It's Good, Except It Sucks

It's Good, Except It Sucks

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  • 019 - Captain America: Civil War With Mitch Benn

    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: Civil War from 2016, and joining Tim for a chat about Earth's Mightiest Heroes having a bit of a shoving match in an airport car park is comedian and musician Mitch Benn. What will they find to say about Scarlet Witch throwing a building at Donald Trump, the parts of the original Civil War comic that they couldn't do in a blockbuster movie and Spider-Man finally gaining the spider-inability to shut up, and what does any of this have to do with 'Spider-Dad'? 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. If it's one that's been expanded with one of Ant-Man's giant-size disc things then all the better frankly.

    30 min
  • 018 - Jessica Jones 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 Jessica Jones, first seen on Netflix in 2015, and joining Tim to talk about Jessica swapping a life of costumed superheroics for drunkenly pulling cars out of tow zones is academic Miriam Kent. What will they find to say about David Tennant's bits of purple clothing, where Peter Parker falls on the Nerd Scale, and whether a back alley punchup is more realistic than Iron Man punching another Iron Man in the sky, and what does any of this have to do with Netflix's other unbreakable heroine? Get listening and find out!

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

    If you’re feeling generous, you can buy It’s Good, Except It Sucks a coffee here. Just don't give the one with whiskey in to Trish by mistake.

    24 min
  • 017 - Ant-Man With Ben Baker

    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 from 2015, and joining Tim for a chat about Scott Lang falling down a procession of plugholes is quizmaster Ben Baker. What will they find to say about Avon Barksdale's post-The Wire career trajectory, George Clooney's Ant Leadership potential and the hot trending hashtag #Cornish4Duck, and what does any of this have to do with what ridiculous hour in the morning the Lost finale was actually on? 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 Ben on Cloak And Dagger here and Avengers: Endgame here.

    If you enjoy It's Good, Except It Sucks, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. It'll be even better value if you throw one of Hank Pym's enlarger discs at it.

    30 min
  • 016 - Avengers: Age Of Ultron 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 it’s Avengers: Age Of Ultron from 2015, and joining Tim for a chat about the race to stop two stroppy teenagers and a mardy robot who's swallowed a dictionary from getting their hands on some metal is musician Garreth Hirons. What will they find to say about how fast a 'slacker' can realistically run, whether movies can ever be enlivened by a screeching match and Little Richard's little-known stint as a comic book writer, and what does any of this have to do with a philosophical cultured robot going 'RAAAAAAA'? 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 on It’s Good, Except It Sucks talking about Thor: Ragnarok here, Venom here and Venom: Let There Be Carnage here,

    If you enjoy It's Good, Except It Sucks, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Preferably one that lasts for as long as that bit with Hawkeye's family does.

    26 min
  • 015 - Daredevil 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 it’s Daredevil, first seen in 2015, and joining Tim for a chat about Matt Murdock beating up gangs in Hell's Kitchen while never quite being sure which costume to wear is writer Gary Bainbridge. What will they find to say about whether it's possible to make Daredevil too tragic, how many car door decapitations a character has to perform before you can fully denounce him as a villain, and whether anyone could actually see out of that mask or not, and what does any of this have to do with the significance of blancmangey wigs in satire? 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 Incredible Hulk here,The Amazing Spider-Man here and the 1978 Dr. Strange pilot here.

    If you enjoy It’s Good, Except It Sucks, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. I'm fairly sure Wilson Fisk will know some decent places. Or indeed own them.

    31 min
  • 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 actually sing? 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 Hanna on WandaVision here.

    If you enjoy It's Good, Except It Sucks, you can help to support the show by buying me a coffee here. Make sure you give Angie a decent tip!

    23 min
  • 013 - Guardians Of The Galaxy 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 Guardians Of The Galaxy from 2014, and this time Tim's joining Phil Catterall to talk about the most blows traded over a not exactly top of the range Walkman in the cosmos. What will they find to say about Scott Pilgrim's Weather Forecasting skills, how to fit a Kree into a drawer and Groot and Jimmy Woo's smackdown with Sleet-o (The Living Sleet), and what does any of this have to do with how often the Defenders Of The Earth fell over? 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. 'Let us put more of this liquid into our bodies' indeed.

    34 min
  • Extra - Marvel Cinematic Universe Comics

    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 a special extra edition where Tim takes a look at some of the comics that have fitted around the movies and television series, taking in Thor doing a spot of DIY, Groot and Rocket meeting some snails, Jessica Jones chasing a major bad guy's child support payments and War Machine turning up late for some takeaway. Plus there's a preview of some upcoming episodes looking at Daredevil, Avengers: Age Of Ultron, Ant-Man and Black Panther...

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

    15 min
  • 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.

    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 do Black Widow's 'vending machine' escape manoeuvre while you're at it.

    30 min
  • 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 for a chat 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...? territory 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.

    22 min

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