It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 With Paul Abbott

Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) - Paul Abbott joins Tim Worthington for a chat about the crew of The Bowie having their post-Christmas slump interrupted by a Golden Idiot 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 Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 from 2023, and joining Tim for a chat about the crew of The Bowie having their post-Christmas slump interrupted by a Golden Idiot is musician Paul Abbott. What will they find to say about whether it’s possible to have a ‘bad’ version of The Punisher, why all good villains come from Failsworth and the enduring artistic legacy of BBC Three’s I Am Not An Animal, and what does any of this have to do with David Tennant singing Free As A Bird? Get listening and find out!

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Further Listening

Paul has also appeared on It’s Good, Except It Sucks talking about Thor: The Dark World here and Iron Fist here. You can also find Tim on Guardians Of The Galaxy here and The Guardians Of The Galaxy Holiday Special here, Emma Burnell on Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 here, Ben Baker and John Matthews on I Am Groot here, Martin Ruddock on Avengers: Infinity War here and here, Ben Baker on Avengers: Endgame here, Joanne Sheppard on Avengers: Infinity War here and Avengers: Endgame here and Catrin Lowe on Thor: Love And Thunder 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. Paul also joined me on The Golden Age Of Children’s TV for a chat about Transformers here and stood in as host for a chat with me about The Magic Roundabout here.