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DISAGREE!

EDITORIAL: Vampires Losing Their Faith?

Blade’s suckheads have a hard time mixing religion with science.

Editorial Opinion
By PollMaster - Jan 19, 2011 04:01 AM EST
Filed Under: Blade

Here’s another thing that bothers me, which does not bother you before but might be bothering you now.

The Blade trilogy described their vampires as scientifically sounding as possible. I bit (pun intended) most of their explanation, even Dracula or Drake’s snake-like shifting bones to copy another persons feature (To those who are still following, I pose this question to you, how about the hair? How can you go from Prisonbreak guy to Abraham Whistler). OK, back to my original train of thought, though the Blade universe rooted their world in some sort of pseudo-science, Blade’s final baddie on the first movie was mystical in nature, La Magra (correct me if I got the name wrong) or the vampires’ blood god. They also have their vampire elders’ mystical-looking winged skeletal spirits burst out of their mouths.

I do not really have a problem with the first movie having spiritual elements. My only qualm is that the movie sequels and the TV show did not really acknowledge this. It felt like the movie makers made a boo-boo and then ignored it hard and hoped that no one will notice(they would have succeeded if I did not came along).

Spirituality and science are strange bedfellows; it is hard to combine them in real world and in reel world. Nevertheless, if you have introduced this element in your movie, do not be a coward and just run with it. So, tell Marvel and New Line to get Snipes butt back in the leather outfit of Blade for another adventure. This time have him fight a classical vampire, the one that is entwined with the dark arts.

Here's the fight between Blade and the La Magra enhanced Frost:

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Paulley
Paulley - 1/19/2011, 6:19 AM
continuity and plausibility wasn't a big thing back then
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