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Words Of Nomura And Kitase!; you'll see.
Topic Started: Jun 4 2005, 08:15 AM (1,919 Views)
Aki
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I found this.. I don't really remember where, but I'm pretty sure if you copy and paste some of it in google or something, you'll find it.

Nomura, concerning Aerith's death:

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Back at the time we were designing the game, I was frustrated with the perennial cliche where the protagonist loves someone very much and so has to sacrifice himself and die in a dramatic fashion to express that love. We found this was the case in both games and movies, both easter and western. But I wanted to say something different, something realistic. I mean, is it right to set such an example to people?

Change himself, to herself, and I think you got Aeris! He says 'loves someone very much, and so has to sacrifice himself and die in a dramatic fashion to express that love.'. (cept' himself would be herself [Aeris]).. so with Nomura saying that, It makes me think that.. well.. she (Aeris) ``died in a dramatic fashion to express that love.`` [for cloud, of course.]. But then again, there's that other part to 'saving the planet', but I think she did it for him, out of love, since that was his goal in the first place. :) Kind of like.. the line "I'd die for you.". so cool. :D


Kitase follows that up with this:

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In the real world, things are very different. You just need to look around you. Nobody wants to die that way. People die of disease and accident. Death comes suddenly and there is no notion of good or bad attached to it. It leaves, not a dramatic feeling, but a feeling of emptiness. When you lose someone you loved very much, you feel this big empty space and think 'If I had known this was coming, I would have done things differently.' These are the feelings I wanted to arouse in the players with Aerith's death relatively early in the game. Feelings of reality and not Hollywood."

Not just players, but.. Cloud too! (But then again, the player would be Cloud since.. he's the character you're playing as.) and since I think.. he's referring to Cloud, he had to have loved her. Yay! :cleris: I don't know.. I guess I found this a bit interesting, since, to me, it resembled Cloud and Aeris. (i have improper use of commas. :unsure: )
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Jun 4 2005, 02:15 AM
Back at the time we were designing the game, I was frustrated with the perennial cliche where the protagonist loves someone very much and so has to sacrifice himself and die in a dramatic fashion to express that love. We found this was the case in both games and movies, both easter and western. But I wanted to say something different, something realistic. I mean, is it right to set such an example to people?

Wow, well if they wanted to do it differently, it must mean they came to this idea for SOME reason. I wonder if Cloud would kill himself over Tifa when she is still alive. :yawn:
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Seii Monogatari
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When you lose someone you loved very much, you feel this big empty space and think 'If I had known this was coming, I would have done things differently.' These are the feelings I wanted to arouse in the players with Aerith's death relatively early in the game. Feelings of reality and not Hollywood."


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But I let her die ...


Hm, someone you love very much, wanting to do things differently ...

Hm, Cloud exhibits those same symptoms!! Who knew? :rolleyes:
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Kinda reminds me of the movie "If Only" with Jennifer Love-Hewitt on it. ^_^'
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I Googled those quotes and came up with this:

In the May 2003 issue of the United Kingdom video game magazine known as EDGE (quite possibly the most professional, best organized, and all around greatest video game magazine around), there is a six-page "Making of..." feature on Final Fantasy VII (there's a six-page "Making of..." feature in the back of every issue they release), in which Yoshinori Kitase (Co-Scenario Writer and Director of Final Fantasy VII) and Tetsuya Nomura (Character Designer of Final Fantasy VII) are interviewed.

During the course of the interview, Nomura speaks about what he intended in coming up with Aerith's death, and Kitase speaks on the fans' responses to her death. Here follows that part of the interview, along with picture proof that this issue of the magazine exists, and that the interview and dialogue I speak of is present within the issue.

Nomura, concerning Aerith's death:

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Back at the time we were designing the game, I was frustrated with the perennial cliche where the protagonist loves someone very much and so has to sacrifice himself and die in a dramatic fashion to express that love. We found this was the case in both games and movies, both easter and western. But I wanted to say something different, something realistic. I mean, is it right to set such an example to people?


Kitase follows that up with this:

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In the real world, things are very different. You just need to look around you. Nobody wants to die that way. People die of disease and accident. Death comes suddenly and there is no notion of good or bad attached to it. It leaves, not a dramatic feeling, but a feeling of emptiness. When you lose someone you loved very much you feel this big empty space and think 'If I had knowni this was coming I would have done things differently.' These are the feelings I wanted to arouse in the players with Aerith's death relatively early in the game. Feelings of reality and not Hollywood."


Kitase, concerning the fans' responses to Aerith's death:

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The world was expecting us to bring her back to life, as this is the classic convention. But we did not. We had decided this from the beginning. There was a lot of reaction from Japanese users. Some of them were very sad about it, while others were angry. We even received a lengthy petition addressed to our scenario writer asking for Aerith's revival. But there are many meanings in Aerith's death and that could never happen.


There were links to the actual magazine scans, too. Check it out:

http://www.cavesofnarshe.com/forums/ipb/in...t=0&#entry84006

:D
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Anastar
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I've seen the Cloti's use these quotes before, but their interpretation is different. They say that if Nomura and Kitase wanted to portray things realistically, that Cloud would move on rather than continuing to love someone who's dead.

However, I see that their view is negated by what Kitase said about it:

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Death comes suddenly and there is no notion of good or bad attached to it. It leaves, not a dramatic feeling, but a feeling of emptiness. When you lose someone you loved very much you feel this big empty space and think 'If I had knowni this was coming I would have done things differently.' These are the feelings I wanted to arouse in the players with Aerith's death relatively early in the game. Feelings of reality and not Hollywood.

Kitase doesn't talk about moving on, and he's practically saying right there that Cloud lost someone he loved very much. Isn't the emptiness described by Kitase exactly what we see Cloud experiencing now in AC? Isn't the feeling that he wished he could have done things differently exactly what Cloud is experiencing in AC?
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Seii Monogatari
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Yes, that's it exactly. He isn't feeling empty because he's afraid for Tifa, afraid she'll get hurt, afraid of hurting her, he's feeling empty because he lost someone he loves. :(
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Wheeeee! :woot: ClAeris score: 4,894; CloTi score: 0. :lmao:
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Anyone else noticed that the creators never discuss the Highwind scene, or the Well scene, or any of the "Cloti Scenes" the clotis always brag about? :rolleyes:
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Shiva
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Yeah, and none of those scenes were FMVs either. :whistle:
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Hm, so Aerith reviving in AC is nil now, if that is how they felt about it regarding her death.

On a positive side, it seems Kitase is saying that Cloud loves Aerith! So am happy! XD
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Seii Monogatari
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I knew they would never revive her, it would take away from Cloud's personal growth and character development, as well as compromising one of the key themes in the game.

And yes, Cloud loves Aeris ( :D ), but then ... we knew that too!! :P
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I've always thought that Kingdom Hearts was Aerith's resurrection. They won't do it in the FFVII universe, but they did revive her and put her with Cloud in KH. They did the same in FF Tactics, too.

I never expected it to happen in AC, but I wouldn't have been against it if they did. Cloud is communicating with her, though, and I hope he'll be able to see her before the end of the movie. They're also able to touch one another, since Cloud's back is up against hers and Aerith touches his arm. She may not be revived, but he's still able to be with her in a sense.
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Wow, thanks for bringing this to everyone's attention, Aki. Certainly something I had never seen before.

When I first played the game I was expecting a ressurrection, but when that never came, I figured it wasn't going to happen. This however is still a great find in the sense that it does give more insight into Aeris' death and Cloud's feelings. Always good to see more concrete proof on our side. :D
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i am glad aeris wil not revive in the film...cloud has to remember her, this way..

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Cloud is communicating with her, though, and I hope he'll be able to see her before the end of the movie. They're also able to touch one another, since Cloud's back is up against hers and Aerith touches his arm. She may not be revived, but he's still able to be with her in a sense.



.i think aeris is just in clouds mind, he desires to be with her, so, because he is ill with geostigma, he see aeris but i hope it wil not be real, its just the desire of cloud.I hope cloud will die....to be with aeris
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