Quote Originally Posted by Lord Golbez View Post

That's not true. Sephiroth was a "war hero." Everyone knows who he is. They just don't know what happened to him, Cloud's story about Nibelheim, or why he would be against Shinra now after suddenly turning up again years later. Tifa knew who he was in the seven years ago flashback before she had ever met him. In the original, Cloud even mentions stories they may have heard about Sephiroth's strength during the flashback. Cloud assumes that the rest of the party has probably at least heard of Sephiroth, and so should we.
Yeah that's true, I was wrong to say they wouldn't know who he was. Although that's barely explained in Remake. I think the only time it's suggested is in that flashback with Cloud and Tifa as kids where Cloud says he wants to "be like Sephiroth", and Tifa doesn't question it so he's obviously quite famous (at least where they live).
But still, I kinda feel like they'd want some explanation as to what's going on, even if they did know him by name. There's basically no discussion from the time he appears in the Jenova tank place, all the way until the end, no-one stops and says "so what's going on then?"...."why can this famous soldier turn into a tentacle demon and also fly?"