Podcasts about final fantasy the spirits within

On this episode of Drive-In Double Feature, Nathan and Ryan journey into the uncanny valley as they tackle Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001). Once hailed as a potential future of filmmaking, this ambitious CGI sci-fi adventure became a cautionary tale of bloated budgets and divisive storytelling. The hosts explore its stunning visuals, how it connects (or doesn't) to the Final Fantasy games, and whether time has been kind to this digital experiment. Was it ahead of its time, or just a beautiful misfire? Tune in to find out!

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A certified stinker? I think not! This week, we're going to discuss Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within and how something abstract and overall extremely flawed, can still be an amazing piece of media.Alternate version available on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thehomeforanimeGPC:ouranimehome.com

We close out our November the only way we know how: with a bad movie. A bad Final Fantasy movie no less, in Spirits Within. Join us as we pick apart this troubled and expensive production, our own histories with Final Fantasy, and just what it is that happens to your soul when one of those phantom things eats it. CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 115: Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) (00:00:51) - Intro. (00:03:46) - The brief, expensive, and unremarkable life of Square Pictures. (00:05:43) - There's SOMETHING here. It's not enough of something, but there's SOMETHING. (00:13:50) - The cartoon villainy of James Woods. And also the cartoon villainy of James Woods' character. (00:18:32) - Getting into the production history. (00:35:44) - The first digital actress (and Maxim model), Aki Ross. (00:40:16) - The aftermath of the movie's failure. (00:42:53) - Our star-studded cast. (00:53:20) - Briefly touching on the decidedly not-Final-Fantasy-sounding soundtrack. (00:55:35) - Break! (00:55:55) - We're back, let's get into Aki's dreams! (01:02:26) - What Aki's getting up to. (01:09:11) - A good old fashioned spirtual science argument. (01:13:49) - Epic prank, Neil. (01:17:59) - Hein's mandate, and realizing what's going on with the dream. (01:20:48) - Finding the seventh spirit. (01:26:38) - Fascist idiot does a whoopsie and wipes out New York. (01:35:24) - This last act is ROUGH. (01:48:56) - Final (Fantasy) thoughts. (01:54:49) - Outro.

We continue to dive ever deeper into the world of big budget failures with Waterworld, a sea-faring post-apocalyptic adventure so middle-of-the-road that only its astronomical budget could possibly be the source of its lasting cultural impact. CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 114: Waterworld (1995) (00:00:21) - Intro. (00:02:10) - Our movie is Waterworld, let's get right into the budget talk. (00:03:40) - The Costner factor. (00:10:32) - Getting into the ridiculous production history of this thing. (00:21:16) - Fishtar. (00:26:07) - What is the Ulysses Cut? (00:28:56) - Some of the finer points of this goofy apocalypse. (00:33:37) - Drowning the Universal logo in Kevin Costner's recycled piss. (00:37:26) - A long stretch at an atoll. (00:45:37) - Gills? In this economy? (00:51:02) - Break! (00:51:20) - Escaping the atoll. (01:01:51) - Boy does the mariner hate these women. (01:07:03) - God, this other drifter character. (01:13:20) - OK, the fishing bit isn't bad. The part where the kid can't swim? Less so. (01:16:32) - Yes! Please! Show us Drylan...d'oh... (01:22:21) - Enola is taken. (01:26:10) - Some more context for how Costner gets that jetski, and scattered Smoker talk. (01:29:43) - Deacon's speech, and the mariner Solid Snakes his way through the boat. (01:37:39) - Deacon's dumb end. (01:39:13) - Off to Dryland. (01:45:47) - Final thoughts. (01:49:23) - Closing out our month next week: Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within! (01:51:18) - Outro.

It's a long held belief in Hollywood that, with only a few exceptions, cinematic adaptations of video games just don't work. So perhaps it's not surprising that the makers of the first big-screen Final Fantasy movie in 2001 thought it would be more beneficial to concentrate on at least creating a groundbreaking technological achievement, rather than worry about sticking to the story elements and tone the popular game series was known for. But when that desire ended up causing a lengthy, over-budget, and complicated production, the question became - and remains - was their ambition applaudable or misguided? Or maybe both? We're kicking off "Animation (3D)evastation" by asking that very question...and pondering the possibilities of fully digital movie stars, with Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. Our Twitter Our Facebook Our Instagram Our YouTube Trev's Letterboxd Chris' Letterboxd

Our podcasters are back.  Finally.  But this seasonal opener is about firsts, not finals (despite the third film's title).  Richard and Greg review three feature films that were the first in their day to use the latest technology – for sound, vision and movement.  But how do these films stand up today?  Does the technology serve or drive the story?  And what was the role played by Alka-Seltzer?The Jazz Singer (1927)  http://tinyurl.com/fmfw-05-01-talkie Westworld (1973)  http://tinyurl.com/fmfw-05-01-cgi Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)  http://tinyurl.com/fmfw-05-01-capture

Every movie gets a 6 out of 10! This week we have a compilation of the best of Letterboxd reviews. Reviews from episodes 521 to 535. So yes, there most likely be more. Relive the first time I ever did the "Quick Hits" reviews and then it changed to the Letterboxd portion of the podcast. Relive the reviews of Barbie, Oppenheimer, The Alien Movies, Guardians of the Galaxy, Asteroid City, The Mario Bros Movie, The Flash, Final Fantasy The Spirits Within, and many many more. To keep up, follow me at https://letterboxd.com/JoeRCK/ Site: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/deadpixelsoftheinternet Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6DRMrv0PIxafjvjWH9rT8g Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6ROO69EAySRoc7Ag7SEtq7 Twitter (Not X) https://twitter.com/TDPOTIPodcast Joe's Twitter: https://twitter.com/joerckpeko Lorne's Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrokenHexagram

Towards the end of our Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within conversation, we uncovered the gem of all gems: an 18 year old Evanescence "Bring Me to Life" AMV. If you like what you hear, subscribe to our Patreon for exclusive episodes, commentary tracks and Discord community events at patreon.com/marvelousdeath. 

One of the biggest box office bombs of all time, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within was an ambitious attempt at making photorealistic CGI. Square and Columbia gambled and lost big with this one. It has little in common with its source material. It's a perfect choice for the podcast. Guest Kai Wang returns to the podcast to share his thoughts. ___ Please consider joining our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wwibofficial YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@whywasntitbetter TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wwibpodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wwib_official Twitter: https://twitter.com/WWIBpodcast Subscribe! Rate! Review! Tell a friend! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whywasntitbetter/support

This week we watch Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, a film so monumentally misguided that it managed to kill an entire company. Join us as we discuss high quality bad CGI, the concept of 'virtual actors', and what 3 things we would save on an asteroid.Also apologies for the audio quality on this one - Sam had some sort of insane crackle on the recording and some shitty kid screaming outside, and chris' recording was inexplicably 20 minutes shorter than the rest so has had to be chopped back in, hopefully seamlessly! I blame the heat.Next week it's Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome!See the new list!Play along at home!Get in touch!Visit the Website!Watch us on Youtube!See the old list!Download the soundtrack!Buy our Merch!And we're on Instagram and Facebook too! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's a bumper episode as we head back to a galaxy far, far away, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Episode I. Join us for a predictably in-depth discussion of the making of the film, how our opinion of the film has changed over a quarter of a century, what a genuine child thinks about the film, and much more! Here is Jenny Nicholson's incredible 4-hour Galactic Starcruiser video which Sam mentions at some pointNext week it's Final Fantasy - The Spirits Within!See the new list!Play along at home!Get in touch!Visit the Website!Watch us on Youtube!See the old list!Download the soundtrack!Buy our Merch!And we're on Instagram and Facebook too! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Blurring the lines between reality and computer animation, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within is the first feature-length motion picture that brings vivid photorealism to computer-generated, human characters. The thrilling, futuristic action-adventure pits the earth and its people against the ultimate enemy - mysterious aliens that steal the energy from all living things on the planet. Thriller Video https://youtu.be/fqEhFaBW4I8?si=ZvXKd_wJK76L5O6b Call us and leave a voicemail at 1 ‪(305) 563-6334‬ Music provided by: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Atlas Sound Arts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ This is SciFi Voice: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dear Nikky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Mentions: STARVINITY, CrowMagNon, Center of Astronomical Research, The Podcast That Wouldn't Die!, E. Lee Zimmerman SciFiHistory.net, James Allocca, The Halley's Casino Trilogy Ads: The Podcast That Wouldnt Die, Spaceships Sci-fi Comedy Podcast Sci-Fi fan or creator? Follow the hashtag ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#ThisisSciFi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more sci-fi goodness! #ScienceFiction And join our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord Server⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! #WeNeedRobertToWatchBabylon5 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ A "⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify for Podcasters⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠" podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scifiremnant/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scifiremnant/support

Today you'll hear as I delve into the only theater release film of a Sony Enix project of a fully CGI film. Final Fantasy The Spirits Within will be discussed. I talk about the film and the complicated nature of the project as well as the amazing score by Elliot Goldenthal. Sit back and relax. Enjoy the ride.

Bryan, Xan and Zac dive into the world of video game adaptations to movie and TV! What motivates creators to choose video game IPs for film? How do movie studios view video games as a storytelling medium? Why are so many video game movies SO bad? These inquiries and more await you in this episode of Game Deep! 0:00 - What's the relationship between film/TV and video games? 4:10 - Early live-action film adapations: Super Mario Bros. (1993), Double Dragon, Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat. 11:15 - Budgets of these early films and how they were greenlit. What genres and characters were most likely to be adapted? Wing Commander. 18:27 - Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and breaking through to mainstream audiences. Adapting a character as opposed to a plot. 24:42 - Resident Evil film franchise and unfaithful adapations. Why does Hollywood not trust the source material? 33:33 - Uwe Boll power hour: House of the Dead, Alone in the Dark, Bloodrayne. 43:18 - Bigger budgets, the nerd demographic, and recognizability. Need for Speed, Rampage, Detective Pikachu, Sonic the Hedgehog. 52:25 - Fumbling the ball with AAA game franchises: Monster Hunter, Uncharted, Resident Evil: Welcome to Racoon City. 58:10 - Capturing the essence of a game: The Last of Us, The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023), Silent Hill, Doom. 1:05:25 - What format is best for different adaptations? The Witcher. Recent popularity of TV. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within 1:20:00 - Adapting gameplay and a player's perspective into a passive medium. Free Guy. The Last of Us. Game shows. And our hopes for the inevitable Kojima movie! Bryan - @analogdarling on Twitch, Twitter, and Instagram Xander - @xanwithaplan on Twitch and Twitter Zac - @zacaroniandcheez on Twitch, @GaijinWota on Twitter and Instagram Contact and Episode Suggestions - GameDeep.fun  Theme Song by Robotprins

It's the DVD commentary you didn't know you wanted! If you haven't already, now's the time to watch the movie that may have shaped RPG history more than any other. Time for L'arc en Ciel, the most bizarre performance of Steve Buscemi's career, and the Final Fantasy story that most closely resembles the works of L. Ron Hubbard! This episode is best experienced as a commentary alongside playback of Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within but also functions perfectly well as a stand-alone podcast so pick your poison and join Kat, Nadia, Eric, and Victor as we dig around Within and see what those Spirits are up to! MOVIE STARTS - 10:08 FINAL THOUGHTS - 1:48:17 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We continue Animation For Big Kids month with Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) Please remember to like, comment, subscribe and click that notification bell for all our updates! It really helps us out! Starring: Ming-Na Wen, Alec Baldwin, James Woods, Donald Sutherland, Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi & Peri Gilpin Directed By: Hironobu Sakaguchi Synopsis: Blurring the lines between reality and computer animation, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within is the first feature-length motion picture that brings vivid photoRealism to computer-generated, human characters. The thrilling, futuristic action-adventure pits the earth and its people against the ultimate enemy - mysterious aliens that steal the energy from all living things on the planet. Watch live at: https://www.twitch.tv/heydidyouseethisone every Thursday at 8 PM EST Audio version of the show: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heydidyouseethisone #dvd #finalfantasythespiritswithin #thespiritswithin #finalfantasy #action #drama #scifi #videogamemovies #adventure #fantasy #animationforbigkids #animatedfilm #animatedmovie #anime #heydidyouseethisone #comedy #podcast #filmreview #movies #films #moviereviewpodcast #moviereview #filmreview #podcast #podcastersofinstagram #spotify #podcaster #podcasting #podcastlife #podcasts #youtube #youtuber #subscribe #youtubevideo #like #comment #entertainment #follow #media #live #funny #life #reality #podcasthost #podcastaddict #anchorfm #spotifypodcast #inspiration #podcastnetwork #podcastcommunity --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heydidyouseethisone/message

Heather, Nick and Matt discuss the Sega document leak, Dave the Diver and some more light Final Fantasy XVI impressions before diving into the 2001 CGI box office bomb Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. This month's We Play, You Play: Final Fantasy XVI! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @getplayedpod. Check out our premium series Get Anime'd on patreon.com/getplayed or on Stitcher Premium. Join us on our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/getplayed Wanna leave us a voicemail? Call 616-2-PLAYED (616-275-2933) or write us an email at getplayedpod@gmail.com

Peter started his Visual Effects career in the mid 90s with Digital Domain. He worked on projects like Apollo 13, Titanic and Final Fantasy – The Spirits Within, until he found his was to Weta Digital in New Zealand. As a Digital Matte and Concept Artist he created visuals for LOTR- The Two Towers, King Kong, Avatar amongst many other projects. Switching tracks, Peter started working as VFX Art Director and also On Set VFX Supervisor in the early 2010s on a variety of long-form TV shows. This led him to be hired as Virtual Art Director on Amazon's Rings of Power, a position he held for over 3 years over 2 seasons. Peter is currently working on a high profile virtual production in Australia. Highlights of the Episode:0:00 Introduction0:17 Introduction of guest1:12 Background16:23 Doing well at walking the line19:30 Tools for photogrammetry26:43 Team members for XR filmmaking31:05 Flame sessions with clients in 3D environments31:52 Unity vs Unreal34:31 Guide to moving around different facets of visual effects and virtual production35:54 Seeing something that you should spend time on38:04 Studies that leads to the industry40:44 What do you do to keep on top of all the new technology42:59 What the industry is looking like for entry level positions48:10 Advice on keeping the passion through a long career50:38 The right time to walk away from an opportunity53:12 Getting perspective in the middle of a lot of noise55:40 AI and how it's influencing production01:01:48 Wrap up01:02:24 Outro Connecting with the Guest:Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-baustaedter-3499/?originalSubdomain=nzArt station: https://peterbaustaedter7.artstation.com/ Connecting with CG Pro:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/becomecgproInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/becomecgpro/Website: https://www.becomecgpro.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/BecomeCGPro #CG #VirtualProduction #VFX

What a thrill. This week we talk about the new games talked about during the Summer Games Fest, Final Fantasy Rebirth, the announcement of Metal Gear Solid 3 Δ, Prince of Persia The Lost Crown, Street Fighter 6, the babes of Street Fighter 6, Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse, WWDC 23, the Apple Vision Pro, Mel Brooks' movies, Legend of Zelda probably being made by Illumination, Terrifier, Final Fantasy The Spirits Within, Shazam Fury of The Gods, Dungeons And Dragons Honor Among Thieves, History of the World Part 1, Darkman, and Valerian And The City of a Thousand Planets. Nah, I'mma do my own thing. Site: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/deadpixelsoftheinternet Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6DRMrv0PIxafjvjWH9rT8g Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6ROO69EAySRoc7Ag7SEtq7 Joe's Twitter: https://twitter.com/joerckpeko Lorne's Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrokenHexagram

Are you ready to listen to us talk about Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)? Well, we weren't prepared to watch it. This week on video game adaptation month, we continue on with a series that Calum loves. A lot. We hope you're up for some enthused rambles. Final Fantasy fans will love the first half of this episode. The movie review of The Spirits Within, however… Well, it was certainly a thing we watched. This is definitely one of those instances in which we've watched it so you don't have to. Join us next week for Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/one-of-us-is-board/message

We watched something current for once, as we ventured to the cinema to see The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023). It's currently the highest-grossing video game adaptation of all time; meaning it's popular so we must hate it right? That's what the film podcast people do - hate the popular stuff. Wrong, listener. We loved the new Mario movie, so enjoy a forty-minute rant about why we think it's great. Having suffered through a number of video game adaptation movies, including the other Super Mario Brothers movie, we are more than qualified to say whether this is a good adaptation or not. In our expert opinion, it's pretty solid. Ha, bet you didn't expect us to say that. Join us next week as we watch Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/one-of-us-is-board/message

Remember that you can always get in touch with us on our Discord server, Facebook page, on Twitter, or with our Contact page.From mocap to Resident Evil, and from the passing of a family member to a financial loss of $105 million. This week we talk about the commercial failure (and reason why Square-Enix games where Playstation 2 exclusives for a long time) Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within.psst. we've actually done a bunch of these "goes to the movies" episodes. Check this page to see all of the released specials.Here's a sample of the full show notes - make sure to click through and check them out.Content WarningPlease listen responsibly.Show NotesIn this "Goes to the Movies" episode, we wanted to tackle a movie which isn't necessarily based on an actual game, per se - but keep a look out for Jay's interpretation, very soon - so we tackled Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within.As with our House of the Dead episode - do check that out, if you want to hear the boys talking smack about an Uwe Boll movie - we decided to change up the format of our "goes to the movies" episodes. Instead of working through the plot, we decided that it would be much more fun to focus on a handful of scenes from the movie. This serves the double purpose of: Simplifying our episodes, and getting to the gags quicker Not having to discuss the plot which this movie doesn't have Just before we started recording though, Chief uttered the following famous last words:I'm a pro at this now, I've done that many episodes that I could probably do this myself.- ChiefWith that said, we jumped to jump straight into a description of this movie...Basic Info on the MovieJay dropped some key facts on this movie before we could get to our discussion on it:This is a movie that was released in 2001... it is THE reason why a whole bunch of Square-Enix games that came out after that were PlayStation exclusives for a long time... it is known as the 4th biggest box-office bombs of all time... it cost (in 2022 dollars) $190 MILLION to make, and almost drove Square out of business... and only ever made $85 million back, which is less than half of it's budget.- JayInterestingly, the story that this movie was based on - the script was originally called Gaia - was written during the final few days of working on Final Fantasy VII, and was written by Hironobu Sakaguchi shortly after his mother passed away. It was then re-written by Al Reinert (co-writer of Apollo 13) & Jeff Vintar (writer of I, Robot), and was combined with three years of RnD in Hawaii to create the final movie.It's also important to remember that the fallout of this movie lead to the merger between Square and Enix almost being canned. Both companies were in pretty dire straits - even with the rousing success of both Final Fantasy VII and VIII - and Sony had to step in to buy a (reported) 20% stake in Square to keep the merger alive (as Enix wanted to pull out). And this is why a large number of Square-Enix games of the early 2000s were Playstation exclusives.Just think about that for a second: The Spirits Within was that expensive and that much of a flop that it undid all of the profits from both Final Fantasy VII and VIII.Initial ThoughtsEach of the boys agreed that the movie is beautiful to look at, especially for it's time.I don't think I'd willingly go back and watch it again, though.- ChiefBefore we got into the movie proper, Jay asked:With 0 being the worst and 10 being the best, how would you rate this film as a film? Imagine that it's an IGN score though: it doesn't mean anything- Jay Chief: 5 Squidge: Numberwang (or a 7) Jay: unrated Chief had this to say about his score:What I mean is it's a middling film. The plot is serviceable, if a little uninteresting and uninspired. It makes sense, and the animation is good... but one thing I will say about the sound, though. You know when they're firing the weapons? It always feels under-powered.- ChiefSquidge had this to say about his score:I've seen some good CGI movies, and I've seen some $h!t. And so many years later, it holds up... some of the best parts of the movie are Steve Buschemi... the pacing is way too fast, then way too slow.- SquidgeAnd the boys all agree that the movie would have made a great limited series or a game. In fact, they all agree that it plays out very much like a video game.You could probably make [this into] a tactical shooter, survival horror game.- JayHad Netflix been a streaming service back in the tail end of the 90s - rather than just a DVD rental service - they would have bitten Sakaguchi's hand off to make it.It's just done too quick, isn't it? There's good stuff in there, but it's so rushed over that by the time you get to it, you think "ugh, well I've seen that now."- ChiefFull Show NotesMake sure to check out the full show notes for more discussion on the points we raise, some extra meta-analysis, some out-of-context screen grabs from the movie, and some links to related things.Are you a fan of the Final Fantasy games? Have you seen this movie before? If so, what did you think to it? Would you fling it into a tree? If not, are you likely to watch it now?psst. we've actually done a bunch of these "goes to the movies" episodes. Check this page to see all of the released specials.What other movies would you like us to cover? Let us know on Discord, Twitter, Facebook, or try our brand new contact page.LinksHere are some links to some of the things we discussed in this episode: Join our Discord server and be part of future episodes Us on Twitter Our Facebook page Support us on Ko-Fi Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within And have you left us a rating or review? We really like to hear back from listeners about our show, so check out https://wafflingtaylors.rocks/our-podcast/ for links to services where you can leave us some wonderful feedback.The Waffling Taylors is a proud member of Jay and Jay Media. If you like this episode, please consider supporting our Podcasting Network. One $3 donation provides a week of hosting for all of our shows. You can support this show, and the others like it, at https://ko-fi.com/jayandjaymedia ★ Support this podcast ★

This week we watch and review The Angry Birds Movie, the first film in this series based on a mobile game, and rank it in the following list: Actually good movies 1. Ace Attorney 2. Yakuza: Like a Dragon 3. Dōbutsu no Mori/Animal Crossing 4. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Okay-to-decent movies 5. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider 6. Sonic the Hedgehog 7. Ratchet and Clank 8. Mortal Kombat (2021) 9. Mortal Kombat (1995) Bad movies 10. Max Payne 11. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life 12. DOA: Dead or Alive 13. Hitman 14. Silent Hill 15. Resident Evil 16. Uncharted Shiters 17. Super Mario Bros. 18. Forbidden Siren 19. Tekken 20. Need for Speed 21. Doom 22. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within 23. Heavenly Sword Gunk 24. Double Dragon 25. Mortal Kombat: Annihilation 26. Street Fighter 27. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li 28. Fatal Frame 29. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time 30. Hitman: Agent 47 31. Wing Commander 32. Silent Hill: Revelation 33. Tekken 2: Kazuya's Revenge --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mgspodcast/message

We love a videogame adaptation here on the show, especially because we've both dabbled in the gamer lifestyle. However, an adaptation that's actually a completely new story and universe with a brand slapped onto it to make money, that brand being a very popular videogame franchise we've never played, sounded like the perfect pick for this week. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within is a sci-fi movie about spirituality and environmentalism and alien dragons. It has an all-star cast of Ming-Na Wen, Alec Baldwin, and Steve Buscemi. So why does no one remember it? We gave it a watch to find out!Join the Bad Porridge Club on Patreon for TWO bonus episodes each month! https://www.patreon.com/oldiebutagoodiepodFollow the show!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oldiebutagoodiepod/Facebook: https://fb.me/oldiebutagoodiepodYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjfdXHxK_rIUsOEoFSx-hGAPodcast Platforms: https://linktr.ee/oldiebutagoodiepodGot feedback? Send us an email at oldiebutagoodiepod@gmail.comFollow the hosts!Sandro Falce - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sandrofalce/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/sandrofalce- Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/SandroFalce/- Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/kegelandgregmusic- Nerd-Out podcast: https://anchor.fm/nerd-out-podcastZach Adams - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zach4dams/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZackoCaveWizard- Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/zach4damsTheme song by Josh Cake. Check out his work here: https://www.joshcake.com/Check out other shows from our network 'That's Not Canon'! https://thatsnotcanon.com/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, Alex and Michael talk about Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, an ill-advised movie that nearly destroyed a legendary gaming company and the career of its director.   Want to get podcast updates and other nonsense? Follow me on Twitter at www.twitter.com/ogfsn or check me out on Twitch at www.twitch.tv/onemoretimegfsn. Remember to like us and subscribe to us on your podcast platform of choice!  Leaving us reviews is also super helpful, and very much appreciated.

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm kicking of AniMayTion with a Patreon Pick from TWoRP Elite Patron The Cancer Man! Cancer Man has selected two CG-animated films based off one of his favorite video game franchises - 2001's Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within and 2005's Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. [00:00] INTRO [02:39] The Good, the Bad, and the Odd Promo [03:22] RANDOM CONVERSATION [24:01] Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) [01:09:09] Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005) [02:02:16] FEEDBACK [02:07:36] ENDING MUSIC: Advent: One-Winged Angel by Nobuo Uematsu et al Buy Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) Buy Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005) Support TWoRP Contact Us talkwithoutrhythm@gmail.com

Mike and Tyler finish the last chapter of The Ultimate History of Video Games Vol. 2 by Steven L. Kent. They discuss the influence on cinema of Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within and Uwe Boll's video game movies. The theme music is by RoccoW. The logo was created by Dani Dodge.

We talk about why most movies based on videogames are terrible, but also why movies about games can be great, covering Super Mario Bros., Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Wing Commander, Final Fantasy The Spirits Within, WarCraft, Sonic the Hedgehog, The Wizard, WarGames, Pixels, Wreck-It Ralf, Resident Evil, Uwe Boll and more! Find Passion for Pixels Retro Gaming Podcast in Spotify, iTunes Stitcher or your preferred podcast app.  Subscribe so that you never miss an episode, and please leave us a review in iTunes. You can let us know what you think of the show at Passion for Pixels on Facebook, tweet us @passion_pixels or send us an e-mail at passionforpixels@thesofaiswaiting.com.

Microsoft and Nintendo battle over launch numbers Cell phones make gaming pervasive SNK is dead These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in January 2002. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Peter is on vacation so we have the pleasure of Mads from the Retro Asylum to join us. http://retroasylum.com and https://playthroughpod.com/ Get us on your mobile device: Android: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly92aWRlb2dhbWVuZXdzcm9vbXRpbWVtYWNoaW5lLmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz iOS: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/video-game-newsroom-time-machine And if you like what we are doing here at the podcast, don't forget to like us on your podcasting app of choice, YouTube, and/or support us on patreon! https://www.patreon.com/VGNRTM Send comments on twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or videogamenewsroomtimemachine@gmail.com Links: 7 Minutes in Heaven: Video version - https://www.patreon.com/posts/62682389 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Typing_of_the_Dead Corrections: December 2001 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/60827058 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Understanding_Comics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy:_The_Spirits_Within https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BioWare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo_Geo 2002: Microsoft and Nintendo both claim victory in dual launch battle Edge 106 pg. 9 Edge 106 pg. 11 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_game_consoles https://www.mobygames.com/game/luigis-mansion https://www.mobygames.com/game/halo-combat-evolved Playstation 2 price drop in Japan Edge 106. pg. 11 Sony Prez says Microsoft is new rival https://archive.org/details/NextGen85Jan2002/page/n15/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/ghostbusters-the-video-game__ https://www.mobygames.com/game/ghostbusters-the-video-game Yamauchi establishes Fund Q Edge 106 pg. 11 https://www.consolewars.de/news/1958/yamauchi_spricht/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_Crystal_Chronicles_(video_game)#Development https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/03/08/more-specifics-on-final-fantasy-announcement http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/7103/nintendo-and-square-settlement-details May 2001 Jump - https://www.patreon.com/posts/52306821 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_XI Trip Hawkins bails out 3DO https://archive.org/details/GDM_January_2002/page/n3/mode/1up https://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=kult/kultmags&km=show&id=5708 pg. 35 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_3DO_Company Bioware cancels publishing deal with Interplay Edge 106 pg. 13 https://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=kult/kultmags&km=show&id=5708 pg. 35 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neverwinter_Nights https://www.mobygames.com/game/fallout-brotherhood-of-steel https://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/blizzard-entertainment-inc/offset,75/so,1d/list-games/ https://www.mobygames.com/game/flashback-the-quest-for-identity Sony introduces voice controls https://www.devuego.es/pres/revista/hobby-consolas/124 pg. 15 https://www.play-asia.com/dekavoice/13/7022k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS0T4lUBYuE Edge 106 pg. 19 https://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=kult/kultmags&km=show&id=5708 pg. 34 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIBO House of the dead goes cellshaded https://archive.org/details/NextGen85Jan2002/page/n19/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/house-of-the-dead-iii Eidos causes panic with text message https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_111_January_2002/page/26/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/commandos-2-men-of-courage https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,184101/ https://www.polygon.com/22924209/americas-army-proving-grounds-shutdown-servers-sunset-pc-ps4 Amstrad is buying up Spectrum game rights Edge 106 pg. 13 http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/7697/Amstrad-E-Mailer-Plus/ https://manualzz.com/doc/o/hv01i/alchnews-z88-user-and-issue-38--march-2002-amstrad-emailer-plus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX_Spectrum#Amstrad_models https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_Research#Amstrad_acquisition_of_assets https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_C5 Pogo is bringing the internet to the palm of your hand Edge 106 pg. 13 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogo_Mobile_and_nVoy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_Mini Pervasive gaming hits mobile phones https://web.archive.org/web/20020802072853/http://www.itsalive.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20050224025131/http://www.itsalive.com/page.asp?sa=0&id=1069 https://www.gamespot.com/articles/mobile-games-are-alive/1100-2688599/ https://www.wired.com/2002/02/have-cell-phone-will-shoot/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BotFighters https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_210/page/n49/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niantic_(company) Segway revolutionizes human transport Edge 106 pg. 16 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segway Bleem! is dead https://archive.org/details/gamestar-magazine-issue-01-2002/page/9/mode/1up https://www.devuego.es/pres/revista/hobby-consolas/124 pg. 15 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleem! EA.com sees massive layoffs https://archive.org/details/GDM_January_2002/page/n3/mode/1up Gordon Walton Interview - https://www.patreon.com/posts/53726080 SNK ceases operations https://archive.org/details/GDM_January_2002/page/n3/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/NextGen85Jan2002/page/n15/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo_Geo_(system) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo_Geo NextGen is no more https://archive.org/details/NextGen85Jan2002/page/n7/mode/2up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Generation_(magazine) Thalamus is back! https://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=kult/kultmags&km=show&id=5708 pg. 36 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalamus_Ltd Scott McCloud foreshadows the Metaverse https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_210/page/n54/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_McCloud https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaverse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enron https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enron_scandal https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1016268/?ref_=fn_al_tt_3 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0392439/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 https://frandallfarmer.github.io/neohabitat-doc/docs// Recommended Links: The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ Gaming Alexandria: https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/ They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/ Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/ The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/ Retro Asylum: http://retroasylum.com/category/all-posts/ Retro Game Squad: http://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/ Playthrough Podcast: https://playthroughpod.com/ Retromags.com: https://www.retromags.com/ Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play.

    This week a threesome of video game adaptions from Japan. Including one of the best video game adaptions ever made. So far, anyway.     33 years ago Earth was invaded by the Phantoms, ethereal aliens that kill with a touch and devour their victim's very soul. Doctors Aki Ross and Sid, with a small squad of soldiers, race to collect 8 special spirits to heal Gaia before General Hein can fire a big ass canon into the planet. The only film made by Square Pictures, directed by a game industry legend, raising the bar for computer generated characters to a level that has rarely been met, one of the best scores written since the dawn of the current century, and a voice cast stuffed with "Hey! It's that guy" types. One of the largest box office bombs in history that has gone one to not just build a dedicated cult and referred to as a masterpiece by SquareEnix published games to this day. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within     Yuki, her brother Hideo, and their father movie to Yamajima Island in the desperate hope that a doctor there can finally help with a truama induced affliction. They take residence in a dusty house long abandoned by its last occupant. It isn't long until Yuki starts to witness strange events and stumbles into the meeting place of a local cult. Will she be a victim of whatever force is loose on Yamajima or will she escape the call of the... Forbidden Siren     The court system, overburdened by the sheer number of crimes, introduces a bold new method of justice- The Bench Trial System. Two lawyers face off directly in open court and have a maximum of three days to make their case before a verdict is rendered. Phoenix Wright has just won his first case but, before he can celebrate, his mentor is murdered and he finds himself defending Mya, his mentor's younger sister and spirit medium in training. Opposing him is his childhood friend, Miles Edgeworth. Soon all three are caught up in a mystery that they all have personal stakes in. Can Phoenix rise to the task and become an Ace Attorney?     All that and Dave dives deep, Kevin has new feelings to feel, and Tyler lives in denial. Join us, won't you?Episode 242- Ghost Law

Back in the erratic time of 2001, Hollywood was nervous about a few things. Turns out that chief among them was actually outsourcing professional actors to animated replicants! In comes Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, a largely inoffensive science fiction adventure that actually caused quite a stir. So were critics divided on the movie itself, or were they scared of the future of the industry if FFTSW succeeded? Let's try to find out this week on the bad movies podcast!

Peter Baustaedter's Hollywood career is an adventure worthy of a movie. After cracking the demoscene in Austria, he took a chance and wrote to Digital Domain — only for them to offer him a job. From here, he worked on a string of movies with groundbreaking VFX: Apollo 13, Dante's Peak, The Fifth Element, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, Sin City, King Kong, and Avatar. In this extraordinary episode, Peter explains the minor role Arnold Schwarzenegger played in his career, discusses the dangerous world of practical effects in the mid-90s, and reveals why the power kept tripping at Square Pictures' Hawaiian production facility. Peter also talks about stepping up to become a visual effects art director and shares tidbits on using Unreal Engine to produce a major upcoming TV series from Amazon Studios.

This week we review the classic that is Final Fantasy IV, examining its legacy to the franchise and our feelings on the experience as a whole. To the moon!Trivia question of the day: Which character was the first to die in Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within? (Answer at the bottom of the episode summary). Episode Summary0:30 - Introduction / Trivia2:16 - Our week in Final Fantasy7:51 - FFII Pixel Remaster Discussion12:15 - FFII = FFIV Nostalgia14:26 - FFIV Review Introduction15:26 - Characters23:29 - FFIV is Foundational27:24 - Their Deaths Were Greatly Exaggerated35:31 - Is the story generic?41:26 - The Endwalker Connection42:40 - Ranking FFIV43:50 - FFIV vs FFV50:07 - Versions and Cutscenes54:07 - Final ThoughtsFF A-Z: ZellTrivia answer: Neil Recommended ResourcesFFIV Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.square_enix.android_googleplay.FFPR4&hl=en_US&gl=USSubscribe on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ_1SSB0ZdFqhNJWWAzc96QFollow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/HighwindHeraldJoin our Discord! https://discord.gg/CK8mCMJ

Xbox launches in North America Sony invests in Square Sega takes trade shows by storm These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in December 2001. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Peter is on vacation so we have the pleasure of being joined by our guest co-host Jon from the Retro Games Squad https://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/ Get us on your mobile device: Android: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly92aWRlb2dhbWVuZXdzcm9vbXRpbWVtYWNoaW5lLmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz iOS: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/video-game-newsroom-time-machine And if you like what we are doing here at the podcast, don't forget to like us on your podcasting app of choice, YouTube, and/or support us on patreon! https://www.patreon.com/VGNRTM Send comments on twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or videogamenewsroomtimemachine@gmail.com Links: 7 Minutes in Heaven: Polaroid Pete Video version - https://www.patreon.com/posts/60761623 https://www.mobygames.com/game/gekibo-2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gekibo:_Gekisha_Boy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polaroid_i-Zone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irem Corrections: November 2001 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/60019617 https://www.mobygames.com/game/wave-race-blue-storm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akihabara https://www.mobygames.com/game/resident-evil https://www.mobygames.com/game/resident-evil- https://www.mobygames.com/game/sonic-advance https://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/gameboy-advance/sega-corporation/2001/ https://www.mobygames.com/game/legend-of-zelda-majoras-mask https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BioWare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interplay_Entertainment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Fargo https://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/pool-of-radiance-ruins-of-myth-drannor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ultimate_History_of_Video_Games Ethan's Stream - https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/2021/12/27/what-to-do-about-steven-kent/ 2001: Xbox launches in the US https://archive.org/details/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue83/page/n7/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_(console) Sony invests in Square https://archive.org/details/NextGen84Dec2001/page/n26/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/pcgames200112/page/n14/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy:_The_Spirits_Within https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_(video_game_company)#Square_Pictures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psygnosis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_Studios#Studios US Supreme Court strikes down anti-violent game ordinance Play Meter December 2001 pg. 18 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Peterson JAMMA show belongs to Sega https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File%3AEdge_UK_104.pdf&page=11 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GD-ROM Greg Fischbach Interview Part 1 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/46578120 Greg Fischbach Interview Part 2 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/47720122 Sega steals the show at TGS https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File:Edge_UK_104.pdf&page=6 https://segaretro.org/Sega_Chihiro https://segaretro.org/Triforce https://segaretro.org/Sega_NAOMI TDK announces Aquaman game https://archive.org/details/NextGen84Dec2001/page/n26/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/aquaman-battle-for-atlantis Engineering student lights up GBA https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File:Edge_UK_104.pdf&page=22 https://www.zdnet.com/article/game-boy-hacking-kit-to-hit-the-streets/ Atlantis brings PC gaming to VR Play Meter December 2001 pg. 34 https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurent-scallie/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtuality_(product) Direct X goes up against OpenGL https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File:Edge_UK_104.pdf&page=15 EA puts down Ultima remake https://archive.org/details/pcgames200112/page/n15/mode/1up https://reconstruction.voyd.net/index.php?event=project&typeKeyword=remakes3d Alone in the Dark film rights acquired https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File:Edge_UK_104.pdf&page=17 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alone_in_the_Dark_(1992_video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alone_in_the_Dark_(2005_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BloodRayne House of the Dead movie moves forward https://archive.org/details/game-pro-issue-159-december-2001 pg 34 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_the_Dead_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_(film) Scott McCloud takes on gaming https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_209/page/n99/mode/2up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_McCloud Recommended Links: The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ Gaming Alexandria: https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/ They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/ Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/ The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/ Retro Asylum: http://retroasylum.com/category/all-posts/ Retro Game Squad: http://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/ Playthrough Podcast: https://playthroughpod.com/ Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play and Enzo Maida.  

Highs and lows of the year. Sarah Watt, Jeremy Downing and William Chen discuss their highlight films of 2021, including their biggest surprises, disappointments, wildcards, recommendations, runner-ups for the best film/television of the year and then each person's top pick. Here are the films discussed: • Biggest surprise: Werewolves Within [William]; Annette [Sarah]; and WandaVision [Jeremy] • Disappointment: Titane [Sarah & William]; Ted Lasso - Season 2 [William]; and No Time To Die [Jeremy] • Wildcard: Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar [Jeremy]; Slamilton [William]; and Class Action Park [Sarah]. • Recommendations: Reservation Dogs [William]; The Leftovers (2014-2017) & The White Lotus [Jeremy]; and Lapsis (2020) [Sarah]. • Runner-up films for the top spot: F9: The Fast Saga, Last Night In Soho, The Green Knight, VHS: 1994, The Suicide Squad & Pig [William]; Collective & Coming Home In the Dark [Sarah]; and In the Heights [Jeremy]. • Film/television series of the year: The Father [Sarah]; Arcane [William]; and Dune [Jeremy]. We had not consensus around our picks this year, so there is no overall Cinema in Context film of the year. We also talked about and mentioned these films throughout the episode: The Thing (1986), Hateful Eight (2015), Clue (1985), Raw (2016), Donnie Darko (2001), Southland Tales (2006), Drive (2011), Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021), Game of Thrones (2011-2019), Rick and Morty (2013-), Casablanca (1942), A Clockwork Orange (1971), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane (1962), Space Jam (1996), 21 Jump Street (2012), 22 Jump Street (2014), Men In Black (1997), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), The Peacemaker (1997), The Last Duel (2021), The French Dispatch (2021), The Little Mermaid (1989), Toy Story (1995), Paperman (2012), Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001), Resident Evil (2002), Super Mario Bros. (1993), Apocalypse Now (1979), House of Gucci (2021), All The Money In The World (2017), Hannibal (2001), The Matrix: Resurrections (2021), The Batman (2022), The Power of Dog (2021), Encanto (2021), Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), West Side Story (2021), The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021) and Othello (1951).

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In our first episode of Season 3, we battle ghosts in Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001). Hosted by Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt), Katie Lesperance (@lesperak) & Travis Colenutt (@TravisColenutt). Special Guest: Shane Chiasson (@chiassoo) Show Notes: 1:30 The tutorial (our 60-second plot summary) 4:15 Our experience with Final Fantasy 10:20 The graphics kind of hold up! 12:20 Setting up the 2065 version of the Earth 25:10 "Nothing about this movie was interesting" including the action scenes 28:15 The Aki Ross Maxim Magazine thing 30:30 James Woods did a bad and we got the denouement 34:25 Critical Hits (choice user reviews from MetaCritic.com) 38:55 MinMax: where we cover the good/bad that we have not talked about yet 47:30 Our game this week: Final Fantasy or Nah? 54:20 Cut or Scene: should this show be watched or skipped? Cutscenes is a seasonal podcast at the intersection of video games and TV/movies. Our ten-episode Season 3 airs from October 28th to December 2nd, 2021. Make sure to follow us on Twitter at (@cutscenes_pod) and Instagram (@cutscenes _pod) and hit the notification bell/follow/subscribe to our show on your podcast app of choice to get the latest episodes when they release! If you like what you've heard, consider a 5-star review on your podcasting platform of choice! Music (used under Creative Commmons): "Introduction" by Lifeformed | Intro Voiceover by DJ Stormageddon

Join us on the podcast where we discuss movies and series based on video games. This week Andrew and Josh discuss a movie that was highly anticipate in 2001 due to its innovated digital graphics and being the first computer-generated animated motion picture with photo-realistic characters. However due to it's overly complicated plot and dialogue the movie became a flop. In this episode they discuss 2001's Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within.

We've watched the film, now it's time for the full breakdown. This week we get deep into the production and release of Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within! A costly cinematic disaster of a computer animated sci-fi epic that for some reason shares a name with the hugely successful gaming series that inspired it. If you've also ever wanted to know how Square and Enix became Square Enix, than this is the story for you!

Our third official Hot Button commentary is here! Listen to us watch 2001's mess of a sci-fi epic, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, a film that is TOTALLY based off the popular video game franchise and not at all a bizarre fever dream of CGI and heady writing guaranteed to make your head spin. So allow us to ease the pain of your viewing experience and be sure to check in again next week when we give you the full story of how this cinematic disaster came to be!

On this week's episode of Not a Bomb, the podcast rides a Chocobo (giant chicken) in video game land to discuss 2001's “revolutionary” science fiction film - Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. Hyped as the future of cinema, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within used photorealistic computer-animated characters to tell a half-baked story about Phantoms and Gaia. The Spirits Within was going to change cinema forever until it came out and bombed at the box office. Troy and Brad open the show talking about the untimely passing of director, stuntman, choreographer - Brad Allen. The guys then discuss some of their favorite stories in video games, and Brad tries to explain giant chickens to Troy. Finally, the guys examine if Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within is truly a bomb. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. is directed by Hironobu Sakagucki and stars Ming-Na Wen, Alec Baldwin, James Woods, Donald Sutherland, Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi, and Peri Gilpin.If you want to leave feedback or suggest a movie bomb, please drop us a line at NotABombPod@gmail.com. Also, if you like what you hear, leave a review on Apple Podcast.Cast: Brad, TroyAmazon links - Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within | Blu Ray| DVD | Digital |

Forget about the beach that makes you old, this movie aged us exponentially. It's M. Night Shyamalan's first appearance in the Blast Zone, and we're talking 2006's LADY IN THE WATERLady In The Water - Release date: July 21, 2006- Budget: $70M - Box office: $72.8M- Estimated loss: $45M- Director: M. Night Shyamalan - Starring: Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard, Bob Balaban, Jeffrey Wright, Sarita Choudhury, Cindy CheungNEXT WEEK: We're joined by a very tall and very funny Jeff to talk about the studio-destroying catastrophe FINAL FANTASY: THE SPIRITS WITHIN

Secret Theater was a Patreon side show we did covering film adaptations of our favorite (and not-so-favorite) video games. Since the Patreon and the show are on hiatus, the show became unavailable. We decided to upload them and hope you enjoy us talking about goofy movies. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within was a technical landmark and set a new standard for what animation could do back in 2001. It's also a weird, slow mess that almost killed Squaresoft with a big, glowing jellyfish. Is it good, though?

Almost exactly twenty years ago, the only aspect of Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within critics praised without reservation were its groundbreaking computer-animated visuals. There have been countless entries in the ever-evolving sub-genre of CGI anime since, so The Spirits Within no longer has the advantage of novelty. The last time they respectively saw it at the time of its initial release, Randy loved Hironobu Sakaguchi's passion project and Jens hated it. Will their opinions on the story, characters and dialogue change after all this time, and does the film still hold up visually and stylistically? Listen to find out. Please help support the show and the entire W2M Network by taking advantage of our 30 Day Free Trial offer of Amazon Music Unlimited by signing up via our link: http://getamazonmusic.com/w2mnetwork. We have a special offer available to sign up for Grammarly as well at: http://getgrammarly.com/w2mnetwork

This month we watched the animated movie Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. It had a huge game franchise in the back. A great assemble cast. And a budget of $137M. It still flopped in the box office and only made $85M world wide. Send us your own one sentence review and follow us these places: Website: https://fivepointfive.reviews Twitter: https://twitter.com/fivefivereview

This Week on The Casual Hour… For this deep dive, we're going back 20 years to talk about the 2001 "classic" film, Final Fantasy The Spirits Within. How do you make a movie that loses $94 million and almost destroys your entire company? We find out on this edition of The Casual Hour! We're On Twitch! Twitch.tv/thecasualhour Schedule: M&F 10:30PM CST W 7:30PM CST Let's Talk! We love fan mail, send us some! thecasualhour@gmail.com You can follow our show on Twitter at: @thecasualhour Enjoy what we have to say? Please leave us a review! The Casual Hour is: Bobby Pease - Host - Twitter: @bobbypease | Website: www.Lumberjacksmack.com Chase Koeneke - Co-host - Twitter: @chase_koeneke | Website: www.gamersonthego.com Johnny Amizich - Co-host - Twitter @jamizich Love our theme music? It was created by Patric Brown. You can follow his antics on twitter @insaneanalog or check out more of his music and download our theme at www.insaneanalog.com If you are enjoying what we do and would like to further support us you can do so by making a monthly contribution through Anchor! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thecasualhour/support

Today we take a look back at the 2001 classic Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within in our retro review! As usual, we have some different takes. Join us as we discuss plot, visuals, and Alec Baldwin.Trivia question of the day: In Final Fantasy I, what is the name of the first boss encounter? (Answer at the bottom of the episode summary). Episode SummaryIntroduction / TriviaOur week in Final FantasyNews HighlightDon't miss the various Halloween events going on now across most Final Fantasy mobile titlesDissidia Opera Omnia and FFIX crossover live now until November 11th.Event includes a new costume for Vivi as well as a new Abyss event.Final Fantasy Trading Card Game Annual 2018-2020 Original Illustration Artbook is now available for pre-orderQuick addendum regarding Final Fantasy VIIIFinal Fantasy: The Spirits Within retro review!Trivia answer: Garland Recommended ResourcesFinal Fantasy Trading Card Game Annual 2018-2020 Original Illustration Artbook (NA): https://store.na.square-enix-games.com/en_US/product/614991/final-fantasy-trading-card-game-annual-2018-2020-original-illustration-art-bookFinal Fantasy Trading Card Game Annual 2018-2020 Original Illustration Artbook (EU): https://store.eu.square-enix-games.com/en_GB/product/615109/final-fantasy-trading-card-game-annual-2018-2020-original-illustration-art-bookFinal Fantasy Triple Pack on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/movies/details/Final_Fantasy_Triple_Feature?id=wnRsg3BQL7gFollow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/HighwindHeraldJoin our Discord! https://discord.gg/CK8mCMJ

The fifth episode of The Media By Us pan-media podcast, Talkie Talk. In this episode, we have Brent, Chris, TJ and David discuss their Watchlist/Playlist, some news from Brent's News Corner before going into video game movies... movies that remind us of video games... video game adaptations of movies... and everything in between: we discuss it all and have a Real or Fake quiz about video game properties. Intro Homework Follow-up: The Host Watchlist/Playlist: David - A Man Called Ove, Dope Chris - O.J.: Made in America, Silence Brent - Trollhunter TJ - 20th Century Women, Elle Brent's News Corner: JJ Abrams / Stephen King's "Castle Rock" on Hulu Jon Favreau's live-action Lion King (with Donald Glover) Main Topic: Video Games and Movies Are there any good examples of movie adaptations? Is plot ever a strong point for video games? Influence of Indie games on Triple A game studios for story Movies about (or feels like) Video Games Any good video game adaptations of movies? General Discussion:  The Good The Bad and the Weird, Super, 11/22/63, Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero, Silent Hill, Bioshock Infinite, The Last of Us, Firewatch, Gone Home, Call of Duty, Battlefield, Doom, Red Dead Redemption, Heavy Rain, Mortal Kombat: Legacy, Warcraft, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, Street Fighter, Hitman, Super Mario Brothers, Castlevania (Netflix), Assassin's Creed, Tetris, Wreck-It-Ralph, The Wizard, Tron, Scott Pilgrim Vs The World, Snowpiercer, Old Boy, Edge of Tomorrow, Pacific Rim, Ready Player One, Goldeneye, The Lion King, E.T. The Game, Atari: Game Over, Lord of the Rings, Shadows of Mordor, The Warriors, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, Shadows of the Empire, Aladdin, Metal Gear Solid Quizzes: Upcoming VG Movies: Real or Fake? New Homework Assignment: The Kings of Summer (available on Amazon Prime) (Slight warning: Some mild language)