The Kalm flashback was brilliant. It is bound to get a little tiresome if you've played the game 800 times like I have so I don't particularly look forward to it. I still don't really mind playing through it though as there are some really great scenes... and yes, it still gives me shivers when I hear that Sephiroth theme.

There could maybe be an option where you don't have to go through it. Similar to Barret asking you to explain materia to him in Tifa's Heaven... or them all asking Cloud to recap things when they're in the Gold Saucer Hotel. But, it's such an important scene I don't think you should be able to skip it.