Hello and welcome to Bill vs the MCU! Each month your hosts Pop Break Podcasting Director Alex Marcus and Pop Break Editor in Chief Bill Bodkin are taking another step into the wider Marvel Multiverse as the MCU dives deeper into their Multiverse Saga.
Bill & Alex spent all of 2022 rewatching the first four phases of the MCU, and, in the years since, they have covered all of Netflix’s The Defenders Saga, the first four seasons of ABC’s Agents of SHIELD, and all 14 films in Fox’s X-Verse.
Now they are diving into their Marvel Zombies Era, where they run down some of Marvel Entertainment’s most notable and notorious films featuring characters the MCU would later reclaim!
This month, it’s all about Blade as they discuss 1998’s Blade, 2002’s Blade II and 2004’s Blade: Trinity. Alex & Bill tackles the high highs and low lows of Marvel’s most fearsome daywalker, including why Wesley Snipes still owns the mantle nearly 30 years after his debut, how the franchise balances ’90s cheese with Snipes’ effortlessly cool take on the character, and why Alex thinks Trinity is one of the worst films they’ve ever covered on the show while Bill thinks there’s been absolutely way worse things they have had to watch (remember Thor: The Dark World or Secret Invasion?).
They also discuss whether Mahershala Ali’s Blade will ever happen and what they’d like to see from the project if it ever sees the light of day. Plus, they give their first thoughts on Thunderbolts* and that New Avengers reveal!
Come back next month for their installment of their Marvel’s Zombie Era, featuring reviews of 2005’s Fantastic Four, 2007’s Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, and 2015’s Fantastic Four (all available on Disney+)!
