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*CompleteMonster: [[EvilutionaryBiologist Eli Damaskinos]] is the [[VampireMonarch Overlord of the Vampire Nation]], and the true villain behind the Reaper outbreak. A believer in the pureblood rhetoric of vampires, Damaskinos schemes to create [[MasterRace an entirely new race of vampires]] to overthrow and slaughter humanity and vamprekind alike, with Damaskinos as the progenitor of the new species. In his quest for this, Damaskinos oversees routine mass murder of humans to harvest their bloods in such quantities as to fill factory reservoirs, and Damaskinos personally [[BloodBath bathes in large pools of his victims' blood]]. Willing to forego all semblance of empathy or humanity to achieve his desires, [[AbusiveParents Damaskinos]] experimented on his own son Jared Nomak to turn him into a Reaper before targeting him for death, and Damaskinos later sends his daughter and her elite squadron to die at Nomak's hands, uncaring of the swathes of life lost in the process so long as he can raise an entire brood of vampire children to be experimented upon.
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I've seen plenty of positive comments about Scud's character, at least enough that his Scrappy status is far from unanimous
* BaseBreakingCharacter: The movie's fans are quite split on what to make of Scud. On the one hand, there are plenty of fans who consider him a poorly-written PluckyComicRelief character incorporated as [[KidAppealCharacter a forced attempt at trying to appeal to teenagers]] by acting as [[TotallyRadical stereotypically "cool and hip" as possible]] (i.e. talks trash, listens to rap music, calls the eponymous anti-hero 'B,' and constantly has a joint in his mouth.) Others enjoy him if for no other reason than to see an early-in-his-career Creator/NormanReedus [[LargeHam ham it up like nobody's business]]. [[spoiler: Even the reveal that he's TheMole has split the fanbase; some hate him for being a ''very'' incompetent villain whose betrayal [[AssPull came out of nowhere]], while others love his BloodyHilarious and [[PayEvilUntoEvil well-deserved]] death scene too much to care.]]
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* TheScrappy: Even people who liked the movie, don't like Scud considering he's a poorly-written comic relief character who talks trash, calls the eponymous anti-hero 'B,' and constantly has a joint in his mouth. This comes across as trying to appeal to teenagers and their definition of "cool". [[spoiler: Not to mention being a ''very'' incompetent villain.]]
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* HarsherInHindsight: Scud offers Blade a joint, which he declines. Creator/WesleySnipes would later cause problems on the shoot of ''Film/BladeTrinity'' by, amongst other things, staying in his trailer smoking weed.
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* HarsherInHindsight: HarsherInHindsight:
** Scud offers Blade a joint, which he declines. Creator/WesleySnipes would later cause problems on the shoot of ''Film/BladeTrinity'' by, amongst other things, staying in his trailer smokingweed.weed.
** One of the DVD commentaries features Snipes and David S. Goyer. Hearing them joking around is sad knowing that they'd later fall out while making ''Blade Trinity''.
** Scud offers Blade a joint, which he declines. Creator/WesleySnipes would later cause problems on the shoot of ''Film/BladeTrinity'' by, amongst other things, staying in his trailer smoking
** One of the DVD commentaries features Snipes and David S. Goyer. Hearing them joking around is sad knowing that they'd later fall out while making ''Blade Trinity''.
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Scud offers Blade a joint, which he declines. Creator/WesleySnipes would later cause problems on the shoot of ''Film/BladeTrinity'' by, amongst other things, staying in his trailer smoking weed.
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: HarsherInHindsight: Scud offers Blade a joint, which he declines. Creator/WesleySnipes would later cause problems on the shoot of ''Film/BladeTrinity'' by, amongst other things, staying in his trailer smoking weed.
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* {{Narm}}: The remark Reinhardt makes to Blade, "Can you blush?", was intended to be a racial slur, since Blade is black-skinned and it was based on a personal experience from Wesley Snipes. This however wasn't really clear to many people, who just found the line to be confusing or nonsensical. It isn't helped by the fact that it was altered in certain translations.
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* {{Narm}}: The remark Reinhardt makes to Blade, "Can you blush?", was intended to be a racial slur, since Blade is black-skinned and it was based on a personal experience from Wesley Snipes. This however wasn't really clear to many people, who just found The character was originally envisioned as a racist skinhead, which didn't come across in the final film, thus making the line to be confusing or nonsensical. It isn't helped by the fact that it was altered in certain translations.for some viewers.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The Blood Pack was created to hunt and kill Blade, but the only time we see them, they have to team up with Blade against the Reavers. An entire movie featuring Blade being hunted instead of being the hunter would have been an interesting plot.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot:
** The Blood Pack was created to hunt and kill Blade, but the only time we see them, they have to team up with Blade against the Reavers. An entire movie featuring Blade being hunted instead of being the hunter would have been an interesting plot.
** The Blood Pack was created to hunt and kill Blade, but the only time we see them, they have to team up with Blade against the Reavers. An entire movie featuring Blade being hunted instead of being the hunter would have been an interesting plot.
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* SpecialEffectsFailure: While the maw effects don't look too bad, some of the [=SFX=] haven't aged too well such as the dust effects on some vampire (particularly in the beginning when a camera focus on one Novack kills) or the scene in Blade's hideout where it suddenly goes to obvious CGI during his fight against one of the Blood Pack members.
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* SpecialEffectsFailure: While the maw effects don't look too bad, some of the [=SFX=] haven't aged too well such as the dust effects on some vampire (particularly in the beginning when a camera focus on one Novack kills) or kills). Some CGI was dodgy even at the scene in Blade's hideout where it suddenly goes to obvious CGI during his fight time of the film's release, such as the shot of Blade fighting Nyssa against one of the Blood Pack members. "god lights," which the director lambasts in his commentary track.
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* AssPull: Even though the first film made it clear that Whistler shot himself to avoid becoming a vampire (which should have killed him even if he had already turned into a vampire), in this one he's revealed to have survived with little to no explanation.
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** Even though the first film made it clear that Whistler shot himself to avoid becoming a vampire (which should have killed him even if he had already turned into a vampire), in this one he's revealed to have survived with little to noexplanation.explanation.
** Many fans feel there's no appropriate context or {{Foreshadowing}} for [[spoiler:Scud being TheMole.]]
** Even though the first film made it clear that Whistler shot himself to avoid becoming a vampire (which should have killed him even if he had already turned into a vampire), in this one he's revealed to have survived with little to no
** Many fans feel there's no appropriate context or {{Foreshadowing}} for [[spoiler:Scud being TheMole.]]
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* FanonDiscontinuity: The death of [[spoiler:Nyssa, an AntiVillain who has some good UST with Blade]], is often ignored by fan fiction writers.
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* FanPreferredCutContent: In the script, Bloodpack member Verlaine is the vengeful twin sister of Raquel, who Blade kills at the beginning of the first movie. This was scrapped when the actress couldn't reprise the role, but some fans wish that they'd still been sisters (just not twins), and the original TeethClenchedTeamwork dynamics preserved there.
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** It's also a shame that Jared and Nyssa never really get to talk to each other except at the end, given that [[spoiler: they're siblings.]]
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* MagnificentBastard: [[ImplacableMan Prince Jared Nomak]] is the original heir to the empire of vampire Overlord Eli Damaskinos. After being experimented on by Damaskinos, Nomak becomes the [[MonsterProgenitor progenitor]] of the Reaper strain, feral mutant vampires who feed on their civilized kin. Making his presence known after [[MuggingTheMonster luring several vampires into a trap]], Nomak leads his Reapers to attack other vampires, using the distraction to catch his sister Nyssa. Seeing the [[{{Dhampyr}} Daywalker]] Blade as a natural ally, Nomak sincerely tries to persuade him to join forces, while also sparing the life of Blade's mentor Whistler to reveal the truth about the Reapers' origins. Finally confronting and killing his [[ArchnemesisDad monstrous father]], Nomak also feeds on Nyssa at her behest and calmly accepts his own death at Blade's hands, thankful that his pain is over.
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* AssPull: Even though the first film made it clear that Whistler shot himself to avoid becoming a vampire (which should have killed him even if he had already turned into a vampire), in this one he's revealed to have survived with little to no explanation.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Creator/DonnieYen as Snowman, due to [[GratuitousNinja being a ninja]] and, well, to being Donnie Yen.
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** Creator/DonnieYen as Snowman, due to [[GratuitousNinja being a ninja]] and, well, to being Donnie Yen.
** Creator/DonnieYen as Snowman, due to [[GratuitousNinja being a ninja]] and, well, to being Donnie Yen.
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* {{Narm}}: The remark Reinhardt makes to Blade, "Can you blush?", was intended to be a racial slur, since Blade is black-skinned and it was based on a personal experience from Wesley Snipes. This however wasn't really clear to many people, who just found the line to be confusing or nonsensical. It isn't helped by the fact that it was altered in certain translations.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Luke Goss would go on portraying another nonhuman AntiVillain with a FreudianExcuse, [[spoiler:eventually SelfMadeOrphan]], in yet another [[Film/HellboyIITheGoldenArmy second movie]] directed by Creator/GuillermoDelToro.
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**Jared Nomak for a cool design, being the lead Reaper, and being played by Luke Goss.
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* MoralEventHorizon: Bad enough that Damaskinos actually created the Reaper virus, but the fact that he used his own son as the experiment really sends him over the line.
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* MoralEventHorizon: Bad enough that Damaskinos actually created the Reaper virus, but the fact that he used his own son as the experiment patient zero really sends him over the line.
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* FranchiseOriginalSin: A few of the things that fans complained about in ''Film/BladeTrinity'' got their start here. Blade was given a new sidekick, and wound up working with a team of vampires. These new characters, however, didn't steal the spotlight from Blade, and Whistler at least remained an important character.
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* FranchiseOriginalSin: A few of the things that fans complained about in ''Film/BladeTrinity'' got their start here. Blade was given a new sidekick, and wound up working with a team of vampires. These new characters, however, didn't steal the spotlight from Blade, and Whistler at least remained an important character. The third film turned the new arrivals into a SpotlightStealingSquad and abruptly killed off Whistler, souring things for lots of fans.
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* FranchiseOriginalSin: A few of the things that fans complained about in ''Film/BladeTrinity'' got their start here. Blade was given a new sidekick, and wound up working with a team of vampires. These new characters, however, didn't steal the spotlight from Blade, and Whistler at least remained an important character.
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* MoralEventHorizon: Bad enough that Damaskinos actually created the Reaper virus, but the fact that he used his own son as the experiment really sends him over the line.
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* TheScrappy: Even people who liked the movie, don't like Scud considering he's a poorly-written comic relief character who talks trash, calls the eponymous anti-hero 'B,' and constantly has a joint in his mouth. This comes across as trying to appeal to teenagers and their definition of "cool".
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* TheScrappy: Even people who liked the movie, don't like Scud considering he's a poorly-written comic relief character who talks trash, calls the eponymous anti-hero 'B,' and constantly has a joint in his mouth. This comes across as trying to appeal to teenagers and their definition of "cool". [[spoiler: Not to mention being a ''very'' incompetent villain.]]
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* TheScrappy: Even people who liked the movie, don't like Scud considering he's a poorly-written comic relief character who talks trash, calls the eponymous anti-hero 'B,' and constantly has a joint in his mouth. This comes across as trying to appeal to teenagers and their definition of "cool".
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The Blood Pack was created to hunt and kill Blade, but the only time we see them, they have to team up with Blade against the Reavers. An entire movie featuring Blade being hunted instead of being the hunter would have been an interesting movie.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The Blood Pack was created to hunt and kill Blade, but the only time we see them, they have to team up with Blade against the Reavers. An entire movie featuring Blade being hunted instead of being the hunter would have been an interesting movie.plot.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The Blood Pack was created to hunt and kill Blade, but the only time we see them, they have to team up with Blade against the Reavers. An entire movie featuring Blade fighting the Blood Pack would have been fun, if not much of a step away from the original.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The Blood Pack was created to hunt and kill Blade, but the only time we see them, they have to team up with Blade against the Reavers. An entire movie featuring Blade fighting being hunted instead of being the Blood Pack hunter would have been fun, if not much of a step away from the original.an interesting movie.
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* FridgeBrilliance: Scud is ordered by the bloodpack to hold open a reaper's mandibles while they're dissecting it. Scud is reluctant, but Blade calls him a "sissy" so he goes ahead with it. It seems out of character for Blade to back a bit of vampire bullying in favor of his human companion, but the end reveals that Blade knows that Scud is a DoubleAgent, so he doesn't really gives a damn about Scudd.
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** Nyssa's death, the only real sympathetic vampire in the series, she also makes the audience think about how pureblood vampires don't have a choice. Its obvious she and Blade have a thing, and she ends up dying. SPECTACULARLY.
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** Nyssa's death, the only real sympathetic vampire in the series, she also makes the audience think about how pureblood vampires don't have a choice. Its It's obvious she and Blade have a thing, and she ends up dying. SPECTACULARLY.
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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoment:
** When the unsentimental hard-ass Whistler desperately cries to a dying Blade ''"Don't you give up on me, boy!! You didn't give up on me, and I'm not gonna give up on you!!"'' you know that even he is capable of love.
** Nyssa's death, the only real sympathetic vampire in the series, she also makes the audience think about how pureblood vampires don't have a choice. Its obvious she and Blade have a thing, and she ends up dying. SPECTACULARLY.
** When the unsentimental hard-ass Whistler desperately cries to a dying Blade ''"Don't you give up on me, boy!! You didn't give up on me, and I'm not gonna give up on you!!"'' you know that even he is capable of love.
** Nyssa's death, the only real sympathetic vampire in the series, she also makes the audience think about how pureblood vampires don't have a choice. Its obvious she and Blade have a thing, and she ends up dying. SPECTACULARLY.
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* FridgeBrilliance: Scud is ordered by the bloodpack to hold open a reaper's mandibles while they're dissecting it. Scud is reluctant, but Blade calls him a "sissy" so he goes ahead with it. It seems out of character for Blade to back a bit of vampire bullying in favor of his human companion, but the end reveals that Blade knows that Scud is a DoubleAgent, so he doesn't really gives a damn about Scudd.
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* FunnyAnersymMoment: Scud offers Blade a joint, which he declines. Creator/WesleySnipes would later cause problems on the shoot of ''Film/BladeTrinity'' by, amongst other things, staying in his trailer smoking weed.
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* FunnyAnersymMoment: Scud offers Blade a joint, which he declines. Creator/WesleySnipes would later cause problems on the shoot of ''Film/BladeTrinity'' by, amongst other things, staying in his trailer smoking weed.
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* EvenBetterSequel: A large percentage of the ''Blade'' fanbase finds the sequel to be even better than the first one, appreciating its more stylized visuals, added humor and colorful cast of characters over the more grim and realistic original.
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* EvenBetterSequel: A large percentage of the ''Blade'' fanbase finds the sequel to be even better than the first one, appreciating its more stylized visuals, added humor and colorful cast of characters over the more grim and realistic original. Even those who don't find it superior to the original typically believe it is still a very worthy sequel.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The Blood Pack was created to hunt and kill Blade, but the only time we see them, they have to team up with Blade against the Reavers. An entire movie featuring Blade fighting the Blood Pack would have been fun, though if not much of a step away from the original.
