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Blade - The Complete Series [2007]


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A good tv series
Review date: 2008-11-13 Rating: 10 out of 10

Sometimes tv series derived by good films are only a pure commercial operation and delude the fans of the original movie. In my opinion, this series is an exception (but not for the mass of Blade fans, whom "delusion" stopped it at first season). Ok, it lacks of Snipes and the rest of the original cast, but the plot is well done (for a 40 minutes show), soundtrack very good and, for a tv-movie, have good photography and action scenes. 4 DVD for less of 20 euros. What else ?


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Blade - The Complete Series (2007)
Review date: 2008-11-03 Rating: 10 out of 10

What can i say great TV series.Lots of action brilliant stunts. All the story lines where great. Had myself & my wife hooked but what can you expect the American network pulled the plug.Blade was not given a chance

only 13 episodes but still good
Review date: 2008-10-17 Rating: 6 out of 10

not very long at 13 episodes but still ok, pity they stopped it would have been a good one.

Excellent........but be aware
Review date: 2008-08-20 Rating: 10 out of 10

I love Blade and I bought (for my daughter's boyfriend and for me to borrow....lol) Blade the Series and House of Chthon as offered on Amazon but.......be aware as House of Chthon is included in the series so don't buy these together - you're duplicating.

The series is great I love it (and can't wait to get my hands on it) and hope it comes back, along with Firefly, Blood Ties and Moonlight (not Moonlighting with Bruce Willis).

Blade walks again
Review date: 2008-05-04 Rating: 6 out of 10

This set contains the complete Blade TV series, comprised of a pilot and 11 episodes. The series finds Blade, played by Kirk Jones, trying to infiltrate the House of Chthon, one of the twelve vampire houses. Acting as his insider is Krista Starr (Jill Wagner), turned into a vampire by the show's main villain, Marcus Van Sciver (Neil Jackson), in the pilot episode. Rounding out the cast are Shen (Nelson Lee), yet another of Blade's technologically oriented sidekicks, and a not-so-beautiful blond beauty Chase (Jessica Gower), Van Sciver's blood-sucking girlfriend.
Although the show is set in the same continuity as the theatrical movies, there are some inconsistencies between the two. The most glaring example is death as a necessary stage in turning a human into a vampire, whereas in the movies killing somebody before he/she completely turns was the best way to PREVENT the change.
Unfortunately, despite the involvement of the movies' screenwriter, David Goyer, the TV series fails to live up to the quality of the movie franchise. After a very weak pilot, the show gets somewhat better, but never quite matches Blade: Trinity, let alone the first two superb pictures. Kirk Jones, while capable enough as Blade on his own, pales in comparison with Wesley Snipes, largely due to his habit of half-whispering most of the time. The visual effects and action scenes are also of lesser quality, but that is obviously because of the limitations of the TV budget. Thankfully, good dialogue prevails throughout.
One advantage TV has over the movie format is the ability to tell longer, more complex stories, and Blade does not waste that opportunity. The entire show is one long storyline, and quite interesting at that. The problem is, said story lacks an ending as the show has been cancelled after just one season. Unless David Goyer decides to follow in Joss Whedon's footsteps and continue the story in comics, the final cliffhanger will probably remain unresolved forever.
This boxset consists of 4 discs. The first of them, containing the pilot episode, is also available separately as Blade: House of Chthon. It's the only disc in the set with any extras on it, none of them particularly interesting. The box art is poorly done, the picture of the three protagonists evidently pieced together from three separate photographs, each with radically different lighting. The discs are marked with overly stylized numbers, making it difficult at first to tell which one is which. On top of that, the discs slide out from the slipcase to the RIGHT, another poor design decision.
Overall, a so-so edition of a so-so series.

Product Details/Specifications


Actor(s):
Sticky Fingaz
Jill Wagner

Creators:
Sticky Fingaz (Primary Contributor)
Jill Wagner (Primary Contributor)

Director(s):

Recording label: Entertainment in Video
Manufacturer: Entertainment in Video
EAN: 5017239195761
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 4
Format: Box set, PAL,
Release date: 2008-04-21
Audience rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 560 minutes

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