{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "FF7r got kinda Evangelion movie, in that it started out as a retelling of a familiar tale, dwelled on the cozy familiar in a...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/615962374508347392/", "html": "<p>FF7r got kinda Evangelion movie, in that it started out as a retelling of a familiar tale, dwelled on the cozy familiar in a fanservicey way, started to turn up the divergence from the source, and then got totally abstract and thematic at the end</p><p>Part of that was to wedge final boss climaxes into a narrative that&rsquo;s not through yet, but part of it specifically was to kill the narrative. Up to there mostly delivered a similar experience to the original, with some things remixed, enough that for returning fans they can really tease the fate of Aerith</p><p>Well just before the end they come out with a <i>remix</i> of that bit, then the final boss, more than Sephiroth, is like &ldquo;the force of things necessarily going the way they&rsquo;re fated to&rdquo;, and with that defeated it&rsquo;s not clear where anything stands and it&rsquo;s like yes, that was definitely Final Fantasy 7 there, no I have no idea where this is going now</p><p><b>A+</b></p>"}