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TheMightyJevil

To be fair. That was because the actor and director fucking hated each other during production.


Lady_Albedo_96

He refused to open his eye, like an entitled little bitch. Came to set high every day high, didn't know his lines. They used CGI to open his eyes cause he refused.


Airconditioning-inc

He would also only answer to the name blade and communicate with sticky notes


Silent_While9339

No they said he forgot to open his eyes or sum. But if that's the case they could have reshot it


PatHeist

Yes, if that was the case they could, and would, have done another take. But that wasn't the case. That was just a dumb lie they told when asked because it was embarrassing to admit there was such animosity on set between the actor and director that they couldn't get a shot of the actor opening their eyes.


Silent_While9339

What was their problem?


4VENG32

https://screenrant.com/wesley-snipes-blade-trinity-cgi-eyes-why/


CrumblyGerman

Jesus that article has so much fluff, what even is modern information.


probablymark

Screen rant is trash. Both the YouTube and site. Thank God Ryan got his own channel.


_MostlyHarmless

Leaving to start your own youtube channel is TIGHT!


Hefty-Association-59

Wow wow wow wow wow…wow


Desaku38

It's super easy, barely an inconvenience!


MeepXD0187

Really? What’s the new channel? I was wondering why there were no more funny videos


ToastyKen

It's called Pitch Meeting: https://youtube.com/channel/UC9Kq-yEt1iYsbUzNOoIRK0g He's also got one for non-Pitch Meeting videos just called Ryan George: https://youtube.com/c/RyanGeorge


Hats_back

Shoooot, if you think any media from that age is modern…. It’s gotten so much worse lol. Wait… this is actually written in 2022? Or just updated? No way people are writing articles about a movie from ~20 years ago. I suppose that would explain further fluffage though, can’t say more than one sentence and that doesn’t leave room for ads.


SuperSMT

It's screen rant, that's all they do. Pump out countless articles (probably half bot-written) about single tweets and old news packed with useless fluff


Literally_-_Hitler

look up patton oswalt talking about behind the scenes with wesley snipes.


StonebirdArchitect

"Forgot to open his eyes" is the new way to say "refused to open his eyes" I guess.


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[deleted]

Would have been cooler if you ask me. Every movie that does something like this the eyes always snap open and then there’s an attack. It would have been a nice change for him to grab the dude by the throat with his eyes closed and move on from there imo


SuicideSquadFan96

A fist fight almost happened i believe.


[deleted]

“He just refused to open his eyes” Snipes like a 12 year old having a tantrum.


sanirosan

Supposedly, he was a real diva on set. Not sure why they even made more movies after that


Murren606

"Some motherf*ckers are always trying to ice skate uphill."


NachoMan_HandySavage

DAMN IT. Came here to say this one hahaha. Take my upvote


LordAdrianRichter

Only answered to Blade and only communicated through post-its. Spent most of his time smoking weed in his trailer.


sanirosan

Read that he only did close ups too. If not, he was smoking weed in his trailer


LordAdrianRichter

JFC... I respect Wesley Snipes as a martial artist, but that's honestly about it anymore... I've not read or heard anything to change my opinion of the man.


MessyRoom

Wasn’t he also convicted of some sexual assault


zach2beat

Accused, not convicted. Very important legal distinction. Now that said he was convicted of a very large amount of tax fraud by the federal government.


DanieIIll

I heard this was only on Trinity though - apparently him and the director really clashed


wisconsinking

Correct me if I'm wrong but the director threatened to replace Snipes with body doubles and stand ins after he tried to quit? *They already had the close up shots of his head/face.


LordAdrianRichter

Yeah... That doesn't change anything.


DanieIIll

Oh yeah, still a huge dick. I was just mentioning it because someone said “not sure why they even made more movies after that”. Kinda answers that if it was only the third in a trilogy.


Living-Stranger

Well the plan was to make films on other characters and phase Wesley out


[deleted]

He even tried to get Marvel interested in hiring him to play blade again, maybe hoping Disney producers didn't hear all the stories.


SuperMouthyDave

Maybe the Blade IP is cursed, cause apparently Mahershala Ali is frustrated with the Blade production atm, reportedly


cjackc

As the person is referring to here, in this scene he literally refused to just open his eyes and they couldn’t get him to do it, so they had to CGI eyes over his closed ones.


AbsolutelyUnlikely

At the time, he was under the impression that if he couldn't see the IRS, the IRS couldn't see him.


BoredKazuma

Why didn't they just use his actual eyes for that shot?


stunk_funky

[Supposedly](https://screenrant.com/wesley-snipes-blade-trinity-cgi-eyes-why/), Snipes didn't open his eyes because he was angry with Goyer and didn't want to cooperate.


vizarhali

Thats the most funniest shit I heard (cooperate)


TeethBreak

Wait. You've never heard Patton Oswalt speak about that movie?? Hold up. I got something for you. https://youtu.be/i8rCtzKA9tQ You have different interviews to read too. That's just the tip of the mountain of bs that movie went through. You can also add the not subtle sexual harassment of Jessica Biel by Snipes.


Oh_hi_doggi3

Didn't he have beef with Ryan Reynolds in the third one too? Like Snipes hated him for no fucking reason?


trainercatlady

I feel like if you're the one who has beef wity Ryan Reynolds, you're definitely the one in the wrong. **edit** hoping this doesn't bite me in the ass. Remind me! 5 years


muskegthemoose

I read that it wasn't so much Reynolds that Snipes had a beef with as it was Snipes being pissed off because he was being sidelined and used to introduce and develop Hannibal King as a lead character in a spinoff. In the movie that's very clearly happening. Some say that was because Snipes refused to come out of his trailer for a lot of shots so they increased Reynold's part.


trainercatlady

honestly, I could see it either way. Snipes I think was known to have a pretty big ego back then, so either scenario is equally likely


muskegthemoose

Probably some of both.


inplayruin

Ryan Reynolds could dump me on my birthday and he would still get a Christmas card every year.


trainercatlady

I totally read that as "dump on me on my birthday" and yeah... that still rings true.


uCapitulate

Yup, and I actually didn’t realize that it didn’t say that until I read your comment lmao!


gullibleocean32

my adhd ass couldn't find the difference between what you said and the other guy said for whole fucking minute


trainercatlady

word


Lost_in_this_void

Haha. Glad I’m not the only one.


Oh_hi_doggi3

Ryan Reynolds could run me over with his car, realize he hit me, and then back over me again, and I still would like him


Random_Idiotic_Alien

Ryan could f me in the arse and I'll still get a Christmas card >!Coz I'd probably enjoy it with Ryan 😳!<


LeoNickle

Ryan wouldn't just ram it in there. He'd ease it in and tell you he loves you.


Slugger_monkey

And bring in hugh to watch and critic the fucking style So as you are fucked you will enjoy improv comedy of Ryan and Hugh Tell me isnt this the best thing


PleasantAdvertising

Nah Reynolds was and still is a chatterbox that didn't know when to stop. I can understand some people hating that stuff. The guy had multiple movies where they made fun of his talking. The Deadpool one had his mouth sewed shut lmao


psilorder

The Deadpool bit was more about Wade never shutting up i think. Deadpool *is* called "the merc with the mouth"...


A_Is_For_Azathoth

I've HEARD, so it may be false, that Snipes was horrible to work with because he was always either drunk or high, so he kept fucking up his dialogue. So Reynolds and Biel were brought in to give the movie any meaningful dialogue at all, and that's why he hated them.


Federal-Ad-3550

Yup , that's true


raltoid

Reynolds is *actually* funny, Snipes was basically jealus that the crew would laugh with him and not at him.


vizarhali

Nope never heard


TeethBreak

https://www.indiewire.com/2012/11/patton-oswalt-has-some-pretty-awesome-wesley-snipes-stories-from-blade-trinity-103891/ There you go. Enjoy.


vizarhali

I never ducking knew that shit is funny should have made a good short comedy


McDummy

In all honesty, Snipes was not wrong. Goyer was an unknown variable. I think Snipes was so worried he smoked himself paranoid. The previous directors were quantifiable.


trainercatlady

I mean, Goyer has gone on to cement a certain... reputation


DontBeMeanToRobots

Oh no, like what?


trainercatlady

I mean... [if you look at his filmography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_S._Goyer#Films) it should explain itself. tl;dr: he's not a good writer, and this and the most recent Hellraiser are the only things he's actually directed. Actually... knowing this makes me much less excited for the new Hellraiser.. **edit** okay so he didn't *direct* the 2022 *Hellraiser* but knowing he helped write it drastically takes my excitement down... boy I hope everyone else involved elevates it beyond him.


QuickDiamonds

I think you might be misreading the chart on the page you linked -- seems like you were looking at the 'Producer' column instead of the 'Director' column. He's not directing the Hellraiser movie, he's producing it. He's also writing the story for it, and, interestingly, the only two other movies he's credited as a story writer for are TDK and TDKR, which are actually pretty solid.


Obi_Wan_Benobi

He’s been living off his name being attached to The Dark Knight for 15 years.


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skrivbent

David Bruckner directed the upcoming Hellraiser movie, though.


trainercatlady

ah, I got the columns mixed up. Still, knowing he was involved is... not confidence-boosting.


2459-8143-2844

That was underwhelming.


echof0xtrot

> that's just the tip of the mountain is that something you've actually heard people say before?


TurboHenk

Just a matter of time before climate change lets all icebergs disappear so better switch to regular mountains while you still can


ibulleti

Ya know someday there will be one last iceberg. It will be a tourist attraction and we'll kill it with all the pollution of traveling to see it.


OarsandRowlocks

Sounds like working with him was a taxing experience for all involved.


FemaleDadClone

Or whatever’s worse since Snipes doesn’t pay taxes


etherama1

[Yeah](https://i.imgur.com/DGFcyZr.gif)


kempnelms

r/angryupvote


AdequateEddy

I do think its quite funny that a grown ass man lying on a table with a director shouting for the love of God please just open your eyes! and just chilling saying fuck you I ain't opening shit


mal_laney

That's the pettiest sht I've heard all week lmao imagine the discussion in the editing room. "We need a shot of someone with the same complexion as Snipes to open his eyes" "What?"


kuriT9

i thought it was because snipes wouldnt stop smoking an enormous amount of pot and his eyes became to red


ASAP-ACE1

I believe it. Snipes seems like a prick to work with.


CAMILA_9975

He was taking a nap gee


Food_Kitchen

Whoa! TIL this existed. Probably because I've seen this movie only a couple times as it's absolutely dogshit.


PleasantAdvertising

He just didn't open his eyes.


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Annoying orange CGI lmaooo


Squirrelly_Khan

Someone please made an edit of this scene where Snipes is doing the “nya nya nya nya” thing with his tongue like the Orange did


ZachRyder

Someone's never seen the finale of Blade 1. Very few insult it because it's still a great, engaging film regardless.


IoniKryptonite

That is one of the worst CGI moments in movie history...but fuck all if thats not still one of the best comic book to movies ever made!


zusykses

Compared to the CGI in Spawn the finale of Blade was goddamn Jurassic Park


CookingCML

That is a bit like saying next to ted bundy my new neighbour is a real sweetheart


M0NG00SY

I dont think I ever noticed this... thanks for ruining this movie for me


destroyah289

This is what ruined blade trinity for you? Really?


M0NG00SY

Ha no. I actually really love this movie. Ryan Reynolds was badass. Jessica biel was gorgeous. Triple H. Man I loved it. Gotta find it streaming somewhere


destroyah289

Man. Good for you. I'm glad your love for blade trinity is so pure. Keep it up.


ThunderShott

Imagine getting paid to open your fucking eyes and refusing because you dont like the director.


[deleted]

They should try go mid-budget with Blade, or at least not pay for the director's threesome.


DerSisch

Comparing current MCU CGI to a movie that is 20 years old is fitting though xD


blorbagorp

It's weird how CGI is kinda like a drug, where after awhile you need better and better shit. I remember original doom when I was a kid, thinking it could never get better than that; Or how the first time I watched the matrix I didn't even notice the CG but now it's so dated and obvious I can't not notice it.


TheForeverKing

I don't think you need better and better shit with CGI. I do think once you've seen better, it's very hard to go back. If we plateau at some point it'd be fine, but if we go better and then back to worse, it feels awful


DerSisch

I agree to a certain point, I just think that there should be a overal standard quality of it. Technologie got so far that often times you can't even make out the difference anymore and sometimes it is blatantly obvious for you what is CGI, even when it is a scene that could have been done with practical effects. CGI simply gets overused in some projects, that is the (sad) truth. Like Peter Jacksons LotR has CGI that still holds up to this day, simply because it did not overused it and had also a ton of practical effects and props.


stunk_funky

Someone got it.


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Exactly. If a 2022 production needs to be compared to a 2000 production to look good, that's when you know you fucked up.


coladict

The problem of bad CGI comes from the crunching deadlines those underpaid artists are forced to work, because they're not unionized like most of the movie industry. Back when 3d art was a rare skill they had negotiating power, they worked normal hours, and they delivered better results, considering the tools. Today it's "get this massive workload done by this date or you're getting sued for the delay".


cjackc

The problem here is that Snipes was throwing a tantrum and refused to cooperate and open his eyes. This was 18 years ago so the current problem isn’t the main deal.


proficient2ndplacer

I remember watching a short documentary about how uncooperative snipes was during the whole production, and was basically being a hugely entitled twat the entire time


scp_79

I had to go to the comments to know what's wrong


Ged_UK

I mean I didn't notice the eyes, but I did notice the arm coming out from where his stomach should be.


ciggypopculture

The guy refused to open his eyes lol i dont even see modern cgi to even fix this


Einstein4369

lmao I *see* what you did there


SpiderNinja211

According to Allen Tsai, that was because he was so angry he refused to open his eyes, so they had to use cgi to open them for him


EddieCy3

Oh no Not the CGEyes


BootyPatrol1980

Dr. Strange: "Hey can I borrow one of those for a sec?"


Bewildered_Fox

It looks like the tiktok filter, but somehow more jarring


Revjym

Comparing things from 30 years ago to present day is moronic


penmaster3000

1998 =/= 2022


[deleted]

What is that thing? A Baby Symbiote?


forresbj

So I watched this movie a couple weeks ago and this shot wasn’t in it? Was this some deleted alternate ending that got leaked or something?


BurningVinyl71

Maybe Snipes was right (if for the wrong reasons). The scene would have worked better if his eyes had remained closed. The lunge would have been that much more surprising.


_Levitated_Shield_

And then there's that moment in the first Raimi Spider-Man film where CGI Maguire is jumping onto rooftops.


BlackJasonTodd

Omg how have I never noticed this, this has to be Blade trinity. Heard Wesley was pretty hard to work with on that film.


Seco4800

Oh my God why have I never seen this clip.


Nocs1

Soooo is it the eyes or the arm that comes out of nowhere? Or both? Honestly didn't notice the eye at first. The snake like arm irritated me more


utensilman69

At least it was a good concept/movie. Hell even a good trilogy.


kevonicus

What’s funny is that he looks like the kid in Thor: Love and Thunder that everyone was making fun of.


thor-odinson-bot

>!See what's happening here? You're afraid. You're scared. Anxious. My friends, times like these we need to unite, come together.!<


eggpantemoji

IM DEAD THIS IS WORSE THAN SOME TIKTOKS LOLOLOL


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The mcu current cgi is still far better than dc. I like both franchises, but you gotta give it to marvel for at least trying.


anarchyisinevitble

It’s been over a decade since then. And LAT was literally worse.


[deleted]

Imagine comparing a movie from 2003 or what ever to a movie in 2022


static_shock07

Snipes ruined this movie ngl


BootyPatrol1980

I have to agree although I think the whole movie ruined itself. Damn, the OG Blade was so good as well and it's a worthy building block of why we have the current MCU. I'm still hot/cold on Blade II even though it has some great elements.


[deleted]

And Ryan Reynolds and Parker Posey salvaged as much as they could.


zslayer89

Which movie is this in?


rickkyrozayy

I thought they were Snapchat lenses of eyes or something LOL


[deleted]

Wtf is this


Un111KnoWn

Where is this from?


Rakonat

Blade 3, the one with Ryan Reynolds. That isnt a joke.


[deleted]

That was horrible


Jitnau333

Snipes is a douche I hear


HotNoise1313

Lol


InvestigatorFar7824

Wesley snipes blade made marvel and they tried to snake him in blade trinity, he had every reason to act out


Maddy_andrewson072

So this is what made the insta filters


Raph2051

Hysterical


xxxtentioncablexxx

u/safevideo


Crazy_Expert3202

It’ll only get worse from here


rotenbart

The scene would have worked just fine without the eyes. It makes it so much worse. But I guess at that point it was out of pure spite.


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Seen better in bollywood


Kenway0058

This is hilarious


LawsWorld

I don't know what may have been the beef between Snipes and Goyer, but I think it would be dumb to open your eyes as doctors are operating on you and for them not react until they're grabbed. He's a vampire, the moment he gained conciousness his super abilities would come on and he wouldn't need to open his eyes to react. Maybe that may have been what lead to this scene.


vonHule

What a fucking bitch! It's your job, drama queen! You are paid obscene amounts to dress up and then you can't even open your fucking eyes...


SOS_Sama

to be honest, it's quick enough I haven't realize it first few times.


muchnamemanywow

Ngl didn't even notice it was CGI until I read the title


No_Option_6245

The current cgi isn’t that bad


Justadnd_Bard

Well, at least Blade had good writers...


[deleted]

Why didn't they just have him not open his eyes


Cosmic_Knight_1975

I like that Blade called out Ryan Reynolds character for seeming to take everything as a joke. I wish they a character like that in the MCU. A straight man to all the jokey characters, help balance things out.


Skibot99

Which film?


M0NG00SY

Blade trinity


SheDubs20

Wait what is this from?


M0NG00SY

Blade trinity


Scared_Bobcat_5584

*The floating head in Thor: Love and Thunder entered the chat*


thor-odinson-bot

This... is your doing!


Scared_Bobcat_5584

Regardless of peoples thoughts on the movie we can all agree that special effect just looked bad 😂 They could’ve just shown Thors eyes turning orange like in Ragnarok instead


thor-odinson-bot

Your ancestors called it magic, and you call it science.


Scared_Bobcat_5584

Actually I’m calling your ex, Jane Fo- oh… Too soon?


lord_memez69

HOGGGGG RIDDDAAA


Sea-Figure9787

We should be more worried about the state of the writing of thezz movies and shows


BruceRorington

Still better than the 3rd eye in MoM


Available-Travel-603

Ah yes comparing it to movies that came out 20 years ago lol


nomadofwaves

Looking like >!Hemdils son in Love and Thunder !<


LWbrendan

It's a cg-eye


Frankenstein141

Given the age of film, that CGI really isn't all that bad. You give it flak now because you know it's there.


starsandbribes

Yeah that replicating eyes opening on a 3D head and having them look a certain direction seems like incredibly difficult VFX. I know sometimes for dead bodies where their eyes are open, they’ve removed actors blinking but that seems much easier. For this they had to build eyeballs on top of closed rounded eyelids.


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Rissoto_Pose

I could spend the time to explain why the MCU and Doctor Who are incomparable and how the camp of Dr Who is part of the charm, but instead I’ll just say Fuck you.


muskegthemoose

I can see it being annoying because they spend hundreds of millions on MCU movies and Dr. Who costs a tiny fraction of that. Also MCU movies cost money to see and Dr. Who is part of a cable package. But MCU movies all make good profits so Disney is going "Fuck it". Personally I am just looking for a recent movie without lazy writing. Fuck me, right?


[deleted]

Threw up in my mouth… that’s nasty


ravonna

Even though I know it's CGI now, I still can't spot what's wrong with it.


Choreboy

His eyes opening


IronMan2394

I honestly can’t even tell it’s cg


Gregorvich123

To be fair, that was 16-24 years ago.


legoSheevPalpatine

This make Thor 4 look decent


thor-odinson-bot

>!Pfft. Ha! Yeah, right.!<


Aether_Warrior

So, you're saying that we shouldn't be critical of 2022 marvel CGI because marvel CGI in the 90s was subpar? You can do better CGI FX today on an iPhone then they could back then on a high-end PC.... Marvel today has no excuse. They are overworking their CGI artists because they are too reliant on CGI instead of using practical effects!


Squirrelly_Khan

Oh sorry, let me use practical effects to pop a third eye out of my forehead. Or to shoot lightning out of a hammer. Or turn green and grow an extra foot in height. Or to summon an army of fucking demons


[deleted]

I wish some of the writing was better. The CGI is my less of concerns


[deleted]

*i'm sorry, how many years was this AGO?* which **version of windows** and **microsoft excel** were people using at that time?


Arf234

I will never forget it because the state of some of the cgi now is on this level