A few things


As many times as I've watched this movie since it came out seven years ago, there are still a few things I've never been able to clear up.

Chief among those is Damaskinos. I realize they were kind of aping the popular Nosferatu stereotype of vampires, but good Lord. I imagine he's at least a thousand years old, but whereas other vampires look human at a great age, this guy looks like he stepped right out of the vampire movies of yore. As far as the comic and the movies (as much as the movies follow the comic, which is only loosely), the typical vampire myths are adhered to, including the preternatural speed, agility, strength, immortality, etc. So why is Damaskinos all hunched over and slow like he's not one of the most powerful vampires on earth? I mean, he's acting...uhm...like an old man. However it seems that in one of the movies in the trilogy, if I remember correctly, that it's mentioned that vampires are not immortal, but rather they age at a far decelerated rate. Okay. I can go with that, but it still doesn't explain why a probably millenia-old vampire who should be killing people with his brain waves is moving like my grandmother when she forgets her walker and can't kill something he created.

Also, I am sure I am not the only one who noticed that Damaskinos' blood was...blue. WTF? Rather than even try to give a quick explanation in the course of normal dialogue why his blood is blue, they just kind of smack you in the face with it when Nomak kills him.

Another thing I don't understand is why the vampire ruling body thought they could train a group of cocky vampires (Blade, I imagine, has been alive for longer than these guys have had fangs) for a couple of years and think that they could take on Blade. Any question of that is quickly dispelled when Blade lays down his peen on the table basically and makes Reinhard his b****. Yet there they are, walking around like they are king **** and God's gift to vampirism. And Reinhard, hoo boy, at least he's persistent! Each time he thinks he's got the drop on Blade, the Daywalker has Reinhard proven wrong. So why does he think he can take Blade at then end? Did he miss the pool of blood? Any vampire with at least a little bit of brain function would have noticed the pool of blood and said to himself, "Gee, I'd better not let Blade fall into that, else he'll get all raged up and kill me before I can lift a finger!" This blood pack had to have been the dumbest group of vampires assembled for one task.

Good movie, but those parts were perplexing to me. Maybe someone can clear up the blue blood thing and why Damaskinos is a really old vampire who moves like a really old man?

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I hope I can make this short and sweet.

Damaskinos:

He is old; true, but not so weak; He grabbed his daughter by the throat and she couldn't break free. Whether she choose not to break free out of respect for her father, who knows?

Besides at Damaskinos age he's pretty much the Godfather in the mafia, who has no need to get his hands dirty anymore.

Why was his Blood blue? to be honest I never really got a good look at the other Vampire Blood for comparison. I mean all the vampires would burn up quickly upon death with zero blood present. There are scenes where vampire blood is dark you really can't tell if it actually is red. Or maybe Damaskinos skin was so pale that you could see vampires bloods true color.

BLOOD PACK:

Why is the blood pack so cocky? Maybe because when it come to vampires they were actual pure blood Warriors, were as the rest them just party and eat people.

Kinda like your Hight School football team; even if they lost more game then they won, they still think they are at a higher standard then the rest of the students.

Why so cocky around Blade, even when being put in there place? They must have felt that Scud ( Boondock saints dude) was there Ace in the Hole. Which he did do a great job leading to blade's capture.

REINHARDT AND THE POOL OF BLOOD:

Even with Scuds help; the vampires still didn't know everything about Blade when it come to his strengths and weakness. On the chopper ride to main vampire headquarters, the Girl told Blade that he was a myth like the Boogie man.( so what does that tell ya)


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