The TV series was wonderful. Mark Dacascos is an amazing martial artist and actor.
He is phenomenal, and I'm always happy to find fellow series fans. I haven't met many, as so many people seem to have their noses in the air that a TV show was even made, let alone that it wasn't more like the movie. His being cast as Eric was special, as he was friends with Brandon Lee.
The TV show's theme was redemption, not revenge, which made for a better story, in my view. But even so, I noticed that one by one, Top Dollar's gang was being killed off. I think by the final episode, there were just two left, and I was plotting out fanfic stories to remedy that.
This show was amazing in another way. It lit a fanfic-writing fire for me almost right away. I started writing obsessively after about the third or fourth episode, and continued steadily every day. Of course as the episodes progressed, some of the stories quickly became non-canon. Seems I couldn't guess right about anything. But then as each reveal happened, I started writing to incorporate those details.
The "Brother's Keeper" episode - in which we find out that Eric was a Vietnam war orphan adopted by the Dravens - sparked a very long poem. I even had ideas for crossovers (someone else wrote a fic that crosses The Crow: STH with
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and with some other show that involves vampires). My own idea was to cross it with
Highlander: The Raven (Amanda witnesses one of Eric's fight/death/revival incidents and is confused; he's not Immortal, so what is he?). And then I dreamed a crossover with
Doctor Who (Tom Baker Doctor).
One thing I noticed was that the nuanced acting spoke volumes, sometimes with only a word or two, or just a facial expression. The actor playing Albrecht was also good at this (Marc Gomes).
And it was a treat to see some places in and around Vancouver. I've only been there twice, but even so, some places are iconic.
Well, that video sure convinced me to skip it. 
