Marvel's Blade Is Toast (And That's A Good Thing)

[@TrollBridgerton]

Some movie studios are always trying to ice-skate uphill.

[@Kariakas]

Space Ice brought that to my attention recently.

[@keithhoss4990]

If they really wanted to be cutting edge, they’d have made Blade a white guy 😳

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

More like downhill at this point

[@hellothere9167]

Op means it's as stupid as trying to ice skate uphill. Downhill would mean an obvious win🤓​@@thefanwithoutaface8105

[@bunnieskitties293]

@@keithhoss4990 with revitiligo. named uncle ruckus.

[@Artak091]

No one wants a feminist blade movie. We want a Blade movie about chopping up vampires and an actor with a bad attitude.

[@keviny704]

Damn right. And also nobody wants a blade movie with 60 year old playing the blade character. Wesley was AMAZING in his prime but I was getting tired of people wanting to have him come back dude look like s*** in Deadpool and Ali was getting on up there himself.

[@cl20v87]

Do we even “want” a blade movie? The last one was trash, just let sleeping dogs lye. Swear are we so out of ideas we’re bring back movies like Blade

[@streven1331]

​@@cl20v87I do. There's no reason a good Blade movie couldn't be made other than the fact that Hollywood is devoid of talent these days.

[@keviny704]

@cl20v87 I agree BUT Blade is a based on a comic character. If they cast correctly and stuck with source material(not woke shit up) they could continue the franchise easily. HOWEVER, (this is where I agree) I'm tired of these "new visions" from these coked up liberal writers and directors rehashing and bastardizing existing properties. Both Alien AND Predator in my opinion were both done after their original sequels. What's happend since is garbage and that's ONLY because of Hollywood arrogance, complacency, and entitlement. Not because more amazing films can't come from the franchises.

[@markmongan]

What would a female blade look like, a chakra? You know, coz it's got a hole...

[@bionicleanime]

Ryan Reynolds is currently trying to convince Hollywood to give Blade the Logan treatment for Wesley Snipes. I hope THAT goes through instead.

[@Autobotmatt428]

Now that’s a better idea

[@dendrien]

theres a valid question whatever if Wesley is actually to old. we dont need a new Arnold terminator incident.

[@ArbiterDan]

Yeh but they're gonna make Blade trans now, to appeal to "modern audiences".

[@karndorbad6536]

I would 100% watch it

[@Astorath_the_Grim]

@@dendrien he just made Deadpool and Wolverine. He's not too old.

[@MetalSonic98]

A nice detail about the first Blade movie is the lead male and female characters end working as partners at the end that respect each other's strength rather than becoming lovers.

[@NoidoDev]

Like Dread 😢

[@julesjma]

Exactly. Loved the first film. It was f%^&ing incredible.

[@mikoto7693]

That is all I’ve ever wanted from my entertainment. Men and women working together with their respective skills and talents complementing each other. Respecting each other as partners. Neither being better than the other-just different and using those differences to benefit both.

[@Ligmaballin]

Ghost of Tsushima, the last good pre woke Sony product

[@Jonathan_Collins]

Deadpool: "I'm the first R rated superhero movie." Black Panther: "I'm the first Black superhero to get his own movie." Blade: "Some motherfuckers are always trying to ice-skate uphill."

[@philonetic321]

Meteor Man.

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

Deadpool would never say that, because the dude who plays him was in the third Blade film, so he'd know.

[@FinnMcCoolOfficial]

the punisher 1989

@@FinnMcCoolOfficial Spiderman in the 70s.

[@FinnMcCoolOfficial]

Swiss Family Robinson in the 60s

[@noahartis1377]

“There’s only one Blade and there’s only ever gonna be one Blade” was a prophecy.

[@jokesterio1456]

Whoever put the line in there (probably Renolds) knew what they were doing

[@RafitoOoO]

​@@jokesterio1456Ryan was backing up his bro I'm sure.

[@lamhamzzzzzz]

at the point of writing the d&w script they already knew the production was doomed. i'm sure they know people on the project who would have told them. so it was just a statement of fact rather than foreseeing the future.

[@spawnnpwn4166]

​@@lamhamzzzzzzor maybe there were people that worked on both projects

[@bryanbeach2572]

Except for that one guy who was in that Blade TV series that nobody watched.

[@Grabthar191]

I think the appearance of Wesley Snipes in Deadpool 3 was the killing blow to the Blade product. Everyone was reminded how awesome he was in that role.

[@DoubleClefFm]

With all do respect....They had sooo much time releasing the movie. And if this small screentime of Snipes is good enough to kill the product then it really is bad as hell.

[@_toph_]

disney realized that now they can't even hate farm with the new reboot. everyone would just happily ignore it while smiling to memory of snipes in deadpool.

[@gailspooner1540]

People cheered in the audience of the Deadpool 3 movie when Wesley Snipes appeared, I was pretty stoked to see him. Loved the first and second Blade movies, Wesley was born to play Blade.

[@CerealExperimentsMizuki]

​@@_toph_ Melon Lord

[@uglypuppy9042]

Was?

[@Heroesworkshop]

We don't need a NEW blade. We need a send off for the Blade we already have. Give Wesley Snipe's Blade the Logan treatment.

[@Jekyll_Jackal]

R.I.P Kris Khristofferson (AKA Whistler)

[@i_am_ergo]

Big-time legend in the Fallout community too - thanks to his voice work for New Vegas. Truly, RIP.

[@Jekyll_Jackal]

@i_am_ergo I'm not a fan of Fallout but who did he voice?

[@liamphibia]

Another great actor gone.☹️

[@random__joe]

Wow just put that together! That guy was a highway man.

[@kaeltaylor430]

@@Jekyll_Jackala character you wouldn’t know perhaps 🤔

[@skyfall9549]

I guess Wesly Snipes was not kidding when he said there only ever been one blade, and there's only going to be one blade

[@mazagoez7190]

well there was the blade tv series with sticky fingaz as blade.

[@ArtHazard]

​@@mazagoez7190no

[@beomcheolkim8543]

What are the odds that in 2030, if the MCU is still alive somehow, they give Ali the Tatum/Gambit treatment? Pay a bunch of money for him to show up as Blade, one part as a joke and another as a "what could have been" cameo. I hope it won't happen, but I can imagine that some director will think it'll be a cool cameo and try to rip off Deadpool 3.

[@CaffyPvP]

The biggest obstacle to a new Blade movie is the lack of qualified actors. Modern Hollywood's options for black actors are either over 50 or look like soft skinned rent boys who traded favors to get their chance on screen. It's amazing how they've failed to develop talent for this niche when it was everywhere 20-30 years ago.

[@Parocha]

@@CaffyPvP and those age-appropriate talents that might be able to pull it off are already in the MCU. Michael B Jordan might have the physique and could PROBABLY be coached to provide a decent performance, but the guy has already played two marvel superheroes at this point. I don’t think Anthony Mackie would be a good fit for the role, and he still portrays Sam Willson

[@TheBerchie]

A stoic badass vampire slayer that wears a leather trench coat, sunglasses, wields a sword, and has great action scenes. No one's expecting you to write the Godfather.

[@Nunya310]

😂 💯

[@trevorsalamander8711]

You wouldn’t be happy with a Blade movie with the writing quality of the Godfather???????

[@ascended1924]

​@@trevorsalamander8711I would be but it's not a requirement, it'll just be a bonus.

[@trevorsalamander8711]

@@ascended1924 I feel like that’s the wrong standard. Good luck though.

[@naamadossantossilva4736]

The problem is that their writers,like for example Jessica Gaoh,can't even write simple plots.Seeing her describe how incapable of writing for the CGI budget she was in She-Hulk was depressing.

[@ShaneJoshua1980]

The thing that made Blade even better is Wesley Snipes was a martial artist.

[@Terraceview]

This is spot on, he did all the stunts himself.

[@WoWSpartacus]

Blade kickstarted Ryan Reynolds' career and years later he helped give Blade a proper send off

[@jessekoepp3928]

His career started with Van Wilder. I don't think anyone has become a "star" via a huge flop.

[@markus_r_realiest]

@@jessekoepp3928 He became an action star after Blade 3

[@XiahouJoe]

@@jessekoepp3928 start vs kickstart in the context of a career are 2 different things.

[@donaldkroth2579]

Boycott only answer

[@KaranasticRap]

@@jessekoepp3928 Don't forget that he starred in the TGIF show: 2 Guys a Girl and a Pizza Place

[@CanadaPlus]

"There's only one Blade, and there's only gonna be one Blade"

[@Autobotmatt428]

As it was said so it shall be.

[@mban2748]

Amen.

[@AerynWalk]

ad infinitum

[@maxbants7737]

That look right into the camera by Deadpool/Reynolds was everything everyone needed to know.

[@cleanerben9636]

@@maxbants7737 He saved it

[@RogueFox2185]

The fact Marvel’s priority was finding a way for Blade to pass the torch to his daughter in his DEBUT film, rather than focus on him hunting Vampires says it all. The message corrupts everything.

[@dendrien]

now the problem necessarily isnt a replacement. problem is always the narrative and plot. lets be honest here, we dont want to see and old Wesley either doing a young mans job. we tried with Arnold and the terminator franchise. didnt become success despite arnold being the front.

[@joshg.6315]

They’ll either girl boss the character to oblivion or make him gay. If they can’t do that, then they’re not interested. 😂

[@spider496]

It's ridiculous indeed.

[@Sun.Shine-]

Sounds like the plot of logan

[@Solidsnake856]

Thank your blackrock overlords

[@Daniil_Ryvak]

That sick techno from the vampire club scene is still in my workout playlist

[@bunnywithakeyboard7628]

Nobody wants to see a cranky old Blade get replaced by his daughter

[@dendrien]

no one wants to see an old blade either.

[@Jack_the_Rizzler69]

@@dendrien Wrong

[@rockbear9422]

​@@dendrienI'd like to see him

[@matthewmagda4971]

I see what you did there xD

[@scionofdorn9101]

Yeah, we just want a cranky old Blade kicking ass again.

[@LazarusDangerfield]

The opening blood rave scene in the first Blade is still one of my favourite ever ❤️

[@numhont211]

Yes. It. Is.

[@chrisbloke9310]

Confusion by New Order. Epic tune.

[@modisp]

Remember constantly listening to that track with my cousin back in 2000s

[@ronin1648]

it was great, a couple of mins into the film and you knew everything you needed to know

[@breach005]

That opening shot of Blade, and every suck-head in the room immediately knows who he is and how incredibly fucked they all are.

[@Bad_Llama]

The fact the modern Marvel can't make a vampire hunter movie starring an Academy Award-winning actor killing vampires says a lot about Disney. Next thing, they won't be able to tell a fairy tale about a princess who flees a wicked stepmother and seeks sanctuary from 7 dwarves . . . .

[@ascended1924]

Wait a minute.....

[@sparking023]

I heard an argument that current Disney doesn't know how to handle stuff like Blade because they're (were) primarily a studio focused on telling fairy tales to little girls, and honestly, it makes a lot of sense when you look at their greatest successes, the Disney Princesses. Pixar has a more family tone to it, and the MCU was more serious and teenage/young adult oriented at first. The same could be applied to Star Wars. Sure, the franchise attracted all kinds of audiences but their core were nerdy young men. You stray from that core audience and the franchise loses its characteristics.

[@travisjames7266]

I'm taking a screenshot of this

[@JHand04]

"Next thing, they won't be able to tell a fairy tale about a princess who flees a wicked stepmother and seeks sanctuary from 7 dwarves . . . ." They _can't_ tell that tale anymore.

[@antirevomag834]

​@@sparking023 The arguement is bunk when you go back and watch those movies they are known for. Disney used to make stuff that are both family friendly and rated R when paid attention to. The only reason disney's movies weren't R rated in their early days is because 1: they don't curse, 2: they looked colorful and kid-friendly. Not to mention how you have movies that have more impact on people than ANYTHING the modern world produces in their rating system, or do people block out ol' yeller that much.

[@jacobvhs]

As a white kid born in the 90s, Blade have always been the definition of badassery for me.

[@s.d.4816]

What has being white to do with it? Americans and race, man…

[@justinsayin3979]

As a kid of a medium shade of melanin born in the 90s, Blade has always been the definition of badassery for me too.

[@Terraceview]

@@s.d.4816 He's saying the exact opposite of what you're insinuating.

[@sergioaragon5092]

This new Blade tells vampires “ you’ve got to do better”

U got to do better FROST

[@ThereIsAlwaysaWay2]

I was waiting for a transgender boss babe no hips no boobs daughters of Blade reboot to show him how it's really done.

[@RunesandReapers]

Only the pale ones

[@hyaman]

You’ve gotta do better, Dracula! You’ve gotta step up!

[@86SAllsop]

You gotta stop calling them Vampires

[@sporkenste1n236]

The first movie gave us one of the coolest introductions of a main character ever. He's in a room surrounded by enemies, and they all freak out when they see him. They're scared sh*tless even though they outnumber him. It's immediately established that, in a roomful of what are supposed to be apex predators, he's so dangerous that almost all of them run. That scene always makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up.

[@madMARTYNmarsh1981]

The only one who didn't run was basically an idiot, too stupid to recognise the threat. It probably helps that he regenerates, but he can't regenerate his head.

[@ColoradoStreaming]

The entire opening scene from Blade is insane and unmatched for its sheer visceral impact.

[@bbbbbbb51]

It leans hard into shock value too, but damn is it effective.

[@chindleymuffin]

It is a shame Stephen Norrington doesn't direct movies anymore, he was one of the most unique visual directors in the business and he is British too. I believe his last movie was The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, he had such a bad experience with Sean Connery on that movie that he said he would never direct a movie again. A sad end to a great career, if that's true....

[@ConsistentlyInconsistent21]

Add in the rave and music was perfect for the time. That jam is on a playlist of mine

[@申月営無営月無営有申]

This Blade movie is trying to ice skate uphill

[@andrewphillips8341]

Dam It I wanted to say that first!

[@zacharyneely]

You win! Awesome comment

[@FaceBack18]

Wait till you hear this line was ad-libbed by Wesley. It wasn’t on the script.

[@j.b.708]

Blade was vampire John Wick. Don't bother arguing.

[@MH-pr6bn]

No. John Wick was a whatever version of Blade.

[@j.b.708]

@@MH-pr6bn true true

[@acarter4173]

Tell you what, bring Wesley back and have him kill a bunch of greedy, talentless, money-hungry corporate vampires for two hours and I'll buy the ticket. Make the ultimate villain a 70-something woman with a snotty visage and upturned nose, in charge of a studio that she whored and stole from her betters, and I'll watch it twice.

[@yade1234]

lmao yes please would love to watch Blade vs Marvel studios, anyways don't give the ideas, they might just bring Wesley back to die in his own movie and introduce the female blade lmao.

[@rachelar]

How about an all female cast from the Pandaverse, and Wesley then kills them?

[@loganreed8768]

Underrated comment😂

[@johnkennedy5528]

You have articulated my festering inner-angst about this DIE Hard snowflake bollocks within a gnat’s micro foreskin margin of error. I salute you! 🐝 John Kennedy 🎬

[@alexandercurtis4671]

That was basically Blade Trinity. The vampires there were obviously corporate types.

[@Chack.J1NX]

All I wanted was a supernatural buddy-cop movie with Blade and Ghost Rider but we can't have nice things

[@christophertaylor9100]

I could totally see that work with an aging Blade and a sarcastic, bombastic ghost rider. I mean obviously Ghosty is WAY more powerful than Blade but Blade knows things. He has been around a long time.

[@RRRRRRRRR33]

That would be cool indeed, imagine that concept written by Garth Ennis

[@Psiros]

Who would get the line - "I'm getting to old for this shyt."? 😂

[@owenmaleski2203]

Oh, that would've been so cool

[@hulkfan97]

I would totally see this movie what would the title be?

[@Bouillestfu]

It's simple: imagine you're writing a John Wick movie, except everyone that's supposed to die is a Vampire. You're like 3/4 of the way there. You're welcome Marvel.

[@PandaPanda-ud4ne]

Too masculine. Too manly. Too patriarchal! NEXT!

[@redwolfxl69]

Add that actor that plays Russians but I think is Swedish. Peter stormair(?). He's a solid 25% on any film

[@Crazygreg757]

Don't give them any ideas! Next thing you know, Disney will buy the rights to John Wick and we'll get a new movie where he's a sad, old failure, confronting his mental health issues and toxic masculinity while Phoebe Waller-Bridge leads him around and does all the ass kicking.

[@mrconfusion87]

​@@PandaPanda-ud4ne Yup! Does NOT comply with THE MESSAGE!

[@RRRRRRRRR33]

Well, the basic foundation is pretty obvious, the issue is how to "fit" this kind of movie into the MCU continuity. Blade is a supernatural character, why the hell Dr. Strange, Wong, the bald master that I forget the name (amazing actress), etc.. why they have no idea about the existence of vampires in that world. On a lesser extent, it's similar to the mutants dilemma, the MCU continuity got too big and messy, it's almost impossible to include these characters (here it comes the reboot)

[@Oir07]

5:23 The fact that they thought it was a good idea to try to make blade a female tells me all I need to know about Marvel and society today. Blade in the 1920s is wild 😅

[@piercemccauley7079]

Right. And having a black main character isn’t enough so maybe it would have been a trans female Indian or something

[@Oir07]

@ seriously that ish is annoying af.

[@varuug]

They were planning on KKK vampire villains with the 1920s Blade. I guarantee it.

[@Oir07]

@@varuug omg 😂

[@jonathankozenko]

A fun fact is that Blade 2's action choreography was done by Donnie Yen, one of his very first Hollywood projects!

[@emhu2594]

Disney refuses to give people what they want...Shang chi would have been a good movie if they had stuck to the Jackie Chan martial arts sequences. But they made some incredible sequences and followed them by quantumania CGI nightmares like all the other marvel movies

[@jonathankozenko]

@@emhu2594 It's especially sad since the Stunt Coordinator was actually Jackie Chan's top protégé, in terms of both fighting and stunts, who sadly died between filming and release. And you are right about going from cool Kung-Fu sequences to CG mashed potatoes, but what's sad is that, apart from Guardians 3 and the Spider-Man sequels, I'm quite certain that Shang-Chi is my favorite MCU film since Infinity War.. Not great when one that's very middling like that is one of the best of several years!

[@rahsaanthomas7030]

The messed-up part is that Donnie Yen and the film producer didn't get along, and the fight scenes he choreographed got edited big time. He didn't want to be in film much longer, so his character was killed off.

[@budthechud9795]

Yeah them fight scenes with Nomac were frigging awesome!

[@mozax8118]

"There's only one blade, and there's only ever gonna be one Blade." This line unironically aged like fine 🍷

[@adamfernandes4312]

It hasn't even been half a year

[@justletmelistthese]

@@adamfernandes4312 that's because how REAL it is.

[@salazam]

@@justletmelistthese Fine wines are older than half a year.

[@LivingFire_BurningFlame]

Fun Fact: Stan Lee originally had a cameo that was ultimately cut from the film. He played one of the cops that came into the blood club during the aftermath and discover Quinn's body on fire.

[@silverhawkscape2677]

I miss Stan Lee Cameos

[@bartsullivan4866]

That's ok I think we've seen far to much Stan Lee. Don't care.

[@notbeyonce]

Good. Breaking immersion for his cameo is fine in some movies, but Blade would have to have been a serious performance by Lee. Sure, it could have been, but if not, it's wise they cut it.

[@KahranRamsus]

In 2019, when they finally decided to do another movie, they planned to give Stan Lee a cameo, after he passed away in 2018? I'm sure they could just CGI him, no harm there, I'm sure. 🙄

[@JoakimOtamaa]

​@@KahranRamsusMaybe just a pic at the background, like the Netflix shows did.

[@elcee3292]

Funny how cleanly blade quips fit in this vid

[@Infinite160]

You'd think making a movie about a Vampire that kills other Vampires would be a pretty straightforward concept.

[@fatty1040]

Nowadays people feel bad for the vampires because one sided narratives make them feel insecure with their own life.

[@louisduarte8763]

@@fatty1040 I blame Anne Rice and Stephanie Meyer.

[@DanFloresII]

​@@louisduarte8763 Word. But at least Anne Rice had the decency to keep them as monsters. Beautiful monsters, but monsters none the less.

[@African_Rose]

the Straight and Forward being the operative issues. they want Gay and Reductive.

[@2012sonora]

@@fatty1040 no it's more like women have turned them into dark angsty jack-off material. Seriously, I think female writers are allergic to letting vampires be legitimately evil.

[@chance_ondriezek99]

“There’s only one Blade. There’s only ever gonna be one Blade”.

[@rhetorical1488]

As blade himself confirmed in Deadpool👍

[@griz312]

*twirls Sword into sheath* 😎

[@PlayerOne.StartGame]

Man after 20 yrs Wesley Snipes still got it! That swagger he carries with blade just doesn't go away, I would like to see one more movie from him as Blade.

[@dendrien]

even with Wesley it still would be ungodly afaul. Wesley does what Wesley being told. if hes told to be a wimpy former self character and he will be one. because todays era men are useless and women are everything in a world were both art and creativity is dead

[@i_am_ergo]

As much as I love the first two Blade movies and the fact that Wesley reprised the role in D&W, he was in absolutely horrendous shape in it. They tried to hide it with his outfit, stunt doubles and clever angles and editing, but they were never gonna succeed. The man's old and frail, and he looks old and frail. Bringing him back for another Blade movie would be embarrassing for everybody. Let's leave him be.

[@PimpythePurple]

Never lost the touch. And even tho Blade 3 is arguably a "bad movie", watching him act and fight is more than enough for me... + Jessica Biel 😵‍💫

[@davidmoak1219]

What the hell lmao!!!! Yall are a RIOT! Yeah I heard he's gonna star in Geriatric Vampires where he's so old he lost his vampire sparkle and ends up having to join up with vamps in the Twilight universe to find his Vampire Sparkle™. That man didn't have shit and needed to get the hell off the screen. The puppet ALF was 10x a better actor :/ Wesley Snipes just used method acting for his role as Blade. His subtext was 'I really have to poop', and while that's the same subtext every batman has... it's all too evident in this one. You can tell the man is at risk of letting out a lil more than a fart on set. The only thing scary good about him is that I was really convinced the mans either had already pooped himself or was about to. His battle with his bowels is evident in his acting and detracts and distracts from other, better characters. Yeah, even that version of 'Gambit'. That was better, whatever that was. He was OK 20 years ago, but he can kindly GTFO.

[@brianlittrell797]

​@@i_am_ergoUnless Wesley is willing to put in 6 months of training to get back into very good condition. If they offer him enough money as a reward he'd maybe do it.

[@GratefulPrimate]

Mehershala Ali is FIFTY YEARS OLD?!?!?!? For an ACTION role? So he would finish this Blade trilogy story arc at 60 or so years old? You ideally want an actor 23-35 years old to do at least SOME of the stunts required for the part.

[@sigma6656]

He doesn't really have the look anyways.

[@duststudstudios608]

"There's only one blade. There's only ever gonna be one blade"⚔

[@Dowlphin]

There are two blades in your comment.

[@ascended1924]

I'm surprised they pushed out things like Agatha and Echo but couldn't manage Blade. Like wtf are their priorities?

[@keviny704]

Seems like they've been on a mission to give the fans who have been so loyal everything EXCEPT what they actually want. Just like what that other Studio was about to do with the next Predator film😂🙄

[@trevorthornley8835]

Whamen that are gay and lame enough. I thought that was obvious. 🤪

[@leonerd1763]

Really?What are their priorities?It's pretty clear at this point 😂

[@michaelnash2138]

Their priorities? Pretty simple; it's to push "THE MESSAGE". And that's all.

[@MsSlythers]

Punishing people for liking the wrong things.

[@whitestoneandy797]

Honestly, just hire Wesley Snipes again and give us an "old man Blade" movie

[@utrak]

Do you really, honestly believe that even with Snipes and relatively talented writers and director, they could make anything even half as good as Blade 2? Blade 1 and 2 were lightning in a bottle, like Alien 1 and plural. You and I both know they will never be matched, let alone bested.

[@TheZerok666]

No thanks. They'd just do to him what they did to Luke Skywalker.

[@teddnaing6851]

​​@@utrak But I don't care. I'm starving for even an okay superhero movie!! I just want Wesley Snipes back on my screen. Half @ssed blade with Snipes will still be better than most modern superhero films.

[@BruderSenf]

@@utrak yah, sadly you are right...but it would be amazing, seeing a wiser and more grizzled "old man blade" back for one final ride

[@impudentdomain]

Hey get this, Old Blade could mentor his son, the new Blade.

[@jackburton9235]

There’s been only one Blade. There’s only ever going to be one Blade.

[@maxjones9112]

One commenter said it perfectly, “it’s John wick with vampires, it’s not that hard marvel.” As you stated, it’s crazy that they waste millions of dollars on the most irrelevant d list characters but barely put in any effort for a list characters like blade. They’re probably going to spend 300 mil on the shitty Taylor swift atomic blond show while waiting years to put ghost rider on the big screen and try to make ghost rider more kid friendly and less demonic.

Your argument would have more teeth if you hadn't use Taylor Swift, the most easily bankable entertainer in the entire world, as your example for wasted money.

[@mateuszkrytyk5711]

Taylor Swift was in atomic blond?

[@iamextremest]

That's just sad... this generation sucks. I have never listened to a singke song of hers. Except when I was with a girl or in a brief yt clip. 😂

[@leadonsoftly]

But if Disney doesn't understand John Wick or vampires... then it IS that hard.

[@leroilapue15]

When they did the first Blade movie he wasnt an A list character...that came later

[@alonemax2912]

That's so wild to me, how they can't figure out a movie about the guy slaying vamps in New York. It's literally writes itself, also tons of source material.

[@mr.doctorcaptain1124]

Can’t have a strong black man leading a Disney movie bud.

[@bigsmall246]

Goes to show how many different political and woke agendas were being forced into the movie.

[@Gilroysmash86]

100% I basically picture The Raid with Vampires.

[@kingt0295]

@@mr.doctorcaptain1124 it’s more capable masculine men in general Disney hates that.

[@FunnyTummyART]

Why new York and not Britain?

[@Komaeda_kura]

Absolutely loving the stream of "There's only one Blade, and there's only gonna be one Blade" comments

[@Thomasmemoryscentral]

Hey if Rings Of Power can spawn Tolkien saying “Evil cannot create, only destroy” from the horrendous adaption fanfiction named Rings Of Power, guess this is a new positive for Blade?

[@TheBackseaterYT]

As cool as Snipe's portrayal as Blade is, I don't think we should prevent new actors from playing old characters just because of a crappy idea.

[@salazam]

@@TheBackseaterYT No one asked you.

[@TheBackseaterYT]

@@salazam What's the matter with what I said?

[@frankgonzalez222]

Thanks , Drinker. You've made me want to go back and watch the original one. I do recall it being totally bad ass. Cheers!

[@N7gamer1337]

Blades cameo in deadpool is probably the closest well get to seeing the character on the big screen and im ok with that.

[@wiinterflowers4277]

Same here. And I screamed when I saw him again.

[@JCIce007]

More than a cameo! He gets a supporting role.

[@wiinterflowers4277]

@@JCIce007 And he actually gets to kick ass!

[@jelliscorpio]

To this day Jessica Biel still has the best, believable physique in a superhero film, and she's not even a superhero in Blade 3. These days they just CGI muscles onto skinny girls, like Natalie Portman in Thor L&T.

[@Heath5151]

Shoulda made her the next Laura Croft 😊

[@rickh9396]

Natalie Portperson, you degenerate misogynist!

[@JoakimOtamaa]

​@@Heath5151Not diverse enough, RRREEEE.

[@1stCallipostle]

Because women who are actually fit or attractive makes the whales in the board room poop themselves

[@LexingtonDeville984]

@@1stCallipostleThat is very true.

[@poshima]

If Blade was set in the 1920’s, I can sum up every scene for you… White bad guys: “We don’t like your kind round here!” Blade: “what? You don’t like Vampires?” Bad Guy: “No. Blacks” *Karate*

[@reedr7142]

Huh. That’s also Hollywood’s take on the movie if it was set 100 years later.

[@yves9055]

Not gonna lie, Blade going to town on a Klan meeting would be fun to watch.

[@abdurrazzaqmumin1574]

Sorry sir, we serve black vampire ninjas in the back

[@alsmith9853]

Came here for this comment! The writers would insert politics into the whole thing. "Do better, Senator"🤮

[@zlothz]

A 1920s period piece doesn't strictly sound terrible. After all, Batman: Gotham by Gaslight is quite well done- granted it adapted comic source material and was made by largely experienced and reputable staff. I don't trust Disney's Marvel Studios to do the same.

[@Flodhesten]

Best.Introscene.ever. Saw it in the cinema - I was completely blown away.

[@plops993]

Original blade fight scenes made that much better by Wesley being an actual martial artist

[@Jonathan_Collins]

The fact Blade solo'd Azazel, Lady Deathstrike, and Toad with minimal difficulty shows how badass he is.

[@brianlittrell797]

All at the same time or one at a time?

[@xymos7807]

@@brianlittrell797 I think he means the actors, each one I guess had a bit role in the Blade Movie as some fodder character.

[@haroldbalzac6336]

​@@xymos7807I think he talking about the comics.

[@davida730]

@@brianlittrell797 Spoiler Alert: It happened in Deadpool and Wolverine.

[@brianlittrell797]

@@davida730 Thanks.

[@sirgaz8699]

"No one wanted a Blade period piece set in the 1920s" . . . I mean I am VERY curious what his idea was.

[@kaydee4296]

Blackula revisited?

[@CMCAdvanced]

It was gay

[@aquafreesh9219]

I mean a roaring 20s art deco hack and slash movie sounds awesome

[@cristinag3157]

​@aquafreesh9219 it really does!

[@mattmartin6493]

I would be too, I like X men 97 a lot but I do worry how woke demayo would've went with ut, and season 2 worries me as well

[@Parasiteve]

i remember seeing blade in theaters in 1998. my 9 year old arse was blow the fug away. i had tears almost from how awesome it was. its still one of my fav movies of all time. the second movie too lol. it doesn't need a remake AT ALL so im glad its not happening. and yes i saw this when i was 9 in theaters with my parents but honestly? nothing about it was really R rated. maybe the naked pearl but everything else was tame to me by 9 years old. i was watching friday the 13th at 4 years old! lol. im really glad i was allowed to watch wtf i wanted and im glad i was raised right so i could watch them without having issues. id have missed out on soo many good childhood memories. i didn't know for a long time that blade was a comic book before it was a movie. we all wanted to see it because it looked fugging awesome. blade is a perfect example of giving the fans of the comics what they want but also getting new people to see the movie too who aren't into comics.

[@dadocta5168]

Finally, a movie that deserved to be cancelled! Now if only Lucasfilm would cancel everything in their pipeline.

[@davidmoak1219]

Gay/trans/bi Yoda/Grogu hasn't been made yet, they at LEAST have to get their magnum opus out before they're done. Give them a chance. Kathleen Kennedy: 'Make Grogu a chick, and she's lame and GAYYYYYYYYYYY!' Other Execs: 'GROGU IS A BABEH HOW DOES THAT WOR--' Kathleen Kennedy: 'DO YOU WANT YOUR JOBS NONE OF THAT MATTERS, CHICK, LAME, GAY, NOW!'

[@NoidoDev]

​@@davidmoak1219 I think I've heard they finished filming of the Mandotrash movie.

[@captainhurricane5705]

I loved reading about Blade in the comics back in the 70s. I didn't have to see myself in them either.

[@DanielGonzalez-vo5ni]

But how? If only I was a Hylian with pointy ears I could relate to that Zelda series or Italian id probably understand that Mario guy too if the character ain't brown and Mexican like me how am I supposed to envision myself in it and enjoy it the day science can turn me into a Gorilla will be the day I can truly enjoy this DKC games as well its bananas

[@JoakimOtamaa]

​@@DanielGonzalez-vo5niTo go on with your Nintendo references, if only I was a hot, blond woman fused with bird alien DNA to enjoy Metroid games. Too bad that I'm a guy with long dark hair and beard and a screw attack tattoo.

[@JoakimOtamaa]

I'm also Finnish, so that means I can't enjoy anything outside my country and language according to the left and if I don't, I'm a bigot and an istaphobe. Can't win with these munters.

[@rutgerhauser2377]

"There's only ever gonna be one blade" He called it...

[@mad_max_82]

Ayyy 4:29 "ok that's enough" I'm dead! 🤣🤣🤣

[@beowulfsrevenge4369]

There is only one Blade. Wesley Snipes.

[@Rang5500]

A blade without snipes is like the Hellboy films without Ron Perlman

[@SKBSKBSKBSKBSK]

Which is totally fine.

[@kaydee4296]

Ugh...🦍👹. Can't STAND to see his mug anymore.

[@shabba213]

Perlman has TDS so no big loss

[@Thomasmemoryscentral]

@@SKBSKBSKBSKBSK Age is a factor and the current crop of deluded writers and directors.

[@DoubleClefFm]

Amen

[@JayFulcanelli--111]

At the time I wasn't even aware Blade was a 'comic book movie', I just thought it was entertaining as hell

[@justforever96]

I had no idea of that either. I thought it was just a interesting character. Although i don't think i ever really watched it. Not fully it when i was sober anyway.

[@jogsi1558]

The comics are better

[@Audiomajik]

@@jogsi1558 Not the earlier ones. Eventually though; yes.

[@jogsi1558]

@@Audiomajik no i'm right

[@brichan1851]

Okay, the plushies are a must have! I’m ordering.

[@SqueakingLion]

"Stop and think about that for a moment... okay, that's enough." Whew... thank you! My brain was starting bleed a little bit there...

[@billbored8277]

I'm so happy to hear this. Blade is a special movie to my wife and I. When we got our first apartment together, and the place was empty, we scrounged up a couch, and really went out on a limb financially to buy a TV and a DVD player. We were so excited, and what was the first DVD we bought? Unanimously decided on Blade. We still have it too. Good memories.

[@Anwelei]

That’s so sweet!

[@sexistspaghettios]

"We scrounged up a couch" 😂😂😂 I just thought that statement was funny. The idea of just "scrounging" a couch together lol. No shade intended. 🙏🏻

[@SheldonAdama17]

Original Blade: “Someone’s always trying to ice skate uphill.” Disney Blade: “Uhhhh… it’s bladin’ time!”

[@mackychloe]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍👍

[@xgray2012]

*"There's only been one Blade. And there's only ever gonna be ONE BLADE!!!"*

[@TheMegaOnyx]

The Blade formula is: One black badass, two scoopes of pistols, one dash of katana, a drizzle of vampire lore, a tsp of daywalker ash, a hand of class and the cherry into the mix, a franchise that cool and fun... Did i miss some in the recipe?

[@davidblue819]

The chick. There is always a good-looking chick in a Blade movie and the chick is in a SIDE role. A SIDE role. Whistler is more important to Blade than the hottest of hotties needing his help or trying to seduce him.

[@SC-dm1ct]

A bit of the old ultra-violence.

[@StallionStudios1234]

You now also require transgender non binary actors that identify as turtles and cats.

[@TotalNoob86]

the shades, man. don't forget the shades

[@sidmccloud]

Nope

[@SpectralSound.]

Imagine the state of hollywood if they cant fucking make a movie about a vampire hunter.You know...something they could in 98.

[@xipheonj]

Something they did over, and over, and over, and over again successfully even. It would be like screwing up an Assassin's Creed game set in Japan with literal shinobi. Oh...

[@FuckGoogle2]

Vampire Lives Matter

[@matsug5704]

"Made Batman look like a rings of power superfan" Fuking loved that, lol

[@andrewcharles6489]

I want another Wesley snipes blade movie. Seeing him in deadpool was so damn refreshing because he practically fit right back into the role

[@rena4050]

Old Blade.

[@timebomb42]

"There's only ever gonna be one blade" I could not have been the only one that heard that line and thought "so that movie is never happening." Seriously, it seems like God doesn't want this movie made at this point.

[@BillyHarvey]

Because He's got standards.

[@CaptGuts1945]

Loved Wesley as Blade. When I saw him in Deadpool, it was mindblowing.

[@AdzzieMac]

His entrance was badass 😎⚔

[@KristianRobertsen]

5:01 that's it, there's never going to be a better use of that quote, ever. You win.

[@TheRantyRider]

Balls, I was hoping WS would reprise the Blade role, perhaps like the 'Old Man Logan' after DP3...and partnering with the very in shape Electra!

[@MALØR.34]

Imagine trying to explain to your child in a few years that this movie single handedly lead to Captain America wielding Mjolnir.

[@matthewmagda4971]

oh, revisionism...

[@chucksenhowzen9740]

Some Mötherfûckers are always trying to ice skating uphill!

[@DigitalNeb]

I am so shocked. Look everyone, this is my shocked face.

[@danielclark-hughes692]

I am shocked, _shocked!_ Well, not _that_ shocked...

[@victorcharles27]

😮

[@josephsalmonte4995]

Awe you guys. Properly had me chuckling 😂

[@jord38629]

Imagine if they somehow got Jordan Peele to be the director of the Blade reboot. Now THAT is something

[@Bilski86]

“Some muthafuckas still tryna skate uphill” Ain’t that right Wesley?

[@mail96]

Deadpool 3 proved that Wesley IS the only Blade. They should definitely give him a Logan style send off movie.

[@dendrien]

you need to be reminded that Wesley was only a short camio in another franchise. meaning doesnt require much to be good. problem here is a 2 hour movie with just Wesley

[@65MaX73]

@@dendrien The real problem is new generation writers and new generation audience. I went to watch Deadpool and Wolverine with my 22yo cousin, and she was bored cause she couldn't get any reference, had no clue who half of the characters are, but she enjoyed the violence and RR's performance. And new generation writers will probably make something mid at best which noone will enjoy

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

The guy is 60. No thanks.

[@sharpshooterjames8891]

@@65MaX73well considering how successful dp&w did in theatres with all those references, I think they can easily do a Snipes Blade movie that can be successful despite the new generations not understanding Edit: hell, I’m only 2 years older than your cousin and I understood the references throughout the movie

[@mail96]

@@dcmastermindfirst9418 Mahershala Ali is 50 and they wanted to use him.

[@_unknown_guy]

His Blade roles is as iconic as the one in Demolition Man. Simon Phoenix was such a fun character.

[@scotthoward1265]

My Man!

[@pauld4138]

I still wish I could get my google home to respond to "illuminate! de-luminate!"

[@Svante]

Hope Snipes gets the chance to play Blade again. Seeing him kick ass, in Deadpool 3, showed us, that he's still the perfect Blade.

[@corpusvile1]

Five years before The Crow and nine years before Blade, we also had The Punisher with Dolph Lundgren that I gotta say, delivered in the gritty violence stakes. Anyway, good riddance to this, Wesley is Blade and that's all there is to it.

[@Paulafan5]

I know I'm in the minority, but that was my fav on-screen Punisher. It was a b-movie, but a really good b-movie.

[@corpusvile1]

@@Paulafan5 Yep, I only revisited a couple of months ago and it still holds up today and I prefer it than the Thomas Jane one actually.

[@BeanoTubes]

Yep! Was great back then and still is now!

[@metoo7557]

IT's better for them to make no movies than to make propaganda.

[@JohnSmith-wo2fz]

Metoo.. they've always been propaganda. You're just noticing it now because the propaganda has changed it's messaging.

[@JonathanGaeta]

I’d say the same for all of Hollywood. Movies are sh*t now and there’s nothing original and unique about movies anymore and it’s been like that for decades. It’s time for Hollywood to throw in the towel, we would be better off without Hollywood movies. I know it sounds harsh but it’s true.

[@catchavibe8418]

Blade has to be a black ripped martial artist in real life that's also an actor. not just an actor, and this new guy is built like a string bean. We would see a potential replacement already in other movies right now, but seeing as we don't, we probably will never get another real blade. Sure, they can get somebody to act him, but the physicality is a big part.

[@xeroprotagonist]

'Never' is a bit too pessimistic, I think it's possible a few years down the line there'll be a new young action star who makes it big and people will say 'this guy would be perfect as Blade' and it'll get someone at Disney to restart production with a more solid plan. Also, we might get an offbrand version of Blade that serves as a proper spiritual successor to the originals now that the Disney project is officially on indefinite hold.

[@reedr7142]

Agreed. These characters should not be swapped. I don’t want to see a white, or female, or pudgy, or beta, etc. Blade. Please just stop, Hollywood.

[@glennwatson3313]

@@reedr7142 I will bet a million dollars they never make a white male Blade.

[@reedr7142]

@@glennwatson3313 i’d bet a trillion. The only characters that are allowed to be swapped are male, white, and/or straight.

[@catchavibe8418]

@@xeroprotagonist again if this person was on the up and coming we would already see them in some other small movie if it was going to happen in a few years but there is no one that fits the bill. in movie history who can even play blade? Wesley Snipes, Michael jai White, Bruce Leeroy, Chadwick Boseman. Thats 4 people in all of cinema history that are black, in shape to do athletic movement, are martial arts experts, and a actor, and could look of blade. if you don't meet all that it's going to flop and that type of person as just stated is less than 1% of actors as I just pointed out. So it's highly improbable, your too optimistic. Or will just let someone not up to par do it, which factually to a fanbase is unacceptable.

[@NessDog311]

The reason I think The Blade trilogy are so good, or at least the first 2 movies, are because they’re straight up vampire movies and not a marvel movie or a comic book movie in my opinion.

[@cornflakeshumunculus8373]

“There’s only ever gonna be one blade” -Wesley Snipes

[@DontKnowDontCare6.9]

"People will act like there's only one iconic line from Blade... And so theyll pretend there was only ever one line from Blade.." Cue Deadpool looking to camera.

[@OffendEveryoneImmediately]

They want to replace him with a skinny homosexual

[@igodreamer7096]

90's-Badass-Edgy gods are protecting Blade from Disney-Marvel nonsense!!! 🙏

[@davidmurphy8364]

I was looking forward to Blade facing his most dangerous enemy yet…Racism 😂

[@The_Haruspex]

"The vampires aren't the real bloodsuckers in this town! You've got to do better senator!"

Oh, you could toy with it so readily. Vampires sarcastically remarking how racism is an exclusively human evil. "You all bleed red." And Blade retorting "We're all (nasty word) to you."

[@jamesb6087]

Can you blush?

[@Borgassmord]

Blade's most fearsome enemy was the IRS.

[@matthewquach2705]

​@@The_Haruspex You've got to step up!

[@realeala]

If mcu does bring back blade, they should hire Scott Derrickson to write and direct it and make it the first mcu horror film

[@TheCebulon]

That was a very sad “go away now”. Poor drinker. We suffer with you.

[@Komaeda_kura]

"There's only been one Blade. Only ever gonna be one Blade."

[@dendrien]

i disagree. theres only one blade because the writers and the productions all about maximize profit with the least amount of effort as possible on top were currently live in the wrong era for reebot or anything productive.

[@CosmicIsStoned]

​@@dendrienno one gives a shit.

[@justinowens8834]

I can't wait to see the Blade trailer drop with Jack Black jumping off a stepping stool, looking into the camera, and saying, "I'm Blade!"

[@cheeks7050]

I never thought Blade was a marvel superhero, I just thought he was his own fantasy universe.

[@MEKKANNOID]

6:15 He's fifty? _fifty_ ?! Man looks younger tan me and I'm not even thirty...

[@lennyztrobos8678]

Makeup is magic

[@tygarner7731]

Dude, for real. That’s impressive

[@outlaw-_-9815]

Black dnt crack…. Unless you smoke crack

[@julesjma]

Black don't crack.

[@PeterMasalski93]

Blade 1 was an amazing film. Wesley killed it in that role. That new guy looks like he just came off the set of "American Society of Magical N&&&roes"

[@amarcellus1714]

I think that is unfair to Mahershala Ali. He is a great actor and seemed really passionate about this. Oh well, just another screw up by the MCU.

[@gambeanoo]

I liked Blade 1 and 2 thought they both were badass. 3 is more of a guilty pleasure movie lol.

[@PimpythePurple]

@@amarcellus1714 He still doesn't fit the aesthetic. Specially not in the promotional art.

[@Daemonik]

Ali is a great actor, but the wrong pick for this role. He played Cottonmouth in Luke Cage (Netflix), Phoenix in Alita Battle Angel and just _oozes_ presence and charisma. Green Book is a "historical docu-drama" and one of my all-time favourites. *BUT* he's not an action star. He never had a chance of living up to Wesley. He's perfect for a scheming mastermind type, but not a sword-wielding bad ass.

[@defeqel6537]

@@amarcellus1714 he is way too old for the role, just get some late 20's actor, who knows some martial arts, to play the character

[@seraphinberktold7087]

It's just wonderful how those Blade one-liners fit into the Drinker's video so nicely. They fit like a glove.😊

[@F0XRunner]

What great news! I hear Rey's new movie is also on the chopping block. I've never been so excited to NOT see a movie.

[@kingpatriot]

Westley snipes is blade plain and simple

[@MrBeauGator]

There will be”never” be another.

[@andrewneedham3281]

I don't know; I prefer Wesley Snipes. If you're gonna fanboy over someone, at least spell their name correctly. Otherwise, you seem like a bot.

[@JosukeSimp]

☝️🤓

[@PapaLegba2207]

exactly

[@walibough]

The number of writers going in and out felt like we were about to get a Blade STD

[@statickk14]

There is only one Blade, Wesley Snipes

[@BenVara]

At the first mention of a period piece, I thought it was going to be a 1970s send-up of exploitation flicks. That would have been a truly bold move.

[@deepzone31]

That would have entertained at least.

[@DontKnowDontCare6.9]

The script doesnt make sense and showed how Black Rock Disney writers have no knowledge of their source material. Blade's birth is listed as 1929. When he grows up as a 20 year old adult (like an ordinary human/dhampyr) the story will be well into the early 1950s at least.

[@davidho5447]

If I wanted a period piece, I'd watch Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.