I don't understand the bitching regarding the new Crow. It's not taking ANYTHING away from Brandon's adaptation or his legacy, if the reboots didn't why is Bills the only one being treated as such? And we're getting a more in depth look to the characters. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely LOVE Brandon's adaptation and it will forever be my favorite but getting a more in depth look at Eric and Shelley, more into their relationship, and the whole scene with Eric talking to death, that's pretty fucking cool! Hell the graphic novels and comics were way more gritty and graphic and gore ridden. No one is taking a thing from Brandon's version, this is more just expanding on the characters. If the shitty movie remakes and the series didn't take anything from Brandon's, Bill's adaptation won't take anything from it either.
I went back on my Crow series kick, and I had an interesting realization. Intentionally or not, each of the Crows in the series has connections to a certain element.
Erik is Water. It can’t rain all the time, after all. Water has connections to wisdom, flexibility, and the transitions between birth and death. Erik isn’t just smart but wise, with his words to Sarah and Officer Albrecht. He’s flexible, not just in his movements, but also in his planning, like when he saved Darla before killing Funboy.
Ashe is Fire. I mean, even his name has connotations with fire, as Ashes are what come after a fire. With how he was able to combust Grace’s drugs, and how his crow was able to light up the palm trees after destroying the drug factory. He also has a bit of a temper, especially with how he wigged out while fighting Ka Lee. He’s passionate, like with his feelings toward Sarah and avenging his son.
Alex is Air: Out of all of the Crows, he is the one most in tune with his bird. He actually communicates with the Crow, actually talks and jokes with him. Then there are the scenes where he looks like he’s flying when he does that teleport, Batman vanish-and-reappear trick, or the fact that his Crow can cloak itself. The Air element also has connections with communication, like how he talks to Erin or his lawyer.
and...ugh, Jimmy is Earth. Jimmy is unwavering in his journey to avenge his and Lily’s deaths. The town he and Lily lived in was a mining town. A mine that was poisoning the land. I’m pretty sure that Jimmy is at least part Native American, and they had a close connection to the land they lived on. The Earth element also has a connection to the Ego, and... well, Jimmy.
Anyway, that was my essay on the elemental connections of the Crows.
Salvation, I love and hate depending on the day. Eric does great as The Crow. The corruption of the officers is great though they go too far in how evil they are. It's like they saw the group from City of Angels and decided "let's make them worst" it's also hindered by a lot of random reshoots. Alex's hair changes a lot during the movie and it always jumps out at me.
“Let’s have more tits then the movie with the sex cult”
Agreed. The movie is just…. There’s a lot going on with it but Eric’s performance is without a doubt the strongest part. I really like Alex as a charecter and I like how sporadic and jumpy he is from one mood to the next. I made a post on it before but I think it’s partly do to his brain literally being fried (I talk about each having effects left from their deaths and it’s whole mental effects. Eric is the only one who’s “canonical” as the comic outright states his minds shattered). And how much… he really is just a kid.
Also the extended car chase sequence to a remix of rob zombies living dead girl will never not be funny. I-is Alex the living dead girl? Idk