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recycled final fantasy?

posted 21 years ago by klauke
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after only having seen the trailers for final flight of the osiris, it almost looks like the same characters (or models) used for the final fantasy movie. anyone whose seen both care to comment? thanks.

[–] k0lp 21 years ago

i am dead sure that the pilot or operator(the one who shoots the machine guns and gets killed first) in FFOTO is Aki's model and thadeus is the slightli modified black guy from Final fantasy

[–] lunchbox_snoogins 21 years ago

this is probably because Andy Jones is the animated director of both the final flight of the osiris and final fantasy. although I have to say the final flight of the osiris is way better then final fantasy.

[–] japanfour 21 years ago

yeah, the black dude in the Animatrix looks heaps like the dude in Final Fantasy. Although, digital models can be changed, we don't usually say.. "hmph.. the main character in The Matrix, looks like the guy in Bill and Ted's Execellent Adventure?!"

[–] ilovetoeatpez 21 years ago

I actually remember reading an aricle in, I think it was something like Entertainment Weekly (must've been waiting for a dentist, or something), around the time Final Fantasy came out. Anyway, there was mention that the production staff planned to use the models again in other films - use the same "actors" to play different roles. They were striving to make CG as close to reality as possible, and part of the experience of film, sometimes, is the recognition of familiar faces in different context. They appear to have done that here. I think it's neat.

[–] mRoQuE 21 years ago

All you supporting actors... prepare to be replaced by CG models within next 5-10 yrs!!! All you big movie stars... prepare to be replaced within next 10-15 yrs :P That's my prophecy damn it!! ;) Greetz from Poland!!!

[–] Tyb 21 years ago

klauke:
Yes, both movies were created by Square Pictures, that's the connection. I personally liked Final Fantasy a lot, so it was good to see the characters again in action. (They were killed once again! Doh! :-))
lunchbox_snoogins:
You mentioned that The Final Flight Of The Osiris looked much better than Final Fantasy.
Well of course man, by now they get several times more computing capacity for their money than they had for the creating of FF - which lasted for four years, and the movie was released in 2001. And they had to create only a 11-minute movie, compared to FF, it's ten times shorter. And in FF, Aki's hair was represented by 60000 individual strands, consuming one fifth of the time to render the film. In The Final Flight Of The Osiris, "Aki" was wearing her hair in a braid, so it must have spared some resources also :-)

Tyb
Greetz from Hungary :-)

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[–] Gray_Ops 21 years ago

This could all have something to do with the fact that both "Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within" and "Final Flight of the Osiris" were done by SquarePictures.

[–] comicbookhero1988 21 years ago

He he..does SQUAREPICTURES have an obsession with finishing things?
FINAL fantasy
FINAL flight of the osirus

oh..i need a life :S

I am what I am, because I choose not to be what YOU want me to be...

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[–] codebreaker2001 20 years ago

The reason why Squarsoft did that, from what I heard, was to show that any previously used character model can be reused again for a different production, much like how an actor takes on different roles for different films.