EXTENDED DISCUSSION: / blade-review Jay and Jack discuss the often overlooked Marvel movie Blade, where apparently some motherf**kers are supposedly always trying to ice skate up hill.
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@WolfgangBrozart6 жыл бұрын
If techno and sword fighting is wrong I don't wanna be right.
@3AHoles5 жыл бұрын
Truer words have never been spoken.
@dandansen42615 жыл бұрын
It's not techno though.
@ryanknepel79705 жыл бұрын
@@dandansen4261well, he said he doesn't wanna be right.
@khaleesidelrey82154 жыл бұрын
You actually got me to laugh out loud 😂
@sparksdrinker56504 жыл бұрын
@@dandansen4261 shut up dan
@crimsonvampyre6026 жыл бұрын
“I was a dumb kid who thought Techno was awesome and sword fighting was awesome.” Those things ARE awesome though.
@MegaZeta5 жыл бұрын
That line has been wonderful bait to draw out all you nerds who have yet to realize how you're seen by others
@voodoodolll4 жыл бұрын
@@MegaZeta Dismissing a whole music genre based on your own insecurities is fucking ridiculous
@FutBoy2814 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure Jay loves synthwave
@Lodatzor4 жыл бұрын
@@MegaZeta And we're the ones whom history keeps on proving right. Half the stuff people do today are just extensions of the 90s.
@batmanjesus59373 жыл бұрын
@@Lodatzor uh that's how time works. The present is an extension of the past.
@justaloe6 жыл бұрын
Actually Blade has THE best opening in superhero's movies ever. In my opinion.
@shaggycan4 жыл бұрын
..because of Traci Lords, correct.
@ThelateDomC.4 жыл бұрын
Maybe if Watchmen didn't exist imo, that fight scene plus the credits are unmatched
@fede1704934 жыл бұрын
@@RickReasonnz No.
@notyou87163 жыл бұрын
Superman: The Movie has the best opening.
@hopsonkim49523 жыл бұрын
Dark Knight Rises is great.
@quinnpd6 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid we were allowed to open one Christmas present on Christmas Eve. I opened Blade. Made my family watch this movie on Christmas eve.
@clampmotosua17893 жыл бұрын
I knew I wasn't the only family that did this!
@alexdemoya211919 күн бұрын
That's what jesus would have wanted
@blueshit1997 жыл бұрын
I can't believe Jack is replacing Mike.
@admiralpiett76117 жыл бұрын
I can't believe Josh replaced Star Trek.
@thepickles88337 жыл бұрын
I can't believe they're replacing Red Letter Media with an all Jack cast
@Tamacat3887 жыл бұрын
I can't believe re:View is replacing Wesley Snipes taxes.
@Jossa817 жыл бұрын
Actually...
@jasonfenton82507 жыл бұрын
Honestly fuck this "is x replacing "y" meme.
@CriticalEatsJapan7 жыл бұрын
Ice skating uphill was huge in the 90's...
@nathanddrews7 жыл бұрын
I don't think Crashed Ice started until the 2000s.
@Dasgath7 жыл бұрын
It makes sense because he also said "motherfuckers"
@Jjjipoasdp7 жыл бұрын
You have to remember Jay and Jack weren't the cool kids. They didn't know about all the rad and/or tubular trends.
@Relugus7 жыл бұрын
I didn't know about uphill skating, but I just love that line. It's just cool.
@bl13987 жыл бұрын
actually you can skate uphill if the hill is tilted sufficiently relative to the direction of gravity
@jimjim91483 жыл бұрын
I can’t even express how many people I’ve seen call Black Panther the “first (successful) black led superhero movie,” completely forgetting about the epic trendsetter that was Blade, thank you for fighting the good fight against Blade erasure
@DavidMcDaniel-ni8cm9 ай бұрын
i also liked spawn 1997
@TonioTonius7 жыл бұрын
Nobody remembers Blade?? The intro sequence was legendary! I still remember it to this day.
@MegaZeta5 жыл бұрын
Like 10 billion commenters on this video, Jack thinks he's the only person who remembers something that a bunch of people remember
@williamjones39453 жыл бұрын
Which you antude asshole
@KilliK697 ай бұрын
@@MegaZetaJack also thought nobody was going to watch Avatar 2. I like the dude, but his grasp of our reality seems to elude him sometimes.
@E_ChapКүн бұрын
@@KilliK69 I've been watching Pre Rec and yeah he has some absolutely wild takes on that show.
@mattrmsf7 жыл бұрын
I was rewatching Blade II recently and realized I forgot how good it was. Then the credits rolled, directed by Guillermo del Toro. Well, no shit.
@steviegbcool5 жыл бұрын
lol blade 2 was shit
@pickle70564 жыл бұрын
And it had the Cat from Red Dwarf! :D
@alexrivera6334 жыл бұрын
yeah I've always loved blade 2
@Jester84924 жыл бұрын
The only thing I remember from that film is the vampire guy going "So sweet!" while drinking blood and the terrible cgi blood.
@ermacjones48214 жыл бұрын
Blade and Blade 2 are both far better than any shit marvel has ever put out.
@aidangreen70063 жыл бұрын
It's strange to hear them discussing the movie in terms of something "everyone has forgotten," because in my mind it's remained one of the most influential genre movies of the last 30 years and 100% holds up as a stylistic masterpiece that defines that turn-of-the-millennium music video aesthetic. It's gorgeous in all its anamorphic glory.
@loreaver38823 жыл бұрын
Hugh Jackman is Wolverine and Wesley Snipes is Blade
@get8bit2 жыл бұрын
The media literally told everyone, "Black Panther is the first black superhero movie." They flat out pretended Blade never existed.
@gravydude19572 жыл бұрын
Blade was a success at least as far as I can remember also thats why it had 2 sequels. I can see why nobody is talking about it because there has been over 10 years of build up movies for Avengers ending that you just forget about all the super hero movies that get crapped out over the years.
@JamesKlemm872 жыл бұрын
@@get8bit To be fair most people don't even know Blade is a comic book movie as he is a very obscure Marvel character that never had his own series prior to the movies release. Pretty much every character was invented for the film. Furthermore the people who made it weren't making a comic book movie they were making a vampire/action movie. Also the media never said Black Panther was the first black superhero movie, at most they said it was the first black MCU movie, but I understand bashing "duh mee dEE uh" on the interwebz makes you sound cool so who cares if you gotta hypocritically invent fake news? No one will notice and you'll get those cheap internet point that you clearly value so much. Obviously everyone just collectively forgot that Blade wasn't even the first black superhero film of the 90s, along with pretending Hancock never existed, because that's how evil "duh mee dEE uh" is. This can't possibly be a reflection of your own desire engage in faux outrage while also decrying "outrage culture" without a shred of self awareness...right?
@get8bit2 жыл бұрын
@@JamesKlemm87 TONS of articles out there proclaiming black panther not only the first MCU black super hero, but the first black super hero in film period. They pretended my fav childhood films Spawn, Meteor Man, and THREE Blades never existed. I don't have to invent shizzzzzzzz. The media does lie through their teeth while sucking.
@montefisto5 жыл бұрын
I agree with RLM about 90% of the time. This is part of the 10% remainder. Blade is legitimately a fun, awesome fucking movie that still holds up.
@asseroya4 жыл бұрын
Did u even watch the review? They love it
@geovani606244 жыл бұрын
@@asseroya they said it's a drunk background movie
@johnvonachen16723 жыл бұрын
These guys also didn't like Tron and Tron Legacy. Almost unforgivable.
@awol_soldiervr15293 жыл бұрын
Agreed.
@swoopskee2 жыл бұрын
@@geovani60624 more like "perfect sunday afternoon hangover movie", the exact quote from the ending, which is actually a very valuable segment of movies I think!
@jmgoodmanuk4 жыл бұрын
First time I whole heartedly disagree with RLM. Blade is a classic. Snipes IS Blade (much like Downey is Iron Man). The reboot has A LOT to measure up to.
@suicidalbanananana4 жыл бұрын
Wait they're actually doing a reboot? goddamn :(
@MakoSucks4 жыл бұрын
some movie makers are always trying to ice skate up hill
@nickromano30874 жыл бұрын
The remake will suck, and you know it. Not that the original series are like the best movies ever. But Disney is incapable of doing anything even slightly properly.
@w00master4 жыл бұрын
@@suicidalbanananana Yes, Blade will be a part of the MCU
@ianthorpe19254 жыл бұрын
Mahershala Ali is going to be the new Blade. I personally loved this movie, and people forget that it IS the originator of the current MCU. The second one is not bad either, but the third is trash. I'm actually interested in seeing this reboot.
@MicroTechForms7 жыл бұрын
Wait. The Crow came out 4 years before this, was R rated, had 2 Asian main characters, and did the techno sword fight gun slinger thing... so...
@pepps7795 жыл бұрын
It is almost like 90s comic book movies were so progressive that no 'progressives' ever saw them.
@elenchus5 жыл бұрын
an asian lead in a martial arts movie? what a daring choice
@nathansmith45295 жыл бұрын
Yeah people keep talking about the greatest comic book movies im over here with the crow always my favorite.
@teddyharvester4 жыл бұрын
@@roselynn6753 Nah, The Crow was alright, but its sequels suck balls.
@kostajovanovic37114 жыл бұрын
@@roselynn6753 it is ok
@unvergebeneid7 жыл бұрын
Wait .... Techno and sword fighting are not awesome?
@unvergebeneid4 жыл бұрын
@Major Gear Yes, thank you!
@Snyperwolf912 жыл бұрын
Those things fit together like peanut butter and jelly. Except if its in an unfitting setting
@hooligan97945 жыл бұрын
The line at the end of the film was Blade being arrogant. He was saying that Frost trying to beat him was as futile as trying to ice skate uphill. It is an equivalent to Dirty Harry's "A man's got to know his limitations"
@scms25286 жыл бұрын
The first two Blade movies are great. Some of the best examples of action horror. Wesley Snipes just owns the role.
@obscure.reference5 ай бұрын
and then dead pool shows up
@OreoTheWolf7 жыл бұрын
I'd argue that the movie is actually more enjoyable to watch in 2016 than 1998. The aspects of the movie that date it to the 90's were exhausting even in '98 due to two decades of action heroes spouting one-liners. While the good parts of Blade are still good, the parts that feel dated add a level of enjoyable schlock to the movie these days. Now it can be enjoyed as both a solidly made superhero film and a hilariously pretentious grimdark 90's action movie full of techno leather swordfights. The parts that are actually weird writing things, like Whistler's cancer? That stuff is still kinda weird and doesn't help at all. But trying to ice skate uphill always makes me laugh when I re-watch it.
@rajathyagaraj10614 жыл бұрын
A vampire movie is supposed to be dark...
@pdogcentra86484 жыл бұрын
Raja Thyagaraj What We Do In The Shadows
@CigaretteCrayon4 жыл бұрын
"Some people are always trying to ice skate uphill." That horrible one-liner is the only thing I really remember about this film that made vampires lame long before Twilight ever came out.
@futurafrlx88744 жыл бұрын
I agree. It's not a good movie, but it is very enjoyable to watch especially because of all that 90s cheese.
@smbu3 жыл бұрын
Whistler becoming a vampire "cured" his cancer and allowed him to be in Blade 2. Or maybe they were just trying to say that Whistler would be out in Blade 1 no matter (death by vampire or cancer).
@closedmouth7 жыл бұрын
i kinda like how the CGI looks. It's dated in the same way harryhausen's stop-motion is. Not that it's that good, but it has that same charming jankiness to it that most dated CGI lacks
@IceCreeeaaam7 жыл бұрын
Blade and Blade 2 were fucking great! I still put the vampire club opening scene in Blade as one of the best openings in any movie ever. They're pure cheese but they're not trying to be anything else so it works. It's not pretty good/bad it's pretty good/cheese good. There's a self awareness and unapologeticness about cheese good that separates it from bad. Flash Gordon is a perfect example of this.
@PoletBally7 жыл бұрын
ACTUALLY...............*clears throat*............... Spawn from 1997 that you didn't mention was the first modern superhero comic book movie AND it had a black superhero character. Just so you know. *adjusts extra thick glasses with tape in the middle and feels super smart*
@PaulWrightDirector7 жыл бұрын
We don't talk about Spawn. Ever.
@PaulWrightDirector7 жыл бұрын
Do we? I've never met you! was I drunk?
@PaulWrightDirector7 жыл бұрын
Ah, I do that sober. I don't know which is which any more.
@PaulWrightDirector7 жыл бұрын
No.
@foxybingo11127 жыл бұрын
Peter Loew Spawn was terrible though
@Rebazar7 жыл бұрын
Whatever else you say about this movie, that intro is still the hypest shit of all time.
@kyrridas15737 жыл бұрын
"everybody forgot about it. nobody talks about blade ever" i need to start hanging out with you guys, if you dont know anybody that talks about blade.
@Jepze1587 жыл бұрын
Where do you fucking live? Nobody where i live remembers blade
@everettvonscott7 жыл бұрын
+Jepze Your fault for living in a hole. Blade is great and a lot of people know this.
@johnsmith-mv8hq7 жыл бұрын
Don't be mad at Jepze. He's clearly in an area experiencing the Mandela Effect.
@Jepze1587 жыл бұрын
+everett von scott I live in country so i guess that is true
@Jepze1587 жыл бұрын
+Madklok Well you have to hide your powerlevel, man.
@NealX5 жыл бұрын
Jay, The Matrix has aged JUST FINE, thank you very much.
@MegaZeta5 жыл бұрын
Ok
@smbu3 жыл бұрын
Yup, it has aged well. I thought it was great when I saw it in theaters in '99 and I still think it's great!
@Davidsworldtravels3 жыл бұрын
The story and effects are all time classic. But nobody could dress anything close to that nowadays without looking ridiculous.
@oliverfletcher19393 жыл бұрын
I beg to differ
@mrbee4life1823 жыл бұрын
The Matrix was and still is awesome
@mortified_penguin23553 жыл бұрын
Just throwing out there, three years later, that Stephen Dorff was in Season 3 of True Detective and absolutely killed it in his role. He's legitimately a great actor.
@remusorchora28272 жыл бұрын
3 years later? You mean 3 decades later? Blade is old. Stephen is in the movie felon. Watch that one
@TequilaToothpick Жыл бұрын
That was a long three years...
@zenmastakilla7 жыл бұрын
Jennifer Lawrence really isn't that hot though, lel
@LuisSanchez-hh2rw7 жыл бұрын
She is a human potatoe, she is not
@dacooten13737 жыл бұрын
No ass.
@zenmastakilla7 жыл бұрын
King Steve I don't get comments like this. Like really, are you THAT fascinated with the woman that you feel like you have to defend her at any given opportunity?
@uncaringmach7 жыл бұрын
Well, we've all seen her cooch, and it ain't pretty. There's no....mystique to it anymore.
@averageo23437 жыл бұрын
I remember that (i was the girl she raped and killed btw)
@dr.jackshephard47337 жыл бұрын
Don't forget Spawn [1997]
@kalebwebb62237 жыл бұрын
Or Steel starring Shaq
@nycheeseburger10117 жыл бұрын
Now that they brought up Blankman they need to do a re-view of it.
@wiseking8567 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: At the time I recommended Spawn to my brother and he recommended The Matrix....... Soooo............... yeah......
@philthethriller7 жыл бұрын
oddly enough, the special effects in Spawn were ahead of its time, in fact they hold up well even today. But the "hell" CGI shit was fucking terrible. His costume effects were amazing.
@machetesaint23557 жыл бұрын
The Rocketeer
@croisaor23087 жыл бұрын
Blade really doesn't get much credit for it's influence.
@Ghost-rb5tg5 жыл бұрын
Jay not liking the special effects in Blade makes me feel like I've entered a Mandela offshoot universe.
@archfiendbaramos7 жыл бұрын
You guys aren't accurate in describing Blade's influence on films. It influenced movies like the Underworld series, Daylight, Priest, Ultraviolet, Daywatch, Night watch, etc. Not the superhero film genre. Just because a movie features a superhero doesn't mean people perceive it that way. This set off a chain of vampire action films in a way that John Carpenter's Vampires or From Dusk 'Til Dawn never did. In fact it may also have influenced the Matrix. But it really has nothing to do with influencing the superhero films. That was, indeed, X-Men. Sam Raimi's Spider-Man films, the Fantastic Four films, Daredevil, Elektra, Catwoman, Batman Begins, etc. all comes from X-Men, not Blade.
@JakPaybak7 жыл бұрын
You might include the Resident Evil franchise as well. Swap super zombies for vampires.
@BlueMaxx867 жыл бұрын
Completely disagree. Blade was a catalyst for the next and most prominent wave of comic book films. People'd argue Burton's Batman, but it really was Blade. Batman & Robin, and Forever before it, quelling superheroes as popular and marketable. Which honestly was the Batman series during 90s. There's some one offs here and there, but still, they weren't that prevalent. Marvel was planning on doing Spider-Man and X-Men in the 90s, but it kept getting reshuffled or put in development hell. Blade showed studios and Marvel that a lesser-known could do well, so it was like studios asked what else they had and Marvel handed over top tier with glee. THEN, X-Men and Spider-Man happened and every studio was buying up comic book properties in a tidal wave of trend. Blade is an important comic book movie. (Ironically, people didn't originally know it was a Marvel character, let alone a comic book character.) I suppose Blade and its sequels influenced more and more vampire stuff, but so did Anne Rice adaptations, with Interview with the Vampire and Queen of the Damned.
@litovietbui7 жыл бұрын
I remember when this movie came out, it wasn't marketed as a superhero movie and hardly anyone knew this was based on a comicbook character. Hell, people didn't even recognize the Marvel logo at the beginning of the movie. For a lot of movie goers it may have been their first time seeing the logo and probably didn't bat an eyelash since it was the first movie that wasn't some direct to VHS garbage. He barely had a run of popular comics at the time (if any at all) and still doesn't. Blade was so obscure that the movie pretty much had free rein to do whatever to the character.
@BlueMaxx867 жыл бұрын
litovietbui Right. It actually influenced the comic book Blade it was so good. Originally Eric wasn't a half-vampire. He was just a vampire slayer with immunity from a vampire's bite (he couldn't be turned) bc of his mother being bitten while pregnant having an adverse effect on him. Mutating him. So the comic's literally evolved the character more to match the popular interpretation of him being a daywalking dhampir.
@wiseking8567 жыл бұрын
Creators even admitted going forward based on Blades's success... They said it! So fact. No Blade, no X-Men, no Marvel Studios (as they are now).
@SarahLouiseHunt7 жыл бұрын
BEST LINE EVER! You are over thinking it. Ice skating uphill, if you will.
@itziksamuha3302 жыл бұрын
Some aspects of this movie are outdated, like the special effects and overall style. But I think the techno soundtrack for the action scenes is one of the most underrated things ever and I wish they used more music like that in action movies. It actually elevates a scene to a whole new level.
@embir825 жыл бұрын
In my opinion Blade gets even better with age. It is great movie, ahead of its time and as reviewers noticed - really influential.
@jed_the_artist7 жыл бұрын
does him having cancer even need to be a plot thing though? can he not just have cancer? is it not cool that a character just has a major disease and it doesn't come into the plot at all, it just shows one of his weaknesses as a human and makes him more real of a character
@roostuidos7 жыл бұрын
+Hurbs Buckooglberb I don't love Johnny.
@averyhepburn8092 Жыл бұрын
I think the point they're making is it's kind of weird to introduce that he has cancer and is dying only for that not to be relevant at all. It would've been interesting if he deliberately became a vampire to over come his "weaknesses" as a human.
@jed_the_artist Жыл бұрын
@@averyhepburn8092 yeah in the 5 years since I made this comment I’ve understood more what they meant hahah
@SaladofStones7 жыл бұрын
I liked Blade, it got me into Vampire the Masquerade since my dad had the GURPS rulesets. I really liked it, personally.
@201_Gaming6 жыл бұрын
Gotta disagree with you guys. This movie is so cool and deservedly confident in itself, with a lead that nails the character and is interesting to watch, it shits on all this new, safe Marvel garbage from such a great height.
@MegaZeta5 жыл бұрын
It's just a better movie than you might think it would be, there's a lot of dumb and bad stuff in it too, chill out
@eponaalbion4 жыл бұрын
It sux dude, it just doesnt hold up well at all, Marvel isnt 'safe' at all, it just doesnt need a cheap R rating to create stories of worth ;)
@dragomcroy30724 жыл бұрын
And Blade is gonna be part of the mainstream now. Strange.
@thecraplordsell45754 жыл бұрын
Loki Heimdallr how exactly does it suck??? It’s a pretty solid action film.
@williamcronshaw52624 жыл бұрын
Wesley Snipes as Blade elevates it, without that it would probably be a pretty terrible movie.
@brianmarini18887 жыл бұрын
This makes me want to see Wesley Snipes' grand return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, complete with a 4th-wall breaking reference to being imprisoned somewhere for 20 years. brb, off to watch his new Western...
@satoshikong88525 жыл бұрын
Brian Marini The IRS are the biggest bloodsuckers of all.
@go_rilla2625 жыл бұрын
I think that would make a great dead pool movie
@SageRuffin5 жыл бұрын
This wqs brought up in Expendables 3 actually. Direct call out and everything.
@SuperArppis7 жыл бұрын
Blade is one of my favorite comic book movies with Dredd, Captain America: Winter soldier and V for Vendetta.
@troythormond97197 жыл бұрын
I can't wait for the Blade re-make starring an all-white cast! Nothin' wrong with that!
@troythormond97197 жыл бұрын
JonTron Hey, you're right. There's hope yet.
@onionhat7457 жыл бұрын
Isn't Bane white in the comics? Pink skin, brown hair. If I remember correctly, his original design in the Animated Series looked much more Hispanic, though.
@kantorekdunham69047 жыл бұрын
+Leee if race doesn't matter for characterisation why should it matter if he is black? Hollywood is trying to get away from white as the norm for everything. Not every character who is black has to have their story be about them being black.
@troythormond97197 жыл бұрын
chaz Davis It wasn't a joke. Equilibrium is the closest thing we've got so far.
@wiseking8567 жыл бұрын
Nope. Also Gods of Egypt.
@terynmidzain70894 жыл бұрын
Wesley Snipes/Blade doesn’t get nearly enough credit it deserves for being a pioneer to both Marvel and the superhero movie genre in general. It’s so awful that it doesn’t get the love it deserves . Also, I always felt that the last line was about how some people are always fighting the natural order of things in circumstances where they shouldn’t belong. It’s so cheesy, but I absolutely love that final kill line haha
@wiredtardis2 жыл бұрын
Between their take on Blade and Mad Max 2: Road Warrior, I think RLM do have some modern biases at just weird times. Personally, I'd take Blade over half of the MCU, especially Black Panther.
@stellviahohenheim Жыл бұрын
Half? I'd say 3 tops
@neattoo7 жыл бұрын
"Now everyone is talkling about with Spiderman Homecoming, they made Mary Jane black and there's a lot of diversity to the cast" Oh good, I'm so glad they changed the races of already established characters and riding off their popularity instead of coming up with a new character with that race. Why is this okay and whitewashing is evil? They both seem awful to me.
@PlumpPotatoRump7 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@volbla7 жыл бұрын
There is obviously a difference between "making a group of people that's historically been less visible more visible" and "making a group of people that's always been more visible even more visible". It's the same in principle, but you also have to look at how the real world works. Then i guess you can argue whether any of it is useful or not.
@justjax60007 жыл бұрын
aww you're butt hurt because they have a black girl playing a character that isn't even confirmed in the film yet? Is Mary Jane that much of a main character that her change in race will fuck up the entire marvel universe?
@justjax60007 жыл бұрын
Todd Bollinger Peter Parker for example, goes to school in Queens! I don't think people have been there. It's DIVERSE. You'll find everyone under the sun, black/white/asian/Hispanic/middle eastern. Having a modern cast of characters to reflect the actually real world atmosphere, just makes more logical sense.
@darkfoxy17 жыл бұрын
+Just Jax you are one of those social justice racists eh? Diversity in white movies only, diversity in white country's only. Mary Jane? Established white character in every movie, comic and story to date - now suddenly not, Black Panther, established black character, black in every representation, black on screen, I'd be fucking chuffed they were being accurate. But please, continue on your spiteful crusade for "diversity" no matter what impact that has on consistency and accuracy, ignore that changing established characters details like this pisses off fans (no, not because they are racists like you, small minded racist diversity drone) but because fans who have followed a series before it became movie fodder don't see Mary Jane as a fucking chameleon who changes colour every page. Make people around them "diverse"? Sure, a little, the characters themselves? That's just "blackwashing" to put a spin on a term you and your buddies are so fond of my friendly little hypocrite
@taylors-fm3dq7 жыл бұрын
No one ever brings up The Rocketeer when talking about superheroes movies...
@allluckyseven7 жыл бұрын
They should re:View that movie.
@taylors-fm3dq7 жыл бұрын
+MrBing 90 No I'm well aware of how much they've talked about it. I meant more generally, people never seem to bring it up.
@taylors-fm3dq7 жыл бұрын
+allluckyseven I'd love that, but they already like 10 mins about it on Half in the Bag. So it's unlikely they will
@kronos69487 жыл бұрын
No one ever goes back to the 1960's (or even the 1950's short films) Batman. Comic book movies have been a thing since comic books it seems.
@kronos69487 жыл бұрын
***** I guess you totally missed my point. Everyone tries to one up someone with "Everyone forgot (insert name here)". So, I took it further. No one would say the 1950's film Batman franchise started comic book movies. But I guess that wasn't clear enough for you.
@Blunderbuss097 жыл бұрын
I love this film because that scene where blood sprays from the ceiling in the vampire rave is just the perfect sweet spot of being really fucking awesome and absolutely absurd. It's one of my favorite movie scenes.
@random_name39777 жыл бұрын
Regarding the non-shaky cam action scene, this one is quite obvious. This is a movie from an era when action stars still had action-chops. People like Evans, Pratt, Damon or Hemsworth don't hold a candle to people like Snipes, Van Damme, Statham or even Schwarzenegger/Stallone (and don't start me on Jackie Chan and the other HK martial artists). That's the difference between self-made people who busted there asses in the gym and pampered Hollywood stars who hired a personal trainer. And the difference shows. One recent movie that did that OK was "John Wick" which was basically long-take-action-porn. While Keanu Reeves was a bit sloppy, far from real pros like the HK guys, he clearly worked seriously for the role and effort is duly noted.
@athenajaxon23975 жыл бұрын
I would also add Tom Cruise to that mix also Evans, and Hemsworth aren't really trying to be action stars outside of the Marvel movies which are all CGI anyway
@Realkeepa-et9vo4 жыл бұрын
It would just be too expensive to train extensive choreography with Evans or Hemsworth. I guess they would do it, but it's not worth the time and money.
@btssilence7 жыл бұрын
You know the best part about Blade being a black character? He just is. There's no pandering, no virtue signaling, no winking, no nodding, no mention at all of his ethnicity. "Blade is black" is a statement of fact, not a statement of moral value. He isn't better or worse because he's black, he's just black. He'd still be a badass vampire killing martial arts expert if he were any other color, and it still wouldn't matter. _This_, ladies and gentlemen, is how you handle social issues.
@MegaZeta5 жыл бұрын
Wow, what an awkward comment you've made, full of pandering, virtue signaling, winking, nodding and mentions of his ethnicity
@MugsyBrews5 жыл бұрын
“This is how you handle social issues.” (ignoring them). Lol wow whiter words have never been spoken.
@finewinedaily49975 жыл бұрын
This comment is pretty pathetic. The movie chose to ignore social issues entirely, which is fine. But if other movies want to actually address or tackle social issues that is also fine. Holding up Blade as an example of how to "handle" social issues is just stupid. Having a movie with black characters that address social issues facing African Americans is not "virtue signaling" or "pandering". It sounds like you just don't want social issues talked about in movies.
@finewinedaily49975 жыл бұрын
@ShowiestZebra Tons of social issues are talked about in virtually every superhero movie. Crime, justice, just punishment, will of the people, duty to the world, etc are all themes in just about every comic book movie. And franchises like X-Men are centered entirely on social issues. The X-Men themselves are an obvious allegory to the downtrodden, misunderstood and outcasts or the world. But God forbid the social issue be about something like racial inequality - then we've crossed some line.
@thecraplordsell45755 жыл бұрын
Fine Wine Daily What exactly are these racial inequalities. Because blacks constantly plays the race card and blame whites for their problems. And than they wonder why nobody really cares for them. It’s because they show no action than talk.
@fiveways7 жыл бұрын
There is also the Crow but most people forget it is based on a comic book.
@WildBluntHickok2 жыл бұрын
And The Mask. Still wish they hadn't waited 15 years to do a sequel because they were hoping Jim Carrey would come back. In the comic everyone who is the main character dies at the beginning of the next storyline. The only reoccuring characters are the cop and the mask itself (Loki).
@rlowry44817 жыл бұрын
Can you guys review Reign of Fire or Event Horizon, they're both shlock but stand the test of time real well compared to what's been coming out these days. At least they have some heart, and balls, big beefy balls.
@curator_z4 жыл бұрын
How DARE you refer to the glorious nightmare fuel that is Event Horizon schlock!? I mean, it is, but that's just rude. I watched that for the first time in my 20s, and still woke up from a very confusing horror dream afterwards
@killergoose76433 жыл бұрын
They should do Event Horizon but on Best of the Worst
@davistoa3 жыл бұрын
@I Wanna Die Movie Night Beat me to it.
@ArkaynAdrian7 жыл бұрын
Up vote for Darkman Re:view.
@EarJuice7 жыл бұрын
I still think the Blade movies are some of the best comic book movies. I think it's due to the simple plot and the fact that there is no Natalie Portman character to fuck it. Same reason why I love Dredd. I like bad movies and 90s cringe as well. Let's see if another Spider man reboot will learn or if we have to sit through Uncle Ben dying again.
@Snyperwolf912 жыл бұрын
Well uncle ben is the equivalent of kenny in southpark. He always dies in different ways and instead being sad and down , its becoming laughable that every iteration of uncle ben ends with death .
@JimSelfisHere7 жыл бұрын
You gotta give the CG in this movie a pass. This was back when video games were just starting to use 3D graphics instead of sprites.
@WildBluntHickok2 жыл бұрын
Oh god I remember when video game graphics regressed by 10 years just because "they're polygons". They were a steaming pile of shit is what they were. Virtua Fighter 1 in the arcades was the start of it. Then Playstation 1 with its garbage graphics.
@JimSelfisHere2 жыл бұрын
@@WildBluntHickok I tried playing Ocarina of Time a few years ago and it's darn near unplayable with its fat polygons and checkerboard textures.
@NicosMind6 жыл бұрын
I havent forgotten about Blade. That movie was fucking awesome!!!
@shadow_force Жыл бұрын
The 90s aged really well, compared to the hellscape we live in now. Techno is still big and so is sword fighting.
@Redbob867 жыл бұрын
I saw this movie in theaters when I was 13 years old and I LOVED it. It started a trend of me loving the idea of being some kind of monster-hunter or demon-slayer based on average to bad late 90's to early 2000's movies. Blade, Van Helsing, the Angel TV series, etc.
@jacobsaffron59113 жыл бұрын
It always amazes me how no one remembers that Men In Black is based off a Marvel comic even though it says that in the opening scene.
@EnterReality7 жыл бұрын
What about a re:View of "The Crow"? After more then 20 years still holds up very well
@JamesKlemm872 жыл бұрын
Here is the re:View: "The movie was nothing special. The effects haven't aged well. The script is a mess because Brandon Lee tragically died during filming which is the only reason anyone remembers it and the only impression is made on society was to inspire a wrestler that's more popular than the movie to rip off the look....okay bye"
@indecay87564 жыл бұрын
"Techno bad" -literally Moby
@HeyCupertino3 жыл бұрын
In Decay? More like Into Gay!
@indecay87563 жыл бұрын
A F T R T H A T? More like H O M O S E X U A L! amirite fellas?
@HeyCupertino3 жыл бұрын
@@indecay8756 You sed it, brother!
@alwindsor72997 жыл бұрын
re:View Galaxy Quest pleeeeease
@theodoremitromaras81354 жыл бұрын
Why, so they can shit on a perfectly good movie?
@PFSVenom7 жыл бұрын
Loved the Rich Evans cameo at 11:51
@foryou2be6 жыл бұрын
love you man :D :D :D
@dvdv77777 жыл бұрын
Meteor Man is vastly underrated IMO. It has hilarious moments, like the one where the protagonist accidentally grabs this fashion book, absorbs its contents, drops it at the antagonist, who also absorbs the knowledge, and both of them then proceed to "battle" by doing catwalks.. Also, they are full of crap. Blade is a classic, and did not age poorly at all. Way to miss the mark, guys.
@jim4053 жыл бұрын
Ah Meteor Man such a good popcorn movie! Who could forget the drive by scene. And such great performances by legendary actors Don Cheadle, Deebo, James Earl Jones, Chris Tucker (uncredited: mall announcer), and America’s Dad himself Bill Cosby who saves the day with his magical fingers.
@donnellebrooks7 жыл бұрын
I've always loved Blade, I didn't even know that it was a comic though.
@MegaZeta5 жыл бұрын
Not a big deal that you didn't know Blade was from comics... the movie used the comic book character as a jumping-off point but had very little in common with it otherwise. The character's look, his abilities, his friends and his world were all invented fresh for the movie. A lot of kids back then didn't realize it, though, because they pre-debuted the movie version of Blade on the _Spider-Man_ cartoon show on Fox beforehand.
@MegaZeta5 жыл бұрын
@@l34CoNCreepy Yeah, the movie's version of Blade, as well as David Goyer's original character Whistler who was invented for the movie, debuted on the _Spider-Man_ cartoon show on Fox. At the time, Marvel's TV and movie liaison division were one and the same. The movie came out years after the TV appearance, though, because New Line Cinema kept demanding changes and made production a nightmare.
@ianthorpe19254 жыл бұрын
A few years back, studio Madhouse released an anime series of this Marvel property.... It's actually pretty good. I think Blade is great. This is one of the few time that I COMPLETELY disagree with RLM.
@WildBluntHickok2 жыл бұрын
The original Blade was from the 70s Dracula comic. They were sick of using enemies of Dracula people already knew like Van Helsing so they invented a new one.
@JamesKlemm872 жыл бұрын
Most people didn't know at the time and it really is a vampire film more than a comic book movie.
@jaykay58117 жыл бұрын
Shoulda done Blade 2, it's the best of them
@slainemccool28757 жыл бұрын
Nah the first is better.....both are brilliant tho
@danielkellyuk7 жыл бұрын
Blade 2 is a better movie. But Blade is pretty great given that it came out of nowhere, was made for about $3 and maybe influenced the Matrix, X-Men and a bunch of other stuff.
@SuperArppis7 жыл бұрын
I actually liked the first one better. 2nd movie is still good tho.
@Ravell527 жыл бұрын
Agreed.
@KatalistProductionsKozzySasha7 жыл бұрын
Yup, Blade 2 was awesome
@felicityc3 жыл бұрын
Blade was one of those early movies I saw on a CRT TV as a kid that made me LOVE wild action movies like this, and then the Matrix of course sealed the deal. I loved it, I didn't realize everyone forgot about it. Every time I write about something with swordfights Blade has some influence. Especially the whole concept of "x type of creature that hunts similar creatures because he's the good guy" really got to me.
@FanboyFilms6 жыл бұрын
Dudes, I never stopped talking about Blade. Blade was pretty dope and I can see how it hasn't aged well, but it's still cooler than half the stuff coming out. I think "Smack My Bitch Up" was the most dated reference you made in this video, that's something that no one talks about anymore. But Blade paved the way for X-Men, and that paved the way for Spider-Man which was so successful that superhero movies started to be taken seriously. That paved the way for Iron Man and the MCU. Also, it fell into that trap of the third movie being crap. Blade Trinity, X-Men The Last Stand, and Spider-Man 3 all sucked, mostly because I think they were at the end of a 3 picture deal and instead of keeping it simple as you say, they tried to jam in every idea they ever had into that last movie and it got way too bloated.
@enders19723 жыл бұрын
My favorite R rated 90s comic book movie was The Crow. I still play the soundtrack when I am feeling nostalgic.
@with-inreason7 жыл бұрын
Is this replacing Wesley Snipes Tax Evasion?
@arcadeperfectreviews26537 жыл бұрын
I guess they've never seen the Netflix shows. Those are gritty as hell.
@xxczerxx7 жыл бұрын
The Flash, Jessica Jones and Daredevil are all shit
@arcadeperfectreviews26537 жыл бұрын
I forgot that RLMs comment section is full of human garbage. I gotta stop commenting.
@kevinbeacon81067 жыл бұрын
+David Garcia So that makes you human garbage in your own eyes...
@Gyork_7 жыл бұрын
IF I say my bag of doritos is full of ants does that mean there are only ants in there?
@MrJibsIV7 жыл бұрын
I bought doughnuts one night, and was looking forward to eating them in the morning. When I woke up the bag was completely swarmed with ants, and I had to throw them away.
@wanderinghistorian3 жыл бұрын
I love Blade and I don't care who knows. Also, "Wesley Snipes rips out a man's throat and throws it at another guy. You're not gonna see that in Ant Man!"
@0ooTheMAXXoo0 Жыл бұрын
No one has forgotten about Blade... It comes up almost monthly in one way or another...
@jaypickard7 жыл бұрын
This episode has the two skinny ones? Those hack frauds!
@himself63637 жыл бұрын
fat shaming.
@CROSSFADEEDAFE7 жыл бұрын
Did they just say that The Matrix has aged badly is no longer cool? Hrhrmrhrrmrhmrrjhrhrrmrrrmrmrmmmmm..........................
@topy7067 жыл бұрын
i only remember that intro, my grandma didn't let me watch it so i only could watch the intro before she would find out
@amiedoll603 жыл бұрын
I love Blade, it's one of my favorite old series to binge.
@DarkdevilKnight07 жыл бұрын
Dude I rewatched Blade recently and it reminded me how much I appreciated the movie.
@Georgie_B_7 жыл бұрын
The Phantom gets mentioned. 'One of my favourites.' WHAT A HERO!!!
@THEEEYeti2 жыл бұрын
Goyer's right about structure. Blade has excellent structure. Its one of the few action horror films that works imo
@valeriy19874 жыл бұрын
I'll take "cheesy" Blade over the "so epic" Superhero Movies of 2010 any day, as well as "lame" 90s Techno over whatever pop-autotune-trash is popular right now
@aerthreepwood80214 жыл бұрын
I've never seen anybody that seems more like they huff their own farts than you. Good job.
@ARMTOAST4 жыл бұрын
@@aerthreepwood8021 there's nothing wrong with huffing your own farts. don't lump us fart-huffers in with this dipwad
@Liam-vu7wo3 жыл бұрын
Lmao did you listen to 3 songs off the radio and decide all modern songs are trash
@xbox720ify7 жыл бұрын
Oh it's the other guy
@wanderingrandomer7 жыл бұрын
and the OTHER other guy
@admiralpiett76117 жыл бұрын
When people tune in to re:View they wanna see Mike Stoklasa and the other guy. They don't wanna see the other guy and an other other guy.
@Requiemrexx7 жыл бұрын
+Emperor Palpatine I like Jack :(
@allluckyseven7 жыл бұрын
He has a name and his name is Jake!
@SonnyViceR7 жыл бұрын
No it's not, it's Jack & Jay
@spartacus7787 жыл бұрын
No Rich Evans, no sale. These are my terms.
@victorhernandez93177 жыл бұрын
Love Rich Evans. I think it is a good thing to hear different voices once and awhile. The guys that run RLM know what they're doing.
@Otis_.5 жыл бұрын
Fun fact about the song used during the fight scene at the club. The song that Jay said kinda sounded like Smack my Bitch Up is Junkie XL's Dealing with the Roster. But it's funny that you mentioned the Prodigy because they had used the same Junkie XL song in a fake Prodigy album called the Castbreeder.
@Pete_the_Fuzzball3 жыл бұрын
Recently watched this again as it's one of my childhood faves and it's still so great so much fun!
@1997residente7 жыл бұрын
Stephen Norrington end up directing League of extraordinaire gentleman...and david goyer end up writing Batman v superman. What a sad fate.
@Ayvee11387 жыл бұрын
Honestly, is there anything better than RLM's re:reviews?
@Ayvee11387 жыл бұрын
I mean re:Views, cant edit on my phone
@Ayvee11387 жыл бұрын
***** mhm, i like these better personally
@Normonaut7 жыл бұрын
Half a Plinketto in the bag
@dmbjunky7 жыл бұрын
Long ago I thought Plinkett reviews were their best and Half in the Bag was OK. Now I really like Best of the Worst. I have laughed to tears because of numerous episodes.
@Electrk7 жыл бұрын
penicillin
@chriswakefieldmusic2 жыл бұрын
I forgot the blood rain scene and remembered the opening being the introductory Blade action sequence in the hospital which was also great. We’ll see what the new Blade direction will be soon. I loved this movie as a preteen when it came out
@Ohfishyfishyfish7 жыл бұрын
Always impressed with Jay's obscure film knowledge.
@bushwhacker2k7 жыл бұрын
Actually just watched Blade a few months ago. Definitely silly in some parts but still a really fun movie.
@karljemarks7 жыл бұрын
The effects are fine. If you could suspend your disbelief with early 3D games, you can do it here.
@novarat40896 ай бұрын
I watched this for the first time last week, and as someone who grew up in the late 90s early 2000s listening to techno and watching The Matrix I fucking loved it. Some pieces of the OST are now in my regular listening rotation
@wyattrussell74965 жыл бұрын
The MCU should do a Morbius movie and make the villain the hero while simultaneously introducing ghost rider, blade and punisher trying to stop him.
@cobracommander81337 жыл бұрын
"Some Mofos are always trying to ice skate uphill" Basically means "some people are always doing dumb sh!t" Or "Some people are always behaving in ways that make no sense." That line has always made sense to me, and Snipes delivery of that line sold it perfectly.
@MrBattleRoyale7 жыл бұрын
I watched and loved Blade when it first came out at the age of 13. I never even cared to note that the lead actors were black because at the time I didn't even care to think about race. It was actually hardcore anti-racist PC people that taught me to always politicize race, and in an ironic twist, to be more racist ;)
@christopherlowery37977 жыл бұрын
Alas, the catch-22 of black & white thinking. Infinite shades of grey overlooked and unappreciated.
@mattsmith-we8ny7 жыл бұрын
me too it never crossed my mind. I miis the days when race didn't matter, fuck progressives
@MrBattleRoyale7 жыл бұрын
Christopher Lowery I feel most "shades" between are often lumped into "black and white" "dark and pale" in many racial politics. Of course, what category they are lumped into always depends on what is more advantageous for the racial topic being discussed. For example, north eastern Asians (Japanese, Korean, Chinese) are half the time lumped into the "Pale skinned" category (especially when talking about wealth distribution and economics) as the "suppressors" and half the time as "people of color" when it is advantageous to use them as the victim. In an interracial marriage myself (and living as a minority in Japan) I really hate racial politics, extreme PC is doing more harm than good IMO. This is not to say that race shouldn't be discussed sometimes, but when everything becomes about race, well, then you are only prolonging racism. Even within basic racial categories themselves (white and black) there are various different shades and cultural histories, so where do you draw lines between categories? Just my opinion, don't expect everyone to agree.
@JamesKlemm872 жыл бұрын
@@KaiserSynd1918 AKA exactly how every joyless motherf*cker that hate their lives currently thinks because...reasons. The sad part is that they hate their lives because the people they trust make them an endless pit of misery by constantly shouting insane nonsense at them daily.
@sperinthalakkat98312 жыл бұрын
@@mattsmith-we8ny like when you mean you were just ignorant of race politics? because I cannot imagine you saying race didn't matter at all during... At any past point really
@victorhernandez93177 жыл бұрын
I love this new series. Keep up the excellent work guys.
@djassassinuk3 жыл бұрын
That track is actually called Blade ... Good tune!
@JamesW61797 жыл бұрын
Death Machine was amaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing. Brad Dourif is so over the top and nuts, it's hilarious.
@dinis0377 жыл бұрын
New Order - Confusion (Pump Panel Reconstruction Mix)
@IrisCorven4 жыл бұрын
Listening to this, I hear "Stephen Dorff is the poor man's Christian Slater", and then remember Christian Slater was in "Alone in the Dark" with Stephen Dorff.
@PDoughboy227 жыл бұрын
The reasons you gave on why Blade was good (not focusing 2/3 on the characters figuring-it-out in particular) is maybe why Dredd was such a good movie. Good quality action without too much modern psychological bullshit.
@SteelBallRun18907 жыл бұрын
I miss the late 90's - early 00's Edgelord phase.
@Snyperwolf912 жыл бұрын
Even if it has its fair share of cringe , it still has its awesome stuff .
@Kindred1a17 жыл бұрын
Blade was fucking sick and that soundtrack oh my! Not a smart movie by any stretch but just so much fun. "Some motherfuckers are always trying to ice skate uphill" LOL
@LUSCIOUSDUNCAN5 жыл бұрын
"as soon as the song that kinda sounds like 'Smack My Bitch Up' starts playing" best / most accurate phrasing ever
@PassThe407 жыл бұрын
first video of you guys' that i've watched and it's about my favorite movie ever. hilarious discussion! great stuff!