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I remember the theater being silent but completely full, and when he said that everybody erupted in laughter and cheers.
I saw the opening weekend at some shitty theater in Bryan Texas during that summer just a bunch of my buddies. I think it was after we all graduated high school.
It was a fun film especially you get into it with the opening scene of the techno music and him flying around murdering vampires, I'm in the last moment of ice skating.
A special effects for CGI doesn't hold up necessarily to this day, but I'm willing to squint and I can see it's wonderfulness.
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Blade? Are you kidding? I can't recall anyone I've ever known being excited to go see a Blade movie.
I think you are confusing Blade with the original Toby Maguire Spiderman, or Batman Begins. Those are what changed the men in tights movies from being campy goofy money grabs into serious blockbusters.
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Maybe you should get different friends. I'm sorry but that's pretty gay and faggy, or maybe your friends are a little light in the loafers.
Look I'm not watching all of those stupid Star Wars or Marvel shows like a lot of folks, but the original movie is a classic, second one was just campy and Goofy, the third one, well I don't remember much about that one, but the original was a masterpiece. ..
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Spiderman never happens without Blade's success in 1998. Batman Begins being as dark as it was, was in part due to Blade's success of a dark superhero movie working. On a 45 million dollar budget it made 70 million in the US and another 61 Million International. And it's advertising was included in that 45 million dollar budget. Compared to today's superhero movies that have separate advertising budget of normally 100 to 200 million dollars.
It's numbers for 1998 as a superhero movie were amazing.
www.boxofficemojo.com
It's numbers for 1998 as a superhero movie were amazing.
Blade
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I've gone and seen a lot of damn movies in my lifetime, but Blade was one of those that I can still remember very vividly, for at least the whole movie going experience.Spiderman never happens without Blade's success in 1998. Batman Begins being as dark as it was, was in part due to Blade's success of a dark superhero movie working. On a 45 million dollar budget it made 70 million, in the US and another 61 Million International. And it's advertising was included in that 45 million dollar budget. Compared to today's superhero movies that have separate advertising budget of normally 100 to 200 million dollars.
It's numbers for 1998 as a superhero movie were amazing.
Blade
Same thing with something like return of the King, or hereditary. I just can't fathom how somebody could think it's not a fun film.
I guess unless they like the wenis.
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I know they do this in the terminator and star wars franchises. Replace the stars when they get old. I'm not down with that. It shouldn't be when they get old, it should be they get replaced when they are unwilling or unable play the role and still be believable. Snipes never got too old. IMO, they just retired Snipes because they didn't want a felonious black man starring in their blockbuster films. Drawing attention his criminal history and being a black. They were worried it would shit up their grosses . That's really why Majors was axed and the entire kangz scenario was scrapped. No matter who they got, Kangz was going to be brought up. RDJ was a safer bet and he can be a felon because he's white. No negative stereotypes.
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Snipes isn't a felon. Trinity got shit reviews and did worse financially than Blade 2. The movie rights reverted back to Marvel while Snipes was in prison, he was 51 when he got out, hadn't been Blade for a decade, and his Blade wouldn't have fit into the MCU anyway which was just starting Phase 2 when he got out.
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Studios recast for a lot of reasons, particularly when picking movies up from another studio. You're not wrong but there is old like RDJ, who is a guy in a suit, and there is old, like a guy who is supposed to be an immortal/ageless/eternally half-vampire/dhampir. No one loves Original Blade Wesley Snipes more than I do but you make a great point about being convincing; that's the crux of it. There is also the problem that he was reportedly a huge pain to work with on Blade 3 and may have burned a number of bridges in Hollywood. I am glad they brought him back for D&W but I certainly understand why Marvel would have wanted someone new to start the character going forward, particularly if Wesley Snipes is in his 60's (he's 62).
Holy shit we have a bunch of old dudes playing super heroes. I mean, its not Harrison Ford playing Indiana Jones but do you want a dude eligible for Social Security playing a dhampir?
If it works it works I guess.
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We got old super heroes now because the air of maturity and authority on a 25 yr old in the 1950s is what a 50yr old looks like now.
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Jessica Biel at her absolute hottest. That's all you really need to remember.
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He was in Prison, but is not a felon?
I don't think they put you in PRISON for a misdemeanor
And even if his record was expunged, he was still convicted of a felony
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He's a felon like Martha Stewart. Tax evasion. No one looks at him like he Jared from subway.
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He was convicted of 3 misdemeanors, not a single felony.
The misdemeanors were for owing 12.8 million fucking dollars in back taxes, which translates into prison time. It's not like the IRS lets you just go in the back and wash dishes until your debt is paid off.
For the record you can serve up to 1 year in prison per misdemeanor, and he was convicted of 3 and given the max, though he only served 2.5 years.
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Yall are retarded. Blade was a horror movie. Not a super hero movie. Durr he appeared in tomb of Dracula by marvel! He was in spiderman the animated series! Hurpity durpity doo!Spiderman never happens without Blade's success in 1998. Batman Begins being as dark as it was, was in part due to Blade's success of a dark superhero movie working. On a 45 million dollar budget it made 70 million in the US and another 61 Million International. And it's advertising was included in that 45 million dollar budget. Compared to today's superhero movies that have separate advertising budget of normally 100 to 200 million dollars.
It's numbers for 1998 as a superhero movie were amazing.
Blade
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Just saw Deadpool with the GF.
Can someone give me the tl;Dr on all the 20th century Fox jokes and stuff? Seems like marvel bought a bunch of DC characters and.....20th century Fox is getting out of the comic game?
I don't read comics and I don't follow any of this stuff
Can someone give me the tl;Dr on all the 20th century Fox jokes and stuff? Seems like marvel bought a bunch of DC characters and.....20th century Fox is getting out of the comic game?
I don't read comics and I don't follow any of this stuff
Acquisition Of 21st Century Fox By Disney
For those who think it's easier to annoy you than to Google 'Acquisition of 21st century fox by disney' themselves.
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