The vampires in Blade are just like people. Not super evil, with some exceptions. They don't want to "take over" because there would be no point. They'd be starting a war and they have a big glaring weakness. Most importantly, the vampires in this movie never seemed to be hurting for anything. They were well off, plenty of blood (enough to waste at a club), and they control select humans directly. They seem to already be in charge they just aren't really loud about it, which is why they didn't like Deacon Frost.
Yeah, it'd be like the dumbass bad guys in Vin Diesel's "XXX." The guys were ex-Soviet special forces and ruled the underworld in Prague, lived in an actual freaking castle and had birthday parties where Rammstein played live for them. And then they decided to shoot bio-weapon missiles at several major cities including Prague because why not. And anarchy or something. When you make 80's cartoon villains look smart in comparison, you're doing it wrong.
Pretty much yes. If they tried to take over, they would be outing themselves, and then the humans would wage war against them, and that humans can Wage War 24 hours a day, but the vampire is going to only Wage War at night. This way, they can do what they do in secret, and a mess of the fortune they want, and do what they want when they want.
Also in context of Marvel Comics, the fact is their already either at war with or don’t want open war with groups and creatures that rival their own power (mutants and other super humans).
Really depends on your definition of "evil", doesn't it? If "killing people" makes you evil, then the vampires in Blade are evil. I mean, they have to drink human blood, sooo......
@@reynaldolorenzo8409 While I concur about the rating being unnecessary for darkness, there's still a violence level, blood level, and dark humor level appropriate for a vampire action movie. Based off of the first film, a new Blade should be closer to Deadpool and Logan than Infinity War and Falcon and The Winter Soldier. For this particular genre an R rating would give a lot more freedom. The Batman was superb, but didn't actually need an R rating to get its point across. By contrast as funny and enjoyable as they are the Venom films are a story about an alien that likes eating human brains that has heads getting bitten off with no blood. It's a stretch. Marvel has always had rather dark themes and plot points. I mean Spider-Man's story starts with a fifteen year old getting his own uncle shot to death via his own inaction.
@@reynaldolorenzo8409 Yeah all that is fucking mickey mouse compared to a dudes being fucking melted and screaming in agony. Dudes being chopped up into mad pieces fucking blood spraying everywhere. If the movie isn't rated R they aren't serious about it and only the true fanbois such as yourself will give it the time of day.
the dark knight was pg 13 abd look at that. r rated is seems where like trying to cap on the whole tried to make a charwcter swear so much that even f its out of character and such
"Some mother fuckers are always trying to ice skate uphill" classic line also, that hard house track at the nightclub samples an old New Order track and has also been used by Warp Brothers and Public Domain. the main hook is also one of the presets in the Sylenth1 virtual synth from Lennar Digital
Gotta watch blade 2- skip the trinity..trinity was crap..but blade 2 CHANGED THE GAME & PERCEPTION OF MARVEL MOVIES..blade was b-4 X-Men & tobe spider man..blade set the bar
The track in the nightclub is a remix of New Orders track Confusion, by Pump Panel, and yes, it was sampled by Warp Brothers, and Public Domain, for their early 2000s hard house tracks
Snipes was very much against that line, even though he inspired its inclusion. He used the phrase in reference to some bureaucratic/legal wrangling in the presence of another producer (important to note that this was one of the first big productions of Amen Ra films, Snipes' firm, and that Wesley had a lot of control here (and thank God for that)). The producer instantly wanted to use it in the movie, but Snipes was like, "That's just something I say. It's not dialogue". Still, Wes relented, and the line is as unique and iconic as this iteration of Blade himself, so it all turned out well.
@@ThreadBomb twilight & buffy the vampire slayer was the wave of vampires movies at the time.. the fight scenes & storylines we're more consice..and the money it made set the stage for marvel invested movies..X-Men & tobe spider men movies all followed..how "didn't" change the game is a better question
If you wanna check out an awesome vampire movie that answers the question “what happens when everyone is turned into a vampire?” - “Daybreakers”, with Ethan Hawke and Willem Defoe. Totally bonkers.
Was just about to post the same thing. Also, there was a short-lived but excellent UK TV series from the early 90s called Ultraviolet, which starred Jack Davenport and Idris Elba and the guy who was the main vampire character in True Blood, about a world like the one in Blade where the vampires are a hidden culture below the surface of society but who control many aspects of it and they're trying to change the world in ways that will allow them to openly take over whilst guaranteeing their food supply while a secret paramilitary unit of humans tries to stop them. And it appears to be on RUclips so I might have to rewatch it now...
Blade is technically what's called a "Dhampir". A Dhampir is a human-vampire mix who typically has some traits of both species. Blade would technically need to drink blood like a vampire, expect for the serum created by Whistler. He's not affected by the sun like regular vampires, but does have the blood requirement.
@@anthonyrandolph1323 Actually, in the comics he had an immunity to vampirism and the ability to sense the supernatural due to his mother being bitten while pregnant. The film took it a step further by making him a Dhampir, then the comics followed that version thereafter. But Blade was never just a "Regular" guy.
This is what a Marvel movie should be. Blade was part of The Nightstalkers in the comics when I was reading them in the early 90s along with Hannibal King and Drake. They were part of a larger group known as the Midnight Sons which included Ghostrider, Johnny Blaze, And Morbius.
I've always heard silver as a weakness for Vampires, heck one of the reasons it was believed they don't have reflections back in the day is because silver was seen as a holy metal and mirrors used silver in them back then.
Interesting theory! Although you have to get kinda specific in talking "vampire" lore, as there's a lot of varieties, and sometimes several even within the same region and time period. A notable consistency is that a number of classic vampire "weaknesses" are things we now know to be naturally anti-microbial (eg. garlic, silver, etc.). It makes sense, though, that even people who didn't have a concept of "germ theory" would observe that certain materials seemed to discourage infection and thus consider them to be "holy", if "health" is regarded as the "Godly" state and lack of it an indication of an unholy influence.
I remember one movie explaining silver as a weakness because God damned Judas to be the first vampire after he betrayed Jesus. It's an interesting twist on old lore.
Depends on the universe the vampires are in. There's an amusing scene in the movie Love at First Bite where a would be vampire-slayer pulls a gun on Dracula and shoots him while triumphantly declaring that he is using silver bullets. Glancing down with mild annoyance at the holes this has left in his shirt, Dracula dryly responds "No, that is for werewolves."
"Why don't they just take over and rule the world?" The idea is that *they already do* in a behind-the-curtain, Hail-Hydra sort of way. They expand on this in the second movie. Kind of like the billionaires who rule the world now, a lot of them don't want you to know who they are, why they have an interest in your day-to-day life, and how much power they actually have over it.
Also, to fully take over like that you'd have to kill everyone.... why kill off your food supply. Let the rubes keep thinking they're in charge as we feed off them. There is a statement on capitalism here that's very low key.
The Blade sequels are actually worth watching, by the way! The third Blade is pretty much the first iteration of Ryan Reynolds as the Merc with a mouth Deadpool :D
Lol what? Trinity is trash. Ryan Reynolds and.... Jessica Biel? Are really the only things sort of okay about it. Wesley Snipes was phoning it in and wouldn't do shit except say "Mmm..." in closeup shots, so for the whole movie its like he's stoned (because Snipes was stoned) Just all around a waste of your time. I know art is subjective, so I won't say its factually bad. But you're sure as hell in the minority saying its "worth watching" Just watch number 2 and call that the end.
I remember seeing this in theaters with my step dad. It was such an experience and I loved it. I had never been a Blade comic reader, but I was obsessed with the character after this movie
It basically proved that comic book movies can work, after Batman and Robin almost killed the franchise. It's just that most people did not even know blades origin because he originated from a 70s comic, the Tomb of Dracula. And even then, he was only a supporting character in that book.
This movie gets ignored but it really was huge for Marvel and paved the way for X-Men and the MCU. All three films are watchable even if quality does decline. DC had been consistently pumping out movies since the '70s while Marvel struggled with bankruptcies. You get a lot of DC "That's a comic book character?" movies in the '80s and early '90s, but this is really where it all starts for Marvel.
Because of those bankruptcies, Marvel had sold off the movie rights of all their "big" names. Spiderman, X-Men, The Hulk, Fantastic Four and all of their associates had been licensed of to "real" movie studios like Fox, Paramount, Sony. So when it was time for Marvel Studios to launch Blade was actually produced by New Line Cinema. New Line had gone through a bit of a rough patch in the late 90's, and this was also pre Lord of the Rings, so Marvel was able to leverage a significant amount of control over the production. Among the ideas that Marvel successfully shot down were making Blade white and making the movie a parody. Marvel and David Goyer pushed for the serious, dark, and violent version that was eventual chosen and the result was the first Marvel film to clear $100 million box office. Under the previous Marvel Entertainment title they're releases were not nearly so profitable. There's the infamous Howard the Duck which lost about $5 million. Punisher which might have made money if it had been given more than a token theatrical run. Captain America which was never actually released in the US and Roger Corman's Fantastic Four which was never even intended to be released. The financial success of Blade confirmed for Marvel that there was real money to be made off their properties while the success of the X-Men made Marvel realize that sharing these profits with other companies was a waste, so they began plotting the return of licensed characters and the development of sole ownership films. Long story short, Blade got the ball rolling. It's not directly responsible for the MCU but without Blade, it's unlikely we'd have the MCU as we know it today.
@@bloodnchocolate I haven't watched these in a while so my memory may be faulty. I kind of remember 2 retcons stuff that happened in this movie in a hand wavey way I found insulting.
@@gallendugall8913 It does, and you mileage may vary according to that, although it's a retcon that came from what I believe was a plain bad decision from the part of the makers of the first film. Still, it's inelegant, for sure. What I will say is that I believe it to be superior in the sense of general story beats, cinematography, creature design, action scenes, and casting. But, save for the ending fight and some CGI foibles, the first one will always come at a close second for me. Blade: Trinity, on the other hand...
"Is there a reason in the lore they [vamps] don't just take over?" It's the Marvel Comics universe: They're not the most OP people out there. They're sharing the "looks human but is more powerful" space in their world with Magneto's mutants and the Inhumans and so many other things. Heck, Dr Doom is one of the big reasons vampires don't take over because DOOM just says "Nope" and smacks them down each time they try. This is a very silly world, and I love it.
There is also few vampires and a lot of humans. They infiltrated police and "took over" in their local area. If they are public, all the humans will hunt them rather than few random vampire hunters. Taking over is hard.
Fun fact, Donald Logue who plays Quinn injured his jaw while filming the scenes where he was burnt. He had to go to the hospital in full makeup and the nurses and doctors freaked out when they saw him.
He had previously dislocated his jaw in a motorcycle accident and in that scene he just opened his mouth too wide for the bite and his jaw dislocated. Once a limb dislocates, it becomes very easy to do it again
Simone: I never understood that because they need their blood to live. There's a deleted scene where Frost explains that they are now farming people. That's what the guy was exclaiming about on the way into the bloodbath at the start of the movie. A human in plastic wrap being moved around.
@@richieb7692 If it is of any interest to you, there was also a Blade anime in 2012. Deacon Frost was actually the president of a vampire organization that operated all over Asia called Existence and he sought to overthrow the European traditionalists. In Japan, they even had farms were they held captive humans and ensured they never died, making it so they were always healthy and able to provide a limitless supply of blood.
This was the first R Rated Marvel movie I saw on VHS with my family and it is frickin Amazing! Love it! Wesley Snipes was also considered to star in a BLACK PANTHER movie but didn't like the idea of wearing a leotard, as he says in an interview.
Yes Blade is a very famous vampire, he’s on the international vampiric council! But in all seriousness the next vampire movie in your lineup should definitely either be “From Dusk til Dawn” or “What We Do in the Shadows”. Both more comedic but still top notch vampire flicks. Shadows is definitely the one to go for though.
the fact that Westley Snipes comes back in what we do in the shadows as a member of the vampire console is the real long term storytelling about this movie 😆
I love almost all Wesley Snipes action movies. He is just really run to watch as an action hero, or even villain. I always liked Stephen Dorff as well. He always does a really good job in the roles he plays.
It's hard to believe that Dorff as Frost is the same guy as, for example, the partner of Mahershala Ali in in _True Detective_ season 3. Such a great job, even in this role, which borders on corny but he keeps it threatening and fun.
The second film is directed by Guillermo del Toro and it's the best of the trilogy. BTW, there's a movie called Daybreakers that's about vampires ruling the world.
The opening night club scene is an epic beginning, that music in cinema and Wesley snipes at the top of his game was just so cool . The 2nd is also very good , maybe better than first
The 2nd is my personal favorite. I'm a goon for Guillermo del Toro lol. Dude makes some of the best oddity movies and the mutated vampires were one of his concepts. If you watched his show The Strain, you can see he was inspired by his own designs to make his vampires similar. I remember seeing this as a kid in theaters. I was so hooked by the music and the contrast in visuals. Blades introduction is still one of the most visually stunning, and clean, entrances. That all black surrounded by white tile in the background and blood red in the foreground dropped my 10 year old jaw to the ground and no character entrance has ever topped it
It's the best Blade movie out of the 3, and will obviously be better than the woke trash they're gonna make now, and Guillermo is a master of horror. I love everything he does. The Strain was one of my favorite shows
Silver originally in European folklore was considered a sacred metal (hence silver moon, which symbolizes virginity and purity) and killed vampires too. It's only over time through popular culture that it became associated solely with werewolves. The vampires in True Blood are also weak to silver and in some other modern takes on vampires that draw from the original myths.
@Matsudo Ambition That's awesome. A lot of American media leaves that out I think because vampires are usually based primarily on Bram Stoker's Dracula, which doesn't refer to silver as a weakness.
@Matsudo Ambition I just checked and a bunch of his books have been translated into English. In particular, two fantasy series, The Dwarves and The Legends of the Alfar. Only a couple of the urban fiction ones were: Oneiros and Doors: Colony. Are either of them about vampires?
@Matsudo Ambition Ah gotcha. My friend loves horror and reads/speaks German, so I'm sure she'll be interested in these. I will definitely check out the translated ones though. Thanks for the recommendation.
Simone: "My spoon is too big!" Me immediately going: "I am a banana!" Also... Blade 1 and 2 and the 1989 Punisher movie with Dolph Lundgren are my three favorite Marvel anything (MCU or not) movies.
As with several other movies in the 90s and early 00s this I watched in the cinema without having almost any idea what it was about. It was a glorious experience. Fell in love with the music too. I remember the night we watched the movie and even the cinema and how after the movie ended we went to a local Chinese restaurant (my favorite of all time) and had my favorite dish. I wish I could go back to it now.
One of the best theater audience experiences I ever had was watching Blade. Everyone was into it and cheering/laughing at the right moments. This movie is so badass, and earns the R rating.
I can't recall the movie but there was a human vampire Hunter who actually did use wooden bullets but it has to be some sort of hardwood. I think he used teakwood out of a 12-gauge shotgun.
It works if it's in a shotgun shell I suppose. You can put a metal plug behind the wood shards so it pushes the wood out and shields it from the explosive powder required to launch the round
There's actually an art house vampire movie called Only Lovers Left Alive with Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston as the titular immortal lovers. In that movie, Adam (Tom) is suicidal and contemplates death with a wooden round that he keeps chambered in a revolver.
The Blade films still hold up really well today. If you want to see a film where vampires essentially take over (and some of the complications), there's a movie called Daybreakers that explores that. Priest is a good watch too, a film about the war between humans and vampires leaving the world on ruin.
That's definitely worth a watch the daybreakers movie really explores what it would be like in a world with vampires running the world instead of humans it's pretty grim
In an answer to one of your questions, the Purebloods were born at the top of vampire society and have probably never had to live a finger for anything in their lives. This is why they can't fight and why they didn't expect the coup that Frost ended up pulling off.
The Vampire in the Bloodbath holding up a bottle...the most hilarious thing I have seen until then in cinemas. I remember that in the room someone was smoking a joint and the police came in and arrested the guy than...
I disagree with the vampires being good representatives in those movies. The Werewolves are amazing, but the vamps are basically humans who can jump real high
I'm sure someone has already said it, but there's a deleted scene that solves the "but they won't have any food after they take over" flaw in their plan: Frost has been experimenting with literally keeping humans on ice, as comatose blood donors. Most versions of the vampire myth seem to include some explanation of why they don't take over completely (and openly). My favorite is from Charles Stross' novels: Vampires live for thousands of years, and are borderline invincible when awake ... but have to sleep during the day, and die when exposed to sunlight. They know that if human society ever learned that vampires were REAL, every village would require every citizen to present for rollcall in the town square at high noon -- in other words, as powerful as they are, vampires would almost immediately go extinct. Because of this, "The first rule of vampire club is: _Vampires don't exist._ " Whenever one elder vampire accidentally encounters another, their immediate thought is, "Dufuq?! If I could find you, then HUMANS could find you. You clearly need to die, for the safety of our entire species." Kinda discourages large vampire alliances.
It holds up so well, even with all the shitty CGI. The violence and practical effects more than make up for it. Blade is badass. Wesley Snipes was the real deal.
According to Blade 2 it would seem the the Pure Bloods are happy to rule secretly from the shadows and in Blade 3 there are hints at a Master Plan already in effect. As for the Pure Bloods being so weak in this movie I would assume that, as we found out, that if you drain them of too much of their blood they lose a lot of their strength.
This was a fun one, I too am excited to see Blade in the MCU and hope it's R rated. In the meantime, you should do Blade 2 and Blade Trinity. As far as the takeover, Vampires in general are outnumbered and the Elders prefer to stay in the shadows, but have more political power and are territorial with their houses. The Underworld movies touch on that more.
The MCU and Disney owe their success to this movie. Blade came out during a time when comic movies were dead in the water with no direction. Not only was this film a success, but the studio had balls enough to do it rated R. Ironic that New Line was a WB property at the time, which as we see now with dark comic films like Joker and The Batman, WB is not afraid to do.
Silver also has been used on vampires in some myths. In certain myths that weakness is symbolically attributed to vampires selling their souls for immortality thus forsaking God, its tied to the legend of Judas selling out Christ for fourty pieces of silver. In fact in certain stories Judas Iscariot was the first to be cursed as a vampire.
To answer your question about if turning into a vampire means you're going to be evil, what it actually is the thirst is like the strongest addiction you can ever have. The blood thirst/lust is like being so dehydrated and hungry that feeding becomes all you'll ever focus on and will do anything to quench, so they lose all morality until you feed. As Blade's mom said "Sooner or later the thirst always wins." And is why Blade takes his serum to satisfy and stifle his thirst. The feeding of blood is so good to vampires that finally feeding after not feeding for so long feels almost orgasmic so y'all were correct to say that Blade feeding on the Dr was like their sex scene.
In a deleted scene, Dr. Karen asks Deacon that if you turn everyone to vampires, whose blood do you drink. Deacon then reveals that they've been vacuum-sealing humans to be blood suppliers to keep everyone fed.
This is one of my favorite comic book movies, because its campy like classic comics but also delightfully bloody, also Wesley Snipes is just plain fun. It was definitely one of the early successful comic book movies that doesn't get nearly the credit it deserves. As to the garlic and silver being good against vampires, Vampirism like Lycanthropy are sometimes considered diseases or infections and both silver and the allicin in garlic have strong antibiotic properties and thus kill creatures animated by the infection. Its a fun overlay of science, alchemy, and magical belief overlapping with truth. Vampires don't take direct control over the world because there needs to be a balance to ensure there is enough food to go around and they control things behind the scenes by investing and buying politicians. That and if they'd reveal themselves, instead of a handful of people hunting them, they would have armies hunting them. They can deal with 5 people better than 5 million.
At 11:20 When you said there are Asian vampires. Actually Vampire is a different race. For example picture 3 vampires. One is white one is black and one is asian. Those 3 vampires all have the same race. Which is Vampirism. They wouldn't label you by color of your skin or heritage. They label you whether you are human or not...🧛♂️
As another comment pointed out, they kinda are already in charge, but without starting a war where they are vulnerable half the time with the sun out. They already have lots of power and plenty of blood.
The most unrealistic part is not that the vampires don't take over, but that they've managed to control their population well enough that the secret of their existence has been kept. The funniest part of conspiracy theories is always the similar assumption that huge numbers of people could maintain total opsec for an extended period, even if they wanted to do so. Billion-dollar movies can barely keep their scripts under wraps for a time-frame measured in months. Hell, top-secret intelligence documents from top-flight agencies get left in taxis or on public transport on a concerningly-regular basis, and nobody can seem to find a way to get an entire staff to stop responding to obvious spearfishing emails. Three people can keep a secret if two of them are dead, and they often can't do it for long even then.
This was followed up by two direct sequels and a short lived TV series on SPIKE TV. There are a multitude of vampire films dating back to the 1930's. Blade in the comics was British and a human who is immune to vampire bites
Silver is sometimes associated with Vampires as one story goes that the first Vampire was Judas who was punished for his betrayal of Jesus, being vulnerable to Silver represents the money he took for that betrayal.
In most vampire stories, including this one, what causes people to become evil is that they have to drink human blood to survive. This means you have to kill people. They also gain powers, when they become a vampire. So they are basically immortal, with super powers, and they have to kill to survive. This is what turns people evil. And yes, since they can't survive during the day, it's impossible to take over. The reason Blade is a day walker is because of how he was infected, while he was still in his mothers womb.
Comic book movies need to be this violent, gory, hardcore and ballsy again.. The genre is gonna burn out eventuallly just let it go out with a bang! Also, have guys seen The Crow? Watch. The. Crow!
Disney isn't going to make em R rated. I'd be shocked if we get Deadpool 3 in an r rated. The 3rd movie is gonna be a total disaster if they get it off the ground
If I remember correctly, Wesley did all the fight scenes, as he's an accomplished fighter of several martial arts styles. Blade made the money that turned Marvel around, without Blade being a hit, the publisher would've gone bankrupt before the sequel was even thought of. The lore varies from which universe & storyteller, some just being bitten turns you, other's its drinking their blood, & sometimes even both, pure bloods would be what Blade became if he had been delivered later than he was, as it would've needed longer to change him fully (think premature babies type).
He's only "perfect" as Blade because at the time, he was the only black actor who had martial arts skills at that level. He'd be too old for the role by now.
Off Topic: Quinn is played by Donal Lague - you probably recognize him from Gotham, but he had a one season show called Terriers, a private investigator comedy-drama that was off the charts amazing.
Donal Logue is one of the best underrated actors. I've loved him in everything I've seen and used to watch his show Grounded for Life. He was the biggest reason I watched Gotham. I wasn't too keen on a Batman show with no Batman, but it was a good show for what it was
Best line in the movie and for me one of top 5 lines on any movie….”catch you f* ckers at a bad time”…also I knew blade was going to be a good movie when blade spiked that dudes head to the ceiling in the first 10 minutes.
I saw Blade in the movie theater with a large group of friends back in the day. When we left everybody thought it was fun. Everybody exept one. That guy was expecting sth more like 'Interview with a Vampire. We were all like: "Dude, that movie is called Blade. The main character is called Blade. And he is played by Wesley Snipes. Check your expectations." Despite many logical shortcomings (e.g. Blade's leniency towards Quinn. Or the fact that Frost's sunblocker somehow protects the inside of his eyes and mouth), the movie was quite good at showing, what it wanted to show. And it was basically the first R-rated superhero movie. Sadly the quality of subsequent Blade movies went downhill super fast.
I'd assumed that Frost was protecting his eyes with contact lenses, and the interior of his mouth is fine as there's little to no direct sunlight getting in it.
@@bwestacado9643 Well between the first 2 movies it might be more a question of personal taste, I'll give you that. I personally didn't like it for the most part (liked the Novak Character, tho). But I would agree that there's no question about the quality, or lack thereof, of Blade Trinity.
@@docdamnij Blade Trinity made me sad at how bad it was. It was the 1st Marvel movie I actually hated. Hulk with Eric Bana was another one lol. It could have been worse, Goyer wanted the 3rd one set like a thousands years into the future. He settle on this shit show though
the greatest trick is to convince the world the devil doesnt exist. The vampires already control most of everything and have their own world, so there is no point in exposing themselves to human society. You should check out the other Blade movies and also check out the movie "Daybreakers" (2010) its a movie where vampires actually did take over the world and there are few humans left.
One early vampire myth is that Judas (after he hanged himself) was cursed to be the first vampire and the reaction to silver was based on his receipt of the 30 pieces of silver.
Love your reactions!! I'm stoked to watch this with you guys. UnfortunatelyI'm unable to until I get my new cable for internet. I'll enjoy this in the meantime! :)
Very happy that you enjoyed the movie! I'm definitely excited to watch the whole thing next week. :) I watched this as a youngster. Great watch back then! I'm sure that I'll laugh at some of the scenes but I'm hoping that it holds up. We'll see! :) I'm sorry, I'm unable to answer your question right now but maybe after I watch the movie I'll be more able to.
to the point of "what would the vampires eat after the blood god comes", there is a deleted scene where they were grabbing people off the streets, hanging them in... basically large body bags, and hooking them to IV's to draw their blood. The idea was that they could keep the people alive for years slowly draining them of blood. No more need to hunt, just a human farm.
Man I dunno how to say this without sounding irony poisoned but I genuinely loved how she asked about Blade Runner. I wish more people were less afraid of asking questions, maybe that way we'd have less willfully ignorant people. There's no dumb questions, only inadequate answers.
The vampires in Blade are just like people. Not super evil, with some exceptions. They don't want to "take over" because there would be no point. They'd be starting a war and they have a big glaring weakness. Most importantly, the vampires in this movie never seemed to be hurting for anything. They were well off, plenty of blood (enough to waste at a club), and they control select humans directly. They seem to already be in charge they just aren't really loud about it, which is why they didn't like Deacon Frost.
Yeah, it'd be like the dumbass bad guys in Vin Diesel's "XXX." The guys were ex-Soviet special forces and ruled the underworld in Prague, lived in an actual freaking castle and had birthday parties where Rammstein played live for them. And then they decided to shoot bio-weapon missiles at several major cities including Prague because why not. And anarchy or something. When you make 80's cartoon villains look smart in comparison, you're doing it wrong.
Pretty much yes. If they tried to take over, they would be outing themselves, and then the humans would wage war against them, and that humans can Wage War 24 hours a day, but the vampire is going to only Wage War at night. This way, they can do what they do in secret, and a mess of the fortune they want, and do what they want when they want.
Also in context of Marvel Comics, the fact is their already either at war with or don’t want open war with groups and creatures that rival their own power (mutants and other super humans).
@@NestorCaster Well mutants and other creatures don't exist in this universe.
Really depends on your definition of "evil", doesn't it?
If "killing people" makes you evil, then the vampires in Blade are evil. I mean, they have to drink human blood, sooo......
I appreciate George immediately understanding that the MCU Blade has to be rated R in order to stand up to this classic.
@@reynaldolorenzo8409 While I concur about the rating being unnecessary for darkness, there's still a violence level, blood level, and dark humor level appropriate for a vampire action movie. Based off of the first film, a new Blade should be closer to Deadpool and Logan than Infinity War and Falcon and The Winter Soldier. For this particular genre an R rating would give a lot more freedom. The Batman was superb, but didn't actually need an R rating to get its point across. By contrast as funny and enjoyable as they are the Venom films are a story about an alien that likes eating human brains that has heads getting bitten off with no blood. It's a stretch.
Marvel has always had rather dark themes and plot points. I mean Spider-Man's story starts with a fifteen year old getting his own uncle shot to death via his own inaction.
@@reynaldolorenzo8409 Honestly The Batman would have been even better if it was rated R.
It was pretty intense for a PG-13 movie though.
@@reynaldolorenzo8409 Yeah all that is fucking mickey mouse compared to a dudes being fucking melted and screaming in agony. Dudes being chopped up into mad pieces fucking blood spraying everywhere. If the movie isn't rated R they aren't serious about it and only the true fanbois such as yourself will give it the time of day.
the dark knight was pg 13 abd look at that. r rated is seems where like trying to cap on the whole tried to make a charwcter swear so much that even f its out of character and such
@@Richie8406 It won't be long before they have to put trigger warnings on movies with violence and blood. It's pathetic.
"Some mother fuckers are always trying to ice skate uphill" classic line
also, that hard house track at the nightclub samples an old New Order track and has also been used by Warp Brothers and Public Domain. the main hook is also one of the presets in the Sylenth1 virtual synth from Lennar Digital
Gotta watch blade 2- skip the trinity..trinity was crap..but blade 2 CHANGED THE GAME & PERCEPTION OF MARVEL MOVIES..blade was b-4 X-Men & tobe spider man..blade set the bar
The track in the nightclub is a remix of New Orders track Confusion, by Pump Panel, and yes, it was sampled by Warp Brothers, and Public Domain, for their early 2000s hard house tracks
Also, the centerpiece of one of the greatest marketing campaigns of the late 90s. The Blade Trailer is still (chef's kiss) magnifique.
Snipes was very much against that line, even though he inspired its inclusion. He used the phrase in reference to some bureaucratic/legal wrangling in the presence of another producer (important to note that this was one of the first big productions of Amen Ra films, Snipes' firm, and that Wesley had a lot of control here (and thank God for that)). The producer instantly wanted to use it in the movie, but Snipes was like, "That's just something I say. It's not dialogue". Still, Wes relented, and the line is as unique and iconic as this iteration of Blade himself, so it all turned out well.
@@ThreadBomb twilight & buffy the vampire slayer was the wave of vampires movies at the time.. the fight scenes & storylines we're more consice..and the money it made set the stage for marvel invested movies..X-Men & tobe spider men movies all followed..how "didn't" change the game is a better question
If you wanna check out an awesome vampire movie that answers the question “what happens when everyone is turned into a vampire?” - “Daybreakers”, with Ethan Hawke and Willem Defoe. Totally bonkers.
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Yes I really like that one.
Yeah agreed that was a wonderful example to that age old question 👍🏽
And that guy from Jurassic Park
Was just about to post the same thing.
Also, there was a short-lived but excellent UK TV series from the early 90s called Ultraviolet, which starred Jack Davenport and Idris Elba and the guy who was the main vampire character in True Blood, about a world like the one in Blade where the vampires are a hidden culture below the surface of society but who control many aspects of it and they're trying to change the world in ways that will allow them to openly take over whilst guaranteeing their food supply while a secret paramilitary unit of humans tries to stop them.
And it appears to be on RUclips so I might have to rewatch it now...
Blade is technically what's called a "Dhampir". A Dhampir is a human-vampire mix who typically has some traits of both species. Blade would technically need to drink blood like a vampire, expect for the serum created by Whistler. He's not affected by the sun like regular vampires, but does have the blood requirement.
p.s. This differs from the original Blade in the comics who was just a regular vampire-hunting guy.
@@anthonyrandolph1323 Actually, in the comics he had an immunity to vampirism and the ability to sense the supernatural due to his mother being bitten while pregnant. The film took it a step further by making him a Dhampir, then the comics followed that version thereafter.
But Blade was never just a "Regular" guy.
This is what a Marvel movie should be. Blade was part of The Nightstalkers in the comics when I was reading them in the early 90s along with Hannibal King and Drake. They were part of a larger group known as the Midnight Sons which included Ghostrider, Johnny Blaze, And Morbius.
johnny blaze is ghost rider unless im missing something
@@springheelzach812 Spirits of Vengeance.
Doctor Strange was also a fringe part of the Midnight Sons
@@springheelzach812 Johnny Blaze eventually became separated from the ghost Rider and someone else was saddled with it
Moon Knight, Frank Castle, and Iron Fist are also members of the Midnight Sons! Oscar Issac talked about wanting introduce Midnight Sons in the MCU!
I've always heard silver as a weakness for Vampires, heck one of the reasons it was believed they don't have reflections back in the day is because silver was seen as a holy metal and mirrors used silver in them back then.
Interesting theory! Although you have to get kinda specific in talking "vampire" lore, as there's a lot of varieties, and sometimes several even within the same region and time period.
A notable consistency is that a number of classic vampire "weaknesses" are things we now know to be naturally anti-microbial (eg. garlic, silver, etc.). It makes sense, though, that even people who didn't have a concept of "germ theory" would observe that certain materials seemed to discourage infection and thus consider them to be "holy", if "health" is regarded as the "Godly" state and lack of it an indication of an unholy influence.
@@michaelccozens very fair point about different types of vampires
I remember one movie explaining silver as a weakness because God damned Judas to be the first vampire after he betrayed Jesus. It's an interesting twist on old lore.
Depends on the universe the vampires are in. There's an amusing scene in the movie Love at First Bite where a would be vampire-slayer pulls a gun on Dracula and shoots him while triumphantly declaring that he is using silver bullets. Glancing down with mild annoyance at the holes this has left in his shirt, Dracula dryly responds "No, that is for werewolves."
@@singingwolf3929 That's the one I was trying to remember. I believe silver then became a curse of weakness against the vampires. Loved that one
"Why don't they just take over and rule the world?"
The idea is that *they already do* in a behind-the-curtain, Hail-Hydra sort of way. They expand on this in the second movie. Kind of like the billionaires who rule the world now, a lot of them don't want you to know who they are, why they have an interest in your day-to-day life, and how much power they actually have over it.
Also, to fully take over like that you'd have to kill everyone.... why kill off your food supply. Let the rubes keep thinking they're in charge as we feed off them. There is a statement on capitalism here that's very low key.
The problem with the idea that they control things is that we tend to ascribe malevolence to what can be readily explained by incompetence.
@@jd190d Can it? There always seems to be a lot more incompetence when the parties who benefit from it have more money to throw around...
The Blade sequels are actually worth watching, by the way! The third Blade is pretty much the first iteration of Ryan Reynolds as the Merc with a mouth Deadpool :D
2 is fine but 3 I don't remember a thing beside Ryan Reynolds so it probably wasn't that good.
Watch 2. Skip 3.
Lol what? Trinity is trash.
Ryan Reynolds and.... Jessica Biel? Are really the only things sort of okay about it.
Wesley Snipes was phoning it in and wouldn't do shit except say "Mmm..." in closeup shots, so for the whole movie its like he's stoned (because Snipes was stoned)
Just all around a waste of your time.
I know art is subjective, so I won't say its factually bad. But you're sure as hell in the minority saying its "worth watching"
Just watch number 2 and call that the end.
The second one by Guillermo Del Toro is fun enough, the third is pure crap.
Is Blade Trinity total crap?... Yes.
Should you watch it anyway because of Ryan Reynolds?... Also yes.
This movie is one of the most influential comic book movies ever made.
Straight up.
I remember seeing this in theaters with my step dad. It was such an experience and I loved it. I had never been a Blade comic reader, but I was obsessed with the character after this movie
facts and it was pre matrix as well
It basically proved that comic book movies can work, after Batman and Robin almost killed the franchise. It's just that most people did not even know blades origin because he originated from a 70s comic, the Tomb of Dracula. And even then, he was only a supporting character in that book.
This movie gets ignored but it really was huge for Marvel and paved the way for X-Men and the MCU. All three films are watchable even if quality does decline. DC had been consistently pumping out movies since the '70s while Marvel struggled with bankruptcies. You get a lot of DC "That's a comic book character?" movies in the '80s and early '90s, but this is really where it all starts for Marvel.
I'd agree with everything except for the fact that Blade 2 is clearly the better movie of the three.
Because of those bankruptcies, Marvel had sold off the movie rights of all their "big" names. Spiderman, X-Men, The Hulk, Fantastic Four and all of their associates had been licensed of to "real" movie studios like Fox, Paramount, Sony. So when it was time for Marvel Studios to launch Blade was actually produced by New Line Cinema. New Line had gone through a bit of a rough patch in the late 90's, and this was also pre Lord of the Rings, so Marvel was able to leverage a significant amount of control over the production. Among the ideas that Marvel successfully shot down were making Blade white and making the movie a parody. Marvel and David Goyer pushed for the serious, dark, and violent version that was eventual chosen and the result was the first Marvel film to clear $100 million box office.
Under the previous Marvel Entertainment title they're releases were not nearly so profitable. There's the infamous Howard the Duck which lost about $5 million. Punisher which might have made money if it had been given more than a token theatrical run. Captain America which was never actually released in the US and Roger Corman's Fantastic Four which was never even intended to be released. The financial success of Blade confirmed for Marvel that there was real money to be made off their properties while the success of the X-Men made Marvel realize that sharing these profits with other companies was a waste, so they began plotting the return of licensed characters and the development of sole ownership films.
Long story short, Blade got the ball rolling. It's not directly responsible for the MCU but without Blade, it's unlikely we'd have the MCU as we know it today.
@@bloodnchocolate I haven't watched these in a while so my memory may be faulty. I kind of remember 2 retcons stuff that happened in this movie in a hand wavey way I found insulting.
@@gallendugall8913 It does, and you mileage may vary according to that, although it's a retcon that came from what I believe was a plain bad decision from the part of the makers of the first film. Still, it's inelegant, for sure. What I will say is that I believe it to be superior in the sense of general story beats, cinematography, creature design, action scenes, and casting. But, save for the ending fight and some CGI foibles, the first one will always come at a close second for me.
Blade: Trinity, on the other hand...
@@bloodnchocolate True, but just like the Empire Strikes Back, you NEED Star Wars (a new hope) to set the stage.
"Is there a reason in the lore they [vamps] don't just take over?"
It's the Marvel Comics universe: They're not the most OP people out there. They're sharing the "looks human but is more powerful" space in their world with Magneto's mutants and the Inhumans and so many other things. Heck, Dr Doom is one of the big reasons vampires don't take over because DOOM just says "Nope" and smacks them down each time they try. This is a very silly world, and I love it.
I'm still waiting for Hollywood to do Dr. Doom justice.
There is also few vampires and a lot of humans. They infiltrated police and "took over" in their local area. If they are public, all the humans will hunt them rather than few random vampire hunters. Taking over is hard.
And now they've been given their own nation which has made them content...for now.
Fun fact, Donald Logue who plays Quinn injured his jaw while filming the scenes where he was burnt. He had to go to the hospital in full makeup and the nurses and doctors freaked out when they saw him.
He had previously dislocated his jaw in a motorcycle accident and in that scene he just opened his mouth too wide for the bite and his jaw dislocated. Once a limb dislocates, it becomes very easy to do it again
Simone: I never understood that because they need their blood to live.
There's a deleted scene where Frost explains that they are now farming people. That's what the guy was exclaiming about on the way into the bloodbath at the start of the movie. A human in plastic wrap being moved around.
The blood farms do get featured in the third installment Trinity.
The special effects, both practical and digital in that scene are Fantastic.
@@richieb7692 If it is of any interest to you, there was also a Blade anime in 2012. Deacon Frost was actually the president of a vampire organization that operated all over Asia called Existence and he sought to overthrow the European traditionalists. In Japan, they even had farms were they held captive humans and ensured they never died, making it so they were always healthy and able to provide a limitless supply of blood.
This was the first R Rated Marvel movie I saw on VHS with my family and it is frickin Amazing! Love it!
Wesley Snipes was also considered to star in a BLACK PANTHER movie but didn't like the idea of wearing a leotard, as he says in an interview.
Yes Blade is a very famous vampire, he’s on the international vampiric council! But in all seriousness the next vampire movie in your lineup should definitely either be “From Dusk til Dawn” or “What We Do in the Shadows”. Both more comedic but still top notch vampire flicks. Shadows is definitely the one to go for though.
Ah, dark greetings to you, fellow wwdits fan.
the fact that Westley Snipes comes back in what we do in the shadows as a member of the vampire console is the real long term storytelling about this movie 😆
"...look at him in the sunlight, showing off..." 🤣🤣
Was that in the movie? I had to have fallen asleep if I missed that
@@bwestacado9643 TV show
@@CannibalKen Oh okay. I haven't seen the show yet, but it's on my list
George: "The blood god? You mean, Hakkar?" I see you're a man of culture as well
Yeah l have noticed George has a well rounded knowledge.
I love almost all Wesley Snipes action movies. He is just really run to watch as an action hero, or even villain.
I always liked Stephen Dorff as well. He always does a really good job in the roles he plays.
It's hard to believe that Dorff as Frost is the same guy as, for example, the partner of Mahershala Ali in in _True Detective_ season 3. Such a great job, even in this role, which borders on corny but he keeps it threatening and fun.
The second film is directed by Guillermo del Toro and it's the best of the trilogy.
BTW, there's a movie called Daybreakers that's about vampires ruling the world.
its got ron pearlman its gotta be great
Daybreakers was a real interesting movie.
The opening night club scene is an epic beginning, that music in cinema and Wesley snipes at the top of his game was just so cool . The 2nd is also very good , maybe better than first
The 2nd is my personal favorite. I'm a goon for Guillermo del Toro lol. Dude makes some of the best oddity movies and the mutated vampires were one of his concepts. If you watched his show The Strain, you can see he was inspired by his own designs to make his vampires similar.
I remember seeing this as a kid in theaters. I was so hooked by the music and the contrast in visuals. Blades introduction is still one of the most visually stunning, and clean, entrances. That all black surrounded by white tile in the background and blood red in the foreground dropped my 10 year old jaw to the ground and no character entrance has ever topped it
"Blade 2" is an all time great comic book movie. Guillermo Del Toro directed it and it's really freaking fun.
It's the best Blade movie out of the 3, and will obviously be better than the woke trash they're gonna make now, and Guillermo is a master of horror. I love everything he does. The Strain was one of my favorite shows
Silver originally in European folklore was considered a sacred metal (hence silver moon, which symbolizes virginity and purity) and killed vampires too. It's only over time through popular culture that it became associated solely with werewolves. The vampires in True Blood are also weak to silver and in some other modern takes on vampires that draw from the original myths.
@Matsudo Ambition That's awesome. A lot of American media leaves that out I think because vampires are usually based primarily on Bram Stoker's Dracula, which doesn't refer to silver as a weakness.
Fun fact: vampires couldn't see their reflections in mirrors because mirrors of the day were polished silver.
@@effigytormented Ahh that's cool. I never knew that but makes so much more sense now.
@Matsudo Ambition I just checked and a bunch of his books have been translated into English. In particular, two fantasy series, The Dwarves and The Legends of the Alfar. Only a couple of the urban fiction ones were: Oneiros and Doors: Colony. Are either of them about vampires?
@Matsudo Ambition Ah gotcha. My friend loves horror and reads/speaks German, so I'm sure she'll be interested in these. I will definitely check out the translated ones though. Thanks for the recommendation.
"Meh Spooon Is Tooo BIG!"
"I am a Banana!"
I love Don Hertzfeldt
Simone: "My spoon is too big!"
Me immediately going: "I am a banana!"
Also... Blade 1 and 2 and the 1989 Punisher movie with Dolph Lundgren are my three favorite Marvel anything (MCU or not) movies.
My anus is bleeding.
I used to go to check out every parking lot drainage grate when I was a kid. Might be a chance to see a ninja turtle or hear a motorcycle.
As with several other movies in the 90s and early 00s this I watched in the cinema without having almost any idea what it was about.
It was a glorious experience. Fell in love with the music too.
I remember the night we watched the movie and even the cinema and how after the movie ended we went to a local Chinese restaurant (my favorite of all time) and had my favorite dish.
I wish I could go back to it now.
Oh god, this is funny. You guys found a movie where Simone gets everything and George is like "?!" the whole time.
Wood bullets?
@@5calambres well, she got the bullets had to be made of something classically "anti-vampire"
@@barbarusbloodshed6347 actually vampires die by heart puncture. Silver ammo is usually a classic lycan kill method.
One of the best theater audience experiences I ever had was watching Blade. Everyone was into it and cheering/laughing at the right moments. This movie is so badass, and earns the R rating.
Saw it in theater too, knew nothing about it. me and my friends were flipping out at the club blood scene, awesome movie
"Wood bullets" had me in hysterics for almost an hour. It's going to be my thing for the next month. 🤣🤣🤣
I can't recall the movie but there was a human vampire Hunter who actually did use wooden bullets but it has to be some sort of hardwood. I think he used teakwood out of a 12-gauge shotgun.
@@crshh Many thanks.
It works if it's in a shotgun shell I suppose. You can put a metal plug behind the wood shards so it pushes the wood out and shields it from the explosive powder required to launch the round
There's actually an art house vampire movie called Only Lovers Left Alive with Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston as the titular immortal lovers. In that movie, Adam (Tom) is suicidal and contemplates death with a wooden round that he keeps chambered in a revolver.
The Blade films still hold up really well today. If you want to see a film where vampires essentially take over (and some of the complications), there's a movie called Daybreakers that explores that. Priest is a good watch too, a film about the war between humans and vampires leaving the world on ruin.
That's definitely worth a watch the daybreakers movie really explores what it would be like in a world with vampires running the world instead of humans it's pretty grim
Blade 1 and 2, yes (Blade is like Terminator in that way)
In an answer to one of your questions, the Purebloods were born at the top of vampire society and have probably never had to live a finger for anything in their lives. This is why they can't fight and why they didn't expect the coup that Frost ended up pulling off.
0:04 "I AM A BANANA!!!"
(George leaves Simone hanging... smh...)
The Vampire in the Bloodbath holding up a bottle...the most hilarious thing I have seen until then in cinemas. I remember that in the room someone was smoking a joint and the police came in and arrested the guy than...
You guys should watch the *Underworld* movie series, imo some of the best vampire/werewolves movies..
Hell yeah!!
I disagree with the vampires being good representatives in those movies. The Werewolves are amazing, but the vamps are basically humans who can jump real high
I'm sure someone has already said it, but there's a deleted scene that solves the "but they won't have any food after they take over" flaw in their plan: Frost has been experimenting with literally keeping humans on ice, as comatose blood donors.
Most versions of the vampire myth seem to include some explanation of why they don't take over completely (and openly). My favorite is from Charles Stross' novels: Vampires live for thousands of years, and are borderline invincible when awake ... but have to sleep during the day, and die when exposed to sunlight. They know that if human society ever learned that vampires were REAL, every village would require every citizen to present for rollcall in the town square at high noon -- in other words, as powerful as they are, vampires would almost immediately go extinct.
Because of this, "The first rule of vampire club is: _Vampires don't exist._ " Whenever one elder vampire accidentally encounters another, their immediate thought is, "Dufuq?! If I could find you, then HUMANS could find you. You clearly need to die, for the safety of our entire species." Kinda discourages large vampire alliances.
You guys have been reacting to some great choices lately. You're the best channel out there! 😘
It holds up so well, even with all the shitty CGI. The violence and practical effects more than make up for it.
Blade is badass.
Wesley Snipes was the real deal.
This is the best vampire movie ever made, It came out when I was a teenager and blew me away. Great video 👍
Blade should turn up in Moon Knight
According to Blade 2 it would seem the the Pure Bloods are happy to rule secretly from the shadows and in Blade 3 there are hints at a Master Plan already in effect. As for the Pure Bloods being so weak in this movie I would assume that, as we found out, that if you drain them of too much of their blood they lose a lot of their strength.
Remaking Blade for the MCU is gonna be like ice skating uphill. 😎
Originally there was an explanation for how the vampires would survive with all of the humans turned, but it was cut.
Later a major point in Blade Trinity
The Blood Rave and the tune are iconic. I still jam to it today.
I enjoyed the meme that showed Blade behind the characters of Twilight and said "The ending we all wanted."
This was a fun one, I too am excited to see Blade in the MCU and hope it's R rated. In the meantime, you should do Blade 2 and Blade Trinity.
As far as the takeover, Vampires in general are outnumbered and the Elders prefer to stay in the shadows, but have more political power and are territorial with their houses. The Underworld movies touch on that more.
The MCU and Disney owe their success to this movie. Blade came out during a time when comic movies were dead in the water with no direction. Not only was this film a success, but the studio had balls enough to do it rated R. Ironic that New Line was a WB property at the time, which as we see now with dark comic films like Joker and The Batman, WB is not afraid to do.
"the Blood God. You mean Hakkar?" That got me off guard XD
Dude, the thumbnail of Simone as a vampire is fucking awesome. She could totally play a monster. Lol
Silver also has been used on vampires in some myths. In certain myths that weakness is symbolically attributed to vampires selling their souls for immortality thus forsaking God, its tied to the legend of Judas selling out Christ for fourty pieces of silver. In fact in certain stories Judas Iscariot was the first to be cursed as a vampire.
Um, Actually, it was 30 pieces of silver.
@@jasonweible2834 my bad, obviously I didn't pay attention in church.
The whole vampires not having a reflecting came around from them being weak to silver, since silver was used in the making of old mirrors.
Also, in some myths/traditions, they didn't really distinguish between vampires and werewolves, and vampires and ghouls.
Glad to see more people reacting to the Blade movies. The second one is my favorite.
Same here
And not just because it was directed by Guillermo del Toro
the second was my introduction to Guillermo Del Toro. been a fan ever since
@@synaesthesia2010 rock on
To answer your question about if turning into a vampire means you're going to be evil, what it actually is the thirst is like the strongest addiction you can ever have. The blood thirst/lust is like being so dehydrated and hungry that feeding becomes all you'll ever focus on and will do anything to quench, so they lose all morality until you feed. As Blade's mom said "Sooner or later the thirst always wins." And is why Blade takes his serum to satisfy and stifle his thirst. The feeding of blood is so good to vampires that finally feeding after not feeding for so long feels almost orgasmic so y'all were correct to say that Blade feeding on the Dr was like their sex scene.
In a deleted scene, Dr. Karen asks Deacon that if you turn everyone to vampires, whose blood do you drink. Deacon then reveals that they've been vacuum-sealing humans to be blood suppliers to keep everyone fed.
i hope...WE HOPE...the BLADE 2 is gonig to be next,you will not DARE to skip the second blade movie!!!
or the third one
This is one of my favorite comic book movies, because its campy like classic comics but also delightfully bloody, also Wesley Snipes is just plain fun. It was definitely one of the early successful comic book movies that doesn't get nearly the credit it deserves. As to the garlic and silver being good against vampires, Vampirism like Lycanthropy are sometimes considered diseases or infections and both silver and the allicin in garlic have strong antibiotic properties and thus kill creatures animated by the infection. Its a fun overlay of science, alchemy, and magical belief overlapping with truth. Vampires don't take direct control over the world because there needs to be a balance to ensure there is enough food to go around and they control things behind the scenes by investing and buying politicians. That and if they'd reveal themselves, instead of a handful of people hunting them, they would have armies hunting them. They can deal with 5 people better than 5 million.
At 11:20 When you said there are Asian vampires. Actually Vampire is a different race. For example picture 3 vampires. One is white one is black and one is asian. Those 3 vampires all have the same race. Which is Vampirism. They wouldn't label you by color of your skin or heritage. They label you whether you are human or not...🧛♂️
Daybreakers shows what happens when vampires rule in the open. They run out of food.
You mentioned Buffy. I’m now forever a fan. :-)
As another comment pointed out, they kinda are already in charge, but without starting a war where they are vulnerable half the time with the sun out.
They already have lots of power and plenty of blood.
The most unrealistic part is not that the vampires don't take over, but that they've managed to control their population well enough that the secret of their existence has been kept. The funniest part of conspiracy theories is always the similar assumption that huge numbers of people could maintain total opsec for an extended period, even if they wanted to do so. Billion-dollar movies can barely keep their scripts under wraps for a time-frame measured in months. Hell, top-secret intelligence documents from top-flight agencies get left in taxis or on public transport on a concerningly-regular basis, and nobody can seem to find a way to get an entire staff to stop responding to obvious spearfishing emails.
Three people can keep a secret if two of them are dead, and they often can't do it for long even then.
@@michaelccozens It's also taking place before the year 2000. Social media and the internet wasn't the thing it is now. Also, "comic book movie" lol
@@michaelccozens Also also, in universe, a lot of people do know. The "back ally treaties"
This was followed up by two direct sequels and a short lived TV series on SPIKE TV. There are a multitude of vampire films dating back to the 1930's. Blade in the comics was British and a human who is immune to vampire bites
Silver is sometimes associated with Vampires as one story goes that the first Vampire was Judas who was punished for his betrayal of Jesus, being vulnerable to Silver represents the money he took for that betrayal.
Hope you will watch the other 2. The trilogy is well worth it. Some of the music for the movies are awesome.
So glad you reacted to this one. Hope you'll move on to Blade 2. Blade 3 is a little goofy, but still worth watching as well.
Yeah. Blade 2 is also great.
Some consider Blade 3 to be just decent.
Blade 3 is tolerable if you watch the R rated cut. The theatrical PG-13 cut is so awful
Wesley Snipes as Blade is one of the coolest/badass movie characters ever created.
In most vampire stories, including this one, what causes people to become evil is that they have to drink human blood to survive. This means you have to kill people. They also gain powers, when they become a vampire. So they are basically immortal, with super powers, and they have to kill to survive. This is what turns people evil. And yes, since they can't survive during the day, it's impossible to take over. The reason Blade is a day walker is because of how he was infected, while he was still in his mothers womb.
Blade and Blade 2 great movies ..
I Hope the MCU blade can do these films justice ( i doubt ) .
My question is, why does the new Blade have to be Muslim when Blade isn't religious at all?
Comic book movies need to be this violent, gory, hardcore and ballsy again.. The genre is gonna burn out eventuallly just let it go out with a bang! Also, have guys seen The Crow? Watch. The. Crow!
Oh, yes, I concur! The Crow is an absolute must! 😎
Disney isn't going to make em R rated. I'd be shocked if we get Deadpool 3 in an r rated. The 3rd movie is gonna be a total disaster if they get it off the ground
If I remember correctly, Wesley did all the fight scenes, as he's an accomplished fighter of several martial arts styles.
Blade made the money that turned Marvel around, without Blade being a hit, the publisher would've gone bankrupt before the sequel was even thought of.
The lore varies from which universe & storyteller, some just being bitten turns you, other's its drinking their blood, & sometimes even both, pure bloods would be what Blade became if he had been delivered later than he was, as it would've needed longer to change him fully (think premature babies type).
I've always been surprised N'Bushe Wright didn't get more roles after this. She was solid and beautiful.
Please watch THE NEVERENDING STORY!
Thanks for comparing with Buffy's mechanisms. It's interesting how they differ.
Don Hertzfeldt reference!!! Lmao “My spoons too big! My spoon...is too big!”
It's the thirst that takes over just imagine drinking a gallon of water and still being thirsty
wesley snipes is such perfect casting for blade. i wish the mcu brought him back instead of getting a new actor.
He's only "perfect" as Blade because at the time, he was the only black actor who had martial arts skills at that level. He'd be too old for the role by now.
"The new Blade has got to be rated R otherwise its going to be shit"
Upcoming Blade is actually rated PG-13. Take from that what you will.
KEEEEEVVVVVIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!
you guys probably dont know, but the moon in the 90s WAS actually twice the size. Its something we dont like to talk about. Its better you dont know.
Off Topic: Quinn is played by Donal Lague - you probably recognize him from Gotham, but he had a one season show called Terriers, a private investigator comedy-drama that was off the charts amazing.
Donal Logue is one of the best underrated actors. I've loved him in everything I've seen and used to watch his show Grounded for Life. He was the biggest reason I watched Gotham. I wasn't too keen on a Batman show with no Batman, but it was a good show for what it was
I AM A BANANA!
The first one is my favorite. After that one, they just got eh.
“Blade’s blood is the key.” Classic.
Blade 2 rules! The Reavers were terrifying and Nomak is one of the best Marvel villains ever. Guillermo Del Toro did a great job.
Blade 2 was the best.
@@ThreadBomb I concur.
I love that Simone started this one off with a Don Hertzfeldt quote, to which all I can say is “I AM A BANANA!”
"There is another world beneath it!" "The Underworld!" No, no, no, Underworld is a _completely_ different vampire franchise.
Blade II is my favourite.
I’m happy to know there is another Buffy watcher here!
Definitely recommend Blade 2, definitely the better one, which is saying something!
Underworld films are probably one of the best vampire films around
If you look closely in the background during the "bloodbath" you can see some vampires holding up bottles....😂
you guys NEED to watch Del Toro's BLADE 2, it's sooooo good
If you enjoyed this? Just wait until you get to Blade 2, most people consider it the best in the trilogy.
Best line in the movie and for me one of top 5 lines on any movie….”catch you f* ckers at a bad time”…also I knew blade was going to be a good movie when blade spiked that dudes head to the ceiling in the first 10 minutes.
Kris Kristopherson adds so much personality, as Whistler. He's far more well known for his musical career, but he definitely has the acting chops.
I saw Blade in the movie theater with a large group of friends back in the day. When we left everybody thought it was fun. Everybody exept one. That guy was expecting sth more like 'Interview with a Vampire. We were all like: "Dude, that movie is called Blade. The main character is called Blade. And he is played by Wesley Snipes. Check your expectations."
Despite many logical shortcomings (e.g. Blade's leniency towards Quinn. Or the fact that Frost's sunblocker somehow protects the inside of his eyes and mouth), the movie was quite good at showing, what it wanted to show. And it was basically the first R-rated superhero movie.
Sadly the quality of subsequent Blade movies went downhill super fast.
I'd assumed that Frost was protecting his eyes with contact lenses, and the interior of his mouth is fine as there's little to no direct sunlight getting in it.
Blade 2 is the best Blade movie. It went down in quality for the 3rd one which was just awful
@@bwestacado9643 Well between the first 2 movies it might be more a question of personal taste, I'll give you that. I personally didn't like it for the most part (liked the Novak Character, tho). But I would agree that there's no question about the quality, or lack thereof, of Blade Trinity.
@@docdamnij Blade Trinity made me sad at how bad it was. It was the 1st Marvel movie I actually hated. Hulk with Eric Bana was another one lol. It could have been worse, Goyer wanted the 3rd one set like a thousands years into the future. He settle on this shit show though
the greatest trick is to convince the world the devil doesnt exist. The vampires already control most of everything and have their own world, so there is no point in exposing themselves to human society. You should check out the other Blade movies and also check out the movie "Daybreakers" (2010) its a movie where vampires actually did take over the world and there are few humans left.
TY for the reactions! Love this channel.
I love the reference to “rejected” at the beginning!!!
>CRAZY HATS ONLY
One early vampire myth is that Judas (after he hanged himself) was cursed to be the first vampire and the reaction to silver was based on his receipt of the 30 pieces of silver.
Wesley did all his own fight choreo in these movies and such
Love your reactions!! I'm stoked to watch this with you guys. UnfortunatelyI'm unable to until I get my new cable for internet.
I'll enjoy this in the meantime! :)
Very happy that you enjoyed the movie! I'm definitely excited to watch the whole thing next week. :)
I watched this as a youngster. Great watch back then! I'm sure that I'll laugh at some of the scenes but I'm hoping that it holds up. We'll see! :)
I'm sorry, I'm unable to answer your question right now but maybe after I watch the movie I'll be more able to.
"Some Motherfuckers are always trying to Ice-Skate uphill" - fav Blade quote
The DVD of this used to be my reference disc for showing off my home theater to friends
to the point of "what would the vampires eat after the blood god comes", there is a deleted scene where they were grabbing people off the streets, hanging them in... basically large body bags, and hooking them to IV's to draw their blood. The idea was that they could keep the people alive for years slowly draining them of blood. No more need to hunt, just a human farm.
Isn’t that just the plot of the third?
@@Mr.2Dirty yeah, they ended up reusing the idea.
Man I dunno how to say this without sounding irony poisoned but I genuinely loved how she asked about Blade Runner. I wish more people were less afraid of asking questions, maybe that way we'd have less willfully ignorant people. There's no dumb questions, only inadequate answers.