Twitter has reacted to a security guard looking like “Blade.” You all watched and still remember the 1998 movie “Blade”? Yeah, that’s exactly how this security guard who has gone viral on Twitter looks like.
Twitter folks reacted with photos of other security guards also looking like “Blade.” It seems dressing that way is a requirement for these security guards.
The poster of the photo wrote:
This the most securing guard I’ve ever see.
The security guard was dripping and looked like “Blade” in his working gear.
Did you know without Wesley Snipes’ “Blade,” there might not have been an MCU?
Back in 1998, when Wesley Snipes’ “Blade” was released, no one could have predicted that Marvel would be breaking box office records with “Avengers: Endgame” 20 years later. Although Marvel only made a measly $25,000 off its first successful film — the rest of the haul went to the studio — the Wesley Snipes vampire classic provided an early blueprint for its many successes to come, and redeemed the brand’s status in Hollywood. A new video essay from YouTuber Insider traces the history of Marvel in Hollywood, and argues that the parallel world-building and inspired casting in “Blade” directly influenced the MCU of today.
“In many ways, it saved Marvel’s cinema prospects entirely, as well as revived the superhero genre,” Insider says. “‘Blade’ was a moral victory for Marvel, finally establishing it as a rising force in Hollywood. It demonstrated that audiences could be drawn towards Marvel’s C list characters.”
Much of the success was due to Wesley Snipes’ performance, and his pitch perfect casting as the half-vampire, half-human superhero. Much like Robert Downey, Jr.’s performance as Iron Man, the writers tailored the character to Snipes’ strengths, rather than the other way around. This would be key to the MCU’s future success.
See, I told you.
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