Mahershala Ali isn't the ONLY Blade actor dissatisfied with the controversies surrounding the progression or lack thereof in regards to the Blade reboot, as of recent the OG Blade actor Wesley Snipes put Marvel Studios on blast via "X"
"Blade, lordylordylordy folks still lookin for the secret sauce, ridin snowmobiles in traffic, kinda rough. Daywalkers make it look easy, don’t they?"
If there's anyone who has the right to critique Marvel is the man who made it possible for their films to be successful thanks to the 1998 smash hit! By the time this project finds its legs, Ali will be ready for senior citizens discounts.
ver since the announcement of Ali headlining a Blade reboot, plenty of skepticism arose. The obvious one is how it will or won't measure up to the original and arguably best film from the daywalker franchise? The other question, will it be rated pg 13 since Marvel is owned by the house of mouse?
With the current setbacks, it more than reinforces my belief that Marvel Studios should abandon this project altogether. Blade should forever be relegated to Wesley Snipes meaning no other actor should step forward to take his place, as he is irreplaceable.
He was that "special sauce!"
I'm sure many of you out there will say,
" Well, Brandon Routh and Henry Cavil succeeded Christopher Reeve or what aboutism Val Kilmer, Christian Bale or that Twilight guy picked up the mantle as Batman? Well, that part is true, however Blade for the most part was what Snipes brought to his a- game. His stoic presence, implementation of Ninja esque swordplay and a swagger that even an Oscar winning actor can't replicate.
It's just not the same and don't use rapper Sticky Fingaz as an example. That was a Television adaptation and a short lived one at that.
You can't have another actor playing Luke Skywalker, Indiana Jones, the T-1000, or Snake Plissken. Hell, even Robert Downey Jr made Iron Man his own "creation." Irreplaceable! If Ali is persistent in taking on another Marvel Character, give him Jericho Drumm. He deserves his own feature alongside the Midnight Sons. Just ditch the Blade project. It's apparent that Marvel Studios can't get it to work. “Walk away.”