*BLADE* is ICONIC

[@jeffreywood924]

"He dodged the bullets like in the Matrix!" No... the Matrix dodged bullets like HIM...

[@patrickcromwell7554]

No actually Bullet time was INVENTED FOR The Matrix. So many people misuse the term because they don't actually KNOW what it is. Before the Matrix it was all just CGI special effects. The Matrix's Bullet Time IS NOT CGI (Not completely) it 90% real time camera footage with CGI only in post to clean up the images and add in certain effects. BUT the movements themselves are filmed on practical actually cameras. The CGI version we get now is 100% CGI in that NO ONE is actually DOING the movements. Bullet Time is done with dozens of cameras all set up in advance and each one take a single frame photo very rapidly. One played back the computer can then slow or speed up the scene. For the Matrix the scene is slowed and then spliced INTO the live camera feed rather than have CGI create the whole scene. And just to correct you, The Matrix was always a sweeping 180 or 360 degree pan around. Frost was just a straight on CGI imposed shot. Therefore you are correct when saying he didn't dodge like the Matrix, but wrong when saying they dodged like him. The Matrix was MADE first; Blade was just RELEASED first. Matrix had WAYMORE post production to finish than Blade.

[@XClinicalXInsaneX150]

Was about to say before I seen your comment lol it’s a common misconception that people think The Matrix gave birth to Bullet Time when pretty sure it was Blade who did it first HOWEVER pretty sure there is another instance before blade but I might be wrong on that but yes basis is Blade did it before matrix lol

[@jb31969]

lol Exactly

[@patrickcromwell7554]

@@XClinicalXInsaneX150 No you are wrong CGI IS NOT Bullet Time. Bullet Time is a Practical Camera effect using dozens of single frame camera shots the compiling them into a an establishing shot. Anything BEFORE the Matrix is CGI ONLY. Bullet Time was invented FOR The Matrix. That's not to say that shots similar, didn't inspire Bullet Time. BUT Bullet Time doesn't actually mean "following bullets on screen." Bullet time means "the speed of movement as fast as bullets." The misconception isn't that is was done BEFORE The Matrix; the misconception is what MOST people THINK bullet time actually IS

[@MrCmad1104]

@@patrickcromwell7554 Well said. I love Blade just as much as The Matrix so I hate to take anything from either of them but you are %100 correct.

[@dday906]

It's said often, but it is just an undeniable fact that if it weren't for Blade, the road for Marvel films never would've been paved. The Daywalker gave life to Marvel films.

[@ElChuntyCabra]

Calm down

[@Oliverf-ej8kl]

@@ElChuntyCabrahe’s right tho? It’s very often said. I don’t totally agree with it as the tone of these blade movies and the marvel movies are so different, Iron Man and everything after that probably would’ve been successful with or without the Blade franchise, they weren’t really marketed towards the same audience. But he is just straight up, objectively, correct, everyone says Blade was what set up the MCU, even if it’s not 100% true

[@djdubc09271]

Nah. This is a misconception a lot of people have. The blade movies did not move the needle for comic book movies in Hollywood like X-Men did. People love Blade so give it props. But they def over exaggerate. Blade wasn't even marketed as a CBM or known as a comic book character let alone a marvel character unless you read comics. Everyone loved X-Men cuz of the 90s series. That first X-Men also first Spider-Man are the reasons. Blade just gave a tad bit of hope.

[@Jrod35]

@@djdubc09271wrong… but you’re entitled to have your own opinion no matter how wrong you are

[@KironX1]

He walked so Marvel could run.

[@emptyasmrman]

"Some motherfuckers are always trying to ice skate uphill", I've repeated this throughout my life since I watched this movie when I was younger.

[@thezx5795]

"Some motherfuckers Still be tryin to ice skate uphill"

[@jinxie712]

Audience: I don't even know what that means? Snipes: No one knows what it means, but it's provocative. Gets the people going.

[@vinapocalypse]

@@jinxie712 Ice skating uphill is a futile task, meaning no matter how hard you try to do it you are doomed to fail. In this case Blade felt Frost's efforts to become La Magra was futile and he was doomed as soon as he started because Blade was inevitably going to stop him

[@betogonzalez9262]

Same here😂

[@Lindeman08]

@@vinapocalypse That's what it's supposed to mean but it's factually inaccurate. It's not that hard to ice skate uphill. Pretty similar to skiing uphill

[@petekaiser8856]

"Catch you fuckers at a bad time" is what I want on my tombstone. This line lives rent free in my head and has since this movie came out.

[@3Rayfire]

Agreed, it was so badass they dropped the rest of the sound. You can tell Whistler taught Blade his shit talking.

[@b2284]

It's so good but it's still not better than ice skating uphill. That's iconic, especially because it was improvised

[@thefallofoscar]

RIP Kris Kristofferson he did such as a great job as Whistler he became a character in the blade comics after the movie came out

[@gawainethefirst]

A great songwriter too. Me and Bobbi McGee.

[@cytorakdemon]

The character first appeared in Spider-Man The Animated Series, and was wheelchair bound. Hence the line, "I'm getting too old for this, I'm gonna need me a damn wheelchair."

[@jmckey]

It was SUCH a bold casting choice. Before I saw it and knew what the movies tone was (I saw it when it came out and didn’t know anything about the lore), I got caught off guard to see how his character evolved and what role he played as it was quite against type casting. Kudos to so many people on the periphery of this movie.

[@ShockL0ver]

Fun fact: Donald Logue, the guy who played 'Mr. Krispy', dislocated his jaw during the hospital scene, and had to go to a real ER dressed up in his crispy makeup. He gave them a good scare. lol

[@NatalieGoldReacts]

Omg 😂

[@wilkennycabrera6540]

@@NatalieGoldReacts React “Motel Hell”

[@craiglortie8483]

@@NatalieGoldReacts always judge this movie as a low budget super hero movie and you can see why everyone loved this as a first for marvel!

[@w1975b]

The doctors thought he was actually burnt and that was his injury.

[@ScottEDawg]

Donal Logue - no 'd' at the end... Still, funny anecdote!

[@a-aronmusic3249]

Blade came out a year before The Matrix

[@Smido83]

His mom wasnt alive... she died at child birth. The thing he killed was a VAMPIRE with his moms memories, but without any human emotions or feelings.

[@JustGrowingUp84]

Exactly, thank you!

[@singingwolf3929]

Nice Buffy reference. I haven't read through the Blade comics so I can't say for sure.

[@Smido83]

@@singingwolf3929 😉

[@RobGale]

Yeah, this is a really important point, That was NOT his mom. It is even made clear in the movie that she definitely died. I think there's an unnecessary point deduction for this. Is there an appeals process?

[@radwolf76]

"How is he not covered in blood?" -- To quote Mel Brooks as Van Helsing in Dracula: Dead and Loving It, "I have been to many stakings - you have to know where to stand! You know, everything in life is location, location, location..."

[@zbennalley]

I always quote the "location, location, location." It's not literally in my DNA

[@thedarkknight2221]

Without Blade we wouldn’t have gotten the golden age comic book movies that we’ve had for the past 22 years! It was the first successful Marvel movie franchise and the first successful comic book movie with a black lead (2 decades before Black Panther). Blade walked (and cut vampires to pieces) so the X-Men and the MCU could run.

[@Rated314]

Full agree. Blade is the film that proved a comicbook movie could work.

[@axr7149]

I'd also add the Christopher Nolan DARK KNIGHT trilogy to that list too, mainly because of the fact that BLADE was the first major superhero movie to be set in the modern-day world as opposed to a comic book-y world of prior movies like BATMAN and others. In fact, both the entire BLADE and the DARK KNIGHT trilogies share the same screenwriter/co-screenwriter (David S. Goyer).

[@DigitalDNA]

Blade is a Trilogy not a franchise. MCU is a franchise.

[@RichO1701e]

@@DigitalDNA yawn... nerd fuckfest

[@SuperFlawless2010]

@@axr7149 Spider-Man

[@lm4585]

You make me feel old. I am almost 41 and saw this in theaters at age 14. Absolutely loved it.

[@Jaxom35x]

Blade 3 "Blade Trinity" is the one with Ryan Reynolds. Thus when Blade says "I don't like you" in Deadpool & Wolverine and Deadpool says "you never did" there is the reference. Also when anyone who saw and was a fan of Blade saw Wesley in Deadpool & Wolverine, everyone was just WAITING for that "trying to ice skate uphill" line.

[@ghostofyourmom]

The movie's called Deadpool & Wolverine & Deadpool? You sure about that, sparky?

[@unlimited971]

Wesley snipe said he didn t like ryan rrynold. Guess they made out

[@Oliverf-ej8kl]

​@unlimited971 they mightve reconnected as more mature and actually became friends. But also. When you get offered marvel money for a couple of lines in one of the most popular franchises of the last decade... ya shut up and take it

[@bhedrick101]

​@@unlimited971 made up, not out.

[@nataliefaust7959]

@@bhedrick101 No no... let him talk. 🤣 Send pics.

[@davidm6329]

Blade is peak 90s in every way. They even did the bullet time thing before The Matrix. In my opinion, Blade 2 is the best of the trilogy. I hope get around to watching that one soon. If I remember correctly, the line about ice-skating uphill was an improv by Snipes. It is an absolutely ridiculous line, and has been made fun of endlessly. But I sort of love how it was included in Deadpool and Wolverine, because despite its ridiculousness, it's part of a character that is a bit ridiculous, and fans embrace him anyway. The effect that Wesley Snipes and Blade had on the movie industry cannot be understated. They laid the foundation by proving comic book characters - and R rated comic book movies at that - could be wildly successful. Blade will always be one of my favorite characters from my childhood. He and Neo are right at home in all of their 90s trench coat and sunglasses glory, and I hope that aesthetic never truly dies.

[@ChrisXIllustratesXGaming]

Vampires are monsters that are super duper strong. Also, I prefer the large animals growls over the hissing like a cat.

[@3Rayfire]

Blade knows what his Mom looks like from her Driver's License. It was in his belongings that Karen looked through. Curtis is a ghoul, as Frost was explaining the virus that transforms someone into a virus doesn't always work the same way on people. Curtis was unfortunate that his body didn't accept the change well.

[@Sidistic_Atheist]

If you like the old classics that you may have missed. You should watch *Equilibrium 2002* starring *Christian Bale* (one of the reasons he was picked for his Batman role)

[@Fury9er]

Totally, Equilibrium has some great parts.

[@KaiHouston-m6j]

This.

[@this.is.a.username]

"I pay it gladly".... Love that movie so much.

[@traviszander]

So glad you finally watched this. Can't wait for part 2.

[@JeffKelly03]

Blade's introduction in this movie is an all-timer, but other than that, Blade 2 is significantly better, IMO. So, agreed, I really hope she gets to the sequel soon!

[@ericechols6056]

Come on Natalie, Blade was neither campy, cheesy, or wacky! Funny moments, yes. Entertaining, yes. What superhero movie isn't melodramatic? It's a classic Marvel comic adaption superhero movie with great performances from the entire cast, Wesly nailed it as BLADE, no pun intended. Blade's mom was no longer his mom but, a monster a creature of the night. She was lied to about Blade by Frost, she thought Blade was dead. The reason Bade can defy physics is because he has supernatural abilities, like most vampires do. Blade is a hybrid half human half vampire aka Dhampir. I give BLADE a 10. 😉👍

[@gamesswell2024]

Vampires have superhuman strength and healing

[@ll7868]

Traci Lords, the vampire at the start, has a very controversial history, she started out as an underage XXX movie star, even posed in Penthouse magazine at the age of 15 as the centerfold. When she turned 18 she made one last XXX movie to cash in on the controversy then started getting roles on tv because it turned out she was actually a pretty decent actress, at the time of filming Blade she was a regular cast member on Rosanne.

[@blue92blue92]

So many questions that were asked were clearly answered in the movie. "How does he know what his mother looks like he was a baby" Maybe the fact he has been carrying around his mother's drivers license his entire life. Something tells me he would know what she looks like especially since she hasn't aged since then now that she is a vampire. Blade grabs onto a moving train. "Laughs uncontrollably" Burnt dude with a missing hand jumps out of the like the 7th story window goes through the roof of an ambulance breaks the doors open and escapes down an alleyway. "All good here" I don't get the flip flopping. Once you heard Whistler explain to her what he was. All your questions should have been answered. For the most part. Oh and when did just mentioning the word 'sun' suddenly kill a vampire? They have to be in direct sunlight. That is why vampires have always been out at night or in the shadows. just because the sun is lighting up a room doesn't mean they die. They have to be in it's direct path. Thought I do kind of get when Frost was in the city with the kid. Unless it was a specific time of day, maybe the sun was behind buildings, or it was cloudy. However, just because the sun is above the horizon doesn't mean instant death.

[@The-Real-aPOC]

Blade's mother was turned, there would be no reason for her to go looking for her son, he would mean nothing to her.

[@patrickcromwell7554]

Many Vampire Lore's allow for DIRECT Sunlight contact only rule; meaning that vampires can and do function during the day they just avoid direct Sunlight. Such is the case with Joss Whedon's Buffy-verse. If the Sun isn't directly on them they're fine. for the most part. SOME with strong, powerful bloodlines can endure as much as a few minutes even in Direct Sunlight. Frost not ONLY has Sunblock on, but is also under a lot of shade from the trees. This would seem to fall into the direct Sunlight theme.

[@Joe93187]

lol Natalie. He’s a vampire… that’s how he can do the impossible shit. Welcome to comic book characters 🙄🤣

[@Orangeflava]

Blade had bullet time, wore dope black leather outfits, had kickass fight choreography and a badass techno soundtrack all prior to the matrix

[@k5sss]

Don’t forget the sweet sunglasses, even at night.

[@sensaiuriah5440]

And don't forget the exaggerated swagger of a black man 🤣

[@Holdmytotem]

How is he , a half vampire/ human in a super hero movie doing things that seem impossible … you know Nat, couldn’t tell ya.

[@madfox58]

This movie is the reason the MCU exists. This, first X-Men and Raimi's Spider-Man are the Trinity that gave us the comic book movie landscape we have now.

[@axr7149]

This film was scripted by David S. Goyer, who also co-wrote the Nolan DARK KNIGHT trilogy. You could say that this film set the bar for ALL superhero films that came afterward, both Marvel and DC alike, especially since this film had a Black lead; was rated R; and was set in the modern day (as opposed to a comic book-y world of movies past).

[@Tampahop]

Sometimes you just have to throw your scorecard away and enjoy the movie. This was that kind of movie.

[@polyglot12]

This was a pre-Matrix, pre-Marvel movie that was the model for both. Overall a terrific, fun movie. It took itself seriously enough that you take it seriously. And Snipes is such a terrific actor.

[@nightangelx1513]

So glad you’re watching this ! That opening scene in the club is ICONIC !

[@GeirGunnarss]

Considering that vampire lore says that after turning, empathy, morality, and humanity are all gone, why would his mother look for him?

[@ChiliConCarnage]

"how is he doing shit that's impossible" He's a VAMPIRE, but grabbing onto a moving subway is too far? :D

[@KevinBorrello]

That Blade gif of him dancing when he’s hyping himself up at the end is gold, I will forever think of this whenever I watch this scene now.

[@GenghisDon1970]

surprises me how many people simply reject that mom's can be bad...even MONSTER slave moms, somehow? I always found that a potent twist, and the evil & creep factor is INTENDED & frankly, awesomely uncomfortable & vile. Fuck the twilight tards, these are horrors that need to be destroyed

[@SubterrelProspector]

Lack of empathy for the characters from not really getting into the story. Everything is a plot hole if you're not thinking about it too deeply.

[@MatthewFutrell]

I low-key love the trope (often used in NYC settings) where big city denizens aren't phased by crazy stuff that happens. Cops are just like... yeah just another Thursday...

[@unlimited971]

Cops were paid off and on vampire side

[@Frostbite08]

3:37 Fun fact: that classic "lion" roar sound is not a lion. It's a tiger. Actual lion roars don't have that low-end growl quality.

[@SiLvErWaRe000]

Something people don't seem to notice is that the pure bloods have never had any exposure to the Sun, so they're more susceptible to it. Frost notices it when Dragon Eddie slaps him, that's why he's touching his face. The turned vampires have a little bit of resistance because their skin has had years of prior Sun exposure.

[@w1975b]

lol @ Dragon Eddie. I know that's how it sounds but it's spelled differently.

[@SiLvErWaRe000]

@w1975b lol I know I just couldn't be bothered to look it up.

[@taejaskudva2543]

I always thought the older a vampire, the more entrenched in it's vampiric nature and therefore more susceptible - at least in this version of vampires. After all, Dracula could walk around in the day. He was just less powerful and didn't like it because it was painful.

[@Nb123022]

I just figured since vampires are impossible already that it was okay for the movie to have them do impossible things🤷‍♀️

[@Saprimacy]

If you enjoyed all this camp, you're gotta react to the 2003 Daredevil and the Electra sequence. True gold 😂

[@travistownsend5207]

Today in "movies Nat watched in the wrong order." 😆

[@NatalieGoldReacts]

lol

[@rccraig7580]

After Blade's mother became a vampire all of her normal maternal instincts were gone only the thirst for blood remained. Like she said "Sooner or Later the thirst always wins"

[@BordorFox]

When pearl is explaining what the prophecy is, he mentions the spirits of the 12 will awaken le magra, these 12 are the 12 vampire council members and the skeletons were their spirits exiting their body to enter frost and bring forth le magra.

[@markfisher2683]

Ol’ Le Mayra, defeated by SCIENCE. And Blade, of course!

[@KaiHouston-m6j]

@@markfisher2683 Magic vs Science! A classic match!

[@dhorn4005]

@@KaiHouston-m6j ...it's actually the theme of Dracula! In the novel, the Count represents the old suprestittion and magic of the Old World... he is a nobleman of a rural side of Europe. In his land, the common people accept been ruled by a demon; Dracula even have an army of loyal gypsies at his service... they asumed hecould not be defeated so they served him... he controls the weather, can summon storms, mist, can command wolves, rats and bats... his powers seen unnstopable! ...until he tries to bite victorian England. Science, humanistic thougths, the enligthment... Dracula wants to hold onto the New World... and he is beaten by it. The heroes literally win because they can use the 'powers' of science aggainst him: blood transfusions are used to figth his attacks on Lucy, the hipnotism of Mesmer (a revollutionary technique at the time) was used on Mina to use the telepathic connection with the Count in their favour and follow on his footseps; trains an telegraphs are used to race aggainst him because the vampire needs to relly on horse-chariots and sailboats.... ...although old magic is still used to finish him (garlic flowers, holly watter and bread, religious inchantations,...) the lack of supernatural powers of the protagonist is overcompensated by the use of scinetific methods... and in the end; the ultra-powerfull Lord of Darkness is beaten because our heroes have their tech

[@lapourjenkins9724]

Blade is the hybrid: Half human/Half vampire All their strengths and none of their weaknesses except for the thirst His real name is Eric Cross Brooks His mother, Vanessa Brooks was attacked and bitten by a vampire and gave birth to him as a hybrid and "The Daywalker." There 2 more movies of him: Blade 2 and Blade Trinity w/ Ryan Reynolds and the WWE wrestler, Triple H

[@cjohn64]

And Blade 2 is directed by Oscar winner Guillermo del Toro.

[@samuraiwarriorsunite]

And his origin story was changed. In the comics he's a human immune to vampire bites. Making him half-vampire was perfect because now he can go toe-to-toe with them on equal footing.

[@lapourjenkins9724]

@@cjohn64 who also directs 2 Hellboy movies correct?

[@cjohn64]

@lapourjenkins9724 correct

[@DocDarkness]

Another inside joke is there was a long running gag that Wesley Snipes didn't like Ryan Reynolds after working with him on Blade Trinity. They even drop a joke about it in Deapool and Wolverine. Wesley said the funny thing is they've liked each other the whole time and basically just kept the gag going for this long.

[@kellymoses8566]

I doubt that. Snipes was NOTORIOUSLY difficult to work with on Blade Trinity. He would stay in his trailer and delay filming for many hours.

[@this.is.a.username]

@@kellymoses8566 being difficult to work with on a single project doesn't necessarily mean two actors would dislike each other for 20yrs

[@crimsonghoul8983]

​@@this.is.a.usernameTo quote Stark "Resentment is corrosive, and I hate it."

[@justarandomveryintelligent8934]

@@kellymoses8566 he hated david s goyer who wrote and directed Blade Trinity. Goyer just made a lot of creative decisions for the character that Wesley didn't agree with. Also Goyer was a first time director with Blade Trinity so there was a lot of clashing over mistakes Goyer was making as an amateur director. So Wesley Snipes made himself hard to work with from the directorial standpoint but he never had any bad relationships with his costars.

[@adrthrawn3013]

Natalie, so the movie was thought and designed to be taken straight from a comic book. In fact, your comment about the pausing and the weird movement was obviously done on purpose but the point is that you could literally take a snapshot of that point in the movie and put that into a comic book and write in the dialogue. The same thing with the no blood on Blade through the whole movie. If you think about a comic book character being drawn they never get others blood on themselves only their own blood. That is what made this movie Iconic is doing it in this way to make it as comic book as you can and bring the pages to life.

[@Doomer253]

Blade getting shot by the cops while trying to stop the actual threat in the hospital felt the most realistic moment in the movie.

[@TigerSe7en]

Natalie in a reeeeeallly Critical mood for this awesome cult classic 😒

[@drautch]

Welcome to Blade Nat! This is why we were all so excited to see him in Deadpool and Wolverine

[@jinxie712]

Blade is only technically horror because of vampires. But vampires in these movies are on the same level of subgroups as in other superhero movies like mutants in X-men or gods in Thor.

[@zeldyrrolorin9962]

Natalie this felt like a throwback reaction in all the best ways possible. So glad you enjoyed this masterpiece of acting and sound design. It is one of my favorite guilty pleasures. Your reactions to Blade yeeting Karen out of the hospital window and his mom's um behavior were everything I needed today.

[@vinapocalypse]

Throwing her out the window looks silly on the surface but Blade was strong enough to do it (by virtue of being a sort-of vampire) and Karen having been bit - it was a calculated risk that she would survive the fall and she did with just a dislocated shoulder. That there was something for her to land on was just lucky I think

[@bratsmovies17]

So iconic she watches Blade after Deadpool 3. I hope she watches 2005 Fantastic 4 after the 3rd reboot comes out

[@Blaiyan]

Apparently it's also goofy and Cheesy

[@slithery9291]

It was never meant to be a well filmed perfect movie. It hit its mark perfectly. The opening song is still on my everyday playlist.

[@ThatSamoanGuy]

Nah, they knew what they were doing. It was VERY intended.

[@ThatSamoanGuy]

You could argue that Blade's mom was trying to look out for him by NOT seeking him out. Since she was a vampire and not human, its possible that she kept her distance to avoid shattering his world, and once she realizes her little boy was the infamous Blade, she had self-preservation to keep her distance.

[@dhorn4005]

I think it's implied she didn't care... In classic vampire lore; a human looses his soul when he transforms into a vampire... so the person is 'actually dead'; and his body is empty husk, a servant of darkness, devoid of a heart or a conscience... of course, Blade treats vampirism as scientific phenomenon... except when LITERALLY the souls of the pureblood vampires are summoned in a ritual at the end of the movie to bring back a literall god... ...BUT, even if you ignore the soul as tangent thing that lives within the individuals and all that spiritual stuff... I think the Blade approach is that humans do 'loose their souls' when they transform... in a phsicollogical sense. I mean: The thrist is described as imposible to resist. Is an instinct no vampire can overcome. 'Sooner or later the trhirst allways wins'. Whistler himself wanted to commit suicide because he knew he could not be 'a good vampire'. Sutch thing cannot exist (again, in the second movie we see things are not sutch black and white... Blae falls in love with the chick vampire because vampires can and do in fact love and feel as humans...) My reading is that the procces of hunting humans, killing them to survive... profoundlly traumatizes the vampires. They cannot cope with the person they once where while been forced to regullarly killing to survive. They cope with it by giving into their new nature, dehumanizing themselves and their new lustfull existence... drugs, parties, orgies, literall bloodbaths... they are literall sociopaths devoided of empathy Blades mum sais it herself; she hunt with vampires, was 'adopted' by them... she gave into her new life letting everithing behind. I can see her first months been a literall hell; sicking worried about her abandoned son... but deeplly consumed by thirst, only been able to think about that.... and with a master like Deacon; her mental stabillity most probably crumbled... and only could survive by literally givin up all notion of her past self; including any tie to her baby. Several decades of that I think did not better her condittion. She is literally a husk of herself. Any love she has for Blade is just a distat memory; an eco of a person she no longer is. So; even if you don't take into account the 'soul' in an spirituall manner; I do think that she really is mentally so far gone that you can argue she is no longer the same person... can a person who for 30 or so years has been killing (and eating!) humans in a regular basis (so she may have killed hundreds of people in that time?) have the same morals and feelings as when she was a regular human? I dare say not. I woul also dare to say that Deacon activelly 'encouraged' her to forget about the baby; maybe even lied to her telling the child had died... maybe just until very recentlly she haven't been told he was alive, and was actually Blade...

[@ThatSamoanGuy]

@@dhorn4005 Yes, I know, that's why I said "You COULD argue". In the words of OPM: Keep it short and simple...20 words or less.

[@jrthefreshmaker]

Nat, direct sunlight is what affects them, not just being out during the day.

[@96grunge]

been watching this channel for quite a long time, confident enough to say that blade is natalie gold’s kinda movie🔥🔥

[@tyreemilon9022]

I'm going to go ahead and second this🎉

[@SG-js2qn]

Explosive foam was developed in the late 50s-early 60s.

[@Archphoenix1]

blade 2 is a masterpiece. its a shame there NEVER was a blade 3.

[@steved1135]

Please. 3 is better than 2...

[@webwreckerzero]

​@@steved1135 you speak heresy of the highest order.

[@steved1135]

@@webwreckerzero lol Yeah yeah, I know... everyone raves about #2... Gotta understand, I come from the comic book perspective. I generally love DelToro as much as the next person but, #2 was all style, no substance. Whereas #3 brought in the Nightstalkers, who are important in the comic book line. Don't get me wrong, #2 was a good action flick, but it wasn't really a Blade movie...

[@anubis66678]

I agree that 2 is better, but I still enjoy Trinity quite a bit.

[@xjudoflip7381]

@@anubis66678 if reynolds and biel weren't in 3, maybe it would actually be good. They just don't fit imo. Trinity will always hold a special place for me though, just to see HHH lmao

[@ChrisXIllustratesXGaming]

I'm sure someone told you already, but just in case. Wesley was originally going to be the Black Panther, but it was taking too long for it to go into production, so instead, he got Blade.

[@MelaniePoparad]

I love that Blade’s cameo in deadpool and wolverine has brought this movie back to life and to a new generation! It’s hilarious. It’s so late 90’s. It’s amazing.

[@otherchannelname2750]

Its so great to see how fun this movie is for someone watching it for the first time! Its easy to forget how fun this movie is when you haven't seen the goofiness of it for decades hahaha

[@spenhaPot]

There is a deleted scene of the original intended form of the Blood God Deacon transforms into. It was basically a giant CGI blood tornado with Deacon's face. Pretty glad they went with the enhanced vampire form

[@bradcha5413]

It is explained that Kirtis is one of those rare situations when a person bit and, becomes a zombie

[@DeathsjesterKMNP]

Of course the mom didn't go looking for her son, and didn't have a normal relationship. She's a vampire and doesn't have human morality.

[@joaoluizfonseca6914]

“MOTHAFUCKA YOU OUTTA YOUR DAMN MIND??” 😂😂 is one of the funniest quotes aside from the ice skate uphill quote; the two best

[@kevinedie4119]

Brilliant film and the sequel is so good as well

[@marcusnoble5512]

I get the feeling she didn't get that vampires are superhuman...like if Captain America did any of that stuff I feel like she wouldn't bat an eye. No pun intended

[@McD5791]

@ 26:30 - Natalie's WTF, just before Blade's WTF was just pure serendipity! Loved that reaction of hers 🥰😁

[@Linerunner99]

Jesus Christ his "mom" is a vampire now. Her humanity gone and any maternal feelings gone with it. A vampire isn't a person that needs to drink blood... they're supernatural undead creatures born at the moment of whoever they rise from's death. They retain the memories of life but none of the personality or compassion.

[@rosenfaust]

Wesley Snipes was perfect in this role. He is a legit martial artist IRL and it shows in the choreography, and every mannerism, smirk, flourish and one-liner just oozes "cool". Only ever been one Blade, only ever gonna be one Blade.

[@anoutlawsghost8722]

When Wesley Snipes first read about the character Frost in the script, he describes him as "A MF who's trying to ice skate uphill." They love that line so much that it was added to the movie. And he got to repeat it in D&W :).

[@anthonydean1743]

4:33 that actor was Donal Logue from who played the dad on family comedy series Grounded for Life, the series Gotham about Batman comic character Comisoner Gordon starting of as a young Detective & a young Bruce Wayne whose parents were just murdered,. Logue also playes himself In the FX & now Hulu vampire comedy series What We Do in The Shadows, and was also in the Marvel Ghost Rider movie staring Nicolas Cage.

[@primal1233]

Blade is an awesome character💯🔥

[@Clownboy15]

Blade’s “WTF” moment was an homage to a scene in the spoof movie, “Kentucky Fried Movie.” It was directed by John Landis, who did “An American Werewolf in London “ and “Thriller” and written by the guys who did “Airplane!”

[@Davy904]

Fun fact, Blade came before the Matrix. So the Matrix kind of gained inspiration from Blade

[@OHALALNOHA]

Oh my gosh hearing BOMBAS wanted you to donate them to the shelter INSTANTLY had me on the site! Buying my slippers now omg i love when companies actually care about people and humanity as a whole.

[@OHALALNOHA]

help idk why it's in all caps 😭😭

[@andrewharrison5288]

I honestly prefer the animalistic growls and snarls over, say, the very human-sounding hisses in _Twilight_ (where, incidentally, the books say they're _supposed_ to sound animalistic). Vampires have always been at least partially bestial; I think it fits.

[@donaldgilbert6739]

Never knew Blade was a comedy!

[@Hulkzilla0]

This is one of the coolest movies ever. Wesley Snipes as Blade can never be topped.

[@lordofgraphite]

Snipes was incredible in this, I would love another blade movie. ❤

[@walfiend2]

I really enjoyed your react to this movie, as it is one of my favorites. In the end, when the 12 vampires get Blade's blood dripped on them in the temple, and then hit with the electricity, it releases their vampire souls. That is what climbs out of their mouth and flies around the room. The released souls then fly through Frost, transferring their strength and power into him, transforming him into La Magra.

[@NoxiismWasTaken]

Blade is a cult classic, im sure alot of fans don't appreciate taking the piss out of everything and cutting the movie down

[@Eidlones]

Cult classics are generally ignored/not known about/thought of as bad by the general public. Blade is none of those. It's just a 26 yr old action movie.

[@SONICgokuverine]

Some people credit the early 2000s Spider-Man and X-Men with paving the way for the MCU, which is partly true. Their success brought Marvel back from near-bankruptcy, but Blade’s success showed them that there was a new way to interpret their heroes that people really liked. It led to them making those 2000s films, which is something I don’t think they would’ve even attempted if not for the spark that Blade ignited. It helps that Snipes’ charisma carries what could be (and maybe still kinda is) an incredibly cheesy movie. He’s cool, he’s edgy, and he kicks butt…everything we loved in the 90s.

[@Obscur888]

Gonna have to watch the 2 others now! Can't wait!!

[@rickpetersen1745]

Nat, you need to take this movie with a grain of salt and remember that it is based on a Comic book.

[@anthonydean1743]

My first introduction to Blade was a couple of years before the movie came out the character was in a couple of episodes of the 90s Spider-Man animated series & was a hologram in the danger room on a episodes of the 90s X-men series.

[@dismaspickman773]

I think trying to apply actual physics and medical science to a comic book vampire slayer movie is probably going to end in disappointment.

[@MrFoghorn111]

I remember this movie coming out. I saw it in theaters. After years of bad comic book movies, this one was a huge step up in quality. It gave me and my friends hope that a decent comic book movie could be made. We spent so much tiime and money supporting the genre so we could get to where it is today.

[@SocratesTaVivo]

one of the best trilogies ever

[@profantalk]

The Start of the MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE!!! Love how much fun you had with this. Blade II is a better movie but this is classic!

[@haileyfisher1285]

Let's gooo, first time i felt excited to type "Let's go!" I loved the Blade movies so much when i was younger, been meaning to rewatch them just as i saw this notif🤩.

[@mokane86]

lol “because they are vampires” is the answer to most of your questions. 🧛😂

[@BoydofZINJ]

If there is only 1 thing you take away from this movie it is this: There is always some motherf*** are always trying to ice-skate uphill

[@MetFreak42]

Stephen Dorff as Deacon Frost was freakin phenomenal. One of the best "bad guys" in movies. He has this sleekness, and a friendliness, and suave to him. But he's also a viper who can, and will, strike you dead quick if he has a reason.

[@Mitchiepoo97]

What is your exposure to vampires? They are undead monsters designed to be human predators. They lack a soul, and have superhuman/psychic powers. They're not just people with extra teeth.

[@richarddoyle5238]

BTW Natalie, I have worked for a homeless resource center for almost a decade. My role is mostly behind the scenes. I just keep the building operating and repair things. However, when I started this role, sox were the most needed item. We are now connected with Bombas and having to turn someone down over socks really seems to be a thing of the past for us. They have been a game changer. I appreciate them so much.

[@MjrCoxwell]

also remember this is technically a MARVEL movie lol - if you didn't get it- Frost turned his mom while she was pregnant to MAKE blade- so he can be used when he's grown up. his mom was a vampire as soon as she died, so raising a half vamp amongst vamps would be bad- the council would have had them killed. so, she stayed away- plus, evil vamp moms don't care about their kids. sorry.

[@justxheidiheidi2831]

I love this movie so much for how campy it is! This is pure late 90's camp for me, and I especially love how Wesley Snipes knew exactly which movie this was, haha. All his poses and perfect line delivery :D

[@DRaquascapes]

You think vampires would have motherly instincts? 😂

[@grahamvandyke]

Oh my god Nat actually listened to the comments after watching Deadpool, I'm so excited to watch this.