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The Nextlander Watchcast 027: Blade (1998)
🕑 Added 2023-01-09 18:30:01 +0000 UTCFor our January Watchcast movies we've chosen to highlight the highs and lows of pre-MCU Marvel movies, and we're kicking things off with the highest of highs in the kick-ass 1998 adaptation of Blade!
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening.
(00:00:19) - Intro.
(00:03:17) - Blade's our movie, but how much familiarity with other Marvel movies of the time, and the character itself?
(00:11:57) - Getting more into the production of the film and the folks who made it.
(00:22:40) - Launching into the movie, and the legendary blood rave.
(00:30:54) - A moment of praise for the great Donal Logue.
(00:33:56) - Our introduction to N'Bushe Wright's Karen.
(00:38:28) - Whistler!
(00:44:17) - The vampiric council, led by the hall-of-fame weird actor Udo Kier.
(00:51:10) - Break!
(00:51:25) - We're back, and it's time to use Karen as bait.
(00:57:11) - The trap is set, and it's time to visit Pearl. Plus: fun soundtrack facts!
(01:05:00) - Brad has some opinions about the Vampire Bible.
(01:09:40) - Whistler Kool-Aid Man-ing his way into the scene.
(01:14:15) - Time for Frost to put his (very stupid) plan into action.
(01:23:10) - RIP Whistler (or, well, until Blade II).
(01:27:41) - The big reveal!
(01:31:15) - Welcome to our big vampire temple that just happens to be in this American city.
(01:42:23) - Talking about the final conflict and some the alternate versions they cut.
(01:50:08) - And that's Blade!
(01:57:31) - Outro.
Comments
csl316
Like the movie, I wondered why this podcast needed to be two hours. Like the movie, it was all worthwhile.
Brian Streleckis
Just started listening now. After Blade came the first X-Men movie in 2000, then the first Spider-Man in 2002. But yes, Blade was the movie that took everyone by surprise and gave Marvel its legs in the film space. Also, Nick Fury in the comics started looking like Sam Jackson (in the Ultimate universe) well before Sam Jackson played him in a movie.
