Why Stan Lee cameo in the Blade movies? - Blade II (2002) Discussion

[–] JaySherman7 13 years ago

are you asking why there isn't a Stan Lee cameo in the Blade series? I'm guessing because Stan didn't create the character. he's in the X-Men, Spiderman, Ironman, Thor, Hulk, Daredevil and FF films because he created or co-created all those characters. if memory serves, he's not in Ghost Rider either and that's also Marvel as well

Flying blind on a rocket cycle?!?

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[–] kappaccio 12 years ago

"Blade" (1998), this is from the trivia section:

"Stan Lee originally had a cameo that was ultimately cut from the film. He played one of the cops that come in to the blood club during the aftermath and discover Quinn's body on fire."

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[–] CortneyAkana 13 years ago

I was always disappointed by that but it wasn't until recent that I came to the same conclusion that the other poster pointed out: Stan created or co-created all of the heroes who movies he appears in.

A boat that floats on water can also sink in it.

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[–] mmarcopolo 12 years ago

It would have been cool to see him in it. But realize that Blade was the genesis of what is now the recent success of Marvel movies. I doubt even Lee knew how much of a kickstart Blade 1 would be to Marvel. He probably figured no one would know who he was or his association so why bother.

Blade showed that comic book movies could be cool and draw big money. Sam Raimi's Spiderman came years after and then X-Men and now Avengers. Back when Blade came out, we were still stuck with Batman & Robin and cheesy tv versions of The Flash. The coolest thing we had was Highlander which was already 10 years old and some Hong Kong action movies. Then Blade and The Matrix came out one after the other. They were the game changers.

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[–] skylab00 12 years ago

Those weren't marvel properties. Blade is the their film success that eventually let marvel make the avengers years later

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[–] mmarcopolo 12 years ago

Batman (1989) did nothing for the recent boom of superhero movies. It was still semi campy family fun with Tim Burton at the helm though it was a good movie but worse as the franchise went along so that wouldn't have given the super hero industry any boost. But Batman and Superman operate in a different realm of public consciousness. Those are classic iconic super heroes and those movies could (and will) be made again and again without really bringing much influence to the overall genre that Marvel has made their own. We're talking about characters who have been in the public newspaper cartoon columns and on tv and cartoon form since the 1940s.

Marvel is a different animal. Other than Spiderman and later the Hulk, the average joe and their parents knew little to nothing about any of the other Marvel heroes unless they were comic book fans in the 60s and 70s or saw some of the cartoons on Saturday morning or Lou Ferrigno's Hulk on tv in the late 70s. All attempts to get any any movie success from Marvel characters off the ground failed until Blade.

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[–] mmarcopolo 12 years ago

"There is no recent boom of superhero movies. They've been fluctuating for a long, long time. "

They've been fluctuating with little success until Marvel got on it's feet and started making things happen. None of the super hero movies of the past decades before the mid 90s made any big cultural impact in the genre. There weren't tons of successful super hero movies influenced by Batman in the 60s or Christopher Reeves' Superman or Tim Burton's Batman. Just lots of failed tv series and attempted movies.

"Nonsense. They are the influence in which Marvel still goes by. They set the standard. Marvel did not. "

They set the standard but again Marvel has made their own standard which is why Marvel is more successful and prolific than DC. So basically DC can still only rely on the first two heroes they ever made (Superman and Batman) to keep them afloat in Hollywood while the rest of their roster still flounders for recognition outside of comic stores and Saturday morning cartoons. At least Green Arrow is doing well on tv. Ironically, one of the few DC characters that had a real personality.

"Genre fluctuation. It would have happened regardless of Blade. "

But it didn't happen....until Blade. It was Blade that opened it up for them and made Hollywood sit up and notice what comic heroes could do for their box office. Before that it was bad versions of Spiderman using a rope or net to substitute for webbing, body builders with bad make-up portraying Hulk and campy versions of Captain America as late as 1990. Blade changed the game. Even DC had to take notes and make Batman more serious to keep up.

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