Why do people forget Blade is the first Marvel trilogy, Black Lead Hero, and R rated Marvel Film?

Many people seem to forget that Blade was the first Marvel Movie franchise. Not the MCU or Spider Man/X-Men films. Why?

Many people forget Blade was the first black actor lead film, not the progressive Black Panther film... why?

Most people seem to think Deadpool was the first successful R rated Marvel movie... WHY!!!!

Seriously... wth. Thoughts?

By the way, Wesely Snipes > any other Marvel Black Actor. Except maybe Idra Elba lol. Wanted to get that out there.

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Why do you think why? Blade sucks.

1. Because it isn't associated with the modern era of comic book movies so it slips from there minds.
2. Plus Blade doesn't have a connection to a well known team like the avengers or the X-men. Which again causes general audiences to not associate it with super hero films.
3. Regarding the black panther and blade comparison the fact Blade was rated R is why people aren't thinking of it as a black super hero movie because the significance of black panther is mostly the impact it will have on the children. That is why people are raising money for kids to see the film.

Not saying it doesn't deserve its credit for the things listed in the OP but its not hard to understand why people think of deadpool or black panther over blade.

@jashro44:

Because it isn't associated with the modern era of comic book movies so it slips from there minds.

Damn shame.

Plus Blade doesn't have a connection to a well known team like the avengers or the X-men. Which again causes general audiences to not associate it with super hero films.

Damn shame it needs to be Avengers or X-Men to be popular.

Regarding the black panther and blade comparison the fact Blade was rated R is why people aren't thinking of it as a black super hero movie because the significance of black panther is mostly the impact it will have on the children. That is why people are raising money for kids to see the film.

Not saying it doesn't deserve its credit for the things listed in the OP but its not hard to understand why people think of deadpool or black panther over blade.

The issue is not why people think OVER Blade, but why people make claims like Deadpool was the first SUCCESSFUL R Rated CBM when thats a lie, or claim BP is the first black lead CBM now which is a flat out lie. Its lies. Blade 1 and 2 were block buster money making films and had both of those stipulations as a Marvel film. Annoying to be honest with modern media agendas IMO.

@sirfizzwhizz: Because people forget about blade. Its been a long time since Blade came out. And I don't think people think of it as a super hero film because modern super hero films are so different.

Very few people think of Blade as a superhero character. He doesn't wear a colorful costume and is associated with vampires, a common urban fantasy monster that is widely used in a huge number of non-superhero driven stories. To the non-comicbook reading audience Blade is sitting alongside the likes of True Blood and Twilight, not Superman and Spider-Man.

So critics and media sources are allowed to make false claims because they are too stupid to do research on this Marvel Film that had Marvel in the opening credits of it? Is that a good excuse of fair?

The most obvious reasons I would say is because:

• He's a seriously obscure character. He came out of Tomb of Dracula not a guest appearance in Spiderman or X-Men.
• He's not a traditional superhero in spandex.
• The story is not traditional superhero stuff, not in the comics and not in the movie.
• The movie does not play at all like any superhero that came before. And the only really similar CBM I can think of is Dredd.
• But most of all, this was a period of time where Marvel was so unsure of itself and this movie, that it didn't even have it's logo on the opening screens of the first movie. So most people who watched the first movie had no idea they were even watching a comicbook-based movie.

Yeah been bugging me too, media just do whatever suits there agenda

Glad Im not the only one.

Well, I do remember it :)

We don't forget its just most people don't care.

He's a not very well known character, both comic book wise and media. And quite frankly the movies themselves aren't that good.

Blade triology is underrated as hell. Was one of the favorite moves back when it first came out when i was a kid. I still like it more than many marvel movies. It has its style and Wesley Snipes was fantastic for the role.

The underrated part probably comes due to the fact that Blade is not one of those pop culture iconic superheros we see nowdays. Still own and love that triology.

@sirfizzwhizz:

I never gave them permission to do anything. You posited questions in your original post and I have answered them. There's really nothing about the Blade movies that would suggest he's a Comicbook superhero rather than an urban fantasy vampire hunter, so unless people know of his rather obscure source material they won't know Blade was a superhero movie.

@metaljimmor: so its ok to ignore him as a CBM. Got it.

You seem to be taking this personally....People aren't perfect. They make mistakes. Its not a conspiracy.

Blade feels more like an action-horror film than a comic book movie. I mean, it's probably closer to M.I.B. than Black Panther in that its roots are in comics, but most people don't associate it with being a comic book movie. When it was made back then not feeling like a CBM was an important element because CBM's were not accepted by the mainstream audience, although Blade certainly helped break through that barrier. For a long time, unless you were Batman or Spider-Man, CBM's had to hide their comic book-ness in order to be made and marketed.

Because publicity and marketing for Black Panther.

Beceuse:

• his movies came prior to Marvel's pretty much monopolization of CBM branch of the industry
• his movies are average
• his movies are not as family friendly as MCU movies

He's not part of the grand meme scheme

Blade 2 is one of my favorite comic movies of all time. It has a perfect balance of sci fi, action, horror, and super hero movie goofiness.

It's better than most of the Marvel films in my opinion.

I don’t think people forget, I think some people just don’t know. I saw it in theaters but I’m 32 and a lot of CBM fans are younger.

To add to other points that were pointed out here, children are the ones that really drive this kind of industry. Little do you know, merchandise is a huge reason why a movie is promoted more and kids love toys man.

One movie ticket to a child can lead to $100s spent on toys, clothes, blankets, etc.

Blade being rated R doesn't help generate this kind of money. Therefore he doesn't get as much exposure.

There are more kids than there are adults. And children become fanatic over things more often than adults do.

BTW, I was a huge fan of the movies growing up.

I agree.

Because Wesley didn't pay his taxes.

Excuse me, sir, but I believe you have forgotten an earlier film.

Idris Elba acts circles around Wesley Snipes, Luther solos.

@jedixman said:

@sirfizzwhizz said:

Many people forget Blade was the first black actor lead film,not the progressive Black Panther film... why?

Excuse me, sir, but I believe you have forgotten an earlier film.

Excuse me, my good man:

@jedixman:

@revan- said:

@jedixman said:

@sirfizzwhizz said:

Many people forget Blade was the first black actor lead film,not the progressive Black Panther film... why?

Excuse me, sir, but I believe you have forgotten an earlier film.

Excuse me, my good man:

Meteor Man is still beaten by decades. Look at the sentence again, and realize it was 'first black lead in a film', not superhero film :)

Modern man doesn't remember that blade was a superhero

Because Blade 3. It killed the rest of the franchise and dragged the franchise into the aybss.

Short answer is because it's not MCU.

Same as everyone forgetting Elektra as the first solo female superhero.

Blade 2 was so good ...

The simple answer is that most people just don't know blade is a comic book movie. It's not like it's a conspiracy to keep Blade down.

There are some movies people have no idea are based on comic books or graphic novels. Road to Perdition, A History of Violence, Snowpiercer. I'd bet most general audiences had no idea Constantine was based on comics. Constantine is actually a good comparison to Blade in that regard. Neither were really promoted as comic book movies.

Anyway, I love Blade. MF's always tryna ice skate uphill.

@jedixman: @revan-: @theonewhopullsthestrings: I dont think Meteor Man counts. Was it ever a comic book.

Spawn and Steel beaten out Blade actually. Though both films harmed black CBMs more than anything, but they did indeed came before Blade and Panther.

It was a comic. Marvel Made it.

@revan-: no shit. I will have to read it.

Why was everyone cool with Catwomans race change, but not human torches?

Pssshhhh nah.

Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sam Jackson, Don Cheadle, Lupita Nyong'o, Forest Whitaker, Mahershala Ali

@jonez_: i dont even know the other actors outside Sam Jackson.

Hard to say no to Halle Berry in a catsuit playing Catwoman.

@spambot: So you would have been cool with her playing Black Panther? ;-)

I've seen Selina with a darker complexion prior to Halle. Besides Halle is a little more racially ambiguous.

And also it wasn't only that Torch was black, the outcry had roots in the fact they changed his backstory to accommodate his race.

I think it has a lot do with how people received it when it first came out.

Now, I was too young to remember them when they came out, but from what I've heard, mainstream audiences didn't even know Blade was a superhero movie, or even that Blade was a comic book character. They thought the Blade trilogy was just a horror trilogy. That is, above of all, because of Blade's marketing. It was not marketed or presented a superhero movie, but a horror movie. I think if Blade had been marketed and presented as a superhero movie instead of as a horror movie, it would be more acknowledged today.