I'm sure I've commented on this before. I liked Reynolds in Trinity. I liked the back and forth with Blade, one of the few bright spots. As hot as Jessica Biel is, I thought she was unnecessary. I would've rather had Reynolds and Blade in a kind of buddy movie, both applying their different styles to the Dracula problem. Perhaps it could've led to Blade becoming a mentor of sorts to King, a new role for him to play after Whistler's death.
Reynolds wasn't the problem with Trinity, nor was the guy playing Drake. However, the way Goyer used the Drake/Dracula character was lame. He was supposed to be super badass, with shape-shifting abilities and all he did was run away from Blade and then sword fight him. Now perhaps he was just testing Blade during the chase scene, and seeing himself as a great warrior, he wanted to best Blade in swordplay, but it seemed like Dracula was 'lowering' himself. Why not make Blade fight on his level instead of acting like he had something to prove to Blade?
Also, what was Dracula's motivation? What was his endgame?
I hated Danica Talos and her gang. They were really weak. Parker Posey's weird mannerisms/delivery were off-putting. Grimwood had potential, but I wish he had been the leader or at least rolled with a better, more competent crew. Both Frost's guys and the Bloodpack would've smoked the Talos group in two seconds.
It seems strange that they didn't have any scenes with Abigail and Whistler, and why wasn't anyone raising more alarms when the dead 'Whistler' showed up at the Nightstalker compound. Which reminds me how lame this set of Nightstalkers were, with the one black member of course being the one who stole cars. But to be fair, I did like some things in Trinity: Hannibal King, Grimwood, Drake's demonic form, the dogs with the Reaper-strain, the idea to frame Blade and bringing in the FBI. I just wish the story had been better.
Blade Trinity was like a reversion of the franchise. It existed for Goyer to put in the 'cool' scenes that had been left out of the other movies and to launch the Nightstalkers. In a way, I'm glad that it failed, because it should've taught him to keep the focus on Blade. Unfortunately, he didn't quite learn that lesson because Blade took a backseat to Krista in Blade the Series, one of the reasons I feel doomed the show from the start.
But the first two Blade films were awesome. The Goyer-Snipes collaboration made vampires cool and modern again. The Underworld films, among others, owe the Blade franchise a lot. It's still one of the few times that a movie was better than the source material. So far, the Blade comics still can't find the magic that Goyer and Snipes did over a decade ago. Though I hope they continue trying to find it.
I'm iffy about Blade being in the MI:13 book, but at least it keeps him active and it builds on his character development with his budding romance, something Goyer seemed afraid to explore in the movies/TV show.
Despite my disappointment with some aspects of Trinity and Blade the Series I would like to see a wrap up of some kind to the series, perhaps in comic book form. And I would like to see Blade grace the silver screen again, preferably with Snipes, but if not him, maybe Michael Jai White.
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Like I said before, I wish they got a damn good artist, and a writer that will stick with things from the movie Blade that was an unstoppable force save for two great villains.
