Sink your teeth into all 13 episodes of Blade: The Series, including the 2-part pilot episode, based on the hit movies starring Wesley Snipes. Sticky Fingaz is Blade, the half-human, half-vampire warrior looking to take on the evil House of Chton after they unveil a plan to overthrow the human race with a new vampire super-breed. Special features include the "Turning Blade" documentary, two audio commentary tracks, and Blade TV promos. — Gord LaceyBuy Blade: The Complete Series on Amazon.com
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Question: Is the popularity of Heroes a good sign for superhero TV shows? Or is it a fluke when compared with the ratings failure of Blade? Could we get an Incredible Hulk revival? It doesn't take networks long to clone each other's shows. I mean, a couple of weeks into the new fall season, Fox was already prepping a pilot for a Devil Wears Prada TV show after the success of Ugly Betty. So are there already new superhero shows in the works?
Answer: I'm sure there are, but this path is fraught with peril. The popularity of Heroes has more to do with someone finally learning the right lessons from Lost's breakthrough: Placing ordinary relatable characters in an extraordinary circumstance makes for powerful and potentially popular TV. To intuit that all of a sudden there's going to be a mass market on network TV for superhero series is a recipe for disaster. The fact that "super" is not in the title of Heroes speaks volumes to the fact that the producers and the network are leery o ...
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Question: How is it that characters on shows like Rescue Me and Blade can use the S-word? Is it allowed on certain cable channels after 10 pm? Do they just pay whatever the fine is?
Answer: Cable operates under different rules and restrictions than network TV. These shows, which regularly feature graphic language, sexuality and violence, are generally labeled TV-MA, the strongest adult rating available in the current system, and air only after 10 pm/ET. They're meant for adult audiences only and are billed as such, with viewer-discretion warnings prominently displayed. Of course, none of this satisfies the watchdog groups, who would love to do away with anything that screams R-rated TV. ...
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In Part 1 of our Q&A with David S. Goyer, the producer/writer detailed the differences and similarities between Spike TV's Blade: The Series (Wednesdays at 10 pm/ET) and its big-screen begetter. Here he shares the scoop on which other Blade characters will surface on TV, status reports on The Flash, Nicolas Cage's Ghost Rider and the Batman Begins follow-up, and the sad truth about why shows such as
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Question: Regarding Blade: The Series, if Spike TV really wanted a vampire series that the fans would love, why didn't it just give us "Spike" the movie or series? No one does better justice to a black duster than James Marsters!
Answer: Surely you're not looking for an argument here. And wouldn't Spike the vamp have been a perfect poster bad boy for Spike the network? I'm just ashamed I didn't think of that when I wrote my review, in which I was more fixated on comparing how Buffy the Vampire Slayer improved from movie to TV show while Blade, to be generous, doesn't. At least not yet ...
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