"Blade: The Series"
Pilot (2006)

Director:

Peter O'Fallon

Writers:

Marv Wolfman (characters)
David S. Goyer (developer)

TV Series:

"Blade: The Series" (2006)

Original Air Date:

28 June 2006 (Season 1, Episode 1)

Genre:

Action | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Blade joins forces with Krista Starr to help her get revenge on an evil vampire who killed her fraternal twin brother. |

Plot Keywords:

Interracial Relationship | Based On Comic | Marvel Entertainment | Vampire Hunter | Vampire

Cast

Sticky Fingaz	...	Blade (as Kirk 'Sticky' Jones)
Jill Wagner	...	Krista Starr
Nelson Lee	...	Shen
Jessica Gower	...	Chase
Neil Jackson	...	Marcus Van Sciver
Bill Mondy	...	Det. Brian Boone
David Palffy	...	Fritz
David Kopp	...	Zack Starr
P. Lynn Johnson	...	Lisa Starr
Don Thompson	...	Uncle Pat McCallum
Chuck Liddell	...	Graft (as Charles Lidell)
G. Michael Gray	...	Danny Milano
Quinn Lord	...	Young Zack
Val Cole	...	News Reporter
Tammy Morris	...	Tattooed Woman

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Gastown, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

New Line Cinema

Trivia:

This long episode is sometimes split into two when aired by a TV channel.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Blade: You know what happens next.
Russian General: [in Russian] Da.

Movie Connections:

Spin off from Blade (1998)

Blade the Series looks solid

I whine with the best (worst?) of 'em about the dearth of watchable TV with the departure of ANGEL, BUFFY, B-5 and some occasionally watchable TREK. So, when a series comes along that's doing something right I think it deserves some support.

BLADE is good TV. I never read the comics, but I enjoyed the first two films (and endured the third). It's got a decent lead character and some interesting mythology set-ups for a summer series on Spike TV. For example, remember all those vamps that Angel and Buffy dusted? What's up with that dust? On this series it's a sought after prize among a certain sub-strata of society. For a couple of hours it confers tremendous strength and speed on its mortal users. The downside? It also carries an intense bloodlust with it. Its users are easy to spot. They have a tendency to devour their own fingers to satiate their blood-hunger.

In this universe we don't have wanton turning of people into vamps. Vampire status is awarded a very select few who've likely been waiting for a long time for this precious benefit.