Comments on: Casting For ‘The Crow’ Reboot Has Begun

By: john fiscle

john fiscle — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 12:22:34 +0000

if your remaking a film i suggest you never depreciate it, its obvious your just riding the coat tails of a greater film. “character not relatable to todays youth” its a comic book movie about a dead guy, not some smarmy intellectual drama. please.

By: john fiscle

john fiscle — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 12:19:42 +0000

the other thing is in order for a reboot to be a hit it needs to appease old and new fans. reboots that dont and ignore that formula that people generaly see a movie out of nostalgia thats a reboot if the movies 30 years old or less generaly have thier reboots tank. you cant really do anything nastolgic with this movie involving the original cast other than to make a crow movie we've seen already. remakes are the worst form of moviemaking prostitution, I have more respect for tv to film or book to film or sequel makers than people that remake films, especialy when thier greats and dont need to be remade *cough nightmare, the crow, hellrasier cough*.

By: john fiscle

john fiscle — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 12:16:09 +0000

music makes a film, its something remake and sequel makers need to learn as gospel. the 2nd thing that makes a film is story, the third actors and last visual effects. i say that because thier are original twilight zone episodes that kick the ass of 200 billion dollar horror movies (and classic star trek episodes that kick the ass out of 200 billion dollar scifi movies) and they had crappy special effects. stop the remakes, please, i want to get off the ride now. thier are 55+ for 2010-11 planned. why cant rebooters get the point we cant stand sequels as it is and you want to remake something? plus remake a movie that is 50 years old and deserves it, like the thing and the fly, who were decent movies and had terrific remakes, not movies that are classic and dont need it like nightmare or the crow. you cant top genius, you can only immitate it.

By: P Priest

P Priest — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:54:25 +0000

There are some movies that should NEVER be remade or “rebooted” & this is one of them! How about a COMPLETE & remastered special edition on BluRay instead?

By: P Priest

P Priest — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:54:25 +0000

There are some movies that should NEVER be remade or “rebooted” & this is one of them! How about a COMPLETE & remastered special edition on BluRay instead?

By: P Priest

P Priest — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:54:25 +0000

There are some movies that should NEVER be remade or “rebooted” & this is one of them! How about a COMPLETE & remastered special edition on BluRay instead?

By: 1RedSox76

1RedSox76 — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:52:52 +0000

I'll give this movie a chance, can't be any worse than Ciy of Angels, what a mess THAT was. But I will ALWAYS prefer the original with Brandon Lee. RIP Brandon.

By: ArchaeonSpector

ArchaeonSpector — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:42:52 +0000

…just a quick note: If I remember correctly, the original WAS to have Skull Cowboy in it, but when Brandon Lee died, the re-edits to make the film seem completed removed the Skull Cowboy appearances because his scenes had so intricately involved Brandon's Crow that the film would have looked awkward and unpolished had the scenes remained. The t.v. series actually DID feature an episode or two with ol' Skully, since it was about the Eric Draven Crow (and, of course, it could take more time AND actor Mark Dacascos lived).

By: SkullCowboy

SkullCowboy — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:29:54 +0000

Not really pleased. They will get it wrong no matter WHO they get to play the role. I am amazed at Hollywood’s fear and inability to create anymore instead of just copying and rehashing. Pity that this time it happens to be my all time favorite.

Two points. the sequels weren’t really sequels as each comes from a different story. The only common thread is the literal crow who returns a spirit to the world for vengeance.

Last, if they do make it, leave out all the mumbo jumbo about the crow being some mythical source of power and go back the avenging the dead and not the living aspect. Oh, and don’t forget me:
SkullCowboy

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:09:33 +0000

I think everyone has valid points. The sequels sucked, but they were sequels, not reboots. That’s a very important point. Personally, I like when different directors adapt movies out of written works because each is a different point of view. In truth, Alex Proyas did an amazing job with the original, and Brandon Lee will always be The Crow to me; but there were significant differences between the comic and the movie. As long as they cast it well (James Franco for example) and follow the comic, then I’ll respect the new one. Blade was an excellent adaptation, and I enjoyed League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, I am pretty certain this reboot will be very well done.

By: dan

dan — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:42:44 +0000

adrien brody, benicio del toro, or johnny depp would all be amazing. clive owen would be good too, but i dont think his accent would work.

By: Johnny4

Johnny4 — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:14:10 +0000

The crow sometimes brings the souls of the dead back to avenge someone, or to put right something terribly wrong. Would be a good time for the crow to bring back Brandon long enough to beat the asses of a bunch of hollywood execs that are to stupid to do the right thing.

By: da-fadge

da-fadge — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:47:57 +0000

I feel sick!

By: DrSamBeckett

DrSamBeckett — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:08:17 +0000

I have absolutely had enough of all these remakes, they are always inferior to the original.

And The Crow, of all things. I mean, it is a classic, its akin to remaking Star Wars!

By: Darren seeley

Darren seeley — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:53:58 +0000

The only way I would see this flick is if, and **only** if it is more of a direct adaptation of James O’ Barr’s graphic novel. Other than that, we got problems, some of which have already been said by commenters. (Three sequels, three different Crows) .Even the short lived TV show was a bit of retcon.

I will always love the first Blade film. Shoot, I even had a soft spot for Death Machine. I generally still think Norrington, despite the big mess known as LXG, still has many (good) films in him. However, if one took the supernatural out of The Crow, was is left is just another vigilante film. See how far tat gets you. You won’t get far. In addition, you folks really want an atomic bomb to drop? I have said this a million times. I will say it again.

The first Crow film also had the morbid appeal of Brandon Lee’s death. (He dies one year before film is eventually released; character comes back from the dead ‘one year later’, “I’m dead and I move” etc.)

So unless they film this in a sepia / B%W background, or give it a Renaissance flow…this doesn’t have much appeal.

As to who they would cast? I could care less. It’s not that Johnny Depp is desperate y’know.

By: ogb

ogb — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:46:19 +0000

^ Well said

“And he is not a character that any Joe Shmoe is supposed to relate to, he is the personification and the quintessence of depression and heart wrenching pain…”

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:36:56 +0000

it’ll be hard for them to make a good Crow movie without it being “gothic or stylized” considering that that is what The Crow is. And he is not a character that any Joe Shmoe is supposed to relate to, he is the personification and the quintessence of depression and heart wrenching pain, so, im not saring it wont be a good movie, im just saying it wont be a Crow movie.

By: jwalka

jwalka — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:48:08 +0000

@ dude love
i agree with you, blade 1 and 2 where “dark” and somewhat “gothic”
@ strich
i also agree with you even though the martial arts in the original crow wasnt that hardcore it was still good, i just hope they dont screw it as bad as other remakes/reboots (most noteably terminator 4)

By: Roger

Roger — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:43:37 +0000

Why can’t we remake horrible movie of recent years and make them good instead of taking something that’s already beloved and either sticking so close to the original there was no point to doing it or changing it so much that it could be something else entirely?
I’d pay money to see a good version of Van Helsing. I can’t be the only one.
If The Crow’s gotta be remade, do it with an unknown. While I was aware of Brandon Lee’s existence prior to seeing it, I’d never seen him in anything.

By: ogb

ogb — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:53:10 +0000

SK-47

#2 = right on

Wtf are they talking about, “dark and gritty”, that’s the freaking ESSENCE of the WHOLE FRANCHISE. These producers/movie studios are really confused. We get it, Batman’s reboot worked perfectly. Doesn’t mean we need the same concept applied to EVERYTHING. What’s next, a Flinstones reboot that’s more “realistic, dark and gritty”?

Not to mention they haven’t learned the lesson after 3 sequels. It’s all about the main actor and the director for a franchise like this. Either a break out star is needed or someone famous that can really pull of the character. Same thing with the director. Really frustrating hearing these news recently about some of my favorite characters/movies.