History Headscratchers / TheCrow

** In addition to the above, Eric's grave wasn't buried in two inches of dirt as the OP implies. Brandon Lee was 6 foot tall, so the casket that Eric was in also had to be 6 foot tall. Considering the lid is pushed up and only two feet are sticking out higher than the ground, that means that the remaining 4 feet of the lid is hidden under the dirty. That means grave is, appropriately, six feet under the ground.

** Considering the CrapsackWorld of the city as depicted in both the comic and the film, it could very well be that some junkie syphoned the gas out of parked cars to sell to Gideon to get money for drugs. Junkies often are willing to do whatever it takes to get a fix, even stealing things that aren't bolted down. Considering Gideon knows Tin-Tin and T-Bird, it's likely that Gideon bought the gas for cheap and had plans on selling to to T-Bird the next time he came by (especially since Devil's Night was soon. And T-Bird is a known arsonist. Gideon may have decided he could probably unload the gas off onto him for Devil's Night. But, Gideon had the unfortunate luck of being the one who had Shelly's ring, and a Crow came rapping at his chamber door).

** Near as I can tell from a paused shot, it appears to be a somewhat stylised crow with a what looks like some sort of tramp stamp further below it.

*** They lived in the extreme slums. What makes you think there 'was' a police investigation? They showed up to drag out the bodies, put up tape, dragged out the bodies, never came back.
* Related to the above, how did Gabriel the cat survive the entire year, with no visible changes? The police apparently didn't notice him during their investigation, and Sarah thought he'd died, so there was no one to feed or take care of him. It's possible he traveled outside to hunt via the window? But when Eric comes back, he finds his same friendly, plump, pristine white, long-haired cat, rather than the underfed, terribly matted semi-feral Gabriel more likely would have had to become.
** Maybe the crow wasn't the only magical animal. Gabriel is an all white cat and didn't seem bothered when his long dead owner returned. This troper had always assumed that Gabriel was supposed to be an angel or something along those lines but that it was scrapped or not given that much emphasis.

** How did a couple living in such a slum afford a purebred Persian cat? (Perhaps he was adopted after a richer friend could not longer keep him for some reason.)
*** Having worked at an animal shelter, I can tell you that people do abandon and surrender purebreds, usually because their care turns out to be more expensive than anticipated. (Purebreds tend to have a ''lot'' of health issues.)
* As the crow (the bird, I mean) was seemingly killed, or better yet, injured, Eric not only lost his regenerative abilities, but also began bleeding from his injuries. Does the crow's absence mean that Eric is alive once more (animation via vulnerability), or just loss of his power?

* Related to the above, in a deleted scene, Funboy attacked Eric with a razor, and Eric not only felt these attacks, but they didn't heal and Eric had to tape them up.

* T-Bird reports to Top Dollar that Eric killed Tin-Tin by stabbing him in all his vital organs "in alphabetical order." How could he know what order each organ was stabbed in? Was he hanging around watching? (I always presumed that this was a metaphorical embellishment for poetic emphasis. Like one might say "from A to Z" or "six ways to Sunday".)

* I understand most of the deaths (T-Bird - arson, Funboy - drug overdose, Tin Tin - multiple knife stabs, Myca - eyes gouged out), but what I sometimes don't understand is how "remembering" Shelly's death is the appropriate death for Top Dollar.
** Top Dollar is the one who bears the ultimate responsibility for all the events of the film. As he tells Eric, he cleared their building. Everyone else that Eric killed was one of his subordinates, in one or another.

* Who pawns a whole bunch of barrels of gasoline? In the comics, it was just a kerosene generator and a spare gallon of fuel that Eric jury-rigged into a bomb.

** Near as this trooper can tell from a paused shot, it appears to be a somewhat stylized crow with a what looks like some sort of tramp stamp further below it.

*** Having worked at an animal shelter, I can tell you that people do abandon purebreds and surrender them, usually because their care turns out to be more expensive than anticipated. (Purebreeds tend to have a ''lot'' of health issues.)

** I guess the same kind of person who's in an incestuous relationship with their half-brother and lists 'cutting out people's eyes' as a hobby.

* What on Earth does Maya have tattooed on her back? We only see it briefly when she’s showering, but it’s near-impossible to tell what it is. The best guess I can come up with is some kind of crayfish, but who gets a tattoo of a crayfish?

** Stolen merchandise that T-Bird or some other gang got during a robbery?

* Who pawns a whole bunch of barrels of gasoline? In the comics, it was just a kerosene generator and a spare gallon of fuel that Eric jury-rigged into a bomb.

** As I recall, expelling the heroine from Shelly's mother sapped his power, preventing his recent injuries from regenerating. All the scenes establishing this were cut, so all the remains is the tape on his hands afterwards.

* As the crow (the bird, I mean) was seemingly killed, or better yet, injured, Eric not only lost his regenerative abilities, but also began bleeding from his injuries. Does the crow's absence mean that Eric is alive once more(animation via vulnerability), or just loss of his power?

** Additional point: Top Dollar always ordered the illegal tenant evictions, which his men would then carry out, but it's not stated that he himself ever personally took part in such actions. Which means he wouldn't have seen the suffering of his gang's victims firsthand (though, knowing him, it's likely he wouldn't have cared even if he had). So Eric's MindRape of him was him getting to feel the same kind of pain he was responsible for dishing out.

** Top Dollar is the one who bears the ultimate responsibility for all the events of the film. As he tells Eric, he cleared their building. Everyone else that Eric killed was one of his subordinates, in one or another.