Blade the series

Eh, the show was alright. Definitely not one of the best summer programs on right now, but I'll probably keep watching.

I've only seen the first two movies, and I have to say that the secong movie and this series don't even approach the level of the first movie. But of course, I loved that movie based on Stephen Dorff's performance alone, so I'll probably never like anything else as much in the Blade universe.

First off, I think the new Blade is alright. He's no Wesley Snipes, but Kirk Jones is a pretty good actor (I liked him on The Shield and Over There), and I think he fits the role pretty well. It does seem like he's trying to incorporate too many things from Snipes's performance though, and in the end I thnk he would have been better off trying to make the character his own.

The bad guy, Marcus van Sciver (however you spell it), seems like he has potential, but so far he's just pretty meh. Hopefully his character will improve in later episodes. The same thing applies to his henchwoman, Chase.

Shen is no Whistler, but he's pretty cool. He definitely helps add some humor to the show. And as for Krista, yeah, she was pretty generic until she turned into a vampire. Now that she is one though, her character will definitely probably get better.

I have to say though, I'm glad that the rest of the episodes are only an hour, because this episode really dragged on at slow pace at two hours. The first hour alone could hardly keep my attention, as it was pretty much all just talk.

Jam it back in, in the dark.