Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.

Buffy ,'Sleeper'


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§ ita § - Aug 04, 2004 6:46:54 am PDT #2035 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Gah, you've just made me miss The Crow TV series terribly (I wonder if it's on DVD...) and the chick that played Sarah in that. Hopefully she'll get a good role in the next X-movie.


Polter-Cow - Aug 04, 2004 6:49:41 am PDT #2036 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Gah, you've just made me miss The Crow TV series terribly (I wonder if it's on DVD...) and the chick that played Sarah in that.

So that was good? (Oh, the chick that played Sarah was Kitty. Aaah. Cool.)


Nutty - Aug 04, 2004 6:51:06 am PDT #2037 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

I think I might quit the movies if, on my first job, the lead actor managed to get killed dead. Or my parents might make me quit the movies.

I think, as a translation of what I've read of the comics, The Crow is pretty emotionally faithful -- overwrought, baroque, somewhat extreme in its choices. I could wish it were more subtle, and that, e.g., the villains were less outré and thereby more scary. I also think Eric was a much better sass than he was a preacher.

Visually, I think the focus on the industrial style dates it a bit, but I imagine it's sort of an ur-text for many latter-day gothy types.


Frankenbuddha - Aug 04, 2004 6:52:54 am PDT #2038 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Was Tony Todd one of Wincott's henchmen? I completely forgot he was in it.

However, Bai Ling, David Patrick Kelly, whoever played Skank - such a good bad-guy cast.


§ ita § - Aug 04, 2004 6:53:21 am PDT #2039 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I'm not quite sure why Mark Dacascos never made it bigger. Maybe he doesn't want to. But he's a decent actor with impressive martial arts skills. God, the cutting and chopping that's done in a fight scene today to obscure the fact the lead can only throw four good blows.

Mark doesn't need that.

I'm a huge fan of his and the Crow movie, so I'm skewed -- but have a look -- I'm not sure how they could have extended the main impetus for much longer, but what got made was fun.

As far as Mark's movie work, everyone needs to see Drive. He's got great chemistry with Kadeem Hardison (who shows up in a couple Crow eps).


juliana - Aug 04, 2004 6:56:43 am PDT #2040 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

Oh, I love The Crow so much. Not enough to dress up like anyone in it, but it's one of those movies that was where it needed to be when I needed it.

ION, saw Triplets of Belleville last night. My reaction was pretty much "Huh."


§ ita § - Aug 04, 2004 6:59:12 am PDT #2041 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Not enough to dress up like anyone in it

I still need to do this, so badly. Don't tell Jilli.


Volans - Aug 04, 2004 7:02:16 am PDT #2042 of 10001
move out and draw fire

I am so a Mark Dacascos fangirl. I suspect he never made it bigger because no one really knew what to do with him; he got put into perennial B-movie roles.


§ ita § - Aug 04, 2004 7:04:18 am PDT #2043 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Not Asian enough to be Jet Li, not American enough to be the nation's own hero?

God, I love that man. But I have to try and not see his movies where he doesn't fight. So far, they tend to be worse than his fighting ones. Or at least don't have the distraction of ass-kickery.


Nutty - Aug 04, 2004 7:08:52 am PDT #2044 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

I'm not quite sure why Mark Dacascos never made it bigger.

I think it is the protruding eyeballs.