Post by lightsage on Dec 4, 2014 0:53:26 GMT -7
The famous... the awful... scene at the end of the Luca section. We all know it. It made us all cringe. But... it was made to be that way.
I don't think that the laughing scene bothers me as much as it did the first couple of times I watched it, and there's one reason for that. It's not a mistake with the voice actors. It is intentionally made to be cringe-worthy. Why? The script was just making a point about how hard it was to pretend to be happy when you are really not. So faking laughter comes out as really horrible. But there are other parts of the game where the same characters have a more natural laugh... and every one of those sound perfectly fine. You can even listen to other characters faking laughter at one point, when Tidus specifically narrates "the only one really laughing then was me." Sure, it's not as bad as Tidus' fake laugh, but it still sounds pretty robotic... especially Lulu.
So cringe all you want when Tidus lets out his big "HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!" because that's exactly what the game wants you to feel at that point.
I don't think that the laughing scene bothers me as much as it did the first couple of times I watched it, and there's one reason for that. It's not a mistake with the voice actors. It is intentionally made to be cringe-worthy. Why? The script was just making a point about how hard it was to pretend to be happy when you are really not. So faking laughter comes out as really horrible. But there are other parts of the game where the same characters have a more natural laugh... and every one of those sound perfectly fine. You can even listen to other characters faking laughter at one point, when Tidus specifically narrates "the only one really laughing then was me." Sure, it's not as bad as Tidus' fake laugh, but it still sounds pretty robotic... especially Lulu.
So cringe all you want when Tidus lets out his big "HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!" because that's exactly what the game wants you to feel at that point.
