Blade: Trinity Retrospective

For our latest Patreon episode, we talked about the third movie in the Blade series!

Blade kicked off the 21st century superhero trend, so it’s only fitting that it also kicked off the trend of disappointing superhero threequels. But while most superhero trilogies are content with confusing and convoluted conclusions, Blade: Trinity looks at the likes of The Dark Knight Rises or Spider-Man 3 and says: “Hold my beer, motherfucker.”

This time around on the Patreon feed, That ’90s Spider-Man Show is talking Blade: Trinity, and somehow, it’s worse than its reputation. We chat about the impact of David S Goyer, we discuss whether Samuel L Jackson has genuine competition in the motherfucker-saying category, and we question why we needed to see Ryan Reynolds’ pubes.

Plus: we delve into the crazy, litigation-heavy fever dream that was the Blade: Trinity production, where Wesley Snipes tragically became the motherfucker who ice-skated uphill. Featuring sex scene rumours, choking, controversial T-Shirts and a surprise cameo from Ron Perlman! Are you #TeamWesley? Jack is. And then he isn’t. And then he is. And then… you get the picture.

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If you want to hear more about the Marvel comics version of Drake/Dracula, we spoke about him here.

S2E10 – The Immortal Vampire / Calamity Jared Mega Evolution

This week we’re covering season 2, episode 10 of Spider-Man: The Animated Series – ‘The Immortal Vampire’.

More like the immortal plotline, amirite?

This week we get to see Morbius finally evolve into his true Calamity Jared Form, but only after we cross off every single square on our Morbius bingo cards so many times that it catches fire. Meanwhile, Blade and Det. Lee have a meet-cute, Peter is a dumb-dumb and Whistler shares too much.

After that, we discuss Untold Tales of Spider-Man #2 (1995), which saw the introduction of the little known character of Batwing.

And remember gang, knowing Spider-Man does not make you cool.

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Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey Review

Harley Quinn and the Fantabulous Emancipation of the DCEU!

Latest episode out on our Patreon is a podcast review of Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn, aka Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey aka Birds of Prey.

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BLADE (1998) Retrospective: Camp Masterpiece or Glorious Trash?

Back in 1998, the superhero genre wasn’t nearly as powerful – and then Blade came along.

We look back and review Blade after revisiting (finally) as a new bonus episode. Is it iconic garbage, a camp masterpiece, or something else entirely? Some podcasts are always tryin to ice-skate uphill, huh?

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S2E9 – Blade Is My Name, Vampire Hunting Is My Game

This week we’re covering season 2, episode 9 of Spider-Man: The Animated Series – ‘Blade The Vampire Hunter’.

Recap: 2:02
Review: 32:39
Comic Origins: 37:17

Get your Morbius bingo cards ready, because we have even more naval-gazing from everyone’s “favourite” artificial vampire. We also have the introduction of Blade the Blampire Blunter, delivering some Blade-sploitation for all you suckers.

After that, we dive into his comic origins, starting with Tomb of Dracula and Vampire Tales, before discussing his further appearances in Adventure Into Fear, Doctor Strange, Peter Parker: Spider-Man, Nightstalkers, Blade (1994-1995), Blade (1998), Blade: Vampire Hunter (1999) and Blade (2006). There’s also some discussion of crotch-first combat strategy, Dolemite and Speed 2: Cruise Control.

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S2E8 – Duel of the Hunters / It’s Man-Spider O’Clock!

This week we’re covering season 2, episode 8 of Spider-Man: The Animated Series – ‘Duel of the Hunters’

Recap: 3:33
Review: 39:37
Comic Origins: 42:19

It’s Man-Spider O’Clock!
The Punisher has his hands full with Spider-Man after our hero transformed into a horrifying, dopey monster – something he still thinks he has the ability to sort by himself. Hey, maybe the man’s just got a lot of free time after his family picnics have been cancelled. Too soon?

He’s joined by Kraven, fresh off the boat to bear-hug his new bestie and join in on the dogpile when Man-Spider starts creepin on New York’s redheads. Along the way we end up talking about Stop the Pigeon, kite daydreams and… 9/11. Does acid spit melt steel beams? Oh, and also Morbius is floating around.

After our episode discussion, we talk about the various spider transformations that Peter Parker has gone through in the comics. It’s pretty wild.

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Weird Lore BS #7: The Mud-Thing

“Oh god” – Henry, every few seconds this episode.

A Sandman and a Hydro-Man walk into a bar, and what follows is the deepest of shames from the void itself. We’ve got Travis Rave, a cavalcade of King Kong references, the worst Broadway musical of all time and the most confusing sentence in history.

This edition of Weird Lore Bullshit Corner covers The Amazing Spider-Man #217-218, as well as a look back at the origin of Flint Marko/William Baker/Sandman.

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S2E7 – Super Punisher Sunshine

This week we’re covering season 2, episode 7 of Spider-Man: The Animated Series – ‘Enter The Punisher’.

This week Frank Castle turns up to complicate things, just as the ol’ webhead is grappling with four new grapplers himself. On top of things, we’ve still got the Magical Mr. Morbius to contend with. Then we’ll see what happens when Jem & the Holograms go dark, when 3-D animation invades Aunt May’s home and a surprise appearance from F.L.U.D.D.

We also touch on the very first appearance of The Punisher in The Amazing Spider-Man 129!

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