What's up with all the flashback hate?

[Bubba]

From my understanding, most people don't hate the scene itself on a first playthrough. They hate it on a replay because they know that part of the plot already, and yet they have to go through and actively play it. It is rather slow-paced.

I think the flashback scene is great, but as others have mentioned it gets a bit dull the n^th time through the game.

This is exactly it for me too.

I think the flashback scene is great. Isn't it the first time you hear that scary-ass Sephiroth theme in the Nibelheim Mansion? That always gives me the jitters.