It’s Good, Except It Sucks: X-Men With Garry Abbott

X-Men (2000) - Garry Abbott joins Tim Worthington for a chat about Rogue's White Streak's origin story 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 we’re heading into the Multiverse for a look at X-Men, released in 2000, and joining Tim for a chat about Rogue’s White Streak’s origin story is musician Garry Abbott. What will they find to say about Gandalf’s metal-bending capabilities, the box office appeal of stray members of Suede and the directorial veracity of Toad’s funny little dance, and what does any of this have to do with the comics accuracy of Trevor And Simon’s ‘Video Garden’? Get listening and find out!

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Further Listening

You can also find Garry on Fantastic Four here, Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer here and Spider-Man 3 here, and there’s more from the X-Men franchise with Gabby Hutchinson Crouch on X-Men: X2 here and Deadpool And Wolverine here, David Smith on X-Men: First Class here, Emma Burnell on Deadpool here, Phil Catterall on Deadpool 2 here, Joanne Sheppard on Deadpool here, Deadpool 2 here and Deadpool And Wolverine here and Mic Wright on Logan here, The New Mutants here and X-Men ’97 here.