The 602 Club: A Geekery Speakeasy

Logan's Run. The late 60s were the beginning of sci-fi films growing in popularity with 2001 and The Planet of the Apes captivating audiences, leaving studios scrambling to find their one hit in the genre. In this, the 350th episode of The 602 Club, hosts Matthew Rushing and Christy Morris welcome John Mills to talk about Logan's Run. We discuss a little history, why Logan's Run, adaptation, locat...

The Mummy Returns. The moment that The Mummy opened, the studio knew it had a winner on its hands and that they would be wanting to make it a franchise. In this episode of The 602 Club hosts Matthew Rushing and Christy Morris welcome back Tristen Riddell to talk about The Mummy Returns. We discuss unearthing another mummy, the story, connections to the past, plot point, they have a son CGI, the ac...

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Marvel Studios has started Phase Four a little differently than its previous phases with three different Disney+ shows beginning things before jumping to the theater with Black Widow. In this episode of The 602 Club hosts Matthew Rushing and Christy Morris talk about the next film in the MCU's phase four, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. We disc...

The Mummy. Remakes are nothing new in Hollywood leaving many films to spend years in development hell, trying to find the right combination of story, creatives and cast to finally get made. In this episode of The 602 Club hosts Matthew Rushing and Christy Morris welcome Tristen Riddell to talk about The Mummy from 1999. We discuss our experiences seeing the movie, a cursed origin, in the 20s, the...

Star Wars: The Bad Batch: Season One. Star Wars fans were rewarded for their persistence in 2020 with the return of The Clone Wars and in that final season the creators gave us a taste of what was to come with the introduction to Clone Force 99. In this episode of The 602 Club hosts Matthew Rushing welcomes Bruce Gibson and John Mills to talk about Star Wars: The Bad Batch: Season One. We discuss...

Free Guy. These days at the local cinema it feels difficult to find a movie that is not part of some kind of preexisting franchise so it is always a pleasure when a movie is released that stands on its own. In this episode of The 602 Club hosts Matthew Rushing and Christy Morris talk about Free Guy. We discuss video game movies, love is all you need, no NPCs in life, carpe diem, the story, the cas...

The Suicide Squad. Five years ago the DCEU continued by bringing in its first movie focusing on group of villains in Suicide Squad, sadly it fell victim to studio interference leaving fans asking that they #ReleasetheAyerCut. In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined by John Mills and Tristan Riddell to talk about The Suicide Squad. We discuss our relationship with the origina...

Jungle Cruise. Disney has many great rides at its parks and in recent years the company has mined these rides for film ideas, from Pirates of the Caribbean, to The Haunted Mansion. In this episode of The 602 Club hosts Matthew Rushing and Christy Morris talk about Jungle Cruise. We discuss another theme park ride movie, the story, the society of the time, greed, is love enough, Johnson and Blunt,...

Rambo: Last Blood. Not every franchise is meant to go on forever and some get fantastic send-offs while others, fans wish the filmmakers would learn to just let it go. In this episode of The 602 Club hosts Matthew Rushing and Christy Morris welcome back John Mills to talk about Rambo: Last Blood. We discuss story ideas, Rambo returns, human trafficking, streamlined storytelling, legacy, our rating...

Army of the Dead: The Making of the Film. The 602 Club proudly presents Snyder Cuts: A Zack Snyder Directorial Podcast. This week, hosts Matthew Rushing and John Mills continue their journey with the Army of the Dead: A Film by Zack Snyder: The Making of the Film, a book by Peter Aperlo and featuring photography from Clay Enos. Chapters A Move to Netflix (00:01:23) Making of Books (00:07:10) Some...

Loki. The last time we saw the character of Loki was in Avengers: Endgame when the team went back to 2012, there the Loki of that period was able to escape with the tesseract, leaving fans with questions on if the character would live, since in Avengers: Infinity War, the character had died at the hands of Thanos. In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing and Christy Morris talk about t...

Black Widow. In Avengers: Endgame, Natasha Romanoff made the ultimate sacrifice to help save the universe from Thanos, but like the comic source material, we are now going back in time to fill in her story with a solo film. In this episode of The 602 Club hosts Matthew Rushing and Christy Morris talk about the newest MCU movie, Black Widow. We discuss our excitement level, back in 1995, free will,...

The Tomorrow War. The year 2020 was difficult for many reasons, hitting many industries badly and the film industry was no exception, with movies that were meant to be released in the theater being sold to streaming services, skipping a theater run altogether. In this episode of The 602 Club hosts Matthew Rushing and Christy Morris talk about The Tomorrow War. We discuss marketing, time travel, no...

The Amazing Spider-Man 2. The first movie in the new Spider-Man franchise did well enough for the studio to continue the series so that fans could hopefully get answers to some of the lingering questions left over from the mysteries established in The Amazing Spider-Man. In this episode of The 602 Club hosts Matthew Rushing and Christy Morris talk about The Amazing Spider-Man 2. We discuss going t...

Thrawn Ascendancy: Greater Good. To the frustration of a select few in power in the Ascendancy, Thrawn has emerged victorious... again, but not to be deterred, Thurfain continues to work to bring down Thrawn and disgrace him in front of the Chiss people so he cannot bring dishonor to the house of the Mitth. In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing welcomes John Mills to talk about Thra...

Batman Forever. After Batman Returns, the studio was not happy with the box office return, thinking the movie was too dark they decide to take the next film in a different direction and so they have the previous director choose new writers as well as a new director. In this episode of The 602 Club hosts Matthew Rushing and Christy Morris welcome back John Mills to talk about Batman Forever. We dis...

The Amazing Spider-Man. The Spider-Man series had become a massive hit in the 2000s with three big films but director Sam Raimi and the studio came to the realization that a fourth film was not going to happen so, as with the comics, the studio just rebooted the series. In this episode of The 602 Club hosts Matthew Rushing and Christy Morris talk about The Amazing Spider-Man. We discuss a weaving...

A Quiet Place: Part II. In 2018 John Krasinski released his directorial debut to rave reviews which inevitably lead to talks of a sequel and after a delay because of a pandemic, the second part has finally arrived on the big screen. In this episode of The 602 Club hosts Matthew Rushing and Christy Morris talk about A Quiet Place: Part II. We discuss our theater experience, day 1, when weakness bec...

Army of the Dead. The 602 Club proudly presents Snyder Cuts: A Zack Snyder Directorial Podcast. This week, hosts Matthew Rushing and John Mills continue their journey with the Army of the Dead, his new film for the streaming giant Netflix. Chapters First Experiences (00:03:19) Did Netflix Make a Mistake ? (00:06:10) Full Circle (00:12:24) Story Structure (00:20:54) Fascinating Question (00:26:01)...

Batman Returns. The box office reception for Batman had been astounding, it would actually be the highest grossing DC Comics movie till The Dark Knight was released in 2007, so it was inevitable that it would be getting a sequel. In this episode of The 602 Club hosts Matthew Rushing and Christy Morris welcome back John Mills to talk about Batman Returns. We discuss the anticipation, Penguin's orig...

Rambo. It has become popular of late in Hollywood to reach back into the past, mining the nostalgia of old franchises by reviving them for a new generation and Sylvester Stallone was on the forefront of this trend in the early 2000s. In this episode of The 602 Club hosts Matthew Rushing and Christy Morris are joined by John Mills to talk about Rambo. We discuss the behind the scenes drama, being t...

Spaceballs. By 1987, Mel Brooks had satirized live theater, the westerns, horror movies, silent movies, Alfred Hitchcock and history itself, so it was the perfect time to turn to a genre that had recently taken off in the 80s, sci-fi. In this episode of The 602 Club hosts Matthew Rushing and Christy Morris talk about Spaceballs. We discuss our first experiences, the production, a thematic element,...

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. The MCU brought a major portion of it's storylines to a close with Infinity War and Endgame but the aftermath of what Thanos wrought on the people of earth is just now being explored. In this episode of The 602 Club hosts Matthew Rushing and Christy Morris talk about the Disney+ show The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. We discuss the aftermath, the Flag Smashers,...

Batman. This first time Batman was on the big screen he'd been a campy, colorful character, surrounded by zany villains but in 1989, the world would be introduced to a much darker version of the Dark Knight. In this episode of The 602 Club hosts Matthew Rushing and Christy Morris are joined by John Mills to talk about Batman. We discuss our first experiences, Batman on screen, Gotham City, Bat cha...

Justice is Gray. The 602 Club proudly presents Snyder Cuts: A Zack Snyder Directorial Podcast. This week, hosts Matthew Rushing and John Mills continue their journey with the Justice is Gray Edition of Zack Snyder's Justice League. Chapters Other Black and White Editions (00:02:05) Responding to the Black and White (00:04:21) Effects and Sound (00:07:44) Focus (00:10:31) Didn't Pop Enough (00:14:1...