It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Spider-Man: No Way Home With Joanne Sheppard

Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) - Joanne Sheppard joins Tim Worthington for a chat about Doctor Strange inadvertently presenting compelling evidence why he is no longer Sorcerer Supreme 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 Spider-Man: No Way Home from 2021, and joining Tim for a chat about Doctor Strange inadvertently presenting compelling evidence why he is no longer Sorcerer Supreme is book reviewer Joanne Sheppard. What will they find to say about a Blue VHS Duane Dibley, the acceptability of ‘Len’ as a supervillain’s real name and how to harness the power of slightly getting between people’s toes for evil, and what does any of this have to do with which is more likely to get you cancelled out of fantasising about a Spider-Cavill and a Dunstverine? Get listening and find out!

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Further Listening

You can also find Joanne on It’s Good, Except it Sucks talking about Deadpool here, Deadpool 2 here, Deadpool And Wolverine here, Avengers Assemble here, Avengers: Infinity War here, Avengers: Endgame here, Blade II here and Blade: Trinity here. There’s another look at Spider-Man: No Way Home with Gabby Hutchinson Crouch here as well as Anna Cale on Spider-Man: Homecoming here and David Smith on Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse here and Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse here. Sophie Davies joined us for a chat about Tobey Maguire’s second outing – and Doctor Octopus’ first – in Spider-Man 2 here, Garry Abbott did likewise for Sandman in Spider-Man 3 here, Garreth Hirons chatted about Venom here and Venom: Let There Be Carnage here, James Cooray Smith shared his thoughts on Morbius here and Madame Web here, Mic Wright made an attempt at finding something to say about Kraven The Hunter here and Gary Bainbridge recalled the Peter Parker that time forgot in seventies television series The Amazing Spider-Man here.

Joanne has also appeared on Tim’s nostalgia podcast Looks Unfamiliar talking about The December Rose, Colorado Beetle panic, Brontosaurus, Will You Wait For Me? by David Bellamy, Timbuctoo, KP Wickers, The Enchanted Castle, Major Morgan The Electronic Organ and Wilderness Road here, The Bump by MC Mallett, Horror Chews, The Strange Affair Of Adelaide Harris, Matchbox Fighting Furies, Mouthtrap, Connoisseur, World Magazine, All Aboard! and The Guinness Book Of Pet Records here, Dramarama: The Exorcism Of Amy, Spine Chillers, Blue Peter’s Witch Puppet Make, Monsters Of The Movies by Denis Gifford, Nothing To Be Afraid Of by Jan Mark, Paperhouse, Dekker Toys’ Movie/TV Horror Make-Up Kit and Remus Playkits Identispook here, Go For It!, What-A-Mess, My Pretty Pony, The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow, The Water Babies, The Magnificent Race, Amazon Adventure by Willard Price and Snapper Crocodiles here and Fax, First Born, Chimera, Next Of Kin, Mother Love, I’m Your Number One Fan, The History Trail, The Yolk Folk, Victoria Plum and televised Cluedo here. You can also find Joanne on The Golden Age Of Children’s TV talking about The Baker Street Boys here.