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A couple of days ago the new trailer for the third installment in the Sonic movieverse (four if you count the Apple TV+ exclusive Knuckles) hit the internet. This has been an interesting franchise not only because the first and second movies (links to go my “Finally Watched” reviews of each film) were so good, a rarity for a video game adaptation as it remembered how to adapt a video game properly AND tell a good story, but that they really wanted to give the fans the best experience possible. After the backlash against the original Sonic character model they went back and fixed it, where most studios would just find a way to call the fans garbage for wanting a proper representation of characters they knew, loved, and perhaps even grew up with.
While I still wouldn’t have minded if they went animated and stayed on their home planet, this could almost prove me wrong and suggesting live-action can work more often than I thought, when the right care is put into it. It pleased the fans AND casual audiences, meaning more people wanted to see it and more positive word of mouth, which in the era of social media is worth more than regular advertising once the movie finally makes it to the theater, was spread. You don’t have to be a fan to enjoy the movie, but fans are rewarded with seeing their beloved characters in a new media format done right.
So when a new trailer drops for a third movie, it already has a good start, but also more burden. As every other adaptation out there seems to just be using someone else’s brand to make their movie instead of a movie about the characters of that brand and why the brand matters to audiences, thus far the Sonic movies have shown giving fans what they want can still lead to a good movie. Will the third movie continue that trend, given how marketing, celebrities, access media, and producers/directors has messed this up in the past? Does this movie actually make fans excited for the next adaptation? Let’s see.
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N-Guard #1
Marikosa Enterprises (July, 2008)
“The Mother Of All Field Trips” part 1: “When Nature Calls”
WRITER/CREATOR: Jonathan Bryans
PENCILER: Philip Jackson
INKER/COLORIST: Mickey Clausen
LETTERER: Thomas Mauer
EDITOR: Craig Johnson
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Just calling the movie what it is. Also, swearing.
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Tomorrow: NOT Star Wars. At least in the Daily Video. I’m scheduling these all at once so I don’t know what I’m doing for feature articles. No Star Wars comics, though.
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I am not the type of guy who would be into this franchise. I’ll tell you that straight out.
The Crow is a dark, gritty place, born out of the creator’s sorrow and a need for catharsis. James O’Barr lost his fiance when she was hit by a drunk driver while coming to pick him up. Already having lived a less than happy life, the Marine manual illustrator (O’Barr was a Marine), he blamed himself for her death, and that plus an article on a couple murdered by a gang for a $20 engagement ring inspired the comic series. That is a very truncated history, but we aren’t here to discuss just the one book.
While the original series is considered the best, it is most likely because O’Barr had a stronger connection to the hero and his story than the writers who came after. However, there is more than one character over the years who has been brought back to life by a crow to put their lives right after being brutally murdered alongside a loved one to enact a gory vengeance on their murderer. While the first one has seen four different takes across movies, television, and of course the comics, the one everybody knows is not the only one, so why the more recent movie couldn’t have simply introduced another Crow instead of remaking the first movie comes down to the name and wanting to do “their version” of a movie that doesn’t need a remake in a franchise that doesn’t require one. Just do the next Crow, keep to the rules, and continue the same continuity. It might not be as beloved, but neither is bastardising the original.
As I did with the various Silver Surfers, I’m going to the Fandom wiki landscape and a wiki dedicated to the Crow franchise. Unlike most people who defend bad adaptations, I’m not trying to prove a point with the most surface level view possible. This is a brief overview of each of the Crows in comics and movies because I thought it might be interesting, and it will prove the point for me: that you don’t have to remake a franchise just to have your version of the fan favorite. It’s a franchise that’s practically an anthology at this point, and unlike a lot of superheroes (if you can call the Crows that) the mantle changes can make perfect sense.
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Knuckles The Echidna #24
Archie Comic Publications (May, 1999)
“Dark Alliance” finale: “Primary”
WRITER: Ken Penders
PENCILER: Jim Valentio
INKER: Harvey Mercaddocasio
COLORIST: Frank Gagliardo
LETTERER: Vickie Williams
EDITOR: JF Gabrie
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Contains swearing, but that’s what this movie does to most people who watch it.
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