Is this the movie that started it all?
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leyenda61 — 11 years ago(September 06, 2014 09:48 PM)
I've often felt Blade & its creative team never got the credit they deserved. Kirk Petrucelli did such a fantastic job with the props. Norrington just knocked it out of the park. Goyer wrote a fantastic script (this was before he sold out). Snipes basically took Shaft into the stratosphere. It was awesome seeing the actor do so much of his choreography. And let's not forget the awesome blue filter the night scenes were shot with. I could go on & on.
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Ray_Tango — 11 years ago(October 23, 2014 08:13 PM)
Yes. The success of this film and its aesthetics ushered in a new movement. Unfortunately, it would be the first and last comic book film to truly redefine comic book films. The rest have paled in comparison. Not one of them, in their combined double digit hours of running time, have come close to providing the refreshing excitement of "Blood Bath".
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MonoEnojado — 10 years ago(February 27, 2016 11:52 AM)
Definitely. Before Blade, Marvel had effectively tried to make it in the big screen, but they had no success whatsoever, neither critically nor commercially. Blade was the movie that paved the way for future Marvel films.
It's good to bring this up, because after all the success Marvel movies are having these days, most people are not aware that they should thank Blade for it. -
generationofswine — 9 years ago(November 21, 2016 08:56 PM)
I'd give that to the X-Men.
Blade was made in 98, and despite Tomb of Dracula, The Nightstalkers, and a short lived solo series, he wasn't exactly hugely popular.
At the most we were expecting a sequel, not much more. The X-Men was when the franchises really started.
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