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Thursday, October 31, 2019

We Are the City - Letter head from The Crow 1994

Letterhead is like an badge or organizational sigil.  In the movie The Crow 1994, the letterhead is a hand with a skyscrapers as fingers.  This movie was artfully done with taste and patience.  Little details like unique letter head art were created and every screen shot in the movie is like a painting.

It was a tragedy that the hero of the story, Brandon Lee, died in the process of making this film. This has given this movie surreal charm and sadness.  It is a fact that people loose their lives at work everyday.  It is always important to never by hasty or rushed in important matters as the consequences can be tragic.


Crime Scene Ribbon - The Crow 1994


Crime scene ribbon is an iconic movie prop that one should never hope to see in real life.  The police line ribbon here is taken from the artfully epic 1994 film of sacred consequence The Crow.  The themes of the movie deal with death, sadness, and revenge.  The backdrop of Halloween set to a dreary urban landscape give echo the darkness that can sometimes overtake life.  However, it is done in such a matter that is beautiful, such that grace and beauty ease out of these oft considered ugly realms of modern society.

The spirit of the movie has taken on a life of its own, due to the tragic loss of life.  It is a fateful alignment fictional tragedy with real life tragedy, give this movie a gravitas of divine weight.  The final message of love and hope ring its truest light.  In the mundane roll of life, this movie is poetry reminding us that love can be found anywhere.

Inner City Police Logo - The Crow 1994

 The 'Inner City' police logo is unique creation in the artful film that oozes the 1990s with its grungy and dark themes.  The city could be in any of the big cities like Philly, NYC, or Detroit.  But in this story the city is called Inner City.  You can see to logo on the doors of the police cruisers.  The seal has the outlined on the chief border.  Underneath the word POLICE is the abbreviation DEPT.  


The police are always two steps behind the Crow.  This movie was a cinematic work of refined film.  It is basic story that captures the beauty in sadness and grief.  It has its own aura, and speaks deep to the unspoken side of humanity.



Hangman Joke - The Band's Logo from The Crow 1994


The band of the Eric Draven is called Hangman's Joke. The bands logo features of skeleton that is about to hang itself.  On leg is on a chair and the other has noose around the neck.  This grim imagery ironically mirrors the fate of the film.  The lead of the movie, Brandon Lee who was indeed Bruce Lee's son, was killed in the making of the movie.  An accident of happenstance, caused by haste and hurry was the primary culprit of this tragedy.


Halloween Livery - The Crow 1994

 The livery of Halloween make an appearance in the movie The Crow 1994.  When one of the thugs enters a convenience store, orange Halloween streamers of orange and black can be seen hanging.  One streamer even has the Grim Reaper's head, which foreshadows the death of one of the bad guys.

The the outside of the store you can see a black and orange fluffy streamer.  As it is most stores decorate their stores to create a festive atmosphere to make customers feel happy, so they spend more.
In the far background above the dartboard you can see another Halloween streamer of black and orange.  Bars are another place that almost always decorates with Halloween decorations, since this amps up sales a bit, giving customers an excuse to drink up a little more.




Again back in the store from the inside you can also the elemental icon of Halloween as it is in the United States and Canada, a circular orange squash.  Yes, the orange pumpkin is the most famous squashes to appear across North America signaling the start of the Holiday season.



Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Master Shake 'Shakeman' flag

Master Shake is superhero Milkshake man who is anti-hero.  He is always looking to bamboozle, rook, or sneak his way to fame and money.  Unlike wile coyote, Shake speaks and has some positive qualities and makes balances out the Aqua Teen Hunger Force Team.

In one episode Master Shake makes a flag and tries to become a batman like kind of hero.  However, like all his hair brained plans they come undone.








Greenville Treaty Line Flag


The Greenville Treaty Line flag is a heritage flag that marks the dividing line between Newcomer and Native Americans in the Northwestern Territories.  The treaty was signed on August 3, 1795 and allowed much of Southern Ohio to be settled.  This flag is based upon the official flag of Ohio but with some modifications.  It is a regular square flag and the stripes are green and white instead of red and white.  Also, the stars in the tri-canton are arranged in a border arrangement. Like the flag of Ohio there are 17 stars, but these stars represent the 17 points of land agreed to this treaty.  16 points were beyond the treaty line, which included Chicago, Detroit, and Sandusky.  The 17th star represent the US area of Ohio and Indiana gained by the treaty.   The stripes are green in honor of the name Greenville.


This is post historical flag created in 2019.  It was created to bring alive the heritage of the Northwest Territory.  Remember that history is always being rewritten with new points of view. This flag can be flown anywhere across the treaty line and the other 16 parcels of land stipulated in the 1795 Treaty of Greenville.




You can read the treaty here at Yale:
https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/greenvil.asp