It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Blade II With Joanne Sheppard

Blade II (2004) - Joanne Sheppard joins Tim Worthington for a chat about Eric Brooks finding that those raving vampires are still keeping him up all night in It’s Good, Except It Sucks.

It’s Good, Except It Sucks is a movie by movie – and television series by television series – hurtle through the Marvel Cinematic Universe, hosted by Tim Worthington with a series of superpowered guests.

This time we’re heading into the Multiverse for a look at Blade II, released in 2002, and joining Tim for a chat about Eric Brooks finding that those raving vampires are still keeping him up all night is book reviewer Joanne Sheppard. What will they find to say about why vampires are apparently so obsessed with structures of governance, whether Luke Goss is the name of the scientist or the monster and Salt’n’Pepa’s Casting Agency Inc., and what does any of this have to do with Wesley Snipes not watching enough football? Get listening and find out!

You can follow Joanne on Twitter at @RedSkyAtNight.

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Further Listening

Joanne also had plenty to say on It’s Good, Except It Sucks about the genuine horror – and not for the right reasons – that is Blade: Trinity here, as well as a chat about Avengers Assemble here. Sophie Davies joined me for a chat about the first Blade movie here, and Blade’s debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe features in Eternals with Miriam Kent here.

Joanne has also appeared on Tim’s nostalgia podcast Looks Unfamiliar, talking about The December Rose, Colorado Beetle panic, Brontosaurus, Will You Wait For Me? by David Bellamy, Timbuctoo, KP Wickers, The Enchanted Castle, Major Morgan The Electronic Organ and Wilderness Road here, and The Bump by MC Mallett, Horror Chews, The Strange Affair Of Adelaide Harris, Matchbox Fighting Furies, Mouthtrap, Connoisseur, World Magazine, All Aboard! and The Guinness Book Of Pet Records here.