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TrueCrime
07/09/09

In reply to The Next Crow Film Won't Be A Reboot Or A Sequel
Hmm... it's a franchise movie, but it's not a sequel and it's not a reboot. I know, is it a documentary?
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
07/08/09

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"very different from the original - a whole new story about a whole new character."

Well since C2, C3 & C4 all featured a 'new' story and character this is a sequel...
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DennyCrane
07/08/09

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Norrington had something to do with that League movie, therefore he is dead to me.
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kelz
07/08/09

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I remember seeing the Tupac video "Hail Mary," where Tupac comes back from the dead and gets revenge on the people who killed him and thinking that it might make for a decent Crow story. Not great, but a good direct to video movie, that is.
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
07/08/09

@kelz: Wasn't that a story for one of the Crow comicbooks. A rapper who comes back from the dead?
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
07/08/09

@Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®: Oh, that was supposed to be '?' after the first sentence and '.' after the second..
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evildead1971
07/08/09

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i rented the crow 2, wish i didn't. i love the original and everytime i watch i'm sad cause brandon was amazing. he would have made an excellent neo in the matrix movies
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
07/08/09

@evildead1971: If you think that one was bad, check out 3 and 4..
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evildead1971
07/08/09

@Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®: i saw 5 mins of both and that was enough
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
07/08/09

@evildead1971: "i saw 5 mins of both and that was enough"

Or possibly too much..
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Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
07/08/09

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Not a sequel, not a reboot, and about a different character that is a new story. Sooo basically someone pitched a decent idea for a supernatural revenge story and they are throwing a brand name on it to sell it. It worked so well when he basically did the same thing to The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

NORRINGTOOONNNN!!!
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Dr Emilio Lizardo
07/08/09

@Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: My thoughts exactly. If it really is an orignal story with an original character, why does it have to be called "The Crow?"

Same question for the fourth Die Hard movie, I Robot and I don't know how many other stories that Hollywood felt needed name branding or they wouldn't get made.
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Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
07/08/09

@Dr Emilio Lizardo: Why must you hurt me so by bringing up Die Hard 4. (lest you think I like every big dumb I see)
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Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
07/08/09

@Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: *big dumb thing... like me.
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Dr Emilio Lizardo
07/08/09

@Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: I liked DH4. Sure, you couldn't think about it too much, but isn't that the point of most summer blockbusters?
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Plague
07/08/09

@Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: Hey, maybe this will be like the Stephen Dorff post of yesterday that turned out to be gossip from a YEAR AGO and completely not true?

Maybe?
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Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
07/08/09

@Dr Emilio Lizardo: Ahhhh. And there's the rub. Usually I'd agree with you, but here is where my love of big and stupid has a stipulation. They can make GI Joe, Transformers, or 2012 as big and dumb as they want because they either didn't exist before or existed as cartoon toy commercials so I don't care and will go eat the awesome.

BUT, when they are working off of a property that has been proven, like Die Hard or Indy, the bar has been set. And in the case of Die Hard the bar is set at amazing (for the record I rate DHs thusly 1,3,2,4). Then I have an issue when they dumbify and tame it as they did with 4. I felt 4 was a really good Bruce Willis film, but a terrible John McClane film.
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bonniegrrl
12/16/08

In reply to Crow Reboot Will End In Eyelinery Tears
Huh?

Crow 2 and the TV show bombed...

Crow 1 is barely watchable.

So he thinks he can make money from it?

Good luck, kid.
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Little Time Bomb
12/16/08

In reply to Crow Reboot Will End In Eyelinery Tears
Remaking the Crow is such a bad idea that I can't even list reasons why it's a bad idea. It's simply just too bad an idea to contemplate.
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zenpoet
12/16/08

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They don't need a reboot, what they need to do is use some of O'Bars other books in the Crow series and not shit on them. While they may not have had as much emotional depth as the first Crow did, they were good stories in their own right.

Dead Time and Flesh & Blood were both good. Take a look at those, and stay away from Eddie Furlong.
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Bunnya69
12/16/08

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They should never have made this a "series" of movies; Brandon Lee's death should have sealed the franchise's fate.
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Little Time Bomb
12/16/08

@Bunnya69: Wow harsh
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Belabras ate my dingo!
12/16/08

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Most needless reboot/remake ever!

Seriously, there is simply nothing wrong with the original. Leave it the hell alone!
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crashedpc - Haifisch
12/16/08

@Belabras: NOW I can see some teary eyed jerk with mascara running over his cheeks saying that.
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Belabras ate my dingo!
12/16/08

@crashedpc:

What are we, really, if we can't fall back on internet memes?
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crashedpc - Haifisch
12/16/08

@Belabras: We are hollow shells of doomed souls?
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Alchemistmerlin
12/16/08

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If we keep remaking movies that are more and more recent, eventually we will start remaking movies a week after they have been released.

The cycle will continue and we will come to remake movies that haven't been made and Hollywood will have come full circle back into originality.

Unfortunately, they will still never make a movie better than the book they unconciously stole the idea from.
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d_r_e
12/16/08

@Alchemistmerlin:

Yeah, this remake shit is getting OUT OF CONTROL. It seriously needs to stop. Hollywood needs to start coming up with some original ideas, instead of rebooting/remaking old films (that were fine to begin with) and remaking films from Japan/Korea/China (that were fine to begin with).
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MaraOeneus
12/16/08

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Ahem what does O'Barr the creator of the crow think of this? The Crow was a very personal story for him after all. A reboot of this cultural icon is not needed. The first movie was inspireing and made an impact, because it took the main idea that O'Barr created in the Comic Book and added some layers that made the movie so great. With Norrington's track record I highly doubt that this movie will get any good. Leave it alone. Create new icons before pissing on someone else. I can't skip this any harder.
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d_r_e
12/16/08

@MaraOeneus: - "A reboot of this cultural icon is not needed."

EXACTLY.
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Little Time Bomb
12/16/08

@MaraOeneus: I don't think O'Barr owns the rights anymore. A lot of his bitterness at the first movie had to do with how cheaply he sold the rights away. I have no idea if the right reverted back to him at some point.
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ciscokidinsf
12/16/08

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100% agree on the make-up, it needs to go... looking at old Brandon Lee's pics I feel he is in a KISS tribute band or something. Lame.

The first Crow was a pretty awesome, quirky movie, so a reboot could be a good thing, but not just give it to anybody. Plus, anything to erase the memories of the sequels. I'm, strangely, for it. Give it to someone talented like Danny Boyle.
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d_r_e
12/16/08

@ciscokidinsf:

While I absolutely adore Danny Boyle's work, I wouldn't even want him to do a Crow reboot.
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Mount_Prion
12/16/08

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They need to make sure they test all the blank-loaded guns on the director first.
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crashedpc - Haifisch
12/16/08

@Mount_Prion: *finger wagging* There's a special place in Hell right next to mine waiting for you, sir.
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SinisterBill
12/16/08

@crashedpc: I'll bring the chips!
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d_r_e
12/16/08

@Pwnieboy:

I'll bring some dip.
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crashedpc - Haifisch
12/16/08

@dead_red_eyes: No guac? The Debil don't like it when there's no guac.
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Valrose
12/16/08

@crashedpc:

Right next to people who talk in theaters?
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Erzengel
12/16/08

@Valrose: no way jose, those ones have their own hell
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ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.
12/16/08

@Erzengel: It's a special place.
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