Robert Scucci | publishing
After completing all three bad luck sequels and last year’s remake crowI can’t shake an obvious problem. Each follow-up ignores a key detail: the crow is not the source of invincibility. Just a ship that resolves unfinished business by the soul. This distinction seems to be thirty years later, but it changes the way the entire myth works.
Sarah said it best in the first movie: “Sometimes, sometimes, the crow will bring that soul back to the right thing.” She didn’t mention God mode anywhere.
Crow is GPS, not battery
Brandon Lee’s Eric Draven did what he meant in 1994 crow. He avenged himself and Shelley, and then once his mission is completed, he succumbed to the deadly wound. His business was completed, so he returned to a peaceful afterlife.
Eric is murdered by Tin Tin, Funboy, T-Bird and Skank. Shelley was also fatal. A year later, Eric was resurrected by a crow. The crow brought him to his killer. Along the way, he healed from the wound, leaving a feeling of invincibility. But when the crow is injured, Eric becomes vulnerable.
The proximity of this narrative allowed the audience and later filmmakers to bear the immortality of the bird. In fact, Eric’s own motivation to take revenge maintained him. Once the driving force is realized, the force will disappear. Crow is a guide, not a power supply.
The task is completed
Eric killed four men responsible for his and Shelley’s deaths: Tintin was stabbed, Funboy was forced to take medicine, T-Bird rose in the flames, and Skank suffered a fatal plunge. Revenge is complete, Eric’s soul can rest in peace.
However, Crimelord’s top dollar and his half-sister/lover Myca think hurting the Crow will take away Eric’s power, and they are partially correct, but for the wrong reasons. The crow is injured and Eric loses the advantage, and the audience connects the two. The problem is that these events are related, not causal. Time messes up the waters, and later provides an excuse for the sequel to build an entire plot around what the birds call magic batteries.
Eric doesn’t need a crow, not pointing in the right direction. Revenge is fuel, not feathers flying around.
What’s wrong with the sequel
Each sequel sees the Crow as a source of power, creating drama contradicting the original rules.
City of Angels Keep mode, but twisted. Ashe’s revenge is complete, but Judas kills the crow, drinks blood, and gains immortality. This will flip the original logic: now the bird itself has supernatural powers and can be transferred.
salvation Doubled in mistakes, closely related to Alex’s immortality directly with the Crow’s proximity. At some point, he died after separation from him and could only be resurrected after returning. Here, the Crow is not only a ship, but also a necromancer.
Evil prayer Totally nonsense. Jimmy loses power when the crow dies, and then regains momentum through a Native American ritual that revives birds and people at the same time. The myth completely collapses, and the movie takes zero to zero on rotten tomatoes, for good reason.
Remake it right
The 2024 remake returns to the original framework despite rhythm problems and over-crazy origin story. Eric Draven of Bill Skarsgård does not rely on crows to gain power. The bird guides him like a GP, not a generator. Once his revenge is satisfied, he is willing to enter the afterlife. His power disappeared because the mission was completed, not because the bird used up the juice.
It’s time to take a break
Now that I have completed my unfinished business, I have the ability to continue talking crow It is disappearing quickly. Not because of the bird, but because I have done what I intend to do. My revenge for the sequel is complete and there is nothing else to say.
