Animation Age Ghetto: An interesting case.An adaptation of a popular RPG video game series, that doesn't actually adapt any of the games' stories or characters? Many people suggest that the backlash wouldn't have been as severe if " Final Fantasy" wasn't in the title.Final Fantasy fans had no reason to be invested, and mainstream audiences were turned away by it being connected to a video game in the first place. A movie that was neither directly tied to any existing game, nor even in the same genre by taking place in Earth's future, had almost nothing in common with the rest of the franchise at the time. However, Final Fantasy was still largely experimenting with limited sci-fi elements in otherwise fantasy worlds. Audience-Alienating Premise: At the time, each Final Fantasy title was standalone with ( almost) no sequels or spin-offs, so a tie-in was not as guaranteed as it might be later.But what if there's more to it than that? After the Phantoms overrun New York thanks to his plan, he goes My God, What Have I Done?, so it's possible he's so determined because he thinks he can justify going to such extremes if it results in wiping the Phantoms out? Or does he think he'll be found out eventually and this makes for a Suicide by Cop scenario that'll hopefully take out the Phantoms too? Ostensibly he hates the Phantoms and wants to exterminate them at all costs. General Hein stopping at nothing to continue firing the Zeus Cannon into the Phantom Crater, even when his own workers warn him that it's overheating. Notably when she tells him to get a girlfriend, he winks and says "I'm working on it" - and alludes to Jane always picking on him in a Tsundere way. The banter between Neil and Jane is either just friendly, or he could be flirting with her.
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