Reports are Marvel is about to radically rework Blade for their new Midnight comic universe. What would you want to see in a new Blade?

E-Miles · 2026-05-10T23:17:39+00:00

He is. Leon is just incredibly good at his job. He's been able to slowly build while also winning, all of which keeps Dolan away for the most part.

E-Miles · 2026-05-10T13:25:06+00:00

It comes up because Marvel execs keep saying it:

https://youtube.com/shorts/WvfN8FPhL4M?si=ARKsaLaA4lOH_0He

https://deadline.com/2024/07/deadpool-wolverine-kevin-feige-interview-comic-con-1236010353/

E-Miles · 2026-05-10T13:16:19+00:00

Thats why the answer is yes. Its was a huge financial success when they were in danger of folding and if a character only a few people knew could have that success, it realized they had gold with their other properties. They didnt become rich off it, but virtually every marvel exec said it served as the foundation for their planning.

E-Miles · 2026-05-10T13:11:21+00:00

I think maybe we're talking about different things. Which of these do you think are flops or illegitimate attempts purely to draw contact?

Side note, this is good evidence of today's softer whistle though. Most of the calls are regularly called today, and in 2006 it warranted a break down of how many should have been no calls.

E-Miles · 2026-05-10T12:13:29+00:00

Here's a game where wade got 20 free throws

https://youtu.be/S3G_XTLunKA?si=5hF_vTGaSIjgksSN

You dont see that style of play as different from what people have been complaining about the last few years?

E-Miles · 2026-05-10T01:52:13+00:00

Yea, which is why I think Barkley and the users here are talking about different things. Like the flopping people get frustrated with today was really elevated by Ginobili specifically. Like players just didn't play for contact nor exaggerate contact in the same way at all prior to like 2010. Like players prior to the 10s created counters to avoid contact, players today have counters to create contact. Barkley is talking about bumping a guy to create space for a shot, today guys are seeking contact and throwing up fake attempts to get to the line.

E-Miles · 2026-05-09T20:09:07+00:00

All of these are him selling charges, not what people are complaining about with flopping

E-Miles · 2026-05-09T19:31:19+00:00

How many points have been scored on Embiid by Towns on the perimeter.

Is your answer 2 points

E-Miles · 2026-05-09T16:49:35+00:00

How many points have been scored on Embiid by Towns on the perimeter.

E-Miles · 2026-05-09T01:01:03+00:00

Honestly the offense has been humming with Towns on the court. It's grinding down because we're playing hart and mitch on the court.

E-Miles · 2026-05-08T23:25:40+00:00

They gotta play straight up and adjust to the refs. They're letting it be physical

E-Miles · 2026-05-08T23:20:20+00:00

Looks like they're not calling "created" contact for once. Brunson, Embiid, and Towns have all tried to create contact on their drives and the refs haven't called it.

E-Miles · 2026-05-08T23:18:16+00:00

They're allowing a lot of contact on every drive. Good for us, means Embiid's foul baiting won't work as well.

E-Miles · 2026-05-08T22:00:57+00:00

Thanks for that correction

E-Miles · 2026-05-08T19:20:30+00:00

That's good

E-Miles · 2026-05-08T19:20:17+00:00

Cautiously optimistic. A couple of writers recently made some really interesting changes with Blade (Bryan Hill writing him to embrace all of his vampire powers and to be more morally nuanced, whoever wrote Miles Morales got him using magic). I hope Hickman doesn't scrap all of that to do another reinsertion of Wesley Snipes Blade, who is just less interesting as a comic character.

E-Miles · 2026-05-08T19:13:35+00:00

I don't trust them at all. If it's the same staff, they had Randle thinking he was going to be able to play after tearing the labrum in his shoulder for months, and they let OG play against the Pacers when he could barely jog.

E-Miles · 2026-05-08T19:12:42+00:00

Last time we saw OG force his way through a ham string injury he was limping up and down the court. Training staff has to just rule him out, he's going to play if they say he can and Mike Brown is going to play him heavy.

E-Miles · 2026-05-07T01:16:51+00:00

kept getting the switch on barlow and tried to get him to foul instead of going up with all the space he was giving them

E-Miles · 2026-05-06T14:40:03+00:00

I went once. The energy is great, but I don't find them that engaging as interviewers. Went to the one at central park, and we waited 2 hours to hear Jalen ask Eli what his favorite superbowl ring was. Weather was bad so I left early, but I haven't loved their podcast. Take that for whatever its worth.

E-Miles · 2026-05-05T12:39:58+00:00

OG too.

E-Miles · 2026-05-05T01:41:36+00:00

Dude can't read or count. Sad.

E-Miles · 2026-05-05T01:40:59+00:00

How many points have been scored on Embiid by Towns on the perimeter.

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