The 602 Club: A Geekery Speakeasy

From Russia With Love. After the success of Dr. No the producers immediately began planning their next film in the Bond saga and landed on From Russia With love, which coincidently had just been named one of John F. Kennedy's favorite books in an interview with Life magazine. What could go wrong? In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined by 00 agent John Champion to talk about...

Star Wars: Clone Wars. In 2003, as Star Wars fans eagerly anticipated the last film in the saga, a surprise arrived on Cartoon Network, Clone Wars, a micro series of 20 episodes that gave a taste of what the war was like. With the success of the first 20, Lucas asked for 5 more episodes which would be longer and tell the story of the crawl from Episode III. In this episode of The 602 Club host Mat...

X-Men: Apocalypse. In the summer of 2000, Bryan Singer changed the landscape of superhero films with his first X-Men by having a movie that took it's story, characters and world much more seriously than had previously been seen in a comic book movie. Fast forward sixteen years later and Singer and company are back with their latest in the X-franchise. In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew R...

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. As Harry Potter fans impatiently waited for the fifth book in the series to be released, Hollywood was making the interim between installments bearable by releasing the third movie in the franchise. In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined by Hogwarts students Andrea Coffman and Tristan Riddell to talk about Harry Potter and the Priso...

Star Wars: Bloodline. The expanded universe of Star Wars has always helped to fill in the gaps and answer the questions fans had and the new line is no exception. With the release of The Force Awakens, fans have been clamoring to know what happened in the 30 year period between Return of the Jedi and the beginning of the new trilogy. In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined b...

Captain America: Civil War. The character of Steve Rogers has been on one of the most intense journey's of any of the Marvel heroes. He's gone from a scrawny man with a hero's heart, to super soldier hero, to man out of time, to leader of the Avengers, all to come up against his greatest challenge, a world at odds with his worldview. In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined b...

Captain America: The Winter Soldier. When Steve Rogers awoke from his long winter's stay in the ice he found himself in completely different world, that had undergone massive changes, politically and morally, yet found that the world just might need a little "old fashioned" values to help save it. After the events of Avengers, Steve finds himself living the life of a soldier again, this time for S...

Captain America: The First Avenger. Marvel began it's road by securing the money to create it's studio in 2005 and then started the process of figuring out which film would be first. Originally Captain America was to be the one kicking things off, but when Jon Favreau was approached as director, he chose to make Iron Man instead, leaving the Captain out in the cold until Joe Johnston was brought o...

Dr. No. In 1952 Ian Flemming informed his friend that he intended to write the spy novel to end all spy novels so that by 1962 there were already ten adventures of James Bond for producers Harry Saltzman and Cubby Broccoli to choose from for the first film, in their hopes to kick off a Bond franchise. In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined by super spy John Champion to talk...

Daredevil: Season 2. It only took a few days after the first season of Daredevil dropped on Netflix for fans to ask the question of when season 2 would be available as the show struck a cord with it's audience, telling a darker story and redeeming the character from his last outing onscreen. In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined by Defenders Daniel Proulx and Will Ngyuen t...

Star Wars Rebels Season 2. The last few moments of Star Wars Rebels season 1 left us in awe as a beloved character descended the ladder of the Ghost and we were rewarded with the return of Ahsoka Tano. In this supplemental episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined by fellow Jedi Masters John Mills and Tristan Riddell to talk about season 2 of Star Wars Rebels. To start we discuss the...

Thor. After The Incredible Hulk and Iron Man 2 it was time for the Marvel Cinematic Universe to stretch itself and bring in something mythical, the Norse god of thunder Thor, as well as truly begin the ramp-up to the coming Avengers movie. In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined by Andrea Coffman and Andi VanderKolk to talk about Marvel's Thor. We discuss the tale of the ham...

Supergirl/Flash Crossover. As soon as Supergirl was announced fans had many questions, would it be in the same universe with the Flash and Arrow and would it crossover with those shows were two of the biggest. The producers were open to the idea of a crossover which led the studios to finally giving their approval allowing Flash to visit National City for the first time. In this supplemental episo...

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Comic fans have been having the argument for over 70 years about who would win in a fight between Superman and Batman. At the end of Man of Steel the production team was looking for the next challenge that Superman would face and in that conversation the idea was thrown out that it should be Batman. Thus was born the genesis of Batman v Superman, Zach Snyder's n...

Star Wars: The Clone Wars Movie. "It's very much Star Wars. It's not a, you know, South Park comedy. It's not a baby girls show like Hannah Montana. It's sort of the first dramatic animated show that is, um, PG-13, so it doesn't really go on late night, it doesn't go on Saturday afternoon, it actually doesn't go anywhere. I don't know what we're gonna do with it, but we're having a hell of a lot o...

The Flash Season 1. During Arrow season two an intrepid young forensic scientist from Central City showed up to help solve a case and in the process learn the identity of Starling City's masked vigilante. He traveled home only to be struck by lightning and wake up in his own show. In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined by fellow Rogues Bruce Gibson and Norman Lao to talk ab...

Agent Carter: Season 2. Television is a brutal master and getting a season two in today's landscape is a tough thing to do, so fans of Agent Carter were relieved when it was announced that the fledgling series would be given a second chance. Before the episode begins we announce the winner of the Star Wars 602 Club Feed review contest! In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined...

The X-Files Revival. The X-Files became a television phenomenon during it's nine year run between 1993 and 2002, it would spawn 2 motion pictures, Fight of the Future in 1998 and I Want to Believe in 2008 which left fans puzzled, wondering if this was to be the last they would ever see of the characters, with the truth still out there. In this supplemental episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rush...

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. With the massive success that Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was with the general public and fans, Warner Brothers had already begun to prepare for the next film since the stars ages were always looming in the background as motivation to get the next part of the story out quickly. In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined by f...

Star Wars: Battlefront: Twilight Company. In the lead up to The Force Awakens the marketing for Star Wars was coming quickly with toys, books and video games. The newest version of Battlefront was released for the next generation consoles and lost in all the hype was a tie-in-book for the game. In this supplemental episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined by Rebel grunts Bruce Gibson...

Iron Man 2. After the success of Iron Man and the lackluster performance of The Incredible Hulk, Marvel Studios went back to the drawing board to figure out their next moves in rolling out their connected universe leading them back to the character of Iron Man to help launch the larger MCU. In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined by the other members of the Marvel Posse Andi...

Deadpool. After the disastrous X-Men Origins: Wolverine the idea of a Deadpool film languished in development hell for years and now because of the dedication of Ryan Reynolds, Fox has released the rated R film that so many fans wanted. In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined by Daniel Proulx to talk about Deadpool. We discuss a different kind of "superhero", being in a conn...

he Incredible Hulk. The summer of 2008 saw the birth of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the release of Iron Man and yet many people forget that just a few months later, Marvel released their second film in the MCU staring a new Hulk who was in no way connected to Ang Lee's Hulk film from just five years earlier. In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined by Michael Schindler...

Dune. Since it's release in 1964 Dune has been considered a science fiction epic that tied for the Hugo Award in 1966 and also won the inaugural Nebula Award for best novel so it is no surprise that with the success of Star Wars that this masterpiece would make it's way to the silver screen. In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined by Alice Baker, Megan Calcote and Norman Lao...

Legends of Tomorrow. In 1940 the first superhero team was formed, it was called the Justice Society of America and included The Flash, The Green Lantern, The Spectre, The Hawkman, Dr. Fate, The Hour-man, The Sandman, Atom, and Johnny Thunder. Since that time, superhero teams have been a staple of comics, film and television. In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined by legends...