Blade cancelled...

[Horrorfan]

http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=113644

I only read one issue, but it was pretty crappy....the covers were nice, but dracula being dispatched in five seconds? spidey as a vamp? wtf?

 

[Phaedrus45]

That's the best news I've read all month.

Hmmm...now that Marvel's done away with their worst title, I'm going to have to figure out what will now take its place at the bottom of my list.

 

[Darthphere]

Yay!

 

[Horrorfan]

That's the best news I've read all month.

I lol'ed t:

I don't know why they find it so hard to find a good creative team for it...

Even a good mini can do a lot for a character...

 

[Phaedrus45]

Just from this weeks Marvel offerings, three comics are competing for my "Worst Marvel Monthly Comic." They are New Avengers, Moon Knight, and X-Men. OOoooo....Blade was just so easy to determine as the worst...these all stink about the same.

 

[PhotoJones]

Man, this book must have suuuucked. I don't think I've ever heard anything positive on these boards about it, other than today.

 

[Horrorfan]

So it never got better then?

I am a huge blade fan, but i couldnt bring myself to buy another issue...even though I hoped it would get better...

the patronising letter from the writer in issue one didn't help.

 

[gildea]

i've been fairly positive about it.

it's been quite good.

people dancing on books graves is quite depressing.

 

[Horrorfan]

Man, this book must have suuuucked. I don't think I've ever heard anything positive on these boards about it, other than today.

It really did suck, and I am a HUGE fan of Blade...it was really really bad

 

[Kevin]

Blade is cancelled?? No really, its writing to its art was just bad.

 

[The Geek Vault]

I heard this book was horrible! I mean even Santa was a vampire!

 

[Dread]

I knew better than to read this. It bemuses me that a decade after Blade gained a decent movie franchise, Marvel has been utterly clueless to somehow capitilize on it in with 616. Not that I am a big fan of the character, and not that I don't deny BLADE: TRINITY was garbage. But, still. Even DC made a better stab at capitilizing on SUPERMAN RETURNS, and that flick wasn't nearly as well recieved as the first two BLADE movies.

 

[Horrorfan]

I heard this book was horrible! I mean even Santa was a vampire!

What now?

 

[PhotoJones]

I knew better than to read this. It bemuses me that a decade after Blade gained a decent movie franchise, Marvel has been utterly clueless to somehow capitilize on it in with 616. Not that I am a big fan of the character, and not that I don't deny BLADE: TRINITY was garbage. But, still. Even DC made a better stab at capitilizing on SUPERMAN RETURNS, and that flick wasn't nearly as well recieved as the first two BLADE movies.

If you can get past the fact that the Blade movies were not based on any storyline or character design from the comics, then I don't know why anyone wouldn't kind them enjoyable.

Even Blade: Trinity was fun, in my opinion.

 

[Horrorfan]

If you can get past the fact that the Blade movies were not based on any storyline or character design from the comics, then I don't know why anyone wouldn't kind them enjoyable.

Even Blade: Trinity was fun, in my opinion.

Trinty had Biel, Dracula and THAT gothic store scene, so it had some merit...not a lot but I could probably watch it again if I had to.

 

[Kevin]

Trinty had Biel, Dracula and THAT gothic store scene, so it had some merit...not a lot but I could probably watch it again if I had to.

It also had a Shirtless Ryan Renolds.(sp?)

 

[hippy fascist]

Reynolds

 

[Dread]

If you can get past the fact that the Blade movies were not based on any storyline or character design from the comics, then I don't know why anyone wouldn't kind them enjoyable.

Even Blade: Trinity was fun, in my opinion.

Blade had lost the 'fro before the BLADE films came out. They used his origin and his mentor figure, and his "kill all vampires" ideal. True, they scrapped a lot of the rest, especially in amping up his powers dramatically and relying on the appeal of Wesley Snipes.

Quite frankly, we have been spoiled with SPIDER-MAN and X-MEN movies because some character franchises simply don't have well known, definitive, or popular storylines in the comics. Quickly, besides his Death to Doomsday or any arc that required the JLA, name a definitive in-continuity story for Superman that isn't his origin. It gets tough.

To me, GHOST RIDER was "fun". BLADE TRINITY was disappointing. But it wasn't the only movie franchise to peak at the first sequal of a trilogy.

Granted, part of the problem for Blade is that as a character he is bare bones, much like the Punisher, and has to compete with, well, the Punisher. So Marvel tends to overcomplicate things. Like having him get bitten by Morbius of all people so he could match the movie "power level" (seriously).

 

[PhotoJones]

It also had a Shirtless Ryan Renolds.(sp?)

Seriously. That boy has got some abs.

Blade had lost the 'fro before the BLADE films came out. They used his origin and his mentor figure, and his "kill all vampires" ideal. True, they scrapped a lot of the rest, especially in amping up his powers dramatically and relying on the appeal of Wesley Snipes.

Quite frankly, we have been spoiled with SPIDER-MAN and X-MEN movies because some character franchises simply don't have well known, definitive, or popular storylines in the comics. Quickly, besides his Death to Doomsday or any arc that required the JLA, name a definitive in-continuity story for Superman that isn't his origin. It gets tough.

To me, GHOST RIDER was "fun". BLADE TRINITY was disappointing. But it wasn't the only movie franchise to peak at the first sequal of a trilogy.

Granted, part of the problem for Blade is that as a character he is bare bones, much like the Punisher, and has to compete with, well, the Punisher. So Marvel tends to overcomplicate things. Like having him get bitten by Morbius of all people so he could match the movie "power level" (seriously).

Ah, I liked it. Ryan Reynolds was actaully a big reason why. He played the funny man, and 99% of the time, I'm not down with that. It comes of as forced, and it takes me out of the movie. But Reynolds has that charm where he steals every scene he's in. The story was mush, but the action was there, and the special effects were there. Really, that's all you need for a dumb summer movie. What Marvel chose to do with Blade after the release the movies is irrelevant. They stand on their own, in my opinion. And I still consider the first Blade to be among the best of comic book adaptations.

And like I mentioned above, Reynolds is dead sexy. And yes, I can say that.

 

[Dread]

Seriously. That boy has got some abs.



Ah, I liked it. Ryan Reynolds was actaully a big reason why. He played the funny man, and 99% of the time, I'm not down with that. It comes of as forced, and it takes me out of the movie. But Reynolds has that charm where he steals every scene he's in. The story was mush, but the action was there, and the special effects were there. Really, that's all you need for a dumb summer movie. What Marvel chose to do with Blade after the release the movies is irrelevant. They stand on their own, in my opinion. And I still consider the first Blade to be among the best of comic book adaptations.

And like I mentioned above, Reynolds is dead sexy. And yes, I can say that.

Reynolds had some good quips, I'll give it that. But the Nightstalkers all but made Blade a bit player in his own movie, and after being faced with a moral dilemma in BLADE 2, simply seeing him return to "autopilot swagger" was disappointing. The special effects were lumpy at times and the final battle anti-climatic/generic. It was direct-to-video fare to me.

I preferred BLADE 2, actually, although BLADE in 1998 doesn't get enough credit for setting up, quietly, X-MEN and SPIDER-MAN. I mean BLADE was the first comic film coming out after BATMAN & ROBIN killed the genre and Marvel was so nervous their name was nowhere near any posters. But it made a killing and made all their pre-production teams on X-MEN and whatnot breathe a sigh of relief and see hope at the end of the tunnel. But I preferred BLADE 2 because it forced Blade to actually team up with vampires and question his belief that all were irredeemably evil, which added more depth to your standard slobbernocker.

 

[Kevin]

Reynolds

I knew there was another letter in there.

 

[Kevin]

Seriously. That boy has got some abs.



Ah, I liked it. Ryan Reynolds was actaully a big reason why. He played the funny man, and 99% of the time, I'm not down with that. It comes of as forced, and it takes me out of the movie. But Reynolds has that charm where he steals every scene he's in. The story was mush, but the action was there, and the special effects were there. Really, that's all you need for a dumb summer movie. What Marvel chose to do with Blade after the release the movies is irrelevant. They stand on their own, in my opinion. And I still consider the first Blade to be among the best of comic book adaptations.

And like I mentioned above, Reynolds is dead sexy. And yes, I can say that.

God, you know it!

 

[Horrorfan]

I thought the first two blades were great movies....I LOVED the second movie, especially it's horror angle, and the reapers (vampires were scary again!), Luke Goss and Ron Perleman (as always) kicked ass, and GDT is a great director.

I really liked the ORIGINAL idea of Blade 3, a planet of the vampires , I am legend type movie, before it got changed into something much more generic.

 

[PhotoJones]

Reynolds had some good quips, I'll give it that. But the Nightstalkers all but made Blade a bit player in his own movie, and after being faced with a moral dilemma in BLADE 2, simply seeing him return to "autopilot swagger" was disappointing. The special effects were lumpy at times and the final battle anti-climatic/generic. It was direct-to-video fare to me.

I preferred BLADE 2, actually, although BLADE in 1998 doesn't get enough credit for setting up, quietly, X-MEN and SPIDER-MAN. I mean BLADE was the first comic film coming out after BATMAN & ROBIN killed the genre and Marvel was so nervous their name was nowhere near any posters. But it made a killing and made all their pre-production teams on X-MEN and whatnot breathe a sigh of relief and see hope at the end of the tunnel. But I preferred BLADE 2 because it forced Blade to actually team up with vampires and question his belief that all were irredeemably evil, which added more depth to your standard slobbernocker.

Blade 2 also had Ron Perlman. Any movie with Ron Perlman is worth watching by default.

 

[Dread]

Blade 2 also had Ron Perlman. Any movie with Ron Perlman is worth watching by default.

I almost mentioned Ron Perlman too.