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March 20, 2024 at 12:11 am #1868513

blinky465

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I think maybe it’s because the 90s version was very much of its time. A time when it was ok to be a bit goth, to not-be-too-alpha; think of the pop culture at the time (at least here in the UK) and we had lots of “hippy bands” and groups like Blur and Pulp (and, to some degree, Neds Atomic Dustbin – yay!)

It was ok to be a bit of a wimp. Everyone was comfortable in themselves. 90s Eric is violent and exciting – but he’s also not overly macho. This trailer just looks like a snore-fest; a Vin Diesel-wannabe (I know, that’s how relevant my cultural references are) snarling and shouting and being macho-angry instead of emotionally-turbulently frustrated. I dunno. Maybe I’ve moved on and just don’t get it any more. But 2024 Crow looks like a film for angry young men wanting to look macho, about an angry young man, going about trying to look macho. 90s Crow oozed emotion.