakes up, his hair is as perfectly
feathered and coiffed as it was before he hit the
sack. The same goes for Tifa. Hair is a big deal
with individually mobile strands and realistic hair
motion throughout the movie.
• Cloud's apparent choice of eyewear is a pair of
Oakleys. With the metal rims and the tinted lenses.
He also carries a Motorola style flip phone that is
water resistant and would work well as an aerator...
• The street scene where a girl is carrying a ratty
Mog plush is beautifully done despite the mundane
setting. The drab gray metal work and rusted brown
palette evince the misery and stark loneliness of
the city.
• Kadaj and the Gang - the three villains in the
movie - belong in a Japanese rock/hair fusion band.
If such a thing exists. Their collective swagger,
snarling sneers, and cold eyes betray their lack of
humanity.
• The fights are breathtaking with lots of
slow-motion special effects mixed with fast paced
action. Slow-mo then zoom redux. There are obvious
nods (is rip-off too strong of a word?) to the
Matrix movies.
• After Kadaj summons a rampaging Neo Bahamut
materia, friendly air support arrives quickly and
the assembled team eventually helps Cloud vault ever
higher in a spectacular mid-air showdown against the
creature.
Overall, loved the movie but sprouting seeds may
spoil Square's sales. Hmm. Imagine that.
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