BLADE (1998) Revisited: Marvel Movie Review

While the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) has become the most wildly successful franchise of all time, the series took a long time to get going. Long before Marvel ever started producing their own movies, studios took a chance by embracing the comic book genre in a way that defied conventional wisdom. The film that opened the door for all that was to follow was 1998’s Blade, starring Wesley Snipes as the titular vampire hunter. At the time, Blade was a little-known character unless you were a serious comic book fan, but New Line Cinema took a big swing by giving this horror-action movie a significant budget. Granted, one could argue this wasn’t outside of their wheelhouse, with the same company having success a year earlier with their adaptation of Spawn, but Blade was a much bigger deal to audiences when it came out in August of 1998.
Indeed, the film seemed to open Hollywood’s eyes to the potential of more comic book movie franchises beyond Batman, and its 2002 sequel was an even bigger hit. One could argue that without Blade, Bryan Singer’s X-Men might not have gotten made, nor Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man and so on. Indeed, it’s an essential piece of comic book movie history and an appropriate way to kick off an all-new series here on JoBlo Originals, Marvel Revisited. In this series, which is written, narrated and edited by Kier Gomes, we go film-by-film, examining how the MCU came to be by profiling all of the movies that helped pave the way to the MCU as we know it now!
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[@LeonardoKlotz]

This movie is ahead of its time in every way: * It had a black protagonist * It didn't have a love story * Is a superhero movie that took everything seriously, being R-Rated even before Deadpool proved to be effective * It had action scenes that became popular with THE MATRIX (even before The Matrix was made) * Even the cinematography made it look like it was released recently, despite being over 20 years old

[@SupremeRuleroftheWorld]

and a sick soundtrack.

[@brianlagrant9757]

Remember when this movie came out, skin color wasn't even an issue? It was just a great film starring a great action hero. No agendas, no politics, just a fun action flick.

[@charlesspeaksthetruth4334]

@@brianlagrant9757 Race wasn't completely out the picture. When Frost and Blade are talking in the park, Frost tells Blade to knock off the "Uncle Tom" routine. When a person calls a black person an "Uncle Tom", they are basically calling them a race traitor. I've never seen a white person call another white person an Uncle Tom, so I really doubt the writers would've had Frost say that to a white blade. I agree no politics or racial agendas but in a subtle way his race was alluded to with that terminology.

[@playfulpanthress]

It had the start of a romance. Had the studio put in a white woman like they wanted, there would have been.

[@cmendoza1094]

And Welsley Snipes was not paying taxes WAY BEFORE Trump ever popularized it.

[@izzy2802]

Blade was so original and ahead of its time! It was just an amazing classic. With no blade it'd be NO MARVEL!

[@danmouzon3910]

Agreed!!!, even Stan Lee admitted it!.

[@powerbad696]

Yeah,Izzy,Blade modernized vampire lore/films !!! Blade was COOl and fought using martial arts,what other vampire hunters did that !!! NONE. People wanted to be Blade( a badass )I know I did !!! LOL. Blade took the one,man army trope (Commando,Rambo,etc,etc) into vampire films and blew the doors off !!! Then there's the cool,hair-cut and tats !!! LOL. The first 2 films are gold standard,the 3th movie I don't ever rewatch. EVER. LOL. And we all know why. LOL.

[@powerbad696]

@woooudo Good call-out,don't know anything about that character tho.But,that's okay,I didn't know Blade was based on a Marvel comics character either. A vast improvement from comics vampire hunter to film. VAST. LOL.

[@powerbad696]

@woooudo Good info,Woooudo,may have to check this series out,always up for something I haven't seen before. When you say Blade was cringe,are you talking about the Blade tv series ??? With Sticky Fingers ???

[@bugsytv6852]

@@powerbad696 Buffy the Vampire slayer ? 😂

[@patrickcharles6983]

I remember seeing "Blade" opening night. I was shocked/hyped that we were actually getting a film based on the character. honestly if Guillermo Del Toro stayed on for the 3rd film, we'd have a perfect trilogy.

[@randallrutherford1384]

Absolutely

[@abara5555]

You were there...? You absolute legend. Take my salute sir.

[@kingcasso8611]

If the studio didn’t interfere with Goyers original script the movie could have been the best of the trilogy.

[@lovejoy1311]

I took a couple of friends, who afterward stated they preferred the Anne Rice style of vampires. I never spoke to them again.

[@powerbad696]

When Blade first came out,didn't know Blade was a comicbook character !! LOL. But,the film was GREAT !!! LOL. Never get tired of watching this movie.or Blade 2. Blade 3 I don't rewatch at all !!! LOL. The theme for the vampire dance club is FIRE !!! Listened to it 3 time today.

[@Rahsaun77]

Blade was and still is bad ass. Saw it in the theater, and on PPV over 10 times thanks to my descrambler.

[@jarjarb1924]

Wesley Snipes was the perfect casting for Blade!!

[@akiramen9535]

He was... but now is Mahershala Ali turns, cant wait for a new Blade movie! I'm so excited!

[@deewest1472]

@@akiramen9535 He not a Martial artist it won't be the same.

[@lesslycarthan4963]

I'm a screen writer I got a message to write blade 4 in 2010. I wanted a epic fight between 2 real martial artist Wesley Snipes vs Michael jah white. I was at my day job when Wesley Snipes himself text me in 2014 and said finish the dam script.i re wrote it 4 time's from 2010 I couldn't get pass page 16 out of 144 page's.why! The cinema world loves vampires now not killing them. So I never finished . Let me tell yaw something you can be a u er driver today and if Hollywood calls your on the red carpets tomorrow.actors and writers are employees of a studio so it's not far fetched to believe in the real world we call each other and talk about life as well as work.im 53 Wesley is 59. Now the rights to blade 12yrs later from us controlling the film is with candy spice disney.my run run shaw brothers violence to blade 4 would've never been green lighted he's still in shape and now I can write the film we all want but you'll never see it politics and greed controls your viewing pleasure . My next film Eddie Murphy norbit 2. Yeah I know I need rent

[@VinnieMac]

absolutely perfect!

[@koguma.newyork1]

@@deewest1472 exactly

[@-NateTheGreat]

"Some muthafukas are always tryin' to ice skate uphill. "Never gets old.

[@karldomogalla2058]

It’s a quote that holds up.

[@syphon_filter84]

Never...

[@chano1283]

Never. Gets. Old!

[@trealsteve]

@@-NateTheGreat Facts. A certified classic.

[@Batman88878]

The opening was great. When we get our 1st glimpse of Blade in the club, it's his boot as the one guy crawls up to it. Then the camera pans up his body armor. Then the crowd separates in a beautiful wide shot revealing him. And then the fight & music was just sick.

[@anthonybermudez77]

I 100% agree with you !!!

[@juanbarnez]

I literally just rewatched Blade. Stephen Dorff played Frost AMAZINGLY 😄

[@powerbad696]

Yeah,Dorff was Great. I think Blade works best in his own world,instead of the MCU,hope there're no team-ups with other super-heroes. And possibly a part for Wesley Snipes.

[@juanbarnez]

@@powerbad696 I get what you mean about Blade being in the MCU. But only because of the obvious question of "Where has Blade and the vampires been for the past 10+ years?" Maybe the "multiverse" will answer it sufficiently. But if its the same B.S. as Eternalals where they've always been here in secret; then I think it really undermines the threats/impact of Blade and his rouges gallery.

[@powerbad696]

@@juanbarnez Good points about the multiverse,Zonitu,forgot about it. But,we're gonna have to wait a while for the new,modern day Blade to come out. LOL.

[@jamesmorant1406]

The 1st Blade is fantastic and it shows you that you can make a comic book movie Rated R and it can be successful

[@grapeshot]

Love this movie also the bloody shower scene at the beginning is epic.

[@johndoe-fq7ez]

Iconic

[@Foxhound_J]

I actually loved the second one just as much as the first but blade 1 will always be one of my favorite super hero movies

[@Bluboy30]

I'm aging myself here but I saw this film on opening weekend back in the summer of 1998 and loved it! Most people agreed that the CGI effects were terrible even back in those days but man the film itself kicked some serious ass. I bought the 4K disc a couple of years ago and it's pretty awesome, great 4k picture and the remixed Dolby Atmos sounded amazing.

[@jamesmorgan3212]

Man I saw this in the theater! It blew my mind! That scene with blood coming thru the sprinklers in the club . A 19 year old me thought it was awesome. I still dig it.

[@patfer1189]

Deacon Frost was a good villain. It could have easily been written and performed as a petulant child but he was very calculating and serious about his endeavors, cocky enough to establish a difference with the elders but resourceful and studious to come across as much more deliberate that the character could have been.

[@lovejoy1311]

The source material for Deacon Frost was an older, much more calculating character. I assume they still used some of that.

[@WallKenshiro]

Great to finally start seeing the masses recognizing the groundbreaking masterpiece this movie really was. Most people, aside from most critics, knew it at the time, but in the years since most of anyone forgot about it and/or how great it really was. Was my #1 comic book movie until The Dark Knight knocked it down to 2nd. Both of those movies are in my top 10 favorite movies all time list, ranking alongside Kubrick, Spielberg, Tarantino, Ford Coppala and Scorsese's best works. Blade opened the door on practically everything in action cinema since. Always bet on black.

[@Derpfriar]

The opening scene is still legendary to this day.

[@benwasserman8223]

I think what’s most cool about Blade is how it impacted the character himself. If you compare comic Blade to his 90s Spider-Man counterpart, they really altered his look and backstory to resemble everything Wesley Snipes brought to the table. Minus Blade Trinity stubbornness.

[@AlphaProto]

Spider-man the animated series was ran from 1994-1998. Blade was released in 1998. So it seems like Spider-man the animated series was getting the kids familiar with Blade before the movie was released.

[@benwasserman8223]

@@AlphaProto Yeah but if you rewatch that cartoon, Blade looks and behaves very differently from Wesley Snipes’ take. And that version is what future comics, cartoons and games borrowed from, right down to the shades.

[@ArmyWolves]

True... I watched another video where they said Blade was the prototype for moulding a character around an actor which was used for Robert Downey Jr's Iron Man and many more. I think that is so true.

[@CHarr1991]

The movie seemed so fresh when it came out, and definitely had a massive impact on newer comic book movies.

[@andymcfly]

“Could you imagine all those movies with LL cool J instead of Wesley snipes?” Yes I could remember the series with sticky fingers? That’s what I would expect from LL. Plus blade had a post credit well alternate ending with morbius reveal.

[@Coffycoloredworld]

I see a lot of similarities between "Blade" and "The Matrix" as well like for instance the scene in which blade went into the vampire layer to seek revenge after they killed Whistler Reminds me of the scene where Trinity and Neo broke into the agent facility to free Morpheus

[@Wavemaninawe]

Matrix copied the vampire fashion from Blade. That much is obvious. I reckon that it also drew its wire stunts from here. Since before Blade, that type of filming was largely unseen outside of Hong Kong.

[@matthewboggs9382]

I’m really looking forward to this Revisited series. The pre-MCU Marvel movies I feel often get forgotten and overlooked.

[@kendallrivers1119]

And imo most of them are better than most of the recent MCU movies, especially in Phase 4.

[@jadedselfconclusion3241]

Wesley will always be Blade, I doubt the MCU will do Blade any justice. I would like to know about the book of Erebus, and pearls origins lol

[@hudsonj.2786]

Thank you for this video and most importantly, showing that Blade,not only revived the superhero and supernatural action movies but,it is basically the template for which the MCEU is built on and uses to this present day.

[@JobeStroud]

I still love the Blade line, "There is always some mofo trying to ice skate up hill."

[@charlesspeaksthetruth4334]

It's still Badass till this day.

[@JobeStroud]

@@charlesspeaksthetruth4334 Hence I use it almost monthly when all the minions try to promote themselves...

[@powerbad696]

I use that quote all the time !!! LOL. Surprised some people get it,after all Blade is an old movie,there's always someone who hasn't seen it.

[@paulbrown6464]

Deacon Frost was actually from the 1970s Tomb Of Dracula comic so has been around longer than the Blade movie

[@prettygal6263]

I always said Blade made the Marvel movies, Still one of the best comic book hero. This movie is also great movie to watch give it a chance. I hope you do a revisited of Blade 2. Thanks

[@37Kilo2]

Wesley will always be Blade to me. That said, I'm still excited to see it Mahershala Ali as Blade because he's a fantastic actor.

[@kendallrivers1119]

Ali's a good actor but that doesn't mean they won't water down my boy Blade and God forbid have him cracking jokes or getting his butt whooped by stronger female villains. Wesley's Blade was authentic and I doubt the MCU will be able to match that much less top it. I'm not getting my hopes up.

[@adamstrachn]

I love Blade. Such a fun movie. I was just getting into my teenage years, it was a go to for my friends & I. I'm worried the new Blade might become a censored mess like Venom & Morbius.

[@cvstlebeats]

Dorph plays one of my favorite bad guys of all time - its good to hear others agree. He was perfect as the counter-weight to blade.

[@Original-Juice]

Still one of the best Action movies ever made. It truly is timeless in many ways. Being a College Stoner in the late 90's truly was a great time to be alive! watching this in the Movie Theater is something I'll never forget. and blasting that Pump Panel House mix of New Order's Confusion...that was a must for me the next year or so. fucking outstanding the way everything came together

[@LeonardoKlotz]

If they don't make the next Blade R-Rated I'll be pissed

[@KungFuHotdog]

Saw BLADE at a newspaper invite preview screening in 1998. Thought it was and remains THE BEST Marvel movie ever made.

[@kendallrivers1119]

As far as I'm concerned there has always been and always will be ONE Blade and that's Welsey Freaking Snipes! This movie paved the way for Marvel and for the whole damn MCU to become what it became. I personally miss the old Marvel like Blade 1 and 2, Spiderman 1 and 2, X-Men 1 and 2, Iron Man, Incredible Hulk, Captain America First Avenger, Thor, The Avengers, Civil War etc. Good old days of this comic book stuff.

[@HamanKarn567]

It's still my favorite Marvel film. Imo. Blade and Blade 2 are as good as anything in the MCU

[@kendallrivers1119]

Better than most of them tbh with exceptions to the first Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, The Avengers, Civil War and Guardians of The Galaxy 1.

[@mikedignum1868]

One of the best super hero films out there.

[@charlesspeaksthetruth4334]

Hell Yeah!!!

[@jonmayer]

I want the Blade II video now. I love both movies.

[@Merylstreep1949]

People kinda forgot if it weren't for Blade, there'd be no MCU as we know it

[@eddieprice6098]

That opening scene is so good! One of the best intros ever! Also the scene where he throws the girl across the street then jumps after..... perfection!

[@thisguy555]

This movie is still fire. After all these years. 🔥🤘🏻

[@nivekian]

Was the film that got me to upgrade from VHS to DVD way back in the day. Still holds up.

[@jacklandaupresents]

The best one out of the trinity

[@Micability]

Great Video. Thank You! Got me the 4k version of Blade... and already seen him twice again. Every detail is just right in this movie. For me, Wesley Snipe's career highlight. The only movie I would see similar but earlier to this as a kind of precursor of the comic book adaptations is the first The Crow.

[@Mellowcanuck33]

The Crow proved people wanted a super hero style movie again. Blade proved it to Marvel.

[@alexanderadonyae7937]

Facts

[@strtkn]

Awesome job, Kier, I'll be tuning in for more!

[@santiagohunson6173]

Everyone nowadays: "Black Panther is the first Black Superhero comic book movie ever made!" "Deadpool is the first R-Rated Superhero comic book movie ever made" Me: "Blade is the first R-Rated Black Superhero comic book movie ever made!"

[@Dormition]

This movie should get remastered, if only to update the CGI blood.

[@rolling.reggie]

Great vid! Cannot wait for more of this Marvel Revisited content :D

[@asifkhan4822]

Nobody seems to point out the irony that Blade which was made by New Line (who just happened to subsidiary of Warner Bros who own DC). So this is probably, as far as I can tell, the only time Marvel comics rival actually made a Marvel film.

[@perfectzer0462]

A top 5 Marvel movie IMOHO. This one paved the way for sure.

[@FlexStudioPL]

Blade 2 is my fav one! Both parts hold on together. Only car drive was bad (+ x5 speed).

[@alrocha3835]

only Blade is Snipes no one else can bring that character to life like he can.

[@ramboracing702]

Thanks Kier for the heads up about JoBlo, great work by the way folks 👌 looking forward to the rest of the series 💪✌️

[@kieratthemovies1326]

Thanks man!

[@cleshcaro]

I know Wesley was perfect, but Ali is probably the most perfect alternative pick. I expect good things from him at the very least. He was cool as hell as Cottonmouth.

[@fuzzyizmit]

I love this movie so much (and also both of the subsequent movies... even 3. It's bonkers but entertaining to me). Thanks for covering Blade!

[@TheOldest]

Love this movie, glad to see more people talking about it. Also why hasn't this man made it to MvC yet?

[@V3ntilator]

Blade set a new standard for picture quality on DVD when it released. Anyways. When i watched "The Matrix" first time, i were thinking more of Dark City (1998) inspiration than Blade back then.

[@IronWolf277]

Blade is still one of my Fav Marvel Films, its a total classic! Snipes owned that role, such a Bad Ass!

[@seanbrazell7095]

To my 17 year old self the combination of my two favorite things: Raves and World of Darkness style Vampires, was like MDMA catnip!

[@dklounge7082]

@Joblo Will DC Revisited still be continuing?

[@deadstxrr]

That’s crazy you’re doing this video! I just rewatched all 3 movies over the weekend😂

[@bugsytv6852]

Snipes done an accurate depiction of what a real Vampire slayer would look like. His personality and character was well articulated and played. Today they do not make moves like this anymore. Blade was amazing i watched it in 2000.

[@TechfulThinking]

Saw it in the theater back in ‘98. Loved it then; love it now 😁

[@alexanderadonyae7937]

Same here

[@floriangallus7760]

I have to admit not being a comic book reader for the most part I didn't realise this was a comic book or even a superhero movie until quite recently. For me the Blade movies were 'just' cool vampire action movies.

[@richlaw666]

Snipes was perfect for the role

[@stevemoore1219]

Stephen norrington was a friend at school ,we hung around and played planet of the apes in our gardens.....He had a fully articulated ape mask as the rest of us has cheap plastic shop brought ones...In his teen years he built a full size alien in his bedroom and later went to work on aliens with the stan winston studio

[@BarsMar]

I think in the new blade Jeff bridges should play whistler and then killed off by the end of the movie... And in the second new blade movie ( I pray to God that happens 🙏) have Norman Reedus back as the support, but this time don't make him a bad guy... 😊

[@jliller]

One of the things about Blade that works so well is that, if you're not award it's based on a comic book, nothing about the movie suggests that it is. It's a really good movie. A shame they never made any sequels, but I guess that would would have been like ice skating uphill.

[@thebrownbaldy]

If Wesley Snipes' Blade isn't part of the mulitverse imma be pissed, this film singlehandedly saved Marvel from bankruptcy.

[@theshadowman1398]

When mediocre Black Panther came out everyone pretended that this movie did not exist because it didn’t fit the narrative of first black superhero lead movie

[@John.Angell]

bUt bLaCK pAnTHeR waS tHe bEsT sUPeRhErO mOViE eVeR...

[@AwesomeBlackDude]

What's even more amazing that a lot people wasn't aware of if wasn't for Wesley Snipes Blade movies there wouldn't been a Marvel Universe. No Iron Man, no Doctor Strange, no Black Panther, no Falcon, no Bucky, no Loki, no Thor, no Wanda, no Captain America, no Nick Fury and etc. 😬

[@John.Angell]

@@AwesomeBlackDude There are a lot of people out there who refuse to believe anything awesome happened before the year 2000. I'd argue very little has happened since...

[@marvelverse7286]

Not true

[@marvelverse7286]

That’s not true. I actually looked this up and surprise surprise. The media was talking about how great Blade was back when Black Panther came out. There were articles calling Blade an underrated gem, saying it paved the way for Black Panther and how also Spawn was the most underrated comic book movie with a black lead. No such claims or articles of them pretending Blade didn’t count exists.

[@pantherhd1]

I remember seeing poster in Blockbuster video rental and on buse stops I never knew it was comic book movie.This film was Big In it’s time for years

[@baronvg]

Man, I never thought about it but Stephen Norrington never making another movie again after LXG is like a parallel universe timeline! There could be a parallel universe where he directed some HUGE movies and is considered along with our current generation of genre directors. Smh. Btw I watched Blade in the theaters six times. That’s how much I loved it.

[@nashvin1982]

Some mo**** are always trying to ice skate uphill!

[@okidokicreations1075]

Will you present all the Marvel movies in this series??? It would be amazing

[@irwin3381]

Not looking forward too the new Blade , they’ll probably change his name from Blade too Butterknife lol 😂

[@budthechud9795]

Blade and blade 2 knock it outta the park great movies.

[@skipper4126]

"This movie offers us stakes" I see what you did there :D

[@pab1381]

Dude this is so weird cuz I’ve been on a Blade tangent lately as well. Just watched all 3 today. The first “Blade” is so good. I hope the new Blade film will be good with Ali. The opening club fight is amazing. I remember the original theatrical trailer for this which isn’t the one on KZbin and I can’t find it anywhere but when I saw “Armageddon” in theaters they showed the “Blade” trailer and it scared the shit out of me being that I was 9 years old. I remember it showed a quick shot of the vampires in the club scene covered in blood and it terrified me. Took me a couple tries to watch the first one cuz I kept getting scared but I powered through it and it was absolutely worth it. When “Blade 2” teaser trailer came out of him jumping out of the building in one of the first sequences of the film I was so excited. My dad took me to see that as well and we loved it. It’s my favorite Marvel character along with Wolverine. Even with the MCU. I’d rather watch Blade any day or any of the X-men films minus Dark Phoenix and Origins.

[@BASED-SENSEI]

I was 9 too when it came out...my dad took me to see both and it was amazing...I remember being excited for blade 2 with him jumping out the window scene. Man those movies where beautiful. I was in shock watching 3. Like what the hell is happening here?

[@pab1381]

@@BASED-SENSEI ooohhhh man yeah dude that scene was the original teaser trailer for it. Came out of nowhere and I was so happy. But I have a question though. See back when how we saw trailers like that only in cinemas I think we could just go and enjoy the film when it came out. Now if a trailer drops a bunch of channels breakdown every frame and make predictions. Do you feel it hurts films doing that bc it puts spoilers potentially in ppls minds then if it turns out to be true then ppl get disappointed n complain there was barely anything new outside the trailers?? Long question and comment I know but I feel back then you saw one trailer and didn’t have anyone potentially saying spoilers and you just went to see it and be amazed.

[@BASED-SENSEI]

@@pab1381 that is true..computers I didn't even use at the time or had one.yeah I hate it when they speculate frame by frame because 80% of the time they're wrong and I get hyped over nothing .then what really happens is underwhelming. I think it was easier to appreciate back then...you had to go to the theatre and see the trailer or wait. There's something to that I can't put into words but kindve reminds me how back then we just did things and it was the norm kindve like if you were couldn't get past some game or needed cheats, you would go to the supermarket and look through the current magazines, I remember doing that alot... anyways I don't know where the hell I was going with that

[@BASED-SENSEI]

@@pab1381 ur right tho I miss the mystery.i don't like when they reveal too much which I am noticing

[@pab1381]

@@BASED-SENSEI yeah no I get what you mean. But yeah the overhyped thing is a better way of putting it. Thank you. Ppl don’t even realize what’s happening. One film example, at least to me, that was effected negatively by this type of thing was Godzilla vs Kong. Every fight scene was shows in trailers even if it was quick. But ppl broke it down n then when they saw the film, they already knew mechagodzilla was gonna be in it.

[@TheDebattam]

This channel is nostalgia in a Pandora box ❤️

[@sisyphus8870]

this film is so much better than any of the Avengers movies in my opinion

[@filippos13]

Α very fun action film, after the end credits of the Eternals I hope he returns

[@barlocker]

Love it Kier! Great commentary!

[@What.99]

12:00 Well, we technically already have a cameo by Mahershala Ali as Blade in a post-credits scene. At the end of Eternals, we hear his voice. Sure, it’s not a full cameo, but it is still a cameo.

[@screwthenet]

Still one of the top 10 best Marvel movies/ comic book adaptations of all time.

[@erikwilliams1562]

Never considered Blade a superhero movie back then. God it still holds up so well tho! Especially Snipes and Kristof. I don’t have a lot of faith in MCU Blade...

[@georgehgordy1690]

I passed up seeing Rush Hour to watch BLADE for the second time in the movie theatre... It's that badass

[@McD5791]

I had forgotten that both films came out around the same time.

[@georgehgordy1690]

@@McD5791 I was in Maine visiting a friend and a group of us went to the theater to watch Lost in Space with Matt LeBlanc and Heather Graham and the late William Hurt when I seen the first trailer for Blade. And it made me not care that lost in space really sucked because I couldn't wait to see Blade and just that trailer alone was better than Lost in Space the entire movie.. :-)

[@venus3393]

I love this movie so much! I used to have the bluray and I could have sworn there was a deleted end credit that had Morbius in it, or did I just dream that?🤔

[@charlesspeaksthetruth4334]

He was in a deleted scene.

[@babayagaslobbedaknobba]

I've always wondered why the vampires tried to recreate their own version of Blade, but it never occurred to them that they were already successful. Why didn't they ever just try and turn a another pregnant woman? They did it with Blade's mom. It seems like they'd just do it again, since it worked so well.

[@solidsnake494]

Love blade one

[@tonyisgolden5136]

I like blade and I think it's a really good movie. I liked blade 2 even more than the first blade movie. Blade trinity I thought was alright and could've been better but I didn't think it was bad. Blade 2 though is my favorite of the 3 film's.

[@Tiber234]

That opening scene -awesome, set the tone for the whole movie, Wesley was perfect you could tell he really loved the character. As for the new Blade I like MA and I hope it'll be great but I think the movie will be a watered down child friendly soft-ass version esp if he's around Spiderman - I hope im proven wrongggg.

[@beatboxmix]

I've seen Blade 1 and 2 two days ago and they are still a master piece, it's really balanced, comedy, horror, great martial arts scenes, story, music, characters, it's perfect, before blade there was spawn in 1997, that movie was so good, ive seen some youtubers mocking spawn and blade and worshipping modern Marvel movies like they were master pieces, I prefer blade 1 and 2 and spawn than 80% of MCU movies, most of them are so cringe and not interesting, specially from 2013 until now, some are ok but nothing special

[@stanhenderson9928]

I hope the M. Ali's interpretation of Blade is series, instead of a movie, I feel that the series's since Endgame have a better track record than the MCU movies nowadays. Therefore I feel Fiege could take his time and tell a compelling story with the character.

[@luisd7636]

love this movie. the 4k bluray looks and sounds amazing too.

[@bigpunchee]

Kris Kristofferson is my uncle by marriage, Blade came out 1 year after I graduated high school and remember being so excited about the movie when it was announced.

[@dannyrivera8300]

Yeah I don't think that blade MCU movie is happening , "there's only ever gonna be one blade "

[@TheRealMonkeyrogue]

Blade. One of my favorite comics and when it hit....we all collectively rose. We knew we could get what we wanted. Then. The Fire Nation attacked.

[@chrisgonz9963]

I saw this at the theaters at the time Wesley snipes was taking a chance and Stephen goyer on blade one of marvel characters and I heard it was rated r so I was intrigued not sure how it was gonna play out being a comic and superhero fan and taking marvel characters unlike d.c. plus the superhero genre was fading out especially batman and robin stunk . After watching blade at the movies I was blown away what a great action packed definitely violent movie but overall the dialogue and everything I loved it thank you. I meant David goyer taking a chance

[@lectornox]

I really don't think they need a reboot blade is and was such a great film that being said I have no idea how they would tie it all together!

[@lovejoy1311]

The character Deacon Frost first appeared in 1973, but the 70s and 90s were frequently mistook for each other.

[@1977icecream]

Absolute Wicked Film…My Only Criticism Is I Wish They Used A Bigger & Stronger Actor For The Villain