X-Men '97 With Mic Wright

June 7, 2024

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.

If you enjoy It's Good, Except It Sucks, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Just remember that Magneto doesn't take coffee orders. He GIVES coffee orders.

Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends With Garreth Hirons

December 19, 2023

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.

X-Men: X2 With Gabby Hutchinson Crouch

August 6, 2022

This time we’re heading into the Multiverse for a look at X-Men: X2, released in 2003, and joining Tim for a chat about a huge big academy of superpowered teenagers running away from the military instead of using their powers is writer and author Gabby Hutchinson Crouch. What will they find to say about Chekhov's Dam, Alan Cumming's acclaimed turn in I Am In A Thing On BBC Four and Mozart's latest TikTok banger, and what does any of this have to do with The Freeserve 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 chatting about Spider-Man: Far From Home here, Spider-Man: No Way Home here and Loki here

If you enjoy It's Good, Except It Sucks, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. The Mutants never seem to come up with anyone actually useful like a really skilled barista though, do they?

050 - Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness With Elly-Mae Gadsby

June 1, 2022

This time it's Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness from 2022, and joining Tim for a chat about Stephen Strange's trip through alternate realities where everybody has slightly different hair except for Wanda is watcher of films Elly-Mae Gadsby. What will they find to say about Hipster Badgers, the best place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to take a selfie and The Multiverse And Madness Public House (Blackagar Boltagon Licensed To Serve Intoxicating Liquor For Consumption On These Premises), and what does any of this have to do with who would 'win' out of a CGI Benedict Cumberbatch and a Makeup Benedict Cumberbatch? Get listening and find out!

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

If you enjoy It's Good, Except It Sucks, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Please actually pay for one though, and don't just use a 'punching' spell on the barista.

X-Men: Have Yourself A Morlock Little X-Mas With Mic Wright

December 25, 2021

This time we’re heading into the Multiverse for a look at X-Men: Have Yourself A Morlock Little X-Mas, first seen in 1995, and joining Tim for a chat about Gambit mistaking Cajun Spice for the real meaning of Christmas is journalist Mic Wright. What will they find to say about a Republican's idea of a deranged punk, Victor Meldrew's stint as a member of the X-Men and who the worst-smelling Marvel character to stand in for Santa would be, and what does any of this have to do with a pissed off Winona Ryder? 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 Logan here, Thor: Ragnarok here, the Marvel Cinematic Universe version of The Punisher here and Fant4stic here.

If you enjoy It's Good, Except It Sucks you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Though poor old Logan can’t have any as he’d just shred the cardboard cup sadly.

X-Men: First Class With David Smith

December 16, 2021

This time we’re heading into the Multiverse for a look at X-Men: First Class, released in 2011, and joining Tim for a chat about Charles Xavier drumming his fingers waiting for The Men From The Ministry to start is quiz expert David Smith. What will they find to say about Hank McCoy's disco threads, just how Kevin Bacony a method actor should be and the importance of a Downton Abbey Training Montage, and what does any of this have to do with the invention of the grey tracksuit? 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 suitably epic three-part chat about Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. - part one here, part two here and part three here - as well as chatting about Black Widow here, Moon Knight here, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever here, Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse here, Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse here and Nick Fury - Agent OF S.H.I.E.L.D. here. David 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. Those younger X-Men will probably get so excited about it that they'll throw an anachronistic party.

Logan With Mic Wright

October 3, 2021

This time we’re heading into the Multiverse for a look at Logan, released in 2017, and joining Tim for a chat about Wolverine setting off on the world's most poorly reviewed Uber journey is journalist Mic Wright. What will they find to say about the correct manner in which to address the Spider-Mens General, Jeremy Renner's Backwards Baseball Cap and the unmade lost X-Men classic Him With The Claws, and what does any of this have to do with Blade fighting over who gets to fight Blade? 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 Christmas Special of the X-Men animated series here, Thor: Ragnarok here, the Marvel Cinematic Universe version of The Punisher here and Fant4stic here.

If you enjoy It's Good, Except It Sucks, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Though poor old Logan can't have any as he'd just shred the cardboard cup. Probably in black and white for added 'emphasis' too.