Blade 1998 - Caravan Of Garbage

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  • Опубликовано: 12 авг 2019
  • Blade 1998 is considered an overlooked classic kicking off what is considered the modern MCU movie. Others think it's dated and not good. HOWEVER in this retrospective review, this Caravan Of Garbage if you will explores whether it holds up as well as it did when released.
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  • @avahartwell3985
    @avahartwell3985 Год назад +565

    Bit of trivia: The humans hanging in Deacon Frost's blood snack fridge were so cold, their fingers and toes turned blue, which led to the working title of this film being "Blue Harvest," which was also the working title of the original Star Wars.

    • @matthewnicholas6365
      @matthewnicholas6365 Год назад +2

      Blue Harvest was a codename for Return of the Jedi so fans wouldn't know it was being filmed and turn up to the shooting.
      It was never going to be called that. Other films may have used the same codename to hide filming but I can say with certainty that Blade was never, ever, going to be called Blue Harvest.

    • @avahartwell3985
      @avahartwell3985 Год назад +30

      @@matthewnicholas6365 oh yeah no I know. I don't know if you've been watching more recent episodes of Caravan of Garbage but in them, they always make some joke trying to claim that the film they're reviewing's working title was Blue Harvest. CoG is a good show, you should watch it!

    • @johnnylawrence9686
      @johnnylawrence9686 Год назад +1

      @@avahartwell3985 Good on you for not replying like doucher would haha

    • @avahartwell3985
      @avahartwell3985 Год назад +14

      @@johnnylawrence9686 the world is harsh enough, why add more cruelty to it, you know? That running joke about Blue Harvest is one of my favorites.

    • @johnnylawrence9686
      @johnnylawrence9686 Год назад

      @@avahartwell3985 Same

  • @martinmcwilliams
    @martinmcwilliams 5 лет назад +1188

    Some MF’s always trying to ice-skate uphill

    • @ThreadBomb
      @ThreadBomb 5 лет назад +28

      Some Martin Freeman's always trying to iceskate uphill

    • @en6853
      @en6853 5 лет назад +16

      Some mother fathers always tryin a ass skat up heel

    • @nobuzzlitebeer7258
      @nobuzzlitebeer7258 5 лет назад +8

      Haha now it makes sence, I thought blade was saying, trying to ice skate from paying your bill.

    • @silverarrowae
      @silverarrowae 5 лет назад +5

      I saw the MF and thought MF Doom

    • @josephelston4101
      @josephelston4101 5 лет назад +1

      But water doesn't freeze on a gradient?!

  • @cazbrown3782
    @cazbrown3782 5 лет назад +1486

    You guys should do the 2003 Daredevil for this series.

    • @funofboredom
      @funofboredom 5 лет назад +35

      Director's Cut

    • @ThreadBomb
      @ThreadBomb 5 лет назад +23

      That's too painful to watch

    • @TbYolo
      @TbYolo 5 лет назад +14

      CazBrown That movie was really fcking Terrible i even thought it sucked when i was 10 years old

    • @Hunterfalke
      @Hunterfalke 5 лет назад +6

      @@TbYolo It does have some merits for a "so bad, it's kinda fun" watch. Like the snake sound bullseye emits from time to time (perfect drinking game) and the fighting game framing of one of the most idiotic fights ever, Murdock vs Elektra.

    • @GabrielAndrade-yt4ob
      @GabrielAndrade-yt4ob 5 лет назад

      Thread BombcM xVbXmn

  • @UmbrellaGent
    @UmbrellaGent 5 лет назад +529

    You should totally do Caravan Of Garbage on The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

  • @Gracklef1int
    @Gracklef1int 5 лет назад +364

    I think it holds up. I recently watched it with my 22 year old stepdaughter, and she loved it. She knew what she was getting into, and still had fun with it. When Blade catches his sunglasses (right after killing Quinn with the garrote) and the techno music starts, she turned to me and said "Yes. Good." LOL

    • @timothyhall4794
      @timothyhall4794 4 года назад +20

      She has good taste. You're doing a good job sir.

    • @theshahofiran902
      @theshahofiran902 2 года назад +11

      I watched this when i was a kid and i thought it was the coolest shit ever ngl 🤣🤣🤣

    • @commycasty
      @commycasty Год назад +3

      That moment when frost's number 2 in command is anticipating becoming a god and says, "I'm gonna be naughty, i'm gonna be a naughty god" had me rolling until i realized we'll never get another marvel movie this original again.

    • @trickvondoom2354
      @trickvondoom2354 9 месяцев назад +3

      Did her hand get stuck in the dvd player?

    • @kadegetslaid634
      @kadegetslaid634 7 месяцев назад +1

      You sound like a great stepdad LOL

  • @mr.farrowsclass6592
    @mr.farrowsclass6592 2 года назад +43

    *Blade gets bit by Morbius*
    Blade: It's Morbin time

  • @LukeDodge916
    @LukeDodge916 5 лет назад +140

    I love the first Blade film. It was quite special to me back in late '98. I was a huge vampire fan in those days and this film came out, with it's cool techno/hip hop soundtrack and its blood rave, and just blew my mind. Donal Logue stole the show and we all know it. This was a fun flick.

    • @firstnamelastname364
      @firstnamelastname364 5 лет назад

      Luke Dodge IIRC I don’t think any of the soundtrack was Hip Hop, just only techno instead. But yeah I appreciate your comment aside from that. Good movie

    • @LukeDodge916
      @LukeDodge916 5 лет назад +1

      @@firstnamelastname364 Half the soundtrack was rap, maybe most of it

    • @firstnamelastname364
      @firstnamelastname364 5 лет назад

      Luke Dodge Ah, you’re right. I was just thinking of the music in the movie.
      I didn’t realise they had a separate soundtrack album. That album must’ve went under my radar

  • @anakamarvelous
    @anakamarvelous 4 года назад +82

    “Don’t ask for blade 2 or 3 we’ll get to it”
    *11 months later*

    • @Derek_Keenan
      @Derek_Keenan 2 года назад +3

      still waiting.....
      😔

    • @eimhinpierce2428
      @eimhinpierce2428 Год назад +2

      Still waiting

    • @Kenny-lz3gh
      @Kenny-lz3gh Год назад +1

      I think they are keeping them for the reboot build up

    • @SomeoneThatIsHappy
      @SomeoneThatIsHappy Год назад +1

      @@Kenny-lz3gh bro this video was made 3 years ago, a Blade reboot wasn't even rumored at the time

    • @saintniccage2818
      @saintniccage2818 Год назад

      Saving them for disneys p.g funny blade

  • @HenryFurnell
    @HenryFurnell 5 лет назад +190

    The track Bloodbath (I mean Confusion by New Order) from the Rave scene is still used in clubs today. Sneaky shocking fact

    • @JKribbit
      @JKribbit 5 лет назад +37

      MFs always tryin to rave uphill

    • @Jdizzle0667
      @Jdizzle0667 5 лет назад +1

      @@JKribbit 🤣🤣🤣

    • @thisisfyne
      @thisisfyne 5 лет назад +6

      Do you mean Confusion by Pump Panel ‎?

    • @HenryFurnell
      @HenryFurnell 5 лет назад

      @@thisisfyne oh yeh confusion by new order

    • @davidkymdell452
      @davidkymdell452 5 лет назад +5

      I blew a 6x9 driving around and listening the shit out of that track back in the 90's.

  • @caseytodd7632
    @caseytodd7632 5 лет назад +259

    16:11 - "Yah it's dated.. but not bad."
    James condensing the entire video down to a second.

    • @kuldimanas
      @kuldimanas 4 года назад +7

      That moment when someone puts a time code with a quote and you press it and the quote isn't there and you start rewinding forwards and backwards to find it and end up finding it 7 seconds before the time code and you're like WTF? Yeah, this is one of those moments

    • @CommanderShepard-wq3wo
      @CommanderShepard-wq3wo 3 года назад +2

      Glad you know how to properly timestamp

  • @PattyFuryGaming
    @PattyFuryGaming 5 лет назад +520

    Blade is like a fine wine, it gets better as it ages. We just haven't waited long enough.

    • @UkuleleVillain
      @UkuleleVillain 5 лет назад +21

      and wine is blood

    • @trealsteve
      @trealsteve 5 лет назад +29

      PattyFuryGaming Exactly. Wesley Snipes and crew don’t get nearly enough credit.

    • @catra195
      @catra195 Год назад +3

      Blade 1 is iconic and untouchable

    • @kadegetslaid634
      @kadegetslaid634 7 месяцев назад

      Honestly, I don't like it and think it's aged pretty poorly, but honestly I don't like the genere blade is in so probably not the best review

  • @Brook11223
    @Brook11223 5 лет назад +366

    Blade is the unsung hero and became a cult classic.

  • @andrewlyall9612
    @andrewlyall9612 5 лет назад +480

    Please please please do League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

    • @JustJohnny
      @JustJohnny 5 лет назад +9

      League of Extraordinary Failures, amiright?

    • @takethebluepillnottheredpi584
      @takethebluepillnottheredpi584 5 лет назад +27

      @@JustJohnny wasn't a bad movie. Actually 🤷🏿‍♂️. Pretty interesting movie.

    • @martinmcwilliams
      @martinmcwilliams 5 лет назад +2

      Just Johnny haha got em! Nah it’s alright.

    • @Battleschnodder
      @Battleschnodder 5 лет назад +8

      It's weird, League is certainly not great, but the reputation as absolutely atrocious, while stuff like Blade "holds up" seems kind of random to me. Maybe I gotta rewatch it.

    • @KyledishGambino
      @KyledishGambino 5 лет назад +2

      How did you comment on a video 1 week before it came out?

  • @mctown972
    @mctown972 5 лет назад +241

    The 90s were the trench coat era

    • @ThreadBomb
      @ThreadBomb 5 лет назад +25

      Late 90s-early 00s, to be exact.

    • @austinirwin2868
      @austinirwin2868 5 лет назад +1

      Too soon?

    • @trealsteve
      @trealsteve 5 лет назад +1

      Thread Bomb No. The frickin’ 90’s. Gambit, anyone?

    • @DrJReefer
      @DrJReefer 4 года назад

      Trench coats will always be cool.

    • @Uohoodie
      @Uohoodie 4 года назад

      In Germany it was more a 30s and 40s thing

  • @rmeddy
    @rmeddy 5 лет назад +35

    Karen Jenson was not a love interest of Blade, it's a big part of what made her awesome.

  • @ed2166
    @ed2166 5 лет назад +60

    I watched Blade in theaters and it was just awesome. Since then, I haven't stopped watching comic book movies in theaters.

    • @michaelgatti4038
      @michaelgatti4038 5 лет назад

      Even the shitty ones?

    • @shooshooshooshooshooter
      @shooshooshooshooshooter 5 лет назад

      k

    • @noakesy316
      @noakesy316 4 года назад +2

      Fuck that shit. I'd rather lie in bed and stare at the ceiling than sit watching a 2 hour 40 PlayStation cut scene. Blade was awesome though!

    • @malafakka8530
      @malafakka8530 Год назад

      I pretty much stopped after the first Spider-man movie with Maguire with only the occasional exception.

  • @May-sy9fr
    @May-sy9fr 5 лет назад +38

    I think the 90’s was just an amazing era of now unsung amazing comic characters.

    • @zzygyy
      @zzygyy 5 лет назад +10

      90s had the best sci-fi and horror b movies.

  • @JoshuaArmell
    @JoshuaArmell 5 лет назад +63

    PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do the Spawn movie from the 90's

  • @aidangreen7006
    @aidangreen7006 5 лет назад +62

    BLADE is incredible, and underrated - amazing cinematography, editing, production design, screenplay, and far better than BLADE II in my opinion. My second favorite film of all time.

    • @GDM245
      @GDM245 5 лет назад +5

      I couldn't agree anymore thank you Aidan green for stating out the obvious.

    • @trealsteve
      @trealsteve 5 лет назад +3

      Agreed. We all know why it’s underrated.
      Same story, different day.

    • @ElusiveClarity
      @ElusiveClarity 3 года назад +1

      Way better than Blade 2, agreed-- and 3, but that's absurdly obvious.

  • @sebastianardron9853
    @sebastianardron9853 5 лет назад +2

    Hey! I’m in this video! I’m the guy with the blue hair who walks past Jared Leto in the Mornius clip around 12:40. My friend (the blonde dude behind me) and I do extras work and we were filming for Morbius in Manchester that day

  • @bloocheez3
    @bloocheez3 5 лет назад +97

    The first two Blade movies were fantastic. That third one though...oy

    • @OB.x
      @OB.x 4 года назад +4

      Third one Had Jessica Biel in her defining role.

    • @3Rayfire
      @3Rayfire 4 года назад +11

      @@OB.x And also it was Ryan Reynold's first audition for Deadpool. With one of the great insults of our time. So, while it was a bad Blade movie, it was still a positively historic one.

    • @blackmantis3130
      @blackmantis3130 3 года назад

      The second one had a lot of plot holes

    • @Maladjester
      @Maladjester 3 года назад

      The word is Snipes really, REALLY didn't want to be there for 3. That parade was rained on before it started.
      Also, seconding Jessica Biel. I don't know how to spell the snarl of an aroused wildcat, but......damn.

    • @theexpandingmane1768
      @theexpandingmane1768 3 года назад +3

      The 3rd one was ass because it wasn’t a blade movie. It was a let’s make the movie about these other 2 people and that idea was meh 🤷‍♂️

  • @PanzerMold
    @PanzerMold 5 лет назад +13

    The Blood Rave song is called Confusion by Pump Panel in case anyone wanted to know!
    Great Caravan of Garbage! Blade was always criminally underappreciated. I can't wait to see what the MCU does with Blade, I couldn't think of a better casting choice! (Aside from Snipes himself!)

  • @ShmikeTGOD
    @ShmikeTGOD 4 года назад +15

    This Movie is the definition of awesome!! Blade looked so cool and blade still has one of the best opening scenes to any movie I’ve ever seen ... the blood bath ... ICONIC

  • @michaelsphotography5662
    @michaelsphotography5662 Год назад +7

    You said you would review Blade 2. You never did…

  • @matthewnicholas6365
    @matthewnicholas6365 Год назад +17

    As a 17 year old when Blade was released, I had NFI it was Marvel or comic related.
    As far as I was concerned, it was just an awesome Vampire action movie for adults.

  • @ZyxthePest
    @ZyxthePest 4 года назад +10

    "They gave it enough variation, you barely even notice."
    "You don't even not-"
    "You notice every time"
    "You can't help but notice"

  • @keithriley6597
    @keithriley6597 5 лет назад +66

    Until 2002 you could purchase a replica of Blade's sword WITH the blades that pop out of the handle. It was recalled obviously for taking fingers off. Hahaha I regret not buying it when I had the chance.

    • @matane2465
      @matane2465 5 лет назад +7

      I mean if you bought the sword its probably because you saw this movie so you should know it had that function.

    • @anthonyvazquez4158
      @anthonyvazquez4158 5 лет назад +15

      I'd give this comment a thumbs up but I lost it to the damn sword... and the blade glaive was also dangerous

    • @HistoryandReviews
      @HistoryandReviews 5 лет назад

      Source?

    • @keithriley6597
      @keithriley6597 5 лет назад +4

      @History and Reviews I saw it in a mall in Bowling Green, KY. I think you can still get one from The Noble Collection website but without the handle mechanism.

    • @keithriley6597
      @keithriley6597 5 лет назад +4

      They were faulty. Some of them worked properly.

  • @JamoboBorg
    @JamoboBorg 5 лет назад +12

    If you haven't already seen it, Daybreakers is a film about a world run by vampires, but the blood supply is running out, they even keep humans in more sophisticated facilities to use like cattle. It stars Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe and Sam Neil

    • @KEVMAN7987
      @KEVMAN7987 5 лет назад +2

      That movie was very interesting.

  • @zeinerperez5812
    @zeinerperez5812 4 года назад +82

    Fun fact: Wesley Snipes was a trained martial artist at the time and was able to do his own fight scenes. Big part of why he got the role as Blade.

    • @PangolinMontanari
      @PangolinMontanari 2 года назад +8

      Is he no longer a trained martial artist?

    • @frankfrega1302
      @frankfrega1302 2 года назад

      Edit your comment snipes is a martial artists
      There fixed it for you

    • @Derek_Keenan
      @Derek_Keenan 2 года назад +3

      @@frankfrega1302 Edit your comment Snipes is a martial artist
      There fixed it for you

    • @frankfrega1302
      @frankfrega1302 2 года назад

      @@Derek_Keenan you edit my comment to put the exact sane thing? You forgot to take your meds?

    • @Derek_Keenan
      @Derek_Keenan 2 года назад +2

      @@frankfrega1302 no, i fixed the mistakes you still had left in your corrected comment, like saying a single person is "a martial artists"

  • @matthewbartke4424
    @matthewbartke4424 5 лет назад +40

    I always assumed that the Matrix borrowed a lot of their style from this movie as well.

    • @trealsteve
      @trealsteve 5 лет назад +8

      They did. They also “borrowed” the script, theme, narrative and everything that is “The Matrix” as well.

    • @Lexman509
      @Lexman509 5 лет назад +6

      Don't forget Dark City.

    • @firstnamelastname364
      @firstnamelastname364 5 лет назад +2

      That’s part of why The Matrix is so overrated to me. A lot of other movies that were just as influential that have aged better, are more well made but not as rated as The Matrix.
      Like I’d say how something like The Bourne Identity was ahead of its time for action movies is just as admirable as Matrix’s influence on the early 00s movies and pop culture.

    • @juanita-dark
      @juanita-dark 3 года назад

      They did.

    • @edgardomartin8299
      @edgardomartin8299 3 года назад +1

      That would need for the Wachowskis siblings to be time travelers, since filming was mostly over by the time Blade came out.

  • @deacon_smith1064
    @deacon_smith1064 5 лет назад +48

    You know you’re parents are werid when ur named after a villain from blade lol

    • @trealsteve
      @trealsteve 5 лет назад +7

      That’s how you know it was/is an awesome film. 🤣

  • @k1llertoad
    @k1llertoad 2 года назад +3

    13:02 "That's Doctor Michael Morbius (2022)" - Alternative Ending, Blade (1998)

  • @scattershotshow
    @scattershotshow 5 лет назад +16

    I would love you forever if you did the absolute classic that is 'DEEP RISING'!

  • @dcaseng
    @dcaseng 5 лет назад +14

    This film is not as dated as people claim it is. I think it holds up quite well, even compared to most of today's movies.
    I've seen far worse CGI in just the past few years.

    • @trealsteve
      @trealsteve 5 лет назад

      Exactly. We know why people hate on it, though.

    • @phantomray69
      @phantomray69 8 месяцев назад

      The CGI in this movie was amazing

  • @eren34558
    @eren34558 4 года назад +12

    How DARE they insult Wesley Snipes' greatest gift to America.

  • @vpg261
    @vpg261 4 года назад +3

    Another badass line from Whistler:
    "Catch you fuckers at a bad time?!"
    I'll always love this movie lol

  • @morkofork
    @morkofork 5 лет назад +6

    Blade was one of the first DVDs I got, back in 2000 I got my first DVD player for £200 and with it I bought Blade & The Iron Giant.

    • @msimpson9455
      @msimpson9455 4 года назад +2

      Me too, except mine were Blade and American Psycho.

  • @hamzaorakzai3490
    @hamzaorakzai3490 5 лет назад +53

    Seeing Stephen Dorff in this and now in True Detective season 3, feels fucking weird.He's awesome in both though.

    • @Mukation
      @Mukation 5 лет назад +7

      He's the kind of actor that is actually really good, but sort of never got the "big" brake, eventhough he's been in some good films.

    • @hamzaorakzai3490
      @hamzaorakzai3490 5 лет назад

      @@Mukation i think it's his look and i think he looks great and should be in more movies but Hollywood certainly does have an obsession with a certain type of physique that appeals to their perverted nature and one that they think works for the fans and the other doesn't( hope that made sense, sorry, English isn't really my 1st or 2nd language)

    • @P3DR0877
      @P3DR0877 5 лет назад

      @@hamzaorakzai3490 ya he doesn't fit the stereotype of what people like in Hollywood but he is a great actor

    • @hamzaorakzai3490
      @hamzaorakzai3490 5 лет назад

      @@P3DR0877 that's a much better way to put it and i completely agree.

    • @NefariousKoel
      @NefariousKoel 5 лет назад +2

      I recall first seeing Dorff in the early 90s movie "SFW".
      Which was actually pretty damn good for a lower budget movie of the time. Especially the mocking of news media sensationalism which is still very much a thing.

  • @Sha_Fermo
    @Sha_Fermo 5 лет назад +5

    My youngest brother was obsessed with “bwade” when he was little. I don’t know why my parents let him watch them but I can say between blade 2,3 and Jurassic park 3 even I can recite lines to this day.

  • @raferenton6384
    @raferenton6384 2 года назад +5

    Morbius was the most movie movie of all time

  • @AceLM92
    @AceLM92 5 лет назад +19

    I don't think the scientist woman was meant to be a love interest, just a new ally for Blade

    • @ThreadBomb
      @ThreadBomb 5 лет назад +8

      Yeah, it's cool that they weren't forced together.

    • @YakBat
      @YakBat 5 лет назад +5

      Yea highly under rated character, sorely missed in Blade 2, swing as Norman's character essentially served the same purpose, down to introducing Blade to EDTA.

    • @Mukation
      @Mukation 5 лет назад

      @@YakBat Blade in the first film clearly was more socially competent, the guy who made his serum was clearly seen as a friend and Blade even gave him a brotherly hug and a handshake manouver. Not to mention his reaction when the cops shot at him (AND when he was joking around with Donal Louges character in the beging, when he staked him to the wall).
      Yet in Blade 2 he barley showed any "normal" emotions and in Blade 3 he was full on brooding lone wolf who didn't even try to connect with what was essentially his "sister" (Whistler's daughter), nor did he have anything to talk to with Hannibal King, who, just like Blade, knows how bad it feels to feel hunger for blood etc. Blade from "Blade 1" would have loved to meet a guy like Hannibal King.
      I guess N´Bushe's character didn't fit into that version of Blade they where going for later.

    • @YakBat
      @YakBat 5 лет назад

      @@Mukation Got all that, I was just saying having Norman repeat exactly what Kate said made no sense. What, somehow Blade forgot how to kill vamps with EDTA between movies?

    • @li-limandragon9287
      @li-limandragon9287 5 лет назад +1

      I usually don’t male and female characters having sexual tension but if does just remain platonic then that’s fine.

  • @kieran10202
    @kieran10202 5 лет назад +16

    I imagine it's just a small enclave of vampires who are running operations in the background and trying not to attract attention, and then one of them comes along and decides to just start making more vampires to improve his lot in life and that's where blade comes in and is why we haven't heard of them before.
    They're barely even on Shield's level if you think about it.

  • @ProfComic
    @ProfComic 3 года назад +3

    One and a half year later and still no Blade 2 and 3. Guys please i need this!

  • @Codemarla
    @Codemarla 5 лет назад +36

    Caravan of garbage? You mean: Caravan of the best Marvel film ever made.

    • @trealsteve
      @trealsteve 5 лет назад +3

      Exactly. I was seriously in my feelings when I saw the thumbnail. But, they knew better than to trash greatness. 😂

  • @rashawnmorgan7316
    @rashawnmorgan7316 5 лет назад +5

    Grew up on blade will always be the goat

  • @khrashingphantom9632
    @khrashingphantom9632 5 лет назад +17

    I watched Blade (1998) and it really holds up in my opinion! I really hope Wesley Snipes appears as "Whistler" in the new Blade film. Either way I really want to know how people say Blade (1998) doesn't hold up, but The Matrix does. Blade did most of the heavy lifting for The Matrix, and it doesn't get the credit it deserves.

    • @firstnamelastname364
      @firstnamelastname364 5 лет назад +2

      The Matrix definitely doesn’t hold up for me..or at least not to the level of the insanely high reputation it has.
      But since Blade’s reputation is more of a niche fun superhero movie, my expectations aren’t as high so I enjoy that film more in retrospect and I think it’s aged better than the Matrix

    • @toniosoflyy
      @toniosoflyy 2 года назад +2

      Blade came out one year before The Matrix. Super underrated movie

  • @bradw5596
    @bradw5596 5 лет назад +2

    In Spider-Man TAS from the 90’s, Blade’s origin was that his mother was bitten by a vamp while he was in the womb.

    • @BladeOMac
      @BladeOMac 5 лет назад

      Predates the movie

  • @matttrustain3233
    @matttrustain3233 5 лет назад +8

    First blade is fucking awesome

  • @mikezerker6925
    @mikezerker6925 4 года назад +11

    I loved Blade 1998... Wesley Snipes played it perfectly!

    • @orionaugustwatson
      @orionaugustwatson 4 года назад +1

      Sure. In fact it was Wesley whose touch to the character(mainly the one liners and action sequences) which made it so memorable

  • @adamquenano8563
    @adamquenano8563 5 лет назад +5

    Blade was the most relevant hero movie in the 90s.It painted the dark tone For Comicbook movies before Nolan’s Batman

    • @trealsteve
      @trealsteve 5 лет назад

      Same guy wrote both trilogies also. He just can’t get his that third one right, huh?

  • @IrisCorven
    @IrisCorven 5 месяцев назад

    I'd like to add a #4 to best lines in the film: The moment where Whistler blows the wall open, the audio cuts, the camera zooms in on him, and he says "Catch you fuckers at a bad time?". Still makes me chuckle, years later.

  • @shadow_suspended_ondust8660
    @shadow_suspended_ondust8660 5 лет назад +21

    Review Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight.
    Please.

  • @Lodogg
    @Lodogg 5 лет назад +53

    Just to be clear... this was pre Matrix, but after The Crow... right?

    • @Syklonus
      @Syklonus 5 лет назад +4

      The Crow was 1993/94. The Matrix was 1999. so just right before the latter.

    • @Jackson-jd1um
      @Jackson-jd1um 5 лет назад +1

      I believe so

  • @Stumanji77
    @Stumanji77 5 лет назад +3

    I like that instead of "ice skate uphill" the subtitles have it as "mesh skatopia".

  • @bilboswaggins4783
    @bilboswaggins4783 2 года назад +4

    Sooooo… y’all doing Blade 2 & 3?

  • @ANGELOFDARKification
    @ANGELOFDARKification 3 года назад +1

    The first 2 Blade movies are so underrated. Everyone goes on about Logan and Black Panther but this was a rated R superhero movie with a black lead and saved Marvel comics.

  • @donniebravo19
    @donniebravo19 5 лет назад +6

    My Favorite Movie is BLADE
    Wesley and the entire cast did an awesome job!
    If people hated, I'd say this! 7:45

  • @sidrickxiii4056
    @sidrickxiii4056 5 лет назад +3

    2:19 Fantastic, thanks for the acknowledgement that blade is British in the comics 😁

  • @jacquesmains7453
    @jacquesmains7453 5 лет назад +2

    "He's got a big legbrace down one leg, and we're to assume that he got that in battle with vampires, but he probably just got it caught in a revolving door or something" made me lol aloud xD
    Great video!

  • @Sam-ey1nn
    @Sam-ey1nn 4 года назад +5

    Blade is one of the only comic book movies I actually enjoy, and it's because they made it a proper film for adults and a lot more grounded and original than the modern era of cookie-cutter comic book movies.

  • @JDotWill
    @JDotWill 5 лет назад +6

    Wesley & Sticky should both have cameos in the new Blade movie

    • @ThreadBomb
      @ThreadBomb 5 лет назад

      Woah, Sticky is a deep cut! I would be cool with that. After all, he actually played the character longer than Wesley.

    • @trealsteve
      @trealsteve 5 лет назад

      Thread Bomb Since when?

  • @Gergwil5
    @Gergwil5 5 лет назад +3

    I loved this when i saw it in theaters back in the day .....and i think it still holds up to this day! Wesley Snipes was awesome as Blade! And i hope they give him a cameo in the new one......

  • @PranavanathanYoganathan
    @PranavanathanYoganathan 5 лет назад +12

    I am genuinely looking forward to a Blade vs Morbius movie.

    • @dbv9134
      @dbv9134 5 лет назад +1

      Hopefully wesley snipes will be in the new blade as like a mentor to the new blade

    • @firstnamelastname364
      @firstnamelastname364 5 лет назад

      DBV he won’t. Disney’s Marvel wouldn’t go near a once-convicted tax evader who had a documented history of domestic violence. Especially not after his Blade 3 antics.
      I do think it would be cool though, but will never happen since Wesley’s essentially damaged goods..especially to squeaky clean Disney.

    • @jakewhite5767
      @jakewhite5767 3 года назад

      @@dbv9134 at most he'll get a little cameo in the new movie like the SNL guy who played Ant Man in the one skit in the 70s in the Ant Man film

    • @dontreadmyprofilepicture8817
      @dontreadmyprofilepicture8817 2 года назад

      @@firstnamelastname364 This kinda rings shallow when you realize RDJ did three years for trespassing and drug abuse and no other studios would touch him with a ten foot pole. I find it hard to believe RDJ gets a clean slate and a starring role but Snipes can't get a cameo.

  • @azahias9
    @azahias9 Год назад +3

    The spin kicks scene is peak fighting game footsies, and we should all appreciate that 😂

  • @Syklonus
    @Syklonus 5 лет назад +5

    Blade is a good time. It did something fairly original with overlooked material, and for that it deserves a place in history. The sequels weren't as good, but that first film stands up.

  • @luisz222
    @luisz222 5 лет назад +26

    Do the 2005 Constantine movie with Keanu Reeves. It’s kinda trash and doesn’t follow the comics at all but somehow became a cult classic.

    • @darksaint0124
      @darksaint0124 5 лет назад +7

      It's not trash. The only reason some dislike it is because of the title. If it had nothing to do with Constantine it would get a lot more love.

    • @luisz222
      @luisz222 5 лет назад +2

      darksaint0124 it’s only not good because of the title as first off he isn’t even British and doesn’t have blonde hair. The chain smoking is the one thing they got right as John doesn’t even use magic in the movie he just has that weird crossbow. I’d still like to see them pick this movie apart tho could be a fun episode.

    • @darksaint0124
      @darksaint0124 5 лет назад +4

      @@luisz222 like I said. If he wasn't supposed to be John Constantine then there would be no problems with it.

    • @JKribbit
      @JKribbit 5 лет назад +1

      The scene where he showed satan himself the middle finger rendered your comment about the movie being trash moot

    • @NefariousKoel
      @NefariousKoel 5 лет назад +1

      Constantine is a great movie. Wasn't trash.

  • @Amber_xo_133
    @Amber_xo_133 7 месяцев назад

    When David S. Goyer first pitched the idea of doing a Blade movie, the executives of New Line felt there were only three actors who could possibly do the role: Wesley Snipes, Denzel Washington and Laurence Fishburne, but in Goyer's mind, Snipes was always the perfect choice for the character of Blade
    Kris Kristofferson's character, Whistler, was created for Blade's cameo on Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1994). He was liked so much by Marvel's CEO that he was adopted into the Marvel universe.
    The scene where Quinn (Donal Logue) attacks Karen in the hospital corridor features lots of screaming, but they knew something was wrong when Logue started yelling too. During the tussle, he fell face first onto the hard floor and completely dislodged his jaw. He had broken it in an accident years prior, and opening his mouth too wide and too fast can unhinge it. They were filming in an abandoned hospital but had to rush to a real one, "but I've got this guy who's dressed as a third-degree burn victim, essentially naked, running in with his jaw hanging down." The room cleared out pretty fast.
    Wesley Snipes was interested in doing a movie adaptation of the Black Panther comics when he was offered the project. He said that he was unfamiliar with the Blade comics, seeing more of a connection to the blaxploitation heroes of the 1970s. "I just approached him as this really cool character where I'd get to do martial arts and wear a leather suit," he said.
    Karen was originally going to be played by a white actress, but Wesley Snipes encouraged them to cast a black actress.
    In updating the vampire lore, Stephen Norrington and David S. Goyer decided that crosses wouldn't work against vampires, citing "What if a vampire was Jewish? Why would a cross work against him?"
    Michael Morbius was to be used as the main antagonist in Blade II (2002), but the idea was dropped when Marvel sold the character's rights to Artisan Entertainment to produce a standalone Morbius film. The vampire on the rooftop in the alternate ending is Morbius, played by director Stephen Norrington. Morbius eventually made his live-action debut in Morbius (2022), played by Jared Leto.
    In the original Marvel comics storyline, the character Blade was British - not American.
    Stephen Dorff wasn't a fan of commercial movies, in particularly comic book movies, but Stephen Norrington convinced him to take the role of Deacon Frost.
    Stephen Dorff modelled Frost on several other villains, especially Jack Nicholson's Joker in Batman (1989).
    at around 26 mins) When Whistler first introduces himself to Karen he says his first name is Abraham. Bram Stoker, who's first full name is Abraham wrote the original Dracula novel. He even used the name for one of his leading characters a.k.a Abraham Van Helsing.
    Although she's credited as Mercury, Arly Jover never is called by her name throughout the movie.
    Blade was born in 1967. In real life, Wesley Snipes was born in 1962.
    Even though he plays her son, Wesley Snipes (Blade) is actually 9 years older than Sanaa Lathan (Vanessa Brooks).
    The subway trains in the subway sequence are all CGI.
    The film was released during the late cycle of vampire films in the 1990s. Other films are Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992), Innocent Blood (1992), Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994), From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), The Night Flier (1997), Vampire in Brooklyn (1995), and Vampires (1998).
    Artist Gene Colan originally modeled Blade after a number of black actors, including Jim Brown.
    Marvel made only $25,000 off this film
    The first theatrically-released Marvel movie since Howard the Duck (1986).
    (at around 45 mins) When the bed opens up and reveals Vanessa (Sanaa Lathan), the sound effect used is lifted from Aliens (1986) (the scene where Ripley & Co. wake up on the Sulaco).
    Blade's real name is Eric Brooks. He is referred to as 'Eric' towards the end of the film, and his mother's driver's license says Vanessa Brooks of Bradenton, Florida.
    Body count: 88
    The final fight scene sees Blade attack Frost, only for him to "brush off" the effort before exclaiming '...My Turn!' and retaliating. This is very similar (and most likely based on/an homage) to a fight scene in the vampire classic The Lost Boys (1987), where the same happens between the "hero" and vampire villain. Additionally, the vampire make-up effects for both movies were done by Greg Cannom.

  • @roberthenika5496
    @roberthenika5496 4 года назад +2

    Did anyone mention the superhero movie with Qui-Gon Jinn? Super dark, super gritty, pretty hilarious? Had a crime boss that was kingpin before we ever saw kingpin on the big or small screen? DARKMAN, the first. It even had a sequel, but without Liam Neeson

  • @stevemoore1219
    @stevemoore1219 5 лет назад +3

    I loved this movies,and i went to school with Stephen Norrington me an my brother were mates with him and he made a full size alien then went on to work on Aliens :)

  • @1989MrBlue
    @1989MrBlue 5 лет назад +8

    Do Blade tv series (2006)!!! :D

    • @ThreadBomb
      @ThreadBomb 5 лет назад +1

      They wouldn't do the whole series, but I wish they'd watch the pilot movie.

  • @LoveDoctorNL
    @LoveDoctorNL 5 лет назад +14

    When I saw Blade with my brother we were both so impressed. We had seen the future of cinema!

  • @kyotoandsunchips8585
    @kyotoandsunchips8585 5 лет назад +3

    I remember the first time I watch blade and man I was like "Holy Cow this guy is a badass"! Plus I haven't watch Blade since 2002

  • @rspalding1979
    @rspalding1979 5 лет назад +5

    I saw this movie in theaters twice. It absolutely holds up and should be watched once a year.

    • @matttheamerican3766
      @matttheamerican3766 5 лет назад

      The Trailer Nerd with Eight no bull, I at least watch it twice a year lol

  • @guyincognito5320
    @guyincognito5320 5 лет назад +88

    Blade made vampires cool again after a slew of shit 90s vampire movies. I'm sure it can do it again.

    • @schuettjoel
      @schuettjoel 5 лет назад +5

      That and Buffy. But then came Twilight...

    • @Ekinoxe
      @Ekinoxe 5 лет назад +7

      From dusk till dawn made vampires cool again, Buffy and Blade made them mainstream. Either way, all good shit.

    • @algiersc9957
      @algiersc9957 5 лет назад +3

      @@Ekinoxe And twilight made them shit again.

    • @ThreadBomb
      @ThreadBomb 5 лет назад +4

      What was the "slew of shit 90s vampire movies"?
      90s had Interview with the Vampire, and From Dusk till Dawn, both great films.

    • @Ekinoxe
      @Ekinoxe 5 лет назад

      @@algiersc9957 So I heard, I never actually bothered watching them lol

  • @matthewmendoza8637
    @matthewmendoza8637 5 лет назад

    Great job guys! Lol my favorite line on this CoG is “It’s Michael Morbius from the comic books nobody reads.”

  • @HighHeelKnight
    @HighHeelKnight 5 лет назад +1

    Blade tried to kill the Donald Louge character at the beginning of the movie BUT the method he tried wound up failing. Blade said something like, "I'm tired of killing you. Though I'd try fire this time."
    On the commentary track, they said that some vampires can only be killed in specific ways. There isn't any way to know just by looking at the vampire. The theatrical release doesn't mention or explain that that, which is why Louge's survival is so confusing.

    • @matttheamerican3766
      @matttheamerican3766 5 лет назад +1

      High Heel Knight it’s intimidation. He will go back and scare other vamps with Blades legend, making him their “boogeyman”.
      Batman would have done the same thing.

  • @NovaPrimo119
    @NovaPrimo119 5 лет назад +3

    He wasn’t turned by Morbius in the comic he was similarly “turned” when his mother was bitten while still giving birth to him

    • @delmarfrazier2727
      @delmarfrazier2727 5 лет назад

      His mother was bitten by Deacon Frost at the whorehouse house he pretended to be a doctor🦇

  • @arniexvx9776
    @arniexvx9776 5 лет назад +3

    Actually one of my favorite comicbook movies.
    Everything about this that is dated, I can see through and more than apperciate the rest.

  • @JamesDarcon2007
    @JamesDarcon2007 4 года назад +1

    I love the whole Blade trilogy because they came out in August, close to my b-day, so ever since the first one, it became a sort of tradition to get a group of friends together and go see a Blade movie! :D

  • @ChuckD008
    @ChuckD008 5 лет назад +2

    It also pretty much popularized the Superhero Landing too (2:53)

    • @trealsteve
      @trealsteve 5 лет назад

      It started it.
      Typical Black People. Always starting shit! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @pliantimpala7858
    @pliantimpala7858 5 лет назад +4

    Best thing about this movie
    He drives a 68 Charger

  • @lovey1789
    @lovey1789 5 лет назад +4

    I can't wait for Blade Trinity

  • @MartialArtsFilmFreak
    @MartialArtsFilmFreak 5 лет назад +2

    I’m so glad you mentioned the sword clanging in the final fight. The choreography in the sequel is actually quite good and rewatching the first got pretty difficult. “Motherfucker, you outa your damn mind!?” Was my reaction to that choreography.

  • @bobhollywood4093
    @bobhollywood4093 4 года назад +1

    "they don't just say THAT'S MICHAEL MORBIUS!!!". I'm in pain from laughing.

  • @robotpanda77
    @robotpanda77 Год назад +4

    I feel like we dont see a lot of good action movies anymore with hand to hand fighting like this.

    • @MVPMVE
      @MVPMVE Год назад

      I say this all the time. I miss movies where everyone from the mob boss to the street goon knew martial arts. Gun fu just isn't the same.

    • @WorldwideWyatt
      @WorldwideWyatt 11 месяцев назад

      The Raid and the Raid 2 aren’t “new” but they’re way newer than Blade.

  • @JustJohnny
    @JustJohnny 5 лет назад +11

    What about the soundtrack? I remember my friends and I would jam the hell out of that while driving down the streets. I know it's dated but at the time, it was decent.
    STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

    • @zzygyy
      @zzygyy 5 лет назад +1

      The Japanese vampire club music...

  • @Deftonesdsm
    @Deftonesdsm 5 лет назад +2

    So literally i have smoked cigarettes while emptying fuel/petrol tanks. The ember on a cigarette is not hot enough to flash gasoline. You could throw it into gas and itd go out. Now if you puff the shit out of it MAYBE. But yeah the lighter would blow up the fumes 100%. But yeah can totally smoke around gasoline eventhough its a HORRIBLE idea

  • @chazblank2717
    @chazblank2717 Год назад +2

    Now that I think about it, why isn’t Blade swinging that garrote more. It’s so satisfying… we at least deserve a direct to RedBox knock-off of Blade called Garrote… they could probably even get Wesley Snipes to play the lead 😁

  • @GDM245
    @GDM245 5 лет назад +8

    Blade 1 is so good!

  • @Kilkelly899
    @Kilkelly899 5 лет назад +4

    I would 100% watch a Lord of the Rings trilogy covered by you guys... But I also don't want it torn the shreds by Mason so swings and roundabouts I guess.

  • @LockOfImage
    @LockOfImage 2 года назад +1

    Its been two years and I'm still waiting for the sequels CoG guys

  • @Jaqen-HGhar
    @Jaqen-HGhar 5 лет назад +2

    Stephen Dorff is amazing and it sucks he didn't really take off as far as his career cause watching True Detective Season 3 makes you realize he could have done some great stuff.

  • @Hollowred
    @Hollowred 5 лет назад +4

    Blade 1 and 2 still hold up

  • @laughingatnothing4642
    @laughingatnothing4642 5 лет назад +38

    I would love Wesley Snipes to be Wistler.

    • @logandh2
      @logandh2 5 лет назад +1

      It would be great but I don’t think Disney wants anything to do with him

    • @SharpDesign
      @SharpDesign 5 лет назад +1

      He was way too difficult to work with. I wouldn't do it.

    • @seanbell69
      @seanbell69 5 лет назад +1

      Disney has no respect for Marvel's history, they could give a heck

    • @Clay3613
      @Clay3613 5 лет назад +1

      @@seanbell69 Are you dumb?

    • @barghest94
      @barghest94 Год назад

      @@seanbell69 *Couldn't
      Also I don't see your point, they just wouldn't get Snipes because he's a massive asshole to everyone he works with.

  • @conspiracyman8353
    @conspiracyman8353 2 года назад +1

    Was there a bit in that alternate ending where the guy standing on the roof said 'It's Morbin' time'?

  • @dieseltyme
    @dieseltyme 4 года назад +2

    I learned about Blade from the Spider-Man cartoons only a few years earlier. I couldn't believe there was an actual Blade Marvel movie and it was this freaking awesome! I saw all three in theaters with my mom. We loved the first 2. The 3rd, we never spoke pf again. Shot out to Dominic Purcell. You can't act, but damn it, you're handsome on the screen!
    Fun Trivia: Blade 1 & 2 were the first DVDs I ever bought, used $7 each at the Amoeba Records in Berkeley. Groovy...

  • @thomasbell8451
    @thomasbell8451 5 лет назад +4

    Blade absolutely gets the credit it deserve

  • @kingrix
    @kingrix 5 лет назад +8

    Blade is great. I saw it at least 3 times in the theater. Deacon Frost is one of my favorite villains of all time.

  • @trevor_mounts_music
    @trevor_mounts_music Год назад

    I want to live that Deacon Frost lifestyle. Guy has a great apartment, great taste in music, style is a whole vibe. Spend my days in the vampire archives listening to drum and bass on a minidisc player while I'm translating the ancient scrolls 🤷🏻‍♂

  • @level500boss
    @level500boss 5 лет назад

    Great job on the edit, Ben.