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Blade 2! Or Blade eye-eye if you wanna get technical! Blade II is the movie that probably solidified my love for this franchise even if I still like Blade more. Let's explore that! Here's everything right with Blade II!
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I always interpreted the "can you blush" line as a mockery (or actual curiosity) of Blade being half-human, and so you know...warmblooded unlike the Bloodpack (where none can blush). Today I learn.
Me too, man
It's actually both insults. One part racist, the other part halfbreed.
same
Did I miss the explanation of that? Still don't know what it meant. Help!
@@ZenoNightwing The racist part comes from thinking that a person of color could not blush because their skin is so dark. Which is of course ridiculous, because even if it were not possible to see a noticable flush in their cheeks, the physicality of blushing doesn't change with skin color. Hence, racist - suggesting only white people can blush. The second part is a deeper insult. Blade is not a 100% true vampire. He is considered a dhampir. And while he has many vampire attributes, he is immune to daylight and has a few other special traits. BY asking if Blade could blush, something a vampire cannot do, he is insinuating Blade is inferior. A dual insult to Blade's life
I like to think that the Blood Pack trained for two years to fight Blade as he existed when they started training. By the time they met him, their two years of training was two years out of date.
Juast saying Nomak was the best of the Blade villains. Sympathetic, but still monstrous and I love how he fights with a level of brutal ferocity that managed to overwhelm Blade despite him having superior training.
Could not have said it better
Huh. For some reason I was positive his name is Womack.
@@jimballard1186I thought it was Nomek 🤷♂️
I agree. Nomak was amazing.
Spoken like a true prodigy.
One note. That full body, high speed, super hero, CGI in Blade 2 was a first realization for the film industry. For the time, it was a holly crap moment in the theaters. It leads into the more believable stuff we see today. I think Spiderman in 2002 was the next time we saw it, and it was really fine-tuned at that point.
that is correct
Bullet time also was in blade first as was the iconic neo scene Deacon Frost did both first
@@thepubknight6144Yeah, no. Common misnomer. “Bullet time” in Blade is neither the first instance of slo-mo “at bullet speed” nor the same cinematic technology pioneered in The Matrix. Saying that Blade did it first is wrong on both counts.
Luke Goss is simply amazing in Hellboy 2: The Golden Army. Prince Nuada. He seems to love playing the tragic character for Del Toro.
Also his fighting ability in both movies is insane as prior to these movies he had zero martial arts experience. Dude fights like he's been doing it for decades.
Luke Goss is always a win. *Ding*
Goss is great in most of the movies he's in. Interview With a Hitman was a really good movie that would not have worked with anyone else leading it and him as the villain in Silver Hawk with Michelle Yeoh is one of my favorite roles of his even though that movie is technically pretty terrible.
Just seriously thank you for giving credit to Luke Goss. I love him so much as Nomak and Prince Nuada. He ist really amazing. His voice, his movement and his aura, for lack of a better word, fit perfectly. We all know Wesley Snipes, Ron Perlman and Kris Kristofferson knocked it out of the park
I was wondering if that was the same actor in Hellboy 2!
@moonshineandwater you're like myself in that aspect I think, Moonshine!, I love the fact that (per my comment) Danny John - Jules( *Cat from Red Dwarf* and many other roles) is in Blade 2 as well as *Luke Goss* ,( *When will I be famous?"* asked one of Bros' (the band Luke was in with his Brother, Matt) early songs...how about now? I said back in those days!, Luke has more than proven himself!. I find myself rooting for the not so well known *(Yet!)* people( or those known for another reason, getting into Acting etc) myself in these roles and in both those cases they are just phenomenal Actors as well!
I forgot Tony Curran played a vampire in blade He's played a vampire twice Here and in the underworld franchise
15:21 "Those blood ties mean nothing to me when measured against the ascendancy of our race." I always took this line to mean that family is less important than the survival of our species, but you could be right in your comparison regarding his actions.
Fun fact: the vampire killed at the end in the peep cabin is portrayed by Santiago Segura, a famous Spanish actor who is friends with del Toro. The line in vampire language he shouts to get the door open is “Torrente 3”, title of his upcoming movie at the time.
Damn I just commented this too lol! Buenisima la puta pelicula.
Luke Goss is so underrated, especially as a bad guy with a point, like Nomak and Prince Nuada. He definitely deserves a ding.
Despite the hate, Blade II is my favourite of the entire series. Scary, violent, great choreography, a genuine escalation from the first film. Also the shot of Blade and the entire Blood Pack slo-mo walking to "I Against I" by Mos Def and Massive Attack is one of the best hero shots ever.
There’s a deleted scene where blade is at a computer and Nysa is behind him arms draped possesivly around him leaning on him. And whistler says “getting it on with a vampire, that’s beyond kinky kid. I wanted to see more of this what was it about Nysa that made blade legit care, to the point he’s give her his own blood. She’d have been fine next time she fed. Maybe some scaring
Every woman in Blade's- Eric's- life has been an enemy or pretty much helpless without his interference. Nyssa came in knowing how to fight and also stood down. So the first chick to not mistreat him, add in that she's pretty, and she can understand him ("I made peace with what I am long ago" and "you think you're better than us; shooting that serum in your arm?") enough to talk sense to him. That is a rare thing for what would be an AVERAGE guy. Add in the crapshow HIS life has been.
On the topic of Blade 3, it's pretty much the closest we ever got to a Blade and Deadpool teamup, I'm aware that King isn't Wade but considering Ryan's performance, it's pretty damn close to being Wade
There were reports that Ryan basically treated that character as an 'audition' for Deadpool. Guy has just wanted to play the character that long.
@@Darkojin1 Ryan's single-handedly the biggest Deadpool fan on the planet and I can't blame him
I haven't watched Blade2 for a hot minutes, but damn I'm always amazed by the makeup for the elder Vampire. It's like Nosferatu carved in marble. (Chef's kiss). Combat choreography is still stellar, casting (chef's kiss), horror with the right amount of CG cheese just makes this a bomb movie. Need to rewatch
Blade 2 was my introduction to Giamo Del Toro and man can Del Toro make awesome creature design!
This is still one of my favorite movies of all time, not just for the nostalgia. Just Del Toro being Del Toro and it's beautiful. Feels like a comic book to me, so that in itself is an immediate win.
Blade 2 is somewhat underrated. Del toro doesn’t get enough credit for what he created. He added so much artistic flair to the franchise. The film is an enhancement to its predecessor, it has great subtext and continuity, (world-building), excellent performances, a sympathetic villain, another great score and well polished action sequences. I love the inverted narrative of vampires being the prey. Vampires hunting vampires. The duality is symbolic and reminiscent of other great stories with the same effect, (think Terminator 2). Snipes was in his element here. The film is the epitome of comic-book entertainment at its finest. The supernatural aspect is amped up because the reapers are nightmarish, demonic and terrifying in aesthetic. It’s perhaps the best display of vampire-horror your ever likely to see. Oh and the ending is so delightful as it is hilarious. A clever payoff to an earlier scene.
Dunno if you didn't know or just didn't feel it was worth mentioning, but as a Brit, seeing Danny John-Jules in A Big Proper Hollywood Movie like this was amazing at the time. That's the Cat! From Red Dwarf! In a _movie_ ! It pre-dated the similarly awesome spectacle of Ian "Lovejoy" Mcshane showing up in all sorts of things by quite some years.
Best Blade movie. Nomak absolutely stole the spotlight for me.
Blade 2 is somewhat underrated. Del toro doesn’t get enough credit for what he created. He added so much artistic flair to the franchise. The film is an enhancement to its predecessor, it has great subtext and continuity, (world-building), excellent performances, a sympathetic villain, another great score and well polished action sequences. I love the inverted narrative of vampires being the prey. Vampires hunting vampires. The duality is symbolic and reminiscent of other great stories with the same effect, (think Terminator 2). Snipes was in his element here. The film is the epitome of comic-book entertainment at its finest. The supernatural aspect is amped up because the reapers are nightmarish, demonic and terrifying in aesthetic. It’s perhaps the best display of vampire-horror your ever likely to see. Oh and the ending is so delightful as it is hilarious. A clever payoff to an earlier scene.
While this was the "scariest" of the trilogy, something you WANT in a vampire movie, superhero or not involved, I still love the first one the most. But you have to give it to Del Toro. He knows his monsters.
Blade 2 is somewhat underrated. Del toro doesn’t get enough credit for what he created. He added so much artistic flair to the franchise. The film is an enhancement to its predecessor, it has great subtext and continuity, (world-building), excellent performances, a sympathetic villain, another great score and well polished action sequences. I love the inverted narrative of vampires being the prey. Vampires hunting vampires. The duality is symbolic and reminiscent of other great stories with the same effect, (think Terminator 2). Snipes was in his element here. The film is the epitome of comic-book entertainment at its finest. The supernatural aspect is amped up because the reapers are nightmarish, demonic and terrifying in aesthetic. It’s perhaps the best display of vampire-horror your ever likely to see. Oh and the ending is so delightful as it is hilarious. A clever payoff to an earlier scene.
Please do Van Helsing (2004) with Hugh Jackman.
You just going to blow past Danny John-Jules' introduction? The Cat is always a win
I mean, he even already had the teeth!
OK I knew about Prince Nuada but I didn't know about Rasputin and that caught me off guard, lol. Edit: Btw I hope you can do an EGA about Van Helsing! A guilty pleasure of many and I know many people already consider it some bad campy film or whatever, so it'd be nice to have you appreciating it and pointing out the fun parts 😁
Agree on Van Helsing. That's a movie that knows what it is and makes no apologies.
Seeing Ron Pearlman in anything just makes me want a EGA Hellboy [and Hellboy 2 because of Luke Goss.] Please and thank youu. ☺
I'll always remember Ron for Deathstroke in the original Teen Titans show. But the fact that he was also in Hellboy and Blade is a testament, the guy really got around in the early 2000's
@@JargonMadjin Along with Sons of Anarchy. Man was my childhood and practically my whole teenage years.
@@swusi8874 The fact that he both sounds and looks like Slade Wilson is amazing
I was waiting for this for quite some time, and, as always, it delivers! I was thinking of mentioning the whole "Nyssa didn't explode in the sunlight" as it being about acceptance of her situation and dying in peace before becoming like her brother and the monsters she fought, but you got to it already. I think this is a great sequel, and it seems to live up to the first film. As always, thank you for your great videos! Keep up the great workm stay safe and take care!
Blade 2 is somewhat underrated. Del toro doesn’t get enough credit for what he created. He added so much artistic flair to the franchise. The film is an enhancement to its predecessor, it has great subtext and continuity, (world-building), excellent performances, a sympathetic villain, another great score and well polished action sequences. I love the inverted narrative of vampires being the prey. Vampires hunting vampires. The duality is symbolic and reminiscent of other great stories with the same effect, (think Terminator 2). Snipes was in his element here. The film is the epitome of comic-book entertainment at its finest. The supernatural aspect is amped up because the reapers are nightmarish, demonic and terrifying in aesthetic. It’s perhaps the best display of vampire-horror your ever likely to see. Oh and the ending is so delightful as it is hilarious. A clever payoff to an earlier scene.
@@master-of-mind5881 I have nothing to add here and comment summarizes this amazing film and its ideas/Fridge Brilliance perfectly. Thank you for the amazing comment!
Thank you for your positivity and sharing your love of movies!
We love you CinemaWins! I know it's kind of a joke but the quote "because liking things is a lot more fun than not liking things" reflects a pretty amazing type of optimism. My favorite is when you take a movie that's widely known to be "bad" and examine all the things it does right. I'm glad you found your market and your niche on the internet, here's to a gazillion more years of you nerding out and talking about how much you love your family.
Until I watched your video(of which I have been a fan of for years) I never realized Donnie Yen was in this. Definitely jumps my enjoyment of it even higher. Best of the trilogy.
The very best of the trilogy.
you suddenly pointing out the hellboy connections was so cool never realized those were the same actors but i also havent seen those movies in a good while
Priest being the same actor as Van Gogh in Doctor Who was not a thing on my radar until this!! Holy Crap!
He also played Marcus in Underworld Evolution. Which is extra funny with the Dr Who appearance because in the same episode Bill Nighy is the curator, and played Viktor in the Underworld series.
Seeing Danny John-Jules in this and realizing who he was not from his voice or face, but because of the fangs. Cat is my favorite character from Red Dwarf
An extra win: in the nightclub when Reinhardt says it would be so easy the music playing is Blood is Pumping:Running Cold by Voodoo & Serano, an absolutely top level hard house choon from the era
The elbow drop from the 3 story statue was the best lol
Didn't the Reapers inspire the vampire design in "The Strain"? Definitely a solid vampire/zombie tv series!
Blade 2 is absolutely my favorite in the series. The story, the effects, the casting, they are all pitch perfect.
The first time I watched this was back when I was way too young to watch but, even though I was the type of kid that easily got nightmares after watching anything even remotely gory, this film was really something else. I absolutely loved both the film and Blade as a character. Not a week went by without me firing up that dvd again. When I finally found a copy of the first film, I immediately watched and loved it too. The funny thing was, even after all that, I was STILL a scaredy cat at the time. The Blade movies simply hit different for me. 😂
Episode 123 of requesting The Princess Bride! It's my favourite movie of all time, and I'm certain you'll love it! :D
I remember my father bought the 2-disc CD of this movie and watched it as a kid whenever my homework or chores were done. Too bad I could no longer find it. I really thought Blade is a badass superhero and Wesley Snipes did the character justice. I don't care what the critics think about this movie
This movie was my fav! So glad you did it! What about Pirates Of the Caribbean: Dead man’s chest? Transformers 2? The Bourne Supremacy? The Fifth Element?
@CinemaWins did you decrease the volume or change the tone of the ding? If so, THANK YOU!! I take care of a disabled person who among other things wears hearing aids. Every time I would watch Cinema Wins, they would complain about the ding or ask "do you hear that beeping?". The ding would be very loud for them in their hearing aids, even from down the hall. I think it has something to do with the tone/volume. So I would have to put on headphones or avoid watching CW videos if they were awake.
Always love your videos. great stuff as always. Much love.
I discovered your channel pretty recently and have spent the last few weeks eating your channel up. But now, I've ran out of videos 😭😭😭 I've never been mor excited at a youtube notification before
I just now realized that Tony Curran who plays Priest in this movie later goes on to play Marcus in the Underworld franchise.
Nothing is better than seeing your blade video just to see the second one was posted the same day, god bless the algorithm
I don't remember the first movie I saw Luke Goss in, but I knew the moment I saw him who he'd been professionally beforehand, because I was a HUGE fan of BROS when they were active, and although he's not always in great movies, he's never been particularly bad in anything he's made. Also, I just want to take a moment to say that, while I love that you mentioned the Rasputin/Karel Kounen and Nomak/Nuada connections, I kinda wish you'd mentioned the whole thing of Chupa actor Matt Schulze having been in the first Blade as Crease/Pigsticker Vampire. THAT kinda blew my mind when I made the connection.
Blade 2 is somewhat underrated. Del toro doesn’t get enough credit for what he created. He added so much artistic flair to the franchise. The film is an enhancement to its predecessor, it has great subtext and continuity, (world-building), excellent performances, a sympathetic villain, another great score and well polished action sequences. I love the inverted narrative of vampires being the prey. Vampires hunting vampires. The duality is symbolic and reminiscent of other great stories with the same effect, (think Terminator 2). Snipes was in his element here. The film is the epitome of comic-book entertainment at its finest. The supernatural aspect is amped up because the reapers are nightmarish, demonic and terrifying in aesthetic. It’s perhaps the best display of vampire-horror your ever likely to see. Oh and the ending is so delightful as it is hilarious. A clever payoff to an earlier scene.
Holy moly the effects are amazing, the camera shakes, and what looked like slow motion. How long did it take for them to make this movie? Also, unrelated, but if you take requests, could you do a video on Cats Don’t Dance? I think it’s pretty cool.
It wasn't mentioned but its a win for me. When the group are heading towards the rave, theres a brief shot through heat vision which shows all the vampires are cold, but Blade's temperature is still warm. I think its just a nice attention to detail, but its another cool showing of how Blade's powers differ to other vampires since he maintains his body warmth.
Every time I comment it’s probably a riff on the same theme, but I love this channel. You make me love the movies I enjoyed even more and I need as much joy as I can get. Hopefully I can manage a Nebula membership soon. I’d love to have your content without youtube trying to suck it dry.
You tempting me with the clear and presant danger commentary
Seeing Dracula in Blade 3, even if it was a lower-quality movie, _really_ explains what the Reapers were _supposed_ to be. Instead they're chickensaurs, half-baked and unstable.
Great timing since I’m currently rewatching blade trinity
Love your content 😊😊😊😊
Little fun fact: the music that plays in the start of the scene when Blade and Whistler are on the catwalk up until Blade falls into the blood pool is a track that was never released on the motion picture score soundtrack. It’s only upload on KZhead is as “Blade 2 epic theme”.
I actually was not aware of the Hellboy connection but I'm glad to know more movie trivia lol
I knew it would drop here eventually. I'm patient.
Such a great/fun movie! Blade is awesome !
I always thought Blade II was the best of the three, it also made me fall in love with Guillermo del Toro movies. You have to watch it with Guillermo's commentary, it's one of a kind.
I actually got this movie for "free". I was stationed at Camp Pendleton walking back to my barracks when I saw this movie in the middle of the street I picked it up, played it in my room. The rest is history. My favorite blade movie
Shame you didn’t ding the stand up and reindhart nod, after the supplex.. it gets me every time.
Ron Perlman is almost always a win. Bunraku, a 2010, with Josh Hartnett and Perlman was just amazing. It's worth a video as well.
You ALWAYS come through ❤
One of my all-time favorite movies. Nerd note, I would love it if I could get the PlayStation games again 1 and 2.
I would have never thought that the lawyer and Rasputin were the same person. Thank you for pointing that one out, they look so very different i would have never caught it.
It's interesting whenever I see the rated R warning in your show it always takes me a second to remember that the ratings in different countries are just different so many of the "rated R" movies you have done just aren't in Australia like deadpool is only MA 15+ in Australia this aswell its only MA it's interesting to see the difference
I am contractually obliged *not really!* to point out that the other Vampire delivering the message(and trading blows and blades!) *"Assad?"* is Danny John-Jules (The Cat from Red Dwarf!) and is an all round awesome guy!( just like he thinks of himself as The Cat), Also the *Mos Def* and *Massive Attack* song *"I against I"* (they play it as they walk into the club) is a straight early 2000's banger!
Trivia note: For those who are into British comedy, Danny John Jules, who played Cat in Red Dwarf, is Asad in this film. As for the film itself, yes, it doesn't quite match up to the original Blade, but it's definitely one of the better sequels to a definitive first film. It kept enough of the feel to seem like the same world, while also switching things up enough that the audience wouldn't get a sense of deja vu. As always, I enjoyed the analysis / commentary, and I loved the snarky little joke slipped in at the end of the video.
Fun little fact. The bald vampire with sunglasses that Blade kills at the end of the movie is Santiago Segura, a very famous (nationally) spanish actor and director and when he says the password to enter the compound where they have Whistler the password he says is "Torrente 3" (Torrente tres) which was the name of his latest movie at the time. Its a detail so silly and inside joke for the spanish audience that I cannot love it.
6:11 Donnie Yen is signing "Good to meet you" in ASL.
Great vid
One of the best sequels in movie history
Don't know if I'm the only one, but I think of Blade II as a "blueprint" for Del Toro's Hellboy. It stars Ron Perlman, Luke Goss and Karel Roden, revolves around monsters fighting other monsters, makes use of body horror imagery, has extensive scenes about hunting abominations in the sewers... Reedus' character even wears a Hellboy t-shirt.
Honestly the rubbery CGI is such a vibe sometimes when done well it looks amazing
dont know if you still do cinemawins for TV shows but id love a deeper dive into Loki. S2 has been so damn good.
Oh man, I completely forgot that Norman Reedus was Scud. Or rather, I didn't really associated the Walking Dead character with this character in Blade 2 because I watched The Walking Dead so long after I watched Blade 2. But watching him here made me look up the actor, and goddamn, it's him.
Blade I & II we’re beyond great! 😍
I recognized Nuada but I would never have guessed Rasputin, holy shit XD Also I only just realised the actor for Priest is also in Underworld 2.
Oh man, I love this film. The Reaper strain is absolutely terrifying!!
Me being a novitiate player of V:TM my response to Reinhardt's last line is " your daddy should have told you not to mess with someone with more ranks in Potence than you".😎
I think the "can you blush" line Blade sends back to Perlman is also genius. Through the whole movie the Bloodpack proved they werent up for the task of killing Blade, normal vampires are inferior to both Dhampirs and Reapers, also their boss is trying his damnest to replicate what makes Blade superior but he can't. So by saying that to Perlman hes basically telling him hes just a vampire and thats what he'll ever be.
After the Blade video, I wasn't sure this one would happen. Glad it did.
17:19 I mean it almost definitely wasn’t a reference, but it is funny that Lee calls it an Insane Elbow Drop, on a video that dropped the same day as Kairi Sane, a woman whose finisher is literally called the InSane Elbow Drop, returned from a hiatus to WWE. Made me smile, at least
Asad (the Blood Pack member) was Cat from Red Drawf, so I will always have a soft spot for him, even if he is a super evil bad guy🤷🏼♀️
I’m watching this on the ad breaks of What We Do In the Shadows…the perfect balance lol
My favourite Blade moment was his cameo in What We Do in The Shadows
No mention of Marcus Corvinus introduction to Vampire Stuff
I look forward to watching you try to say nice things about Blade Trinity.
You are so right.
Me last night arriving from the airport unable to sleep putting on blade 2 falling asleep to a classic. Then seeing this and immediately clicking play and like.
I feel as if Scud was alerting the vamp ninjas of Blade’s return the day he brought back Whistler.
Asad played Cat in Red Dwarf (the original). Loved Metal Donnie Yen. Always love Ron Perlman.
This movie is so dear to my heart!❤❤❤
The fight CGI in this movie actually holds up really well, other than that bit in front of the lights
3:54 court of Owls inspiration? Methinks so. +1 win
Legit suprised you didn't immediately do Daryl jokes when Skudd first showed up and went boondock saints even. More restraint and cultured than I am lol
I knew Guillermo del Toro took inspiration from the designs of the vamps in this movie for the ones in The Strain but damn. They're almost the same! I mean tbf they are AWESOME!
My little brother and I walked out of the theater after watching it the first time, immediately turned around and walked back in for a second helping. Doesn’t hurt that we were in Bangkok and it was blazing hot outside.
Was so weird when I saw Danny John-Jules show up in this fighting Blade after all the years I'd known him just from Red Dwarf. I guess it makes sense with his background in dance he'd be a decent choice for choreographed ninja fight scenes.
I adore Blade I and II, and while II isn't as objectively good as I, what it does do very well is explore new facets of the hero; Blade has to compromise and later develops a bit of a Romeo & Juliet romance with Nyssa which asks new questions of him. One thing I'm also realising is these two films prove the old adage about a great villain is often the making of a great film. Frost and Nomak are very different but still very memorable antagonists. The Blade Win videos leave me with happy teenage nostalgia vibes
Blade II continued the longstanding tradition of franchises I fell into, sequel-first. And like Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil, Predator, Alien(s), and Star Wars I am more endeared to the second than first installment.
This is one of the few sequels that I believe is better than the first.
I would love to see 1. Asteroid City 2. Aftersun from this channel 😮😮😮