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?

Avengers Assemble 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 we're taking another look at Avengers Assemble from 2012, and joining Tim for a chat about Loki's complete failure to understand what Doc Brown was actually up to at the Clock Tower is book reviewer Joanne Sheppard. What will they find to say about The Hipsters' Avenger, how to fight off an alien army with a red petticoat and why cinema needs more pirates with mechanical hands, and what does any of this have to do with an organised tour of the S.H.I.E.L.D. canteen? 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's see if Tony Stark unconvincingly pretends he's never tried coffee too.

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.

If you enjoy It’s Good, Except It Sucks, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Though please don't just get a straightforward Americano and rebrand it as 'The Deke Shaw SuperCoffee Experience'.

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.

If you enjoy It's Good, Except It Sucks, you can help to support the show by buying me a coffee here. Do they still have ‘internet cafes’? You can always look for one on Alta Vista.

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.

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!


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. Probably not a good idea to get Crusher Creel to deliver it though.

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!

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. Peggy Carter will probably have already solved three cases by the time they've even poured it.

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!

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. They probably do coffee at Shawarma Palace. Possibly. Depending on what shawarma actually is.