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Chester Cobblepot reviews the latest cut of BLADE 2 and goes ga ga!!!
Harry here, I remember the fella that starts his first review here at AICN with this one. He joined me, Moriarty and a couple of crazy femmes at a burrito barn somewhere near that mall. The main thing about him that struct me was how he had the funniest lisp i've ever heard.... because it wasn't consistent. It was like he would forget he had it, then it would come back. And he would get the hiccups after each hot pepper. And once when Moriarty accidently (so the story goes) put his hand on his thigh, he did a spit take that left a piece of tomato on the side of Moriarty's face. I liked Chester Cobblepot, he was quite the character. However, at this moment I hate him. He's seen BLADE 2 and I haven't. That's not fair. I want to see badass Blade action and the praise regarding the 'digital stuntmen' and drawing comparisons to SPIDER-MAN has piqued my interest. Well, here's Chester Cobblepot...
Hey, Harry,
You don't know me, but we met once at a mall in Pasadena where there was
an Iron Giant signing. You and Moriarty and some other people were
there, and I talked to you guys for a while. Thanks for being cool that
day, and let me fill you in on a scoop since you did:
BLADE II really whips the llama's ass, as the WinAmp guy used to say. I
saw it last night, and it is cool from the start to the end. If you
liked the first one, you'll love this one. If you hated the first one,
you still might love this one. The film is fast, violent as shit, and
filled with the sort of cool one-liners and action beats that turn films
into geek favorites. This feels like the ALIENS of the BLADE franchise,
bigger and more dangerous than the orinigal, and filled with characters
who can kick some serious ass when the time comes.
I'm scared of one thing, though. New Line and the MPAA could still
screw this one up. The studio better get behind Del Toro if this one's
going to make it to the screen with its balls still attached. There are
some wild, extreme gore moments in this film, stuff that I haven't even
dreamed of seeing onscreen since the heyday of Chris Walas and Rob
Bottin and Tom Savini, nasty wet effects that had people cheering all
around me whenever they happened. The Reapers... holy shit, how cool
are the Reapers? They're mutant vampires that feed on other vampires,
super powerful crack addicts who are impervious to garlic and silver,
and whose hearts are encased in a hard bone chamber that provides
better-than-average protection. These things look pretty much human
until they go into feeding mode, and when that happens, LOOK THE FUCK
OUT.
I was surprised that the film worked as a horror movie and an action
movie both. There‚s a sequence where the Reapers are finally attacking
the heroes of the film en masse, an attack that takes place on about
four different fronts at once, that starts out exciting, then gets
scarier and scarier. If the film isn‚t allowed to be extreme, like the
cut we saw tonight, then those sequences will lose their punch. The
thing that had people crawling over the seats, hiding in fear, is that
you don‚t know just how extreme things will get, and each new envelope
that gets pushed surprises you. BLADE not only carries a sword... he
actually uses it. People get slashed, heads get split open, and bodies
are cut in two, and there are more gallons of blood in this film than
there are in John Goodman.
THIS IS A GOOD THING!!
THIS IS A GOOD THING!!
THIS IS A GOOD THING!!
The first BLADE had that one great sequence right at the start, and then
settled in as a decent B-level action film for the rest of the running
time. The FX work was nice, even if the Blood God was cheesy. This
time out, the film starts with a quiet bang, and slowly builds in
intensity. Each scene really does top what came before. By the time we
got to the end, the audience was totally pumped. They cheered three
times within five minutes during one sequence, applauding loudly each
time.
The Bloodpack are badasses. They're vampires who were trianed for two
years to hunt and kill Blade. They have to work with him, though, to
kill the Reapers before they spread. Ron Perlman is the main vamp in
the Bloodpack, a guy named Reinhart, and when he meets Blade, it's a
great scene. GREAT. He's a sonofabitch, and pulls no punches, and
Blade comes right back at him with brutal force. Even the scenes that
aren't gory have a visceral kick to them, a hard edge that many action
movies lack.
This isn't the best film of Del Toro's life. That would be last year's
DEVIL'S BACKBONE. This isn't anything like that. This is a lean, mean,
commercial machine. New Line's got their big crossover hit right now
with LORD OF THE RINGS, and BLADE II gives them a chance to have one of
their old-fashioned R-rated genre hits. If they're smart, their March
release could be MATRIX-lucky for them. All they have to do is get the
word out on the movie. Show it to conventions. Start the word of mouth
going.
Oh, yeah. Kris Kristofferson comes back. I thought it was pretty lame
when I heard he was in the movie, but they spend a good 20 minutes
making sure it all works and makes sense and doesn't cheat the first
movie. All in all, the continuity from one sequel to the next is better
than I expected. Del Toro manages to make Norrington's movie seem a
little better just by association. His use of the flashback clip did a
good job of tying them together. Whistler has some great lines in the
movie, too, when he butts heads with Reinhart as well as Blade's new
sidekick, a pothead named Scud.
Overall, this was a hell of a lot more fun than I expected walking into
the theater, and I can't wait to see it finished and slick and with the
sound effects and score mixed properly. The use of the CG stuntmen is
awesome, and seems to scoop SPIDER-MAN by a full two months.
Call me Chester Cobblepot if you use this, Ginger.
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The trailer I saw looked impressive as hell and I look forward to this. After seeing Backbone, Del Toro is the man now.
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Damn,first ever post and I come 2nd!Lol!
I hope this film doesn`t follow the same road as Mimic,too dimly lit by far.
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13 years after "Aliens", I awoke from my slumber. Pitch Black gave me hope, but I want this one to restore my faith, LORD I WANT TO BELIEVE!
Action/Horror/Sci-Fi plus (agahst!) a decent script!
KICK ASS, WESLEY!
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Darn, I was hoping to be first. Too bad that by the time the MPWAAAA gets through with this it will have less blood in in than a supermodel. And they had better spend 20 mins explaining it since Kris was a near vampire who blew his head off in the last one. Have a better one.
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Okay, I wanna see this. Today if possible. But as I have no idea when it'll come out in the UK, I'll just have to wait. the thing that tickles me though, is that Danny (Red Dwarf's Cat) is supposed to be a kick-ass vamp in this, and yesterday he popped up advertising his new show on BBC Children's, complete with two fluffy puppets and 'Billy and Johnny' dungarees. It's gonna be hard to keep the giggles back at Blade 2's premiere...
Okay, as soon as I find the picture, I'll post it to Harry.
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Two thoughts ran through my head. 1) Cat-Vampire pulling out a mirror to see how he's looking only to find it doesn't work. 2) DWAYNE DIBBLEY the vampire!
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This phrase is so lame, isn't it? Anyway...besides the fact, that all Britains are wankers, I'm very pleased with that review. tt out.
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First Post. Blade sounds good, and hopefully it'll be a lot better than Monsters Inc which doesn't come out over here in the UK until Feb.
Monsters Inc -- Toy Story it ain't.
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Harry knows femmes? Can't wait fer this flick. The first one kicked ass, this one will kick even more. Good franchise starting here.
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That's why DC are far more edgy and credible. All that aside, Blade didn't do much for me, but this is the director of CRONOS, so I'll give it a chance.
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Jan 09, 2002 8:10:00 AM CST
SPIDER-MAN:MAY 3RD,2002!!!!...oh yeah and Blade 2 March 29th,200
by spiderblood1969
Blade 2 is sounding cooler by the minute and should hold me over until SPIDER-MAN!!!!YEAH BABY THWIP!!!!
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Careful "talkbacktornado", tosser. Negative accusations like that don't do anyone any favours -leave it out. Please go back to your Mutant Turtle videos you poof.
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Jan 09, 2002 8:15:16 AM CST
The bloke from Bros is in this, also it comes out August 23rd in
by danzigg
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Yeah, TT, wise words. Although not all Britains are wankers -- The Britain I live in, for example, is quite a cool place. Britons, as in the people that live there, are great people. Oh, and they can spell too.
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"Exxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxcellent."
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Who the hell do you think you are calling us Britains wankers,
without getting political or hitting on a delicate subject
(and any you other guy's PLEASE don't get offended this is aimed at one person only), with the tragic events of September 11th, it was our country that first offered the DEEPEST sympothy, and immediate aid because something so tragic should never have happened and our nation real felt for you. The reason I feel so stongly about such a moronic comment that an obvious redneck like yourself would make is that our
boys (including close members of my family) are out in Afghanistan helping to wipe out any threat of terrorism to protect people like you. The quicker you suck on an exhaust pipe the quicker this planet loses an obvious monguloid f*ck -
Seems to me that it's a relatively old trick to use cg characters for the wide shots. I remember them using it in Batman & Robin, and most recently in Harry Potter and FOTR. So, it's not exactly scooping Spider-Man. Having said that, I can't wait for this movie, even tho the reviewer started to sound like a plant.
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Jan 09, 2002 8:54:02 AM CST
I am convinced that Blade will always be the best comic book m
by brooklyn bred
For all the hoopla X-men caused it turned out to be extremely boring. Blade has remained the best and I think even Spidey may have to kiss the day walkers boots too!
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Looking forward to this one alot, del toro is one talented mofo!!
note to talkbacktornado: 4000 years of human evolution and you still wanna abuse people from different cultures and countries, you sir are a neanderthal (look that one up if you don't know what one is) You give americans a bad name.
peace!!
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BOOM! I love that line, man.
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Reinhardt against Blade? Mano a mano? Predictions? PAIN!
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Yes he's a pompous ass with poor taste in film, but this is ridiculous! Jeffrey Wells posted the following up on his reel.com column today:
(http://www.reel.com/reel.asp?node=movienews/confidential)
"The AFI's embarrassing no-show awards presentation last weekend named Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring as Best Film of 2001. I guess this means Rings is now being regarded as the prevailing-bulls**t compromise choice for Best Picture among Academy members. This hammy, over-praised fairy tale must...not....win. Now that the film's a huge success and the Warner Bros.-swallowing-up-New Line scenario has been discarded, it's probably time to bring out the heavy artillery and mount a full-bore campaign against Rings. I don't care what everyone else says -
Jan 09, 2002 10:39:59 AM CST
I am *craving*....I am in *desperated* NEED of a true, hard-edge
by smugbug
And could Blade2 be it? Oh by the gods! I love Guilermo del Toro - he is d'man! Can you folks believe it? Last month LoTR:FoTR; March, Blade 2; May is Spider-Man. While I am not at all familiar with this reviewer's usual tastes in film - he sounded VERY enthuisiastic. That's good. However since this movie is directed by del Toro - I already feel *in my bones* that it's gonna be bloody, violent and contain very nice cinematography. he he he. I think New Line may have learned from LoTR - let the Director do his thing and don't cut him short come editing for the MPAA. Geez, I wish Jack Valenti would just go away......far far away......
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bad, smugbug...bad!
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'When will I..will I be famous!..I cant answer..I cant answer that.'
A Goss brother notwithstanding I am looking forward to this. Blade had class...something rare in action films.
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Any company that needs to put out text books to explain their continuity is neither edgy nor credible. Marvel Handbook I'm lookin at you to... Also Blade 2 looks like it will rock the house. The previews have kicked ass...
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you've seen him in IRON MONKEY & you'll see him again in Zhang Yimou's martial arts epic HERO later this year doing a fight scene with the great Jet Li. this guy is truly talented & deserves to be known in the USA. Donnie Yen rocks!
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Jan 09, 2002 11:13:16 AM CST
"Some motherfuckers is always trying to ice skate uphill."
by sod off baldric
I really liked the first Blade...a lot. Not the best film ever, but definitely one of the most fun. I really hate the Anne Rice style vampire (I think Cassidy put it best in the pages of Preacher, and though I don't remember the exact quote it amounted to a bunch of poncy Eurotrash fags running around in lace and acting depressed), and Blade was definitely anti-Anne Rice. Plus this flick has Danny John Jules AND Donnie Yen as kick-ass vampires. Looking forward to this one, big-time.
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Jan 09, 2002 11:20:44 AM CST
After Devil's Backbone del Toro gets 3 chances to impress me
by the_pissboy1
I love Devil's Backbone, so I'm gonna chance Blade 2, even if the trailer blows goats. If Blade 2 sucks, oh well, del Toro still has 2 more free passes before I give up on him.
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Man, Blade 2 sounds plain hot, wonder when it will finally be released in Germany, wanna see now, now, now, now, NOW!!! Could this be the balls out action movie, we
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I can assure you dear smugbug, my taste in films is very good. Nice comment about Del Toro's cinematography.
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Is still The Crow. IMHO. Followed by Akira. Anyway I take your point Sundown, I only read Vertigo or indie. Can't stand Spandex-wearing soopa-heeroes except except when Frank Miller or Garth Ennis are making their lives miserable. Crisis was the funniest thing ever to happen to a bunch of superdorks, closely followed by Genosha.
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Didn't I tell ya this film kicked ass? Huh,... didn't I!?! I hope to God that New Line keeps the gore in the film (where have the blood and guts been all this time?) and doesn't butcher the cut I saw a few months back (REAPER AUTOPSY!!!). We need a good ass-kicking horror/action film right about now! GO SEE THIS MOVIE!!!
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Jan 09, 2002 11:39:27 AM CST
Jeffrey Wells's Pretentiousness Towards Genre Films...
by emperor leto ii
Yeah, I knew something like this would be coming down the pike from ol' Jeff sooner rather than later. Does anyone here recall a couple of months ago when the "Star Wars" DVD went through the roof in sales, and Wells launched an enormous anti-Lucas jihad in his column because he simply cannot STAND the notion of a "filthy genre movie" polluting the sanctity of TRUE drama...much less, Ghu forbid, ever actually *win* a Best Picture award...!!! Holier-than-thou, elitist snobbery at its finest, folks. I mean, the man talked trash about the film BEFORE HE HAD EVEN LAID EYES UPON ONE FRAME OF FILM, saying such things like he didn't even know why actors of the calibre of Blanchett, McKellen, and Holm would even deign to participate in such a hoi-polloi undertaking; he said that it must've been for the money, because "these are the types of performances that can be 'phoned in' by them in their sleep." Yeah, whatever, Jeffrey...
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A REMAKE OF CHARADE??? BLASFEMY!!!
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For as much I have been pragamatic at best where the blood and gore machine that is the vampire genre is concerned, I have been a fan of Blade's, mostly due to my love of vampire hunters. I felt this was a well ballanced review, taking into account the uneven quality of the first film and the dreaded continuity hole that is Whistler's return (although we must remember, we didn't see the body). That said, this one seems to be firing on all cylinders. I'm looking forward to it.
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One small point (I'm not offended, you are right to go after that idiot) CANADA landed thousands of US and International planes immediately after the disaster and 100,000 Canadians rallied at our capital for the Americans. Of course this was never reported anywhere. It's nice to know the UK and USA are so close but we have a longer standing claim to that close a relationship as well... :)
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The freak star from Spain. If you saw Perdita Durango or Day of the Beast you will be wanting to see him in Blade 2
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Just found a great new interview with Del Toro linked over at Mobius's Home Video forum where he talks about Blade 2 and Backbone. HEre's the link - http://www.filmfreakcentral.net/notes/speakofthedevilsbackbone.htm
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Hmm this didn't seem to post the first time. Just read a cool interview with Del Toro over at Mobius's Home Video Forum where he talks about Blade 2 and Backbone. Here's the link - http://www.filmfreakcentral.net/notes/speakofthedevilsbackbone.htm
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Isn't it Chester Copperpot, or Oswald Cobblepot. I don't know you guys are the movie geeks.
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Chester Cobblepot was in the Goonies. Duh!
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I wouldn't worry too much about New Line cutting the gore out of Blade 2. I mean, hey...if we don't get to see it in the theater, I'm sure the dvd version will be uncut. We'll get our gore one way or the other. A vampire without lots of blood is as good as a film-geek without movies.
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Which just proves that I have spent more time in my parent's basement than any of you.
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Love that line, cant wait for the sequel.
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Just wanted to see if this worked. Cool ID, huh?
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We all knew Copperpot was int eh Goonies that wasn't the point Basement Boy
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Copperpot (Chester)--Goonies
Cobblepot(Oswald)--Batman Returns
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In addition to proving that I can't post properly, I've also effortlessly proven what nerds troll this site. Forgive me for not getting the point of your weighty debate. I just thought I'd add my two cents to the discussion. I was even admitting that I was being a master-class geek by doing so. But there's always someone with an inferiority complex who's got to start trash-talking. Well, you sure shut me up, boy. Wow. You should be proud of yourself. You know the difference between a children's movie character and a comic book character. That knowledge and a token will get you a subway ride, bub. Your parents can rest easy knowing every dime of your tuition money is well-spent.
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You pegged me bro, kudos. I have a small penis too. Now back to your game of Magic: The Gathering
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I don't quite know what you think you're proving, here, but you're so far off the mark it's pathetic. You're trite barbs and facile remarks hold no weight, seeing as how I've been self-effacing from the getgo. Right off the bat I was more than willing to goof on myself for pointing out such a worthless piece of info. Look, all I was doing was giving my input to this silly debate, and it pissed me off to have you completely misunderstand it and slag me for no reason. Silly? Perhaps. But we all know this is fertile ground for silliness and reactionary behavior. So, as far as I'm concerned, it's water under the bridge. So blaze up a fat blunt, throw on some Hot Tuna and chill the righteous fuck out.
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Who the hell is jeffrey wells? He should be 'Sent off to the hell where people are skinned alive, its that simple understand!'
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And I can confirm that we Brits are indeed A BUNCH OF WANKERS.
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98% of males masturbate and the rest can't find it. The figure might be even higher among science fiction fans. As for Brits, well we have a glorious history of being complete bastards which I'm quite proud of, and which you Americans can only dream of emulating with your foreign policy. Anyway, anyone who believes their own national press has an unbiased opinion is an idiot WHATEVER country they're in. More tea vicar? Oh shit no those bloody yanks tipped it all in the harbour. 8^D
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You are nothing more than a Lancashire hotpot. Go down't Rovers and get a pint of Newton and Ridley. Then stop posting tripe on this board.
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I was just fucking with you dude...I could give a shit. Gave up the blunts in college, but the tuna rocks. Kisses ;)
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Blade was an unexpected treat, but if you want to see a really cool vampire movie check out Near Dark if you can find it. I had a vhs copy signed by Bill Paxton but it got destroyed by one of my young cousins. =( Now I hear the original print is pretty much destroyed. Anyhow, just thought I'd throw that in.
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24 hours and a few huffs on the gravity bong later, this whole thing is revealed as being supremely asinine. On my part as well. Peace.
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Jan 11, 2002 1:14:23 AM CST
Get Ready Cockgobblers! This summer is going to rip your scrotu
by bigfatcat
Yeah bitches, that's right! This summer is going to start with a bang. Sounds like Blade 2 is going to be so bad-ass that it will cause blood to gush from your rectal/anal region. Then, Spiderman (directed by Sam the fucking man Raimi) will shake the fuck out of things this May. And maybe Lucas will be able to get his tongue out of his own asshole and make us a bad-ass StarWars to correct the mistakes of Episode 1.
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