Original ‘Blade’ Screenwriter Baffled by Marvel’s Fumbling of Mahershala Ali Reboot: ‘It’s Not Complicated’ | Video

Screenwriter David S. Goyer — known for superhero outings like “Batman Begins” and, yes, the original “Blade” trilogy — visited the”Happy Sad Confused” podcast Tuesday to talk about that first Christopher Nolan film’s 20th anniversary. But he also took a moment to take some shots at the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Blade struggling adaptation.

Host Josh Horowitz invited Goyer onto “Happy Sad Confused” to discuss the creation and legacy of the Batman origin film, but the host didn’t miss...