Blade II < Blade I

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Blade II sucks. It sucks from beneath the earth. It sucks from beyond the abyss of time. So mote it suck.

Now Blade I wasn't exactly cinematic genius, but there was a hundred times more ass-kickage and it didn't seem to be quite so sponsored by the CGI fraternity and WWF wrestling. And the techno music was faster and louder. I was expecting there to be death by the bucketload and what I got was Matt Goss sucking air through his teeth while Wesley S. huffed and puffed like the OLD MAN he truly is.

Secondary question - am I just projecting general disappointment, frustration and depression caused by world events at an innocent cinematic treat? Is Blade II actually good?

― Al Ewing (Al Ewing), Tuesday, 25 February 2003 01:12 (twenty-three years ago)

BLADE 2 is the tongue, mouth, fingers and lips of a lover. The Audience is the clit.

― fletrejet, Tuesday, 25 February 2003 01:31 (twenty-three years ago)

Too bad Blade 2 is gay.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 25 February 2003 01:39 (twenty-three years ago)

how do you know Blade 2 is a gay man?

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 25 February 2003 01:49 (twenty-three years ago)

Having attended the World Premiere of BLADE 2, one inescapable thought crossed my mind during the movie. 10 to 1…. I believe Guillermo Del Toro eats pussy better than any man alive.

― fletrejet, Tuesday, 25 February 2003 01:51 (twenty-three years ago)

how do you know Blade 2 is a gay man?

You're onto something there.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 25 February 2003 01:52 (twenty-three years ago)

Ok, ok, I apologize, but the only redeeming quality about Blade 2 is that it inspired the WORST REVIEW OF ANYTHING EVER!

http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=11793

― fletrejet, Tuesday, 25 February 2003 01:55 (twenty-three years ago)

Blade II gain a strange edge to a scene for British viewers, when one of the assassins removes his hood and says "I.. am Asad". No, you're not, you're Cat from Red Dwarf.

Anyway, Matt Goss, Wesley Snipes, Ron Perlman. Classic.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 25 February 2003 11:40 (twenty-three years ago)

I thought it was pretty fun, but I didn't see Blade I. Also I was sick when I watched it.

― Nick A. (Nick A.), Tuesday, 25 February 2003 14:17 (twenty-three years ago)

I loved Blade II. The uebervamps were kickass.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 25 February 2003 14:27 (twenty-three years ago)

twelve years pass...

Saw Blade I again last night in a theater as part of a movie series about race in film. Movie is far more fun than I remember, not having seen it in 15+ years, and the mixed-race element completely didn't occur to me watching it so long ago.

Also, Wesley Snipes is so gloriously full-on Wesley Snipes in this. The script(by David S Goyer(!) is kinda bleah), but everything else is so great. Donal Logue is in this! And Traci Lords, with red hair, only for a scene! Udo Kier for just two scenes and he's great! Gerald Okamura, as an uncredited vamp aristo! The evil sidekick from Wrath of Khan as another vamp aristo!

So what I'm saying is, watch this again and realize they do so much of what the Matrix did a year later, only with _far_ more Vampire:The Masquerade mixed in. To the point that some of the shots and imagery are identical.

― Purves Grundy (kingfish), Friday, 9 October 2015 05:16 (ten years ago)

Yeah I saw it again this year and it's great, a lot of interesting direction.

It's worth remembering that Al's original post was made in the pre-lapsarian years after Blade II but before Blade Trinity.

― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 9 October 2015 07:54 (ten years ago)

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