Matthew Rushing
The 602 Club 122: #WheresLuke
Star Wars Aftermath: Empire's End. We discuss our first/last impressions, dive deep into all 5 sections of the books and talk about the aftermath of these books the the state of canon, plus give out thoughts about the future of the books.
The 602 Club 121: The Last Battle
Logan. We discuss the state of the mutant, looking in the mirror, God's mistake or human arrogance?, mutation, the characters, true grit and our ratings.
Literary Treks 182: Tough Noogies
Countdown. We discuss all four issues, the character of Nero, a resurrected Data, Ambassador Picard, General Worf of the Klingon Empire, Spock and Nero's ultimate fate, and our ratings.
The 602 Club 120: The Hugh Jackman Experience
The Wolverine. We talk about using rotten tomatoes, a curse or a blessing, who is Logan, two women, the villains, action, blood and violence, the Silver Samurai, speculation and our ratings.
Literary Treks 181: Mas Marko? Mas Polo!
The Siege. We discuss DS9 season one, the characters, violence, a possible Babylon 5 connection, Bashir's actions, and the story's villain.
The 602 Club 119: Queen's Technicolor Nightmare
Flash Gordon. We discuss the history of the character, the movie history, the feel and milieu of the film, the cast, the music and what keeps people coming back.
The 602 Club 118: A Wilson Phillips Song
The Lego Batman Movie. We discuss building anticipation, our first impressions, formatting character, the end, story and editing, character foundations, assembling the music and animation, our ratings, plus a bonus on John Wick: Chapter 2.
Literary Treks 180: Seeing Geordis in My Sleep
Headlong Flight: Dayton Ward. We discuss alternate versions of our heroes, T'Ryssa Chen, the Romulan angle, the temporal prime directive, homages and references, and what's coming next from Dayton.
The 602 Club 117: Wayne Lite Lime for Everyone
Powerless. We discuss the different versions of the pilot, our first impressions, if it's for families, the characters, look and feel, losing the joy and our ratings.
The 602 Club 116: Bond's Bad Mix Tape
Diamonds are Forever. We discuss Christy's history with Bond, continuing the character, Americanization, does it work, theme and music, Blofeld, henchmen, Bond women, the setting and our ratings.
Literary Treks 179: Space Cats
Star Trek IDW Comics: Sarah Gaydos and Mike Johnson. We discuss their personal Star Trek stories, the Boldly Go series, Crossovers, Waypoint, new series coming up, and questions submitted by our listeners on the Babel Conference.
Literary Treks 178: James Kirk into James Bond
Spectre. We discuss the Shatnerverse, Kirk in the 24th century, responsibility, Kirk and Scotty, looking in the mirror, Janeway, a mirror imposter, the prime directive and our ratings.