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I-not so much. It's more a game than a story

II-NO! Guy no speak very deliciously

III-Mayyyyyyybe...I dunno

IV-Definetly! Yes! I want some of that!

V-Comedy musical maybe?

VI-ooh hoo hoo! Epic! Yes! reeeeeeeeeally good movie!

VII-Already been done.

VIII-Owen Wilson for Irvine!

IX-Maybe as a Disney cartoon with blood

X-*shudder*

X-2-no! nononononono!NO!

XII-*cough cough*Star Wars Final Fantasy*cough cough*

y'know somebody's probably already had this idea and Im going to get moderereratedded for it.

This post has been edited by R8.50 Mango on 1st November 2009 13:46

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I- The plot consists of talking to the king then grinding for 90% of the movie
II-The plot consists of smacking your own characters to get them to level up
III-The plot consists of the onion people taking over the world
IV- The plot consists of stopping golbez and tellah smacking spoony bards
V- The plot consists of taking arse loads of time to switch between classes
VI- Might actually be interesting
VII- The plot consists of rape and some stupid non-canon town named after a ninja in IV
VIII- OH GOD NO!!!
IX- The plot would consists of destroying MORE capital cities. And probably more vivi angst.
X- (See VIII)
X-2- (See X)
XI- Is there even a story?
XII- I suppose it could work. It made a hell of a lot more sense then 7, 8 and 10 anyway

This post has been edited by Messier17 on 27th July 2009 20:01

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FFVIII definitely. The plot would work better as a book or a two-hour film. Squall is the dislikeable hero who eventually redeems himself. Rinoa is his love interest. Zell, Irvine and the rest can just be simple flat characters for those two to bounce off. Laguna and the gang can spread their wings a little more. All the audience needs to know is that there is a school for mercenaries which takes them around the world and finally through time into an epic final battle in Ultimecia's time fortress. Omega Weapon should make a cameo appearance. If they wanted to really go for a good adaptation, it could become a two- or three-part series. The endings of each film could be the same end of as that discs one and two, or one, two and three.

On the other hand, the plot could be put into a fairly good book. The game doesn't quite flesh out enough, so all the history and depth of events and places could be chartered in a series of books or one big tome. Again, Laguna and the effect he has on the world should really be explored more. I would like to see him getting an entire book to himself, possibly even the last in the series. That would go down very well I'm sure.

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None of them would make good movies (although IX basically is one long movie), but I think that the one that comes closest is IV. You could maybe make a decent one out of XII, too, though.

EDIT: @ Messier: Do you like any of the games!?!?

This post has been edited by yelanates on 27th July 2009 21:42

FFII could actually work, just get rid of the Star Wars “references”. I can also see IV. The others... eh, I don't know, they have different ways of storytelling that would get lost in a movie format.

I – Can only imagine it as a videogame or a table-top game. The fun of it was creating your own party.
II - Could be a movie.
III – A series of adventure books for children (and anyone that can enjoy them).
IV – Soap opera with a fantasy setting (just imagine the love triangle, all the “deaths”, the intrigue), it has potential.
V – Morning cartoon show. The ending credits must have a dancing Boko.
VI – A musical. No, srly, I can see it as a play, with characters entering and going out of scene. And then it has the operatic theme, put an opera would be too much, so musical it is.
VII – Action tv-series.

That's all for me.

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Honestly, I couldn't see any of them being made into a movie. There's way too much material that would have to be lost to trim them down.

But I do agree about VIII, because it has a movie-like storyline.

But seriously, VI or VII, nobody in this forum would not go crazy if Square announced a movie for one of them.

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there is already a movie for what happens after the meteor strikes on final fantasy VII

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EDIT: @ Messier: Do you like any of the games!?!?

No, final fantasy sucks and Hironobu Sakaguchi should be burned alive for committing an act against nature for ever creating it.

In reality I'm pointing out that none of them except 6 would work all that well. (And even then it's iffy)

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Quote (shadowsephiroth1234 @ 27th July 2009 23:17)

there is already a movie for what happens after the meteor strikes on final fantasy VII

Yeah, but there isn't one for the story in the game, because I think it's too long. But maybe a trilogy or duology of VI or VII could work. I'd also like to see something on IV, but not as much.

This post has been edited by BlitzSage on 28th July 2009 04:49

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VI – A musical. No, srly, I can see it as a play, with characters entering and going out of scene. And then it has the operatic theme, put an opera would be too much, so musical it is.

That would definitely work. Especially because a lot of the humour is a bit like a pantomime or something, and the characters suit a silly play rather than a more serious film, I would say.

Another brilliant musical or play would be FFIX. I think it is aware of this, with the play at the beginning, the references to plays throughout, and all the characters from the game miraculously appearing near the end for the battle with the Silver Dragons. I've always liked FFIX so much as a game, however, so I wouldn't want to see it adapted any further.

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Another brilliant musical or play would be FFIX. I think it is aware of this, with the play at the beginning, the references to plays throughout, and all the characters from the game miraculously appearing near the end for the battle with the Silver Dragons.

That would be weird, to have a play within a play.

But theatrical versions of Final Fantasy would be awesome.

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XI- Is there even a story?

About seven of them actually. It's so easy to discount XI because it's online.

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XI- Is there even a story?

About seven of them actually. It's so easy to discount XI because it's online.

I'm un-informed about the ps2 era Final fantasy games. (Excluding XII) So yes I suppose that's my mistake. However the movie would still contain people whining about pking, noobs and MMORPG stuff.

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I think X would make a really good film honestly. There's a lot of twists that would manage really well in that format. i.e. Yevon being a sham and tidus being a dream created by the fayth. The ending cutscene on the airship is already a pretty well staged ending to a movie. Now that I think about it that could be a really well done movie, I'll almost be disappointed if I don't see it

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I think they could make a movie out of tactics.Call it Final Fantasy:The Lion War.Take out the tactical battles,and replace them with fast paced sword fighting.It would make a good sypnosis for a movie too.It would be a long movie though.Maybe about 3 hours at least.But i think it would be good .

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That would be weird, to have a play within a play.

Right. Like Taming of the Shrew.

hmm i view that the newer ffs are more movie materials than the old ones.


I am not 100% sure if ff6 would work,it has a great script and it might be interesting,especially if you add some extra scenes to make it more interesting with its own drama and action.

I am willing to bet that the scenes of ultros and kefka will be a hit,kefka and utlros always were the funny guys in the game.


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IV would be my choice. Vi may be my favorite, but it just seems like it spans too much and has too many main characters to be a film (series is what it needs, miniseries at least).

IV just seems like it has enough (but not too much) going on to translate it almost directly to a film. Plus it'd be nice to see a Final FANTASY movie with an actual FANTASY setting.

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i wholeheartedly agree with VIII being a movie. the game has such a cinematic feel to it, and while some of the characters may be pretty flat, others have pretty interesting backstories. the game felt a bit rushed at bits, and i would love to see it in movie form so it could be fully fleshed out

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I could see IV, VIII, IX, and XII as films.

Final Fantasy IX: The Movie. It would be pretty sick, there would be the evil forest chase scene, the fall of Queen Brahne, Zidane finding out his purpose in life, and not to mention fighting Necron.

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No, final fantasy sucks and Hironobu Sakaguchi should be burned alive for committing an act against nature for ever creating it.

Why are you here? Haha not at all in a rude manner of speaking, but really, it's an FF-based community! What came over you to join if you hate FF so much?

I think that FFVIII and FFX would make the best movies personally (also my favorites). I think it would be hard to make any of them work though... because some rpgs have a lot of minor plot events that would get cut (that are still important within the game despite not being terribly efficient), while others don't have enough. Similarly, some games don't develop their characters enough, while others (FFVI) have so many well developed characters that a movie couldn't do them all justice.

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No, final fantasy sucks and Hironobu Sakaguchi should be burned alive for committing an act against nature for ever creating it.

Why are you here? Haha not at all in a rude manner of speaking, but really, it's an FF-based community! What came over you to join if you hate FF so much?

Seriously. It's sort of like joining a political forum if you don't like politics. (or perhaps his mission is to systematically kill Final Fantasy).

Well, I think they should make an original story like they did for Spirits Within, except they should make it Final Fantasy instead of whatever they did with that. It should have crystals, chocobos, magic and moogles, but it should have the separate but classic storyline.



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Quote (BlitzSage @ 16th August 2009 01:54)

Well, I think they should make an original story like they did for Spirits Within, except they should make it Final Fantasy instead of whatever they did with that. It should have crystals, chocobos, magic and moogles, but it should have the separate but classic storyline.

Well, there is Final Fantasy Unlimited, that has crystals, chocobos, cactuars, Bahamut and even Chaos. But it is extremely bad, so that's not the key to a good Final Fantasy.

Then there's Advent Children, it was cool, has amazing graphics, popular characters and is the continuation of a well loved Final Fantasy. But it was just that, a cool movie. In my opinion it didn't have that magic that the games have.

So, what's the secret recipe? Maybe it has to be baked in an oven and when you try a microwave it just doesn't taste the same.

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Well, there is Final Fantasy Unlimited, that has crystals, chocobos, cactuars, Bahamut and even Chaos. But it is extremely bad, so that's not the key to a good Final Fantasy.

Then there's Advent Children, it was cool, has amazing graphics, popular characters and is the continuation of a well loved Final Fantasy. But it was just that, a cool movie. In my opinion it didn't have that magic that the games have.

So, what's the secret recipe? Maybe it has to be baked in an oven and when you try a microwave it just doesn't taste the same.

Well, often the stories just do not translate from one medium to the other, and if there is not dedication things can be missed. Look at Lord of the Rings; the movies are very different from the novel, yet they carried much of the style and tone, and many dedicated people worked on the project. They made a book story into a movie story, and that is the first step: realizing that they are two different things. That is why I would suggest a new story, so it can easily be written instead of going through the adaptation process. And they need to do what they can to keep the FF feel, yet make a streamlined film. It's very difficult, which is why they haven't attempted but a few times. But they have the resources, and now they need patience, and good filmmakers to be behind it.

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No, final fantasy sucks and Hironobu Sakaguchi should be burned alive for committing an act against nature for ever creating it.

Why are you here? Haha not at all in a rude manner of speaking, but really, it's an FF-based community! What came over you to join if you hate FF so much?

Seriously. It's sort of like joining a political forum if you don't like politics. (or perhaps his mission is to systematically kill Final Fantasy).

He was being sarcastic! Hence the 'In reality...' part.

I think VI could work as a series of short films, each one focusing on an individual character. They could all overlap and eventually conclude with the WoR. Terra's would be first, with Locke, Edgar, Sabin and then Cyan following in that order. Between them the entire WoB story could be fleshed out. Kefka's own film would be last.

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I think VI could work as a series of short films, each one focusing on an individual character. They could all overlap and eventually conclude with the WoR. Terra's would be first, with Locke, Edgar, Sabin and then Cyan following in that order. Between them the entire WoB story could be fleshed out. Kefka's own film would be last.

I think it would work if they did some kind of miniseries like that John Adams show. They could simply cut up the story into 5 one-hour episodes, and maybe two seasons: season one would be Balance, while two would be Ruin.

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He was being sarcastic! Hence the 'In reality...' part.

Well don't I feel foolish. You know how people are tone deaf? I guess I'm sarcasm deaf.

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I think FFVI would make a great movie! You have a plethora of unique characters, a wicked-cool villain, opera, and a mix of sci-fi and medieval stuff.

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FF I- Might be a little too stereotypical for today's times
FF2- Reckon it would be better as a TV show..
FF3- Final Fantasy music video ! [ It would be awesome and just have the onion knights fighting in the background and changing job classes in parts ]
FF4- TV Soap - " Sorry Cecil but- Yang passed away yesterday.. "
[ Yang suddenly enters the room ]
Yang- " No !, I am- Still alive !.. "
[* Dun/ Dun/ Dun- Episode ends *] :/

FF5- Reckon it would be great as a Disney movie for some reason..
FF6- 2 Parter TV movie- just like Biltzsage said ^-^
FF7- Guess another straight to DVD CGI saga.. [ SIGH ]
FF8- Kinda see this as maybe the 91210 version of Final Fantasy.. so guess maybe a Laguna Beach/ The Hills kinda of setting..
FF9- See it as a movie but also could maybe see it as a Disney movie too..
FF 10- Anime probably....
FF 11- Novels .. [ boring.. Novels.. ]
FF12- The next part of Star Wars ? xD- Guess it could be a new George Lucas project & SE teaming up kinda thing..
FF 13- Like FF9 could really see it becoming a movie..

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FF4- TV Soap - " Sorry Cecil but- Yang passed away yesterday.. "
[ Yang suddenly enters the room ]
Yang- " No !, I am- Still alive !.. "
[* Dun/ Dun/ Dun- Episode ends *] :/

I couldn't of said it better myself, who really wants to watch a movie like that?

FF6: I could see it being a Trilogy, something to the effect of lord of the rings. They would have to cut a lot of stuff out but it could definetly work.

There could be a prequel to the movie giving the history of characters that we would miss out in the movie. Because I dont think all those flash backs would work very well.

FF9: I think It would be a great anime series.

I really cant see any other game with the potential to be remade... no one wants to watch final fantasy 8, it would be a chick flick.



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