OBSESSION OF THE WEEK
I was never a huge fan of the Blade movies. They were solid, but Wesley Snipes has a habit of taking himself way too seriously, and that can't help but make me not take him very seriously (and this was before he got nailed for all that loony tax evasion stuff). So I didn't expect much when they made the comic-book-turned-feature-film-franchise into a TV series for Spike. But damn if it didn't turn out to be an addictive, intelligent, and, yes, gruesome surprise. At least I thought so. Maybe I was the only one. The show never found an audience, and was promptly canceled at the end of the first season. Well, in case you were a fan of the show or were curious to check it out, I have good news and bad news. The good news: The two-hour pilot is now available on DVD under the new title Blade: House of Chthon (which I suppose has less of the stink of failure attached to it than Blade: The Series would've had). The bad news is that means that the rest of the show will most likely never come out. It's odd in one way, seeing as how the premiere ended on such an unresolved note. On the other hand, season 1 ended on a huge cliff-hanger, so maybe it's no more awkward to leave people hanging at this point. Whatever. I guess I just get off on pimping shows that no one else cares about. Which also helps explain my bringing up Harsh Realm again in the preceding bit on prematurely canceled shows. What? I liked it!
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