Co-sign.
From: Daryle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 3:19 PM To: SciFi Noir Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Blade May be Remade without Snipes Holy Highlander! Why is it necessary to reboot this series? It¹s an ongoing story. We¹ve all seen the first one. If ³Superman² has taught us nothing else...there¹s no need to retell a story we already know. Just pick up where you left off and keep it movin¹. On 10/31/07 12:22 PM, "B. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:daikaiju66%40yahoo.com> > wrote: > > > > > Blade 2 is cheesy? More cheese please. > > I know Snipes legal troubles and onset behavior are the main reasons > he won't get to play the role again but I hate the Hollywood trend of > casting for "young and hot." > > If it was a perfect world I'd cast Michael Jai White. I imagine he's > too old for Hollywood and not bankable enough but he has the perfect > skillset to play Blade. > > I don't know if I would do a complete reboot but they may have > painted themselves in a corner after the last movie. Maybe they need > to have him face a non-vampiric big bad to shake things up. > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com <mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com> <mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com> , > "Tracey de Morsella (formerly > Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> > Blade Remade? >> > Franchise reboot may be in the works. >> > by IGN Staff >> > http://movies.ign.com/articles/830/830575p1.html >> > October 26, 2007 - Could there be a new, reworked version of > Marvel's >> > Blade headed to the big screen? Initially, the thought of a Blade >> > franchise reboot sounds kind of crazy, but when you think about it, > the >> > first film in the series is already almost 10 years old. And with > the >> > later films in the franchise becoming increasingly cheesy, maybe > it's >> > not a bad idea. >> > >> > The Bloody-Digusting.com website reports that just such a move is > being >> > plotted right now in Hollywood. A source for the website contends > that >> > the "comic property" (we assume this means Marvel and/or the > creative >> > team currently working on the comic) is pushing for the redo rather > than >> > New Line, who may or may not be involved. >> > >> > Marvel is currently attempting to relaunch the Hulk franchise in a >> > similar fashion, which could have them feeling their oats and > looking >> > for other stale properties to freshen up. The Blade do-over > chatter >> > could also be fueled by the hot-as-fire vampire movie trend that > just >> > won't let up (see Underworld 3). >> > >> > - New Line >> > >> > Blade: Trinity was likely Snipes' swan song. >> > >> > Were there a new school version of Blade launched, Wesley Snipes > would >> > undoubtedly be replaced in the lead role. Who would you like to see > fill >> > his shoes? And what do you think of the Blade reboot whole idea in > general? >> > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
