Everybody calling Black Panther "the first black superhero movie" seems to have selective amnesia when it comes to the Blade trilogy, Spawn, Steel, Catwoman, and if you want to include them, Meteor Man and Blankman. When Spawn came out, we were excited because it was a movie with SPAWN, not because he was a black character. That just didn't seem important to anyone in 1997.
Behind the Scenes Photos Most people knew Black panther wasn't the first black super hero to appear on screen. He was indeed the first to appear in mainstream comics
True, the claim is most likely only from people who are new to superhero movies, though they should have heard of some of the earlier ones (I forgot Hancock in my initial post) since the Blade movies were a big deal at the time and Catwoman and Steel have reputations that keep them from becoming too obscure. The marketing and articles making Black Panther's race such a big issue is where the confusion seems to come from; which made the movie sound more groundbreaking than it was, and leading some to assume it was the "first black superhero movie" when it was really just the first solo movie for a black hero in the MCU continuity.
I think the point people were actually making is that Black Panther was the first massive budget and tent pole black super hero movie aimed at general audiences. Also the first with a largely black creative team and staff behind it. Basically the whole production team - Director, writer, etc. Important to remember is that Blade was made for older audiences Black Panther was made for a much wider audience that included kids/ so this was the first large, wide market and accessible black super hero movie
Wesley Snipes improvised that "Ice skate uphill" line, and the director had no idea what it meant. They just kept it in because it sounds cool. And that's BOOM a bonus thing you didn't know.
Well, you almost singlehandedly take a nothing franchise and turn it into gold-jerry-gold. Then at the 3rd movie the studio decides to cut you out of the decision making process because they'll take it from here. Yeah, I'd shit on their lawns too.
I mean, yea, Snipes is a great actor, but I think you're giving him a bit too much credit, yea, he starred and even helped produce the movie, however, he wasn't there alone. There were 4 other producers along side of him. And he certainly didn't write the film, that was done by Goyer. Can't argue too much about the studio meddling though, that pretty much always ends badly.
The alternate ending with Jessica and Ryan was supposed to introduce a spinoff franchise staring the two. I think it was supposed to be called Nightstalkers.
Blade is by no means a hero. At best he is anti-hero or a vigilante. He just wants to wipe out out vampires and could care less about who they kill. He is in many ways similar to the Punisher.
An anti-hero is not about what they do but instead the why. Blade, Punisher, Ghost Rider, and Daredevil are excellent examples of anti-heroes. They are all about their own motives; be it vengeance, personal vendettas, or just a rampant urge to punish. A hero protects, saves, and looks to set the scales of justice to balance. Luke Cage, Black Panther, Captain America, and Spiderman are excellent hero examples. They grow and change too. Deadpool even starts as an anti-hero. It's not about doing good, it was for money or because he loves killing.
I can’t believe people haven’t figured out David s Goyer was the problem. The more control he got over the franchise the worse it got, & everything Wesley complained about was what people hated about blade Trinity. David s Goyer wasn’t even a producer on the first movie, but jumped to being an executive producer for blade 2. I also think his role in the Dark Knight trilogy was PURPOSELY overstated, because compare his writing credits to Christopher Nolan pre Batman begins, & it looks strange. Christopher Nolan is credited as a producer of Man of Steel & batman vs Superman, but I don’t think he actually had anything to do with those movies. I think him being credited on those movies was just an apology for being forced to share writing credits with David s Goyer.
Blake Williams David may have been a problem but saying Wesley wasn't is just wrong. He wouldn't open his fucking eyes for Christ sake and didn't want to work alongside Ryan Reynolds. Talk about a douche bag.
Maverick Shaq You DO understand that the actors are directed by directors, yes? That (aside from Snipes not doing what he was asked to do) their performance is based on what they're told to do, and work from there. Of course, they do many, many takes of the same scenes, over and over again, and the editors /director decide which takes to use in the end. Basically, your beef isn't with Reynolds, it's with the director and editors. Now Jessica Biel, on the other hand, is a terrible actress.
It drives me crazy that Goyer is always credited as "the writer of The Dark Knight". He even said himself that he can't believe his name is on something so good. He should only be known as the director of Blade Trinity.
Joshua Wiljanen Announcer 🗣 David S Goyer, Writer/Director of the worst entry in the Blade franchise, & Writer of that horrible Nick Fury movie starring David Hasselhoff that nobody remembers.
"Give Frost a message from me! Tell him that it's open season on all suck-heads!" "The world you live in is just a sugar-coated topping. There's another world beneath it - the Real World!" Snipes had some of the best lines in the whole trilogy. XD
In Wesley’s defense, BLADE TRINITY was just a horrible film. Guillermo Del Toro directed an excellent BLADE 2... they should have brought him back. And I’m sorry, he has a point... the first 2 BLADE films had a more diverse and multiethnic cast. And the chemistry between the actors was more believable.
Yeah, plus as a fan of the source material, Trinity went completely off the deep end. Yeah, the first Blade took some liberties, but it was a great, well acted film so it totally earned a pass. Blade 2 had almost zero connection to the comics, but it was once again well directed, well acted, and chose to embrace the mythos the first film created (which actually worked). Theeeeen along comes Trinity. It bastardized the shit out of what the Nightstalkers really were, went with the cliched plot of "let's kill Dracula to stop all vampires," and the acting was way too campy. Reynolds works 110% as Deadpool - in this movie though he clashed with the atmosphere the previous films set up. If I were Snipes, I would've done everything I could to distance myself from that film. It literally ruined the legacy of the franchise.
They did ask him to come back. He declined in order to make Hellboy. They also asked Blade's director Stephen Norrington to return. He declined as well due to retiring after The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
Trinity's cast was chosen based on talent, not external features like skin colour or ethnic background. Racists like you and Snipes have always ruined things by throwing tantrums because the colour of someone's skin isn't what they want, so you and him basically ruined the Blade series because of the skin colour of the cast....
The Nightcrawlers base was the McBarge, a McDonalds restaurant barge that was a thing for the 1986 Canada fair. But after the fair they couldn’t use any more due to cost and left to decay in the middle of a lake. After it was used for Blade Trinity it was back where it was to rot some more. Then in 2016 it was finally saved, and in 2017 it’s been announced it will turn into a Deep Sea Museum.
Maxi eggeling when I heard how horrible it was when it came out I never bothered watching it. Life is too short to waste on garbage movies. I didn’t even like the second one all that much. First movie was great!
Problem is, unless Snipes' attitude has mellowed over the years, I don't think anyone really wants to try another run at him as Blade. On a side note, it's good he passed on Black Panther, because if he was upset at the amount of white actors/actresses in Trinity, could you imagine him having to work on Civil War+Infinity Wars 1 and 2? If the tales from Trinity are true, he'd jump ship so fast, Quick Silver would seem like Blob. *But,* I could be wrong☺.
I saw Blade in the theaters six times. I also bought the novelization (the very first purchase I ever made on a little online bookstore called Amazon.com) and I also took my cassette recorder into the theater to record the audio so I could listen to the movie all over again when I was home.
Stephen dorf was great as Frost. Thought they put a lot of thought into Vampire history and their nihilistic attitude was exactly how Vampires should be. Also how they exaggerated the ADDHD , don’t upset the herd society we have become.
It’s a mark of how good the editors of “Blade Trinity” are at their jobs that the movie is as enjoyable as it is. Ryan and Jessica really sell their characters, Parker is smug but without any real threat, Dom is properly terrifying as Dracula, and Triple H is... well, Triple H with fangs.
Man, I remember how conflicted I was about Blade II. On the one hand I disliked that it felt so much different from the first one, but then the world building, the characters and the plot took me in. I'm a sucker for the "Rage against the Heavens" plot :-)
Blade 1 was cool. Blade 2 was okay. Blade 3 sucked. I always found it weird that after the credits roll in Blade 3 it just says "Word" at the end. I always thought that was directed at Snipes, and it was probably because things didn't go well during filming.
Here is a bonus one. OK a lot of fans know this one, but their might be some that don't. Another endingg for the first Blade film had another set up for the sequel. A scene that was shot but didn't end up in the film had Blade end up on a rooftop with the main female character and they see another vampire in the distance in daylight. This was Morbius the character we recently saw on the big screen. But in the Blade film was played by the director. The director of the first film wanted Morbius to be the villain in Blade 2.
The first Blade was awesome (some effects don't stand up today) it was edgy, action-packed and fun. But I always get the other 2 mixed up on what happens in each movie (kind of like the Underworld movies).
Knowing that the production of Blade 3 was full of turmoil I still think the movie ended up being very entertaining even though a lot of people didn’t like it. I happen to be one of the people who still enjoyed for what it was. Things make a whole lot more of sense. I really liked this episode of “Things You Didn’t Know” and I hope you make a Part 2.
Blade 1 and 2 were absolutely phenomenal... definitely one of the best vampire genre action films ever!! They should have just stopped after part 2 and waited.... 3 definitely wasn't worth conceptualizing
Thank you Cinefix, I tell people these stats all the time before I watched this. I was literally smiling and nodding my head throughout this entire segment.
+PhoenixFelix And? You'll note I didn't say *Every* Superhero movie. They are exceptions though, not the rule. Also both Logan and Ragnarok are so loosely based on their previous films they don't really count as the third act of an ongoing narrative.
Logan isn't exactly a Trilogy ending. That was something of a byproduct spinoff from the Xmen. Don't forget hi last films we'ren't good. Captian America ... That's a pass. Thor... pass i guess. It felt like a spin off as well then a sequel but whatever.
you cant pick and chose what a trilogy is lmao Logan was a sequel to Wolverine which was a sequel to Origins. its a trilogy. Ragnarok and CW are the third story in their characters arcs. making it a trilogy. just cause theyre in a bigger series also doesnt mean they arent trilogies. but Dark Knight Rises was excellent, honestly kind of hard to follow heaths joker and overall impact of Dark Knight. but it was a strong end.
Can we all please agree that both David S Goyer AND Wesley Snipes were at fault during Blade Trinity? The script was terrible and Goyer's direction was... Even so, the movie may have been a bit more bearable if Snipes had brought his A-Game. It's what actors do. Act to the best of their ability and they will be praised even if the movie's crap. Instead, he helps the movie crash and burn.
Yeah I don't really get why people take sides, Wesley is definitely just hardcore being a drama queen and Goyer was not good for the movie either. Honestly the main thing that saved it as a bearable movie was Ryan Reynolds comic relief. Jessica Biel did a good job but she didn't get a whole lot of lines, her fight scenes were good though.I would agree that they definitely could of hired more than just a bunch of white actors. The first 2 was very diverse and I think it helped the movie.
Blade made my childhood great and I enjoyed the movies I couldn’t care less about what happened behind the scenes I’m just glad Wesley snipes did a great job on film
One little thing: Blade was not Goyer's first comic/superhero film. The Crow City of Angels was two years earlier.. Miramax and Weinstein interfered and ruined his vision leading to him disowning it sadly but it is his first superhero film.
Good vid. Loved the blade series. Snipes is such a douche. My mom and dad met his double from us marshalls and even he said he was a douche. Tommy Lee's double said Tommy was cool as ice tho.
No, Blade is from 1998, Spawn (August 1, 1997) is the first black superhero movie, followed by Steel (August 15, 1997) with the great Shaquille O'Neal. Later on Hancock with Will Smith was a superhero movie with a black protagonist. African american superheroes were a thing before Black Panther, but SJW weren't a thing, so nobody felt the need to make a fuss about it, they were just enjoying (or disliking) the movies :)
The Meteor Man could have been. Starts off decent and trails off towards the end. Blankman is pretty funny and creative. It's an early Wayans brothers film.
Blade is my number 1 favorite superhero in the Marvel Universe. His obscurity can be a blessing since it becomes more about the story and less about commercial merchandising.
Bonus Fun Fact: BLADE did the "great leap" and "bullet dodge" a year before THE MATRIX. Of course we can argue which one did it better... but why argue? They're both awesome! Now it's time to break out BLADE and THE MATRIX blu-rays... You know, the movies that have no sequels.
Trinity gets a hard time, but it's really not that bad. It's a shame to hear how Snipes acted on set, probably ruined some chance of seeing him return. Snipes as blade is to this day the most badass character in marvels inventory imo. Black Panther has nothing on him...
It would be amazing if you and the team checked out our fan film based on Erick’s story as he becomes Blade !! We are dropping something tomorrow for the anniversary! Hidden Vault is our channel!! Daywalker Blade Origins is the video !
You missed out on the popularity of Blade's revamped look, origin and story arc in 90s Spiderman animated series was the reason they though they should a Blade film
I remember watching the first one in 1998, still think it's really good, disregarding some of the badly aged visual FX! The second one was one of the best sequels I've ever seen up to that point, not far off X-Men 2. The third one was all over the place.
I keep seeing ppl in this comment section who continue to berate Snipes for the tax evasion that he paid for with jail time! And that’s been 6 or so, years ago!! That being said.... I don’t know if Snipes is a jerk or not IRL...,but I love Blade!
When i saw blade 3 in the theaters, the ending was him on the motorcycle. BUT the speech in the end was completely differant then the one that made it to dvd. King said that blade, tho not killed by the virus, was sent into a coma like sleep, , ,until the world needed him again.
Did you really need to censor that one-liner? Come on guys, it's one of the best bad hero one-liner's in history, it deserves to be heard in all it's glory.
Yall should do a "things u didnt know about death race" packed with action and tasty hoots, maybe a review of the franchise with more action and tasty hoots
Funny he didn’t mention the TV series. Granted, it didn’t have Wesley Snipes, but this was probably for the best. Sticky Fingaz did a decent job as Blade anyway, and the show did have a pretty charismatic villain - a suave British vampire in a nice suit, who is adored by the people of Detroit. Even Blade’s new assistant can kick some vampire ass, despite being Asian and nerdy.
Everybody calling Black Panther "the first black superhero movie" seems to have selective amnesia when it comes to the Blade trilogy, Spawn, Steel, Catwoman, and if you want to include them, Meteor Man and Blankman. When Spawn came out, we were excited because it was a movie with SPAWN, not because he was a black character. That just didn't seem important to anyone in 1997.
Behind the Scenes Photos Most people knew Black panther wasn't the first black super hero to appear on screen. He was indeed the first to appear in mainstream comics
True, the claim is most likely only from people who are new to superhero movies, though they should have heard of some of the earlier ones (I forgot Hancock in my initial post) since the Blade movies were a big deal at the time and Catwoman and Steel have reputations that keep them from becoming too obscure. The marketing and articles making Black Panther's race such a big issue is where the confusion seems to come from; which made the movie sound more groundbreaking than it was, and leading some to assume it was the "first black superhero movie" when it was really just the first solo movie for a black hero in the MCU continuity.
Totally agree. I dont care if the hero is purple as long as its a cool character. Lol
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I think the point people were actually making is that Black Panther was the first massive budget and tent pole black super hero movie aimed at general audiences. Also the first with a largely black creative team and staff behind it. Basically the whole production team - Director, writer, etc. Important to remember is that Blade was made for older audiences Black Panther was made for a much wider audience that included kids/ so this was the first large, wide market and accessible black super hero movie
OMG Blade is 20 years old :/
Can we slow down time please? Just a little bit...
Starting to feel old yet?
Use the time stone. 😂😂😂
Mahershala Ali is the new Blade! What do you guys think?
Wesley Snipes improvised that "Ice skate uphill" line, and the director had no idea what it meant. They just kept it in because it sounds cool. And that's BOOM a bonus thing you didn't know.
first Blade is classic
The first ten minutes of Blade are the best action scenes ever filmed.
Saving Private Ryan and Apocalypse Now are waaay better
i Love blade but calm down there buddy
I love Blade, but Blade 2 surpassed it in every facet.
@@Mineirovsky War movies ARE Not the same type of movies, you're in a different genre.
I wouldn't say they're the best but the editing of the action scenes do make them stand out.
Passive-Aggressive Post-it Notes. XD
XD is that a gordon ramsay reference?
Its really disappointing to hear that Wesley was pretty much acting like a spoiled drama queen during the production of Blade 3.
Exactly what I just commented on. Never meet your "heroes". Always saw him as a badass dude and it turns out he's just a diva.
Well, you almost singlehandedly take a nothing franchise and turn it into gold-jerry-gold. Then at the 3rd movie the studio decides to cut you out of the decision making process because they'll take it from here. Yeah, I'd shit on their lawns too.
I mean, yea, Snipes is a great actor, but I think you're giving him a bit too much credit, yea, he starred and even helped produce the movie, however, he wasn't there alone. There were 4 other producers along side of him. And he certainly didn't write the film, that was done by Goyer.
Can't argue too much about the studio meddling though, that pretty much always ends badly.
I think blades "motherfuckers are always trying to iceskate up hill" seems to apply to himself
well TBF, he had Tax Evasion to worry about
I freaking love Blade
AngelRed Medina Hello!
I feel you its fucking awsome
The alternate ending with Jessica and Ryan was supposed to introduce a spinoff franchise staring the two. I think it was supposed to be called Nightstalkers.
I would totally watch that lol
Yeah. I just hate that Wesley think that the franchise is all about himself. What a selfish prick
Yeah they're the team that Blade is a part of in the comics. There is another member, and old guy, not Whistler, that gives them missions.
@@faizalf119 He thought that it was about the Blade character....not him. !
#1. It's the most underrated superhero movie ever.
Yeah everyone acting like Black Panther is the first good black superhero movie...I can almost hear Blade laughing ;)
Blade is by no means a hero. At best he is anti-hero or a vigilante. He just wants to wipe out out vampires and could care less about who they kill. He is in many ways similar to the Punisher.
And killing vampires is anti-heroic, but killing some aliens is heroic?
An anti-hero is not about what they do but instead the why. Blade, Punisher, Ghost Rider, and Daredevil are excellent examples of anti-heroes. They are all about their own motives; be it vengeance, personal vendettas, or just a rampant urge to punish. A hero protects, saves, and looks to set the scales of justice to balance. Luke Cage, Black Panther, Captain America, and Spiderman are excellent hero examples. They grow and change too. Deadpool even starts as an anti-hero. It's not about doing good, it was for money or because he loves killing.
Second best superhero movie ever, Blade 2 is also in my top 5. Criminally under rated movies.
I can’t believe people haven’t figured out David s Goyer was the problem. The more control he got over the franchise the worse it got, & everything Wesley complained about was what people hated about blade Trinity. David s Goyer wasn’t even a producer on the first movie, but jumped to being an executive producer for blade 2. I also think his role in the Dark Knight trilogy was PURPOSELY overstated, because compare his writing credits to Christopher Nolan pre Batman begins, & it looks strange. Christopher Nolan is credited as a producer of Man of Steel & batman vs Superman, but I don’t think he actually had anything to do with those movies. I think him being credited on those movies was just an apology for being forced to share writing credits with David s Goyer.
Blake Williams David may have been a problem but saying Wesley wasn't is just wrong. He wouldn't open his fucking eyes for Christ sake and didn't want to work alongside Ryan Reynolds. Talk about a douche bag.
Maverick Shaq
You DO understand that the actors are directed by directors, yes? That (aside from Snipes not doing what he was asked to do) their performance is based on what they're told to do, and work from there. Of course, they do many, many takes of the same scenes, over and over again, and the editors /director decide which takes to use in the end.
Basically, your beef isn't with Reynolds, it's with the director and editors.
Now Jessica Biel, on the other hand, is a terrible actress.
Flikz
Oh, I wasn't trying to defend Snipes, I was trying to defend Reynolds.
It drives me crazy that Goyer is always credited as "the writer of The Dark Knight". He even said himself that he can't believe his name is on something so good. He should only be known as the director of Blade Trinity.
Joshua Wiljanen Announcer 🗣 David S Goyer, Writer/Director of the worst entry in the Blade franchise, & Writer of that horrible Nick Fury movie starring David Hasselhoff that nobody remembers.
That is the best insult ever stated in a movie. Some motherfuckers are always trying to ice skate up hill.
Classic
Even though I have no clue what that means.
And it's been improvised by Snipes btw which makes it even better...
All this time I thought he said ice skate on the bill.
"Give Frost a message from me! Tell him that it's open season on all suck-heads!"
"The world you live in is just a sugar-coated topping. There's another world beneath it - the Real World!"
Snipes had some of the best lines in the whole trilogy. XD
Blade was da man
Blade II is one of the best vampire movies of all time
Bobby Knuckles no that's twilight
Apparently, you haven't watched very many vampire movies.
It's a good comic book movie, sure.
Pluto28 I’ve watched plenty of vamp movies. I just really like this one 🤷🏻♂️
Agreed
Blade II is that rare sequel that surpasses the original as Aliens did.
Blade is awesome!! Can't believe I still own the VHS lol
Mister Sweetness
Video Home System (video tape) -_-
lucky
In Wesley’s defense, BLADE TRINITY was just a horrible film. Guillermo Del Toro directed an excellent BLADE 2... they should have brought him back. And I’m sorry, he has a point... the first 2 BLADE films had a more diverse and multiethnic cast. And the chemistry between the actors was more believable.
Yeah, plus as a fan of the source material, Trinity went completely off the deep end. Yeah, the first Blade took some liberties, but it was a great, well acted film so it totally earned a pass. Blade 2 had almost zero connection to the comics, but it was once again well directed, well acted, and chose to embrace the mythos the first film created (which actually worked). Theeeeen along comes Trinity. It bastardized the shit out of what the Nightstalkers really were, went with the cliched plot of "let's kill Dracula to stop all vampires," and the acting was way too campy. Reynolds works 110% as Deadpool - in this movie though he clashed with the atmosphere the previous films set up. If I were Snipes, I would've done everything I could to distance myself from that film. It literally ruined the legacy of the franchise.
They did ask him to come back. He declined in order to make Hellboy. They also asked Blade's director Stephen Norrington to return. He declined as well due to retiring after The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
Trinity's cast was chosen based on talent, not external features like skin colour or ethnic background. Racists like you and Snipes have always ruined things by throwing tantrums because the colour of someone's skin isn't what they want, so you and him basically ruined the Blade series because of the skin colour of the cast....
blurelic4 yes
When I saw the third Blade it left me cold. Crap.
More Blade more Blade more Blade!
The Nightcrawlers base was the McBarge, a McDonalds restaurant barge that was a thing for the 1986 Canada fair. But after the fair they couldn’t use any more due to cost and left to decay in the middle of a lake. After it was used for Blade Trinity it was back where it was to rot some more. Then in 2016 it was finally saved, and in 2017 it’s been announced it will turn into a Deep Sea Museum.
Every die hard blade fan would probably agree that Blade 3 was horrible and should never ever be mentioned.
SpyengoEen very true!
Still better that batman & robin
I keep telling myself to watch the 3rd one again as I forgot some of the movie lol!! I’ll stick to the first 2.
I am a die hard Blade fan and as bad as the sequels are, I still prefer Trinity over Blade II. So watcha gonna do now?
Maxi eggeling when I heard how horrible it was when it came out I never bothered watching it. Life is too short to waste on garbage movies. I didn’t even like the second one all that much. First movie was great!
Blade Trinity was the 1st Blade movie to be Written AND DIRECTED by David S Goyer, But somehow it’s Wesley’s fault.
Preach
Exactly
Bonus thing: mike mignola (creator of hellboy) story boarded some of blade 2
They need to make a new Blade movie or at least a new TV series.
Wish Netflix would pick it up for a series.
Problem is, unless Snipes' attitude has mellowed over the years, I don't think anyone really wants to try another run at him as Blade.
On a side note, it's good he passed on Black Panther, because if he was upset at the amount of white actors/actresses in Trinity, could you imagine him having to work on Civil War+Infinity Wars 1 and 2? If the tales from Trinity are true, he'd jump ship so fast, Quick Silver would seem like Blob.
*But,* I could be wrong☺.
Umm there's an anime lol
Noooo fuck tv series but I do agree movie.
I see you in every comment section I go to. lol
I saw Blade in the theaters six times. I also bought the novelization (the very first purchase I ever made on a little online bookstore called Amazon.com) and I also took my cassette recorder into the theater to record the audio so I could listen to the movie all over again when I was home.
We ALL know which is the best in the trilogy.........Blade 2 😎😍
Demon Zangetsu - oh yeah. The Bloodpack was cool and the Reapers were the best villains.
I think 1 is better than just cause two me it was more groundbreaking.
Stephen dorf was great as Frost. Thought they put a lot of thought into Vampire history and their nihilistic attitude was exactly how Vampires should be. Also how they exaggerated the ADDHD , don’t upset the herd society we have become.
Blade 2 was Del Toros attempt at making the Strain instead of Blade
No it fucking isn't.
It’s a mark of how good the editors of “Blade Trinity” are at their jobs that the movie is as enjoyable as it is. Ryan and Jessica really sell their characters, Parker is smug but without any real threat, Dom is properly terrifying as Dracula, and Triple H is... well, Triple H with fangs.
Actually the first Cameo Stan Lee in a Marvel movie would have been the trial of The Incredible Hulk
Triple H was a vampire in that movie.
o yawp
HHH shoulda played Drake.
Blade > Black Panther
Not even a little bit
Movie-wise? Absolutely. Character-wise? I don't know enough about either to provide an unbiased opinion.
Eh..
"I ate a lot of garlic. And I just farted" That is so stupid funny! :D
ᅚNevermore they should do a blade Deadpool collaboration movie!
“Before blade “staked” his claim”...*slow clap*
That opening club scene in the first blade film is still the hardest and greatest intro to a superhero movie ever!
Man, I remember how conflicted I was about Blade II. On the one hand I disliked that it felt so much different from the first one, but then the world building, the characters and the plot took me in. I'm a sucker for the "Rage against the Heavens" plot :-)
Blade was like my grandmas favorite movie when I was growing up. She watched them all the time and would talk about them for hours! 😂😂
Great one Clint...I cant believe its been 20 yrs...here's to hoping you do 7 more Blade things.
Blade 1 was cool. Blade 2 was okay. Blade 3 sucked. I always found it weird that after the credits roll in Blade 3 it just says "Word" at the end. I always thought that was directed at Snipes, and it was probably because things didn't go well during filming.
Here is a bonus one. OK a lot of fans know this one, but their might be some that don't. Another endingg for the first Blade film had another set up for the sequel. A scene that was shot but didn't end up in the film had Blade end up on a rooftop with the main female character and they see another vampire in the distance in daylight. This was Morbius the character we recently saw on the big screen. But in the Blade film was played by the director. The director of the first film wanted Morbius to be the villain in Blade 2.
The first Blade was awesome (some effects don't stand up today) it was edgy, action-packed and fun. But I always get the other 2 mixed up on what happens in each movie (kind of like the Underworld movies).
Knowing that the production of Blade 3 was full of turmoil I still think the movie ended up being very entertaining even though a lot of people didn’t like it. I happen to be one of the people who still enjoyed for what it was. Things make a whole lot more of sense. I really liked this episode of “Things You Didn’t Know” and I hope you make a Part 2.
Blade 1 and 2 were absolutely phenomenal... definitely one of the best vampire genre action films ever!! They should have just stopped after part 2 and waited.... 3 definitely wasn't worth conceptualizing
Thank you Cinefix, I tell people these stats all the time before I watched this. I was literally smiling and nodding my head throughout this entire segment.
Twenty years on, Superhero movies still have trouble nailing the finale of a trilogy...
Thor: Ragnarok? Logan? Captain America: Civil War?
+PhoenixFelix And? You'll note I didn't say *Every* Superhero movie. They are exceptions though, not the rule.
Also both Logan and Ragnarok are so loosely based on their previous films they don't really count as the third act of an ongoing narrative.
Does Infinity War count? Or do we have to wait for the sequal and then count the Avengesrs films as the first superhero Quadriligy?
Logan isn't exactly a Trilogy ending. That was something of a byproduct spinoff from the Xmen. Don't forget hi last films we'ren't good. Captian America ... That's a pass. Thor... pass i guess. It felt like a spin off as well then a sequel but whatever.
you cant pick and chose what a trilogy is lmao Logan was a sequel to Wolverine which was a sequel to Origins. its a trilogy. Ragnarok and CW are the third story in their characters arcs. making it a trilogy. just cause theyre in a bigger series also doesnt mean they arent trilogies.
but Dark Knight Rises was excellent, honestly kind of hard to follow heaths joker and overall impact of Dark Knight. but it was a strong end.
Wesley snipes should be Blue Marvel. Unless they'd make him Whistler in a newer blade movie. I'd actually take him back as Blade
Such an underrated film. It literally set the stage for making movies fantastic yet grounded by reality
I had forgotten about those m************ trying to ice skate up hill xD
Bernie Poncik my favorite movie line ever made.
This was hilarious!!! Lol!!! Please do a pt. 2 of the Blade Series!!!
Can we all please agree that both David S Goyer AND Wesley Snipes were at fault during Blade Trinity? The script was terrible and Goyer's direction was...
Even so, the movie may have been a bit more bearable if Snipes had brought his A-Game. It's what actors do. Act to the best of their ability and they will be praised even if the movie's crap. Instead, he helps the movie crash and burn.
Yeah I don't really get why people take sides, Wesley is definitely just hardcore being a drama queen and Goyer was not good for the movie either. Honestly the main thing that saved it as a bearable movie was Ryan Reynolds comic relief. Jessica Biel did a good job but she didn't get a whole lot of lines, her fight scenes were good though.I would agree that they definitely could of hired more than just a bunch of white actors. The first 2 was very diverse and I think it helped the movie.
Blade made my childhood great and I enjoyed the movies I couldn’t care less about what happened behind the scenes I’m just glad Wesley snipes did a great job on film
One little thing: Blade was not Goyer's first comic/superhero film. The Crow City of Angels was two years earlier.. Miramax and Weinstein interfered and ruined his vision leading to him disowning it sadly but it is his first superhero film.
Lots of good info! Would love it if you did another one
Nice video. Wesley Snipes is cool but I'm glad we got Chadwick Boseman.
Ah Wesley really earned his name Wesley "drama queen" Snipes. And now i know.
Blade was bad ass!! Heroes still aren't on his level yet.
Yes! Yes! More Blade facts please! Do you gave any facts on Parker Posey and Triple H in Blade: Trinity?
I'm still rocking my leather trench coat! Nuff' said.
Good vid. Loved the blade series. Snipes is such a douche. My mom and dad met his double from us marshalls and even he said he was a douche. Tommy Lee's double said Tommy was cool as ice tho.
Cool as which ice? Cube, T, or Vanilla?
Best comment I've read all day
Alex Lee a buddy of mine met tommy lee jones and said that he was in fact.....a total douche.
lol....love it. didnt see that coming.
thank you!
No, Blade is from 1998, Spawn (August 1, 1997) is the first black superhero movie, followed by Steel (August 15, 1997) with the great Shaquille O'Neal.
Later on Hancock with Will Smith was a superhero movie with a black protagonist.
African american superheroes were a thing before Black Panther, but SJW weren't a thing, so nobody felt the need to make a fuss about it, they were just enjoying (or disliking) the movies :)
The Meteor Man is from 1993 and Blankman is from 1994. Those are first black superhero movies.
@MrDeedsly wow, didn't know that! Are they any good?
The Meteor Man could have been. Starts off decent and trails off towards the end. Blankman is pretty funny and creative. It's an early Wayans brothers film.
@MrDeedsly thx man, good informations there!
We (as African Americans and comic book fans) don't like to talk about Steel.
Definitely do a part 2.
Deacon Frost was almost played by Jet Li. But he turned it down to be the villain in Lethal Weapon 4.
Blade is my number 1 favorite superhero in the Marvel Universe. His obscurity can be a blessing since it becomes more about the story and less about commercial merchandising.
picks up sticky note that reads "tell David S Goyer that it's Mr. Blade now"
Please do a part 2. I love the Blade trilogy and it's sad that it ended the way it did. It would be great for Blade to be apart of the current MCU.
what was that song at 0:24???
Oh baby.
*Let's go!!!*
Blade made me want to be a half vampire. I.... Maybe a full vampire
Bonus Fun Fact: BLADE did the "great leap" and "bullet dodge" a year before THE MATRIX. Of course we can argue which one did it better... but why argue? They're both awesome!
Now it's time to break out BLADE and THE MATRIX blu-rays... You know, the movies that have no sequels.
Nice video man!
More Blade things please. Didn't hear much about Blade 2 which is one of my favorite movies!
I used to eat Blade up every now and then because it was recorded on vhs! Those were the days. Snipes was sick and the concept still holds.
Trinity gets a hard time, but it's really not that bad. It's a shame to hear how Snipes acted on set, probably ruined some chance of seeing him return. Snipes as blade is to this day the most badass character in marvels inventory imo. Black Panther has nothing on him...
The first stan lee cameo was actually in the trial of the hulk
R.i.p stan lee
The ice skating uphill line will go down as one of the best in history, mark my words
Spawn and Blade were my 2 favorite childhood actions movies.
The HBO series that ran 3 episodes for Spawn were pretty good. The first two are phenomenal.
Yes oh yes please! Please do another TYDN about Blade!! Epic franchise even if the 3rd fell shorter than hoped 😎
It would be amazing if you and the team checked out our fan film based on Erick’s story as he becomes Blade !! We are dropping something tomorrow for the anniversary! Hidden Vault is our channel!! Daywalker Blade Origins is the video !
Oh come on!! You didn't even spend any time discussing Paul Levesque AKA "Triple H" from WWE? Oh, and I really want that dog! LOL
You missed out on the popularity of Blade's revamped look, origin and story arc in 90s Spiderman animated series was the reason they though they should a Blade film
I heard about CGI, but CGEyes? :D
Correct me if I am wrong but did not Goyer write The Crow sequel City of Angels before Blade so the Crow is his first comic book super hero script?
Yes he did; I have the novelization of his script so that was a botch on Cinefix's part.
The Only Thing I Need To Know Is No One Can Be Blade Other Than Wesley Snipes
Yushay Asad well, that and capitalizations on every word in a sentence aren't a thing.
@@bjnovak1 I just like to do that
jessica Biel in this movie is somehow the hottest i have ever seen woman on silverscreen.
Maybe because she's actually ripped in that movie. Looks like a younger Sarah Connor from Terminator 2.
Really was quite stunning, she was a favorite of mine ever since. She kicks ass in her roles
I remember watching the first one in 1998, still think it's really good, disregarding some of the badly aged visual FX! The second one was one of the best sequels I've ever seen up to that point, not far off X-Men 2. The third one was all over the place.
My respect for David S. Goyer never recovered :(
I keep seeing ppl in this comment section who continue to berate Snipes for the tax evasion that he paid for with jail time! And that’s been 6 or so, years ago!!
That being said.... I don’t know if Snipes is a jerk or not IRL...,but I love Blade!
In spite of all the problems, I would like to see Wesley Snipes reprise the role. To me, he is Blade.
When i saw blade 3 in the theaters, the ending was him on the motorcycle. BUT the speech in the end was completely differant then the one that made it to dvd. King said that blade, tho not killed by the virus, was sent into a coma like sleep, , ,until the world needed him again.
Bonus Thing! The Blade Trilogy featured the first bow & arrow wielding superhero/heroine long before Arrow, Katniss, and Hawkeye.
Did you really need to censor that one-liner? Come on guys, it's one of the best bad hero one-liner's in history, it deserves to be heard in all it's glory.
My daughter and I love the parts where that one vampire kept losing his hands.
The Punisher (1989) with Dolph Lundgren was the first Marvel movie character that was Rated R.
Dude, seeing the original Blade as a kid frickin changed my life lol.
First R rated Marvel movie was 1989's Punisher, not Blade.
Blade was and still is my favorite
8 FACT: Blade is the singer of "Call out my name".
This is my favorite vampire comic book movie series with a black super hero starring Wesley Snipes ever.
Yall should do a "things u didnt know about death race" packed with action and tasty hoots, maybe a review of the franchise with more action and tasty hoots
Wow 20 years already I was 6 years old and 98' was such a good year Blade, Metal Gear Solid
How time goes by... well here goes for 20 more :D
I'm surprised you didn't add a bonus thing for the amazing Kentucky Fried Movie reference during the final fight of the first movie.
I think you guys should do an entire video on the attempts of wesley snipes to make a black panther movie...
Definitely need more blade things.
Funny he didn’t mention the TV series. Granted, it didn’t have Wesley Snipes, but this was probably for the best. Sticky Fingaz did a decent job as Blade anyway, and the show did have a pretty charismatic villain - a suave British vampire in a nice suit, who is adored by the people of Detroit. Even Blade’s new assistant can kick some vampire ass, despite being Asian and nerdy.
Everyone forgets about blade and Howard