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Blade The Series - The Complete Series

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I totally looked forward to Wednesday nights on SpikeTV for Blade: The Series! It was a fun show which kept true to the Blade movies and even added some fun along the way. With the budget that Spike had to make this series it did a fantastic job! It left me wanting more after every episode! I couldn't believe that it had to be cancelled because it got too expensive for Spike to produce. I wish it got picked up by someone else. The acting was more than adequate, and the special effects and fight scenes were great! I was waiting for the Season release on DVD, and now that it is around the corner I will be purchasing it the day it comes out! All the nay-sayers of this series need to remember that it was a TV show and not a big budget movie. Spike and the directors and writers did a great job with this. It's pretty obvious that it had an audience if it is being released on DVD! BUY IT and enjoy some comic book fun!!

Look- Blade the Series was great guilty pleasure fare. Comparisons between a film with $90,000,000 budget to create 90 minutes of air time and a TV show that spent less for an entire series is a bit foolish. It was fun and now its gone and thats a shame.

I first I thought that a TV series would not be able to do the comic justice. But Spike did a great job at staying true to the feeling of Blade. The ruthlessness of the villans was there and the fighting action just kept getting better and better with every episode. I would highly recommed the entier series to anyone who liked the Blade movies (at least the first two!) Get it! I hope another network picks up the series.

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This is a very good series and a great companion to the three Blade movies with Wesley Snipes. It continues on where the movies left off and Kirk "Sticky" Jones was an excellent replacement for Snipes. I give it four stars instead of five only because of the way the series ended. It's a shame it didn't last longer than it did (13 episodes, one season). Other than that, it was really good. I highly recommend this for any Blade fan or any person who likes vampire and/or action films or tv shows.

I admit, I was one of the many who were SUPER skeptical about Blade getting his own show. I generally hate movie to TV adaptations & this show didn't look to be any different. It was with great reluctancy then that when given a copy of this box set that I actually checked it out. The 1st couple episodes (AKA "The House Of Chthon" straight to video release)were pretty corny & the acting from pretty much the entire cast of likables was pretty horrendous. You know what though, I realised that not only did I not hate it, but I was actually really intrigued to check out the next episode. Sure enough, with every episode everything got better. I even accepted "Sticky Fingaz" (remember him from the old 90's rap group Onyx? "SLAM! Duh! Da! Da!" :P) as a pretty good replacement for ol' Dr. Greenthumb Snipes. You actually get alot more out of this than you would expect from a regular TV show. In fact anything that you would find in a rated R movie, from cussing, f-bombs, nudity, blood, guts & gore, you'll find here too. Not that any of that stuff is necassarily important (okay well the blood & gore kinda is with it being a vampire show & all), but it does go along way in making you feel right at home with the 3 other movies. I'm not gonna lie & say that the effects and all are movie quality, but much better than most TV shows. I have to say I think I actually like the series better than I liked the 3rd movie. This is just one of those shows that completely sucks you in the more you watch of it. I guarantee that if you watch just a couple episodes you'll be completely sucked in. I really hope if enough people buy this set that maybe the show'll get picked up by another studio where it can get the recognition that it deserves cause this really is a great series worth watching. This show would fit in perfectly on HBO or Showtime. Not to mention the cliff hanger it ended with, all I gotta say is "Newline, you better at least give us another movie to finish the story". Bottom line is that this is a show that I didn't expect, nor did I want to like but wound up being one of the better shows I've watched in a while. I strongly recommend everyone that's ever even remotely been interested in Blade, vampires, or Sci-Fi even to check this series out, it's a buried treasure that deserves to be found.

Being a fan of the Wesley Snipe Blade movies, I was looking forward to this series as a mild replacement. Guess what, I was pleasantly shocked at the ability of this show to surpass the movies as a true drama. The movies were flash and action, the series is plot, subversion and mental stimulation. Blade is portrayed by rap star Sticky Fingaz and he does an adequate job as the cold, distant and brooding vampire hunter. But this show is more about the character portrayed by the lovely Jill Wagner. She starts as a quiet observer and becomes a backbone of this drama. Her determination and drive help bring guts to the storyline. As Krista, she wants only to uncover the truth of her brother's sudden and mysterious death, but you can say she bites off more than she can chew. Krista is turned after being nibbled by House of Chthon leader, Marcus Van Skyver. She painfully agrees to act as Blade's spy and infiltrates the organization that is Chthon. She bites and scratches her way towards the top, while battling the differences between her goals and those of Blade. The storyline is intricate, involved and detailed. We get a glimpse into Blade's childhood and adolescent years, the workings of the vampire hierarchy and the unknown wars between humans and vampires. This series was cut off after only one season and it's all here in this set, including uncut and never before seen footage. Bonus features are numerous and interesting. Well written, acted, directed and produced. This is excellent entertainment that won't disappoint. 5 STARS

Blade: The Series is one of my favorite TV series ever! This was an outstanding series with excellent acting, a great storyline, believable drama, & exciting action. Jill Wagner was superb, and incredibly sexy, as newly turned vampire Krista Starr. Although Kirk "Sticky" Jones was no Wesley Snipes he really grows on you as the series progresses and does a good job of portraying Blade. This series deserved to continue it course into season 2 but unfortunately, as with many great series, it was canceled rather than being allowed to reach its potential. My only complaint is that when season 1 ended it was written as a "to be continued" episode leaving the fate of all hanging in the unwritten episodes of season 2. This set includes all episodes ever aired (entire season 1). I highly recommend you buy this series, you will not be disappointed!

When I first started watching the two hour pilot, a friend came over about an hour in so I stopped it (DVR) while he was over. I wasn't impressed with that first hour and very nearly didn't start it again. I'm glad I did, the second hour still wasn't great but it piqued my interest and had some twists I didn't expect.

It was enough to get me to watch the 2nd episode, and then the 3rd ... and by about the 4th or 5th episode this show suddenly became the one show I was most looking forward to every week.

This was more due to Jill Wagner than Kirk Jones' Blade, and not just because she's hot (which she is). She really stole the show.

Unfortunately the slow start killed it and it never recovered.

1 star off for the shaky first few episodes.

Blade The Series Rocked! Some great actors with Kirk "Sticky Fingers" Jones, Beautiful Jill Wagner, Nelson Lee, Neil Jackson and with guest star Bokeem Woodbine. I love the Hard Rock Theme Music even the ending rocked too. Some awesome vampirize effects as the same as Buffy & Angel... I'm so sick and tired that every time I get a great series they canceled it because they get down from the stupid ratings, I don't even know how to rate them not even know how to get the emails or phone numbers either... I'm so pissed off that they canceled it, even the writers are probably pissed too, I don't know why HBO wouldn't pick it up because it is Unrated with Blood & Gore, With Never-Before-Seen Footage Mostly Nudity (Beautiful Women I mean holy s**t like Bada Bing if you like The Sopranos). I love all vampire series like "Moonlight", "Dark Shadows The Revival" but "Blade The Series" was the best if ever seen I just don't know why they never get enough time to unfold.. If they wanted to cancel it they should have gotten it with a bang instead of getting a cliffhanger!!! At least finally Spike/New Line got all 12 Episodes Revamped with a GREAT Box Set and Artwork and will treasure them for ever.. See the complete series Front, Back, Inside and all 4 discs plus photo's...

SPECIAL FEATURES:
- Audio Commentary by Director Peter O'Fallon
- Audio Commentary by Writers David Goyer & Geoff Johns
- Turning Blade Documentary "The Making in Seven Parts"
- Intro (Time 1:48)
- Part 1 A Sticky Transition (Time 7:17)
- Part 2 A Star is Born (Time 10:43)
- Part 3 The House of Chthon (Time 10:15)
- Part 4 Weapons of Choice (Time 9:21)
- Part 5 On the Wires (Time 8:16)
- Part 6 Accessorize/Vampirize (Time 7:20)
- Part 7 Tattoo You (Time 6:47)
- Blade TV Promos
- Action (Time :33)
- Marcus Spot (Time :32)
- Chuck Liddell (Time 1:14)
- Extended Trailer (Time 2:03)
- Off-Channel on Spike time :33)
- Morgue (Time :37)
- Bathroom (Time :34)
- This Season on Blade (Time 2:02)

PRODUCT INFORMATION:
* Widescreen 1.78:1 Color (Anamorphic)
* Audio: ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC]
* Subtitles: English, Spanish
* Studio: New Line Home Entertainment
* Production Year: 2006
* Release Date: 2/12/2008
* Length: 583 mins, Rating: NR
* Packaging: Folder Box Set
* Number of Discs: 4

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Although quit differnt from the films. Blade the series does justice to its origins.

Based on the Films. Kirk "Styky Fyngaz" Jones playes a much more human and emotion showing Blade who is as always one his one man quest to Ash all Suckheads. With the hepl of him tech-savvy sidekick and a newly turned vampire as his inside source he goes after the most powerful vampire house from within.

Originaly on SpikeTV.It was Canceled after One season the series never got to finish its story and left many open doors. Kirk does an OK job but he shows to much emotion for an authentic Blade "Wesley Syle".