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Blade

Now Playing - The Movie Review Podcast

Venganza Media, Inc.

Tv & Film:film Reviews, Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Tv & Film, Film History

4.53K Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2011

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

I guess if you're immortal, cholesterol doesn't matter?   By 1998, the only Marvel Comics character to get a wide theatrical release was Howard the Duck. But that changed when Dark Knight writer David S. Goyer brought Marvel’s vampire hunter to the big screen in Blade, with Wesley Snipes donning the black leather to wage war on the undead. Facing off against Stephen Dorff’s ambitious bloodsucker Deacon Frost, Blade mixed martial arts, techno soundtracks, and vampire mythology into something unlike the comic book movies that came before it. Arriving just after the misfire of Batman & Robin, Blade helped restore credibility to comic adaptations and quietly laid the groundwork for the Marvel movie boom that followed. But does this pre-Matrix blend of CGI, blood-soaked action, and late-’90s style still hold up today? Arnie, Stuart, and Jakob sharpen the stakes and dive into the film’s place in comic book movie history on Now Playing Podcast.{Blade Series} {Marvel Series} {Comic Book Movie Series}

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0:00.0

I think somebody here wants to talk about vampires, but I want to hear you talk about vampires.

0:14.0

What can you tell me about?

0:16.0

Forget what you think, though.

0:19.0

Vampires exist.

0:24.0

My name is Blade.

0:28.0

I was born half human, half vampire.

0:32.0

They call me the day walker.

0:37.0

Nighty age man comes to an end.

0:40.0

Welcome to the now playing Blade movie retrospective series.

0:44.0

Now that's the guy I want to hear about.

0:46.0

I want to hear about this character Blade.

0:48.0

Part of the now playing Marvel comic movie series.

0:51.0

Who's exciting, isn't it?

0:55.0

Hosted by Jacob.

0:57.0

So, you're the hunter they all fear.

1:00.0

Steward.

1:01.0

Ready to die.

1:02.0

Force born, ready motherfucker.

1:04.0

And Arnie.

1:05.0

He was born perfect.

1:07.0

And just like the great white shark, this guy has never had to evolve.

1:12.0

Join us at nowplayingpodcast.com each week as we review a new Blade film.

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