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I haven't seen the entire Blu-Ray version, but I've seen a few clips about the movie, and the extended music tracks. My opinion about the remade battle between Cloud and Sephiroth: it's enhanced, but not enough. The same could be said about every new addition I've seen so far, to be honest. The changes left me with pretty mixed feelings. Sure, enhancements are enhancements, but so far they've seemed so insignificant or poorly executed that it makes me think the remake just isn't worth it if you already have the DVD version. Let's take the Cloud vs. Sephiroth battle for an example (note: the following is just my opinion).Originally Posted by Cyric
Sephiroth stabs Cloud and holds him in the air ŕ la Nibelheim Reactor. A nice reference to their original encounter, even if the stab in the DVD version already seemed like a reference to the Nibelheim Reactor encounter. Sephiroth grows a dark angel wing, tosses Cloud to the air and slashes him big-time. This was quite brutal, and it would have been a good addition if it wasn't for the air slashing looking absolutely terrible. Cloud bleeds and collapses, that's fine and makes the scene darker. Then the music stops and Zack throws some sharp comments and gives Cloud a 55-second pep talk. While this does make the story deeper and there's a nice reference to Crisis Core, I think it horribly messes up the pacing since it interrupts the battle for such a long duration. Cloud's Omnislash is more brutal than in the DVD version, but there aren't any groundbreaking enhancements. Finally, I thought the English voices were quite dreadful: Zack's voice seemed quite high-pitched and Sephiroth's voice was bad as always (I think George Newburn made Lance Bass look like a pretty good VA). All in all, let's say I wasn't impressed at all.
I'll have to see the other new scenes before I can make my final opinion about the Blu-Ray version.
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