How 'Blade' Saved Marvel - And Paved The Way For The MCU

[@manchesterunitedno7]

Blade, bringing the coolness by wearing black get up, black leather trench overcoat, and the shade. A year before Matrix even doing it. That's how awesome Blade is.

[@ericomartins9794]

It also had bullet time a year before Matrix

[@alejandromolinac]

That's just the fashion of the time..... Blade didn't invent it... Watch Sleepers, the "edgy" characters are dressed the same.....

[@triplet00]

And the first hero to do the super hero landing!

[@csmemarketing]

True. didn't even realize it.

[@marioflores280]

And the BLOODBATH scene!

[@RobertDGordon]

Deadpool: I’m Marvels first R rated movie star! Blade: Hold My Blood!!!

[@LikeVids100]

Deadpool: ......... Ewww?!

[@acardenasjr1340]

Ironic considering that both actors worked with each other in the third Blade movie.

[@juliusarchibaldiv3880]

1989s Punisher: What about me? My movie was Rated R?! Me: Yeah, but Dolph, your movie not many remember for a reason. But Blade on the other hand...

[@Detroitblue]

Deadpool is Marvel first Bi-Friendly action hero.

[@TeeCee1]

🤣🤣🤣

[@zach3383]

you need to give Snipes 100% of the credit. without Snipes this movie wouldnt have been what it was.

[@muddyfarmeroscuras4445]

Guillemo del toro has words for you. He said Ron Pearlman has words for you.

[@stevem2323]

@@muddyfarmeroscuras4445 That's part 2 tool, Snipes brought it to part 2.

[@KC_Smooth]

Absolutely. And the writers who had the wisdom to not write around an actors strengths, but to write with them. Let the actor define who the character is, not the comic books.

[@tshelby5212]

Yes it would have been

[@MickyAvStickyHands]

Dark Knight was an amazing theater experience, but Blade, in a '98 state of mind with "Confusion" by New Order blaring in the theater was a shock to say the least. Unforgettable experience.

[@ThugOG30VIPs3rd-T]

Ohh

[@saiyanleague653]

You right Prince!!

[@TeamVenture88]

I wish there was a ❤ reply for your comment. Right on man!

[@Casanova966]

This isn't spoken about enough and Wesley Snipes doesn't get the credit he deserves.

[@ReadLoveListen]

black god exactly. It’s so annoying.

[@abdimohamed1499]

Yeah sadly that’s how it workes there on that big green Hill on LA wen they are done using you they don’t care

[@tafadzwagonera]

Absolutely

[@se7enout857]

Because it's not true and hes to old for the role.

[@Lead_Foot]

After the shit he pulled w/ blade trinity I'd say the man's a bit insane.

[@benconnor3206]

Blade is so so criminally underrated. I agree

[@3RPLIIIENTERTAINMENT]

Real talk

[@brandon_youtube]

If they don’t make Wesley Snipes the mentor or whistler character, they Ed missed a trick maybe 😂

[@cannabistalk4164]

I wonder why 🤔

[@tshelby5212]

Ppl need to stop wanking over blade

[@Celothxu]

@@benconnor3206 romanticized bs. Blade didn't do anything. I mean figuratively and literally. The movie was a box office financial loss. The critics hated it. The movie is super Derivative not original in pretty much anyway. And had that movie because a big flop, or never made, the Marvel universe would have still been the same. Ask yourself, if it was so influential and most important then what is it the last one that is getting a reboot. The last very last. And that hasn't come up still lol that's because blade was nothing

[@2bfree555ify]

Mannnnnn..... My crew and I have been saying this for years... You were spot on. The only thing you missed was the fact that Wesley Snipes tried to make a Black Panther movie after Blade but for some reason it never got off the ground.

[@DRew2KRup]

No shyt that woulda been beast!

[@dr.frankcastle7349]

If blade didn't existed, then xmen would've been the one that saved the MCU.... in reality, Maisel is the reason why the MCU was created. Not blade.

[@Bepeze]

I remember hearing that too. I think given the time frame and how excellent an actor he was at the time be could have easily been a stand alone black panther before the Current one. There was room for both

[@Bepeze]

I remember hearing that too. I think given the time frame and how excellent an actor he was at the time be could have easily been a stand alone black panther before the Current one. There was room for both

[@lewisconnor9613]

Dr. Frank Castle Maybe do some research mate. Marvel Went Bankrupt before Blade Released And had to sell Licensing rights to other companies. Why do you think Sony Own Spider-Man And Fox Own X-Men? So no X-Men Wouldn’t have saved Marvel. Blade is the sole Saviour Of Marvel. That’s a Fact.

[@krievolic]

i can watch blade right now and enjoy it like the first time

[@cap_1stuperman536]

Me too, that Bloodbath sequence is still a blast.

[@franmadaraki616]

Well we have a new blade

[@TheGigahutt]

same here

[@prfallenstar8968]

I'll second that

[@kamaribenison]

everytime i watch i feel the same way 💯

[@hamdanzoghbor345]

its nice to see how underrated movies are getting credit.

[@nwxzzz]

hamdan zoghbor Not enough

[@1013VS]

Blades always been a top movie. People that actually watched it know it. Doesn't need box office numbers or awards to put it at the top. That said I smell a little bit of PC'ness in this video and topic.

[@ContonniaTurnerjr]

Yes, give me a blade reboot...

[@paulsantibanez525]

Why do people always want wide credit or care about opinion . I love when things are low key . Only people who really know , know .

[@hamdanzoghbor345]

@@paulsantibanez525 You might enjoy it, but the creators sure do not. Imagine if Stan Lee or Jack Kirby never got the credit they deserve

[@thatstherecipe]

thank u for puttin respect on the blade franchise. i had no clue the screenwriter for blade also wrote nolan’s batman trilogy, blade was years ahead of its time

[@SausageFest]

*Respeck

[@ljpanther23]

Goya also fucked up Blade 3 on purpose. I have nothing but disdain for Goya.

[@raksh9]

@@ljpanther23 What's the story behind that? I agree that Trinity was the worst of the Blade trilogy.

[@raksh9]

Funny, when I heard that Goyer was developing the script for Batman Begins, I was like WTF the guy who wrote Blade?? This is going to be amazing!

[@johnsg7272]

Much Respect For this!!

[@baronvg]

When Blade came out in 1998, I saw it in the theaters SIX times. I also bought the novelization. I got off a little an online bookstore called Amazon lol

[@kairos951]

Forgot Amazon used to sell only books

[@Gabriel-we6rg]

@Kairos it's a joke chill

[@kairos951]

@@Gabriel-we6rg I know that?

[@krane15]

I figured, another vampire movie. Somebody shoot me. I saw two years later on the monitors at the gym. I kept saying "don't watch it its a stupid vampire movie." But I was captivated. Went back and saw 1 then 2 uninterrupted, and finally 3. Watched the trilogy again last moth on Amazon. Couldn't believe its been that long ago.

[@RoodyBonnaig]

Wesley Snipes as Blade was a game changer! I hope he finally gets the shine he so incredibly deserves!

[@ThompterSHunson]

*Any Marvel Superhero:* _"I'm the most badass-looking character in Marvel cinematic history!"_ *Blade:* _"Hold my shades..."_

[@trealsteve]

BLADE turns around: “What the F*%@!”

[@docpatzkie1971]

Also Blade: on second thought, give it back

[@Marq5104]

Blade was cool before it was cool

[@Shiro-Foxy]

Blade: Mutha F**ka are you insane?

[@JonnyBgooD007]

Finally! Well deserved respect paid to Blade/Wesley Snipes.

[@evilovesperry]

Blade brought the badass to super heroes. I was blown back years later after finding out he was a comic book character. Instantly he became my favorite.

[@phoenixforce6595]

Finally someone pays homage to Blade. He paved the way for all Marvel films.

[@gabeheartz13saravia97]

The Spiderman 1994 animated series Also had a blade adaptation that was very similar to the first blade movie I watched recently

[@mugensamurai]

Blade was doing Hawkeye with a sword before Hawkeye did it.

[@kingmuizz708]

Lol

[@keebmarketing]

True

[@jry68]

Blade was also Ronin in the comics

[@zombiekiller9077]

Not really. Hawkeye appeared 10 years prior in the comic books.

[@koodabomb4532]

BUT way better Wesley Snipes is amazing at martial arts

[@Menky90]

Blade was like the adult marvel movie whereas everything else was the PG stuff for the kid's.

[@dondiddy7529]

I feel sorry for your like of inner child lol

[@kant12]

@sean bowman They were probably referring more to what they were doing with Batman at time near Blade's release.

[@ianrussellallcaps]

sean bowman That was nothing compared to a couple minutes either direction in Blade movie.

[@uchihadeity1158]

@Menky I think you might have forgotten about the brillian "The Punisher" in 2004 which was the 2nd Adult themed Marvel movie before Deadpool in 2016 and then followed by Logan in 2017. All 4 of them have been some of Marvel's best cinematic work.

[@rick4447]

Marvel studios should bring back Wesley Snipes as blade. They can de-age him with CGI if needed. I also agree we need more rated R comic book films. Even swearing makes a big difference on film. Even with Disney owning marvel studios, they still said they would allow them to make films with an R rating.

[@aaron-n]

It would blow my mind a million times over if they brought Wesley Snipes' Blade into the MCU.

[@kingmuizz708]

Would that make it the first MCU movie?

[@aaron-n]

@@kingmuizz708 Yeah, and it would be cool going back to watch Blade knowing Cap is frozen under water and Thanos is out there somewhere lol

[@wvang0013]

I can see them doing a spin-off movie/TV show of Snipes' Blade and Blade's daughter.

[@ЯСмерть-ф5п]

he should've had a cameo in endgame

[@bancosolsol567]

mate if that ever happen there is a chance that the Marvel Cinematic Universe may Break every record in the cinematic industry to a level that will remain unbroken throughout the entire existence of human kind not even Star wars or Jurassic Park or Titanic and Avatar would be able to break it should a poorsoul/retard version of Kevin Foggy decide to some how find a way to cross them over(combine all four universes into one in attempt to stop Marvel from taking over the world and end up buying Hollywood and snapping out half of the competition if not all)

[@dominiqueodom3099]

Wesley snipes deserves a a tribute In the Mcu With the announcement of the new blade played by Mahershala Ali He deserves a cameo or even a tribute in his name

[@jonathanramos6174]

he should be the new whistler

[@jalonjones8355]

Jonathan Ramos YOOOO FORREAL

[@miceatah9359]

no hes a piece of shit and ruined the last 2 blades

[@bsmi1361]

@@miceatah9359 blade 2 was good. Blade 3 wasn't his fault. It had shitty casting

[@DevVy-WeVvy]

@@miceatah9359 your a piece of shit

[@Cakebattered]

The most brilliant part of Blade was that it wasn't an origin story. Which makes it easy for MCU to reintroduce the character.

[@mrhebrew599]

Montez Demarrco who? blade killed his mother?

[@chriscannon8144]

@@mrhebrew599 Yeah, near the climax of the film.

[@cosmicmcmoon5773]

I don't think the MCU would be able to Blade justice (at least not to the extent of the first two movies). Just my thoughts.

[@dbzextreme1]

@Cyberdemon Mike in a sense, yes! his bite caused the mutation, in the movie she was already bit while in labor.

[@johnh2118]

Man, I love how on point fans are. This thread was a polite and concise correction full of facts!

[@jdorville]

Dont forget Blade's Soundtrack, its awesome. Also the underground rave party entrance, insane on that time. Edit: Hey, the amount of likes of this comment keeps pumping lol

[@christophergongora7885]

I still bump that shit in my head randomly

[@ALEGO666]

I think it was the chemical brothers or Crystal Method it was one of those guys

[@jdorville]

@@ALEGO666 no Junkie XL, Voodoo & Serano team.

[@faauszto0h]

Dude i would dream of those underground rave parties

[@christophergongora7885]

@@faauszto0h ive actually been to one in LA it was in a sweatshop lol

[@ReadLoveListen]

About time a mainstream entity highlights and respects The Blade Trilogy. Blade is iconic!

[@kaystarlo]

I AGREE

[@shammaideen6628]

I agree with everything you said except the TRILOGY part. The first and sequel were great, the third film was shit and sucked!

[@kaystarlo]

@@shammaideen6628 I love Blade but I do have to agree about the third one

[@shammaideen6628]

@@kaystarlo In the third film, they made Blade a sideline character in his own movie franchise. Just because they wanted to give Ryan Reynolds and Jessica Biehl some air time. Unforgivable.

[@Jorich196]

@@shammaideen6628 Everyone can agree on that! Smh still enjoyed the action

[@JustYohannes]

Thanos - Would this half blood made a difference? Blade - I slay monsters

[@tyarke2749]

*Standing Ovation* Thank you! Finally someone acknowledging Blade's greatness! I am a HUGE Blade fan. The Blade Trilogy is everything! I still watch all three movies. I've introduced my sons to those movies. They never get old. Wesley Snipes is beyond amazing in the films. The fact that he choreographed the fight sequences in the first movie blows my mind. I have been waiting for another Blade movie for years! If they ever decide to make a Blade 4, I'm in that thang!

[@hamfitness863]

The third one sucked so bad. It felt like a straight to DVD type movie with Tripple H and a pretty boy model as Dracula?

[@atlasm6367]

@@hamfitness863 That's your opinion but for me, all of them were so good, they were my childhood- right beside Men In Black

[@kamlawilliams6549]

@@hamfitness863 you've guy obviously never seen the 4th one. TBH I haven't either, I *own* it I've played the beginning on my DVD player but technically I have yet to see it. All I can remember is that there is a man who is pretending to be Wesley Snipes pretending to be Blade-like. Now *that* was a hot mess.

[@trealsteve]

Kamla Williams You talking about Sticky Fingas? 🤣

[@manuelmateo3392]

Only the first Blade movie is worth a damn, and the second has some good bits, if I'm being charitable. However, OG Blade is a great movie.

[@Leonitus333]

Thanks for doing this! I still watch the Blade Trilogy and love it. Wesley should get more credit.

[@mindforgecollective]

LoL. I actually just watched the whole trilogy a couple weeks ago.

[@CO-kd6sd]

The third one wasn't good

[@mykovrivera8643]

Jemeul Thompson add nick fury too

[@Knightshadowful]

What are you talking about he gets plenty of credit, everybody knows thats snipes best movie, everybody loves Blade

[@storiestotell]

still one of the best.. watch over and over

[@quick2bud]

"Ive never met Westley Snipes. I only met blade." Thats funny

[@uchihadeity1158]

Reynolds was being honest. Apparently similar to Heath Ledger & Al Pacino (in Devil's Advocate), Snipes took his character a bit too seriously and his method acting to the next level, such that he was never being himself but was always acting as blade, even in meetings, during lunch time, in the car ride to the set etc. So most people who stared with Wesley Snipes never got to see him, only his character Blade. I admire that dedication to give us the viewers the best possible product, but it's super annoying if you have to work with someone like that.

[@gravecode]

the truth is Blade is real, and Weseley Snipes is an act.

[@docholiday9513]

kyle wiley rofl

[@STP.Productions]

Think that was his PC way of answering that question

[@cj94zj92sc]

BasicAly he Kobe bryanted the movie set

[@TH3WIS30N3]

100% agree with you. Blade paved the way I tell people all the time.

[@YouBigDummy]

@superfuresh what

[@TH3WIS30N3]

superfuresh watch the video clearly you didn’t

[@williamhaynes2698]

I agree that Blade may be the reason the that the MCU exist, but I wouldn’t say he is the reason why it *still* exist.

[@trealsteve]

William Haynes Please stay on topic.

[@TeamVenture88]

It's amazing how many people won't listen and argue that Blade didn't pioneer the MCU. Anyone paying attention who watched comic book films even just from the early 90's , should easily realize this is so true about Blade. Deniers are either too young and stubborn to realize this and anyone old enough denying this are just plain stupid when it should be obvious when this after so many years was the first with any success on a commercial basis. MCU wouldn't be here if not for Blade. You are 100% correct

[@eccomz]

Bring Blade back! I would love a Deadpool vs Blade film.

[@lkeke35]

I think Blade would fit into a Deadpool movie perfectly!

[@nandoginkaku7610]

Its happened in the comics, so you may want to check that out

[@vishaldhole8428]

Lol everytime deadpool sees blade, deadpool get sliced.

[@mtrich8113]

Wesley and Ryan didn't get along when they filmed Blade Trinity.... But it's not a bad idea it would bring conflict Edge to the film.

[@pizzas4breakfast]

Deadpool gets bit and becomes super immortal

[@adendeleon2181]

I was born in 2003, and I’m so grateful that my father was able show me movies from older times. Blade definitely deserves a bigger spotlight.

[@oldchannel_MoM]

That's amazing! Don't listen to people who look down on us and say our generation knows nothing about the older good stuff. It's simply having good parents such as your dad and other good people from the older generations sharing good stuff to us.

[@Nami]

@@oldchannel_MoM Ugh. The movie is only two decades old. It's not old.

[@Ayy_Doll_Fiddler]

@@Nami that IS old. Even I'm feeling the times. I was 8 when the 1st Blade movie came out.

[@oldchannel_MoM]

@@Nami It's still like a generation apart so...yeah

[@Nami]

@@Ayy_Doll_Fiddler Yeah, it's old if you're anything younger than a Millennial. Past that, it ain't that old.

[@Kwesi2011]

Thank you for showing the viewers how Marvel got the ball really rolling with, none other than, Blade!

[@blaxpoitation8528]

Facts. Everybody overlooks the fact that Blade was the trailblazer for the Marvel movies

[@ezrolly898]

Blade blew my mind when I watched it. I wasn't expecting anything that I saw.

[@jasonmgomez]

Blade's cinematography was heavily influential on the Matrix, with its bullet time slo mo. That was just as revolutionary as CGI for making the movie look "cool".

[@sprocket-YT]

Blade was released in 1998 a year before the Matrix! doh

[@ReformedThe]

@@sprocket-YT do you know what influential means?

[@jasonmgomez]

@@sprocket-YT your point?

[@anhnhvn]

Apparently someone can't tell the difference between "is influential" and "is influenced by"

[@jasonmgomez]

@@anhnhvn thanks for proving my point. Blade comes before Matrix, therefore is not influenced by, but an influence of. Never mind the fact that the Wachowski siblings have stated in interviews how Blade's cinematography influenced their decision making while filming.

[@eastwoodrufus3763]

The 1st 2 Blade movies were my FAVORITE Marvel Movies bacc in the day . I remember seeing Blade in Animated Spider man Cartoon fighting against Morbius on his Motorcycle 😎!!!

[@swacfan100]

Yeah. Wesley was reportedly upset about the 3rd & rightfully so. You can tell they tried to make Ryan & Jessica what's their names the main focus.

[@bancosolsol567]

@@swacfan100 Nice!!! Blade 2 is still my in my top 15 best Marvel movies to date("The enemy of my enemy is my friend or my enemy?" shit that movie was well directed in every sense of the word lolol

[@AdamMassey-lo1uw]

Hell yeahs, I seen that episode too, morbius can't stop getting hot chics and drinking their blood and offscreen tearing that tater up!!! Late 89to early 90s cartoons were the best very best, spider man, batman, xmen, great Saturday mornings back in the day!!

[@eastwoodrufus3763]

@@AdamMassey-lo1uw Yes , the good ol days 😆

[@jdslim19]

Now that was classic. Bad ass cartoon

[@rayculz]

If Blade go to MCU, I just don't want a reboot blade movie. I JUST WANT SEQUEL of Blade movie ... a 4th blade movie with Wesley Snipes as Blade join the MCU. Dang ... I will cried if that happens.

[@jackyoh971]

I want him to make a cameo in deadpool let Ryan Renold payd his hommage...

[@WhyteLis21]

You mean retcon the wesley snipe blade into the mcu because blade 3 never happen. Lol.

[@moregains4393]

He’s almost 60 yrs old let Michael jai white do it

[@WhyteLis21]

@@moregains4393 Nah, Tom Cruise is almost 60 and he's still jumping out of airplanes! Lol. So Wesley Snipes can do similar feats. The guy hasn't age much since he got out of jail recently. Age is nothing but a number plus hollywood can deage people nowadays.

[@MikkosFree]

It could happen, as Blade is currently an Avenger in the comics. They have a major vampire situation so they brought in a vampire slaying expert hehehe

[@hairyguy117]

Black Panther: I am the first black Marvel superhero movie. Blade Trilogy: SAY. THAT. AGAIN. Black Panther: *shocked and speechless* Blade Trilogy: That's what I thought.

[@trombonekingdom]

Chadwick Boseman continually gave credit to Blade and Wesley Snipes every time somebody said that. I know you’re joking, but still

[@michaelsilva9250]

Blade is my all time favorite character and movie but I guess everyone forgotten about spawn being first black comic character

[@nothankyouization]

@@michaelsilva9250 meteor man

[@sadfatjobless3797]

No there is no blade trilogy that last one was a complete failure

[@prfallenstar8968]

@@nothankyouization OMG I love that movie haha

[@raylynch7412]

Yes! Finally some1 broke it down!!! Wesley Snipes!! Applaud him & the writers, Director 4 Blade!

[@wgst150]

Yes

[@bujoun76]

Blade I & II still holds up! They both kick some serious ass.....

[@bigman4407]

Yup!!

[@ITech2005]

Yaaaasss. I could watch it today and it's STILL better than this new age crap.

[@krysis7]

Especially the first one. It's crazy how good it looks.

[@ligmasphere901]

@@bigman4407 What? No love for III?!😔

[@bigman4407]

@@ligmasphere901 ....no comment

[@nikkovallena8249]

"Blade, ready to die?" "I was born ready motherfvcker" "Motherfvcker? I like that"

[@julyjames682]

Blade trilogy me and brother ate that line up!

[@nikkovallena8249]

@@julyjames682 One of the best lines in the film.

[@emmanuela.1184]

Best line ever

[@garyisgaming1224]

@@nikkovallena8249 that line and " some motherf**ks always trying to ice skate up hill"

[@BertoJA876]

Notorious Blade! Facts 💯

[@firefoxexe8068]

Is it just me or is Blade literally one of the coolest Marvel ever

[@weirdchick216]

Blade has been my favorite Marvel hero since I was a kid. Happy to see people acknowledge this.

[@madcityy269]

Blade is iconic. Growing up with the three films and my parents not letting me watch them, because of the gore and one particular blood shower scene, so I had to watch them at a friends place.

[@Jay-jb2vr]

Your parents suck

[@BeWaReJay]

@@Jay-jb2vrHe probably has White Christian parents rip

[@rocky8838]

I went to see Blade II in the theater with a friend while I was in 7th or 8th grade and back then ticket sellers wouldn't tell you you're too young or stuff like that. You could easily get in and see R-Rated stuff. Good times when people weren't such pussies.

[@Jay-jb2vr]

@@BeWaReJay That's shitty

[@MrScarfacempl]

Kriss Kringle my dad took me to see blade 2 which came out on my 12th birthday!! I don’t think I ever had a better birthday, thanks dad!!!!

[@tianchris_______3186]

I want yo see Wesley Snipes and Tom Holland together in the next Spider-Man movie VS Morbius.

[@Naeem_El]

Tianchris _______ omg that would be so awesome 😎

[@DOESITMATTER7734]

You know what. That might be the best way to go about it. But i doubt they get it done. Netflix would have been a good fit. He's not getting any younger

[@camlucas4623]

Not if Sony is making it

[@madcat4301]

I'd pay to see that!

[@daniel.ce.619]

no love for the punisher!!!

[@to3sted248]

Who’s here after they announce him to be in the mcu

[@luisrobles422]

Me 😭😭😭😭😭

[@nathanielwilliams6042]

Meeee

[@lokiyih]

Sorry guys but Ali got the role

[@xXThotZillaXx7400]

@@lokiyih 😞😞😭😭😭😭 I know

[@kennethwebb4937]

So stoked for a new blade. 😁👍

[@TimpossibleOne]

Snipes as Blade Downey as Iron-man Stewart as Prof. X The three perfectly casted characters in Marvel movies

[@starwarsroo2448]

Hugh Jackman

[@zanewilson6940]

Sorry but I'll also include Evans as Captain America and Hemsworth as Thor

[@TimpossibleOne]

The Roo HELL NO!

[@TimpossibleOne]

Zane Wilson I'll put those guys in the high 90s percentile but my picks are 💯

[@SunGawdRa]

@@TimpossibleOne Agreed. As great as the Chris's are, those 3 were the roles.

[@paulbrendan8034]

Blade was class when it came out. The soundtrack alone was kick add and snips was great

[@TheRustydred]

Totally agree. Can’t believe it’s been 20 years.

[@Raj-DeLunatic]

I'm going a bit off topic here. 20 years also for Star Wars Phantom Menace. 40 years this year for Aliens.

[@michaelstrydom5283]

Without a doubt and it's about time someone pointed that out! Blade for President!!!

[@ElGordoFreeman]

Daredevil and Electra are the akward furnitures stored in the cellar.

[@Mellowcanuck33]

we dont speak their names.

[@blakeobrien6243]

@@Mellowcanuck33 i liked the electra movie but i do think it could have been done better

[@mrbutler9624]

Weren't they put in the recycling bin

[@tmacford]

Hahaha

[@jaklumen]

@@blakeobrien6243 I actually liked Daredevil, but found Elektra painful. I want to hedge that by saying that I'm a Jennifer Garner fan, and I appreciated the martial arts stars that appeared in the film, but the movie was just painful, especially as Terence Stamp had a rather lousy role that wasn't worthy of him.

[@MrFako100]

Strawberry generations doesn't know who is Blade. Blade deserve a new film!

[@JayT9626]

No please, the original is already the best. You can't find better cast except him!

[@PoonamSharma-np6cw]

Agreed

[@tricky4u]

Agreed

[@user-wf1nb8cc8o]

I mean, I'm really young (just turned 13) and I love the MCU. I also love Blade, however.

[@tricky4u]

@@user-wf1nb8cc8o marvel is different before son

[@SkitPete]

Marvel must credit Snipes- I hardly go to cinema and watch rentals and buys...but Blade i watched all 3 at cinema, only other movie i did that with is Matrix

[@AlejandroB52]

This video gives Blade the justice he deserves. And now look, with the announcement of Phase 4, Blade is in the MCU!!!!!

[@litman5584]

superfuresh bro you literally been shit talking every Blade comment, what’s wrong with you

[@tyzxcj34]

Blade 1 and 2 are still one of the best movies. Wesley snipes and the movie do not get enough credit.

[@busywl69]

First Blade was just as next level as the Matrix to me.

[@markosmartong434]

Exactly!!!

[@johnnyrock8848]

EPIC

[@bruceybrucey]

Blade 2 is one of the few sequels that are better than the original. One of my fav. actions movies ever.

[@depohoudini7080]

Blade 2 is the best. Watched a million time. Hell I might watch today

[@pramderooy7037]

A big-screen adaptation of “Black Panther” has been in the works for a long time. In 1992, Wesley Snipes tried to play T'Challa, before he went to make the “Blade” trilogy.

[@gangstamack8397]

True, remember New Line Cinema was huge studio producing black films like crazy in the 90s

[@msrobyn82]

Thanks BLADE for opening our eyes and hearts to the MCU world. Im now going to watch the Blade Trilogy. Thanks for the great vid 🖒🏽

[@jeffreygao3956]

I'd say duology. Skip Blade Trinity; I've not heard good things about that one.

[@WhyteLis21]

Only watch the first two. Third one is pretty terrible. Lol.

[@Icantfkingsleep]

Blade trinity sucks,la magra sucks😂😂😂 mr. Deadpool's jokes ruin that movie😂😂😂

[@foots4141]

msrobyn82 I watched the first one Wednesday. I’m doing the same.

[@ANGERINSIDE]

He lost me right when he said Blade launched Wesley Snipes career. This fool is crazy Wesley Snipes was a high profile actor way before Blade.

[@artc1980]

Man, White Men Cant Jump, Passenger 57, New Jack City, Money Train...

[@moduleheadindependentcreat8158]

Cringed at that too

[@breadboy23]

He's young the man. Was even in Michael Jackson bad music video was very well known lol.

[@ANGERINSIDE]

Carla Smith Yep I remember when I saw him playing Simon Phoenix it left an impression on me as a kid. I loved the movie but his performance stood out to me and from then on he became one of my favorite actors and still is to this day regardless if his not doing big budget movies right now

[@dwlc4288]

@@ANGERINSIDE yeah same here, he made the movie if you ask me.

[@shadowking13X]

Hell yes I agree 100% and Wesley snipes has expressed interest in coming back

[@thejokerisme1978]

Really? Is he on shooting Blade number 4 right now? Marvel should make his role comeback at least another once for all.

[@dequanwoods4296]

But who would he fight

[@kapitanjisun]

Sadly, Wesley Snipes isn't the MCU Blade

[@garitocledanor958]

We will never forget Blade. We love you Snipes

[@justintime8922]

Thank you somebody finally is covering this. Marvel owes Wesley a big thank you. Plus he is the only star out of all those movies that can really fight and is a black belt.

[@swaggf2db535]

TALK ABOUT IT !!! THEY NEED TO BRING HIM BACK N GIVE HIM HIS SPOT!! 🙏🙏

[@user-wf1nb8cc8o]

Imagine Blade in the MCU.

[@raifij6698]

Blade X Deadpool, well it will be a rematch.

[@nwxzzz]

It’s been years. They’ll need a recast though.

[@griffionwyvrus9063]

@RCP Pilot I love Wishley Snipes to reprise his role but he is not anymore fit/young for the immortal day walker. But, he could mentor the future Blade would be perfect for him.

[@csmemarketing]

@@griffionwyvrus9063 Hah! What a laugh. Wesley is a Real Martial Artist. He's always fit, and he made countless movies before doing blade. He was already a legend before blade. He can reprise his Role as blade because nobody else was able to do it. Also, talking about "not being fit" - Did you know that in Endgame, The Man who was fighting with Ronin, is a Martial Arts Legend as Well - Hiroyuki Sanada. He's Japanese, and doesn't seem to age either. His skills are still sharp. First Movie I've seen him in was a Kung Fu film called "Ninja in the Dragon's Den" A Classic! and He's Still around, landing many acting roles. I think he was also in X-Men The Wolverine - The one where he went back to Japan.

[@eyefry]

Blade also had a significant influence on the visual stylings of The Matrix -- the black leather trenchcoats, the shades, the weird green colour filters, as well as the overall attitude. Speaking of the first black superhero movie, let's not forget Spawn (which released a year before Blade). Someone needs to cast Michael Jai White in another superhero movie. He still kicks ass!

[@alejandromolinac]

HUh? That's more the fashion of the time...... The underground rave and fetish scenes influenced both films and fashion overall.... Watch "Drama" critically acclaimed films like "Sleepers" you see "edgy" characters dressed as Blade and Matrix Characters..... Watch Versace Fashion shows in the easly 90's.... Same with Catwoman in Batman Returns....

[@melquizedec]

the `green´ and visuals came from ghost in the shell....get it right, pal.

[@eyefry]

@@alejandromolinac That's a bit of a stretch. These are two big blockbuster movies that appeared one after another in a span of two years. Direct comparisons are inevitable. Now if you had mentioned Dark City or (like the other commenter did) Ghost in the Shell, I'd have thrown you a bone, but you can't credibly cite instances of lone characters wearing leather in the odd movie from a decade previously, or a fashion show or underground magazine or whatever, and call it indicative of a broad phenomenon. That's not how mainstream pop culture works. It often takes one outlier to shift the currents, and Blade did it back then (globally!) simply by virtue of having arrived a year earlier. It defined a look that broad swathes of people outside of America (or, indeed, Japan) just hadn't seen before. When The Matrix came around a year later, for the mainstream to consider its style derivative of what Blade established was inevitable.

[@eyefry]

@@melquizedec You're right, of course. I should have clarified that I was speaking of live action film in specific. (And even there, there are films like Dark City, Blade Runner and so on that precede it. So yes, I did shoot myself in the foot there.) But you're right. You win :P

[@csmemarketing]

Another Black legend for real. He's still destroying fools. Have you seen "Blood and Bone"? Check it out if you haven't. Also, If they don't pick Wesley, Michael can do it.

[@justdewitt2140]

Wesley Snipes > Mahershala Ali... Mahershala is a great actor, but Wesley = Blade.

[@earskinchilds3676]

Wesley Snipes will always be Blade because he embodied the character and made it his own

[@justdewitt2140]

@@earskinchilds3676 absolutely

[@myelle1246]

Wesley IS Blade... but we gotta give Ali a chance... the only thing that I worry about him is his age... 45... kind of old already unless MCU only wants a single movie which is unlikely to happen...

[@justdewitt2140]

@@myelle1246 ... Don't get me wrong I think Ali will make the part his own, and do a spectacular Job. He is a consummate Actor, but just like Wolverine & Iron Man unless he didn't want to reprise his roll Snipes should have been Blade, but I digress. Only time will tell, but will be nice to see if they actually fit him into the mix.

[@Southforthewinter]

myelle Ali doesn’t look 45 and with a decent makeup team he can look anywhere from 25-45 if they want. Wesley is obviously to old to play blade now but Ali is the closest thing in Hollywood today and he’s actually 6’2 wich is blades height in the marvel universe. It’s the little details that make a difference. Snipes is 5’8 imagine having him have to be part of the MCU now amongst the Chris hemsworths and Chris Evans

[@eon001]

Blade get's no credit. Some people even have the nerve to say that the Incredibles paved the way for the MCU. GTFOH.

[@trealsteve]

They even give the Black man’s credit to a cartoon. SMH.

[@sebastianbanks5642]

Blade the Return 2021 staring Snipes as Blade.

[@vuksgitau]

Yes

[@DRex45]

You bullshittin. I'm going Google that

[@sebastianbanks5642]

@@DRex45 yea I am! But Im putting it out there so Marvel can stop with the B.S.

[@DRex45]

@@sebastianbanks5642 lmao, actually read that there talks about it possible happening

[@cynthiamontiel5503]

YES!! MUCH NEEDED! Best Trilogy in the 90s

[@thee_morpheus]

Blade was there BEFORE everybody piled on to the Marvel bandwagon lol

[@kant12]

It's not a bandwagon.

[@vanguardvalhala3449]

every 90s kid that i know of watched the x-men cartoons back in the day, collecting marvel cards and reading comics. its not a bandwagon, i guess fans just waited for a good film and thats why blade was a success. it was good and i watched the trilogy. im just a little dissapointed that some of the stuff/characters are non existent/different in the current MCU lineup since some of the rights are sold to other companies.

[@strykrpinoy]

@@kant12 Yes it is, most modern "Marvel fans" never touched a comic book and only know the characters from the Movies, its ok to admit that but don't say it isn't a bandwagon because it LITERALLY defines the term by it becoming popular.

[@meloman12]

@@strykrpinoy I Agree. This one chic was trying to school me about marvel just because she saw the movies but never touched a comic in her life.

[@trealsteve]

meloman12 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Normies are hilarious.

[@washedupcreative.]

Blade really man that just changed my whole perspective of marvel

[@pamelagarnett3472]

About time they give him credit.

[@chrisd653]

Some motha suckas always tryin to ice skate up hill. Best comic book quote of all time.

[@sebastianbanks5642]

"Ice Skate a dollar bill"

[@brandonmcmillan9641]

Finally someone recognizing Blade. Wesley Snipes started this stuff!

[@drinez]

"Starring Blade as Wesley snipes. There probably hasn't been a more pitched perpect superhero casting ever except for RDJ as Iron Man" Wolverine as Hugh Jackman: *_Am i a joke to you?_*

[@phoenixforce6595]

Hugh Jackman looks nothing like Wolverine in the comics so yes he is a joke.

[@mogoleserogole6903]

@@phoenixforce6595 the same way that Blade was a far cry from the original character we get in the earlier source material on which the original blade movie was based. The point is, just like Snipes, Jackman might have been physically different from the comic book character he was cast to portray, but he did a masterful job at making the character his own in the most impressive fashion possible and in that sense became Wolverine, exactly as Snipes did with Blade some 2 years earlier. The other cool factor about Snipes is that it took only one future film for him to create and solidify that idea so that before the sequels were to follow we were all in agreement that there could only be one Blade.

[@kxngenoch4224]

Blade: YES LOGAN you are a Joke

[@redharrison894]

@@kxngenoch4224 A good Logan movie will wipe the floor with Blade at box office in rated r movie without any help from Vampire universe

[@alfa01spotivo]

christopher reeve as superman is perfect

[@geraldgreen5371]

I am anxiously awaiting the next Blade movie!!!!!!

[@MrVoltimor]

Wes can still do it, that guy is in pretty good in shape (maybe some extra training). I would love to see him, Spiderman vs Morbius, so that Morbius gets introduced in the MCU offcourse R rated otherwise its boring :P.

[@lucast3hkillah]

@@MrVoltimor apparently snipes won't be returning as blade and marvel is gna give snipes' role to a younger actor.

[@krane15]

It would have to be a reboot. Snipes trilogy pretty much brought the vampires to an end.

[@geraldgreen5371]

He betta be badd asss !!!!!

[@sonofjonah]

Me too bring back blade.

[@frenchcoupon3391]

Agree. Blade is so underrated and unrecognized. Hollywood almost banished Wesley Snipes and Stephen Norrington. Way to go, suits!

[@WilliamtheWilliam718]

I dunno man Steven Norrington sent Sean Connery into retirement after the debacle known as LXG aka League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. He might've exiled himself.

[@frenchcoupon3391]

Guillermo Ortiz I take Norrington’s side on that. A guy who makes a movie like Blade knows what he is doing. Sean Connery went on full diva and wanted to constantly contradict the director on the set. The producers were also messing with Norrington’s vision. That’s why he left.

[@WilliamtheWilliam718]

@@frenchcoupon3391 Maybe. I'll say this I'd love to see him get another shot at the directors chair. He also made "Return to Oz" which is one of the weirdest movies but I love it.

[@frenchcoupon3391]

Guillermo Ortiz I certainly miss Norrington. Sean Connery not so much.

[@VodaNegru]

I guess Hollywood's pedophile masters were morally outraged at Snipes' evil tax-dodgings. The nerve!

[@terrybatman]

Yes. This video is long overdue. Black panther isn't the first marvel black superhero. My man Blade is the first bro to be there

[@MRLONG758]

Actually before blade was meteor man.

[@megamanxhunter]

On cinema, blade is the first marvel black superhero on screen.

[@lifekicks79]

and spawn..lol

[@terrybatman]

@@lifekicks79 shaq's steel was released in the same month as spawn but I was making the case only for marvel

[@lifekicks79]

@@terrybatman 2 b fair these film wouldn't make a case 4 any hero film.let alone black led heroes.blade was awesome bcuz he came from nowhere..every film 2 day gets pigeon holed by political correctness.their r so many black and women heroes they can make films out of without changing gender or race with popular 1s now..blade was a trailblazer and original.thats y it stands strong 2 this day

[@thebrownbaldy]

Point blank, BLADE paved the road for Marvel on a theatrical level

[@elsoybeanmike]

Good video and perspective. You’re correct that the Blade Triology was excellent and a paved the way also for the Netflix marvel characters too..well done

[@EvanBlack11]

Blade should be stand alone film he doesn't need the MCU

[@trealsteve]

The MCU needs Blade.

[@lyndlman8044]

Agreed.... blade, he started this sh*t So yea!!!!!!! Blade the day walker should have something like 'the new chapter' Out of the Shadows ' something like that..

[@cosmicmcmoon5773]

Neither do X-Men or Deadpool but I guess that choice is out of our hands...

[@Quethatguy]

Motherfukers I always try to ice skate up hill - Blade

[@derricknichols5787]

Blade wouldn't be able to say that in the mcu 2day. Nobody would've seen the club scene in the beginning either.

[@Dogen70]

I used that all the time still.

[@scorpioslick8518]

I think he said, "Some mf's always trying to ice skate up hill"

[@Kronk-rp3jf]

quote it right bro

[@tdegrddeehjgd]

@@scorpioslick8518 yes, you are correct sir

[@scubasteez]

Hugh Jackman will forever be Wolverine.

[@cosmicmcmoon5773]

Wesley Snipes IS Blade Robert Downey Jr. IS Iron Man And Hugh Jackman IS Wolverine.

[@ipoopedinyourdiaper7860]

Keanu reeves might be the next wolverine

[@cosmicmcmoon5773]

@@ipoopedinyourdiaper7860 But he can never be THE Wolverine.

[@ipoopedinyourdiaper7860]

@THE REVERSE 646 But with makeup and modern technology he might even look like him

[@poppa4178]

@@ipoopedinyourdiaper7860 I've heard people say Tom Hardy would be a good Wolverine but I would like to see Tom Hardy as Venom in the MCU. I think they're in the works of Venom 2 since the end credits of Venom showed the encounter with Carnage in prison.

[@swacfan100]

THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO! PEOPLE FORGOT ALL ABOUT BLADE & WESLEY DESERVES WAY MORE CREDIT. HE REALLY SAVED MARVEL.

[@carseuropeangunskorean752]

PUT SOME RESPEK ON WESLEY SNIPES

[@Kal-El25]

All tree of y'all

[@muzikunit7148]

1000000 % agreed with you i want to see Wesley Snipes come back and play blade even in the Spider-Man movie or somewhere in the MCU

[@WhyteLis21]

Now with the main mcu characters arch done and out of the way. They can finally can bring in more new characters such as blade back into the mcu. Also don't forget morbius the living vampire, moon knight, xmen, fantastic 4 and so many others.

[@theoneaboveall6768]

Muzik Unit impossible it’s Disney so blade would be wack

[@juanparedes6976]

@@theoneaboveall6768 If DEADPOOL Will Exixxst After The Merger, Why Couldn't BLADE.

[@anandamatos]

and the vampire disney mcu movies Morbius? can fit perfectly

[@HealerMommy1]

sounds like shit..you can't mix a semi horror with a hero...and spiderman of all Lol. dead pool maybe sure but blade is to mature for most of the MCU

[@Blaiyan]

@1:34 I wanted to get popcorn and sit and watch a detailed account for a hour.

[@ManOfSteel1]

Blade had some of the best dialogs in the entire history of cinema.

[@gmasters2]

@Scottish Slav 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 some mother fuckers always trying to ice skate up hill.

[@YasharelYahawadah]

@Scottish Slav 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Blade: Your wrong. I must have heard hundreds of you rodents make the same claim. Each one of them has tasted the end of my sword.

[@General_Klytus]

@@gmasters2 lol

[@HowieGordonMusic]

If Blade enters the MCU and ISN'T played by Snipes, I quit.

[@johnnyrock8848]

Will be.

[@reimourrpower9357]

I heard it may be Mahershala Ali. Excellent actor but NOT Blade.

[@starwarsroo2448]

Too old and got black balled

[@karimamin2]

@@reimourrpower9357 Then it will be a box office failure if so

[@blaxpoitation8528]

Idk my dude, as much as I liked Snipes (dude was MADE for that role!), I think he's gotten too old at this point. Yeah he can still kick mad ass, but I say give a younger cat a shot. Cuz I wanna see multiple Blade movies. Look how they did Spiderman; they went with a younger actor in order to be able to do more films with him. I say give it to a younger dude. An unknown. Look up Marrese Crump bruh. He might change your mind. Just sayin...

[@kratoscraken5614]

IVE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR YEARS!!!! Blade was so well done no one knew it was Marvel thats saying somthing 💪

[@fiphudoo]

That is so true man

[@ionbbx9127]

Who’s here after the Comic Con announcement that he’s in the MCU!!!??

[@alexaran5352]

Like Robert Downey Jr is IRON MAN....Wesley Snipes is Blade... I would like to see him again

[@stephenhunter6507]

Thank you for this! and..... Bring Snipes back teamed up with Renold's deadpool.

[@jamesgomez9151]

Snipes will pushing 60 in a couple of years, he's too old. There's plenty of great younger actors out there who will be great for job.

[@ajktigie]

@@jamesgomez9151 M.B. Jordan maybe,he's great in Creed movies.

[@jamesgomez9151]

@@ajktigie Him and Winston Duke would be good be great for the role, but both of them already played as Marvel characters.

[@Rook_Gaming_Original]

NO!! Renolds screws up every super hero he touches, if Deadpool wasn't such a popular character it would have flopped too!

[@famousdre843]

@@Rook_Gaming_Original deadpool overrated

[@kjdnyhmghfvb]

Ben Nigh (the Movie Guy): Wesley Snipes is Blade Me: Say it again Ben Nigh: Wesley Snipes is Blade Me: one more time Ben Nigh: *Wesley Snipes is Blade* Me to Marvel: *Remember it*

[@detailsmove]

I had to come back here after watching Blade/Snipes in Deadpool & Wolverine; loved that they were able to pull that off

[@zanethezaniest274]

If Blade ever gets an introduction in the MCU , I would like to see Snipes reprising this role

[@retroshawty2303]

He's to old...

[@adejareojo]

Blade is definitely the foundation I agree with you 100%😃

[@michaelstarr9812]

agreed!..and I had heard about Snipes's ..behavior on set,way before i saw Blade:Trinity,but..once i saw it,I realized that Wesley was right to be pissed! He knew that the producers were adding all the other characters to HIS film to try to spin them off but that took the focus off of Blade! He was right to be angry that his trilogy was getting messed up with the 'trinity' storyline,and seeing that film vindicated what i thought of as Diva behavior. Not many black men had their own action movies and he saw his going down the drain. He wasnt wrong.

[@toddtoure7041]

Yup...You're 100 % Correct. Just Like Our Music , got Taken Over, and etc...etc...etc....Wesley SAW it Coming. The FOUNDATION SPOKE OUT/Rightfully So.

[@doublep1980]

What happened with Blade:Trinity was an absolute clusterfuck by the studio and Wesley Snipes had every right to be such an asshole. Originally,the movie was about to take place 100 years in the future,where the vampires took over the world,enslaved mankind and managed to catch Blade,using him as a guinea pig,in order to replicate his daywalker ability.Then a human resistance group manages to free him and together they wage war on the vampires. The studio rejected this story concept,because it was too expensive to shoot(they had concept art that shows a Blade Runner style city and all kinds of cool sci-fi shit) and fired the original director/writer,who wrote the story with Snipes.Then they hired that hack David S.Goyer and let him write a new script with Dracula and the other vampire hunters,which they wanted to develop for future spin-off movies,that´s why they get so much screentime in the movie. Snipes was so pissed,he wanted to bail,but he had signed a contract,so he had to play in the movie. The movie shoot was a total clusterfuck,with the studio cutting the budget even more,Snipes and Goyer getting in arguments every day,to the point,Snipes stopped talking to Goyer and communicating only with written notes with him etc. etc.

[@dbzextreme1]

@@doublep1980 damn i never knew that. Smh. Thats the part 3 we deserved.

[@michaelstarr9812]

@@doublep1980 yuuuuup!

[@raksh9]

@@doublep1980 I never knew about these conflicts, I only knew that the original concept was 'Blade as Spartacus'. Thanks for this.

[@Spartinus]

Who is here after Blade got announced for Phase 4

[@xXThotZillaXx7400]

Huh no

[@justadogwhousesmoderntech43]

Aye

[@joselopez6990]

Blade/Wesley Snipes started MCU’s success and this the motherfucking thanks he gets

[@RugerTooWavy]

Blade started Marvels* success Iron Man started MCUs* success

[@PEN0311]

@@RugerTooWavy Umm, Marvel has been successful since the 1960s. You're missing the point. The MCU, as we know it, may not have even been an idea without the relative success of Blade.

[@xLamont_]

Money Singh Blade started Iron Mans success*

[@RugerTooWavy]

@@PEN0311 blade kept Marvel afloat and kept it from dying But if there was no Iron Man there would be no MCU and thats a fact

[@RugerTooWavy]

@@xLamont_ 1st human ever born in this world started Blades success*

[@pedromolina9558]

I’ve been saying if it wasn’t for Blade, there wouldn’t be Ironman etc. Marvel needs to bring back Blade.

[@shroomguy1891]

The fact that you remembered this legend and made a video about him... makes me think..... MaY hE bE tHe OnE tHaT kIlLs Thanos?

[@dafilmqueen556]

I'm sorry.I saw Endgame 2 days ago,so no,he didn't!

[@dafilmqueen556]

@RCP Pilot,he didn't even appear in Endgame,so why are you saying yes?

[@dafilmqueen556]

@RCP Pilot,where?

[@malcolmmiles3603]

I see some of you don't understand the concept of Sarcasm

[@dafilmqueen556]

@@malcolmmiles3603,how do even know it's sarcasm?

[@TheOmn1mous]

I still believe 'Blade' is the best Marvel movie!