David Goyer, the writer for the first Blade film back in 1998, shared that he doesn’t know why Marvel can’t crack film given that it is a “relatively simple story.”This Substack is reader-supported.
It is simple - vampire hunter killing vampires. The problem is that concept is incompatible with the MCU with its cringe humour and feminist girlbosses.
Marvel is sitting on an untapped goldmine with the Vampyrsk storyline, about a nation of vampires settling into the irradiated zone around Chernobyl. Run by Dracula with Blade as its sheriff.
You want a story that’s timely? It’s set in Ukraine!
You want a story that’s ties into the larger MCU? Dracula unlocks all the storylines from the comics with Dr. Strange and the X-Men. Plus, I want to see a scene in the credits with Dracula sitting down with fellow pariah state leaders, Namor and Dr. Doom.
The multiverse has become an excuse to write terrible pet narrative stories, rather than the compelling ones that would ordinarily be too final to be possible.
The original movie was fine. No need to remake it. There must be some other idea for a new movie out there somewhere. Mayhaps try an original idea for a change?
It is simple - vampire hunter killing vampires. The problem is that concept is incompatible with the MCU with its cringe humour and feminist girlbosses.
It’s hard work cramming a bunch of woke garbage into a movie that is fundamentally not woke!
They could lean into a black power type of vibe but that's not good enough for them.
Marvel is sitting on an untapped goldmine with the Vampyrsk storyline, about a nation of vampires settling into the irradiated zone around Chernobyl. Run by Dracula with Blade as its sheriff.
You want a story that’s timely? It’s set in Ukraine!
You want a story that’s ties into the larger MCU? Dracula unlocks all the storylines from the comics with Dr. Strange and the X-Men. Plus, I want to see a scene in the credits with Dracula sitting down with fellow pariah state leaders, Namor and Dr. Doom.
It appears the last time audiences will see the character BLADE will have been (SPOILER ALERT) towards the end of DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE.
The multiverse has become an excuse to write terrible pet narrative stories, rather than the compelling ones that would ordinarily be too final to be possible.
The original movie was fine. No need to remake it. There must be some other idea for a new movie out there somewhere. Mayhaps try an original idea for a change?
You know its bad when…. anyways I can crack the story and will. So expect a new S&S vampire-hunting story in the coming weeks. This will be good.
Sheesh. I could crack vampire hunting without breaking a sweat.
Writing a vampire hunting story that is.