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!
In this special emergency episode, Bill & Alex dive into the unexpected release of the cast for the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday film during Marvel’s ambitious marketing stunt revealed the cast through a live stream showing the backs of chairs, reaching over 10 million viewers.
The episode discusses the excitement surrounding notable cast returns, including Anthony Mackie, Chris Hemsworth, Paul Rudd, and Letitia Wright. The surprise announcement features not only the Avengers but also the Thunderbolts, the Fantastic Four, and returning X-Men characters like Kelsey Grammer’s Beast and Patrick Stewart’s Professor X. The hosts delve into their experiences of this reveal, speculate on plot directions, and highlight missing characters and potential future announcements. Amid the speculation, they express cautious optimism for Marvel’s future projects.
Come back next month for their installment of their Marvel’s Zombie Era, featuring reviews of 2004’s The Punisher (available on VOD), and 2009’s Punisher: War Zone (available on PlutoTV or VOD)!
