It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Thor: The Dark World With Paul Abbott

Thor: The Dark World (2013) - Paul Abbott joins Tim Worthington for a chat about the Asgardians' battle against some falling shoes in It's Good, Except It Sucks - a movie by movie - and television series by television series - hurtle through the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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!

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Further Listening

Paul has also appeared on It’s Good, Except It Sucks talking about Iron Fist here and Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 here. You can also find further Asgardian musings with Vikki Gregorich on Thor here, Garreth Hirons on Thor: Ragnarok here, Mic Wright on Thor: Ragnarok here, Gabby Hutchinson Crouch on Loki here and here and Catrin Lowe on Thor: Love And Thunder here and the first part of David Smith on Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. – which includes a tie-in with Thor: The Dark World – here.

You can also find Paul on Tim’s nostalgia podcast Looks Unfamiliar talking about The Compleat Beatles, Zeeb And The Martians, Crab E. Crab, Rock Lords: Narlies, the Commodore Plus/4 and The Late Night Funster Show here, Disneytime Rotadraw, What Shall We Do Now?: Fun And Games With The Andrex Puppy, Breaking All The Rules, Tomorrow’s World demonstrating Magic Eye pictures, Kirky The HD Hunter, Frog Dreaming and Waddingtons’ The Vampire Game here and the Christmas Special of The Peter Serafinowicz Show here. You can also find Paul on The Golden Age Of Children’s TV talking about Transformers here.