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3* The blood rave in the beginning of the film is one of the best remembered scenes of the series. Vampires lure unsuspecting humans to an underground rave, then pipe blood through the fire sprinklers and devour the humans... until Blade steps in and slaughters them. The vampires' reaction to Blade's appearance is a major {{establishing character moment}}. That, my friends, is how you make an entrance.
4** To put this into perspective, Blade is working alone, facing dozens, if not even a ''hundred'' [[{{Pun}} bloodthirsty]] vampires, and [[TheDreaded his mere presence strikes so much fear into the crowd]] that most of them flee in terror.
5** One vampire even mutters "[[OhCrap Oh Jesus, it's him!]]"
6** To the extent that reviews for the movie basically say: "It's okay, but it never gets better than its opening scene".
7* Right after Blade escapes his bonds during the climax and Quinn attacks him, Blade pulls out a garrote wire from his vest and in one clean motion, swipes Quinn's head off and snatches his trademark shades from it in the air. Simple, but incredibly cool.
8* It's a bit too long to be the subject of MemeticMutation, but: "Some motherfucker's always tryin' to ice skate uphill." BAM!
9* The SequelHook:

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