Blade the series

Ok, so this show had its two hour premiered on spike last, and in short it wasn’t any thing mind-blowing but it I was entertained, none-the-less. Not must see TV but not bad as a mid-week guilty pleasure.

First off, I should say my only familiarity with Blade are the three movies. The First, one I found to be ok, the second was the series’ peak and the third was a major failure. The show is in continuity with the movies, which could be bad, or good depending on where they draw their inspiration.

IGN’s review covers most of my complaints about the premiere (I whould post a link but it says I need more posts to do so, when did this happen?)

In particular, the actor playing Blade doesn’t have the necessary screen presence and is trying to hard to imitate Snipes. Secondly, while the overall production values were satisfactory the fistfights were too choppy and fake looking, the actor looks like he needs some more training with the sword too. Jill Wagner performance felt dull as well, I started liking her a bit more as a vampire so there is some glimmer of hope. The plot was good for what it is a basic set up to the series and a reintroduction to the blade universe.

That my two cents.

Jam it back in, in the dark.