Blade: Trinity

[PHILBERT]

So who saw this? I got to see it last Saturday, pretty good movie, typical action movie with lots of killing. I loved the new guy though, Hannibal King. I began cheering when he was fighting the vampire dude at the end and put him in an arm bar. Too bad they didn't introduce him in like the second one or something.

[ShaolinTiger00]

I thought it was a horrible piece of crap and I left an hour into it.

totally ghey.

[mickey]

Greetings,

This movie started to go downhill when Kris Kristofferson blew himself up after giving the cops the longest finger of his left hand.

It appeared as if there was a new camera crew and fewer choreographers. The action was captured choppily and the fighting was not tight and vicious. This one was the worst of the three. I wish they had brought back the son from the second movie. The character was so tragic as to deserve continuance.

Whistler's daughter looked good. I'd like to give her a few bites.

mickey

[morbicid]

i agree that it was the weakest of the three movies. i still think it was a GOOD movie... and certainly worthy to be part of the series (whereas sometimes i don't even acknowlege a sequel - like with terminator 3).

The biggest problem with this movie was Dracula in his human form. The man just didn't look bad enough and simply could not act. Nomak from part 2 was awesome... and he beat the crap out of Blade. Blade was just smart enough to hit him with a sneak attack at the end of the fight.

Also the humor in blade 3 was a bit out of character for a blade movie. although it did crack me up a few times.

the fighting / action was all great except for the bow and arrow... i found that ridiculous.

[PHILBERT]

Yeah, the guy who played Dracula looked more like a model than Dracula.

[Chang Style Novice]

Unlike ST00 I stayed to the end.

Which just goes to show he's smarter than me.

I also saw "The Life Aquatic" tonight. That's one peculiar flick right there. Not as bad as Blade 3, but certainly not as good as "Rushmore" or "Royal Tennenbaums." Much weirder than any of those others named, though.

Also, from the previews - Keanu Reeves as John Constantine? Maybe I'm a total geek-boy (okay, scratch the maybe) but that show looks like filet of ass with ass sauce served on a bed of ass pilaf.

[Christopher M]

Mmmm... ass pilaf...

[Vash]

Originally posted by Chang Style Novice
Also, from the previews - Keanu Reeves as John Constantine? Maybe I'm a total geek-boy (okay, scratch the maybe) but that show looks like filet of ass with ass sauce served on a bed of ass pilaf.

Indeed. John Constantine is the kinda guy who gets oral form a canine and doesn't mind. Keanu Reeves wouldn't even notice. And the ad I saw, looked superheroish - not Hellblazer.

[GeneChing]

Here's the ezine article we posted on Blade 3 just before it opened (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=565). I haven't seen it yet and will probably wait until it comes to video or late night Spanish TV. I wasn't that into the first two Blades...

[tug]

Saw it, thought it was ok. Snipes is pigeonholing himself into this character, although not necessarily a bad thing, but it seems he's kinda stuck now.

The fight choreography was decent, not as good as 2 but good enough.

Dracula? What a tard. It was the guy from the short-lived show "John Doe" which I thought didn't get the credit it deserved, but I agree, the guy can't act.

Jessica Biel was stellar in the role of Whistler's daughter, and what a hottie!!

Ryan Reynolds was as annoying as f@ck!! Several times I overheard myself saying "just shut the F@CK UP already". Way too overboard on the comic relief for me.

Oh, and HHH? Are you kidding me? Another tard who can't act. I'm guessing he was cast as the "big guy". I did like the fact that he got to beat the living sh!t out of Reynolds though.

One more thing - if I ever see Parker Posey on the street, I will personally kick her in the face.

Sorry for ranting, I guess the movie sucked azz after all.

[@PLUGO]

Thank God for Humor by Hanibal King...

the flick was the most "comic book" of the 3 with the vampires offering no real threat and the introduction of the nightstalkers. :rolleyes:

It was good for a laugh and some eye candy, and it helps keep that MARVEL intro on the big screen, which is always neat to see. Visually that running through walls chase scene was enjoyable. the Fights where Okay... DRAKE was a pretty lame villian.. but Parker Possie was GREAT!!!

[tug]

the flick was the most "comic book" of the 3 with the vampires offering no real threat and the introduction of the nightstalkers.

I have to agree with you there DS, good point.

Will there be another to follow up with?

[Ray Pina]

You guys just saved me $30 ... when you figure tickets for 2, popcorn, raisenettes and what not.

I had that feeling myself. And to be honest, I wasn't so into the second one either. The digital stuff was obvious, the new kind of vampire thing a bit of a stretch .... I can disbelieve my reality enough to accept vampires, but two types?

[red5angel]

I enjoyed the hell out of it. The 2nd movie was the best in the series but this one was pretty cool too. The main bad guy "dracula" could have been developed a hell of a lot more then he was but I was pleasantly surprised by Biel, and she has a sweet ass.

Int theory this was supposed to be the last one. It was planned as a trilogy of sorts. Who knows if they will decide to do another one or not.

[tug]

Biel, and she has a sweet ass.

Dig.

[NeedsPractice]

As a fan of the series-

1- Blade 3 sucked
2- Way too much dumb humor, and not enough of blade
3- BLAdes part was way too small
4- Whistler daughter being tougher than vamps?
5- The hannibal king character if I remember vaguely was in the original comic books ( but whatever)
6- The movie was basically a rehash of the first and the second movie combined. ( BLade fights a super vampire at the end) the vampires trying to figure a way to kill blade.
7- Ryan reynolds was in a seperate movie all by himself. and should have never been in this one.

Unfortunately the series could never top the beginning of the first movie when takes out the club in the meat packing plant.


Like the matrix they should have stopped at the second movie.

[@PLUGO]

Seems doubtful Wesley Snipes will return to the Blade character.. and after this 3rd one I'm not to disappointed... let it rest. Meanwhile he could make a decient BLACK PANTHER and is interested in doing so...

David Goyer writes pretty good comics when he's not doing films. He's talked about doing a NIGHTSTALKERS spinoff film.. which could be entertaining (& Red5 was spot on: Ms Biel was enjoyable to watch) and Ryan Renolds was still pretty funny.

As it turns out David Goyer & Ryan Renolds have mention working on THE FLASH movie next.... for those of you who are into that sort of thing :p

[red5angel]

needspractice:

1 - No way!!!
2 - We're still talking about Blade 3 right?
3 - Did we see the same movie?
4 - She has a sweet ASS, who cares if she's tougher then vampires
5 - Not that I know of - The character was originaly supposed to be a girl from the original comics.
6 - Vampire movie based on comic books......
7 - I can almost agree with you on this. I liked the character but he didn't seem to mesh well.

[Vash]

Originally posted by red5angel
5 - Not that I know of - The character was originaly supposed to be a girl from the original comics.

http://www.marveldirectory.com/individuals/k/kinghannibal.htm

[red5angel]

well there you go. all I knew for certain was that the character was supposed to be a female originally but someone liked Ryan so much they decided to write him in.

[@PLUGO]

you're both kind of correct:

Hanibal King is indeed a marvel character.

The Abigail Whistler character was intended to be based on the marvel comic charactor Rachel Van Helsing (http://www.marveldirectory.com/individuals/v/vanhelsingrachel.htm). However, once the Van Heilsing film was released there was no desire for any sort of connection to be made between the films and Beil's charactor was rewritten to be a whistler; which in my opinion was a bit of a lame name for anyone other than Kris Kristofferson.

Also of slight interest.
The storyline about finding an ultimate solution to vampires was also lifted from the comics. In the case of the comic story, it was a magic spell rather than a biological weapon. The spell was contained in the marvel equivilant to the necronomicon, an ancient book used by Dracula to imunise himself from sunlight. He intended to make himself more powerful with its magics but it was stolen and brought to Doctor Strange (http://www.marveldirectory.com/individuals/d/drstrange.htm). With the help of Blade, Hannibal, Van Helsing along with one or two others, they where able to read the spell that originally created vampires backwards (or somesuch) thus uncreating all vampires on earth. Blade was turned human after nearly dying. Of course this "final solution" was reverse by another writer some years later. Still it was a memoriable enough story...

[NeedsPractice]

Yeah i do remember that storyline from marvel comics, by the time that storyline cmae out i was pretty much done with comics (except for an occasional read at a comic booc shop to kill time)


But back to the point them movie could have been alot tighter, its like they combined Blade with Gilmore Girls.
And that ultraviolet cross bow looked like they didnt want to completely rip off star wars ( light saber), anyways it is was it is.

[@PLUGO]

Yeah that Lazer batlith (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=571) was pretty ridiclous... why bother when a Silver blade would do the trick and probably be less costly.

but it's not like we're looking to this film for solid logic on how to fight Vampires... are we?

[Shaolinlueb]

i could have bought the bootleg for 88 cents in china. would it have been worth it?

[tug]

Yeah, it would have. I got a very good bootleg for 6 bucks, and even though I thought the movie was overall a$$, it was worth it.

[Vash]

Saw it last night. Not only did the movie suck ass, the theater smelled like old pee.

But that Jessica Biel is lucky UI wasn't in that shower - cuz I would hadta run my tongue over every square inch of that body.

[tug]

:D

[Vash]

Originally posted by tug
:D

Amen.

[NeedsPractice]

What the heck are you guys talking about?lol

I go to an action movie to see action not Jessica Biel in the shower, but I guess I will take what I can get.

[Vash]

If, at any time, a woman of the sex appeal of Jessica Biel is naked and/or under running water, praise must be given.

[@PLUGO]

correction VASH, Thanks and praises . . . ;)

[Vash]

Ah, indeed.

[red5angel]

I'd kill all of you to run my tongue over Jessia Biels body.....



Yeah that Lazer batlith was pretty ridiclous... why bother when a Silver blade would do the trick and probably be less costly.

uh, we are still talking about a movie, based on a comic book right?

[Vash]

Originally posted by red5angel
I'd kill all of you to run my tongue over Jessia Biels body.....


I've yet to have any part of my ass kicked by a midget, much less killed.

[SimonM]

Originally posted by Vash
If, at any time, a woman of the sex appeal of Jessica Biel is naked and/or under running water, praise must be given.

Yes but was she actually naked or was she "my contract says no nudity and I don't care how you do the shower scene" naked?

[@PLUGO]

Originally posted by red5angel
I'd kill all of you to run my tongue over Jessia Biels body.....




uh, we are still talking about a movie, based on a comic book right?

absolutely...

speaking of which the BLADE comic is collected and available for purchace.

wonder at the funkiness in character design (& wooden Stakes)

the Original BLADE (http://images.tfaw.com/coverst/400/b/blade_bw_tpb.jpg)

[FuXnDajenariht]

good lord....they found a way to ruin another one of my favorite movie series...again. you can't trust these hollywood kids with anything these days....

forget everything else wrong with this sorry sack of **** excuse for a movie..... who gave them acting lessons?! why did blade strike a pose after killing every vampire? and why did they start blasting bad techno music during every fight scene, i guess they haven't realized yet in hollywood that it drops their movie about 20 points down the "take me serious" scale... bad taste. and what was with the unbelievably stupid looks of horror the vampires made whenever blade or one of his new pals dropped on by. usually through a window in any event.... especially that female vampire. looks like her buttplug just slipped out. :o

the fight scenes were so stiff and unnatural i dont know how the choreographer got a paycheck.... then they get sum juiced up model to play the king of all vampires? if he was such a completely unstoppably bad mofo then why was he running away from blade like his ass was on fire? whistlers death, the most important scene in the movie, had to be the most uninspired, anticlimactic garbage ive watched in a long time..... i could go on and on.....

i hafta say tho that ryan reynolds character was pretty **** funny. it actually made the movie watchable. i dont mind comedy relief in a serious movie if its funny, and im not too worried about plot in a comic book adap.... now try the wisecracking a-hole schtick in blade one and i woulda prolly been ****ed. this 2 hour advertisement for leather..... not so much. trinity didn't have the feel of the first 2.... those movies drew you in.... they exuded darkness and the atmosphere felt evil. everything you'd expect when dealing with beings who use us like cattle. the first lord of the rings had more of that than trinity. trinity is just goofy. they scream 'take me serious' to you but everything they do says otherwise.... just another cashcow for sum already overpaid producer in hollywood. i would almost feel insulted but then that would be giving them too much power. talk about irrelevant...

[red5angel]

Have we all been watching the same "Blade" series or are you guys watching something else?


why did blade strike a pose after killing every vampire?

When has he not, it's Blade man!!!


and why did they start blasting bad techno music during every fight scene,

uh, Blade!


the fight scenes were so stiff and unnatural

I was slightly disappointed in the fight scenes. The choreography in 2nd movie blows the first and third one away. I didn't mind some of the techno goofiness, it's a hollywood action movie, about vampires and vampire hunters, based on a comic book. I cna't believe anyone could even take issue with it.


Frankly, I thought the first one sucked ass. Dorf as the main bad guy was just a bad call. The guy might be able to act, a little, but he in no way made an intimidating or worthy enemy for Blade. Blades character was poorly developed in the first one as well. The fight scenes were ok, but again, you didn't have anyone in the movie worthy of Blade/Snipes abilities.
The second movie is still the kicker in my book. The main bad guy was pretty cool. The whole reaper strain thing sort of gave vampirism it's own spin. The fight scenes were incredible.
As for the third movie they could have done a couple of things better - fight scenes could have been better written, blade should have had less diologue, Dracula should have been better developed, and Biels should have been naked through most of the movie. Other then that I enjoyed it.

I'm also one of the few who will probably admit to liking the movies waaaaaaay better then the comic books. they just weren't that interesting to me.

[NeedsPractice]

How could you say blade should have had less dialogue?
Ryan reynolds should have had much less dialogue ?
What the heck is the guy from Vanwilder doing in a blade movie?
Or the girl from seventh heaven ?
The dracula character was basically a wasted plot twist

In blade one the dorf character was semi interesting not because he was tough but because he smarter to a degree than the head vampires who he killed and blade who killed him eventually.

Blade 3 the story just sucked. But 1 and 2 were decent movies.

Also in blade 3 that part where blade and the other 2 were dangling the guy off the roof, the way it was shot it looked like throwaway footage from a bad 70s movie that didnt fit the rest of the movie.
In a blade movie i dont want soft core porn or beavis and ******** humor just **** good action.!!!
And no i dont take the movies seriously , like the matrix guys who have an ENTIRE FORUM trying to decipher the MATRIx.


Maybe this entire forum should forget about kungfu and just talk about BLade, his lineage and how his teacher didnt learn the real stuff? lol

[FuXnDajenariht]

Originally posted by red5angel

When has he not, it's Blade man!!!



uh, Blade!



huuuh? whhaaat? :p

[red5angel]

Blades not a talky kind of character. his dialogue should be short and sweet. In this movie it seems like they tried to give him more depth by giving him more dialogue but it just got awkward.

Ryan Reynolds - I liked him, he's hilarious, but I think he needed to be integrated into the movie better.

Jessica Biel - are you insane?! You have to ask why they slipped her into the movie?! She's HOT!!!!

As for Deacon Frost/Dorf - I know he was supposed to appear to be the smart type but I don't think the writing or his acting pulled it off. He just seemed like some whiney twerp who had enough freinds to pull off a half assed coup attempt. Physically he was no match, so you knew when Blade got to him, he'd be dead. None of his henchmen were all that either, so it wouldn't take blade all tha much to get to him. He didn't do anything in the movie that showed he had any real brains. The actor was the wrong choice, the writing of the characer was bad.

Fux - It's blade man, two signatures are trance/techno music and his moves!

[NeedsPractice]

The deacon frost character in the comics was older than Dorff. MAybe they should have gone with an older actor ( older looking, taller etc for Deacon Frost) but that is spilt milk anyway.
The first movie was pretty good.

Ryan Reynolds was acting like he was still in Van Wilder ( Van wilder almost sounds like van helsing maybe thats how he got the part?)

BLade is not an action comedy series, if they casted the rock instead of triple H or as the orginal vamp that would have been a hell of alot more interesting.




To quote stan lee, nuff said

[red5angel]

To quote stan lee, nuff said

what exaclty did Stan Lee say?

Frankly, the comic books sucked ass. The movies have given the whole vampire and vampire hunter theme a breath of fresh air. that and it has a hell of a lot more style then the comics.

[NeedsPractice]

Nuff Said

It may not have been stan lee but someone else at marvel used to write it in the whats coming out next month section, ( back when i was a kid)

[Shaolinlueb]

i have a 4 issue dracula series with blade in it and its decent. and have you read the nightstalkers? well at least the first issue was good. the whole midnight sons thing was nice.

[FuXnDajenariht]

blade 3 sucked.

nuff said....

[red5angel]

your mom sucks. nuff said.

[Scythefall]

Well, to me, Kris Kristofferson and Wesley Snipes both acted like they didn't want to even be in the film. With the inclusion of Ryan Reynolds, who's comedy was so disjointed it ruined the movie, I can see why. If he wasn't bad enough as both the narrator and practically the star of the movie, the Dracula character was about as pitiful as I've ever seen. The bad direction made the attempted humor of Dracula walking into a Gothic Spencer's Gifts kind of store that sells "dracula' bobble heads a strain to watch.

Parker Posey and whoever played her brother were the most moronic vampires I've ever seen in movies. Even Frost's henchman inthe first movie who was a bit of a wild card was at least mildly threatening. No human was going to take him out, that's for sure.

Jessica Biel, who is absolutely gorgeous and did her very best in the role, was amped up beyond belief. Her character at one point knocks out two vampires with a single hit. George Romero's zombies are tougher than that. It's a shame because this could have been her big break into more major films.

I could have accepted Hannibal King going toe-to-toe with vampires except that he wasn't the Hannibal King of the comics. Hannibal is a vampire. In the movie they decided to cure him for some reason.

The final fight between Blade and Dracula was ridiculous. There was no sword choreography to speak of, no shots of stancework, or anything that makes for a good sword battle. And the movie ends with Dracula sneezing and killing a whopping 3 vampires in the immediate area...what a finale.

Anyway, it was a **** poor follow up to Blade 2 and hopefully they'll just let the series die rather than try to pull off a Nightstalkers movie.

[Vash]

Indeed.

I just watched Blade II again this weekend. It roxord. Again.

[NeedsPractice]

Glad to see I am not the only one who felt they butchered blade 3 into a bad dawsons creek knockoff. It could definitly have been much more than it was. I have also read Snipes wasnt happy with it either.

Also you notice how they mention in the movie blade was the start and end of all vampires ( in the narration) this was a plot thread they talked about doing in the series but never did.

[ShaolinJOJO]

This is probably the worst movie ever made.Even worse then alien v.s. predator, and any of the movies like Nightmare on elm street 7.

[Shaolinlueb]

Originally posted by ShaolinJOJO
This is probably the worst movie ever made.Even worse then alien v.s. predator, and any of the movies like Nightmare on elm street 7.

member in D.C. when we saw AVP. OH MAN. that was hilarious. man i should have bought blade 3 i china. :(

[ShaolinJOJO]

Yeah that was the most funny thing i ever saw. That was so hillarious it probaly helped us all out at the wong tournament a few days later

[Shaolinlueb]

Originally posted by ShaolinJOJO
Yeah that was the most funny thing i ever saw. That was so hillarious it probaly helped us all out at the wong tournament a few days later

it definetly did.
lueb - it was good
jojo - no it wasn't
lueb - oh come on it was okay
jojo - no it wasn't , nothing at all was good about it

[ShaolinJOJO]

yeah you forgot "WORST MOVIE EVER"

[Shaolinlueb]

Originally posted by ShaolinJOJO
yeah you forgot "WORST MOVIE EVER"

yeah i did. :o

[GeneChing]

If this happens, we'll split it into an independent thread.


Comic Con: Wesley Snipes On ‘Blade’ Marvel Talks, ‘The Player’ & Spike Lee (http://deadline.com/2015/07/wesley-snipes-blade-comic-con-interview-blade-the-player-1201472733/)
by Dominic Patten
July 9, 2015 11:47am

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Wesley Snipes brings a lot of legacy to the San Diego confab today and not just because he was here last year as one of the ensemble of The Expendables 3. The actor debuted as Blade back in 1998 when some of those in the current crop of Marvel movies were still in short pants. That vampire hunting character and the trio of pics that Snipes fronted as Blade will certainly be on the minds of many fans in Room 6A of the SD Convention Center for The Player panel this morning.

Before today’s SDCC appearance, Snipes chatted with me about his new NBC series from the team behind that other Comic-Con regular The Blacklist as well as the possibility of more Blade, other potential Marvel opportunities and some more action he has planned.

DEADLINE: This is your first time back doing TV extensively in a long time, how is it?

WESLEY SNIPES: Well it’s a team effort and I’m not carrying the whole thing. Philip Winchester and Charity Wakefield are just as prevalent in the show. It came to me after I was in conversations with about another television show and I guess the word got out that I would be open and willing to consider doing the TV series. And this was one that they sent to me. The script was very good. Actually it was better than some of the feature film action scripts, that have been sent to me.

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DEADLINE: How do you think it will go over in front of the Comic-Con crowd?

SNIPES: I think it was kind of interesting that a drama like this, a high-concept drama, would be even considered to be represented in Comic-Con, so it should be interesting. I just hope that we don’t have all the questions centered around if I’m going to do Blade Four or not.

DEADLINE: Well, will you be bringing the vampire hunter back?

SNIPES: The project is controlled by Marvel and we did have a really productive and a wonderful meeting and we discussed a number of things. I don’t know where it’s on their schedule at this point, that hasn’t been decided. I guess it’s still up in the air.

DEADLINE: Could we see you going the ever expanding Marvel Universe in another way?

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SNIPES: That’s a possibility too. I’ve always been a fan of these pieces and adaptations and I’d be nice to be a part of the family again. But if we don’t to a Blade 4 or something else with Marvel, we’ll do something else. We have some other characters and some other concepts that are going to be just as exciting and hopefully just as successful. The first season of The Player will be interesting as well because we have drama and action, which is what I like. It gives me a chance to do a number of different things.

DEADLINE: Marvel has the Black Panther movie moving forward and the Falcon character has become part of the Captain America and Avengers franchises, do you think the tide is turning to finally have more African-American superheroes?
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SNIPES: I don’t know. It’s takes more than one situation to make it a trend. One wouldn’t qualify it as a trend or a real shift in the tides yet. We’ll have to see how well the films do and how well the characters are presented. Clearly there’s an audience for it, both domestically and internationally. And I know that only a few guys can do this, so it’s kind of hard. Not everybody can do the comic book adaptation thing and make it believable. It is challenging.

DEADLINE: Having been primarily a feature actor for most of your career, did you have concerns about the challenges of doing a weekly 1-hour network TV series?

SNIPES: Not so much about going to…well, okay Yes, I did. I was about to say no, but there are a lot of thing different about doing television that I had to consider. It connects to your audience’s households weekly and I think that changes your profile, your ability to stay somewhat private and anonymous, which film offers you. But then again, the idea of doing television just seemed like it’s the right time. There’s a lot of great stuff on television now and that’s very appealing to actors who want to work, who do good quality and high quality work. So maybe the whole situation made it quite, quite attractive, but you’re always concerned that the time demands on television will interrupt or interfere with your film work and that was a big concern, so we kind of tried to structure things in a way where I can still do feature film and still do the series.

DEADLINE: As an actor how do you find the feature and TV differ?

SNIPES: You have to wait around a little longer on TV than we normally would to even get the scripts to know what’s going on than we would in film. In film you have the script months ahead of time often, for a good film, but in television it seems like you might not get the script until a week or two weeks before you’ve got to film it. It’s a little weird, but also quite challenging. It reminds me of repertory theatre. That process where you’re doing the show, you’re prepping for another show, and you’re in pre-production for another show all at the same time and thinking about another show, all in the same week.

DEADLINE: Besides the mix of drama and action it allows you that you mentioned, what else attracted you to The Player?

SNIPES: Honestly, I think the concept is pretty interesting – the idea that there are a group of super-wealthy individuals set up around the world who create a system to predict crime and then also establish a virtual gambling house for their amusement. They bet and gamble on the outcome of these criminal activities. I think that’s a heck of a concept, so it lends itself to a lot of possibilities and I hope that we’ll have some really dynamic acting and great plot twists within the story as well as some awesome action. That’s the name of the game. We want to bring some of our film level, film quality action, to the series.

DEADLINE: Speaking of film, you reunited with Spike Lee for Chiraq recently, what was that like?

SNIPES: It’s always a joy to work with Spike. He creates an environment that’s wonderful for creativity. People leave their egos at the door and just we all come from different genres and different levels within the business. It’s kind of exciting to finally meet people like Common, John Cusack, Jennifer Hudson and work with them, and see what the flavors are. You know the most seasoned veterans, we always want to see what the young guys, the young crew, has to offer. If they learn something and if they bring something to the table or if they should just be written off.

DEADLINE: Doesn’t sound like you were writing anyone off on Chriaq?

SNIPES: The cast in Chiraq is astonishing That’s the beauty of art, when you start to work with an ensemble of really talented people it forces you to up your game. It’s unbelievable all of the people and the talent that Spike’s been able to amass and bring together, and once again, that’s the kind of experience that brings joy to the artist’s art. When you can work with extremely talented artists in an ensemble way and it pushes you to see where you can go. I like that.