Fanmovie Rec: Dead Fantasy

[bofoddity]

We all know how Dead or Alive is about jiggling breasts, right? And how Tetsuya Nomura likes his female characters skimpily dressed? And no matter how powerful these women are, they still don't get to be as bad-ass as men? Right?

But.. what if they did?

Dead Fantasy I
Dead Fantasy II

Starring Yuna and Rikku from FFX, Tifa from FFVII, Rinoa from FFVIII, Kairi from Kingdom Hearts, Ayane, Kasumi and Hitomi from Dead or Alive and Rachel from Ninja Gaiden.

So, women from Dead or Alive and Final Fantasy fighting each other may be the fanboy wet dream material, and I'm sure this is exactly that, but that doesn't mean it can't be also be extremely awesome. And these movies are that. The animation is just beautiful, to the point I could easily see the movies as trailers to actual games, and the fighting choreographs, special moves and spells.. hard to find words for them, seriously. Many of the characters present in the movies are the ones who get no slack from fandom and no recognition from their own canons, and as amazing as it is to see them get the kind of portrayal they deserve, it's frustrating to know that it will take a while until we really see a game like this. Which is a pity, because this really works. More this, less milking of the popular males.

Comments

[rosehiptea.livejournal.com]

I'm going to have to wait to watch these when my computer at home is fixed.

But I wanted to say thank you for being one of the only people on my f-list who didn't rick-roll me.

[bofoddity.livejournal.com]

Hope your computer gets fixed soon! *checks 'rick-roll'* Ha, I had no idea that was going on! But you're welcome.

[rosehiptea.livejournal.com]

Well, I got a laugh out of it every time. But I'd be pretty disappointed to be promised a bunch of beautiful badass video game ladies and end up hearing "Never Gonna Give You Up"

(It's fixed now; I'll watch them soon.)

[bofoddity.livejournal.com]

I'd be disappointed, too, but fortunately they're real deals. Though "Never Gonna Give You Up" would have made a brain-breaking soundtrack..

[cedar-cedar.livejournal.com]

Best videos I've seen in a long time. I even made my hubby watch them and he said he could watch that for hours, it was so awesome.

[bofoddity.livejournal.com]

They're just that good. Fan service at its best, I think; I honestly want to play a game like this.