Sony Announces Live-Action Final Fantasy XIV TV Series

[Edax]

Well that explains why you have a problem with it. You are working off a premise of, "real world and CGI will never look good." Which means you have already judged the work before you see it in the first place.

We've already seen the real world and CGI mixing. $25 million dollars it cost to CGI an upper lip and this was the result.

[Melichoir]

At a Sony Exec meeting:

Sony: We should make a FFXIV TV series!

Rational Person: Oh! Hey, thatd be pretty cool! There are a few great anima-

Stupid Person: LETS MAKE IT LIVE ACTION!

Sony: YES! AND THE MC WILL BE THAT INVENTOR GUY! THIS PLAN WILL MAKE US ALL THE MONIES!



Rational person then proceeds to voluntarily leap out the window.

[Gula]

I have a CRAZY idea. What if we wait to see it before complaining? What am I thinking. That would require logic. Continue flaming.

Weebs gonna weeb.

[DumdogsWorld]

You people are so damned negative. I mean it's fine to be skeptical and doubtful sure, but outright condemning the thing before it's even fully conceptualized just because it doesn't fit your personal ideal is a bit much don't you think?

Yeah I'd rather have an anime as well. But if this does come out then I'll still give it a try. My philosophy has always been not to give a kneejerk reaction to everything - especially when that reaction could be potentially negative. And that philosophy has served me very well.

We're voicing what we expect. If I get some kind of masterpiece with CGI technology that doesn't even exist - where it can produce visuals that are indistinguishable from the real thing to the human eye - then I'll be the first to give it a 10/10 on critic sites and what not.

But I'm not getting my hopes up.

[kidalutz]

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

Sure it does... Super Mario... err Double Dragon uhm.... wait wait ... Dead or Alive... Mortal Kombat! Fuuuuuu... Street fighter No no no...In the name of the King?

You're right... dang.


*Goes to start a go fund me page for Square Enix in case they hire Uwe Boll to direct. Or do Spirits Within part deaux.*

[SoulEchelon]

We're voicing what we expect. If I get some kind of masterpiece with CGI technology that doesn't even exist - where it can produce visuals that are indistinguishable from the real thing to the human eye - then I'll be the first to give it a 10/10 on critic sites and what not.

But I'm not getting my hopes up.

All I'm saying is give it a chance. There are so many things out there that people are immediately negative about. And while you may be simply voicing what you expect, there are quite a few others who are instantly bashing what could be a great series and a new gateway for a larger fanbase of a game we all should be rooting for.

[kidalutz]

We've already seen the real world and CGI mixing. $25 million dollars it cost to CGI an upper lip and this was the result.

Did you see the infinitely better work a college kid did on that for fun as a side project?

[Shirosama]

Tho with the fact that square has been releasing anime clips for FFXIV as advertising for shadowbringers I don't understand why they would go live action over anime

[Gula]

Tho with the fact that square has been releasing anime clips for FFXIV as advertising for shadowbringers I don't understand why they would go live action over anime

Its like advertising Berserk with Black Clover. Big hueg sword story but the theming and tone were all wrong.

[AncientCrystal]

I think people outta just wait and see how it turns out and not just complain. It may turn out alright.