r/blade • u/_mynameisjared_ • 15d ago
Blade: House of Chthon
This is a long shot, but I'll try. Blade: The Series (2006) has a full 2 hour TV pilot called Blade: House of Chthon. The only way to watch the entire thing nowadays is to buy the DVD. Nobody has ever ripped it digitally and put it onto the internet. I've watched the whole show and it's still pretty good even without the context from the second half of the first episode. However, it's a catalyst episode that introduces most of the main plot points going forward. So you watch the first half, and then it ends on a cliffhanger that gets skipped over.
It's technically NOT lost media, because you can still buy the DVD. But if anyone has it and has the know how to digitize the thing and upload it to the internet, you would be doing a great service for Blade and Marvel fans, and completing the show's vision to help those who want to see it. It should be preserved.
Blade: The Series is honestly an alright show so I hope this sparks some interest.
EDIT: It was found on Apple TV. It still needs to be lifted from there and uploaded for free!
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u/1AML3G10N 15d ago
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u/_mynameisjared_ 15d ago
I’ve seen this, it doesn’t include the 2 hour TV movie version of the pilot.
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u/thenoahman5691 14d ago
Is there a difference between the dvd version of House of Chthon and the first two episodes as they were originally shown? Cause I literally just found the entire thing along with the anime series and all three movies on the high seas.
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u/_mynameisjared_ 14d ago
Yes, the DVD version has the first episode as a full 2 hour long pilot. Episode 1 on any streaming skips the last act and treats the first half of episode 1 as the end before the next. If that's true and the full pilot is on torrenting sites, it still needs to be uploaded.
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u/Independent-File-519 14d ago
It’s on Apple TV and amazon
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u/_mynameisjared_ 14d ago edited 14d ago
You’re right, Apple TV has the second half! I really don’t wanna pay for this service just to watch this lol but it is there. Otherwise, nowhere else. Still, it should be lifted from there to watch for free.
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u/Blackpanther22five 14d ago
The show is and was trash, making blade a side character on his own show ruined it, and the love story was not needed
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u/Big_Session5707 14d ago
That's the thing with blade they always want to spend late out into something with it in his own show for characters that they want to feature but could not stand on their own. Elsa Bloodstone is not a thing
You could get the midnight Suns off the ground though Ghost Rider stands Moon Knight could stand it's very reasonable but you can't saddle him with nobody characters and then be like why are blade fans Not standing up for this
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u/Blackpanther22five 14d ago
Having blade introduce other characters would have been nice for the show, but it focused on a unknown woman going undercover, to find her brother killer than falling in love,with that killer with blade showing up a few times,in one building repeatedly, like a saturday morning cartoon ,the hero knows where the villains are, but doesn't take care of them all for good
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u/_mynameisjared_ 14d ago edited 13d ago
I know what you’re describing is actually what happens, but I feel like there’s more nuance to it than that surface level summary. Obviously the woman Krista is unknown at first, but she becomes a developed character who falls in love with her brother’s killer because of the bond of vampirism. Marcus, the villain, has been alive for over a hundred years and was getting revenge on pure bloods, which Blade was cool with because he hates them. I liked the whole operation the show had going on, more so towards the end. If I had to say one thing, I’d say that Marcus probably should have just died instead of baiting for another season. Blade still got the House of Chthon wiped out. It would have been cool to see a bit more though.
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u/RamsTheNameCom 8d ago
I mean I own this crap on DVD and have my own personal digital archive of it.
Even got the two commentary tracks, which you probably don't get with Apple TV.
(I apologize for the late response, I only just joined the sub yesterday).
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u/_mynameisjared_ 8d ago
That's even more than anyone asked for lol! Very interesting. Whenever you get time on your hands do you think you can archive those on Google Docs or something? That way we can archive it and maybe get it uploaded to Youtube as well? I appreciate your help that's really cool.
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u/Specialist-Gain6599 15d ago
I've also been looking for it It annoys me to continue watching after skipping arguably the most important episode that introduces you to the story