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Topic	Original Blade actor Stephen Dorff trashes Marvel movies
ParanoidObsessive 01/29/23 5:29:22 PM #27:	Slayer_22 posted... Well my issue is more that he's saying Blade is on the level of TDK The first Blade was huge in its time, though. It was pretty much the first movie Marvel ever made that wasn't a total joke, and kind of showed they could actually make movies worth watching. People always credit X-Men and Spider-Man as being the big films that saved Marvel from bankruptcy and opened the door to their eventual pivot to focusing way more on films than comics (and make no mistake, they totally are), but Blade played a huge role in opening the door for those movies in the first place. It's hard to emphasize for people who weren't there at the time or who just don't remember how the original Blade was originally perceived. And that's before you even get into discussions about Blade being a major black hero or the impact of a successful R-rated superhero movie at a time when most people only saw comics as being "for kids" (see also one of the reasons Tim Burton eventually got kicked off Batman). It wasn't as financially successful as TDK (very few movies are), but critically and creatively it had a much stronger impact than mere money really indicates. CRON posted... Why are MCU fans so defensive Because of the psychological phenomenon where people internalize their brand choices and entertainment media to define their own sense of self-identity, which in turn makes any and all criticism of that thing feel like a personal attack. Which in turn makes them feel insecure and spurs them to attack back. It's why you have console fanboys, tribal wrestling fans, and the sort of fans of TV shows who go ballistic when you dare say anything critical about the thing they love. You are with them or against them - because anything less than blind enthusiasm is seen as questioning their own devotion (and thus, their entire sense of self). It's similar to the "people define themselves by their job" mentality that used to be more prevalent. Though in this case, it's more "people define themselves by pop culture". --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:971188315] in Original B... [t:80328881]...</cite> <quote><cite>Slayer_22 posted...</cite><quote>Well my issue is more that he's saying Blade is on the level of TDK</quote>The first Blade was huge in its time, though. It was pretty much the first movie Marvel ever made that wasn't a total joke, and kind of showed they could actually make movies worth watching.People always credit X-Men and Spider-Man as being the big films that saved Marvel from bankruptcy and opened the door to their eventual pivot to focusing way more on films than comics (and make no mistake, they totally are), but Blade played a huge role in opening the door for those movies in the first place. It's hard to emphasize for people who weren't there at the time or who just don't remember how the original Blade was originally perceived.And that's before you even get into discussions about Blade being a major black hero or the impact of a successful R-rated superhero movie at a time when most people only saw comics as being "for kids" (see also one of the reasons Tim Burton eventually got kicked off Batman).It wasn't as financially successful as TDK (very few movies are), but critically and creatively it had a much stronger impact than mere money really indicates.<cite>CRON posted...</cite><quote>Why are MCU fans so defensive</quote>Because of the psychological phenomenon where people internalize their brand choices and entertainment media to define their own sense of self-identity, which in turn makes any and all criticism of that thing feel like a personal attack. Which in turn makes them feel insecure and spurs them to attack back.It's why you have console fanboys, tribal wrestling fans, and the sort of fans of TV shows who go ballistic when you dare say anything critical about the thing they love. You are with them or against them - because anything less than blind enthusiasm is seen as questioning their own devotion (and thus, their entire sense of self).It's similar to the "people define themselves by their job" mentality that used to be more prevalent. Though in this case, it's more "people define themselves by pop culture". --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76"POwned again." --- blight family</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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