FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn Opening Movie Now Live! (01/07/2013)

[Catapult]

looks like I'll have to add this to my drawing :3

wait, does he have brown hair now? O_O

Keep in mind that white coloured objects (in this case hair) reflect what ever light falls on them, in this case a room lit by candles and other earthy glows. If Thancred now had brown hair, this lighting would make it look even darker again, which it doesn't, which means his hair is still ash-white.

[Kirito]

Keep in mind that white coloured objects (in this case hair) reflect what ever light falls on them, in this case a room lit by candles and other earthy glows. If Thancred now had brown hair, this lighting would make it look even darker again, which it doesn't, which means his hair is still ash-white.

Wow they went all out for the realism then...

[Hestern_Nestern]

Keep in mind that white coloured objects (in this case hair) reflect what ever light falls on them, in this case a room lit by candles and other earthy glows. If Thancred now had brown hair, this lighting would make it look even darker again, which it doesn't, which means his hair is still ash-white.

Why, how intriguing! Thank you for this illuminating indication. ^.^ I are have luverzez thou for you.

Hmm, I was actually a bit disappointed.
To me the 1st (old) bit is epic and I loved it already before, but the new bit just seems a bit "just put a bit of everything to it" to me. It should have made me go "OMG NOW I REALLY WANT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT" but it didn't do that.

As a "opening movie" I don't think this play its role very well, but that's just my opinnion (and as we know everyone is a critic)

I don't respond to you to disagree with you. You certainly have the rights to your critique. I, myself, wondered for a moment why the video moved here and there. But I considered that they called this a prologue, which often sets up the events in the bulk of a (let's say) "novel", but doesn't necessarily have to be a clear image of said events to be had in the novel. It's a rather sneaky way for an author to bring together some of the highlights of the story to catch reader's interest early without having to work for it later (Oh dear, I'm not selling this very well, am I?). I also considered the title sequence of Japanese animes and the rest of the video (after the End of the Era portion) reminds me of the way said title sequences are put together (I'm displaying ethnocentrism here, I fear).

What are your thoughts on what I have said? I sincerely hope I didn't make a weak analogy...I loathe having to read through one of those...I doth apologize if you had to suffer one at my hand!

EDIT: Would someone be so kind as to provide various screenshots of the suspected Survival Mark? I keep missing it in the video. I'm so sorry.

[TenraiNagi]

Would someone be so kind as to provide various screenshots of the suspected Survival Mark? I keep missing it in the video. I'm so sorry.

They all have this mark on their clothes. I'm guessing that's the one ^^

[Kirito]

Yes we do get marks on our clothes!!!!

[Zenaku]

Yes we do get marks on our clothes!!!!

lol i wish they said we get one on our body that we can turn of and on. It be cool if free company have a way to put there logo on cloths i know they said we could on shields and such.

[TenraiNagi]

lol i wish they said we get one on our body that we can turn of and on. It be cool if free company have a way to put there logo on cloths i know they said we could on shields and such.

Exactly. I never recall them saying the mark is going to be on our bodies. And that is the only mark shared by NPC's who survived the calamity like us, hence my assumption..

[Catapult]

Exactly. I never recall them saying the mark is going to be on our bodies. And that is the only mark shared by NPC's who survived the calamity like us, hence my assumption..

I kind of don't care about any marks on the NPCs that were not banished to the timeless rift alongside us.

I care about the PC representations (the five heros). What have they got?

[Zenaku]

Exactly. I never recall them saying the mark is going to be on our bodies. And that is the only mark shared by NPC's who survived the calamity like us, hence my assumption..

Not sure what you mean by body? you mean cloth or our skin? if you mean it's not going to be on our skin then that wrong Yoshi-p said it going to be a tattoo we can turn off and on whenever we like.

yoshi-p said he wont release how the tattoo look just yet once we closer to release he would show it or maybe sometime around beta.

[Yrusama]

Why, how intriguing! Thank you for this illuminating indication. ^.^ I are have luverzez thou for you.



I don't respond to you to disagree with you. You certainly have the rights to your critique. I, myself, wondered for a moment why the video moved here and there. But I considered that they called this a prologue, which often sets up the events in the bulk of a (let's say) "novel", but doesn't necessarily have to be a clear image of said events to be had in the novel. It's a rather sneaky way for an author to bring together some of the highlights of the story to catch reader's interest early without having to work for it later (Oh dear, I'm not selling this very well, am I?). I also considered the title sequence of Japanese animes and the rest of the video (after the End of the Era portion) reminds me of the way said title sequences are put together (I'm displaying ethnocentrism here, I fear).

What are your thoughts on what I have said? I sincerely hope I didn't make a weak analogy...I loathe having to read through one of those...I doth apologize if you had to suffer one at my hand!

EDIT: Would someone be so kind as to provide various screenshots of the suspected Survival Mark? I keep missing it in the video. I'm so sorry.

It reminds me now of what I think is called a "Forward" (correct me if I'm wrong). Anne and Todd Mccaffrey used this at the beginning of most of the Dragonriders of Pern novels to explain the world of Pern to newcomers as well as set the framework for the narrative.

To summarize a text equivalent of what an outsider might think:

"In the beginning there were 3 nations who battled an evil empire that dropped a Dragon-Ball on their continent. Many were killed. In a last ditch effort, Mr. Oldguy, with the help of blonde Heart Throb, Midget & Blind Girl, and Kitty Mage, attempted to reseal the dragon in another ball, but it broke (probably because you have to weaken the Pokemon first). Mr. Oldguy then sends the warriors of the three nations forward in time.
These warriors find themselves in a place that is still beautiful, but there are still dangers among the shadowy trees and icy mountains. Fortunately Heart Throb, Midget, Blind Girl, and Kitty Mage are all there, and these warriors are ready to face this new world head-on."

Seems like a good enough introduction to me.