Sony Announces Live-Action Final Fantasy XIV TV Series

[Eli85]

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.

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.

[Endeleon]

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.

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.

[DumdogsWorld]

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.

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.

[Edax]

Oh my!

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

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

[Neoyoshi]

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.

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.

[CaptainLagbeard]

"Live Action"


Why?

Just, Why?

[Allegor]

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

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

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.

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.

[Arcana]

Peter Dinklage as Papalymo rumored?

[Luluna]

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

[CaptainLagbeard]

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.

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...