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Posted by: LordSimen at July 10, 2008, 9:31 pm

Topic: Tim Burton Has To Know He Fucked Up Forum: JoBlo

Quote: Originally Posted by fooknasty But Blade wasn't nearly as successful as X-Men was. But it was successful none the less. A successful comic book movie. Whether or not it was as successful as X-men has no baring on the fact that it came before X-men and was the start of the current comic book movie trend. Quote: Originally Posted by fooknasty This is includeing the fact that Blade had a huge movie star in Wesley Snipes headlining it's movie, while X-Men didn't have the name recognition it did (But had overwhelming unknown talent in Singer and Jackman). Blade was successful because of the popularity of Snipes (And I amno way taking away the fact that Blade was a good movie). Last I chicked, Halle Berry was a pretty big star before the X-men movies. Patrick Stewart was pretty recognizable and big as well due to his work on Star Trek. Even people who didn't watch the show knew him from there. Blade may have been successful because of the popularity of Snipes, but that doesn't take away the fact that it was still a successful comic book movie. Quote: Originally Posted by fooknasty Plus, X-Men met with a lot of positive reviews, where Blade was mixed. I guarantee studios didn't look at Blade and X-Men the same way. Once X-Men rocked the shit out of people with a great story, acting, and directing (and no major stars) studios realized they could safely bank on a comic book franchise. Blade paved the way for X-men. X-men was a big catalyst and definitely the "make or break" moment for comic book films. But it owes it's existence to Blade.

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