The Blade movie series is my favorite.
I like that it glorifies the vampire slayer and takes his point of view. I don't like vampires. To me, they represent unearned privilege, including the privilege of physical superiority, but not limited to it. What's your claim to be the super-strong, semi-invulnerable, immortal, super-cool, maximum predator, master of the night etc., O vampish one? What's that you say, you got bitten on the neck, and that entitles you to be too cool for school!? I don't think so. I love to see Blade bringing a harsh reality check to these sucker-heads.
Second, I like that the vampires in the Blade series can be intensely fearsome (at least till the third movie, when they become so weak that the main challenge for a normal girl who slaughters them on a regular basis is picking out tunes for the iPod she can afford to wear and listen to while stalking and slaying), not for what they don't have in common with human beings but because of what they do have in common, and what the all too surly, hostile, arrogant and isolated hero has let go of. They're social, cultured and smart. They have their own language, (secret) society, power structure, parties, growing technology, mythology, holy books, magic, temples, plans, lawyers, etc.. You need to think, because they certainly are going to think. And that's where things get interesting.
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David_Blue
15 years ago
If I have to pick a single vampire movie, there's nothing I like better than Blade (1998).
I like the design of Blade, I mean the style of his weapons and equipment, and the design of his enemies, like the cool place where Deacon Frost lives. Everybody has thought about what they want to do, and what tools they want to do it with, and how they want to present themselves to each other and the world. I feel this gives a sense of momentum to events. From the moment you see the human body in the meat factory, there's reason to believe that the villains have made their plans, and they're no more going to stop than a slaughterhouse would stop because this or that cow is next into the killing room. The system is being set up, and it's going to roll day and night, regardless. At the same time, Blade has his system and he's not going to stop.
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