Matthew Rushing
The 602 Club S26: Bendu Ex Machina
Star Wars Rebels: Season 3. We discuss Thrawn, Ezra/Maul/darkside, Twin Suns, The Chosen One, Bendu, Rebel and Mandalorian connections, Whitta's episodes, hope and our ratings.
Literary Treks 184: Don't Scratch Your Sand Pimples!
By the Book. We discuss the RPG game, first contact with new aliens, early Enterprise, the two alien races, and Vulcan logic vs. Human impulsiveness.
The 602 Club 123: Sweet Space High Tops
Alien. We discuss Alien history, the cast and characters, space truckers, cogs in a wheel, illusions, Alien notes and our ratings.
Literary Treks 183: Morn's Little French Beret
The Long Mirage: David R. George III. We discuss the characters, Vic Fontaine, Quark's relationships, Ro's choices, Sisko's absence, tying the Vic Fontaine and Morn stories together, faith and belief, and the meaning of the title.
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.