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ABaHB News July 2001 Once again, John Carvalho helps out all Crow Fans in need if you're after the City of Angels game! Click here or here to be sent along to sites where you can purchase this long out-of-print game.
John Carvalho sends along this link to the City of Angels game that hasn't been around for quite a while! The link points to a movie file promo of the game. It met questionable reviews back in '96, but keen players can catch little Crow references throughout the game. Click over to kill some time.
Our good friend Rene Zain of the Believe in Angels website has sent along the newsletter to Mysteryclock.com - Alex Proyas' official website. It seems Proyas is back at work, doing what he does best behind the camera and all you have to do is read the following; GARAGEDAYS.COM COMING SOON Plans are currently underway for the Official "Garage Days" Website, which will bring you behind the scenes news, photos and QuickTime movies from Alex Proyas' latest feature film. Set in Sydney, Australia, "Garage Days" tells the story of a young inner city garage band and their efforts to try and make it the music business. Kick Gurry ("Buffalo Soldiers", "Looking for >Alibrandi") stars as Freddy, the bands charmingly naïve lead singer, with Maya Stange ("In A Savage Land") starring opposite as Kate, the source of Freddy¹s musical inspiration. AFI Award Winner Pia Miranda ("Looking for Alibrandi") co-stars as Tanya, the bands sassy bass player, while newcomers Brett Stiller and Chris Sadrinna complete the bands line-up as brooding lead guitarist Joe, and chemically enhanced drummer Lucy respectively. Stay tuned for the launch date and URL address. Poll Reminder The poll will be wrapping up soon, so you don't want to miss out on your chance to see Stairway to Heaven resurrected for one final time! This poll could determine the fate of STH, so do click over and cast your vote!
Over at Amazon.com they have posted a couple of pages from the upcoming Crow novel "Hellbound". Here is the link. Go check it out and get a glimpse of what your in store for. Take care......amf
Word has come down from Nuria Kyle that there are some O'Barr works that have been authorized to be released for sale on eBay. Here is the current item, an original sketch, for your perusing. http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1170495955
In case you hadn't checked it lately, the Hellbound review has been fully revised and become more comprehensive! This review takes into account every aspect of the latest Crow novel and should not be missed by any Crow Fan. Fan Skin xXCrowXx has sent in an excellent skin for Yahoo! Messenger based on the Crow Box Set! To download the zip file of excellent Crow Creativity, just click here.
The Stairway to Heaven poll up at ABaHB can decide the fate of any future closure on the series, so each vote counts! If you haven't yet placed your vote, do click over now to the ABaHB poll; the more interest, the greater the chance of ever seeing STH again!
As we mentioned on Tuesday, an effort is underway to see what fans think about a Stairway to Heaven finale 2hr movie. We are going to send our poll results to Pressman. Along with ABaHB, there are other sites that have joined forces with us to support this endeavor. CrowsLoft and DeadMan Watching are getting the word out and pointing the masses to the sites. We also have two Mark Dacascos sites joining in. The U.S. site, run by Mystique and the German site run by Monika, are running polls. Hopefully, united, our voices can be heard. Below are the links to these sites. http://www.markdacascos.de (wait 10 secs for the poll window to open up) http://www.markdacascos.com/savesth.html Take care.....amf
GO DIRECTLY TO CrowZone Chat Room This is a chat where Crow Fans from around the globe come together to discuss all things related to The Crow...and get to know one another a little bit better. As a SPECIAL BONUS, anyone who makes it to the chat will get to see an exclusive preview image of an upcoming C3 Crow comic release!!! Show up to the chat, and get a link to the preview, its that easy. Hope to see alot of Crow Fans participating, and we have ALOT to talk about. GO DIRECTLY TO CrowZone Chat Room OR Visit the official website: http://crowzonechat.tripod.com
In one of our most lopsided polls, visitors to ABaHB voted Salvation a resounding thumbs up. Asked what your opinion was of Salvation, 200 people responded. We had 69% give Salvation a thumbs up. On the negative side, 17% gave it a thumbs down. There were 7% who had no opinion either way and 7% of those who responded have not seen it yet. Given there is 7% that have not seen Salvation, it may well have garned a 70% or higher approval rate. Now, the new poll is up. We want to know what STH fans and Crow fans in general, think of a 2hr finale movie for STH. As many know, Mark Dacascos has announced he will not do another season if it were ever to happen. However, he would like to do a 2hr movie. He feels closure is needed for the series. We want to see how many of the fans out there feel the same way. Not only ABaHB, but several other sites are also running this same poll. We are all going to gather the results and send them into Pressman. It may or may not do any good, but atleast the people will be heard. The poll will be up for an extra week so as to give everyone the opportunity to vote. So please, make sure you go to the poll either here or at the other sites and vote. We will get a complete list of all sites who are participating and will post them here in the news. Take care.....amf
Harper has announced that "Hellbound" will be the last Crow novel. Available online since last month, the novel finally hits retail store shelf's on July 26th. According to a report that can be found at Cinescape Harper promises that the last novel will break new ground. Those who frequent ABaHB and saw our review of "Hellbound" know that we gave the novel a very favorable review and reported that it broke the boundaries of previous stories. I whole heartedly encourage everyone to check out this novel. It is, in my opinion, the best of the series. The old adage that the best is saved for the last is true in this case. Take care.....amf
It had to happen, Crow Fans. The mammoth section has been rewritten with totally new questions and answers to satisfy your Crow Curiosity! This section is a must read for any person who has been following the news or anyone who has been out of it for a while. Click here to go and read!
Now that Salvation has been out awhile, what is your opinion? That's the question we're putting to you this week in our Poll, and your answers will go a long way! So, click over now and cast your vote!
Last month saw a resurgence in The Crow to some extent; there was the Australian release of Salvation and the international release of Hellbound, so does July measure up? Not really. Unfortunately, July seems to continue the trend of no new releases, but fear not Crow Fans, if there are any changes, we'll keep you posted!
The San Diego ComicCon will take place this year on July 19th through 22nd. Unlike last year, there is no Crow presence, either in product or persons connected with the franchise. Even the venerable convention attendee James O'Barr will not be present. The only thing that might interest Crow fans is on Friday, July 20th, there is a discussion in reference to DVDs. It promises to be educational as there will be numerous DVD producers on hand to talk about how DVDs are put together. What goes into the decision process of what does and doesn't end up on them. Space limitations, etc. Of special note to Crow fans, Mark Rance will be one of the panel experts. He was part of the Crow DVD reissue. Take care.....amf
In what can be viewed as a minor victory for the Miramax boycott supporters, the latest Miramax sequel, 'Scary Movie 2', was beaten at the box office this weekend by 'Cats&Dogs' even though the kid friendly flick played on fewer screens and had less pre-hype than the sequel to the record breaking Miramax movie. Scary 2's take for the three day weekend of 21 million was half the opening (42.3 million) that its predecessor brought in during its opening weekend last July. Total take for the movie to date is 34.5 million due to it being premiered on Wednesday, July 4th, thus having an extra two days of ticket sales. Even with the extra two days, Scary 2 could not muscle out the stiff competition to set any records. I am reminded of a saying for which I am known to repeat often......."Every dog has his day." I do believe that is the case here (pun intended). Of course, good news is followed by bad news. Though it seems 'The Crow' franchise is in perpetual limbo, inferior movie's are getting the sequel treatment from Miramax/Dimension. It seems that the box office powerhouse 'Dracula 2000' (sarcasm intended) has a sequel in the works. Just what we need, another sequel of another Dracula movie. I guess since the genre hasn't been done to death, why not go back to the coffin one more time. Take care.....amf
Crowfanart.com, Ramona D's collection of art devoted to The Crow can now be purchased in print form! This fan art is truly spectacular and has to be seen to be believed, so if you have some free time, click over and take a look!
July finishes the first run of the STH 1st season. They will start back with the first episode on the 22nd and apparently run through it again. With the recent news that Mark Dacascos will not do a 2nd season (though is open for a made for TV movie that brings closure to the story), the nail seems to be in the STH coffin. I think most STH fans would agree that without Mark, there should be no further STH episodes centering on Eric Draven. The only way I can see fans supporting another STH season would be if they decided to focus on Hannah Foster. However, I think Mark's exit shuts the book permanently on any hope of another season. Monday, July 9th, SciFi will show 5 episodes back to back as part of their "Super Hero Land" programming on Mondays. Take care…..amf http://abahb.crowfans.com/Reviews/TV/ July Schedule 8th Gathering Storm ep22 9th Through a Dark Circle ep11,Disclosure ep12, People Vs Draven ep13, It's A Wonderful Death ep14, Lazarus Rising ep17 15th Dead To Rights ep21 22th Soul Can't Rest ep 1 29th Souled Out ep2 The Poll Returns! After a hiatus, the ABaHB poll is back up. We want to know what you think of the newest movie, "The Crow: Salvation". So go to the poll and let your opinion be seen. Look for a new poll every Friday. Next weeks poll will be about the reissue Crow DVDs. Take care.....amf
C3 - Collective Crow Comics http://crowcollective.tripod.com Hauntis has been released in its entirety, and with a ton of extra features for Fans to enjoy: - 5 original wallpapers - Interviews with the creative minds behind the book - Downloadable promo clip - Featurette covering the birth of the idea all the way into its final conception - In depth look at how the poetical bookends were written - Reviews of the book from avid Crow Fans - AND ONE AMAZING FULL LENGTH CROW COMIC!!! Think you can handle all of that? Then head over to the C3 website and dig in: http://crowcollective.tripod.com
Well, if you haven't bought it yet, you'd better run out and get Hellbound, it was released while we were away on the 26th of last month! On the 27th, however, syrecius tells us that Salvation was released in Australia! So, these are very important dates, let's hope it keeps The Crow alive. Yesterday's News Well, if you couldn't tell by now, last month's news has been purged to the ABaHB Archive! So, if you're wanting a bit of a history lesson, it may do you worth while to have a look! Also, some news articles have been cut recently because of that purge, but it was only for a few hours. Sorry for any inconvenience!
The Comics Continuum recently ran this article. Coupled with Dacascos' recent comments, it looks like STH really is gone; "Bryce Zabel, executive producer of The Crow: Stairway to Heaven, told The Continuum that a return of the television series seems very unlikely now. "I think the Crow rumors are still pretty much that," Zabel told The Continuum."
Barnes and Noble has an "out of print" section on their website which contains some hard to find Crow novels such as the COA novelization, original graphic novel in both softcover and hardcover, as well as some of the other Crow books that Harper/Collins and Kitchen Sink Press have put out over the years that are now out of print. Go to their site www.bn.com . In the upper tool bar there is an "out of print" section. Click on it and then in the search field, put "The Crow". There are about 46 Crow books available. Thanks to SugarRat for posting this information at the Chamberoom. Take care.....amf |
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