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re: Variety makes star of Wonder Man imply show was cancelled due to racism

Posted on 8/21/26 at 12:36 pm to
Posted by imjustafatkid
Alabama
Member since Dec 2011
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Posted on 8/21/26 at 12:36 pm to
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Maybe it just sucked regardless of race!


It's pretty dang good.
Posted by nes2010
Member since Jun 2014
8044 posts
Posted on 8/21/26 at 12:54 pm to
I wish they would do an old man Blade with Snipes.
Posted by UnluckyTiger
Member since Sep 2003
43687 posts
Posted on 8/21/26 at 1:32 pm to
I can see Michael B Jordan being the next Blade.
Posted by boxcarbarney
Above all things, be a man
Member since Jul 2007
27272 posts
Posted on 8/21/26 at 2:25 pm to
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Maybe it just sucked regardless of race!



I went into it expecting to hate it. I was pleasantly surprised by how good it was. Solid series.
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
159031 posts
Posted on 8/21/26 at 2:29 pm to
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Wonder Man was white in the comics but they turned him black for a TV show. He's a comic book character that most people, even some comic fans, have never heard of but it was still greenlit
TIL there is a TV show called Wonder Man
Posted by Saint Alfonzo
Member since Jan 2019
30996 posts
Posted on 8/21/26 at 2:30 pm to
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I can see Michael B Jordan being the next Blade.

Does the 'B' in his name stand for bland?
Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
105190 posts
Posted on 8/21/26 at 2:57 pm to
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I can't write, but I could nail a Blade script All you need is 3 things: 1. Cool black guy 2. Cool weapons and gadgets 3. Badass vampires to kill They had Mahershala Ali, ffs that was 33% of the formula


IIRC, they wanted to make a Blade movie in which Blade took a backseat to a young female lead.
Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
105190 posts
Posted on 8/21/26 at 2:58 pm to
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Does the 'B' in his name stand for bland?


More like “Bitch, I’m in EVERYTHING”.
Posted by Saint Alfonzo
Member since Jan 2019
30996 posts
Posted on 8/21/26 at 9:30 pm to
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IIRC, they wanted to make a Blade movie in which Blade took a backseat to a young female lead.

Well, that's a colossally bad idea. Blade is one of those characters that's gonna be in almost every scene of a movie, kicking vampire arse. A quick search says that the script in question had Blade as the fourth lead in his own movie, behind three women. No wonder Ali said "frick this" and walked.
Posted by CarolinaSandstorm
Member since Aug 2026
26 posts
Posted on 8/21/26 at 9:34 pm to
Ehhhh he’s a good enough actor but when I think of bad arse black guys in entertainment, he doesn’t come to mind.
Posted by RobbBobb
Member since Feb 2007
34409 posts
Posted on 8/21/26 at 11:05 pm to
Why is it racist that Disney canceled a TV show starring a black guy, but not racist when Disney made the TV show with that same black guy despite him not looking like this?

Asking for all the people that didnt watch the Disney TV show, that ended up getting it cancelled due to low viewership


Posted by skrayper
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Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 8/21/26 at 11:48 pm to
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Wonder Man was great, and I was sad to hear there won't be a season 2. I don't know what they're thinking when it comes to Blade. Such an easy home run.


I know Ali didn’t provide the voice, but the coolest character in the whole Marvel Zombies show was easily Blade. His fight with Ghost was slick.
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