Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
26 years later... my knees hurt just thinking about how long it's been since I last saw this movie.
The original Blade had a massive impact and impressed audience a lot back then. Is the sword fight between Blade (Wesley Snipes) and Deacon Frost (Stephen Dorff) still as cool as I remember?
I wouldn't expect much realism or particularly practical fighting techniques in a vampire movie, but maybe I can hope for a minimum of jarring jump cuts and camera shakes... right? Or maybe that's too optimistic. I bet the CGI holds up really well though. :D
Jokes aside, I will try to temper my natural tendency to excessively nitpick a little, but leave enough nerdy over-thinking for entertainment purposes.
*** Credits ***
"Defense Against the Zwerch Copter" by New Jersey Historical Fencing Association
youtube.com/watch?v=TCVTcLO3c_0
"Longsword techniques: Zwerchhau, absetzen, nachreissen" by Anton Kohutovič
youtube.com/watch?v=ln94E9AGYTc
wiktenauer.com/wiki/Wallerstein
Music:
"Sound 1" by Snabish
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"Assassin's Assault" by Horror Pen
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license (CC BY 3.0)
"Trick or Treat" by Hitctrl
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license (CC BY 3.0)
"Highland Storm" by The Slanted Room Records
theslantedroom.github.io/steve.yee
Used with artist's permission
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Kult of Athena, my favorite online store for reproductions of historical arms and armor, fantasy swords, etc:
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Where to get HEMA gear and practice swords:
woodenswords.com/?Click=1799
GamerSupps powdered energy drinks and other stuff (I particularly like the SUS snack bars):
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I highly recommend the balms and oils from Beard Sorcery:
beardsorcery.com/?ref=0UEFtHWvZEmtD
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26 years later... my knees hurt just thinking about how long it's been since I last saw this movie.
The original Blade had a massive impact and impressed audience a lot back then. Is the sword fight between Blade (Wesley Snipes) and Deacon Frost (Stephen Dorff) still as cool as I remember?
I wouldn't expect much realism or particularly practical fighting techniques in a vampire movie, but maybe I can hope for a minimum of jarring jump cuts and camera shakes... right? Or maybe that's too optimistic. I bet the CGI holds up really well though. :D
Jokes aside, I will try to temper my natural tendency to excessively nitpick a little, but leave enough nerdy over-thinking for entertainment purposes.
*** Credits ***
"Defense Against the Zwerch Copter" by New Jersey Historical Fencing Association
youtube.com/watch?v=TCVTcLO3c_0
"Longsword techniques: Zwerchhau, absetzen, nachreissen" by Anton Kohutovič
youtube.com/watch?v=ln94E9AGYTc
wiktenauer.com/wiki/Wallerstein
Music:
"Sound 1" by Snabish
opengameart.org/users/snabisch
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
"Assassin's Assault" by Horror Pen
opengameart.org/content/assasins-assault
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license (CC BY 3.0)
"Trick or Treat" by Hitctrl
opengameart.org/content/trick-or-treat
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license (CC BY 3.0)
"Highland Storm" by The Slanted Room Records
theslantedroom.github.io/steve.yee
Used with artist's permission
*** Merch ***
bonfire.com/store/skallswag
If you want to join Bonfire to start selling your own merch: bonfire.com/welcome/07bb14169c804
*** Support the channel ***
Help fund future videos, get bonus content and access to an exclusive Discord server:
patreon.com/skallagrim
youtube.com/channel/UC3WIohkLkH4GFoMrrWVZZFA/join
Other ways to support the channel by shopping through affiliate links:
Kult of Athena, my favorite online store for reproductions of historical arms and armor, fantasy swords, etc:
kultofathena.com/?koa=259
Where to get HEMA gear and practice swords:
woodenswords.com/?Click=1799
GamerSupps powdered energy drinks and other stuff (I particularly like the SUS snack bars):
gamersupps.gg/Skall
I highly recommend the balms and oils from Beard Sorcery:
beardsorcery.com/?ref=0UEFtHWvZEmtD
Books about history, martial arts, swords, knives, video/audio equipment, and other stuff I recommend:
US - amazon.com/shop/skallagrimnilsson
Canada - amzn.to/2HeOCMA
*** Second channel / other social media ***
youtube.com/channel/UCM7qhOYtW23jASfxTxCYvvg
twitter.com/_Skallagrim_
facebook.com/SkallagrimYT
instagram.com/skallagrim_yt
#skallagrim #fantasy #movie #fight #blade #swordfight #fightscene #reaction
