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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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!

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Nick Fury – Agent Of S.H.I.E.L.D. 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 we’re heading into the Multiverse for a look at Nick Fury - Agent Of S.H.I.E.L.D., first seen in 1998, and joining Tim for a chat about the ongoing war of nerves between HYDRA and S.H.I.E.L.D. entering an alarming new 'admin' phase is quiz expert David Smith. What will they find to say about the hidden links between HYDRA's mythology and Mac And Me, Dum Dum Dugan's side career as a world-weary newspaper editor and who would win out of David Hasselhoff and Jeremy Clarkson, and what does any of this have to do with a cross between Claudia Winkleman and Joan Jett? 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 with 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 and Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse here, and standing in as host for a chat with Tim about The Guardians Of The Galaxy Holiday Special here.

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038 - Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Part Three) 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 is the third part of our look at Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. which ran for seven seasons on ABC between 2013 and 2020, and joining Tim to talk about Phil Coulson and the gang picking up the literal pieces between the movies is quiz expert David Smith. This time they’re focusing on the wild time-hopping genre-switching alternate reality-bending mission to stop history being entirely rewritten by aliens with access to TV Tropes in Series Seven of Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.. What will they find to say about S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Greatest Hits, Peggy Carter's accidental time-hopping bigamy and the mystery of exactly where Bucky Barnes' name got to, and what does any of this have to do with The Phil Coulson Broadcast Signal Intrusion Incident? Get listening and find out!

You can find more editions of It's Good, Except It Sucks at http://timworthington.org/. You can find Part One of David’s chat with It’s Good, Except It Sucks about Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. looking at Series One to Series Three here, and Part Two looking at Series Three to Six and Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot here. David has also appeared on It’s Good, Except It Sucks talking about Black Widow here, Moon Knight here, Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse here, X-Men: First Class here and Nick Fury - Agent Of S.H.I.E.L.D. here, and stood in as host for a chat with Tim about The Guardians Of The Galaxy Holiday Special here.

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035 - Captain Marvel 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 Captain Marvel from 2019, and joining Tim to for a chat about Carol Danvers 'borrowing' a bit of Terminator 2 - Judgment Day to the sound of Elastica 'borrowing' a bit of Wire is writer Una McCormack. What will they find to say about the nineties view of the thirties view of the future today, whether it's actually possible to digitally de-age Clark Gregg and the narrative effect on genre fiction of cats coughing up hairballs, and what does any of this have to do with the unseen adventures of Vila from Blake's 7? Get listening and find out!

You can also find Una on It's Good, Except It Sucks talking about Ms. Marvel here.

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026 - Inhumans With Phil Catterall

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 Inhumans from 2017, and joining Tim to for a chat about that stupid dog and that drippy girl doing absolutely nothing whatsoever is podcaster Phil Catterall. What will they find to say about where Maximus shops for haircare products, Dominic Fortune's lack of fortune and basically anything that happens in Jessica Jones and Guardians Of The Galaxy in preference to talking about anything to do with Inhumans, and what does any of this have to do with Another Another Mr. Lizard? Get listening and find out!

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014 - Agent Carter With Hanna Flint

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 Agent Carter, first seen in 2015, and joining Tim to talk about Peggy Carter trying to make it in a post-War man’s world full of malevolent alien sludge is film and television critic, Hanna Flint. What will they find to say about declining standards in promotional posters, the value of lending pantyhose as a secret agent skillset and whether it’s actually possible to understand how Zero Matter works, and what does any of this have to do with whether or not James D’arcy can sing? Get listening and find out!

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012 - Captain America: The Winter Soldier With Stephen O'Brien

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 America: The Winter Soldier from 2014, and joining Tim for a chat about Black Widow adopting the cunning disguise of 'a hoodie' to fight an old computer is writer Stephen O'Brien. What will they find to say about The Robert Redford Seal Of Approval, the warning signs of a potential kick-off in a lift and whether the late seventies Captain America films were preferable to a blank screen, and what does any of this have to do with realising Alan Dale's in a film before Alan Dale does? 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 Stephen on The Falcon And The Winter Soldier here.

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011 - Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Part Two) 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 is the second part of our look at Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. which ran for seven seasons on ABC between 2013 and 2020, and joining Tim to talk about Phil Coulson and the gang picking up the literal pieces between the movies is quiz expert David Smith. This time they’re focusing on the arrival of Ghost Rider, the return of The Kree and an excursion into What If...? in Series Four to Series Six of Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the spinoff Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot. What will they find to say about Nicolas Cage's uncanny lack of resemblance to a motorbiking vengeance demon, the probability of anyone remembering Bland Man's character name, and how far you will get by shouting 'GET ON WITH IT' at at Mutant Enemy Productions, and what does any of this have to do with handing your homework in late to Kevin Feige? Get listening and find out! 

You can find more editions of It's Good, Except It Sucks at http://timworthington.org/. Part One of David's chat with It's Good, Except It Sucks about Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D., focusing on Series One to Series Three, can be found here, while Part Three - covering the Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. finale - can be found here. David has also appeared on It's Good, Except It Sucks talking about the nineties television pilot Nick Fury - Agent Of S.H.I.E.L.D. here as well as Black Widow here, Moon Knight here, X-Men: First Class here and Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse here, and also stood in as host for a chat with Tim about The Guardians Of The Galaxy Holiday Special here.

If you enjoy It’s Good, Except It Sucks, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. You could even get, I don't know, Ghost Barista to deliver it.

010 - Thor: The Dark World 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 Thor: The Dark World from 2013, and joining Tim for a chat about the Asgardians' epic battle against some falling shoes is musician Paul Abbott. What will they find to say about Christopher Eccleston's lucrative sideline as a master of disguise, Roy from The IT Crowd falling victim to his own catchphrase and ITV's main news bulletin being presented by the cast of My Two Dads, and what does any of this have to do with Phil Coulson's career options as a rubber-faced funnyman? 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 Iron Fist here.

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009 - Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Part One) 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 Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D., first seen in 2013, and joining Tim to talk about Phil Coulson and the gang picking up the literal pieces between the movies is quiz expert David Smith. This time they're looking at Series One to Three - what will they find to say about HYDRA in sludge form, the lengths Agent Simmons will go to in order to avoid going on a date, and exactly how many episodes you have to get through before it gets any good, and what does any of this have to do with Andrew Collins' finest comic strip creation? Get listening and find out!


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008 - Iron Man 3 With Phil Catterall

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 taking a look at Iron Man 3 from 2013, and joining Tim for a chat about Tony Stark's battle against a terrorist who can't do broadcast intrusions properly and about fifteen thousand other things at the same time is podcaster Phil Catterall. What will they find to say about Guy Pearce's expertise in playing a Guy Pearce Villain, Osama Bin Laden's Max Headroom Mask and the mysterious secret identity of 'Stewart Lee Kid', and what does any of this have to do with who would win out of Iron Patriot and Squirrel Girl? Get listening and find out!

You can find more editions of It's Good, Except It Sucks at http://timworthington.org/. You can on also find Phil on It’s Good, Except It Sucks talking about Iron Man here, Inhumans here and Deadpool 2 here, and standing in as host to chat to Tim about Guardians Of The Galaxy here and Ant-Man And The Wasp here. 

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007 - One-Shots With Jim Sangster

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 One-Shots - a series of short films that accompanied some of the earlier movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe - and joining Tim to talk about The Consultant, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Thor's Hammer, Item 47, Agent Carter and All Hail The King is writer Jim Sangster. What will they find to say about the correct pronunciation of 'lov-er-ly drugs', The Coen Brothers' movies’ capacity for kicking men in the bollocks and Matt And Luke Goss' status in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and what does any of this have to do with the Hardcastle And McCormick theme music? Get listening and find out!

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006 - Avengers Assemble With Mark Griffiths

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 Assemble from 2012, and joining Tim to chat about Iron Man, The Hulk, Black Widow, Thor, Hawkeye and Captain America teaming up to order some shawarma is writer Mark Griffiths. What will they find to say about The Hulk's repertoire of 'zingers', the Studio 54 Avengers, and a big spreadsheet linking Ant-Man and some chips, and what does any of this have to do with Raymond Burr acting as a translator for Godzilla? Get listening and find out!

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