Materia in Advent Children

[Dolentrean]

What did you think about how materia was handled in Advent Children? Loz stealing it was obviously just to remove the element of magic from the main characters, and what did you think about the bad guys absorbing it into there arms instead of there weapons? Would you have liked the main characters to use materia as well?

[Big D]

I figure the bad guys could get away with 'absorbing' it because of what they are - manifestations of Sephiroth's spirit, not actual flesh-and-blood beings. Their use of Materia gives a hint about their true nature nature.
It would perhaps have been neat to see a grand faceoff between the two sides involving parties of three with materia as well as weapons... would've been awfully hard to keep track of just what was going on though.
Besides, our guys have Limit Breaks, which are magical enough on their own

[Captain Maxx Power]

I really wanted to see the real-life logistics of using Materia. I'd have also loved a scene where Cloud gets pissed off because the Materia he's trying to equip won't fit in the socket properly.

[Aerith's Knight]

I really wanted to see the real-life logistics of using Materia. I'd have also loved a scene where Cloud gets pissed off because the Materia he's trying to equip won't fit in the socket properly.

agreed.

but the equipping of the materia suited its purpose..

i wish i saw someone else than the bad guys using it though.

[Dolentrean]

Yah, it would have been fun to see the good guys use materia at least near the begining of the movie.

[Aerith's Knight]

wouldve been even better if cloud used like barrier and destruct in the final battle, as you wouldve expected if he had materia

[Big D]

wouldve been even better if cloud used like barrier and destruct in the final battle

But Kadaj and Sephiroth were Bosses, so Destruct materia wouldn't work on them At least, the Death spell wouldn't.

[Aerith's Knight]

oh sry.. i meant debarrier.. i thought that was called destruct

[Big D]

oh sry.. i meant debarrier.. i thought that was called destruct

De-Barrier, De-Spell and Death are the spells contained in Destruct materia

[The Crystal]

Hard to see the good guys using Materia:

-According to Nomura, the use of materia drains the planet's life energy, this being why the good guys don't use it anymore. There's not an explanation for why its use drains the planet's energy, but based on Sephiroth's explanation from the original game that materia links someone to the planet and allows them to use its powers, its most likely that the materia allows someone to tap into the Lifestream's energy and manifest it as a spell based on the specs of the materia they're using. This would, of course, drain the planet's energy, the same as turning it into electricity would.

[Aerith's Knight]

oh sry.. i meant debarrier.. i thought that was called destruct

De-Barrier, De-Spell and Death are the spells contained in Destruct materia

the Death spell works on end-boss sephiroth in FFVII.. so if hed use barrier here, i dont see why Cloud couldnt use destruct.. anyway, it would just give some good special effects

it would be a lot better to explain then reflecting bullets with your sword -_-

[Soulforge]

Hard to see the good guys using Materia:

-According to Nomura, the use of materia drains the planet's life energy, this being why the good guys don't use it anymore. There's not an explanation for why its use drains the planet's energy, but based on Sephiroth's explanation from the original game that materia links someone to the planet and allows them to use its powers, its most likely that the materia allows someone to tap into the Lifestream's energy and manifest it as a spell based on the specs of the materia they're using. This would, of course, drain the planet's energy, the same as turning it into electricity would.

Hypothetically speaking (since I can't really contradict Nomura...), I'd think that the manufacturing of materia would tend to drain more of the planet's energy than anything. I mean, what would happen to the energy after the materia was used? I'd think that consumption would happen in the refining to mako and/or electricity process instead of channeling the raw form. Didn't the Ancients use materia?

[Big D]

the Death spell works on end-boss sephiroth in FFVII.. so if hed use barrier here, i dont see why Cloud couldnt use destruct.. anyway, it would just give some good special effects

But you normally can't use Death in the final Sephiroth fight - unless you use hacks, I guess

it would be a lot better to explain then reflecting bullets with your sword -_-

That's entirely plausible, assuming that the characters have the enhanced strength and reflexes to see where their opponent is aiming, and put a sword in the way. It also depends on their swords being made of something much tougher than steel, but that seems likely since Cloud's sword can shatter reinforced concrete and doesn't break under its own weight.

[Skyblade]

It'd be a little anti-climactic. Cloud and Sephiroth prepare for epic battle again. Cloud casts death. Battle over...

[Markus. D]

Dead Fantasy II already has shown us all the overwhelming ways anyone could use Materia xD