"Blade: The Series" Pilot (2006)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Peter O'Fallon

Writers:

Marv Wolfman (characters)
David S. Goyer (developer)

TV Series:

"Blade: The Series" (2006)

Original Air Date:

28 June 2006 (Season 1, Episode 1)

Genre:

Action | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Blade joins forces with Krista Starr to help her get revenge on an evil vampire who killed her fraternal twin brother.

Plot Keywords:

Interracial Relationship | Vampire | Vampire Hunter | Based On Film | Detroit Michigan

Cast

Sticky Fingaz	...	Blade (as Kirk 'Sticky' Jones)
Jill Wagner	...	Krista Starr
Nelson Lee	...	Shen
Jessica Gower	...	Chase
Neil Jackson	...	Marcus Van Sciver
Bill Mondy	...	Det. Brian Boone
David Palffy	...	Fritz
David Kopp	...	Zack Starr
P. Lynn Johnson	...	Lisa Starr
Don Thompson	...	Uncle Pat McCallum
Chuck Liddell	...	Graft (as Charles Lidell)
G. Michael Gray	...	Danny Milano
Quinn Lord	...	Young Zack
Val Cole	...	News Reporter
Tammy Morris	...	Tattooed Woman

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Gastown, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

New Line Cinema

Trivia:

At Zack's apartment, there is a copy of the Marvel Comic "Dracula Lives!" #1 on the wall.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Blade: You know what happens next.
Russian General: [in Russian] Da.

Movie Connections:

Spin off from Blade (1998)

This show is.....

.....going to get much better over the years. "Sticky Fingaz" is not a very good actor for the role of the character Blade. But this show does not rely on the Blade character to carry the show and other characters, such as Marcus and Krista, are much more interesting.

I feel that the show just needs the time to open up and get the story going. Please do me and everybody else who enjoyed this show a favor and watch it first then judge it. Most people will give this show negative reviews because of "sticky fingaz" performance. But he too just needs time to get into the character of Blade. After seeing a few episodes I felt the character of Blade was bringing down the show, and could have done much better without him, most felt the same way. Like I said before the Krista and Marcus characters are much more interesting.

The fight scenes in the show are on some level worse then in the movies. In the show Blade seems to have trouble taking down one or two bad-guys but in the movies Blade took down ten without any trouble. Again, some people will give a negative review because Blade gets his butt kicked once in awhile. It does not really matter, this show does not rely on the fight scenes to make it interesting. If thats what you are looking for go and watch UFC.

7/10