Hello everyone,
Evelyn here,
Well, I just finished watching the 2-hour premiere of Blade the Series with Kirk "Sticky" Jones in the starring role, and I must say the show opened far beyond my expectation of a beginning series. I learned a little more about the major characters. Blade as we know from the film adaptation is still fighting against demonic vampires (sound like an oxymoron, I mean what other type of vampires could there be if one think of the Dracula we of the 50s and 60s generation grew up viewing).
I believe that Jill Wagner’s character, Krista Starr, began the series as Gulf War Vet, and that she comes homes to discover that her brother (Zack) has been murder. She soon learned that the "people" who are responsible for his death are not people at all but vampires. While Krista searches for clue to who might have murdered her brother, she meets Blade, and she is quickly bought into his circle.
Blade sends her to a Chthon private party where she meets Marcus Van Sciver a leader of the Chthon’s vampire clan. Marcus has all the class and the polish that Spike (from The WB's Angel) lacked but is equally deadly. As the fates would have it, Marcus meets and likes Krista immediately. However, Krista discovers that she had found the one she has been seeking and "Whoa, momma!", she breaks out the hard utilities and from a rooftop has a chilling tête-à-tête with Marcus about what he is and what he is vulnerable to all while sighting him with a PVW (a sniper rifle). Lord, am I leaning some new terminology, and will not find this girl sitting home watching the soaps.
Krista still new the vampire hunting is out witted by Marcus and later wake as him captive where he turns her. As a vampire, she is more dangerous than in her human state because she becomes conscienceless and kills a crooked police detective without remorse. This lack of moral conscience last only until Blade shows up and injects her with a serum that controls her vampire nature to kill for blood. Krista is a vampire and she will remain one, but like Blade, she must inject herself with the serum to keep from becoming a mindless fiend.
There are many scenes in the series that has helped it earned its rating for not being suitable for younger viewers. The rating, which applies the series are for its strong language, strong sexual references, and high violence. However, the one major objection I have to the series is the scenes in which we see Blade and others are injected with either serum or some other form of substance. These scenes are objectionable as well as offensive because they are too similar to watching someone “shoot up” with an illegal substance. Children should not view this because of thebad connotation it bring to mind and/or any possible subversion to the true meaning of the scenes. I think we viewers got the point of the injections in the movie versions of Blade.
Once Blade has helped Krista come to her senses, he ahs a new ally. Krista also learned that Marcus murdered her brother (Zack) because of his partnership with Blade. She the goes back in the Chthon’s clan domain where she will act as a spy to help Blade and ultimately humanity.
Well this is my updated review on Blade the Series. Overall, it promises to be one of better cult series on the small screen this season and for us fans many seasons to come.
There is another clan named in the series, the Liechen, and each clan has a glyph or tattoo that identified members of their groups and under ultraviolet lighting a place of business or safe house. At this time, we do not know much about the Liechen, but there is every indication that they are adversaries of the Chthon’s chan and that the Liechen will play a major role in this series.
There also a Native American origin to these vampires and at this point we do not know who created whom.
The additional casts of the show are as follows.
Blade - Kirk "Sticky" Jones
Krista Starr - Jill Wagner
Marcus Van Sciver - Neil Jackson
Shen - Nelson Lee
Chase - Jessica Gower
Here are two more links about the show, and one of the links is an interview with Kirk “Sticky” Jones.
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117930953?categoryid=1264&cs=1
http://www.blackfilm.com/20060623/features/kirkjones.shtml
Evelyn F. Altheimer-Fain © July 1, 2006
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Evelyn
