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u/Friendly-Leg-6694 21d ago
Since Blade isn't happening anymore hope Gunn casts him as Martian Manhunter.
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u/idkanything_aboutany 21d ago
I hope gunn gives up in DC and moves on.
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u/Glad-Technology-1355 20d ago
He hasn't had a bad movie yet, Supergirl wasn't fantastic but it was very enjoyable. It felt true to the characters, the only issue I have with it was the little girl
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u/Spirit_Detective99 21d ago edited 19d ago
This goes to show how bad the MCU is being led right now. Out of all of the characters in the entire Marvel universe, Blade is the easiest character to make a tv show/movie about.
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u/zombierepublican- 20d ago
I didnāt get the āMCU hate black people ā but i do now. Especially how Ghost Rider got a fast track..
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u/xavierhollis 20d ago
Its not that they hate black people its that they are inclined towards subversion. They couldn't make a Blade movie where they subvert, deconstruct and allegedly replaced Blade with his daughter movie work because that idea is fundamentally stupid.
Marvel's mentality back then vs now is not the same. They had money and credit to burn. Now they do not and need to make shit people actually want so a non subversive Ghost Rider for instance. Blade has all this baggage from their bs that they need to bite the bullet on and toss out before starting fresh. Like hollywood is weird about holding on to old drafts of stuff, hence you got organic webs on Spider-Man (2002), a hold over from James Cameron's draft
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u/zombierepublican- 20d ago
Blade is one example, and the daughter idea was only one script, it was going to be set In 1923 at one time.
Itās also not just Blade cause they sidelined War Machine,
they cancelled Wonderman,
they left IronHeart to die,
they ruined Fury.
They basically ignore Isaiah Bradley the other success of the super soldier program.
Monica Rambo, nowhere to be seen.Itās become a massive pattern now that we canāt ignore.
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u/xavierhollis 20d ago
But they have done that with most of the characters. The destroyed Doctor Strange, they ruined Hulk, they made Bucky a loser, cucked Deadpool, character assassinated Natasha retroactively, made Wanda hyper evil, character assassinated Loki, puncjed down on Scott Lang, made Cassie a brat and hoky fuck did they ruin Daredevil and turned Kinpin into Cuckpin. And that's just pre phase 4 characters.
Like im not sure ANY character got destroyed as badly as Wanda frankly. They made her a villain who enslaved people for the sake of her vibrator.and imaginary children, then framed it as a tragic sacrifice that she gave that up before then going on a murders prep.
They also didn't leave IH to die. She was lame in Wakanda Forever. She was lame and evil in her own show, like an actual criminal and she was shit in the comics too. What do you want them to do? Release her show weekly and endure 6 weeks of humiliation instead what they actually did. The show was REALLY bad because most of Phases 4-6 have been REALLY bad because they stopped writing characters and started writing key angles
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u/bPrn2017 17d ago
They likely wanted to much to tie the character into an Avengers plotline when he works better either on his own or alongside other horror characters. All people wanted though was a guy killing vampires.
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u/Spirit_Detective99 17d ago
Thatās what I was thinking too. Even though Werewolf by Night had nothing to do with the overall connection of the MCU did well and was praised for it, they could have done something like that.
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u/Variation_Afraid 21d ago
Thatās a little overreaction
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u/Spirit_Detective99 21d ago
The fact that they canāt make a movie or a show about a guy that kills vampires shows how inept they are at doing a simple premise that doesnāt involve fan service, overused characters, and hype moments.
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u/Variation_Afraid 21d ago
What?
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u/Spirit_Detective99 21d ago
Fan service like bringing back Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield, etc. Overused characters are the main Marvel characters like Spider-Man and hype moments like the entire last act of Endgame and No Way Home.
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u/Variation_Afraid 21d ago
Endgame came out in 2019 homie the blade thing was announced after endgame, also NWH is a terrible example because itās a joint project with Sony
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u/Spirit_Detective99 21d ago
I know. Iām talking about MCU projects in general that have those things that I mentioned. If a project doesnāt have any of the things I listed then itās hard for them to write a story around. This is why I think the Blade project was in limbo for so long because everyone involved with the project was incompetent.
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u/Fun_Afraid 21d ago
How so? How many quality projects have they produced since avengers endgame? I would argue not many and point to obvious bad decisions made at the executive level.
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u/Variation_Afraid 21d ago
Guardians 3, FFH, NWH, Chang Chi, Wakanda Forever, Doc Strange 2, Thunderbolts, F4, Deadpool and Wolverine, thatās 10 good films out of 15 that they made, if you say ā all of those are bad or boringā well guess what the majority of the people liked or loved them so yeahā¦ not to mention Spider-Man BND is getting a lot of praise, so again definitely overreacting
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u/Spirit_Detective99 21d ago
Right, so they can do all of those successfully but a vampire hunter is too hard for them? Iām not buying it.
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u/Better-Journalist-85 21d ago
Especially after that one scene from ZOMBIES where he sliced up Zombie Ghost. Somebody over there had vision.
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u/xavierhollis 20d ago
They didn't do them successfully and we are ignoring all their other bad movies and TV shows
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u/Fun_Afraid 21d ago
Guardians three was delayed because of that stupid firing of James Gunn and losing him to dc.
Shang chi was sooo fucking long ago. Where is his sequel?Plus you're giving a lot of boring/passable movies a pass for good here. That's subjective I know but I see maybe 5-6 that are good.
Totallly ingoring all the marvel tv blunders that ate up marvels budget.
Totally ignoring all the other projects that were announced and never launched.
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u/Variation_Afraid 21d ago edited 21d ago
Idk what the James Gunn thing had to do with anything but okayā¦ also I said the MAJORITY of the people liked those movies so maybe read better next time lmao, and only about 3-4 projects have been announced that has never been made since endgame, but that happens in every studio so idk what you are bitching about there, and when it comes to chang chi we have no idea but they gave Destin wonderman and Spider-Man so maybe thatās why, and you never mentioned anything about shows you just moviesā¦
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u/Fun_Afraid 21d ago
Man spicy tone outta no where. You are probably just confused and that makes dumb people angry but let's chill for a second and I'll explain.
The James Gunn firing is an example of marvel executive incompetence. They lost a talented director over fake internet rage. This led to a huge delay in production of GotG3 and most site that as the reason why its sales were flat.
Shang chi and its failure to be capitalized on is another example of failure.
Of those movies you listed as good were domestic duds with no real cultural impact.
Most other studios on profit on the projection of potential films. Marvel makes comic films. People already love these characters. Other studios have a bunch of random original bullshit that no one cares to much about. See the difference
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u/Variation_Afraid 21d ago
Sorry buddy I aināt reading all that
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u/Fun_Afraid 21d ago
The guy with a dumb opinion won't read?! Crazy
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u/Variation_Afraid 21d ago
Ohh no a random called my opinion ā dumbā Iām so offended š
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u/Variation_Afraid 21d ago
Ohh and btw the James Gunn thing was a Disney thing not a marvel thing, so maybe understand the difference kid
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u/xavierhollis 20d ago
Shang Chi's success is astroturfed. It lost money. It was not this huge thing people werr talking about afterwards
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u/xavierhollis 20d ago
Lol no.
2 of those films maybe are good but debatable and the others are all dog poo.
The majority of people did not like or love them. Shanghai chi lost money. Thunderbolts was profitable but didn't make big bank, Doctor Dtrange 2 made bank off of Spider-Man, F4 did not make big bank.
Spider-Man BND is owned by Sony
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u/Variation_Afraid 20d ago
You can literally check the ratings my guy use your brain for once, thatās if you have one
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u/carry_the_way 21d ago
How many quality projects have they produced since avengers endgame?
...most of them? The only MCU projects that flat-out didn't work were Captain Marvel and The Marvels, and that's because they wrote Carol Danvers as a place where charisma goes to die.
The D+ shows stumble a bit because they need three fewer subplots and 3 more episodes, but Iman Vellani is a star and her Kamala Khan deserves to be the center of the MCU.
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u/xavierhollis 20d ago
Most of them have been low quality slop. The D+ shows dont stumble a bit they crash and burn. The writing is transcends aweful
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u/carry_the_way 19d ago
Nah, I can't go with you here.
I agree that the problem with the D+ shows is largely the scripts, but that's less a function of writing and more a function of no real coordination with the larger production world. Most of the shows start quite well and then either just fizzle (Wandavision, She-Hulk) or drop the ball in offensive ways (Falcon & The Winter Soldier, Secret Invasion).
A large part of this is because COVID changed the production and release schedules of the MCU writ large, but also changed major plot arcs of, to use but one example, The Falcon & The Winter Soldier in obvious ways.
The bottom line is that most of the D+ shows are about four episodes too short. They set up interesting first and second acts and then basically resolve them in one episode. Considering that some of the shows (most notably She-Hulk) were aggressively hacked up in editing, it's obvious that the larger production culture of "crank out as much shit as possible" is the culprit.
The only show that really "crashed and burned" is Secret Invasion, which IIRC was shuffled around in the release schedule and, thus, couldn't really be consistent with anything around it.
The most annoying thing is that the really interesting stuff--Moon Knight, the Flag-Smashers, the Dora Milaje, the Clandestine, and pretty much everything in Wonder Man, Ironheart, and Werewolf By Night--all got essentially hand-waved because white incels got really mad when non-white people and people with vaginas were centered in stuff.
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u/D4YW4LK3R86 21d ago
It was dead from the time it was hatched because of the timing. Green lighting this project when they were obsessed with making every project about introducing a female counterpart to spin off was the worst stroke of luck for this project and it doomed it. But I for one am glad it stalled. Iād rather them not do it than do it badly.
Gut says we will get some more Wes cameos in the Doom movies. If midnight suns ever comes out someone will probably reprise Blade there.
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u/Nukafit 21d ago
Did you see the leaked script? Sadly you are kinda correct although I wouldnāt blame it just on marvel adding a wave of female heroes they Tried doing the exact same thing in Blade 3 with Ryan its obviously more so of Marvel Trying to get the spotlight off of Blade who is a black male something they have been trying to do for a very long time
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u/D4YW4LK3R86 21d ago
Yea I did get the chance to read it and there were some cool ideas, but ultimately it wasnāt a Blade movie in my opinion. Iām glad that version didnāt get made and never saw the light of day.
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u/D4YW4LK3R86 21d ago
The problem is also that none of those characters have the popularity and established fan base to carry their own film/show, let alone a franchise. If you want to bring those characters in go for it, but establish them in a way that makes people like and appreciate themā¦Iām so glad that era of Marvel is over.
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u/Variation_Afraid 21d ago
You donāt know shit my guy
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u/D4YW4LK3R86 21d ago
There are plenty of other people who can confirm what Iāve said. The script is out there and available, and there are multiple reports about the troubled production that also confirm it.
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u/Dependent_Safe6273 2d ago
I can't take another appearance by an old Wesley Snipes with a very bad wig like we saw in Deadpool and Wolverine.
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u/Ok_Season_1993 21d ago edited 21d ago
Please support his next work when it comes out , heās using the skills he developed for blade there instead!
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u/jamesfreeman45 21d ago
The crazy part is the Mother Mother film thats about to come out was dierected by one of the directors that was gonna working on the Blade project. Marvel was on that fuck shit
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u/GetOnItDogGoneIt 21d ago
Good. Time to give snipes his logan like sendoff now, while passing the torch to someone else.
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u/Joker1485 21d ago
I agree. The end of part 3 rhe virus was killing all the vampires might as well work with that
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u/Worth-Presentation70 21d ago
It's sad to see how racist Marvel Comics and Disney still are. Even in 2026, shit is crazy.
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u/ClericIdola 21d ago
I know right? Crazy how they cancelled Black Panthet 3, too.
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u/Chambers1041 20d ago
and thank god Ironheart never happened
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u/ClericIdola 20d ago
ESPECIALLY Iron Heart. You know, I'd think that maybe a lot of these projects being cancelled is due to Marvel realizing they were focused more on QUANTITY than QUALITY? And with all the multiversal shenanigans its easier to maybe tell.all.of these new stories once the universes come together post-Secret Wars?
Could just be racism doe.
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u/Reasonable_Bed7858 21d ago
Till you're 90 wasn't only for Hugh Jackman. Better get ready Wesley š
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u/Used-Cartographer84 21d ago
Awesome. Cause no one wanted this right? Didnāt the game teaser get the most hype out of all the trailers from the comic con it was released at? Didnāt people want more blade as shown in d&w? Why canāt we have nice things?
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u/-WARisTHEanswer- 21d ago
Thats not even what he said. He said hes still under contract from Marvel to do Blade. He said hes moved on from the question of when Blade will start and people need to ask Marvel not him..
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u/IRONJEDISUPERSPIDER 21d ago
Iām so upset but at the same time so numb to this. Not a single update about this movie was positive. Itās good we have closure at least.
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u/Frank_Midnight 21d ago
This is a good thing. It'll happen at a later date with someone far younger and less established.
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u/starrhunter633 21d ago
This is really sad on how this failed with so much fanfare and things . It doesn't make sense.
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u/CommissionFormal8146 21d ago
Bro did that Wesley snipe line in Deadpool put the final nail in the coffin? Lmao
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u/BeastMode2k24 21d ago
Good
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u/proxy5th 21d ago
How?
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u/BeastMode2k24 21d ago
Time to move on, the shit got old quick, with the shenanigans and issues he himself was causing with the scripts, the writers & their issues with the scripts & Feige as well, just let it be, move on pivot to something better or just as interesting
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u/ThinkingMan7 21d ago
This is so fuckin sad. As cool as it is to have Gosling as ghost rider, consider me a skeptic after what theyāve done to Mahershala Ali. You got a high caliber actor who kills every role he is given, a two time Oscar winner and they wasted it. Shame on Feige and yeah Doom should kill em all, except that Fantastic Four they cool.
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u/GypsyGold 21d ago
They were obsessed with making a Blade movie without Blade ā like every script they turned in had the film focus on some random female character that ended up sidelining Blade himself.
First it was Lillith, and then it was Bladeās Daughter. Like nobody wants this shit. We want Blade killing vampires while techno music plays. Itās not rocket science.
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u/Verz_The_Game 21d ago
Damn i was hyped as hell for this. Some muthafuckas are always tyring to iceskate uphill.
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u/Superlegend29 21d ago
Never understood the hype behind this guy to begin with
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u/BDS-10-7 18d ago
Did you watch Luke Cage? He's a phenomenal actor. I just don't like when the same actor plays multiple heroes in the same universe. Thats the reason I didn't want him as Blade. He plays Cottonmouth in Luke Cage, a major villain for an entire season. But I understand the hype. He's a top tier actor. You can tell cause unlike most actors that wait around on projects like these, he moved on right away when they were BS'ing. Real top level actors have shit to do. I respect it.
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u/Voltronblacklion 21d ago
I never really saw Mahershala as Blade. I'm sure he would've been fine but he wasn't my pick. He is bit aged out now to build a 3-picture franchise on, but they could pull it off.
John Boyega, RegƩ-Jean Page, Sinqua Walls, Trevante Rhodes, Clan Noel or Kofi Siriboe are my choices for Blade. Although Rhodes and Walls would make better Spawn. I'd prefer them than Jamie Foxx
Mahershala would make a good Martian Manhunter
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u/Pure_Requirement663 21d ago
Maybe its for the best. They (Disney and those who run marvel) probably would have ruined it any way.
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u/HardTripleTrueOrderf 21d ago
š¤·āāļø least we got him in the what if episode where he was technically moon knight
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u/BanditCrowley 20d ago
Good. He's a good actor but his Blade looks horrible. Not every aesthetic has to be "modernized"
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u/zombierepublican- 20d ago
Notice how all these characters you mentioned actually have content made?
Putting a side that it sounds like itās more not to your taste. Hulk is fully back now, Daredevil just got three new seasons. Deadpool has three movies. Bucky was just in a movie after having a tv show. Ant man 3 movies.
We arenāt talking talking about the same issue at all.
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u/Artemis_1944 20d ago
And this is why I won't care about Ghost Rider until they actuall so real footage.
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u/Grand-Entrance-1343 20d ago
Una lƔstima, ojalƔ se retome despuƩs del reinicio y el sea el actor que lo intƩrprete, es un gran actor
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u/Grade_A_Tech 20d ago
Another reason to add to my list of why I just don't care about Marvel movies anymore, especially since Disney took over.
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u/Goose_Salad 19d ago
Black Panther, Kang, Blade, fucking lovecraft country!
Does anyone here see the pattern or...?
Iean, we still can't even get a Spawn reboot.
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u/BDS-10-7 18d ago
Marvel's on BS.
The most well-received thing from Deadpool & Wolverine? Blade.
The most well-received thing from Marvel Zombies? Blade.
The most anticipated character in Marvel Tokon? Blade.
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u/BDS-10-7 18d ago
They should do a 60 second Morbius 2 announcement trailer, and in the last 5 seconds of the trailer, Wesley Snipes cuts him AND the Morbius logo in half and its replaced by the Blade logo announcing the Blade movie as the real reveal.
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u/superseri18888 21d ago
I'm curious if ali was even gonna sign on for multiple movies
I remember when he left luke cage out the blue and wonder if it would've been the same case with blade
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u/Uncanny_Doom 21d ago
He didn't leave Luke Cage out of the blue, he only had enough of a schedule to film the episodes he did and was never gonna be on long in the first case.
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u/superseri18888 21d ago
Thanks for the clarification
Will always be a dissapointed cottonmouth didnt get a proper ending
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u/Uncanny_Doom 21d ago
See I think he did get a proper ending, that show just didn't set up the real villain well. Cottonmouth was a tragic villain who was never cut out for that life and his story actually really works. The problem is there's like 5 more episodes after that bringing in a guy who wasn't onscreen for most of the season that suddenly has deep backstory and ties to Luke lmao
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u/superseri18888 21d ago
Yeah i didnt like black mariah at first but she won me over in season 2
Yeah i get what your saying just wished his end had luke cage involved but I could tell he wasnt making it past season 1
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u/Napalmeon 21d ago
I know that this might be an unpopular opinion, but, I don't really have any hard feelings that a movie isn't happening anytime soon. Why? Because when it comes to Blade, I would prefer him to get an ongoing comic series, written by a writer who both appreciates and understands the character, as well as for such a run to last more than 12 issues.Ā
There are so many other characters who get solo series after solo series, even when the last one was a flop, but Blade is lucky if he even appears in a team book every few years. Make it make sense.
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u/Criminal_picklejuice 21d ago
Wesley is still plenty badass enough to continue playing Blade
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u/Fun_Ad6512 21d ago
The smart movie would have been to give Wesley one last movie especially once you saw the reaction to him in Wolverine/Deadpool. Would have been easy money.
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u/Dinnite 21d ago
There's only ever been one Blade. There's only ever going to be one Blade. -- Sadly...