When tracing the evolution of the comic book blockbuster from the dark days of Batman & Robin to the almost ubiquitous presence on our screens that it’s become over the last 20 years, most people pinpoint Bryan Singer’s X-Men as the movie that marked a shift in attitude and convinced the major studios that superheroes could be a continually viable property.
Sadly, Stephen Norrington’s Blade frequently tends to get left out of the conversation, despite the impact it had on big screen comic adaptations. Just a year after George Clooney and Joel Schumacher’s neon and nipples disasterpiece had almost killed the genre entirely, Wesley Snipes threw on a leather trench coat and a pair of sunglasses to remind people that these characters could be effortlessly cool if they were handled correctly.
Blade made over $130 million at the box office on a $45 million budget, and the sequel was the...
Sadly, Stephen Norrington’s Blade frequently tends to get left out of the conversation, despite the impact it had on big screen comic adaptations. Just a year after George Clooney and Joel Schumacher’s neon and nipples disasterpiece had almost killed the genre entirely, Wesley Snipes threw on a leather trench coat and a pair of sunglasses to remind people that these characters could be effortlessly cool if they were handled correctly.
Blade made over $130 million at the box office on a $45 million budget, and the sequel was the...
- 1/4/2021
- by Scott Campbell
- We Got This Covered
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