"Blade: The Series" (2006) TV series

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

28 June 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi

Plot:

The adventures of the half human/vampire vampire hunter.

Plot Keywords:

Vampire | Vampire Hunter | Based On Film | Detroit Michigan | Superhero

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Sticky Fingaz	...	Blade (12 episodes, 2006)
Jill Wagner	...	Krista Starr (12 episodes, 2006)
Jessica Gower	...	Chase (12 episodes, 2006)
Neil Jackson	...	Marcus Van Sciver (12 episodes, 2006)
Nelson Lee	...	Shen (11 episodes, 2006)
Larry Poindexter	...	Agent Ray Collins (8 episodes, 2006)
P. Lynn Johnson	...	Lisa Starr (7 episodes, 2006)
Emily Hirst	...	Charlotte (6 episodes, 2006)
John DeSantis	...	Thorne (6 episodes, 2006)
Sahar Biniaz	...	Sabine (6 episodes, 2006)
Don Thompson	...	Uncle Pat McCallum (5 episodes, 2006)
Bill Mondy	...	Det. Brian Boone (5 episodes, 2006)

Runtime:

60 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | Australia:M | Singapore:NC-16

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Phantom Four

Trivia:

In Comics Scene#46, Lee Goldberg notes that he got involved with an earlier attempt to adapt Blade to television, as a companion series to "She-Wolf of London" (1990). When the latter series disappointed, Blade got aborted as a TV series. Goldberg also met with Richard Roundtree at a dinner event to see if he would play Blade; they both got food poisoning.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Turning Blade (2007) (V)

Great show. Prevented the franchise from sinking.

When I first saw various pop-ups about the TV series, I was a bit skeptical in Kirk "Sticky Fingaz" Jones being capable of playing the role of the title character, but after seeing a few episodes, he had some potential, although having a bumpy start. However, after a few episodes more, he did manage to shine and was almost on the same level as Wesley Snipes.

Story: The story takes place some time after Blade Trinity. Blade heads to Detroit to finish the war with the vampires, starting with the House of Cthon (led by Neil Jackson). Other than blade, it also follows the P.O.V. of an Iraq war veteran named Krista Starr (played by Jill Wagner), who just came back home only to find out that her brother was murdered under questionable circumstances. Starr's investigation eventually ends up with her discovery of vampires, and forms an unofficial partnership with Blade. Everything else from that point on starts to formulate on its own.

Among various sub-plots, one of the episodes was dedicated to exploring Blade's unexplained past from the movies.

Acting: The acting was decent, and thankfully, there was no bad spots at all. Other than Sticky having a rough start acting the role for the title character, he really managed to retain the character's "hate everything he sees including himself" attitude that Blade fans know and love.

This is a definite must-see for Blade fans, and would wash out any bad tastes the fans had with the movie sequels.