Editing Blade: Trinity (section)

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In the DVD special features,<ref name="nightstalkers">{{cite video| people = David S Goyer| title = 'Nightstalkers, Daywalkers and Familiars: The World of Blade: Trinity}}</ref> Goyer talks about how cities are often multilingual. Goyer used [[Esperanto]] and its flag as part of the fictional city where Blade is set.<ref name="flag">{{cite web| author = António Martins| date = 16 March 2004| title = Flags of the World, Blade Trinity, Unnamed City in the USA| url = http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/fic(bla3.html| access-date = 2009-10-27| archive-date = December 5, 2008| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081205044042/http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/Flags/fic(bla3.html| url-status = live}}</ref>
The Esperanto flag is shown twice, at the entrance to the Police headquarters after Blade is rescued from jail, and in the rooftop scene where Drake threatens to drop a baby over the edge.<ref name="flag" /> Background elements such as signs and advertisements include Esperanto translations.
[[Hannibal King]] is at one point seen watching the [[William Shatner]]-starring Esperanto-language film ''[[Incubus (1966 film)|Incubus]]'' on television; one reviewer remarked that it was "an unintentionally apt reference" considering first-time director "Goyer's grasp of directorial fundamentals (such as when to tilt the camera and when to shoot in close-up) is about as strong as Shatner's fluency in Esperanto".<ref>{{cite web |author=Nick Schager |date=July 6, 2004 |title=Blade: Trinity, Film Review |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/Film/film_review.asp?ID=1159 |work=Slant Magazine |access-date=2009-10-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090317111529/http://www.slantmagazine.com/Film/film_review.asp?ID=1159 |archive-date=2009-03-17}}</ref> The film's [[director of photography]], Gabriel Beristain, makes a [[cameo appearance]] as the one-eyed newspaper vendor who talks to Whistler in Esperanto and discusses the public perception that Blade is a menace to society.