Was NOT ready for *BLADE*! Movie Reaction FIRST TIME WATCHING

[@davida.j.berner776]

"She's got a leather coat; she's in...!" Jen showing a perfect understanding of vampire lore! 😆

[@chrisvillanueva4756]

Wait till she sees Selene :)

[@ShawnRavenfire]

And 90s movies in general!

[@GhostWatcher2024]

Blade in disbelief to the cops shooting him: "MFs are you out of your damned mind?!!" 😂😂😂😂😂

[@emilywilhite5807]

The delivery of that line is perfection.

[@Captainslow556]

And they run off immediately

[@JadenAlexis]

I think he kinda broke character there! :)

[@SuperSky9]

@@JadenAlexis Actually, The actor actually broke characrter to deliver that line

[@Dillpicks95]

This was the movie that saved Marvel from bankruptcy and helped pave the way for the MCU. Wesley Snipes was such a badass as Blade, he was born to play this role and definitely check out Blade 2 it’s even better.

[@3Kings_Industries]

And Blade 3 has Dracula & Ryan Reynolds !!!

[@PauloHernandezXD]

Yep. This movie paved the way & it didn't rely on tropes that we see in almost every assembly line cape flick these days, no offense to the people that like them. Ironically it was using 90's tropes like leather trench coat/sunglasses & martial arts before the Matrix lol

[@PauloHernandezXD]

@@3Kings_Industriestbh, a lot of fans of the Blade movies consider III to be the worst, but Reynolds is still fun in it lol

[@Parallax-3D]

@@PauloHernandezXD- If it were’t for Blade 3, we wouldn’t have had Deadpool. Ryan was unaware of Deadpool, but someone else told him he would be perfect for the role after seeing him in Blade 3. Ryan then read Deadpool comics, and in one Deadpool says that under his mask he looks like a cross between Ryan Reynolds and a Shar-Pei. That did it for Reynolds, and he spent the next 11 years trying to get Deadpool made.

[@kirkcasteel7070]

Technically this wasn't the first marvel movie the first marvel movie was actually Howard the duck

[@jimclayson]

"Blade" (1998) was the first legitimately SUCCESSFUL Marvel movie, paving the way for the X-Men and Spider-Man franchises and the more recent Avengers-centric MCU... and it saved Marvel's bacon at the time, as the company was in dire straights financially. As for how "faithful" an adaptation it is... not especially faithful to the source material of the time, but that's how it usually goes with comic book adaptations. The original character first popped up in "Tomb of Dracula" #10 (1973). His mother was killed by Deacon Frost (who wasn't quite a "standard" vampire himself) while pregnant, so that much pretty much tracks... but Blade wasn't a half-vampire so much as just being immune to the effects of vampire bites. He used wooden (teak) knives to kill vampires, hence the name "Blade." Since the movie versions popularity, he's been retconned and morphed to fit the movie version more closely. The movies only work because Snipes committed to the part. He MAKES these movies.

[@3Rayfire]

I will say this Blade tracked fairly closely to the Blade that appeared in the Fox Spider-Man cartoon only a couple years earlier during the Morbius arc. He seemed to be a Dhampir in that continuity, with his mother remaining human until later becoming the Vampire Queen and his father being a vampire. He seemed to have a laser sword, probably solar or something. Not UV though.

[@shadowone01x99]

Brilliant breakdown... I will add that Blade movies retcon IMPROVED on the original Blade from the comics and i am glad the comics absorbed the Blade movies version.

[@jimclayson]

@@shadowone01x99 I found it to be a mixed bag. They basically took Blade and added most of Hannibal King's powers to him, but without King's weaknesses, turning Blade from a C-lister to someone who could take on the Avengers. I don't hate it, when it's done right, but it certainly doesn't fit with the '70s style horror comics where the average vampire was a legitimate threat to an entire team of vampire hunters. Wesley Snipes was just so unremittingly badass in the role, however, that I can't really object. He made it work.

[@shadowone01x99]

@@jimclayson Yeah... A much welcomed UPGRADE for Blade. And give how vampires have been portrayed over the last 20 years, it was a smart move. Additionally, i also love the captivatingly sleek aesthetic added to Blade from that haircut, tattoos, shades, sword with its own boobytrap, long leather coat, blade-arang (hehehe), etc. All this effort gave legitimate and welcomed credence of validation to the retcon. Given the portrayal of supernatural creatures over the last 10 years in terms of intersectionality of supernatural creatures in media where several series have have vamps, lycans, witches, demons, druids, etc in the same story/plot , i think Blade needs another upgrade whereby Marvel expands Blade's repertoire from hunting only vampires to hunting ...evil... supernatural creatures. This will expand Blade's skillset, gear, character interactions and challenges. To have Blade restricted to only Vamps would be a gross injustice,frankly an insult to fans and ....in my opinion... would make it difficult to pull in new fans in today's era who grow up on Vampire Diaries, The Originals, Underworld franchise, Buffy + Angel series, Teenwolf, True Blood, Charmed, etc.

[@number3665]

@@shadowone01x99 They did that in the 90s. With the Nightstalkers and the Midnight Sons. Blade, Hannibal King, Morbius, Ghost Rider, and sometimes Punisher, Whistler, Wolverine, Doctor Voodoo, Moon Knight, Scarlet Witch and many others. They fight all manner of occoult/ supernatural threats. I think the team still exists in comics today but it would be nice if they had a good adaptation for live action.

[@IgnorantCrayon]

"Some motherfers always trying to ice skate uphill" is one of my favorite quotes and is surprisingly useful in everyday life.

[@MLJ7956]

Blade (Wesley Snipes) makes a cameo and a reference callback to this line in Deadpool And Wolverine 😉

[@ensvenskateist3564]

@@MLJ7956 Spoilers is not always a good thing.

[@thesofahippo4055]

Absolutely useful in everyday life. That, and "catch you fuckers at a bad time?" always gets my vote

[@jimparis5073]

Now we’ve had “some motherfuckers are still trying to ice skate uphill” 😂

[@Dylan_Platt]

Still can't believe Blade said nothing in that moment in the script. Snipes knew there needed to be a cool line there and came up with it himself.

[@docrob2236]

“Catch you fuckers at a bad time?” Is still one of the best lines ever.

[@RedmoonIndustries]

I love this line, got to use it in a D&D game once, it was epic.... the only other line that even came close was "I'd give real money if he'd just shut up"

[@MasterCommanderBastid]

💯

[@thesofahippo4055]

Totally usable in everyday conversation too.

[@Whalewraith]

Some MF are always trying to ice skate uphill is my favourite.

[@Whalewraith]

​@@RedmoonIndustriesMcCoy?

[@MelaniePoparad]

I love when people watch this movie not knowing it’s vampires. The bloodbath scene is absolutely horrifying.. live rent free in my head. Haha

[@OmegaSoypreme]

I forgot how great the dialogue is in this film. Whistler's, "But you're so big," cracks me up! 😂

[@DavidLopez-qi8hb]

“There's only one Blade! There's only ever gonna be one Blade!”

[@DzeiEidz]

That was such a good line. The "new Blade" will flop badly.

[@michaelross1452]

Unfortunately Wesley Snipes embodies Blade. He was a bad ass prior to that role. And owned it. He like Robert Downey Jr are their characters.

[@djashley2002]

​@@DzeiEidz it might not now. Let's just say that there's rumours...

[@CrowVWade]

I said that about heath ledger as joker. And Christian Bale Batman. Joaquin Phoenix was amazing and Robert Patterson was too. So, they’re could be other blades.

[@colinmackinnon696]

*slowly faces the camera*

[@MangoPango1973]

That's Wesley Snipes' apex, but Kris Kristofferson is also badass like hell here.

[@FlankerB3]

Yeah. Kris was badass here. But he was iconic in Convoy.

[@MangoPango1973]

@@FlankerB3 Breaker Breaker One Nine. Of course, Convoy is one of my most beloved road movies, together with Vanishing Point. But Kris was also stellar in Michael Cimino's Heaven's Gate.

[@FlankerB3]

@@MangoPango1973 agreed. Also in Tom Clancy's Net.Force

[@biguy617]

The sequel is directed to Guillermo Del Toro. He directed Pan’s Labyrinth, Shape of Water and the 2 Ron Perlman Hell Boy movies. Great director.

[@namelessjedi2242]

Seeing Blade in the theater was one of the best moviegoing experiences of my life. The audience was so into it, and reacting at all the right moments in the right ways. Awesome movie, and Snipes was so cool as Blade!

[@Maldraek]

The interesting thing about this movie is that, at this point, there was actually very little source material for the Blade character. He had mainly been a supernatural guest character in the greater Marvel pantheon. I think he had barely had his own comic, and even that run had been cut short due to lack of interest. The success of this movie revitalized both the character and Marvel comics in general, and Blade has been a fan favorite ever since.

[@MrBreezeLI516]

Correct. I had no Blade comics (if they even existed?) early 90's, and ONLY after the movie did we realize thats who was in the Spider-Man animated series; we knew Snipes, for sure, but as this Marvel entity it was an afterthought, felt self-contained. Added to the impact as it was out of literally no where..😮

[@Whalewraith]

He was an antagonist for Dracula in the old Tomb of Dracula comics and had a 70's afro kind of look. Can't even remember if it was a period piece or simply being published in the early 70's makes it look like a period comic.

[@bartonabrams3433]

To help clear it up Blade “started” in Tomb of Dracula but quickly got moved over to NightStalkers. It was basically a supernatural detective agency with Hannibal King ( a vampire in remission, still craved blood but didn’t need it, played by Ryan Reynolds in Blade 3) and a descendant of I believe VanHelsing. The series didn’t run long in the 70’s but was reintroduced in the 80’s/90’s under The Midnight Suns line. Blade got pretty fleshed out but was still basically human. He didn’t “become” the “Daywalker” until after the first movie. Last I checked on the character he was ruling the vampire nation and was much closer to being a vampire at this point with some mind control and shape shifting along with his abilities from the movies

[@mmattson8947]

I remember Blade from "Doctor Strange" 61 and 62 comics (1983). Dracula trying to get the Darkhold tome for god-like power! Roger Stern was one of my favorite Marvel writers. He loved taking these often forgotten characters (both hero and villain) and giving them some serious time in the story. Stern created the Blade/Drake/King detective agency (also in the Doctor Strange bi-monthly comic book), which years later in the 90s became the Nightstalkers comic.

[@Whalewraith]

@mmattson8947 was that the one where they killed all the vampires? Even going as far as to print Draculas death certificate? I believe they meant it at the time feeling the 70's horror boom was done and dusted. I used to love those cheesy Hammer Horrors.

[@thebigdentist251]

Director Stephen Norrington went on to adapt another comic book property in 2003, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, which proved such a trying experience that it persuaded Sean Connery to retire, and Norrington has never made another movie since. After Norrington failed to show up for the LXG premiere, Connery was asked where he might be, and famously answered, "Check the local ashylum" (works best if you imagine his accent).

[@MasterCommanderBastid]

😂That’s awesome. I was always intrigued by the style of that film. I learned something today

[@chrismcfetridge620]

I actually Quite liked it!, and I have heard that they are going to try again..No word on any cast yet..

[@chrismcfetridge620]

If They Do Finally get to make a "New" Blade Movie eventually, I Doubt it will be as cool as this one, you should also check out "Spawn" .😉🎬

[@o0pinkdino0o]

Having read the source material, that movie is a travesty. Both artist Kevin O'Neill and writer Alan Moore are savants and created something truly unique and utterly bonkers. You can't make that material as a PG-13. It just did not work.

[@leighmonty13]

Thanks

[@jenmurrayxo]

Thank you! 😎👍

[@TheMadAfrican1]

Snipes really doesn't get enough credit for his performance. You could see his pain when he found Whistler. When he gave him his gun.

[@shadowone01x99]

Blade SAVED and re-invigorated the entire Superhero live action industry. ALL live action superhero/comicbook adaptations we have had after 1998 is all thanks to Blade.

[@photomatt11]

Blade day walked so the MCU could run

[@baddodo72]

Pffff....Blade run so fast, future MCU could not ceep up.

[@EfrenQUlloa]

Love your reactions Jen!! FYI...the red head female vampire at the beginning who guided the naive guy into the vampire club is former adult star Tracy Lords. She started doing those films illegally but since quitting that career path has been in several movies mostly horror flicks and has earned the Fangoria award and also been in T.V. shows such as "Married...with children", "Roseanne", and "Melrose place".

[@eolsunder]

true, but still a porn star. the rest doesn't matter.

[@thaistomp]

Deacon Frost, the king of swag. This is the best comic book movie hands down. Dope reaction.

[@3Rayfire]

The guy has such smooth and easy charisma. Never so much that he didn't come off as a dick, but cool enough that you can see why he's the leader of his faction. He had vision, drive, and style.

[@reggiebrown9508]

"Some M'fers always tryin to ice skate uphill" top 10 movie line of all time.

[@TheTangothrax]

👍

[@Brasc]

That was a line that Wesley Snipes came up with himself during a line read while eating dinner.

[@matthewsuchomski2593]

and apparently, as of 2024, they are *still* trying to ice skate uphill...

[@adarael]

I came to post this, saw you'd done it already, not even mad. SUCH a line.

[@russelturner5771]

No doubt! can you blush.

[@waynestanley498]

Wesley Snipes' look was so cool that they changed the Blade character in the comics to match him.

[@maxducoudray]

To be fair, this happens for all successful comic movies (and video games).

[@waynestanley498]

@@maxducoudray Yes, but it only sticks if it's really bad ass. I can' count how many costumes changes Batman and Spider-man have but they always come back to their original look, but the cool changes become that character's new look.

[@RetroRobotRadio]

That pretty much happens after any comic movie.

[@waynestanley498]

@@RetroRobotRadio Maybe, but it only sticks around for a short time unless the look is totally fucking bad ass.

[@realamericannegro977]

Yep to this day the comic Blade matches and they never went back. I heard the original Blade comics are really good too.

[@Dillpicks95]

Hey Jen, sorry I wasn’t able to attend the premiere today. I wasn’t feeling the greatest, I hope you are having safe travels and congrats on 1.1k in the chat 🥂 you deserve it, this was a fantastic reaction.

[@jenmurrayxo]

Thanks D!

[@TheFlash60]

​@@jenmurrayxo my top 10 favorite comic book characters are 1. Deadpool/Wade Wilson 2. The Flash/Wally West 3. Dr. Strange/Dr. Stephen Strange 4. Nightwing/ Robin/Richard "Dick" Grayson 5. Thor Odinson 6. Green Arrow/Oliver Queen 7. Wolverine/James Howlett /Logan 8. Beast Boy/Garfield Logan 9. John Constantine 10. Blade/Eric Brooks

[@BoboftheOldeWays]

Biggest change from comics to movies: in the comics, Blade is British. Imagine how different this would have landed if Wesley was delivering his lines in a London accent.

[@rogermooretibbetts5310]

Oh come on now. Britain is much bigger than London. Sheesh !

[@BoboftheOldeWays]

@@rogermooretibbetts5310 Blade is from London.

[@rogermooretibbetts5310]

@@BoboftheOldeWays I know he is, no offence was meant. Just my quirky British humour, True Believer.

[@TarisSinclair]

Ah, London-born Blade in a movie? Blade: (pulls a plastic bottle in a threatening manner) Vampire: "You're not gonna do anything to me with some water." Blade: (in London accent) "It's a bo'le r'of 'oly wa'er, you monumen'al wanker."

[@d112cons]

That song when Blade walks into the J-Bar? Always was a banger, always will be!

[@michaeljames6817]

Stephen Dorff as Deacon Frost was maybe the most iconic villain of the 90s. This movie was so cool when it came out.

[@Ian-xx1xb]

So happy to see this performing so well 🔥 dmytro did a fantastic job editing this one and Jen did what she does bringing us an outstanding reaction . Love all the blade movies but truly hoping for an underworld reaction soon 🔥💙

[@jenmurrayxo]

Thanks Ian! ☺️👍

[@Enthymene]

Whistler was made up for a blade crossover in an episode of the animated spiderman tv show and was SO beloved that he became canon in the films and comics.

[@vagabond142]

0:05 In both a direct and indirect fashion, Blade is responsible for the creation of the MCU. It was the first "modern" comic book movie that was successful, and started the little snowball off the top of the mountain that became Marvel Studios

[@anthonycameronnajera8471]

This is NOT TRUE!! The film was never marketed as a comic book movie. It was a vampire movie. X-Men and Spider-Man are the catalysts for all comic book films since.

[@asssassyn]

​@anthonycameronnajera8471 it is true that's why the Marvel banner is on it.

[@vagabond142]

@@anthonycameronnajera8471 I never said it was MARKETED as a comic book movie. I said that the movie is indirectly and in some ways directly responsible for the eventual creation of the MCU. Read my comment again carefully and point out where I said it was marketed as a comic book movie. You can't, because I didn't. Because of Blade, for those who knew and/or read the comic books, it started the buzz that it was a "serious" comic book movie unlike the joke the Batman movies had become by then. For those that didn't read the comic books or know it was a comic book movie, it was a damned good vampire flick. Blade was the snowball from the top of the mountain that started to roll downhill, picking up the X-Men and Spiderman, both with the rights acquired by Sony BECAUSE they saw how well Blade had done in the box office. When that boulder reached the bottom of the mountain, it spawned the MCU and Iron Man 1, all because Blade (and X-Men and Spidey) showed them that it could be done successfully.

[@radwolf76]

"Matrix Jump"... Matrix was doing Blade Jumps because this movie came first. In fact, outside of Howard the Duck in the 80s, and some Captain America serial movies in the 40s (which really only used the name and uniform and nothing else from the comics), this was the first Marvel film to get a theatrical release in the US. There had been some other direct-to-video features in the 90s for Captain America and The Punisher, and a Fantastic Four movie that was made and never officially released, but Blade proved a Marvel character could work on the big screen for domestic audiences. Everything else follows: the 2000s Spider-Man and X-Men films, and the MCU. Also there's an alternate deleted ending which teased at another vampiric Marvel character, Morbius. We could have had morbin' time nearly a quarter century earlier than we actually got it.

[@o0pinkdino0o]

I loved Dolph Lundgren's Punisher as a kid as it had an awesome triad gang in it. That and Showdown in Little Tokyo were two of my fave Triad movies.

[@dennislopez1272]

You forgot Doctor Strange had a made for TV movie in the late 70's.

[@radwolf76]

@@dennislopez1272 I also didn't list any of the post-series Bill Bixby Incredible Hulk made-for-TV movies because they were strictly Television. At least the 90s Cap and Punisher got theatrical international releases.

[@dennislopez1272]

@@radwolf76 Yup. I grew up on Electric companies Spiderman. Bixby and Lou Hulk series was my thing growing up, too.

[@FlankerB3]

There was a crappy Captain America movie in the 80s also.

[@moneybags1482]

“Hey man, thanks for the shades” freaking love that line

[@kevinL5425]

Blade’s sidekick is played by actor and musician Kris Kristopherson. He wrote the song “Me and Bobby McGee”. Another movie he is in is the 1989 sci-fi show “Millennium” which you would probably like.

[@jaypainespotter]

He was also a member of the Highwaymen that also included Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash.

[@arnelilleseter4755]

@@jaypainespotter Now that's a supergroup. Every one of them is a legend.

[@Biorythym]

Blade originaly wore a brown leather jacket, a bandolier of stakes, green goggles, and a big afro...his only power back then was immunity to vampire bites, he didn't become "the Daywalker" until less than a decade before this movie came out

[@CyclopsScott]

LOVE this movie. The opening is damn near iconic. The sequel is SO FUN, and Trinity has it's moments. Also, you've got to get Passenger 57 onto the docket!

[@JeffreyBruce-r9k]

The character Blade comes out of a very cool 70s comic called Tomb of Dracula. In the 70s Marvel did a horror comic phase. In addition to Dracula, there was Werewolf By Night, Son of Satan, Morbius the Living Vampire, etc. I don't think the original Blade had vampire powers, but the character is still in print today I believe.

[@jeffthompson9622]

Thanks, Jen, for sharing your reaction to another film I've liked since I first saw it in the theater.

[@DavidRobinson1978]

In the comics Blade was basically immune to Vampire Bites and a skilled swordsman and martial artist but later on he gained the powers he has in these films via Morbius who bit him

[@oli9881]

it's Bladin' time

[@Jackalblade9]

If you want to go back even further, he used carved wooden knives as his weapons.

[@adambump5297]

Slight correction Blade started off as Human who was immune to Vampire bites and hypnosis then his Origin Story was retconned to make him a Dhampir a Half-Human Human-Vampire now Morbius did bite him at some point but he wasn't the cause of Blade becoming Dhampir it just made him a bit stronger.

[@kaz8649]

Also, blade is British

[@User8vfjhejf]

I saw this in the theater in 98, was a huge hit

[@jeffthompson9622]

I'm glad that "Blade" wasn't spoiled for you, and that you liked it. This wasn't a character that I followed in the comics.

[@steved1135]

Nice Jen. The true beginning of the MCU. Without this, we'd have nothing...

[@razorsfury6519]

It is absolutely not. This was a New Line Cinema productions. That studio was owned by TBS/Time Warner at the time this movie was released. Iron Man was the actual beginning and it released a decade later.

[@tyharris9994]

You are forgetting Howard the Duck!

[@steved1135]

@@razorsfury6519 lol

[@razorsfury6519]

@@tyharris9994 lol As a kid i loved howard the duck but unfortunately, most others didn't agree!

[@likecrazyhorse]

​@razorsfury6519 According to the latest MCU movie, this one has been retconned to being the first MCU movie. Second season of Loki means that everything that happened in different realities are now part of the main timeline.

[@Raiders-4-life]

I still get mad when I hear people say Black Panther was the first Black Super Hero in cinema. Every time I am like hey stupid not even close his name is Blade and he is the real OG badazz.

[@whovegas]

Meteor man...but as far as comics its Spawn. But Blade the god damn man

[@brianjones7907]

If Wesley Snipes had got his wish back in 1990 he would have been the first Black Panther but sadly he was unable to get the rights...

[@JustAnotherGamer-no3.94m]

All three of these Blade movies are awesome, and they deserve to be preserved in the MCU. PLEASE let the next Blade movie be a part 4!

[@colinfraser7150]

I loved this movie when I saw it. Surprised and excited you were as blind as you were, always a great time watching your reactions! Keep up the great work!

[@Gundam944]

There's a deleted scene that showed that Pearl exclusively fed on children. That's why the lady roasted her and why Blade showed concern for the teenage looking girl who turned out to be a vampire.

[@richardw64]

I wish now that I had watched it when it came out. Never even saw the ads. Thanks for the preview, Jen.

[@CyanideSublime]

Awesome video, Jen. Keep it up! 🤙🤙🤙

[@MetastaticMaladies]

Jen NEEDS to react to Interview with the Vampire, that is if she has t already, I tried looking and couldn’t find anything so I’m assuming she hasn’t. It’s probably my favorite vampire movie, it’s a great watch and I think she’d really enjoy it

[@lethaldose2000]

Hey Jen, Blade was one of the first superhero movies to take the comic book material seriously and treated them with adult themes. -------- The success of Blade gave Hollywood a blueprint to have huge profits following the source material, maintain adult themes and incorporating the tortured back stories. -------- Nuff respect to Blade and Wesley Snipes for laying the ground work for darker superhero flicks.

[@44excalibur]

Wesley Snipes originally wanted to star in a Black Panther movie, but the studio didn't want to make a Black Panther movie because most Hollywood studios in the 1990s believed that audiences didn't care about any Marvel characters other than Spider-Man. The studio agreed to make Blade instead because he was a Marvel Comics character who didn't wear spandex and didn't look like a superhero.

[@chrisleebowers]

It was his studio. They put two years into Black Panther, when through several directors and a dozen writers. They decided they didn't the *budget* for it, and opted for Blade instead.

[@TheTangothrax]

No offense to Boseman and his work but I'd say Wesley Snipes got the better role here

[@44excalibur]

@@chrisleebowers I'm sure he could have gotten the budget for a Black Panther movie if there was a studio willing to back the movie. Blade was produced by New Line Cinema.

[@haroldcruz8550]

CGI was still at it's adolescence the movie would have been a hell of expensive to make it look good,, it would have bankrupt them. They made the right choice.

[@Scallycowell]

Realizing this is the first time I’ve heard you swear. Radical.

[@jedlogan392]

Yes, as an old comic book man myself the first two blade movies were pretty faithful to the comic book origin story and his basic powers and abilities. This movie which was made a year before the matrix was supposed to be a concept sort of movie for marvel entertainment to see if, superhero movies could work and could be profitable. It’s hard to think of anybody other than Wesley Snipes being blade, but marvel is supposedly considering rebooting the movie with another actor. Thanks again Jen. This was a great review and I love your reactions so much. Keep up the good work and fun content. 🎉🎉

[@orarinnsnorrason4614]

One of the coolest hero movies ever made. And the intro to the main character might very well be the best ever, at least top 5. And btw Snipes did all the fighting himself.

[@waterbeauty85]

You like action movies, so I think you'd enjoy Wesley Snipes in "Passenger 57." It's a pretty fun ride.

[@flrrb]

I had the joy of seeing this in the theater with my dad one lovely Saturday afternoon. It was great fun!

[@roberthunter4884]

You need to see #2-3 now. They made a tv series also. Blade first appeared in 1973 as a support character in the 1970's Marvel Comics: Tomb of Dracula. Wesley had gotten in trouble with the law over tax issues and had to serve a short sentence, the Marvel people decided not to reprise his role as Blade, they felt it would show them in a negative light, which is bs when you think about how many actors have done jail time and have multiple arrests for far worse crimes. Wesley was Blade, he brought the character to life like no one else could. Mahershala Ali will play Blade in the reboot (it's going to suck - no pun intended). He will be making a cameo appearance in 2024's Deadpool & Wolverine. Anyway, loved the review, love you, take care and stay safe ❤️

[@altaclipper]

"What kind of people are these?" is the funniest line ever. Thank you.

[@s.c.sanchez1610]

Originally, Blade was a human vampire hunter who appeared in Dracula comics. Credit should be given to screen writer David Goyer, who contributed a lot to how the character is portrayed today. Whistler is actually an original character created by Goyer. Even before the movie came out, Marvel let the film version of Blade, along with Whistler, appear in the old 90's Spider-man animated series so it was easy to believe this was always how the character was portrayed. Marvel would later update the character in the comics to be more in line with his big screen counterpart.

[@dennislopez1272]

Great reaction, Jen. As far as the source material goes, I couldn't imagine anyone else playing the character. Wesley was made to play this role. Looks exactly like the comic book. When Blade first made an appearance in the comics, he was a little different as far as powers go. Not too long after, to make his character more super-hero centric, they gave him all the vampire abilities. The personality is a little different in the comics. Hes a little more snarky and not as serious. Whistler is in the comics as well. He was not super popular though. This movie gave the character a renaissance with comic readers. This was the first Marvel studios movie that became a hit and single handedly saved Marvel Comics. Interestingly enough, most movie goers had no idea he was a comic book character. Comic book movies were kind of made fun of at the time. People thought it was very nerdy. Sorry for the essay.

[@dylanhopkins5934]

Wesley was definitely a perfect Blade. Was it faithful to the source material?... Eh kinda? The comics actually took more from the Blade movies than the other way around I feel. Like his look for example. Blade didn't originally look like this, but because the movies were so good and Wesley looked so cool, they started to model the character after Wesley. If you liked this movie, then you'll love the next one. I HIGHLY recommend checking the sequel out. You can watch the rest of the trilogy after too if you want, but the 3rd one's not as good as the first 2.

[@SynDreasIV]

You movie review was awesome and so fun sis! 😎 I remember watching this when I was growing up back in the 90's. These were some good and memorable times of my childhood when superhero movies like this came out.

[@o0pinkdino0o]

In the Blade comics Eric was a cockney from London ! As you love Wesley Snipes there are two which need to be on your list ; - White Men Can't Jump - Wesley and Woody Harrelson as 80s fast talking and wise cracking street basketball hustlers - King of New York - grimy 90s crime thriller with Wesley as one of many cops (David Caruso from CSI in his finest hour) with Walken, Larry Fishburne and Steve Buscemi as high rolling drug tsars.

[@caldwellkelley3084]

Great Reaction! Thanks Jen!!!

[@archangel0891]

If you watch the alternate ending Jen, you see a shrouded figure observe Blade & Karen exit the blood god temple. That shrouded figure was intended to be Morbius (The Living Vampire) but Norrington made that scene not knowing he was a Spiderman character and Sony had the film rights to him thus it was cut. Jared Leto would play him in the movie Morbius decades later

[@LightStreak567]

Morbius was a villain to both Spider-Man and Blade. Marvel heroes can share the same villain, case in point, Kingpin is an adversary of Spider-Man, Daredevil and The Punisher.

[@archangel0891]

@@LightStreak567 of course they can share and jump around comics however its definate when it comes to tv and film rights. Morbius film rights were sold along with spiderman to sony where they remain to this day. Thats why new line couldnt use him in Blade. Hes a shrouded character in the deleted scene to tease but when they realised they couldnt use him it was deleted, avoiding rights violation

[@Chockys234]

Action, comedy, drama, horror, and Wesley Snipes killing vampires in style. What more could you ask for? "Blade's Theme", of course, masterpiece for all the young ones that in the 90s we were looking for how to burn the dancefloor. And of course we burned it.🤣

[@k.delpino1124]

The beginning of Marvel's golden age on film with the first character of the comics to have a box-office smash. The 2nd Rated-R movie for a Marvel character after The Punisher (1989). Undoubtedly the first, real kick-a** Vampire movie. Following his first mainstream appearances on Spider-Man:The Animated Series (1994-1998). From the darkside of the Marvel Universe, inspired by blaxploitation films (a la' Shaft & Blacula) and debuting 50 years ago in 'The Tomb of Dracula' comics as one of Drac's many foes. Prior to being casted as Blade, Wesley Snipes as actor/producer was involved with developing Black Panther (at the time, a Sony property). Frustrated with how to make BP, he received the BLADE script and said yes to it. Snipes had never known that Blade or Black Panther were both from Marvel. The director Stephen Norrington (effects background) did a great job with this. Stephen Dorff (The Gate, SFW, Immortals) doesn't get enough credit as one of the best vampire villains on screen. The blending of everything in this film is phenomenal. His origins to the world he's lives, breaths and hunts in. No expense spared on blood, gore, suspense, action and drama. Cool merch with the prequel comic, Blade #0 to the soundtrack by TVT records and the PS1/Game Boy Color games. The Blade trilogy was written by David S. Goyer (Man of Steel, The Dark Knight Trilogy). Part 2 (2002) is great and Part 3 (2004) is controversial. At the end of the day, it's great to see more love and appreciation for the Daywalker.

[@h.4315]

If you liked the vampire themes of Blade, you'd might enjoy _Underworld_ starring Kate Beckinsdale which spawned a franchise telling the story of a long-running war between Vampires and Lycans (shapeshifting werewolves). The late 90's and early 2000s was filled with vampire-themed films. Another film you might be interested in is Daybreakers starring Ethan Hawke, which is a sci-fi thriller. I think people's thirst (pun intended) for vampire themes probably also contributed to Blade's unexpected success and the revival of Marvel.

[@leighmonty13]

The look on your face when you realised it was a vampire 🧛‍♂️ movie 😂 and the head bopping during the dance song 😂we all do it.thanks for doing this one its one of my top favourites.

[@grizofferuss]

The Underworld movie series is fantastic. William and Marcus.

[@tonysmith5504]

All three of them are good in their own ways

[@MOSESJESSE]

Thanks for the video! Haven’t seen this since ‘04.. still a great watch.

[@C76Caravan]

That soundtrack esp. the bloodbath rave is iconic... And Jen is pumping as well

[@animistchannel]

Thanks for the reaction video. That movie is definitely a cool-beans graphic novel style fun ride that's worth shouting back at along the way. I'm enjoying your channel /videos when I can catch them. You bring a context-wise smart sense to these things. Thanks again, and I hope you have a great week.

[@andrewblanchard2398]

01:12 & 16:01 & 36:54 that blonde & the other blonde later on at 16:08 were supposed to have bigger speaking parts but because ENGLISH was their second language , those lines went to DONAL LOGUE as QUINN & that's also why he wasn't killed off after BLADE set him on fire

[@kuhpunkt]

why do you write like this

[@andrewblanchard2398]

​@@kuhpunkt 2 reasons my typing style my tablet much like me phone messes up long sentences by misspelling and cramming words together like this my typing style is like this because that's how I typeon comments sections so it all fits asa pattern

[@kuhpunkt]

@@andrewblanchard2398 dont do that

[@bobdeleon3826]

Best line. "If 2 vampires have a baby, they have a vampire baby, hmm" 😅😅😅 I loved it

[@GenghisDon1970]

love this movie, glad u enjoyed it too Blade in the comics became much like this, but he started out pretty differently. 70's & Blaxploitation era in his OG Tomb of Dracula days under Wolfman(writer) & Colan(artist). His origin is the same though, vampire Deacon Frost kills his mother, and Eric is born, survives, and has vampire enzymes in his blood (which made him immune to bites/infections originally, later he was given the full dhampyr effect, although power creep is VERY standard for comic book characters)

[@chrisgonz9963]

Jen Murray one of The Best You Tube Reactioners

[@nluna75]

The original ending had Morbius on top of a building and Blade going after him.

[@k.delpino1124]

Still can't believe that to this day.

[@ВиталийВасильев-н3с]

Me too 😅😂​@@k.delpino1124

[@pravusprime]

There is only one Blade. There will only ever be one Blade. I saw all these in the theaters and enjoyed them all. Also, first ever bullet time (as this just beat the Matrix to the screen) in a movie.

[@The_Kiosk]

Blade led the way. Without Blade, there would be no Patrick Stewart as Professor X.

[@lodrbyroni]

#12 on the cd for the soundtrack is the blood rave song. Its like 10 minutes of awesome, used it as my workout music all through high school.

[@Shadi092986]

Great time to start on pre-MCU movies, Jen! I hope you’ll check out 2003 Daredevil and 2004 Punisher after this.

[@k.delpino1124]

director's cuts only. better and more tolerant than the theatricals.

[@manoz6194]

I love the fact that you didn't know it was a vampire movie. I like reactions when the reactors know as little as possible.

[@andrewblanchard2398]

36:35 😂 JEN out of his way puny henchmen 37:02 to 37:27 😂 JEN'S reactions

[@Shadowace724]

Two things, this is considered the beginning of the Marvel Cinematic Universe but it really was Howard the Duck. In my opinion while this is a great flick, I actually thought Blade 2 was a better movie and highly recommend. Great reaction Jen!

[@hanng1242]

Prophesied vampire god defeated by SCIENCE! The Wesley Snipes version of Blade has become the character. The original from the comics had an afro and was on top of '70's street fashion. It was blaxploitation - with superheroes and vampires.

[@kevinlewallen4778]

My favorite part was Jen showing off her ponytail expertise at 29:44. :)

[@TheQuietTimes]

This came out a full year before The Matrix, and it DEFINITELY inspired The Matrix more than it gets credited for. Even" bullet-time" kind of made it's OG appearance here.

[@maxducoudray]

I’m not arguing for love of the Matrix (I like Blade much more), but likely the Matrix was in production before this movie released. So I doubt you can be certain of an influence.

[@thebigdentist251]

@TheQuietTimes A lot of people say this for some reason, but a CGI slow motion bullet does not bullet time make!

[@k.delpino1124]

@@maxducoudray that's right. The Matrix was since 1995. Blade was since 1996.

[@blechtic]

For the Matrix bullet time they had to develop a rig that took perfectly timed individual photos with separate cameras. Must have been fun setting up and focusing the cameras and transferring those photos into continuous motion.

[@maxducoudray]

And then the Matrix camera technique inspired the video game Max Payne, which is where I recall the term “bullet time” itself comes from.

[@AlexApproBAT]

Very glad you enjoyed this and interested in seeing more. I really hope you check out the sequel and although the third film isn't as good, it's fun in the right light.

[@Ian-xx1xb]

Oh man I didn't think there was a premiere today 😢 , hope everyone had a fantastic time because this reaction is awesome 😎 at least I can leave a comment and a like 🔥💙🔥💙

[@Dillpicks95]

Hey Ian, I wasn’t able to stay for the premiere cause I wasn’t feeling the greatest but I stopped in for a second and saw that there was over 1.1k in the chat.

[@marcuszaja6589]

Great Reaction! Happy you liked Blade. IMHO part two is even better. If you want to watch more vampire movies, I recommend „Underworld“ and „Underworld 2“ 😉. EDIT: That cool guy is Kris Kristofferson, a country singer who starred the trucker movie „Convoy“ from 1978 which you might also like ☺️.

[@Enthymene]

29:33 I love that Quinn and Frost seem like genuine friends. I imagine they were friends before they were turned.

[@sethball2475]

Blade debuted in a Marvel Comics series called Tomb of Dracula, in the 1970s. His first appearance was in issue # 10. Tomb of Dracula ran for 70 issues, and Blade was a popular supporting character, along with a reluctant vampire named Hannibal King, and a woman good with a crossbow named Rachel Van Helsing. Blade often fought Dracula, but his quest was to find the vampire who had killed his mother. I was too young to have been there for when issue #10 landed - but I bought Tomb of Dracula #42 when I was about 11 years old, mainly because of the really cool looking guy on the cover, although he was in a bit of trouble falling into a pit of spikes. I instantly became a fan of Blade, and when I was old enough to go downtown to comic book specialty stores, I would buy any Tomb of Dracula issue that had Blade on the cover. If the issue was part of a longer storyline, I would of course buy other issues. And I did for a time own #10. The story arc where Blade and Hannibal King finally track down Deacon Frost - the vamp who killed Blade’s mom during childbirth - took place in issues 45-53. These are some of my favourite comics, although Dracula is still the star of his own comic, and Blade’s subplot comes second…until of course everything merges, and all characters come together for a grand finale. In the comics, originally, the angle of having Blade’s mom back as a surprise vampire was not a factor, though that was a brilliant idea for the film, and originally Blade was really a normal guy with fight skills, and lots of wooden knives (not silver). Hannibal King had a, uh, stake in things, because Deacon Frost had bitten him and made him a vampire. The best issue of Tomb of Dracula that put the solo spotlight on Blade was #58; Blade, mission fulfilled, wondering what to do with his life. But of course, there’s always another vampire problem… Blade was created by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan, writer and artist, and two of my favourites. Colan’s art was always perfect for Horror comics. Marv Wolfman will likely always be my favourite comic book writer; when he split from Marvel, I basically followed him over to DC comics, where he saved that troubled company from a bit of a downturn, by recreating the Teen Titans series along with a terrific artist. So, suddenly they had something besides Batman. Meanwhile, the first Blade film basically saved Marvel from a serious financial problem. They had filed for bankruptcy with sales way down and a billionaire making a bid to acquire all properties so he could split them up and sell them piecemeal. Fans worried if their favourite heroes would no longer be meeting in comics due to being owned by various companies (ironic, given what happened later, in the films, for a while…). The Blade movie came out and did well in theatres, but cleaned up in video sales and rentals. Before that, in the 1980s, when I was still young, there were rumours of a Blade script, a Blade project. Marv Wolfman said he hoped it happened, and was keen on Carl Weathers for Blade. I thought that was a great idea. Then I heard nothing…and then suddenly, years later, I heard a Blade movie was being made. Spider-Man was tied up in court battles over who actually owned the film rights (very complex situation), but people, many of whom had never heard of Blade, wondered why this character?! Then, I read a magazine article by a reporter allowed on the set, and the reporter had written that his doubts were vanishing, the costume was VERY impressive, Wesley Snipes was looking amazing in the scenes filmed that day, and the rest is history, And before that, Snipes had been in talks with Marvel to play a superhero. They gave him Black Panther comics, and comics featuring Blade. Snipes considered Black Panther, but it was felt that the budget in play could not do such a project justice. He committed to Blade, and here we are! Most people cannot conceive of anyone doing this role better, and I would agree. I think one commenter said they changed Blade in the comics to match the film. To the best of my recollection, a Blade comics series had debuted and ended some years before the film came out. I think it ran for 10 issues, and I would say the basic look that was introduced in that short-lived series was similar to what they went with in the film, though with more of a blue/black tint to the outfit, than just the black clothes. Wooden knives gave way to silver, and more variety in the weapons. I have a very clear memory of the time-line on this, but if someone begs to differ I’m open to correction. Marv Wolfman tried at one point to sue Marvel for the rights to characters he created for them while he worked for them. He tried to obtain the rights to Blade, and one of my other favourites, Nova. My understanding is that the courts sided with Marvel, on the basis that even though Wolfman co-created them during an era when creators had very little power to control their creations when under the umbrella of large companies - and rules, rights, and attitudes had changed when it came to rights of original writers and artists mattering more - the courts said Marvel had done so much with the characters, going beyond any original vision and storyline, that Marvel would be allowed to keep the characters. I did not know the above, when I emailed Marv Wolfman right around the time the Blade film came out, to congratulate him. I’m not sure if he had attempted to acquire his creations by then, but whether he he had or not I sent him a passionate email thanking him for Blade, Nova, Bullseye, my favourite Spider-Man comics ever #s (182-200), and his wonderful run on Fantastic Four. I said it was so cool that Blade was first, that Blade had somehow beaten Spider-Man to the movies. I don’t know if my comments had a bittersweet sting, but Mr. Wolfman emailed me back to thank me, and said it meant a lot to him.

[@andrewblanchard2398]

BLADE 3 turned RACHEL into ABIGAIL WHISTLER for some reason

[@sethball2475]

@@andrewblanchard2398 Oooo, spoilers. Don’t look at me, I didn’t do it. Anyway - the Van Helsing movie from around then made Marvel stay away from the name, to avoid confusion.

[@marcwright8395]

Definitely need to watch the next one

[@JS-wp4gs]

If you want to see more vampire stuff i'd recommend the strain. It was made by the same guy who wrote blade 2 and loosely based on the more parasitic vampires from that movie

[@Victory-in-YAHUSHA]

The humor in this movie is top notch. It made it all the more enjoyable.

[@mikemartin8461]

Absolutely two of the perfect people to play the roles they played Wesley Snipes playing Blade and Michael Jai White playing Spawn

[@candyshop84106]

Jen....Liked the sound you made when Blade Cut Frost in Half after the Ritual.. Jen Says: OOHHHH!!, Oohhh??.. LOL.. Had to play that scene again..😁😎

[@rayzen119]

Damn, i had forgotten how cool Blade was. Glad i rewatched today. xD

[@migstig8023]

I think the 14 dislikes must be from upset vampires.

[@Felix-misc]

"See you later, vampire Bible." You're probably the first person in history to utter that phrase 😉