Exploring Blade 

Oh hell yes that was so unapologetically badass and Snipes was awesome.

Agree, even Blade's own sequels pale in comparison. The lighting is what makes the cinematography so outstanding, and Blade nails it perfectly.

@@GRZNGT Blade 2 was directed by Guillermo Del Toro a true gifted visionary director

Lighting and cinematorgraphy often falls down to a saparate person, director of photography. No matter how good your directing, a mediocre dof can nullify that.

Kriss Kringle Watchmen (or really any Zack Snyder comic book film), TDK trilogy, Ang Lee’s Hulk, and Road to Perdition all had really great cinematography too. Honestly better than Blade’s in a lot of ways.

@@wariowuzo9433 That's like comparing different art styles. You can often look at bad art (meaning artistic technique is bad) and clearly see the difference when comparing it to good art (so artistic technique is good... and beyond the realm of surrealism, which we won't get into. But, comparing good art to other good art with different techniques is a harder sell, because at that point, you are comparing what works on an individual level. There is a gritty, but very stylistic flavor to Blade that I haven't quite seem replicated elsewhere, even in Stephen Norrington's next film, the huge failure, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. There is also the factor of what the director brings to the table and what the cinematographer brings to the table, because it is often different mixtures depending on how hands on or off or how in unison the two are. Given Norrington's painter background, it is not unreasonable to think there were a lot of discussions on how the film should look, meaning a hands on approach. Given the films you've mentioned, which by the way, I love most of them, Road to Perdition is one of the most breathtaking films I've ever seen. At the same time, a very different approach to the cinematography. The slow moving paintings, so well orchestrated, the long shots that fluidly reveal details, etc. I'm not sure any of this would have worked for the Blade film, even though Road has some of my fav. cinematography of all time in it. The look and feel of Blade is on target. I don't think it's necessarily fair to compare Blade to films that are drastically different in tone and feel, whose goals are very different. Of the types of films that could be in the same vein, I think Blade easily tops them. I can't think of another monster/vampire hunter/whatever, such as the Underworld films or even the 2nd Blade film (which I still enjoy), comes close to comparing, because while they often have the grit and darker feel, they lack the visual aesthetic that really sells the backdrop and world of Blade.

Agreed, Spawn is often forgotten about and the CGI is dreadful now, that hell sequence lol it's so awful but as a movie it's pretty solid and that villain was really scary.

+Chloe Lane I'd even stick with Michael Jai White in a remake.

Frankly, I think Spawn is still a near perfect adaptation... EXCEPT for the CGI. As much as people hate the star wars syndrome... I'd be all for someone going in and redoing the special effects and giving us a Spawn: Special Edition... Clean up Hell.. Put the cape on him... Keep White and John Leguizam NAILED the clown... Basic story??? I just don't see a remake adding anything to what we have... lets just fix that :D

phantom1592 I still like the original but it left much to be desired. I think a reboot or a sequel would be more appropriate for the character. I think there is still much to explore within Spawn's universe.

yess

ブロンディブラック Because sometimes it feels like NC just hates everything all the while his channel is made for you to think he's a review artist. But like you said, he's a comedian too he does what he does for the sake of comedy.

Putrid Promotions Nostalgia Critic’s an unfunny hack.

Blade was the first DVD I ever purchased. In the direction commentary they explain the scene there as well. Cool they knew that also

Fuck that guy, fuck the critics

Hahaha, that's awesome, wesley would have made a great black panther, but Blade is the best

Instead of "I never freeze".... "Some motherfuckers always try to skate uphill"

I still think it's massively fucked up the Xmen didn't wind up in Endgame.

@@30AndHatingIt Well, licensing is a bitch :/

Preach man, preach

agreed...the intro sequence was pretty insane

The fight between BLADE and Deacon Frost made the list of a "top 10 best fights in movies" DVD.

i think its one of the best intros ever.... i've dreamed of making something of equal strength since I saw it as a kid. it would require original music, it would require you to be so original as to draw upon completely different source material so no club scene. it would just be extremely hard to copy.

+FrnnkEducation True that. Sadly the actors hated doing it when the red stuff started spraying. I cannot remember what substance they used but I remember being at the presentation for this movie at that years COMIC CON and the actors hated how the red stuff got in their eyes n stuff. Also apparently one of the actors (I think the one human guy) actually got real life scared because his eyes were burning and everyone was covered in the red stuff. Seemed like mixed thoughts on it being worth it and not worth it.

The Crow was rated R 4 years before Blade.

@Steve Perrin And that's only if you don't wanna count the 1989 "Punisher" film. :) As much as I love "Deadpool"... yeah, R-rated comic book movies aren't exactly new, haha.

The score and all the music was incredible, dark and atmospheric, it's a vibe that is very unique to this film, they were never able to recreate it

deadpool isn't the first r rated super hero film but these days a film like that is important because we'd have nothing but all these pg13 super hero movies since Disney executives don't trust an r rated movie to do as well as their other movies deadpool was literally only green lit because a test scene was leaked to the public and fans were up in arms about it to be made so they jumped on it

And was a black comic book movie protagonist a long time before Black Panther (although there may be an alternate universe where a Wesley Snipes led Black Panther movie came out in the 90's instead of Blade).

What about _The Crow_ ? It came out before _Blade_ and made more money

TinMan 1325 that movie wasn’t really pushed as a comic book movie though. It was more a supernatural thriller, with everything being more about Brandon Lee than anything else. Blade, had a well known comic origin, and was a major hit outside the normal crowd; and way outside just the Emo crowd that paid to see The Crow(plus the people who saw it out of morbid curiosity) Westley Snipes will always be Blade, he personified that role to the core.

uuuhhh.... Batman 1989?

@@SA80TAGE The video said "next wave" not "first" Batman 1989's influence and first wave came crashing down with "Batman and Robin" The next wave began with Blade

@@pikkon899 The late 70's through the early 90's were the years where DC comic book movies were good and Marvel comic book movies were crap. Blade reversed that and it's still going on today. These days, DC movies are crap and Marvel movies are great.

Blade 2 was glorious marriage of martial arts and horror. Guillermo Del Toro directing, Ron Perlman, Norman Reedus, Donnie Yen choreography and cameo, and a brutal final fight for the ages. And suplexes!

@@gc3k My favorite thing about Blade 2 is how the fight scenes incorporate wrestling moves.

That and audience members who don't understand film.

@@DJSockmonkeyMusic you don't need to understand film to appreciate it. Like Ebert says, if you have to ask what something symbolizes, then it doesn't. And it's the executive's job to interpret the audience reactions properly, you can't blame the audience for that.

I'd settle for a few hundred thousand :)

The Crow says hi 4 years before then.

The Crow was nowhere near as popular.

It deserves more love. Very flawed, and very bold.

The Crow was more of cerebral and introspective film and did not emphasize the gore as it was in Blade...

he said first successful, not more popular, The Crow was the first successful R rated comic book film. This was the first successful Marvel film...done by New Line, who is now owned by WB, love the irony

Thanks for watching! :)

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Yeah, Blade is the one guy I can't imagine anyone else other than Wesley Snipes playing him

they wont, not even sure why Wesley and the news sites are humoring the idea. WB owns the rights to those films, so Marvel are not gonna take on the baggage of that universe just to avoid pissing fans off and not replace the actor playing Blade. Plus the MCU is a PG-13 world, they won't make an R rated film into their MCU, they don't have the balls. The most we may get is a series with Blade but it'll be played by someone else. Wesley Snipes will more than likely just cameo or play another role. Hell, maybe it will go full circle and he makes an appearance in Black Panther

there is no room for him there, he has a darker vibe, darker than wolverines

Marvel has the rights to the Blade character again. although there is talks of bringing Blade on as a netflix series.....which would work better becaue Daredevil series is pretty damn dark. but honetly with Snipe's age, I would have him be in the blade series but as the mentor figure from the comics. Jamal Afari is to Blade what Stick was to Daredevil/Elektra. also Stick and Blade trained together in the Ultimate Marvel comics

darkservantofheaven they have the rights back, but New Line still owns the Snipes films, Marvel is not gonna take on a universe that is now owned by WB just to avoid recasting.

Maybe Michael Jai White?

Michael B Jordan would be an awesome fit

Maybe a more older and experienced blade. I’d say Forrest Whittaker

Idris Elba

Scott Matthews boy do I have some good news

yeah that music is not acid house....

Best Intro Ever!!

the movie was released while i was in my prime time clubbing life :D german underground discos, jay denham was the first i actaully heard play it at a club .... people went wild. good times.

just do it right

Blade 2 as well.

just imagine how Guillermo del Toro would direct and envision the world of Blade

I gave you a thumb up and then remembered Crystal Skull and Jason Bourne. Would love for Snipes to come back but done right. Otherwise I'm good with there just being the first two (whilst forgetting the third).

Saul Haisaid the third was a fever dream that does not count

i hope the makers of this vid see ur comment and put the word out

#Blade4thewin

Never does. The second was a decent follow up, but still not quite as good and the less said of the 3rd and what they did to Blade in his own movie and what they did to the Nightstalkers, the better.

Blade did not premier bullet time either. Versions of it had been used much earlier.

@@notahotshot Sure, ok, such as...?

Thanks for giving it a watch and for sticking around :)

Interesting. That's a very post-modern way of dealing with the question. In the old days, it was the crosses themselves that held power (not people's belief in them). The thought underpinning this idea being that God was objectively real, and therefore his symbols would hurt forces of evil. Others Gods then, would not be objectively real, and therefore their symbols would hold no such power. The old Universal/Hammer Vampire films for example, seemed to have gone with this assumption. It's interesting how thoughts and assumptions change over time.

wow. so incredible.

Falcon, Steel, John Stewart, Cyborg, etc...didn't either. The only ones that usually did was Black Panther & Luke Cage.

Just the production companies were bothered by it and did a song and dance about it the entire time. Look it up stupid, "thisisAmerica"

Why is that good to you??🤔 I swear, white people are so touchy about race.

@Agent Jfound the white dude

Spawn had some of the worst CGI around that time.

This was the movie that made "bullet time" work on screen before Matrix made it mainstream popular, too.

azraelswrd John Woo movies were the basis for bullet time mate.

I think Blade was the first American film, right?

azraelswrd I'd say Hard Edge.

there are not enough demo man fans here it seems...

Thank you! :)

Thank you so much! Lots more to come :) A lot of folks found me through the Gremlins video via Key & Peele. So funny the way that works. ^^

sylvester still making rambo and rocky, arny is still making terminator movies ... snipes easily got another 20 years of being an action hero.

Thanks! A lot goes into these so I'm always happy to hear its appreciated. I love Blade 2 the most of the series but wow, they blew it with 3. The story behind that is better than the movie.

Marvel has the rights now, and could make some R rated flicks. Just saying.

realar They would have to bring back Snipes in some role. He is the personification of the unkillable Blade, that only the IRS could stop.

@@cjwrench07 but the problem its disney owns marvel.. it damn hard marvel had no freedom to try all kinda of genre like rated R.... blade deserve it

100%

Renc Kocak no they just think, correctly, that it's the first hugely successful one. blade is 20 years old and Hollywood execs have a short memory. the thing that gets credited as the first to do something often times isn't. doom is considered the first fps even though technically it's not

irllcd13 Doom get's credit to be the first FPS? I thought Wolfenstein was the first and I can't recall people say that Doom was =O

@@irllcd13 blade was hugely successful

Chadwick Boseman kicks ass as T'Challa though, Marvel has said one more character will appear in Infinity War and Wesley could be it. Plus, Marvel has now the rights to both Ghost Rider and Blade. Ghost Rider was in Agents of Shield, there's only Blade left. If it's Wesley, we could add three more films to the major MCU that predate them.