Let's convene here and say things about the trailer for The Crow (2024)

March 14, 2024 12:47 PM

The trailer for the 2024 remake of The Crow. Stars Bill Skarsgård, FKA twigs, Danny Huston. Directed by Rupert Sanders (Snow White and the Huntsman).
posted by DirtyOldTown (4 comments total)

I'll start.

1. Why at all?
2. Why Rupert Sanders as the director?
3. Suicide Squad's Jared Leto as a style inspiration?
4. All the things they changed and straight-up fridging Shelly is one they kept?
5. Replacing goth vibes with TikTok rapper vibes?
6. A better version of the above joke, from the YT comments: In the original, Eric looks like he plays guitar for Nine Inch Nails. In the reboot, Eric looks like he raps on SoundCloud
7. John Wick, but dead?
8. Oh, Danny. I hope you got paid well.
9. Really? The director of Ghost in the Shell?
10. You hired Bill Skarsgård to play a less creepy version of a famous character?

posted by DirtyOldTown at 12:55 PM on March 14 [1 favorite]

I have one question. Do we or do we not get to see Yodigan? They have that black face makeup dripping down from the eyes to the corners of the mouth, very reminiscent of clown, they show him in gentle loving smile mode two or three times and once in the very beginning part of a grimace of rage that could easily morph, so they're definitely hinting at a possible payoff. On the other hand, much more heavily emphasized is the eight-pack he grew in a clear effort to telegraph versatility and "I can be physically freakish in standard ways, too!" Presumably to clamber out of the typecasting well he unwittingly cast himself into on the fateful day he learned that mouth trick from his brother.

God help us, what if Yodigan never comes? How many will go to this and spend the whole 90 minutes with their eyes taped open through all the gun massacre innovations enabled by the character being zombie-invincible and thus able to do stuff like shoot other people through his own body? These must certainly be intolerably soporific in the final product, since they get tedious in the three-minute trailer. Just sitting there Clockwork Orange style through it all because you can't go to the bathroom, can't get a popcorn refill, can't even blink, must lock eyes on the screen and monitor every frame just in case it happens for an instant... watching... waiting... hoping...
posted by Don Pepino at 7:23 AM on March 15

Tonight on the Clamp Cable Network, don't miss Casablanca, now in full color... with a happier ending! #Gremlins2

This isn't The Crow, this is The Emow, with autotune.
posted by Molesome at 6:49 AM on March 20

This is clearly IP extension (and the hope for a franchise for Lionsgate) but I do agree the director choice is a bit weird but maybe he's cheap and needs a hit? A question I have - is the Crow that famous of a character? Not trying to troll but I'm not sure the character has that much cultural resonance beyond the first film being notable for Brandon Lee's unfortunate death. The original film was a hit in 1994 for Miramax its true and spawned some sequels that were largely ignored. I learned the other day that there was a Crow TV series in the late 90s with Mark Dacascos is that something people remember? I know the comic has a cult following but Wiki says the Crow comic has 45+ issues which is not a lot for something that started in the late 80s early 90s. The Crow always struck me as being pretty niche.
posted by Ashwagandha at 10:55 AM on March 28