Fantastic Four With Garry Abbott

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 Fantastic Four, released in 2005, and joining Tim for a chat about Victor Von Doom's bid to attain total and utter mastery over the cutlery drawer is musician Garry Abbott. What will they find to say about Ben Grimm's career options as a simultaneous Skeletor and Kryten impersonator, Jessica Alba's uninvention of the t-shirt bra and the importance of 'reasons' in superhero origin stories, and what does any of this have to do with Richard Herring being more powerful than the entire Fantastic Four - or should that be Fantaftic Four - combined? Get listening and find out!

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Black Widow With Miriam Kent

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 it’s Black Widow from 2021, and joining Tim for a chat about Yelena Belova not quite managing to break her 'eating stale biscuits' conditioning is academic Miriam Kent. What will they find to say about whether men are more upset by female-fronted action movies if they have Nirvana songs in them, Scarlett Johansson's butt being the butt of butt jokes about Scarlett Johansson's butt and the unmade epic Shang-Chi Kicks The Multiverse, and what does any of this have to do with The Apocalyptic Two Ronnies? Get listening and find out!

You can find more editions of It's Good, Except It Sucks at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Miriam on Jessica Jones here, Runaways here, Eternals here, She-Hulk: Attorney At Law here and the 1989 big screen version of The Punisher here.

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064 - Deadpool And Wolverine With Gabby Hutchinson Crouch

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 both heading into the Multiverse and not with Deadpool And Wolverine from 2024, and joining Tim for a chat about Wade Wilson somehow still having the tact to avoid mentioning that Man-Thing movie is writer and author Gabby Hutchinson Crouch. What will they find to say about Mic Wrightpool, David Smithpool and Cameron Diazpool, and what does any of this have to do with The Suede X-Men? Get listening and find out!

You can find more editions of It's Good, Except It Sucks at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Gabby on It's Good, Except It Sucks talking about X-Men: X2 here, Spider-Man: Far From Home here, Spider-Man: No Way Home here and Loki here and here. 

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X-Men '97 With Mic Wright

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 it’s X-Men '97 from 2024, and joining Tim for a chat about Jean Grey's battle to save a timeline where Blame It On The Weatherman by B*Witched hasn't happened yet is writer Mic Wright. What will they find to say about an absence of floppy discs, which would work better out of Apocalypse '97 and Apocalypse Better and whether that sort of Angel Delight X-Man has any actual 'superfans', and what does any of this have to do with that long forgotten time travel storyline from The Young And The Restless? Get listening and find out!

You can find more editions of It's Good, Except It Sucks at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Mic on the X-Men Christmas Special Have Yourself A Morlock Little Christmas here as well as Logan here, The Punisher here, Thor: Ragnarok here and Fant4stic here.

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Avengers: Endgame With Joanne Sheppard

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 it’s Avengers: Endgame from 2019, and joining Tim for a chat about Ant-Man's determination to restore Universal balance and bring back correctly-sized sandwiches is book reviewer Joanne Sheppard. What will they find to say about Chekhov's Blow-Wave, the practicality of banishing right-wing 'opinion-makers' to Corby and what exactly Valkyrie is doing on the set of Hamish Macbeth, and what does any of this have to do with Rocket Racoon's career prospects as a football mascot? Get listening and find out!

You can find more editions of It's Good, Except It Sucks at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Joanne on Avengers Assemble here, Avengers: Infinity War here, Blade II here and Blade: Trinity here.

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062 - What If...? With Al Kennedy

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 it’s What If...?, first seen in 2023, and joining Tim for a chat about a mindbending glimpse of alternate realities with their own very slightly different versions of The Pink Panther Show is podcaster Al Kennedy. What will they find to say about the Taika Waititi Dressing Gown Universe, the Wacaday With Different Rules Universe and the Noel's House Party: Quantumania Universe, and what does any of this have to do with the Stuart Heritage Who Likes Multiverses Universe? Get listening and find out!

You can find more editions of It's Good, Except It Sucks at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Al on the nineties Silver Surfer cartoon here.

Alternately, if you’re just feeling generous, you can buy me a coffee here. Not decaf, though. This isn't the Multiverse.

061 - The Marvels With Una McCormack

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 it’s The Marvels from 2023, and joining Tim for a chat about Nick Fury declining to audition for a part in Aspects Of Love is writer Una McCormack. What will they find to say about Miss Ellie The Flerken, how much outrage you could cause by casting Meghan Markle as a controversial new 'male' Hawkeye and how to effectively schedule a viewing of Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania, and what does any of this have to do with barricading complaining men into an all-Saltburn film festival? Get listening and find out!

You can find more editions of It's Good, Except it Sucks at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Una on It's Good, Except It Sucks talking about Captain Marvel here and Ms. Marvel here.

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The Marvels With Anna Cale

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 it’s The Marvels from 2023, and joining Tim for a chat about Monica Rambeau, Carol Danvers and Kamala Khan joining forces to synchronise their paper fold out fortune teller thing-making abilities is writer Anna Cale. What will they find to say about the Inhuman Kim Kardashian, whether cats are funnier on the big screen or on television and the importance of Secret Dancing to defeating rogue Kree, and what does any of this have to do with Graham Norton's position in the Multiverse? Get listening and find out!

You can find more editions of It's Good, Except it Sucks at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Anna on It's Good, Except It Sucks talking about Captain Marvel here and Spider-Man: Homecoming here.

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Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends With Garreth Hirons

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 Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends, first seen between 1981 and 1983, and joining Tim for a chat about Peter Parker, Angelica Jones and Bobby Drake very occasionally remembering to mention that they are also supposed to be at college is musician Garreth Hirons. What will they find to say about the practicality of 'Ice Pants', the canonical status of Kingpin's Special Neck Band and the appropriate etiquette when your ex comes back as a half-machine monster of some sort, and what does any of this have to do with a moral panic about 'Bytes'? Get listening and find out!

You can find more editions of It's Good, Except It Sucks at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Garreth talking about Venom here, Venom: Let There Be Carnage here, Avengers: Age Of Ultron here and Thor: Ragnarok here, and standing in as host to chat with Tim about The Defenders here and Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings here.

If you enjoy It's Good, Except It Sucks, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Preferably not from a vending machine that Video Man has used to implement a dastardly plot that they will still somehow need the supercomputer to alert them to.

060 - Loki Season 2 With Gabby Hutchinson Crouch

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 it’s Season Two of Loki, first seen in 2023, and joining Tim for a chat about Sylvie discovering a universe where hipsters rave over Doug Yule's Velvet Underground is writer and author Gabby Hutchinson Crouch. What will they find to say about how to get away with copying Victor Timely's homework, whether Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. should talk about their feelings and Owen Wilson's mop choices, and what does any of this have to do with The York Fruits Cinematic Universe? Get listening and find out!

You can find more editions of It's Good, Except It Sucks at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Gabby on Season One of Loki here, Spider-Man: Far From Home here, Spider-Man: No Way Home here and X-Men: X2 here.

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059 - Secret Invasion With Martin Ruddock

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 it’s Secret Invasion, first seen in 2023, and joining Tim for a chat about Nick Fury using his Skrull-spotting skills to fail to spot any Skrulls whatsoever even when they are literally staring him in the face and telling him they are Skrulls is writer Martin Ruddock. What will they find to say about the long-awaited appearance of obscure Marvel character Exposition Man, the 'Johnny Cash Hurt' incarnation of Nick Fury and how John Walker and Bucky Barnes might have fared in Billion Dollar Brain, and what does any of this have to do with recording the exact correct dimensions of Martin Freeman's nose? Get listening and find out!

You can find more editions of It's Good, Except It Sucks at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Martin on What If...? here and taking a two-part look at Avengers: Infinity War here and here.

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Captain America (1979) With Gary Bainbridge

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 Captain America and Captain America: Death Too Soon, first seen in 1979, and joining Tim for a chat about Steve Rogers halting international conspiracies where nobody knows what they are with a disinterested game of beach frisbee is writer Gary Bainbridge. What will they find to say about the Late Seventies Toy Skydiver Cinematic Universe, Compo Clegg And Steve Rogers and many strolls The Incredible Hulk should realistically go for per episode, and what does any of this have to do with the Bob Newhart Super Soldier? Get listening and find out!

You can find more editions of It's Good, Except It Sucks at http://timworthington.org/.

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Avengers: Infinity War With Joanne Sheppard

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 it’s Avengers: Infinity War from 2018, and joining Tim for a chat about Thanos' slightly over-cautious plan for avoiding paying half of the restaurant bill is book reviewer Joanne Sheppard. What will they find to say about Superhero Erectile Dysfunction, whether Ronnie O'Sullivan got snapped and the Eighties Action Movie Niles And Frasier, and what does any of this have to do with The Infinity Meltis Newberry Fruits? Get listening and find out!

You can find more editions of It's Good, Except It Sucks at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Joanne on Avengers Assemble here, Blade II here and Blade: Trinity here.

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Captain Marvel With Anna Cale

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 it’s Captain Marvel from 2019, and joining Tim for a chat about Carol Danvers discovering she probably didn't need to stock up on all of that Iams after all is writer Anna Cale. What will they find to say about Carol Danvers' sitcom-friendly credentials, Nick Fury getting in touch with his feminine side and how loudly you should inform the rest of your household if a movie has a cat in it, and what does any of this have to do with the importance of remembering to bring a hair bobble when fighting aliens? Get listening and find out!

You can find more editions of It's Good, Except It Sucks at timworthington.org. You can also find Anna on It's Good, Except It Sucks talking about Spider-Man: Homecoming here.

Alternately, if you’re just feeling generous, you can buy me a coffee here. Is Java Centrale a 'nineties' enough reference?

058 - Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol.3 With Paul Abbott

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 it’s Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 from 2023, and joining Tim for a chat about the crew of The Bowie having their post-Christmas slump interrupted by a Golden Idiot is musician Paul Abbott. What will they find to say about whether it's possible to have a 'bad' version of The Punisher, why all good villains come from Failsworth and the enduring artistic legacy of BBC Three's I Am Not An Animal, and what does any of this have to do with David Tennant singing Free As A Bird? Get listening and find out!

You can find more editions of It's Good, Except It Sucks at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Paul on It's Good, Except It Sucks talking about Thor: The Dark World here and Iron Fist here.

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Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse With David Smith

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 it’s Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse from 2023, and joining Tim for a char about Miles Morales being bitten by the wrong wrong spider is quiz expert David Smith. What will they find to say about Chekhov’s Spider-Baby, whether not having a face should be sufficient motivation for a supervillain and why the anti-woke lobby don’t want Spider-Woman but don’t want not wanting THAT Spider-Woman even more (or is it less?), and what does any of this have to do Kevin Feige’s Twitter mentions being bitten by a radioactive pig? Get listening and find out!

You can find more editions of It's Good, Except It Sucks at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find David on It's Good, Except It Sucks talking about Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse here as well as Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. in a three-part chat here, here and here, Black Widow here, Moon Knight here, X-Men: First Class here and Nick Fury – Agent Of S.H.I.E.L.D. here, and standing in as host for a chat with Tim about The Guardians Of The Galaxy Holiday Special here.

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The Incredible Hulk (1977) With Gary Bainbridge

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 The Incredible Hulk, first seen between 1978 and 1990, and joining Tim for a chat about David Bruce Banner's quest to control the raging spirit that dwells within him by stealing some clothes off washing lines is writer Gary Bainbridge. What will they find to say about David Bruce Springsteen, Tony Stark's Hello Tosh Got A Toshiba Armour and how to win an award for Best Acting In A Procession Of Check Jackets, and what does any of this have to do with a Gamma-infused The Littlest Hobo? Get listening and find out!

You can find more editions of It's Good, Except It Sucks at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Gary on It’s Good, Except It Sucks talking about The Amazing Spider-Man here, Dr Strange here., the Marvel Cinematic Universe version of The Incredible Hulk here and Daredevil here,

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Fant4stic With Mic Wright

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 Fant4stic, released in 2015, and joining Tim for a chat about Victor Von Doom fusing with a chew bar while listening to Cradle Of Filth is journalist Mic Wright. What will they find to say about Richard Reed And The Fabulous Quartet, the Aldi Middle Aisle Stargate and how to finish a movie round the back of a building, and what does any of this have to do with Morbius ruining The Human Torch's summer vacation? Get listening and find out!

You can find more editions of It's Good, Except It Sucks at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Mic on It's Good, Except It Sucks talking about The Punisher here, Thor: Ragnarok here, Logan here and X-Men: Have Yourself A Morlock Little X-Mas here.

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057 - Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania With Kirsten Howard

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 it's Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania from 2023, and joining Tim for a chat about Scott and Hope finding out where all those errant Lego pieces wind up is writer and editor Kirsten Howard. What will they find to say about the advisability of basing a movie on TV's GamesMaster, how The Be Sharps travel between Multiverses and The Hope Van Dyne Purple Splodge Factory Playset, and what does any of this have to do with how many very slightly different directions you should jump in for a post-credits scene? Get listening and find out!

You can find more editions of It's Good, Except It Sucks at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Kirsten on Werewolf By Night here.

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056 - The Guardians Of The Galaxy Holiday Special With Tim Worthington

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 it’s The Guardians Of The Galaxy Holiday Special from 2022, and David Smith is standing in as host for a chat with Tim about Mantis confusing The Twelve Days Of Christmas with Six Degrees Of Kevin Bacon. What will they find to say about how many billions of Avatar sequels are in production at any one time, how to measure 'canon' using some C3P0 soap on a rope and how many of Peter Quill's exes can be lost in the corridors of one spaceship, and what does any of this have to do with Drax replacing Joey in Friends? Get listening and find out!

You can find more editions of It's Good, Except It Sucks at http://timworthington.org/. David has also joined us on It’s Good, Except It Sucks for a three-part look at Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. here, here and here, as well as Black Widow here, Moon Knight here, X-Men: First Class here, Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse here and Nick Fury – Agent Of S.H.I.E.L.D. here. You can also find Tim as the guest talking about Guardians Of The Galaxy here, Ant-Man And The Wasp here and Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings here.

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