and then the game suddenly got all dark...... it's quite a contrast to the peaceful music just moments prior, a massive shift in tone. absolutely BEAUTIFUL
It's a recurring trait of Nobuo Uematsu to use songs at the perfect time, but this one really stands out in that regard. This one makes me think of a bunch of different points in the game, notably Lindblum.
Uematsu didn't decide where to use the songs. The process back in the day was he'd make a bunch of tracks, then the scenario team decided which track fit the mood they're looking for.
1:40 [Zidane runs towards the end of the screen. He stops in front of the machine] Zidane "Is that... an egg?" "Is this machine... making eggs?" "This isn't a Mist engine, but there's Mist coming out of it..." Why eggs? Aren't Black Mage bodies supposed to be basically like dolls? Wouldn't it make more sense for the mages bodies to be empty dolls until the Mist (which is actually souls) is put into them, kind of like Voodoo? [Zidane runs to the next screen, where the eggs are being carried along a conveyor belt. The conveyor belt is being powered by a running chocobo] Zidane "A chocobo and...gysahl green?" "The chocobo is powering the conveyor belt..." "Why don't they just use a machine to do it...?" That is a good question that will never be answered. Why don't they just use a machine? Instead of doing what I'm pretty sure qualifies as animal labour abuse. (We never see Zidane and Garnet free that poor chocobo, by the way) 2:57 Dagger "Why...? Is my mother behind this...?" No duh, Sherlock. Did you miss all of that talk from the villagers in the factory about the castle and the Alexandrian symbol on the barrels? Actually, regarding what you said earlier, you said that you SAW these barrels at the castle and the cargo ship dropping them off there, all before you ran away from home. You never tried to at least sneak a peek inside one of those barrels, or ASK your mother about those barrels before getting out of Alexandria? These are the plot contrivances and lazy writing that I am talking about, Garnet ran away from home because she knew something was wrong, only for these details to contradict themselves later, and we will be seeing way more of these inconsistencies in Lindblum. Zidane "This is the only way!" Vivi "Ahh-h!" Dagger "Ahhh! What are you doing, Zidane!?" [Zidane grabs Dagger in one arm, and grabs a hold of Vivi with his other hand. The two of them hide in a small tunnel-like area that all the dolls pass through] Dagger "Ahhh! ...Murf...! ...!" Zidane "Sorry! But stay quiet!" Why are you hiding? You could just try and confront the workers, ask what these mages are and what they are for. These guys are no danger, they are just workers, not soldiers. Actually, now that you mention it, why AREN'T there Alexandrian guards here in the factory supervising things?
0:55 Vivi "After you left, some men kidnapped me and brought me here." "They told me to stay put. I was so scared... I didn't know what to do." "They asked me 'Why were you outside?' and then they said, 'The cargo ship isn't even here yet.'" "I didn't know what they were talking about, so I didn't say anything, and then they said, 'Let's put it in today's shipment.'" They weren't curious as to why you looked different from the other mages (as we will see in just a few minutes) or that you could talk? (I know that Vivi said that he "didn't say anything", but he must have at least yelled when he was first kidnapped and said at least a few words) Zidane "Yeah, like..." "Get off me, you scumbag!" Vivi "!" Dagger (Scumbag?) This "scumbag" talk is just going to lead to a lousy payoff with Garnet later in Disk 2 when she is captured back in Alexandria. (Due to her own stupidity) Zidane "Like that! It surprises your attacker and empowers you!" Yeah no. It won't with Garnet, Zidane.
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and then the game suddenly got all dark......
it's quite a contrast to the peaceful music just moments prior, a massive shift in tone. absolutely BEAUTIFUL
It's a recurring trait of Nobuo Uematsu to use songs at the perfect time, but this one really stands out in that regard. This one makes me think of a bunch of different points in the game, notably Lindblum.
Uematsu didn't decide where to use the songs. The process back in the day was he'd make a bunch of tracks, then the scenario team decided which track fit the mood they're looking for.
one of my favorite songs from this game!
"You gotta do something next time. You should try-screaming back or whatever. like... 'Get off me, you scumbag!'"
A little bit oppressive track.
Perfect.
A factory to make black mages so evil
Awesome [Video Soundtrack] Beyond the Twilight [FINAL FANTASY IX] Video.
1:40 [Zidane runs towards the end of the screen. He stops in front of the machine]
Zidane "Is that... an egg?"
"Is this machine... making eggs?"
"This isn't a Mist engine, but there's Mist coming out of it..."
Why eggs? Aren't Black Mage bodies supposed to be basically like dolls? Wouldn't it make more sense for the mages bodies to be empty dolls until the Mist (which is actually souls) is put into them, kind of like Voodoo?
[Zidane runs to the next screen, where the eggs are being carried along a conveyor belt. The conveyor belt is being powered by a running chocobo]
Zidane "A chocobo and...gysahl green?"
"The chocobo is powering the conveyor belt..."
"Why don't they just use a machine to do it...?"
That is a good question that will never be answered. Why don't they just use a machine? Instead of doing what I'm pretty sure qualifies as animal labour abuse. (We never see Zidane and Garnet free that poor chocobo, by the way)
2:57 Dagger "Why...? Is my mother behind this...?"
No duh, Sherlock. Did you miss all of that talk from the villagers in the factory about the castle and the Alexandrian symbol on the barrels?
Actually, regarding what you said earlier, you said that you SAW these barrels at the castle and the cargo ship dropping them off there, all before you ran away from home. You never tried to at least sneak a peek inside one of those barrels, or ASK your mother about those barrels before getting out of Alexandria? These are the plot contrivances and lazy writing that I am talking about, Garnet ran away from home because she knew something was wrong, only for these details to contradict themselves later, and we will be seeing way more of these inconsistencies in Lindblum.
Zidane "This is the only way!"
Vivi "Ahh-h!"
Dagger "Ahhh! What are you doing, Zidane!?"
[Zidane grabs Dagger in one arm, and grabs a hold of Vivi with his other hand. The two of them hide in a small tunnel-like area that all the dolls pass through]
Dagger "Ahhh! ...Murf...! ...!"
Zidane "Sorry! But stay quiet!"
Why are you hiding? You could just try and confront the workers, ask what these mages are and what they are for. These guys are no danger, they are just workers, not soldiers. Actually, now that you mention it, why AREN'T there Alexandrian guards here in the factory supervising things?
0:55 Vivi "After you left, some men kidnapped me and brought me here."
"They told me to stay put. I was so scared... I didn't know what to do."
"They asked me 'Why were you outside?' and then they said, 'The cargo ship isn't even here yet.'"
"I didn't know what they were talking about, so I didn't say anything, and then they said, 'Let's put it in today's shipment.'"
They weren't curious as to why you looked different from the other mages (as we will see in just a few minutes) or that you could talk? (I know that Vivi said that he "didn't say anything", but he must have at least yelled when he was first kidnapped and said at least a few words)
Zidane "Yeah, like..."
"Get off me, you scumbag!"
Vivi "!"
Dagger (Scumbag?)
This "scumbag" talk is just going to lead to a lousy payoff with Garnet later in Disk 2 when she is captured back in Alexandria. (Due to her own stupidity)
Zidane "Like that! It surprises your attacker and empowers you!"
Yeah no. It won't with Garnet, Zidane.