Final Fantasy Spirit's Within Trailer
I think the interesting thing in looing at the trailer for this media product is the way it refers to pre existing ideas and such without using any reference other than name Final Fantasy to previous works withing the series.
The trailer itself seems very Sci-fi in it's approach and the characters look very American. The reason i bring this up is that the characters from the games are abstract of nationality. They are implaceable and definately not American.
The Very sci-fi action genre this trailer tries to appeal to is not the fans of final fantasy who know of the sword weilding, fantasy Rpg following a extroadinary adventure but a American movie goer who sees action packed blockbusters. The removal of recognisable characters, the genre change all point out despite the same name this is not a Final Fantasy piece but a thing of same name alone.
It seems more Aliens than Final Fantasy. As the extracts I have highlighted mention this film was to go on to be a flop. Possibly due to all this change and change of audience.
The trailer tries making Final Fantasy high concept which in doing so is dangerous as most Final Fantasy plots are so deep and cover so much no single sentance can ever sum them up. The fact this one can be shows how different it is to it's predecessors.
Action film bout aliens, and a mission to save the planet. Very High Concept theme if i ever heard one.
[Coming soon Final Fantasy Advent Children trailer review and comparison]
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