Blade was the movie that not only proved comic book movies could do well in the cinema but also saved Marvel from bankruptcy.

@neospock5034

6 ай бұрын

Blade didn't directly save Marvel from bankruptcy. They made almost nothing from it (just a $25k licensing fee) but it provided a blueprint for future success and made Hollywood interested in the Marvel brand.

@johnkelly90

6 ай бұрын

It did revive a dead comic “Blade”

@DarthTach

6 ай бұрын

Without Blade, there would never have been X-Men or Spiderman.

@NecramoniumVideo

6 ай бұрын

Too be honest, nobody knew it was a Marvel movie, lol.

@Bus_Driver117

6 ай бұрын

Superman and Batman would like a word...

Now that Ashley watched Blade I think Ashley should definitely watch Demolition Man.

@redcelticdrake

6 ай бұрын

Yeah she has to learn about the three seashells.

@darrenheideman2546

6 ай бұрын

And "The Running Man".

@OneEyedMcgee

6 ай бұрын

Also Encino Man

@alexvaraderey

6 ай бұрын

And Marathon Man

@spud69g

6 ай бұрын

All the Mans.

"Black Panther is the first Black superhero movie". And now you see why some of us were losing our minds when that movie came out and was surrounded by people who didn't know what the hell they were talking about. Spawn still holds a special place in my heart, though.

@anafrancois7024

5 ай бұрын

Blade is not a superhero. He is an anti-hero.

@jessieconley6519

5 ай бұрын

You need to look into who Kris Kristopherson is. He's was a modern day renascence man

@jacobbarnhart8770

4 ай бұрын

YES! Blade and Spawn. Both are amazing.

@Aughtel

4 ай бұрын

​@@jacobbarnhart8770thatd be a sick collab, if ever done

@jaredroberts578

4 ай бұрын

Big. Fucking. Facts. I aM a hwhhWiTE GuY and Blade and Spawn are not just nostalgic, but in my top. Peace and blessings all!

Fun fact about Blades Leather coat is he actually got if off Wolverine in the comics. Blade and Wolverine have a long standing friendship that goes back a few decades and they have hunted Vampires together a few times, along with other monsters and the odd mutant.

@Artisn

5 ай бұрын

So we could have had a Deadpool, Blade, Wolverine movie instead of Blade Trinity?... :(

@enigmatic99864

5 ай бұрын

also in the 1994 spider man tv cartoon blade appeared with the punisher

Stan Lee once said there would be no MCU if not for Blade. Excelsior!

@neospock5034

6 ай бұрын

Yep, it's the movie that kicked off the modern superhero movie trend that ultimately led to the MCU.

In addition to acting, Kris Kristofferson is a legendary country musician who wrote songs that were recorded by Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Janis Joplin and more. He was also a member of The Highwaymen with Cash, Jennings and Willie Nelson.

@Robalogot

6 ай бұрын

My mom dated him... He rented a room in my grandparents' house, and my grandma threw him out because he was always rehearsing the same song. Neither my mom nor my grandmother had any idea he made it big.

@dianecooper7502

6 ай бұрын

Also a Rhodes Scholar.

@richieb7692

6 ай бұрын

Don't forget he was in Convoy. The trucking film that made Everyone want a CB radio...

@jareddawson7239

6 ай бұрын

That's a movie that needs reviewing

@jamestaylor3805

6 ай бұрын

He's so vain, I bet he thinks that song is about him...

Blade has one of the best openings in film IMO. That nightclub in a meat works with blood from the sprinklers. Perfection.

@manoz6194

6 ай бұрын

and the music!

@ajalvarez3111

5 ай бұрын

@@manoz6194 …and Traci Lords.

@NeverForget1776

5 ай бұрын

Hell yes it was!

1995-2005 was a golden age for a particular kind of edgy cool style. Black trenchcoats, tight leather outfits, dark glasses, slow motion action scenes, wire fu, cool techno music and metal. The Crow is generally regarded as the movie that launched this style, while The Matrix is the most famous example.

@EndlessNameless5

6 ай бұрын

I was going to comment about that! You can add to that the gross stuff, Ren & Stimpy and Beavis and Butt-Head style, with a lot of body fluids leaking!

"Some motherfuckers are always trying to ice skate uphill." -Blade Still one of my favorite quotes of all time.

@sle2470

6 ай бұрын

I use that one all the time.

@cam62cam811

3 ай бұрын

No one knows what it means after all these years. But 1 thing that I know: IT'S PROVOCATIVE...IT GETS THE PEOPLE GOING!

@user-fh6mc9du5n

Ай бұрын

I say this every time I defeat Barinade. (The third boss in Ocarina Of Time.)

This movie was one of the best theater-going experiences of my life. Everyone in the audience was so into it, cheering at the badass parts, laughing the funny parts. And Snipes as the Blade character was so cool!

@deirdrestatham5730

6 ай бұрын

Confusion (1995 Pump Panel Remix) by New Order is also still a banger. lol

The plant was a hybrid, it was called a Dracaena Leucospermum, made from two different species, Blade took care of that plant cause it represented him, part human, part vampire.

@mikewatts1533

6 ай бұрын

I did not know that. All these years, and I never heard of this. Thanks

I can't believe I just connected the dots watching this again. This movie came out a year before The Matrix. I can't believe how much Blade was in the Matrix, especially Bullet Time. Mind Blown!

Ashleigh: So excited its a vampire movie Also Ashleigh: Cant stand the sight of blood 😂

@michaelshort2388

6 ай бұрын

Maybe she prefers vvampires that sparkle. lol

@Alvan81

6 ай бұрын

I just found her she is perfect!

"Couldn't you just have her eat some pizza??" Ashleigh! I was eating and almost died choking on a cucumber slice😂😂

@rmhartman

6 ай бұрын

Cucumbers will kill ya!

@geminiacleo7ewe

6 ай бұрын

@@rmhartman I'm finding that out 😆

@susanconstable2113

6 ай бұрын

I lost it when she said that! 😂 Ashleigh never disappoints

@geminiacleo7ewe

6 ай бұрын

@@susanconstable2113 i know! I love her!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

" You could say he's.... getting boned." As a connoisseur of cringy one liners, off handed innuendos and horrible dad jokes, I appreciate that you never seem to let me down. 🤣

Blade was actually a really important movie. It proved that not only could a comic book movie be done right without sacrificing the characters people love, but that it could also make a LOT of money.

Dragonetti, the lead pure-blood vampire, is played by German actor Udo Kier, who is actually known for playing vampires, and actually has a fondness for playing such characters.

@sdelong74

6 ай бұрын

His best vampire is Blood for Dracula. Absolutely hilarious.

@GeminiWolfstarGaming

6 ай бұрын

@@sdelong74 You know, I love horror movies, but that's one I have not seen. I should put that on my Amazon shopping list.

@mB-ke9bb

6 ай бұрын

@@GeminiWolfstarGamingshould pair it with Flesh for Frankenstein with him also since they were made around the same time. They’re also known as Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein and Andy Warhol’s Dracula.

@GeminiWolfstarGaming

6 ай бұрын

@@mB-ke9bb I did actually. Flesh for Frankenstein I’ve seen before, though. Used to have it on VHS ages ago. I remember it being very weird.

@rickcoona

6 ай бұрын

@@GeminiWolfstarGaming it's an *Andy Warhol* Movie ... *Of Course* it's Weird!

It was really funny when the marketing around Deadpool was saying that it was the first R rated Marvel movie and Blade fans were like "wtf you talking about?"

@Bac_Drowned

3 ай бұрын

Especially since Ryan Reynolds was in the third Blade

One of my favorite stories from behind the scenes is that the burn makeup was so good, that when the actor in actually broke his jaw on set and had to go to the hospital, the ER staff had to told repeatedly that his jaw was the problem and not to worry about the burns

@snakesnoteyes

6 ай бұрын

@UC8XEReWKz67f_juU0tz920Q it’s in the director’s commentary on the dvd.

@punklover99

5 ай бұрын

I said the same thing about a month ago. Good bad flicks has a whole video on blade

@snakesnoteyes

5 ай бұрын

@@punklover99 does that channel frequently do less than whole videos 😉 Edit: sorry, I’m in my 40’s and have fallen to dad/mum humor

This movie came out at the perfect time. People were really into vampires, Wesley Snipes was at the top of his game. When my wife and I went into the theater to see it, we had no idea it had anything to do with comic books or Marvel until the opening credits. Very pleasantly surprised.

@amit_patel654

2 күн бұрын

I remember seeing the trailer in theaters when I was in middle school. I was so freaking excited lol.

I can't believe we're getting to Blade! This was my introduction to vampires, to badass action films, to the supernatural. I was changed forever after this movie.

@joesumney

6 ай бұрын

Not enough appreciation for the first actual Black super hero movie

@ochayethenoo

6 ай бұрын

​@@joesumney The Meteor Man came out in 1993.

@ZavaXavier

6 ай бұрын

​@@ochayethenoo Facts 💯

@user-144k

6 ай бұрын

I agree 😂

"Couldn't ya just have her eat a pizza?" Ashleigh, you made me almost spit out my coffee!🤣🤣

30:03 coincidentally that little girl is Brenda Song who played London in Hannah Montana and is married to Macaulay Culkin.

In 1998 movie Blade, Wesley Snipes' character keeps a plant in a shrine. It is an ersatz hybrid plant, a juxtaposition of two species from disparate lineages: leaves and roots of a Dracaena, with flowers of Leucospermum stuck in around the base

A friend of mine is an animator. His first movie was Kung Fu Panda. He worked on the bridge explosion (destroying bridges became something of a specialty of his early in his career). When we saw it in a packed theater in the IMax in NYC, like 8 seats in front of us, center of the theater, were held empty. When the theater went dark, Wesley Snipes and his family quietly were escorted in and took those seats. After the film, my wife asked him to sign the ticket for our friend who worked on it. He wrote "Nice job Nick" and signed his name.

@loodlebop

6 ай бұрын

That's so cool

@existenceisrelative

6 ай бұрын

Do you mean Kung Fu Panda 2, or the bridge fight with Tai Lung in the first one? Both are amazing, but in different ways. Either way, i'm way more impressed that you know an animator from one of the Kung Fu Panda movies!

@bobbyclarkston8836

6 ай бұрын

Sounds to me like autocorrect wreaked its usual brand of “fun” on ‘Kung Fu Panda’ Lol!

@Sam_on_YouTube

6 ай бұрын

@@bobbyclarkston8836 Thanks. Fixed. My new phone is WAY more aggressive on autocorrect than my last one. Lots more errors.

@BDogg2023

6 ай бұрын

@@Sam_on_KZreadMy autocorrect corrects more right words that wrong. And for some reason it can’t figure out when I accidentally type “inthe” it’s just supposed to separate the two words, and instead gives me a bunch of other ridiculous options.

This and Blade 2 arguably kicked off the modern superhero movie era. And I can't wait for you to see What We Do in the Shadows!

@reesebn38

6 ай бұрын

The first 2 are so good they force me to like the 3rd one.

@biguy617

6 ай бұрын

Directed by Guillermo Del Toro who directed the Hell Boy movies

@chrisleebowers

6 ай бұрын

Blade 2 is one of my favorites. It's a Marvel superhero movie directed by Guillermo Del Toro with Hellboy, Ip Man, and Cat from Red Dwarf in it and it's every bit as awesome and fun as that sounds like it should be. The first Blade movie did kick off the 2000's superhero phase a couple years early, but people forget there were hit (and miss) superhero movies all through the 90's every year starting from Batman 89 like the first Ninja Turtles movies, The Crow, Spawn, The Mask, Judge Dredd, Tank Girl, The Shadow, The Phantom, The Rocketeer, etc...

Blade was the baby you saw being born at the beginning. His mother was pregnant and was turned on the day he was born. He has some vampire powers (and weaknesses) but he also isn't susceptible to other weaknesses...he can walk in the sun (to an extent) which is why they call him The Daywalker. He hooked up with the Kris Kristofferson character who was an expert on Vampires. (mini bio, KK is the son of an Air Force general, was in the Army and reached the rank of Captain flying helicopters, was Rhodes Scholar at Oxford. He was going to be an instructor at West Point, but resigned his commission to pursue a career as a singer...he was a close friend to Johnny Cash. Was in multiple movies including Heaven's Gate and A Star is Born remake with Barbara Streisand. My favorite quote attributed to him..." I think between us, Bill Clinton and I have settled any lingering myths about the brilliance of Rhodes scholars." Classic.) Blade had a whole series of comics with Marvel starting in 1973. There were three Blade movies starring Wesley Snipes, but my favorite was "Blade Trinity" which costarred Jessica Biel AND...Ryan Reynolds! He played Hannibal King who was another Marvel figure...once a vampire but cured of it. And as you might suspect...Reynolds had some of the best lines in that whole movie. Still action but a bit lighter than this movie.

The vamp deaths in this has to be some of the best in cinema.

Fun fact, my Uncle Roy was Kris Krystoffersons Helicopter pilot in Vietnam. Met him at my uncles funeral. Really nice guy.

Commenting, "If it's in the eyeball, I can't!" and immediately following that with, "Oh, headshot. NICE!!" s precisely why we love your channel Ashleigh!! Great reaction, as always!

The casting of Wesley Snipes as Blade was on par with Christopher Reeve as Superman level perfection.

I was excited to see your reaction when the "dead" vampire sat up in the hospital, but you definitely exceeded my expectations! 🤣🤣

The whole deal with Pearl is they were a vampire that had consumed so much blood that they got fat, in a deleted scene or in the concept phase of the movie Pearl was supposed to be surrounded by piles of children's corpses. The reason Karen roasted Pearl is a leftover thing from her being so disgusted by all the dead kids.

@MrWordcraft

6 ай бұрын

I honestly always hated how Karen just roasted Pearl and kinda soured her character for me but knowing this now it makes much more sense for her to have done that as some form of "justice"

@DiggitySlice

6 ай бұрын

Blade refers to Pearl as a dude

@coyotejake9164

6 ай бұрын

Pearl is not a "they", Pearl was always written as a male.

@Gundam944

6 ай бұрын

Correct. That's also why Blade was so concerned about (what appeared to be) the child in the room after he talked to Pearl.

@Paul_1971

6 ай бұрын

Ah makes more sense now - didnt know that.

People seem to forget Blade came years before Black Panther and probably the first successful MCU film. Kris Kristofferson was in one of many remakes of A Star is Born on top of being a legendary country singer and song writer. Fun Fact: Mr. Snipes was in a sequel to The Fugitive called US Marshalls.

@earthien

6 ай бұрын

Wesley Snipes was also in "New Jack City" and "To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar". @awkwardashleigh Didn't you do the latter one already?

@paulschuckman6604

6 ай бұрын

Kris Kristofferson's movie Millennium (1989) is one of the best time travel movies ever made.

@earthien

6 ай бұрын

Kris Kristofferson was also one of the last Oscar nominees in the Best Song Score category, but he lost... to Prince.

@macalcord

6 ай бұрын

Blade wasn't an MCU FILM. It was made by New Line Cinema which is actually..or was part of WB. Also Blade 2 was directed by Guillermo del Toro. Which probably explains why it was so damn good!

@TheJerbol

6 ай бұрын

WHO thinks this came out close to Black Panther

When Crispy Von Bitey jumped up the wife and the audience we were sitting with screamed for a full 30 seconds so much so that half ended up inhaling and screaming again. I was sooo happy that a third tier Marvel character was written and portrayed so well. Been reading comics and delving into the history since 1977 hospital stay as a kid. And ever since the original Superman I knew Marvel could do the same but in no way expected it to be Blade. Sorry for the nightmares but it was touted as a horror movie.

I love Blade. If only the modern Marvel films were this fun.

@andysilvamoreira641

6 ай бұрын

An era where making a movie that was actually fun with a good storyline was more important than connecting 8963274836278 movies and inserting little stupid jokes in every scene. This movie is awesome and I don't even remember it's a Marvel production.

I was working at Fed Ex Office years ago and Udo Kier walked in. I asked him if he was the guy in Blade and he says "I was born a vampire", hehe. He signed a head shot that he printed there and gave it to me. Nice guy

Wesley Snipes played Noxeema in "To Wong Foo...". This was the type of movie he was known for, so that role of Noxeema was a shock but so well done.

@gypsygirl3255

6 ай бұрын

That's my favorite movie ever!

@stephenolan5539

6 ай бұрын

He was in One Night Stand.

@rosariccardo3529

3 ай бұрын

@@gypsygirl3255 "You just have to know how to talk to people"

LMFAO I had to pause it. "Couldn't he just have her eat some pizza." Too effin' funny!

I love that you watched this AFTER you watched “Too Wong Foo.” I was instantly waiting for you to recognize Noxie as Blade. Snipes is a man of many talents.

You mentioned Blade's speed at one point. Snipes is actually a trained martial artist and for some scenes the director had to ask him to slowdown so that his movements could be properly captured on film.

@CliffSedge-nu5fv

6 ай бұрын

Hapkido, I think. Like a taekwondo/ jujutsu mix. Very good style for movie martial arts.

@johnow7

6 ай бұрын

@@CliffSedge-nu5fv He is a a fifth degree black belt in Shotokan Karate and a second degree in Hapkido.

@houseofaction

6 ай бұрын

they have to ask everyone to slow down all humans are too fast for old cameras

@CliffSedge-nu5fv

6 ай бұрын

@@johnow7 That sounds about right. I have several degrees of a few black belts myself (been training since 1985-ish?) and I can spot practitioners of different styles from time in a lot of different schools.

@snakesnoteyes

6 ай бұрын

@@houseofaction under cranking was literally a thing done to speed up many fight scenes so that’s demonstrably untrue.

Ashleigh- in case nobody mentioned it, Wesley Snipes was Miss Noxeema in To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar!

Definitely one of the best movies. Blade is an iconic character and Wesley snipes was born to play him 💯 Blade Trinity is badazz too and has Ryan Reynolds and Triple H in it.

If you watch Wesley Snipes in just about anything else, just know that you are in for some damn good fight scenes. He's an expert in several martial arts, and is definitely not an "actor who learned kung-fu." The man is a legitimate bad-ass.

@keyman6689

6 ай бұрын

I love the over-the-top fun of Demolition Man. Perfect 90s action camp and a breakout Sandra Bullock.

@JnEricsonx

6 ай бұрын

@@keyman6689 And Snipes clearly having a blast as Simon Phoenix. Him and Russell Crowe as SID 6.7 in Virtuosity.

@dontshanonau1335

6 ай бұрын

His favorite martial art is the form of the disappearing federal tax debt.

@dontshanonau1335

6 ай бұрын

His favorite martial art is the form of the disappearing federal tax debt.

@dontshanonau1335

6 ай бұрын

His favorite martial art is the form of the disappearing federal tax debt.

In the DVD extras for this movie, there is a breakdown of the twelve houses of vampires similar to the houses in the RPG Vampire: The Masquerade. You can see some of the differences in the board room scene. Some houses are more resistant to damage than others. Also in the extras is mention that the actor who played Mr Crispy got hurt in the stunt falling into the ambulance. So he was taken to the real emergency room in that makeup.

@jediyakare

6 ай бұрын

and in the extras the cameo of Morbius is shown

"no funny, all blood" hahahaha 50:10

Can you believe that the sequel is even better? Hell yeah. And the 3rd, so funny, so entertaining.

When you said you'd never heard of this movie I literally stopped in the middle of reaching for something and thousand yard stared into space for a moment trying to wrap my mind around that. I can't imagine not knowing what Blade is lmao I watched this movie way too young but it's basically one of the best 90s goth action movies (the other being the Crow which you also HAVE to watch) and was so formative for me on so many levels including music cause the soundtrack is so amazing

@TimLewallen

6 ай бұрын

She reviewed The Crow 2 months ago.

The Vampire disintegration effects upon them being destroyed were jaw dropping at the time. (They're still bleeping good now!) We'd never seen anything that good before. It soon became de rigueur in other movies that followed this example. Fantastic movie! You're clearly in awe too. Nice one!

@bninem1397

6 ай бұрын

Buffy The Vampire Slayer series did it around the same time, the dusting effect. Which did it first?

@NaspalmHymnautic

6 ай бұрын

Given that Blade came out in 1998 and Buffy series came out in 1997 and back then both film and television took a while to film and edit and add in post production effects. As well the Main Directors and Art Directors for both have very close ties to Glenn Hetrick the owner/operator of Optic Nerve Studios now named Alchemy Studios. I would say they probably used the same studio artists and switched them back and forth during production and filming for the VFXs and Practical FXs during the same time frame. Which is normal as well, get paid for leasing out your employees while building up your company while they get paid from studio and film/network studios so they can build up their name as well.

@ThreadBomb

6 ай бұрын

Eh, I would say the dusting effect in Blade was new, but not that great (the CGI is definitely the weakest element in the movie). It looked so much better in Blade 2, and even in the TV series.

@user-fh6mc9du5n

Ай бұрын

@@ThreadBomb I loved the Blade TV series. I really loved the idea of vampires being targeted by humans because their ash is sold like a street drug akin to PCP. (The users become strong physically and briefly numb to pain or trauma.)

Excellent movie. As far as the sequels go, I highly recommend Part 2, which also is excellent. The second one was actually directed by Guillermo del Toro, who’s known very well for his horror creations and visuals. In fact, del Toro moved on after “Blade 2” to write (or co-write) a series of horror books that later were turned into a horror television series called “The Strain,” which definitely takes some of the ideas he put into “Blade 2” but turns those ideas into their own thing outside of the world of Blade and expands upon them (great series, by the way, and I highly recommend it). Anyway, while “Blade 2” is great and measures up to the first one, I’d avoid the third one, which is called “Blade: Trinity,” as it is a real mess of a movie that makes little to no sense, doesn’t even resolve one of its main plot points, and was hell in production for a number of reasons. You’re much better off pretending the third one doesn’t exist, because it’s one of those movies that a lot of people give the “it never happened” treatment. That all being said, “Blade” came out before there really was an MCU. Many people didn’t even realize it was adapted from a comic book series when they first saw it, but it came out when Marvel as a company wasn’t doing very well and, in large part, received the financial adrenaline shot it really needed from the success of the movie. That’s why they were able to give the movie a nice hard R rating and just take the gloves off during this one; there wasn’t an MCU yet that had to deal with the pressure of keeping things tame enough for kids and families to see it in theaters (especially since Marvel wasn’t owned by Disney yet). They’re apparently currently working on a Blade reboot at Disney for the MCU, which, frankly, I think is an absolutely terrible idea. There’s no one who’s going to play the main role as well as Wesley Snipes-they’re simply not going to have that same combo of acting chops, charisma, and legitimate martial arts skills, not to mention his overall cool and badass look. It’s just not going to happen, not to mention that even if the reboot gets an R rating, you know that Disney is still going to make them neuter the shit out of the movie and turn it into a tame and lame shell that won’t come close to the original. (For example, “Logan” wasn’t a Disney production; that came out before Disney fully got the rights to the X-Men characters.)

@bonissoni1989

6 ай бұрын

Yeah, Blade Trinity happened because Blade prints money and they like money. But that movie sucked... not in a good way...

@wallywest2360

6 ай бұрын

I did not know about the connection to The Strain. Loved that show, but I did notice how they borrowed a fair amount of the vamp design from Blade 2.

@Cherryblossomlaser

6 ай бұрын

Just think of Blade Trinity as a Blade meets Deadpool movie and it's a more enjoyable watch, plus Parker Posey, Patton Oswalt, and Natasha Lyonne add a dash of flavor in the boring bits😁

@thomasjoychild4962

5 ай бұрын

@@wallywest2360 Yeah, The Strain is Del Toro making his own IP playground to fully explore what he started in Blade 2 without worrying about fitting into Marvel canon.

Would've loved to have seen Blade make an appearance in Underworld with Celine.

@movienaut

5 ай бұрын

I've read somewhere that the producers asked Marvel if they could borrow Blade for an Underworld movie, but Marvel denied the request and said they had their own plans for a Blade movie!

@drew63215

5 ай бұрын

@@movienaut Never knew that...

Blade’s unusual birth means that he’s a vampire but he’s not undead. Blade was in the cast of a popular 70s Marvel comic called Tomb of Dracula, which would totally kick ass as a Stranger Things period piece series.

@ronniebots9225

6 ай бұрын

yes, all their strengths non of their weaknesses

@gawainethefirst

6 ай бұрын

I think the mythical term is dhampir.

@mmattson8947

6 ай бұрын

One of my favorite comic book arcs was back in the early 80's, where Dr Strange and a cast of side-protagonists from ToD (including Blade) had to stop Dracula from getting the Darkhold (evil book used in the last Dr. Strange movie), the source of the original vampire spell/curse.

@fredfredburger5150

6 ай бұрын

He was also a recurring character in the (great) 90's Spider-Man animated series, that's where I saw Blade before the movie came out.

@RetroRobotRadio

6 ай бұрын

In the comics Blade is a normal human, but because his mother was bit he was born immune to vampire mind control. That had to be changed because the vampires in this movie don't have mind control like they do in the Marvel Comics.

I'm not even half way in and I'm already dead from the commentary 😂😂 I truly hope you watch the whole trilogy. Also it always baffles me that Westley Snipes also plays Naxima Jackson !! What an icon lol

I had to chuckle when you said that one of your biggest fears is dislocating something. I have a connective tissue disorder that causes all of my joints to dislocate randomly. I have times where I have them daily but luckily have not had any full dislocations in a little over a year. It's painful but not the worst thing ever. Hopefully that alleviates some of your fear about it. 😊

Often said to be one of the best movie openings of all time.

That ice skating line will always be hilarious.

@CrowTRobot

6 ай бұрын

Apparently something Snipes said to the director off-hand and he went “we need to use that!” 😂

@richieb7692

6 ай бұрын

I still use it every now and then.. Just sums up sheer stupidity

Korg from Thor: Ragnarök made reference to Vampires being in the MCU. When Korg was showing Thor the different weapons to choose from, he picked up a staff weapon with three wooden pointed stakes at the end and said it would work well if you had three Vampires huddled close together.

"if it's in the eyeball I can't (watch it)... uh headshot NICE!" 🤣

That was some pretty funny reactions, you gotta do number 2 and 3 now for sure. Solid content thank you

Wooden stakes versus silver depends on the narrative. In Blade/Marvel, vampires are essentially allergic to silver. In Buffy the Vampire Slayer, they don't really mention silver for vampires, but a wooden stake through the heart does the trick. In old vampire lore, it was this susceptibility to silver that was the reason vampires had no reflection in mirrors, because back in the 19th century and prior, mirrors used to be back with silver, but not so much anymore.

@davidbeppler3032

6 ай бұрын

Good comment.

@BarryHart-xo1oy

6 ай бұрын

Good to know.

@gaiusmarius4209

6 ай бұрын

AFAIK the Silver affecting vampires thing comes from Judas Iscariot being the first Vampire and God cursing him to be allergic to the 30 pieces of Silver

@veryrancid3128

6 ай бұрын

Cool comment, didnt make the mirror connection!

@Muck006

6 ай бұрын

Fuck american writers ... because they created the whole "zombies eat brains" (they dont) MYTH and also other stuff about mythology! You guys need to learn to *RESPECT MYTHS!*

We should get Ashleigh to watch Underworld next.

@jacquelineyoung4744

6 ай бұрын

I was literally just about to post that! Underworld is my JAM! Very cool scenes!

@19_meg_91

6 ай бұрын

@@jacquelineyoung4744 I love it!

@zachkinkead14

6 ай бұрын

Yes! "You got your Blade in my Matrix" "You got your Martix in my Blade"

@SamuelBlack84

6 ай бұрын

Also, Near Dark

i watched this as a kid and mr.crispy jumping up still scared me even though i knew it was coming way back when

This reaction is amazing I'm so glad you're taking these steps. People say the third wasn't isn't good. It's a hell of a lot of fun while it doesn't match the first two it's a hell of a lot of fun and you can't lose when you add Ryan Reynolds to the cast :)

@namjoonssexybrain1679

6 ай бұрын

Personally for me Blade: Trinity is one of those movies that’s so bad it goes back around to being good again.

@user-fh6mc9du5n

Ай бұрын

@@namjoonssexybrain1679 You're not wrong. The scene where the vampire pomeranian (Named Pac-man.) first open its mouth, hilarious.

being a veteran of dozens of Vampire Movies,... "My God, Can't You Just Have Her Eat Some Pizza"? had me on the floor LmFao gold right there.

The "always trying to ice skate uphill" line is such a delightfully batshit way to say "hurr hurr you're dumb" to an enemy right before they die. 😂

@vfplayer

6 ай бұрын

Was it in the reaction and I missed it?

@AutumnPheonix

6 ай бұрын

One of my all-time FAVORITE tag lines!

"Is she gonna become a day walker and they're gonna be together forever..literally..cos vampires.."😏 🤣🤣🤣

5:45 into it and this rewatch is amazing. While the details are somewhat dated that into is one of the hardest introes of any movie I know. And a perfect sendoff of everything great with 90's pop culture: A raveparty with blood sprinklers with vampiers and katanas.

"Still heavy..." "...But you're so big." is probably my favorite line of the whole movie. I highly recommend the whole trilogy.

Lol I was at a rave that played that song and legit everyone stopped and looked up at the ceiling and then started looking around at each other, laughing then started dancing again! Thankfully no blood bath!😂😂😂

@coreyharvey8953

6 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂.. .

@dorothytucker9305

4 ай бұрын

That reminds me when I got on an elevator and someones notification was the Jasons "sh sh sh ah ah ah" I promptly got off. 😂

"No funny - all blood" LOL!

Quick OCD detail mention, the MCU (as a combined universe) starts with Iron Man, the 90's comic movies are not a part of it (except tangentially now that we have a multiverse.). It did help pave the way for the MCU. Blade ran so the MCU could sprint. Also, going in blind was a great choice. Loved the reaction!.

this movie provided A LOT of the fashion choices used in the matrix, it also provided Marvel with enough revenue (being the very first 18+ marvel film) at the time to keep them afloat and is basically the only reason marvel as a company still exists, also the special effects in this movie were groundbreaking for the time.

Blade was the first superhero movie that I ever watched in a theater. It had action, suspense, gore, great acting, and great effects for the time. It was a complete package. I and my friends have been waiting for you to do a review of this movie, and we aren't disappointed. Now, there are only two other superhero movies I would love to see you review. First would be Constantine, and second would be Mystery Men. Thanks

@paulcurran4786

6 ай бұрын

U ever see the original attempt at the end fight between Blade and Frost? It's a proper hoot

@Kegcrusher04

6 ай бұрын

Mystery Men is the worlds most under rated super hero movie.

@mikewatts1533

6 ай бұрын

Yes, I have, and I am glad they went the direction they did.@@paulcurran4786

@mackdebruin999

6 ай бұрын

Could not agree with you more! Mystery Men is like comfort food for me, I love it so much. I've heard that not a lot of the cast and director had fun making it, but I adore it!​@Kegcrusher04

@gypsygirl3255

6 ай бұрын

@@Kegcrusher04 I always wanted a Herkimer Battle Jeepny.

Wesley Snipes will always be the perfect Blade. This movie single-handedly saved Marvel studios and kick started the success of super hero movie genre....this movie has one of the best and badass protagonist intro

"Crunchiness of the skin sounds like fried chicken"....i had to pause...dang, my ribs.😂😂😂

Oh yeah the whole significance of the plant is… Blade is a hybrid, with both human and vampires present and expressed. He cuts the roots of this symbolic totem to show his independence from the people who made him and raised him--his adoptive father, his mother, and the vampire who bit her.

@WolfHreda

6 ай бұрын

Ooh, haven't you learned anything about plagiarism on the internet this past month? Cite your sources, bro! 🤣

@Anthonyvongeek

6 ай бұрын

@@WolfHreda it’s called “GOOGLE” bro. Maybe try using it. You might actually learn something new.

@digiviceboy

6 ай бұрын

@@WolfHreda Why would anybody do that with a random internet comment..? The point is to quickly communicate and spread information, not provide a full fifty-page link to all inclusions and references of a two-thousand page thesis.

The "Blood Bath" track is still one of my favorite pieces of music ever. I will crank that up all day, every day!

@CrowTRobot

6 ай бұрын

Confusion (Pump Panel Reconstruction Mix) 😂. Took me 20 years to learn the real name since all the 90’s file sharing apps called it Blood Bath or Blood Rave.

@jasonweible2834

6 ай бұрын

I believe that song is "Confusion" by New Order.

@CrowTRobot

6 ай бұрын

@@jasonweible2834 lololol

@jasonweible2834

6 ай бұрын

@@CrowTRobotGreat minds think alike.

Wesley Snipes sounds familiar because he was Noxema in To Wong Foo (the Patrick Swayze drag movie) that u reviewed last year

🤣🤣🤣 "Can you just have her eat some pizza?!" 🍕

Probably my favourite Marvel movie, not gonna lie. It's a ride and a half, and Wesley Snipes was made for this role. Love your reactions! 😁😁

@mmattson8947

6 ай бұрын

Not often that you have someone who is both a top-notch dramatic actor and has enough martial arts black belts to do most of his own fight sequences.

@deirdrestatham5730

6 ай бұрын

I think it's also mine. I really liked the story that David S. Goyer wrote. I wish more movies were still like this. Lots of kicking ass but with a good story and great acting.

I saw this movie in theaters when I was 10 or 11. The first rated R movie I ever saw in theaters. (Awesome parents!!). It’s a moment and movie I’ll never forget. It still stands as one of my favorite Marvel movies to this day! I’m glad you thoroughly enjoyed it!!

@CliffSedge-nu5fv

6 ай бұрын

I wish my parents waited that long. I saw The Thing (1984?) When I was around 5 or 6 years old. Thanks mom ...

@SinisterSouthernbelleReactions

6 ай бұрын

@@CliffSedge-nu5fv this 😂

@chimerius24

6 ай бұрын

@the_shape_8728 For me, drive-in with mom , dad, and sis. I think I was 15. But it was awesome because we already liked Snipes since New Jack City and White Man Can't Jump. My folks gave us that trust because they were so cool.

@dunbarf2413

5 ай бұрын

Blade is also first R-rated MARVEL superhero movie

I’m really looking forward to Blades debut in the MCU!! Especially if him and Deadpool are ever in the same movie

Good to see you were simultaneously entertained and traumatized by Blade, Ashleigh. 😄 Yup, Blade was pretty much the film that got the trend of good blockbuster comic book movies off the ground. The first X-Men and Spider-Man movies came along only a couple of years afterwards. One thing, though, the Blade movies aren't part of the MCU. The first MCU film was Iron Man, which came out a decade later. Also, the young black girl that fought Blade actually had like a black belt in taekwondo at the time and was competing in tournaments. Her name is Eboni Adams and I even briefly talked to her on a vid featuring that fight here in KZread years back.

"Can't they just have her eat some pizza" 🤣🤣🤣 You are just the best Ashleigh. You definitely have to watch the other two. The second Blade is even better.

@joshuahenry1791

6 ай бұрын

Ashleigh Burton, can you help me? These tele-gram people are after me again 😁😆

Blade is the first modern superhero movie, and it holds up remarkably well.

@reservoirdude92

6 ай бұрын

Very much so. It's so incredibly aggravating to see how awful Marvel has become over time..

@wampatan9

6 ай бұрын

What do you mean by "first modern superhero movie" though?

@JeshuaSquirrel

6 ай бұрын

​@@wampatan9This was the first under the Marvel Studios logo and was the first superhero film that was based mostly in the real world. X-Men came out two years later.

@BOT_JERRY

6 ай бұрын

​@@JeshuaSquirrelspawn came out a year before blade..... And was created by ya boy Todd McFarlane that worked at marvel.

@BOT_JERRY

6 ай бұрын

From what I hear. Ya boy thought of making a movie and nobody liked the idea. So he did it himself and it got a cult following and everybody else was like. Money.... I like money. Let's do what he did

This one absolutely holds up all these years later.

Wait, you were going to do What we do in the Shadows? I can't wait for that one, and then the show later on. You saw Wesley in To Wong Foo. Also one of the best reveals of a character with Blade standing in the only place in the rave with no blood

@Gargess

6 ай бұрын

And the first season of the show should be reviewed on the channel at the very least.

@RicoRaynn

6 ай бұрын

Dark Greetings everyone.

@cosesu8929

6 ай бұрын

​@@RicoRaynnDark Greetings All those in favor of her at least watching the first season, raise your fangs.

One of my favorite movies of the nineties. I was so obsessed, my friend talked a sunglass shop owner into giving me his life-size cardboard blade figurine for my birthday 🤣🤣🤣 Im glad you enjoyed it

@chs75

6 ай бұрын

That's a good friend!

4:05 a vampire a creature from the pit of hell calling out the name of Jesus when he see blade is SO hilarious to me

Quinn is played by Donal Logue, he's also in the series ''Gotham'', among other things. Udo Kier is Dragonetti, his filmography is long, illustrious and a bit weird. Plus, his real name sounds like a vampire name!

In contemporary myths, vampires are indeed killed with wooden stakes through the heart and repelled by garlic, while werewolves are killed by silver bullets, though the stories about how monsters could be killed has varied widely by era and nationality. (e.g. vampires used to be killed by a stake through the heart, the head being cut off, the mouth stuffed with garlic/a holy wafer, and sometimes being buried in holy ground) Silver has traditionally been associated with "purification" because silver is a natural antimicrobial (kills bacteria, fungi, and certain viruses) and in eastern proto-medical beliefs, pure silver would tarnish in the presence of any poison. Similarly, as far back as ancient Rome, garlic was believed to have wide-ranging medicinal effects. As such, these substances' mythological powers were often included as weapons against any monsters that spread in a disease-like fashion.

@TheMule71

6 ай бұрын

Adding on that, vampires are huge in Eastern Europe (Dracula duh!) - and think of the Witcher, another story frtom Eastern Europe, he uses conventional steel for humans and silver for monsters.

There is something so thrilling about going into a movie completely blind. I’ve done a few of the Regal theater mystery movie Mondays, so you don’t even know the title until it starts. Then you have to figure out the tone of the movie. It’s such a great experience because nothing has been spoiled, even if you don’t necessarily care for the movie.

@mot0rhe4d40

6 ай бұрын

I have to agree there. Gal I was dating in my youth, wanted to go to the movies. We went and didn't really know any of the movies that were playing. So we went with the movie that had Kevin Bacon in it. Yeeeaahhh we went in blind to Stir of Echoes 😆 Learned that I liked not knowing a damn thing about the movie after that 👍

@GuardianOwl

6 ай бұрын

@@mot0rhe4d40 Stir of Echoes is so great.

@lisaspikes4291

6 ай бұрын

That happened to me with Pulp Fiction. I had heard nothing about the movie. I was at the theater, and the only reason I chose it was that John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson were in it. Also the title, Pulp Fiction, was intriguing, as I’ve read my share of pulp novels in my life. I was totally unprepared for that movie! But I absolutely loved it!

@mot0rhe4d40

6 ай бұрын

@@GuardianOwl And it blindside's when you go in cold lol

@UrbanNilssonOssian

6 ай бұрын

I did that with Léon. Such a treat!

Back then in the late 1990's vampires was the big rekindled thing. Everybody and their grandma tried to shoehorn in on the success of the Vampire Diaries. RPG companies published Vampire: The Masquerade loosely tried to capture the basis of the 1973 comic book series in a pen and paper game. But back at that time, there were hundreds of live action role playing circles trying to emulate the stories, with chapters often numbering in the hundreds of participants. So this movie fed fully into the scene back then.

Nothing has topped that opening scene of Blade. Smoking Vamps to some techno... and the Vamps dissipating?? Magnificent!

@3Rayfire

6 ай бұрын

And New Order's Confusion (Pump Panel Mix) the marketing etched that into my soul. One of the best trailers of the decade.

@CliffSedge-nu5fv

6 ай бұрын

Techno club music staple for years. Couldn't hear a DJ set without that mixed in.

What We Do in the Shadows is very funny! I'm all for you watching it too! The series that is coming to an end this year is probably my favorite show that's currently on television. It's super hilarious!

@Paineinyourblank

6 ай бұрын

Gotta watch the movie first tho ❤️

@sandrosliske

6 ай бұрын

100% she will love it!

@magpieMOB

6 ай бұрын

So glad Ashleigh watched Blade before WWDITS, that movie/series has so many vampire media in-jokes it's unbelievable. Blade, Only Lovers Left Alive, True Blood, From Dusk Til Dawn, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Interview With The Vampire...

@JoeMama410

6 ай бұрын

Donal Logue was one of my favorite cameos in WWDitS

@magpieMOB

6 ай бұрын

@@JoeMama410 YES! What a great surprise!

In case you hadn't put it together... Blade is also Noxeema Jackson from Too Wong Foo.

Girl, your reaction to Blade was legendary! Some 8f the things I wanted to respond to if I were watching with you. 1. Although this did release the same year as The Matrix. Blades style comes from the comics. 2. Blade never bites Karen. He just sucks her blood from the previous bite. That's why she doesn't turn. 3. The reason Frost touches Dragon Eddi's face is he's noticing the difference in their skin texture. That's how he realizes that sunblock will protect them.

@JnEricsonx

6 ай бұрын

The movie came out in 1998, and it would have been earlier in the year if they hadn't had to push stuff back. I think because Blade is a hybrid is why he couldn't change Karen, but I could be wrong.

@SiLvErWaRe000

6 ай бұрын

@@JnEricsonx That never occurred to me as an option, I like it. I always noted the bite had not completely healed, and he doesn't show his fangs when he goes in.

@thomasjoychild4962

5 ай бұрын

@@JnEricsonx They've gone back and forth on whether Blade can infect people, but in the sequel TV show they had some people he'd accidentally turned when he was a thirsty street kid.

Ashleigh, I'm so glad you finally got to see this movie. It's actually one of the first Marvel movies but not linked to the MCU.(yet) Cool fun fact: Wesley Snipes is actually a trained martial artist, so he did most of the fight scenes himself. You have seen him before in Demolition Man with Sylvester Stallone. Nerd facts: Blade started as a character in the Tomb of Dracula comics back in the 70's. He was part of a group of vampire hunters. He's called the daywalker because sunlight doesn't affect him like a normal vampire. He still had most of the power and the thirst.

@parallaxnick637

6 ай бұрын

Depends on how you define a "Marvel movie"; technically the first Marvel movie was Howard the Duck.

@johnpaullogan1365

6 ай бұрын

There was a spiderman movie in the 70s I thought.

@Kevin_Lazar

6 ай бұрын

@@parallaxnick637Men In Black also came out before Blade and is technically Marvel since they purchased it before the movies were made

@smashbrandiscootch719

6 ай бұрын

It was definitely not the first Marvel movie. Wtf?

@Dularr

6 ай бұрын

​@@johnpaullogan1365the Japanese film?

I don’t think I’ve loved a reaction to Blade more than yours, Ash 😂

@user-fh6mc9du5n

Ай бұрын

If you loved her reaction to Blade, Then I highly recommend her reaction of Blazing Saddles.

The bartender Blade kicked in the face at the Japanese vampire club (somebody shouted "Kingee!")is Henry Kingi,a legendary stuntman who has been in many films and TV shows.Michelle Pfeiffer clawed his face as Catwoman in Batman Anytime you saw the A-team van sliding around in a car chase on the show,Kingi was driving.When Enos jumped his cop car and landed in a tree on The Dukes of Hazzard,Kingi did that jump.Also,the actor that played the hematologist's ex boyfriend ("You ever think about us?") was the Air Force officer ordering the F-22 to attack Tony Stark in the first Iron Man.The female vampire in the beginning taking her naive corny date to the rave party was ex "pron" star Traci Lords.Deacon Frost would totally have fit in with The Lost Boys movie...good call.Also,you are more right than you know about Kris Kristofferson...he is really good friends with Willie Nelson in real life.