3. Blade
What Is It? I dont really think this needs an explanation, but here we go. Blades mother was a London prostitute who became pregnant. While in labor, she experienced complications and a doctor was summoned, who was actually a vampire named Deacon Frost. Instead of helping her, Frost feasted on her during Blades birth, killing her and inadvertently passing on enzymes to the child that gave him an immunity to the effects of vampirism. He was raised at the brothel and later came under the tutelage of Jamal Afari, a jazz trumpeter and vampire hunter, who trained Blade in both music and combat. In the movies, Frosts bite turned Blade into a dhampir, granting him the superhuman strength, speed, stamina, heightened senses and healing of a vampire, but none of their weaknesses (these abilities were later added to the comics). He was found on the streets and raised by Abraham Whistler, a grizzled old vampire hunter. Armed with an arsenal of weapons including swords, guns, blades, and stakes, Blade wages a one-man war against the undead.
How To Do It Right? Theres probably not a person reading this who doesn't understand the significant impact of the first Blade film. With the exception of The Incredible Hulk TV series, attempts to bring Marvels A-list heroes to life on the big or small screen, like Spider-Man, Captain America, and the Fantastic Four, were abject failures. Ironically enough, Marvels first success was a little-known B-list character who couldnt even sustain his own solo series for more than ten issues (and still hasnt fared much better). Blade was a game-changer and reminded the world that yes, movies based on superheroes
can be awesome. Unfortunately, despite an awesome sequel, Blades film career went out with a fizzle with Blade: Trinity and the short-lived TV series on Spike couldnt last more than a single season. But now that Marvel has the rights to Blade, they can try again by bringing him to the small screen. At one point, Wesley Snipes was interested in portraying the character in a Showtime series, so Marvel should look into that. Maybe bring in some more aspects from the comics, such as Morbius or some other characters like Bible John Carik or Blades fellow Nightstalkers (and I mean the
real ones this time).