Sony Announces Live-Action Final Fantasy XIV TV Series

Oh my! ;)

https://kotaku.com/sony-announces-li...ies-1835904929

The idea of this is making me cringe so much.

Here's hoping it's The Office except it's Ironworks.

Ohh... uh ok. They are behind the tv show of The Witcher. Eugh. But then they are behind The Expanse, too? Ok... but that show is good. I'm so confused. I guess we shall see...

Upon reading the full thing, seems they plan the main character to be Cid Garlond, which I am 100% not here for as I can't stand him.

I get the desire for a TV show...but live action?

Interest immediately lost.

hmm this could be interesting, not sure if it's set in the current era of ff14, could be difficult to do if that's the case, but doing a series set in the distant past in one of the previous eras has the potential to be good, we'll have to wait to see how this shapes up, there's still a good chance this never makes it to air.

They could have done an anime series but oke.

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They could have done an anime series but oke.

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This. I would have been way more excited if it was an anime instead of live action.

Why live action...
Live action never ends well for video games

Keanu Reeves as derplander?

I'd rather have an Anime series instead. Live-action is well..... not ideal.


https://youtu.be/9ZEtyODeiCQ

https://youtu.be/9fNgziN2gCk

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Originally Posted by SerLuke

Keanu Reeves as derplander?

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i think David Giuntoli would be a good derplander.

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Keanu Reeves as derplander?

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Nicolas Cage :p

anime series wouldn't do well, Have you ever heard of an anime series being the biggest thing on tv? live action has the potential to attract more viewers.

Honestly... I would have liked to have seen a series that told the story of 1.0 up to the current. I mean, I get that we know that story, but it would still be cool to see it play out live and for those not into gaming or ffxiv specifically, it would be a way for them to experience the stories we have over the past several years. Assuming this new story is well written and acted, I can imagine it being quite good though.

Thinking more on it, I really hope it falls through because the live action Japanese show only worked because it was a family drama about playing FFXIV. It wasn't the actual game story/based on the game world itself... The only way that will work is with an anime series. Unless they completely tone down the magical side of the world, which would make the whole show pointless, I can't see them doing it justice.

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anime series wouldn't do well, Have you ever heard of an anime series being the biggest thing on tv? live action has the potential to attract more viewers.

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Idk Dragonball Z was pretty big for awhile, nowadays i have no clue i stopped watching tv years ago

Tom Holland as the Warrior of Darkness?

❤️ Keanu Reeves ❤️ please or else is not funny.

Go John Wick or go home.

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Originally Posted by Reimmi

Why live action...
Live action never ends well for video games

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It's only been "optioned" technically, this might not even happen. Hopefully it doesn't.

This is just Hollywood doing it's thing, seeing something popular that has a lot of revenue behind it; optioning it to see if anyone will get behind the project and so on.

I will say that; i don't see anyone realistically getting onboard with this producer/director-wise; because all someone has to do is see or hear the acronym: "MMORPG" or the sentence: "It's based off a online game"- and no one will financially back it if they know any better or even remotely know anything about the previous project based off a MMORPG, which did not make a profit based on world-wide ticket-sales, and didn't even break even for it's budget.

EDIT: From here on out i'd probably follow Fandom entertainment or Screen Junkies News, they will have likely already heard about this and will probably follow this to see if it realistically goes anywhere.

Why not animated?

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Originally Posted by foussi

They could have done an anime series but oke.

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I would have actually watched if it was. Now I'm just going to pretend it doesn't exist.

I would rather have a FF TV show set in Ivalice. Have Matsuno and Alex O. Smith together again. That stuff could easily fill the void left by GoT.

A FF TV show with dialogue like in FFT: The War of the Lions and Vagrant Story.

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anime series wouldn't do well, Have you ever heard of an anime series being the biggest thing on tv? live action has the potential to attract more viewers.

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Are you kidding me? Biggest? Maybe not. But anime is huge.

What's really going to kill it is bad CGI, bad editing, and them trying to convert all sorts of visuals/scenes that were not designed for live action to live action. Unless you can make it look actually real, then make it animated please.

Danny DeVito as a lala.

I really don't get why people are so repulsed to a live action adaptation. The technology and budget is there to handle all of the effects, creatures, and magitek faithfully. There is a much larger audience reach for live action versus anime (there are a sizable number of people who just won't watch anime, no matter how good it is). Video games by and large—including Final Fantasy—have moved towards more and more realism, so the marriage is there. Lastly, to see places like Gridania becoming fully realized in live action would be breathtaking (and just simply meh present in anime).

So, personally, I'm excited by the prospect of live action. Very excited.

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Dwayne Douglas Johnson as Roegadyn ❤ _ ❤
Keanu Reeves as derp lander
Liv Tailor as Minfilia.
Only one can make Cid look Cid that is Bruce Willis. ❤ _ ❤
Only one lady can make Viera look Viera that is Beyonce.

Cant even imagine my favourite actors representing FFXIV characters! ❀ヅ❤♫

Live action from FFXIV no thanks... the result could be "Impossible to Gauge".

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The technology and budget is there to handle all of the effects, creatures, and magitek faithfully.

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The budget is. The technology is not. It's almost 2020 and CGI still doesn't look convincing. All it takes is one trip to the movie theater and a new release by Marvel to see that the movies still look like video games.

I'm not sure how I feel about this.

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The budget is. The technology is not. It's almost 2020 and CGI still doesn't look convincing. All it takes is one trip to the movie theater and a new release by Marvel to see that the movies still look like video games.

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Uh, no? Are you still watching super hero movies from the early 2000s or something? Marvel CGI is the furthest thing from unconvincing: it is really, really good. I don't know how you can look at something like, Rocket Racoon, and say, "That really doesn't look like a talking racoon to me." I mean, if you want to stay within the genre (epic fantasy), Game of Thrones always looked stunning on a TV budget. Same goes for Chronicles of Shannara (and that on a considerably lesser budget).

I don't know man. We must be looking at two different things.

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The budget is. The technology is not. It's almost 2020 and CGI still doesn't look convincing. All it takes is one trip to the movie theater and a new release by Marvel to see that the movies still look like video games.

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And need we state that marvel films cost upwards of 250million USD to make. Ain't no "made for streaming and based on a Japanese MMO" tv show getting that kind of budget.

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Uh, no? Are you still watching super hero movies from the early 2000s or something? Marvel CGI is the furthest thing from unconvincing: it is really, really good. I don't know how you can look at something like, Rocket Racoon, and say, "That really doesn't look like a talking racoon to me." I mean, if you want to stay within the genre (epic fantasy), Game of Thrones always looked stunning on a TV budget. Same goes for Chronicles of Shannara (and that on a considerably lesser budget).

I don't know man. We must be looking at two different things.

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One look. ONE LOOK...at The Avengers. I'll admit that Marvel movies are fun to watch, but I would be lying if I said I thought they look good. They don't. They look like they're trying to be real and failed miserably at it. It would be better to just not try to be realistic in the first place.

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Oh my! ;)

https://kotaku.com/sony-announces-li...ies-1835904929

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Live Action? Eww...
And it's Final Fantasy, wouldn't all that CGI cost more and look worse then animation?

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Originally Posted by DumdogsWorld

Are you kidding me? Biggest? Maybe not. But anime is huge.

What's really going to kill it is bad CGI, bad editing, and them trying to convert all sorts of visuals/scenes that were not designed for live action to live action. Unless you can make it look actually look real, then make it animated please.

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I completely agree, an Anime series would be sooooo much easier and cost-efficient for Sony; heck they've worked with Animation studios before; and they've done fairly well.

"Live Action"


Why?

Just, Why?

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Originally Posted by CoffeeBuns

This. I would have been way more excited if it was an anime instead of live action.

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Heck, I'd take 3D over live action.

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Originally Posted by Listrella

anime series wouldn't do well, Have you ever heard of an anime series being the biggest thing on tv? live action has the potential to attract more viewers.

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Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball, Pokemon and Digimon would like a word with you. Avatar isn't anime but you can throw it in there too.

Peter Dinklage as Papalymo rumored?

It makes me cringe with live action...not my thing at all, FF should stay as CG it just does not work well. I mean I guess Richard Branson could be Cid >.>

I hope it does not happen lol

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anime series wouldn't do well, Have you ever heard of an anime series being the biggest thing on tv? live action has the potential to attract more viewers.

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Well, considering the target audience is probably people playing FF XIV... I kind of have a feeling an anime series would actually do better than an live action series...