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

Blade: Trinity (2004) - Joanne Sheppard joins Tim Worthington for a chat about Eric Brooks finding himself up against BBC Three's idea of Dracula in It’s Good, Except It Sucks - a movie by movie – and television series by television series – hurtle through the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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: Trinity, released in 2004, and joining Tim for a chat about Eric Brooks finding himself up against BBC Three’s idea of Dracula is book reviewer Joanne Sheppard. What will they find to say about how much use All Saints would be at battling vampires, The Ancient Sumerian Chippendales and that time Dracula guest starred in Fresh Fields, and what does any of this have to do with The Anti-Vampire Q? Get listening and find out!

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Further Listening

You can find Joanne’s thoughts on Blade II here as well as Avengers Assemble here, Avengers: Infinity War here, Avengers: Endgame here, Deadpool here, Deadpool 2 here and Deadpool And Wolverine here. Sophie Davies joined us for a chat about the first Blade movie here, while Gabby Hutchinson Crouch reflected on his return appearance in Deadpool And Wolverine here and you can find some thoughts on Blade’s Marvel Cinematic Universe debut 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, The Bump by MC Mallett, Spooky Chews, The Strange Affair Of Adelaide Harris, Matchbox Fighting Furies, Mouthtrap, Connoisseur, World Magazine, All Aboard! and The Guinness Book Of Pet Records here, Dramarama: The Exorcism Of Amy, Spine Chillers, Blue Peter’s Witch Puppet Make, Monsters Of The Movies by Denis Gifford, Nothing To Be Afraid Of by Jan Mark, Paperhouse, Dekker Toys’ Movie/TV Horror Make-Up Kit and Remus Playkits Identispook here, Go For It!, What-A-Mess, My Pretty Pony, The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow, The Water Babies, The Magnificent Race, Amazon Adventure by Willard Price and Snapper Crocodiles here and Fax, First Born, Chimera, Next Of Kin, Mother Love, I’m Your Number One Fan, The History Trail, The Yolk Folk, Victoria Plum and televised Cluedo here. You can also find Joanne on The Golden Age Of Children’s TV talking about The Baker Street Boys here.