The 602 Club: A Geekery Speakeasy

Justice League: War. DC Comics has been doing direct to home animated features since 1993 when it released Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (which did come out in the theaters but was meant, in the beginning, to only be for home release) which have garnered respect among many fans as fantastic renditions of the characters and comics. In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined by Jo...

Moonraker. 1977 the film industry changed forever with the release of Star Wars and even the venerable spy series of James Bond could not escape its wake, so instead of the promised For Your Eyes Only, the producers turned to something, in space. In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined by 00 agents Christy Morris and John Champion to talk about Moonraker. We discuss continui...

DC's Legends of Tomorrow Season 1. In October of 2012, The CW put it's toe in the superhero waters with it's "Batman Begins" style show, Arrow, which would go on to birth The Flash in 2014 and out of a crossover between them would spin the most ambitious comic book show yet. In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined by Bruce Gibson and Christy Morris to talk about DC's Legends...

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm. In 1993, after the success of Batman: The Animated Series, Warner Brothers planned a follow up film for home release, yet late in the production, they switch gears and decided to release the film in theaters on Christmas Day which was met with critical acclaim but not enough marketing to make a dent at the box office. In this supplemental episode of The 602 Club host...

The Dark Tower. Stephen King's first book in his Dark Tower series was released back in 1982 and the latest book in the series came out in 2012 and in most of that time the film version has languished in development hell, until now. In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined by Alice Baker and Richard Marquez to talk about The Dark Tower. We discuss the history of the series, f...

Battlefront II: Inferno Squad. In the aftermath of Scarif and the destruction of the indestructible Death Star, the Empire finds itself vulnerable for the first time in twenty years. Its time to get serious about the treat of the Rebellion and destroy what is left of Saw Gerrera's Partisans. For this task, the Empire forms a new group who will work on the outside, an elite team who will suss out t...

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. In 1997, Luc Besson released his film The Fifth Element which became a sci-fi for many. During the making of that film, he'd hired the Valerian comic artist Jean-Claude Mézières, who asked him why he was not just adapting the Valerian comic instead. In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined by Alice Baker and Mike Schindler to talk...

Dunkirk. Christopher Nolan has cemented himself as one of the foremost filmmakers with movies like Memento, The Dark Knight trilogy, Inception and Interstellar, so when he has a new project, he's created quite a reputation that he has to live up to. In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined by Lee Hutchison and John Mills to talk about the latest Nolan, Dunkirk. We discuss, th...

War for the Planet of the Apes. Continuing a franchise is one of the hardest things to do in Hollywood, it's not hard in the sense that it doesn't happen very often, because it does, it's hard in the sense of making the film feel like it has a reason for existing other than making money and truly feels worthy of what's come before. In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined by...

Spider-Man Homecoming. The character of Spider-Man first crawled his way into comic books in 1962 from the minds of Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, he's been seen in cartoons, live-action television and in the last fifteen years 2 different film interactions. In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined by Bruce Gibson and Daniel Proulx to talk about Marvel's latest, Spider-Man Homecom...

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Rise of the Planet of the Apes was a success but unlike so many franchise films out there, the studio did not rush to get the sequel out right away, instead waited till three years later to release the next installment in the Apes "reboot". In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined by Apeologist Brandon-Shea Mutala to talk about Dawn of the Plan...

Rise of the Planet of the Apes. The original Planet of the Apes is a classic in science fiction filmmaking and it took been ten years to recover from Tim Burton's disastrous remake before screenwriters Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver found a way to reboot the series with a prequel to the original masterpiece. In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined by Brandon-Shea Mutala to tal...

Arrow Season 4. At the end of Arrow season four, Oliver and Felicity literally road off into the sunset after he defeated Ra's al Ghul and the League of Assassins to start a new life together, but did it last? In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing welcomes Alice Baker to talk about Arrow Season 4. We discuss our first impressions, Damien Darhk, the Green Arrow, bookending, the darkn...

The Spy Who Loved Me. Bond movies always seem to have a troubled production and after The Man With the Golden Gun, the production of the next film saw it's fair share as the team of Saltzman and Broccoli dissolved in the wake of Saltzman's financial troubles, the movie had a title without a plot and finding a director was not as easy as they thought it would be. In this episode of The 602 Club hos...

Wonder Woman. The character of Wonder Woman has existed in the culture zeitgeist for over 75 years and yet it is only now, in 2017, that she has been brought to the big screen in her first solo movie. In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined by Bethany Blanton and Richard Marquez to talk about DC Comics' latest film Wonder Woman. We discuss our expectations, the heart of the...

Lords of the Sith. When Disney acquired Lucasfilm, the book series that had been going on since 1991 was classified "Legends" and a new series of books was begun, which were considered canon for the Star Wars saga. In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined by Bruce Gibson to talk about Lords of the Sith. We discuss previous books and expectations, the predators, action, Sith r...

Guardians of the Whills. The first film in the Star Wars Story line added some incredible new characters who helped change the galaxy forever with their daring mission to Scarif. But who were these people before and what lead them to this point? Luckily the literature is here to fill in those gaps. In this supplemental episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined by Bruce Gibson to talk...

Alien: Covenant. In 2012, director Ridley Scott gave fans their first taste of the Aliens universe with the prequel Prometheus. Even though the movie did well with the critics, the fan response was less than enthusiastic, yet Scott was undeterred from seeing his vision into the next film. In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined by Brandon-Shea Mutala to talk about Alien: Cov...

Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures Season One. The first Lego Star Wars set released in 1999 was a X-Wing, set number 7140. Since that time Lego has produced hundreds of sets for the saga as well as branched off into video games and television shows. In this supplemental episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined by Aaron Goins to talk about The Freemaker Adventures Season One. W...

The Man with the Golden Gun. As the production of You Only Live Twice wrapped up the Bond producers were already looking to the future and the plan was to make The Man with the Golden Gun next, as well as have Roger Moore take over the role, but as it would happen with many of the Bond films, fate had other plans. In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined by fellow 00 agents C...

Rebel Rising. Franchises enable fans the opportunity to get to know characters over many movies or episodes of a television show, but Rogue One's main characters were people that would only be in one movie and then most of them would never be seen again, opening the door for the literature to in fill in the backstories. In this supplemental episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined by...

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. In 2014 a group of misfits from different parts of the universe came together to save the galaxy and steal the hearts of moviegoers, leaving fans eagerly anticipating the next adventure. In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined by Bethany and Riley Blanton to talk about Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. We discuss being back in the galaxy, family...

Guardians of the Galaxy. Marvel began it's movie universe in 2008 with Iron Man and since that time, it had grown exponentially in the types of heroes that populated it's films, yet nothing had truly prepared fans for where James Gunn would take us next. In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined by Andrea Coffman to talk about Guardians of the Galaxy. We discuss our expectatio...

Thrawn. Timothy Zahn is responsible for the creation of one of Star Wars most memorable villains in the literature and now with his recent appearance in the third season of Star Wars Rebels Zahn has been given the opportunity to fill in the story that leads us to Rebels. In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined by Bruce Gibson to talk about Thrawn. We discuss our expectations...

Aliens. For what seemed like only minutes to Ripley, turned out to be decades and luckily fans of the movie Alien did not have to wait that long to see the next chapter in her story as director James Cameron took over the helm of the second film. In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing welcomes Brandon-Shea Mutala to talk about Aliens. We discuss theatrical or special edition, human f...