Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends With Garreth Hirons

December 19, 2023

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.

Avengers Assemble With Joanne Sheppard

September 12, 2022

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.

Nick Fury – Agent Of S.H.I.E.L.D. With David Smith

February 13, 2022

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.

If you enjoy It's Good, Except It Sucks, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. You are more than welcome to hassle The Hoff for one.

035 - Captain Marvel With Una McCormack

December 8, 2020

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.

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

April 14, 2020

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.