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The 602 Club : 460: Doomed To Repeat It from 2023-12-13T03:00

Gladiator.

Hollywood made a living for many years on historical epics that became known as sword and sandal films, yet just like the western, they slowly faded as new genres became more p...

The 602 Club : Assembling Avengers 41: Guardians of the Galaxy: Holiday Special from 2023-12-08T03:00

Guardians of the Galaxy: Holiday Special

Join Matthew Rushing and John Mills as they complete their journey through Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the second Special Presen...

The 602 Club : 459: Be There For a Friend from 2023-12-06T03:00

I Spy.

Hollywood looks for inspiration wherever it can, even the small screen with many old television shows finding their way to the big screen as adaptations.

In this episode of ...

The 602 Club : 458: Fruit of the Loom from 2023-11-29T04:00

Loki: Season 2.

The MCU shows on Disney+ have been hit or miss as best, but one of the first entries staring the God of Mischief became a favorite of fans immediately.

In this epis...

The 602 Club : 457: Coiled Rage from 2023-11-22T04:00

The Godfather.

There are movies that are so impactful that it is hard to remember a time before they existed, they're so indelibly entrenched in the cultural zeitgeist that our conversati...

Literary Treks : 370: A Father Talking to His Son from 2023-11-21T04:00

Derek Tyler Attico: The Autobiography of Benjamin Sisko. 
  
The captains of Star Trek are some of the most revered characters in the saga yet there is only one whose ...

The 602 Club : Assembling Avengers 40: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever from 2023-11-17T04:00

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

Join Matthew Rushing and John Mills on their journey through the MCU as we reach the penultimate entry in Phase 4 with the second film for the Black Panthe...

The 602 Club : 456: The Plot of Spaceballs from 2023-11-15T04:00

The Marvels.

The MCU has struggled of late to connect with audiences as the shows on Disney+ have added more to the plate of fans to keep up on and the films have not hitting the box offi...

The 602 Club : 455: The Pen is Mightier from 2023-11-08T04:00

The Bourne Identity.

There are movies that leave an indelible mark on cinema for years to come after they are released, doing something that every film afterwards finds themselves trying ...

Literary Treks : 369: Kirk's Joker from 2023-11-05T03:00

John and Maria Jose Tenuto: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan: The Making of the Classic Film. 
  
Coming off the heals of Star Trek: The Motion Picture it was not ...

The 602 Club : 454: Entertainment Ether from 2023-11-01T03:00

The Continental: From the World of John Wick.

The John Wick series has continually grown in popularity since the release of the first film and like all franchises, they have been looking ...

The 602 Club : Assembling Avengers 39: Werewolf By Night from 2023-10-31T03:00

Werewolf By Night.

Join Matthew Rushing and John Mills on their journey through the MCU as they continue their march through Phase 4 with the first Marvel Special Presentation. 

The 602 Club : Assembling Avengers 38: She-Hulk: Attorney at Law from 2023-10-27T03:00

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.

Join Matthew Rushing and John Mills on their journey through the MCU as they continue their march through Phase 4 with the introduction of another new character...

The 602 Club : 453: Punch the Shark from 2023-10-25T03:00

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life.

The first Tomb Raider movie was a success which guaranteed that Angelina Jolie would be suiting up as the intrepid, globetrotting character f...

Literary Treks : 368: Set the Stage from 2023-10-24T03:00

Making it So. 
  
When people think of Star Trek, there are actors names that immediately come to mind and one of the first is Patrick Stewart for his portrayal of Cap...

The 602 Club : 452: Love Changes Everything from 2023-10-18T03:00

The Creator.

Hollywood has continued to double down over the last decade on franchises and the amount of original content has become sparse, yet in 2023, some of the biggest movies of the...

The 602 Club : 451: The Ties That Bind from 2023-10-11T03:00

Star Wars: Ahsoka.

The character of Ahsoka was a surprise for fans in The Clone Wars movie that preceded the release of the animated show and since that time she has only grown in popular...

The 602 Club : 450: The Triangle of Destiny from 2023-10-04T03:00

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.

Starting in the early 90s, Hollywood turned its attention to the world of video games for inspiration and sadly for fans of the games it was a rocky start as the ...

The 602 Club : 449: Minor Hurdle from 2023-09-28T17:19:22

Lethal Weapon 3.

Franchises reigned in the 80s and 90s, which meant that every summer fans became accustomed to their favorite characters returning in another installment to their story.<...

The 602 Club : The 602 Club 448: Life is a Stage from 2023-09-22T03:00

The Prestige.

Christopher Nolan had made a name for himself with Memento as well as reinvigorating the Batman franchise but who he is as a filmmaker just may have been cemented with his f...

Literary Treks : 367: The Anakin Skywalker of the Series from 2023-09-16T03:00

Cast No Shadow. 
  
The fallout of the conspiracy that Kirk and his crew uncover in The Undiscovered Country is not something that we get to see on screen, thankfully ...

The 602 Club : 447: The Last Temptation of Ciri from 2023-09-13T03:00

The Witcher: Season 3.

In 2021 Henry Cavill and Netflix brought to life the fantasy series from polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski which had already captivated the gaming world with its adap...

The 602 Club : Assembling Avengers 37: Thor: Love and Thunder from 2023-09-09T16:57:46

Thor: Love and Thunder.

Join Matthew Rushing and John Mills on their journey through the MCU as they continue with Phase 4 and reach the God of Thunder's 4th film. 

Chapters Listen

The 602 Club : 446: Deep Impact from 2023-09-06T03:00

Armageddon.

Hollywood studios have always competed with one another but in the late 90s the competition seemed to heat up as they went head to head with competing disaster movies about th...

The 602 Club : 445: One Note from 2023-08-30T03:00

Heart of Stone.

Gal Gadot became a household name with her portrayal of Wonder Woman in Zack Snyder's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice which then lead to the character's own film and si...

Warp Five : 250: Popsicle Drones from 2023-08-27T02:10:03

“Regeneration” 20th-anniversary reflections

A research team in the Arctic uncover mysterious cybernetic beings while examining the wreckage of an alien ship that dates back more than 100 ...

The 602 Club : 444: Deus Ex Memory from 2023-08-23T03:00

Blue Beetle.

It has been one of the roughest years on record for DC films as both Shazam: Fury of the Gods and The Flash have struggled to find an audience amid the turmoil being the scen...

Saddle Up! : 21: Break in Case of Gorn from 2023-08-18T01:45:13

“Hegemony”

A Gorn attack on the Federation colony on Parnassus Beta threatens to turn mounting tensions into a full-blown war. When Captain Pike’s partner, Captain Batel, gets caught in t...

The 602 Club : 443: It's Not Easy Being Green from 2023-08-16T03:00

Secret Invasion.

Nick Fury has had a rough go of it after the Blip, which has lead him to leave earth for his S.A.B.E.R project in orbit, but something from his past has come back to haun...

Literary Treks : 366: Helicopter Parents of the Galaxy from 2023-08-13T03:00

The Buried Age. 
  
Jean-Luc Picard's life is so much more than his time on the Enterprise, in fact he had a whole lifetime of events that helped forge the man we saw ...

The 602 Club : Assembling Avengers 36: Ms. Marvel from 2023-08-11T03:00

Ms. Marvel.

Join Matthew Rushing and John Mills on their journey through the MCU as they continue to make their way through Phase 4 by discussing the next Disney Plus show on the list.&nb...

The 602 Club : 442: A Life Outside the Shell from 2023-08-09T03:00

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.

The Turtles burst onto the cultural scene in 1984 in a comic book created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird which was only enhanced when it was...

Saddle Up! : 20: Fundamental Harmonics from 2023-08-07T13:38:08

“Subspace Rhapsody”

The discovery of a naturally occurring subspace field leads Spock to speculate that the speed of communications could be tripled. And he was sort of right, at least on...

Saddle Up! : 19: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner from 2023-08-02T08:18:34

“Under the Cloak of War”

For Doctor M’Benga and nurse Christine Chapel, the horrors of war come rushing back when Dak’Rah, a former Klingon general who defected to the Federation, comes a...

The 602 Club : 441: Pandora's Box from 2023-08-02T03:00

Oppenheimer.

There are people from history that have had such an impact that you can literally say they changed the course of history as we know it and director Christopher Nolan has brou...

Saddle Up! : 18: This Historical Saddle from 2023-07-30T04:41:40

“Those Old Scientists”

When the USS Cerritos visits Krulmuth-B to investigate Bradward Boimler’s all-time favorite portal, to make sure the portal area is free of any portal problems, the...

The 602 Club : 440: A Real Girl from 2023-07-26T03:00

Barbie.

The famous doll was created in 1959 by Ruth Handler so that her daughter Barbara would have a toy that represented adults to play with and since that time it has been one of the b...

Saddle Up! : 17: Schrödinger’s Mixed Bag of Story Elements from 2023-07-25T12:40:57

“Lost in Translation”

When the Enterprise arrives at Bannon’s Nebula to help get Starfleet’s newest gas station up and running. Uhura receives a mysterious signal that no one else can hea...

The 602 Club : 439: Hits Different from 2023-07-19T03:00

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning: Part One.

Since the third film in the series, the adventures for Ethan Hunt have gotten more dangerous as well as outrageous, which has lead he and h...

Saddle Up! : 16: Mental Gymnastics from 2023-07-18T13:29:13

“Charades”

When a shuttle accident almost kills Spock, he is put back together by aliens with colorful names. There’s just one problem: they left out his Vulcan DNA. And they did so at a ...

The Orb : 154: All About the Greed from 2023-07-16T10:01:27

“The Nagus” 30th-anniversary reflections

Having heard that some of Quark’s holosuite programs are quite alluring, Grand Nagus Zek, leader of the Ferengi Alliance, pays an unexpected visit...

The 602 Club : Assembling Avengers 35: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness from 2023-07-14T03:00

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

Join Matthew Rushing and John Mills on their journey through the MCU was we continue through Phase 4 with the second film of the phase to star...

The 602 Club : 438: High Levels of Contrast from 2023-07-12T03:00

Casablanca.

The 1940s was the heyday of the studio system in Hollywood were films were pumped out like sausage, yet in this system some movies found a way to transend their humble beginni...

Saddle Up! : 15: Definitely Not the Oatmeal from 2023-07-11T13:25:25

“Among the Lotus Eaters”

Returning to Rigel VII five years after a disastrous planetary survey, the Enterprise spots the Starfleet delta from space. Pike, La’an, and M’Benga beam down to ...

Warp Five : 249: Linguistic Games from 2023-07-09T02:23:04

“Cogenitor” 20th-anniversary reflections

The Enterprise makes first contact with the Vissians, a species that has a lot in common in with humans, such as a love of exploration, a fascinat...

Saddle Up! : 14: Seams in the Bunny Suit from 2023-07-05T03:07:12

“Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow”

While going about a routine day aboard the Enterprise, La’an Noonien-Singh encounters a strange guy who has wondered into the corridor. He’s been shot...

The 602 Club : 437: A Big Ask from 2023-07-05T03:00

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.

Since 1981, adventure has had a name and that name is Indiana Jones, intrepid archaeologist, part-time professor and dashing hero brought to life by...

Literary Treks : 365: A Huge Side Quest from 2023-07-02T03:00

Rebels: The Liberated. 
  
The revelations finally come in the final book in this trilogy, how the Tiffnaki came to be on the planet and just who the Liberated are tha...

The 602 Club : 436: Less Selfish and More Selfless from 2023-06-28T03:00

Braveheart.

Hollywood made a name for itself in the 50s and 60s by creating epic films with a scale that made the big screen almost too small, yet has the years went on, these types of mo...

Saddle Up! : 13: An Illyrian Enigma from 2023-06-28T02:12:18

“Ad Astra per Aspera”

When Una Chin-Riley faces a court martial for concealing her identity as an Illyrian, Starfleet and the Federation itself also stand trial for the hipocrisy of their...

The 602 Club : 435: Cause and Effect from 2023-06-21T03:00

The Flash.

There are very few films that got through the development hell that DC's movie about the Flash did that ever see the dimmed lights of a theater, yet somehow, with all the behin...

Saddle Up! : 12: Kung Fu Juice! from 2023-06-20T13:13:38

“The Broken Circle”

Assuring Spock that he’ll do fine commanding the Enterprise for three days while the ship is docked at Starbase 1, Captain Pike sets off to help Number One, who has be...

The 602 Club : Assembling Avengers 34: Moon Knight from 2023-06-17T03:00

oon Knight.

Join Matthew Rushing and John Mills on their journey through the MCU as they continue through Phase 4 with the 5th Disney Plus show. 

Chapters
Coming Into th...

The 602 Club : 434: Nuked Themselves to Death from 2023-06-14T03:00

Planet of the Apes.

In the 1960s, science fiction was not well regarded in cinema since the 1950s had tarnished its reputation by making them cheap "B" movies for Saturday afternoon matin...

Literary Treks : 364: Traditional Adventure from 2023-06-11T03:00

Dayton Ward: Somewhere to Belong. 
  
The crew of the U.S.S. Discovery was hurled into the 31st century and it left a lot of lingering questions for fans as season 4 p...

The 602 Club : 433: Leader of the TVA from 2023-06-07T03:00

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.

Miles Morales and his friends thought that they had saved the universe in their first adventure together, but the reality is, Miles himself is in for ...

The Orb : 153: Down the Wrong Warp Pipe from 2023-06-06T13:40:12

“Move Along Home” 30th-anniversary reflections

First contact with a race from the Gamer Quadrant … uhm … Gamma Quadrant doesn't go quite as Sisko had hope when it turns out that they obse...

The 602 Club : 432: So Last Century from 2023-05-31T03:00

TRON.

In the 1980s the Walt Disney Company was having a bit of an identity crisis which lead it to try a lot of different types of movies, both in animation and live action. 

...

Literary Treks : 363: Ensign Never Finds Love from 2023-05-28T03:00

Dark Matters: Shadow of Heaven. 
  
The crew of the U.S.S. Voyager is on one of the most important missions they have ever been given as the fate of every galaxy hangs...

The 602 Club : 431: Stuck Here in the Middle With You from 2023-05-24T03:00

Lethal Weapon 2.

1989 was a massive year for movie with the release of Batman, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Star Trek V and the continuation of Richard Donner's buddy cop franchise...

The 602 Club : 430: Sea of Blue Guy from 2023-05-17T03:00

Ghosted.

There are a lot of streaming services out there vying for the attention of viewers and Apple TV+ has been working to gain audience share by releasing movies with big name actors ...

The 602 Club : Assembling Avengers 33: Spider-Man: No Way Home from 2023-05-12T03:00

Spider-Man: No Way Home.

Join Matthew Rushing and John Mills on their journey through the MCU and this week we continue through Phase 4 and head back to the theater to discuss the third f...

The 602 Club : 429: Everyday Hero from 2023-05-10T03:00

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.

It has been over six years since the last Guardians of the Galaxy movie was released yet in that time the characters have been seen in various other MCU fi...

The 602 Club : 428: The Undiscovered Country from 2023-05-03T03:00

Peter Pan & Wendy.

The story of Peter Pan has been around since the early 1900s, starting off as a play by J.M. Barrie, which he then adapted into a novel and has spawned numerous adaptat...

Literary Treks : 362: There's Always A Bigger Fish from 2023-04-30T03:00

Rebels: The Courageous. 
  
Deep Space Nine is no longer under Starfleet's care as the Bajorans take running the station for a test drive, while Sisko and the crew of ...

The 602 Club : 427: Elder Wand Rules from 2023-04-26T03:00

Star Wars: The Mandalorian: Season 3.

The second season of The Mandalorian wrapped up in December of 2020 in epic fashion, leaving fans eagerly anticipating the next adventures of Din and...

The Artificial Tango : 21: Bye Bye Borgie from 2023-04-25T13:11:07

“The Last Generation“

Everything old is new again as the story that began 35 years ago concludes with one final adventure for some but the start of a new one for others.

In this ep...

The 602 Club : 426: Rebel Clones from 2023-04-19T03:00

Star Wars: The Bad Batch: Season 2.

As The Clone Wars ended, fans were introduced to Clone Force 99, a batch of clones with special enhancements that made them perfect for the hardest mis...

The Artificial Tango : 20: The Best of All Worlds from 2023-04-18T15:04:10

“Võx“

At long last, we learn what Jack is (although not without further delay) and, well, resistance is futlie. But fireworks in space are cool, right?

In this episode of The Artif...

Warp Five : 248: Bad Blood from 2023-04-15T08:49:37

“The Breach” 20th-anniversary reflections

When the new xenophobic government of planet Xantoras orders all off-worlders to leave, the Enterprise is called upon to rescue Denobulan geologi...

The 602 Club : 425: Size Matters Not from 2023-04-12T03:00

The Super Mario Bros. Movie.

Super Mario burst on to the scene in 1985, quickly becoming one of the most popular video games of all time, yet the character's big screen presence has been ...

The Artificial Tango : 19: Evolution, My Dear Watson! from 2023-04-12T00:30:29

“Surrender“

As the Titan crew plot to retake the ship, many storylines reach their apex while a big one continues to drag us so very slowly toward a terrifying red door.

In this ep...

Literary Treks : 361: Find Out Next Time on Archies Comics from 2023-04-10T03:00

Dark Matters: Ghost Dance. 
  
The crew of the U.S.S. Voyager finds itself tasked with one of the most interesting missions they've had as they try to find a way of ri...

The 602 Club : Assembling Avengers 32: Hawkeye from 2023-04-08T03:00

Hawkeye.

Join Matthew Rushing and John Mills on their journey through the MCU's fourth phase as we reach the Disney Plus series starting everyones favorite archer. 

Chapters Listen

The 602 Club : 424: I'll Play Your Game You Rogue from 2023-04-06T03:00

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.

Dungeons & Dragons burst on to the scene in 1974, becaming a cultural touchstone for geek culture by the 1980s and because of its popularity has g...

The Artificial Tango : 18: Many Ways to the Ocean from 2023-04-04T05:45:57

Dominion.

A visit to the Chin’toka system, one of the most pivotal battlefields of the Dominion War, helps shed light on some of the mysteries surrounding the Changelings, but raises even...

The 602 Club : 423: Code of Humanity from 2023-03-29T03:00:18

John Wick: Chapter 4.

The character of John Wick has been though about as much as one assassin can possibly go through and yet his greatest test is still before him.

In this episod...

The Artificial Tango : 17: Poetic Drive-By Observations from 2023-03-28T14:28:09

“The Bounty“

As the plot—and goo—thickens, the Titan visits the Fleet Museum to meet an old friend while Worf, Raffi, and Riker burgle the very institution that is hunting them. The layov...

The Orb : 152: Dead Giveaways from 2023-03-23T15:10:01

“The Passenger” 30th-anniversary reflections

Doctor Bashir’s arrogance is interrupted when the runabout Rio Grande receives a distress call from a Kobliad transport. They find a fire aboa...

The 602 Club : 422: Taste the Rainbow from 2023-03-22T03:00

Shazam! Fury of the Gods.

Billy Batson's life has changed dramatically in the last two years as he now has a family that loves him and he wants to stay with, plus his siblings are superhe...

The Artificial Tango : 16: Visions from the Fire Caves from 2023-03-21T12:42:15

“Imposters“

An unexpected visitor boards the Titan and reveals the extent of the threat facing the Federation. Meanwhile, Jack Crusher struggles with his continuing visions and comes to r...

Warp Five : 247: The Other Side of Life from 2023-03-18T12:06:17

“Horizon” 20th-anniversary reflections

A change of course for the Enterprise takes the ship close to the ECS Horizon, the cargo vessel on which Travis Mayweather grew up—and that means fa...

The Orb : 151: Who Is What and What Is Where?! from 2023-03-17T12:30:47

“Dax” 30th-anniversary reflections

Aliens with an uncanny knowledge of the station and its systems attempt to abduct Jadzia and take her back to Klaestron IV to stand trial. Only it’s Dax...

The 602 Club : 421: People Who Need People from 2023-03-16T04:00

65.

There are very few films that are released in theaters these days that are not apart of a franchise and that seems to go dubiously for science fiction films.

In this episode of...

The Artificial Tango : 15: A Gift of Provenance from 2023-03-16T00:46:59

“No Win Scenario“

As the Titan sinks deeper into the gravity well, only the inginuity that comes with a full head of hair and a grease monkey from Chicago can save the crew the from a no ...

Warp Five : 246: Challenging the Empire from 2023-03-10T11:58:47

“Judgment” 20th-anniversary reflections

Captain Jonathan Archer of the battle cruiser Enterprise stands before a Klingon magistrate to face the music for aiding and abetting fugitives fro...

Primitive Culture : 126: Progressive Nostalgia? from 2023-03-09T00:40:06

Music in Star Trek

From Alexander Courage’s “bright galactic beguine” in The Original Series to Jeff Russo’s churning, Game of Thrones-style theme for Discovery, the music of Star Trek ha...

The Orb : 150: Like Oil and Water from 2023-03-08T12:41:24

“Q-Less” 30th-anniversary reflections

The arrival of Vash, whom Dax found in the Gamma Quadrant, brings incredible profit potential to Quark, but great danger to the station. Tagging alon...

The 602 Club : 420: No Man is an Island from 2023-03-08T04:00

Creed III.

Adonis Creed has been through a lot in his life and just as he thinks things are about to slow down, someone from his past returns to rock his world, dragging him back into the...

The Artificial Tango : 14: Yoda Was Right from 2023-03-07T11:55:59

“Seventeen Seconds“

Beverly and Jean-Luc come face to face as the reason for her 20-year absence is revealed. Meanwhile, a more relaxed warrior enters to help Raffi crack the case of the ...

Literary Treks : 360: Wagon Train to the Stars from 2023-03-05T04:00

John Jackson Miller: The High Country. 
  
One of the joys of a new Star Trek series is when the literature is able to fill in gaps and create new adventures for the c...

The 602 Club : 419: Pun Intended from 2023-03-01T04:00

Kung Fu Panda.

With the success of Shrek, DreamWorks Animation became a household name and their success continued with hits like Madagascar which made them a true rival to Disney.

Warp Five : 245: A Slice of White Bread from 2023-02-27T01:43:19

“The Crossing” 20th-anniversary reflections

When the Enterprise is swallowed by a giant whale-like ship, Archer and the crew find themselves in the belly of a beast—a beast filled with wi...

Literary Treks : 359: A Planet of Children from 2023-02-26T04:00

Rebels: The Conquered. 
  
The mission of Captain Sisko was to help Bajor get ready for Federation membership so what better way to do that than to hand over the stati...

The Artificial Tango : 13: The Son in the Room from 2023-02-25T11:57:13

“Disengage“

The revelation that Beverly’s son, Jack, is wanted on many worlds—under many aliases—puts Jean-Luc Picard into a tough situation, one trumped only by the discovery that Jack i...

The 602 Club : Assembling Avengers 31: Eternals from 2023-02-24T04:00

Eternals.

Join Matthew Rushing and John Mills on their journey through the MCU as this week they reach the third movie of Phase 4 which is something completely different. 

Cha...

The Orb : 149: The Most Dangerous Game from 2023-02-23T04:55:36

“Captive Pursuit” 30th-anniversary reflections

The arrival of an alien from the Gamma Quadrant puts Chief O’Brien at the center of first contact when Tosk, as the reptilian calls itself, ...

The 602 Club : 418: Focus on the Family from 2023-02-22T04:00

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.

The character of Scott Lang and his family have been through a lot with saving Janet from the Quantum Realm, "The Blip", plus trying to figure out how t...

The Artificial Tango : 12: Picard’s Romantic Mix Tape from 2023-02-19T11:16:09

“The Next Generation“

After receiving a cryptic, urgent distress call from Doctor Beverly Crusher, Admiral Jean-Luc Picard enlists the help of Captain Riker and Seven—or rather Commander ...

Warp Five : 244: ’Tis a Scary Place from 2023-02-18T08:48:16

“Canamar” 20th-anniversary reflections

When the Enterprise rendezvous with Shuttlepod One to meet Captain Archer and Commander Tucker, who had been on a mission to make first contact with...

The Orb : 148: Miles and Miles of Sass from 2023-02-15T14:25:08

“Babel” 30th-anniversary reflections

When lazy Chief O'Brien gets a hankering for a cup of coffee and triggers a booby trap left behind from the Cardassian Occupation, the crew and reside...

The 602 Club : 417: Still Just a Skeleton from 2023-02-15T04:00

The Witcher: Blood Origin.

The Witcher series has already had one prequel with the animated film, The Nightmare of the Wolf but for its next prequel, Netflix travel all the way back to th...

The 602 Club : Assembling Avengers 30: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings from 2023-02-10T04:00

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.

Join Matthew Rushing and John Mills as they continue through Phase 4 of the MCU and reach the first new origin story of this phase. 

The Orb : 147: Questioning the Foundation from 2023-02-08T12:41:56

“A Man Alone” 30th-anniversary reflections

When a man is murdered aboard the station, Odo becomes the prime suspect. Kira is certain he couldn't have done it, but Sisko is not so sure. Od...

The 602 Club : 416: Fast and Loose from 2023-02-08T04:00

Constantine.

After the disaster of Batman & Robin, DC Comics' movies found themselves in a desert of films that just got panned by the critics, yet in that time there was one that stood o...

Literary Treks : 358: The Bad Shepherd from 2023-02-05T04:00

Dark Matters: Cloak and Dagger.

By the time that Star Trek: Voyager was released, there were not as many numbered books coming out for the series, so compared with The Next Generati...

The Artificial Tango : 11: Honoring the Saga from 2023-02-02T13:28:09

Preparing for Star Trek: Picard Season 3

As the story of Picard enters its final chapter, old friends return for one more epic journey together. But will it really be their last? In this ...

The 602 Club : 415: The Fights of Life from 2023-02-01T04:00

Creed II.

The first Creed movie was a hit which made it a foregone conclusion that there would be a second, this time Stallone stepped back in as script writer as Ryan Coogler could not r...

The Orb : 146: It’s Not Easy to Let Go from 2023-01-31T14:36:54

“Past Prologue” 30th-anniversary reflections

As the Federation begins to settle into its presence aboard the former Cardassian station, now dubbed Deep Space Nine, the arrival of a former...

Warp Five : 243: Stop Messing with Time! from 2023-01-28T12:07:49

“Future Tense” 20th-anniversary reflections

A mysterious ship leads the crew of the Enterprise into the mysteries of time—and DNA—as they find themselves once again mixed up with the Suli...

The Orb : 145: Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of from 2023-01-26T10:17:57

“Emissary” 30th-anniversary reflections

Commence station log. When Deep Space Nine premiered on January 3, 1993, it marked an unprecedented moment for Star Trek. Not only did Gene Roddenb...

The 602 Club : 414: The Struggle from 2023-01-25T04:00

Creed.

After the movie Rocky Balboa was released in 2006 it seemed like the door had closed on everyone's favorite underdog until it was announced in 2013 that director Ryan Coogler had b...

The 602 Club : 413: 20,000 Leagues Under the Nightmare Sea from 2023-01-17T16:00

Slumberland.

The 2022 holiday season saw a deluge of movies that dropped on streaming, trying to entice viewers to spend their evenings on the couch with their families and friends devour...

Warp Five : 242: Toward the Federation from 2023-01-16T02:11:35

“Cease Fire” 20th-anniversary reflections

When a decades-old territorial conflict between the Vulcans and Andorians resurfaces, Captain Archer is called upon to mediate. But by whom? As A...

The Orb : 144: How Gullible Is the Federation? from 2023-01-14T09:31:11

Dominion Breadcrumbs, Part 2.

While Deep Space Nine may be best known for the Dominion War, getting to that storyline was a gradual process for the writers. After the Gamma Quadrant’s imp...

The 602 Club : Assembling Avengers 29: What If...? from 2023-01-14T04:00

What If...?.

Join Matthew Rushing and John Mills on their journey through the MCU as we reach the first animated series in the saga that asks the question, what if...

Chapters
Listen

The 602 Club : 412: Don't Shoot the Dog from 2023-01-11T04:00

John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum.

The character of John Wick has been through a lot in the first two films and the third picks up right were the second left off, as John must somehow sur...

Literary Treks : 357: Was Nancy Reagan Right? from 2023-01-06T04:00

David Mack: Harm's Way.

One of the beauties of tie-in fiction is the ability to fill in the gaps between episodes, giving authors the ability to show how characters deal with the af...

The 602 Club : 411: The Importance of Fatherhood from 2022-12-19T04:00

Avatar: The Way of Water.

Sequels and franchises have become the lifeblood of Hollywood for years not yet most sequels do not have wait the thirteen years that Avatar did for its follow u...

Literary Treks : 356: Boldly Babysitting from 2022-12-18T04:00

Enterprise: The First Adventure.

Every journey has a beginning which means the crew of the Enterprise from The Original Series had to become the family fans knew through working tog...

The 602 Club : 410: More Than Meets the Eye from 2022-12-14T04:00

Shrek.

Toy Story completely changed the landscape of animated movies which lead to even bigger changes when DreamWorks Animation decided to get into the game.

In this episode of Th...

The 602 Club : Assembling Avengers 28: Black Widow from 2022-12-09T04:00

Black Widow.

Join Matthew Rushing and John Mills on their journey through the MCU as they reach the first film of Phase 4 and Natasha's very first solo movie.

Chapters
Finall...

The 602 Club : 409: The Trifecta of Struggles from 2022-12-07T04:00

Enola Holmes 2.

The intrepid sister of famous detective Sherlock Holmes made a name for herself in her first big case but that does not mean that things will be easy moving forward.

Literary Treks : 355: A Pain in the Command Seat from 2022-12-04T04:00

Ship of the Line.

One of the blessings of tie-in fiction is the ability of writers to fill in the gaps between episodes or movies in a franchise and Star Trek's literature has done ...

The 602 Club : 408: WAKE UP! from 2022-12-01T19:47:02

Andor: Season One.

When Disney bought Lucasfilm, the plan was to not only continue make Episodes VII, VIII and IX but to tell other stories in the galaxy through the "A Star Wars Story" l...

The 602 Club : 407: Rediscover Enchantment from 2022-11-23T04:00

Disenchanted.

In recent years Disney has been creating sequels to cult classic films for its streaming service Disney Plus which means fans are finally getting the rest of the story for t...

Literary Treks : 354: Give Us More from 2022-11-20T04:00

Star Trek: First Contact: The Making of the Classic Film.

Star Trek is one of the longest running franchises and yet the amount of reference books, art books and making-of books tha...

The 602 Club : 406: MCU Kobayashi Maru from 2022-11-16T04:00

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

After the events of Endgame, director Ryan Coogler had a plan for the next Black Panther movie, but with the loss of Chadwick Boseman the series was foreve...

The 602 Club : Assembling Avengers 27: Loki from 2022-11-11T04:00

Loki.

Join Matthew Rushing and John Mills on their journey through the MCU as they continue on in Phase 4 with the third Disney Plus show in a row, Loki.

Chapters
The First T...

The Orb : 143: Finding It As They Go from 2022-11-10T12:36:51

Dominion Breadcrumbs, Part 1.

While Deep Space Nine may be best known for the Dominion War, getting to that story line was a gradual process for the writers. Before its full-on introducti...

The 602 Club : 405: The Present You Never Expected from 2022-11-09T07:13:17

Tales of the Jedi.

Star Wars is full of places where stories can be told to further flesh things out, giving fans a greater understanding of characters, motivations, and enrich the saga o...

Literary Treks : 353: Exchanged the Truth for a Lie from 2022-11-06T04:00

Warped.

Star Trek books had a long history of event hardcover novels for The Original Series as well as The Next Generation, but for Deep Space Nine, the trend seemed to grind to a ...

Warp Five : 241: An Element of Ignorance from 2022-11-04T12:13:03

“Stigma” 20th-anniversary reflections

After the encounter with V'tosh ka'tur, or Vulcans without logic, in Season 1’s “Fusion,” T’Pol has contracted Pa’nar Syndrome, a disease spread by t...

The 602 Club : 404: Honor Among Assassins from 2022-11-02T04:00

John Wick: Chapter 2.

The character of John Wick was severely wounded when the first film ended yet that was not the end of his story, he hadn't got his car back!

In this episode o...

The 602 Club : 403: Dancing in the Dark from 2022-10-26T04:00

Black Adam.

A lot of movies get stuck in development hell, never seeing the light of day but the ones that make it tend to be passion projects with someone who believes in the film enough...

Warp Five : 240: Darmok Lite? from 2022-10-20T14:11:34

“Dawn” 20th-anniversary reflections

A shuttlepod test gone wrong flings Trip Tucker onto a desolate moon along with his alien attacker, an Arkonian named Zho’Kaan. As the rising sun—and t...

The 602 Club : 402: A Bad Dream from 2022-10-19T04:00

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.

It has been a long time in the MCU since The Incredible Hulk came out in the first phase of the saga and now Disney Plus has just finished a show on his cousin....

The Orb : 142: In Awe of the Pylons from 2022-10-18T14:24:29

“Hear All, Trust Nothing“

It’s been more than 23 years since we watched Kira Nerys and Jake Sisko stare out of the window at the wormhole, wondering when Benajmin Sisko would come back. A...

Literary Treks : 352: Would You Like to Know More? from 2022-10-16T04:00

Second Self.

Star Trek: Picard lead to the end of the lit-verse for Star Trek which in turn has opened the doors for writers to fill in the gaps between the previous shows and the n...

The 602 Club : Assembling Avengers 26: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier from 2022-10-14T04:00

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.

Join Matthew Rushing and John Mills on their journey through the MCU and this week they continue in Phase 4 with another Disney Plus show.

Chapte...

The 602 Club : 401: Now It's Personal from 2022-10-12T04:00

John Wick.

In the summer of 1999 Keanu Reeves went from being an actor known more for his comedy to a full-on action star because of The Matrix which would thankfully not be the last time...

Warp Five : 239: Deep-Fried Crew from 2022-10-08T03:40:47

“The Catwalk” 20th-anniversary reflections

What looks to be an exciting field trip to a life-filled planet is cut short before it begins when the Enterprise encounters a ship carrying thr...

The 602 Club : 400: I'm Sure It's Fine from 2022-10-07T04:00

Jaws.

On the eastern seaboard of the United States in May of 1974 no one knew that the filming for Steven Spielberg's second film would take 159 days and become the first blockbuster.

The 602 Club : 399: The Ultimate Hive Mind from 2022-10-04T04:00

Avatar.

2009 was the ultimate confluence of events, the rise of 3D movies, the advance of technology and the tenacity of a filmmaker to create the highest grossing movie of all time.

Primitive Culture : 125: Five-Year Mission from 2022-10-03T11:44:08

Half a Decade of Primitive Culture

Star Trek’s original five-year mission was brought to a premature end in 1969. But over the ensuing half-century and more, the franchise has continued b...

The Orb : 141: What She Left Behind from 2022-10-03T06:38:52

Remembering Louise Fletcher

Few characters in Star Trek elicit such a visceral reaction from fans than Winn Adami. Introduced as a Vedek, she was later chosen as kai—the first elected aft...

The 602 Club : 398: The Junior JSA from 2022-09-21T18:49:32

DC's Stargirl: Summer School.

Stargirl began its life on the DC Universe streaming service and for the second season, with that service being folded into HBOMax, it would find itself bein...

The 602 Club : 397: Say No to Drugs from 2022-09-14T04:00

Lethal Weapon.

The 80s were a magical time for movies with so many of the films spawning franchises that would continue for the decades because of the star power driving them.

In t...

Literary Treks : 351: A Win Win Win from 2022-09-11T04:00

New Earth: Challenger.

The mission that the Enterprise has had to help safeguard the colonists of Belle Terre has been harder and more taxing that anyone expected, yet it is about t...

The 602 Club : Assembling Avengers 25: WandaVision from 2022-09-09T04:00

WandaVision.

Join Matthew Rushing and John Mills on their journey through the MCU as they begin a new Phase, Phase 4 and it isn't a movie but a show on Disney Plus.

Chapters
...

The 602 Club : 396: The One Hammer from 2022-09-07T04:00

Samaritan.

More and more movies are finding their release on streaming services instead of the traditional premiere in theaters first before they find their way to home release.

In...

Primitive Culture : 124: Just Following Orders? from 2022-09-06T13:12:26

Cardassian war crimes and The Man in the Glass Booth

For many fans of Deep Space Nine, the penultimate installment of Season 1, “Duet,” is also the show’s first classic episode. A bleak e...

The 602 Club : 395: Rebuilding the Locke Heart from 2022-08-31T04:00

Locke & Key: Season 3.

With a television show, there are very few things that are more important than the way the writers find a way to bring the story to a close.

In this episode ...

Warp Five : 238: It Happened One Night from 2022-08-28T08:15:21

“Precious Cargo” 20th-anniversary reflections

A distress call leads to one of the most troubling events one can imagine: the interruption of Trip Tucker’s harmonica time. But what he find...

Primitive Culture : 123: Neurodiversity in Infinite Combinations from 2022-08-25T11:51:29

Autistic representation in Star Trek

“Perhaps you’re just different,” Tam Elbrun tells Data in the Next Generation episode “Tin Man.” “Not a sin, you know, though you may have heard other...

The 602 Club : 394: Like a Bond Girl from 2022-08-24T04:00

Catwoman: Hunted.

The DC Animated, direct-to-home movies have been a staple of DC Comics for years, with some of the films becoming classics for fans and because of this they have branche...

The Orb : 140: Gul Facade from 2022-08-23T13:14:05

Dukat’s “Civil Defense”

As central as Dukat was to the overall Deep Space Nine story, he didn't appear so often in the early season. The third-season episode “Civil Defense” marked only h...

Warp Five : 237: Eight Seconds of Insanity from 2022-08-20T08:52:12

“Vanishing Point” 20th-anniversary reflections

Forced to use the transporter to escape a diamagnetic storm on the surface of an uninhabited planet, Hoshi Sato returns to the Enterprise no...

The 602 Club : 393: There is No Retirement Plan from 2022-08-17T04:00

The Gray Man.

Netflix has continued its search for an action franchise, last year they released Red Notice and in 2020 they released Extraction, but that has not stopped them from continu...

Literary Treks : 350: Handshake Across Time from 2022-08-14T04:00

Federation.

Star Trek books and comics have been a backbone of the franchise from almost the beginning of the series, getting fans through many lean years when there was little hope...

The 602 Club : 392: Alienation from 2022-08-10T04:00

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.

Art has often been used as a way for an artist to work through the trauma they have experienced in their lives with the art of filmmaking is no exception and n...

Warp Five : 236: This Old Chair from 2022-08-10T00:51:10

“Singularity” 20th-anniversary reflections

When the crew of the NX-01 discovers a class-four black hole, they decide to investigate. But the closer they get, the more they lose grip on re...

The Orb : 139: Swept Up in Revolution from 2022-08-07T02:14:22

Michael Eddington

At the start of Deep Space Nine’s third season, more than a new ship arrived. A new character also joined the crew, one who was meant to serve as a foil of sorts for Odo...

The 602 Club : 391: Ghostbusters With Aliens from 2022-08-03T04:00

Men in Black.

Twenty-five years ago, 1997 would turn out to be a banner year for films, with movies that would go on to be considered classics now and one of the highest grossing movies o...

Warp Five : 235: Peel-Off Prosthetics from 2022-08-02T13:30:07

“The Communicator” 20th-anniversary reflections

After a, let’s admit, questionable mission to mingle with a pre-warp culture while wearing peel-off prosthetics, the crew of the Enterprise...

The Ready Room : 234: When You Orb an Orb Anything Is Possible from 2022-07-31T06:12:38

The State of Star Trek 2022

We long called the 1990s the golden age of Star Trek. From 1993 to 1999, two series overlapped one another on the airwaves and, once The Next Generation left t...

Primitive Culture : 122: Identical Strangers from 2022-07-30T04:56:18

Star Trek’s Double Troubles

Don’t they say you die if you meet yourself? Our intrepid Starfleet officers had better hope the answer is no, since encounters with doubles, doppelgängers, an...

The 602 Club : 390: Papa Got a Point from 2022-07-27T04:00

Stranger Things 4: Part 2.

Stranger Things became a cultural phenomenon so that when season 3 ended, fans could not wait for more, sadly world events lead to a longer than expected hiatus...

Warp Five : 234: Secret Agent Pants from 2022-07-24T13:05:59

“The Seventh” 20th-anniversary reflections.

When T’Pol receives a call from the Vulcan High Command, memories of her past life as a security operative begin to resurface. She is sent on a...

The 602 Club : 389: More Than Her Fantasies from 2022-07-20T04:00

Ms. Marvel.

Since Endgame, the MCU has done anything but slow down, especially with the addition of content on Disney Plus where the shows now continue the plot threads along with the mov...

Warp Five : 233: Seven Samurai from 2022-07-19T02:31:38

“Marauders” 20th-anniversary reflections.

Archer continues setting the stage for centuries of conflict between the Federation and the Klingon Empire when he stands up for the inhabitants ...

Primitive Culture : 121: When Is an Allegory Not an Allegory? from 2022-07-17T12:34:36

Trans representation in Star Trek.

In 2022, trans characters in Star Trek have become part of the fabric of humanity’s shared future in space. In addition to Adira and Gray Tal in Discove...

Saddle Up! : 11: The Alternate Terror from 2022-07-16T11:22:37

“A Quality of Mercy”

Getting a visit from your future self is rarely a good thing, but if your future self is supposed to be dead, well, you might have hopes for positive news. That’s wha...

The 602 Club : 388: Speaking of Butts from 2022-07-13T04:00

Thor: Love and Thunder.

When we left Thor in Endgame he had helped the Avengers defeat Thanos, given up his kingship over New Asgard and set sail with the Guardians of the Galaxy.

...

Warp Five : 232: T'Ponathan from 2022-07-11T03:27:40

“A Night in Sickbay” 20th-anniversary reflections

When Porthos takes a leak on a sacred tree, it’s strike two for the Enterprise crew with Kreetassans. But that relief doesn’t last the be...

Saddle Up! : 10: Hulk Spock and Hemhura from 2022-07-07T04:06:40

“All Those Who Wander”

While on their way to Deep Space Station K-7 to deliver power cells, the crew of the Enterprise respond to a distress call from the USS Peregrine and find themselve...

The 602 Club : 387: Planet-Sized Questions from 2022-07-06T04:00

Star Wars: Shadow of the Sith.

The Sequel Trilogy for Star Wars created a lot of questions for fans that they have longed to have answered since The Force Awakens was released seven years...

Literary Treks : 349: The Micro Machines from 2022-07-03T04:00

New Earth: Thin Air.

The planet of Belle Terre has been through hell as have the colonists from the Federation but what was thought to be a random Klaud attack may have made the pla...

Primitive Culture : 120: Resurrecting Nightmares from 2022-06-30T15:53:28

The Alien franchise and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.

In space, no one can hear you scream. But for unlucky Starfleet landing parties, meeting a nightmarish alien menace can prove as tra...

Saddle Up! : 9: A Cloud Called Debra from 2022-06-29T12:13:43

“The Elysian Kingdom”

While conducting a routine survey of the Jonisian Nebula, the Enterprise becomes stuck in a cloud of gas known as Debra. Soon the crew finds themselves as characters...

The 602 Club : 386: How Kenobi Gets His Groove Back from 2022-06-28T04:00

Obi-Wan Kenobi.

There has been one refrain that Star Wars fans have had since Disney bought Lucasfilm, give us more Kenobi with Ewan McGregor and after a few hiccups, a show on Disney Plu...

The 602 Club : 385: The Despair and Hope from 2022-06-22T04:00

Stranger Things 4: Part 1.

In 2019, season 3 of Stranger Things left fans wondering what happened to Hopper and waiting to see just how many more seasons the show would be given before co...

Saddle Up! : 8: Vulcan Affairs from 2022-06-21T13:05:55

“The Serene Squall”

A humanitarian mission takes an unexpected turn when a visiting counselor, formerly of Starfleet, turns out to be not who she claims. With ulterior motives tied to Vul...

Literary Treks : 348: The Easy Button from 2022-06-19T04:00

Daedalus's Children.

The crew of the NX-01 finds themselves in a unique position, they're no longer in our universe and the one they find themselves in is hostile to the very protei...

Warp Five : 231: The Haunted House of Catfish from 2022-06-17T12:45:52

“Dead Stop” 20th-anniversary reflections.

Having suffered serious damage in the Romulan minefield, the Enterprise sends out a distress call and is directed by Tellarites to a mysterious s...

The 602 Club : 384: Coming Full Circle from 2022-06-15T04:00

Jurassic World Dominion.

Michael Crichton captured the world's attention in 1990 when he released his book Jurassic Park, which would continue on in film through Steven Spielberg's work a...

Saddle Up! : 7: Hotel Majalan from 2022-06-14T14:16:39

“Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach”

When Captain Pike returns to Majalis, a planet where he once took part in a rescue mission, he meets a woman whom he may have been hitting on a deca...

Warp Five : 230: Dancing around Romulans from 2022-06-10T00:26:46

“Minefield” 20th-anniversary reflections

The Enterprise finds itself in the middle of a minefield and there’s one big problem: the mines are cloaked. There’s also a second big problem: so...

The 602 Club : 383: A MTV Production from 2022-06-08T04:00

Flashdance.

The 80s is a decade full of movies that still live on in the cultural zeitgeist, from their choice of music to the iconic scenes that have been replayed or parodied many times...

Saddle Up! : 6: Spock and T’Pring’s Freaky Friday from 2022-06-06T01:39:21

“Spock Amok”

Spock and T'Pring rendezvous at Starbase 1 for a little R&R and quality time together, but those plans go awry when work gets in the way for both. The situation is compounded...

The 602 Club : 382: Stop Running and Start Living from 2022-06-05T04:31:03

Top Gun: Maverick.

Hollywood has long mined its back catalog for content, this has worked well but it has also been a dismal disaster at the box office so it is always a toss up as to if ...

Literary Treks : 347: Its Own Set of Tropes from 2022-06-04T04:00

New Earth: The Flaming Arrow.

The colony of Belle Terre seems to just get out of the frying pan, only to find themselves in the fire, which leaves the crew of the Enterprise the tas...

Warp Five : 229: I Love Lucy (And So Do You) from 2022-06-03T01:05:44

“Carbon Creek” 20th-anniversary reflections

To mark the one-year anniversary of T'Pol's official commission as a member of the Enterprise crew, Captain Archer invites her to dinner, along...

Saddle Up! : 5: Gorn to Die from 2022-05-31T23:40:59

“Memento Mori”

The Enterprise travels to Finibus III on a critical supply mission while the crew observes Starfleet Remembrance Day. When they arrive, they discover that the remote colony...

Primitive Culture : 119: Cowboy Diplomats from 2022-05-29T12:17:39

How Star Trek’s leaders reflect our own.

Young, charismatic, and a bit of a ladies’ man, Captain James T. Kirk was cast in the mould of President John F. Kennedy, the beloved US leader wh...

The 602 Club : 381: I Like the Weird Stuff from 2022-05-25T04:00

Moon Knight.

The MCU Phase Four just continues on like the never-ending story but the latest Disney Plus show takes a cue from the previous Netflix series and gives fans a darker show tha...

Saddle Up! : 4: The Light Fantastic from 2022-05-24T13:14:01

“Ghosts of Illyria”

When the Enterprise visits Hetemit IX, an abandoned Illyrian colony, members of the crew begin to show signs of vitamin D deficiency and an obsession with light. Illyr...

Warp Five : 228: I Have a Son and He Will Go to Saturn from 2022-05-22T10:08:34

“Shockwave, Part II” 20th-anniversary reflections.

Trapped in the 31st century, in a future where the Federation never existed, Captain Archer must work with Crewman Daniels to stop histo...

Literary Treks : 346: A Series of Fortunate Events from 2022-05-22T04:00

Daedalus.

The crew of the NX-01 has come across an anomaly that baffles even T'Pol so of course they must investigate and that's were everything goes horribly wrong leaving Trip and...

The 602 Club : 380: Brothers From Another Mother from 2022-05-18T04:00

Star Wars: Brotherhood.

Begun, the Clone Wars have, they begin to rage across the galaxy affecting even neutral worlds as Cato Neimoidia suffers a terrifying terrorist attack on its capit...

Saddle Up! : 3: Musical Escape Room from 2022-05-17T23:38:14

“Children of the Comet”

When a comet threatens to impact the planet Persephone III, the Enterprise prepares to render what would appear to be routine assistance … at least for Starfleet. ...

The Orb : 138: Boxes of Memorabilia from 2022-05-15T01:44:27

Top 10 DS9 episodes

Deep Space Nine is best known for the Dominion War but, over the course of seven seasons, the series delivered a wide variety of story arcs, rich character development...

Saddle Up! : 2: A Little Less Mountain Man from 2022-05-12T06:29:39

“Strange New Worlds”

Following the search for the Red Angel and the battle with Section 31 and Control at the end of Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, the inhabitants of a planet not ready t...

The 602 Club : 377: The Wizarding Mjölnir from 2022-04-20T04:00

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.

It has been a little over a year since Jacob Kowalski ran into Newt Scamander in a bank while trying to secure a business loan for his bakery ...

The Artificial Tango : 7: Unstuck from 2022-04-19T08:09:10

“Monsters”

Lying in the clinic and near death, Jean-Luc is lost in the recesses of his mind—and we're there with him. Also with him is a Starfleet psychiatrist, in a late 24-century unifo...

The Orb : 136: Shift in Tone from 2022-04-14T00:35:06

“The Search, Part I“

When it comes to that moment when Deep Space Nine shifted in tone and became the more complex series that set it apart from the rest of Star Trek, fans most often poi...

The 602 Club : 376: A Lethal Weapon from 2022-04-13T04:00

Gremlins.

By 1984, Amblin Entertainment had put itself on the map with films like Poltergeist and E.T., so when they released a fourth movie starting teenage phenom, Phoebe Cates, it was ...

The Artificial Tango : 6: Shadows of the Night from 2022-04-12T11:50:05

“Two of One”

The gang prepare to enter the Europa mission gala only to find that Agnes has yet to inject their fake IDs into the system. That’s because she is still handcuffed to a chair....

Literary Treks : 343: Uncork the Moon from 2022-04-10T04:00

New Earth: Belle Terre.

It has been a long road for the colonists to get from Federation space to their new home Belle Terre and unfortunately the problems are only getting worse. Listen

The 602 Club : 375: The Ear Tingle from 2022-04-06T04:00

Morbius.

Sony and Marvel Studios have been sharing the character of Spider-Man for a few years now, Marvel Studios has him in the MCU whereas Sony has him in his own Spider-Man Universe, ...

The Artificial Tango : 5: A Thread of Melancholy from 2022-04-05T12:04:02

“Fly Me to the Moon”

At last, the focal point of the divergence is revealed as Laris look-alike Tallinn, who may or may not be a cat, brings Jean-Luc to her apartment and reveals that she...

Primitive Culture : 117: What If ... from 2022-04-05T08:25:05

… it wasn’t the Vulcans who made first contact?

April 5, 2063. In Star Trek’s imagined history, it was on this date that humanity made first contact with an alien race. The event led...

The Orb : 135: Listening for Personal Gain from 2022-04-02T08:39:01

Martus Mazur and El-Aurians.

They're known as listeners, but not all El-Aurians are as adept at doing so as Guinan, nor are their intentions as noble. We found this out in the second-seas...

The 602 Club : Assembling Avengers 24: Spider-Man: Far From Home from 2022-04-02T04:00

Spider-Man: Far From Home.

Join Matthew Rushing and John Mills on their journey through the MCU as they finally make it to the end of Phase Three!

Chapters
The Theater (00:02...

Warp Five : 227: Let No Good Crisis Go to Waste from 2022-03-31T15:25:19

“Shockwave” 20th-anniversary reflections.

When the Enterprise drops by Paraagan II to check on colonists, they accidentally ignite the atmosphere and destroy the settlement. Or so it seem...

The 602 Club : 374: The Beauty of Love from 2022-03-30T04:00

The Lost City.

Sandra Bullock became a household name after her performance in Speed with Keanu Reeves but she won the hearts of the world in the romantic comedy, While You Were Sleeping,...

The Artificial Tango : 4: A Bowl of Time Salad from 2022-03-29T08:59:50

“Watcher”

What kind of ship is the La Sirena? It’s a ship with a missing man. And while Seven and Raffi search Los Angeles for Rios, Jean-Luc heads to Forward Avenue in search of Guinan, ...

The 602 Club : 373: Subverting Expectations from 2022-03-23T04:00

The King's Man.

In 2015 director Matthew Vaughn introduced the world to a new super-secret spy organization known as The Kingsman and it was successful enough to spawn a franchise, leadin...

The Artificial Tango : 3: Shatter to Mend from 2022-03-22T14:22:16

“Assimilation”

The magistrate’s attempt to stop Picard and his team doesn’t get very far as he is easily dispatched and the La Sirena travels back to 2024 Los Angeles (which, sadly, did n...

Warp Five : 226: Intergalactic Florida from 2022-03-21T01:38:04

“Two Days and Two Nights” 20th-anniversary reflections.

After several detours, the NX-01 reaches its relaxation destination: Risa. Plans for two days and two nights in paradise take an un...

The 602 Club : Assembling Avengers 22: Captain Marvel from 2022-03-19T04:00

Captain Marvel.

Join Matthew Rushing and John Mills on their journey through the MCU as we continue through Phase Three and a reach a new Captain.

Chapters
A Long Development...

The 602 Club : 372: The Ultimate Therapy Session from 2022-03-16T04:00

The Adam Project.

Streaming has become a place for new films to drop without having a theatrical run and in 2022, Netflix has doubled down on this idea by releasing a new movie every week...

The Artificial Tango : 2: Fear Run Amok from 2022-03-15T11:30:25

“Penance”

As Q reveals to Jean-Luc the reason for their latest encounter, Picard learns that he is the most ruthless, bloodthirsty military leader mankind has every known, leading Earth i...

Primitive Culture : 115: A Fantastic Education from 2022-03-15T02:29:35

Lisa Klink on Writing for Deep Space Nine and Voyager.

Starting with a short-term position as a writing intern on Deep Space Nine, Lisa Klink rose rapidly through the Star Trek ranks, pen...

Warp Five : 225: Let’s Play Some Sand Polo! from 2022-03-14T01:45:59

“Desert Crossing” 20th-anniversary reflections.

After their encounter with Vulcan Ambassador V’Lar, the crew of the NX-01 are back on course for Risa. But they’ll have to wait a bit longe...

Literary Treks : 341: Sheer Fraking Hubris from 2022-03-13T05:00

New Earth: Wagon Train to the Stars.

What would make Admiral Kirk give up the desk after The Motion Picture, Diane Carey answers the question in the first book of the New Earth seri...

The 602 Club : Assembling Avengers 21: Ant-Man and the Wasp from 2022-03-12T05:00

Ant-Man and the Wasp.

Join Matthew Rushing and John Mills on their journey through the MCU as they continue through Phase Three by returning to the quantum realm with Scott, the Van Dynes...

The Artificial Tango : 1: We’ll Always Have Laris from 2022-03-10T01:50:50

“The Star Gazer”

Following the events of Season 1, Picard returns to his life in France with the flame of love unexpectedly flickering in the vineyard. But when his connection to the Romu...

The Artificial Tango : 1: We’ll Always Have Laris from 2022-03-10T01:50:50

“The Star Gazer”

Following the events of Season 1, Picard returns to his life in France with the flame of love unexpectedly flickering in the vineyard. But when his connection to the Romu...

The Artificial Tango : Name Change: The Line is now The Artificial Tango from 2022-03-10T01:02:27

The 602 Club : 371: Fix the Legacy from 2022-03-09T05:00

The Batman.

There is one comic book character that has been reinvented more than any other since his first time on screen and yet the Dark Knight continues to be a box office draw no matt...

Warp Five : 224: So Much Unexpected Behavior from 2022-03-08T11:44:47

“Fallen Hero” 20th-anniversary reflections.

T'Pol's plans to help her human crewmates relieve stress are interrupted when the Enterprise is ordered to pick up Vulcan Ambassador V'Lar from...

The 602 Club : Assembling Avengers 20: Avengers: Infinity War from 2022-03-05T05:00

Avengers: Infinity War.

Join Matthew Rushing and John Mills on their journey through the MCU as they continue through Phase Three and reach a war of infinite proportions for the Avengers....

The 602 Club : 370: Hooked on a Feeling from 2022-03-02T05:00

Enchanted.

Disney put itself on the map by adapting some of the most famous fairy tales the world has know and in doing so, creating a who genre of films that live on to this day, which h...

Primitive Culture : 114: A Tragic Necessity? from 2022-02-28T01:55:49

How Star Trek tackled the Vietnam War.

Every Star Trek series has engaged with the issues of the time, and perhaps none more so than *The Original Series*. Episodes touching on the hippy ...

Warp Five : 223: It’s All About Communication from 2022-02-28T00:12:43

“Vox Sola” 20th-anniversary reflections.

After Archer and his crew completely blow a first contact by eating in public, an unusual alien life-form is left behind aboard the Enterprise and...

The 602 Club : Assembling Avengers 19: Howard The Duck from 2022-02-26T18:27:08

Howard The Duck.

Join Matthew Rushing and John Mills as their journey through the MCU is derailed, they've been pulled through the multi-verse on to an egg-shaped world populated by ducks...

The Orb : 134: Coffee in the Afternoon from 2022-02-25T12:10:43

“Armageddon Game”

Following centuries of war, a race called the Kelleruns and another apparently named after Vulcans, the T'Lani, enlist the help of Doctor Bashir and Chief O'Brien to des...

Literary Treks : 340: A Struggle for Survival from 2022-02-24T05:00

Kirsten Beyer and Mike Johnson: No Man's Land.

At the end of Star Trek: Picard's first season, fans were greeted with the surprise that Raffi and Seven seemed to be taking their rel...

The 602 Club : 369: Finding Lost Things from 2022-02-23T05:00

Uncharted.

Video games as movies have had a very hard time becoming major hits, most have just not been able to translate well to the silver screen, for every mild success like Tomb Raide...

Warp Five : 222: Timeless Allegory from 2022-02-20T11:55:52

“Detained” 20th-anniversary reflections.

After the Enterprise accidentally enters a military zone around the second moon of Tandara Prime, Captain Archer and Ensign Mayweather are capture...

The 602 Club : Assembling Avengers 18: Black Panther from 2022-02-19T05:00

Black Panther.

Join Matthew Rushing and John Mills on their journey through the MCU as we continue through Phase Three and reach the continuation of T'Challa's story after the events of C...

The 602 Club : 368: Boba's Back in Town from 2022-02-16T05:00

Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett.

At the end of The Mandalorian: Season Two fans were treated to a stinger, MCU style that teased the return of Boba Fett in his own series!

In this...

Warp Five : 221: Vanilla Revelation from 2022-02-15T01:49:21

“Oasis” 20th-anniversary reflections.

In need of supplies, Captain Archer follows a tip from an alien and finds an abandoned ship that appears to have crashed on the surface of a planet. ...

Literary Treks : 339: This is Not the Way from 2022-02-13T05:00

Brinkmanship.

The Cold War between the Khitomer Alliance and the Typhon Pact is heating up to the point that it just may become another all-out war for the Alpha and Beta quadrant p...

The 602 Club : Assembling Avengers 17: Thor: Ragnarok from 2022-02-12T05:00

Thor: Ragnarok.

Join Matthew Rushing and John Mills on their journey through the MCU as they continue in Phase Three with the third adventure for the God of Thunder.

Chapters
...

The Orb : 133: We All Put Our Faith in Something from 2022-02-11T01:33:20

The Emissary’s prophecies.

In “The Reckoning,” Doctor Bashir said that if you look hard enough, you'll find a Bajoran prophecy for just about anything. The Ancient Texts, he feels, are a ...

The 602 Club : 367: Adult Shrek from 2022-02-09T05:00

Stardust.

Writer Neil Gaiman made a name for himself in geek circles with his take on Sandman for DC Comic's Vertigo line as well has his work on Swamp Thing and his first novel Good Omen...

Warp Five : 220: Throwing Pie in a Bag from 2022-02-06T08:40:52

“Acquisition” 20th-anniversary reflections.

When a group space bandits find the Enterprise adrift in space and board the ship, one thing is immediately noticeable: they have huge ears. Th...

The 602 Club : Assembling Avengers 16: Spider-Man: Homecoming from 2022-02-05T07:07:41

Spider-Man: Homecoming.

Join Matthew Rushing and John Mills on their journey through the MCU as they continue to work their way through Phase Three and reach Spider-Man's first solo outin...

The 602 Club : 366: Seriously?! from 2022-02-02T05:00

Rocky IV: Rocky vs. Drago.

Over the years there have been many director's cuts of movies that have come out from Star Wars to Batman v Superman to Terminator 2 to Apocalypse Now, each one...

Warp Five : 219: Unproduced Chakotay Story from 2022-01-31T11:29:33

“Rogue Planet” 20th-anniversary reflections.

A camping trip turns mysterious—and potentially deadly—when giant snails get into Captain Archer's head. Actually, they enter through telepath...

The 602 Club : Assembling Avengers 15: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 from 2022-01-29T05:00

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.

Join Matthew Rushing and John Mills on their journey through the MCU as we continue through Phase Three and reach the second adventure of the Guardians of ...

The Orb : 132: The Longevity of Memories from 2022-01-26T05:14:35

“Blood Oath” and Trill obligations.

A struggle with past lives is something all Trill must face. How much a joined Trill owes to past hosts is an ongoing question that is addressed from t...

The 602 Club : 365: Continent Ninja Warrior from 2022-01-26T05:00

The Witcher: Season 2.

The first season of The Witcher ended in fire, leaving fans eager for the second season so they would know who lived and who didn't make it.

In this episode ...

Warp Five : 218: Against Cultural Norms from 2022-01-24T12:46:53

“Fusion” 20th-anniversary reflections.

When a Vulcan ship shows up, Archer is ready for more of the charming conversation made famous by Captain Vanik. What he gets is something altogethe...

Literary Treks : 338: The Little Brat from 2022-01-23T05:00

The Last Roundup.

What happened to The Original Series crew after their "final" adventure in The Undiscovered Country has been the subject of a few different books throughout the ye...

The 602 Club : Assembling Avengers 14: Doctor Strange from 2022-01-22T05:00

Doctor Strange.

Join Matthew Rushing and John Mills on their journey through the MCU as they continue in Phase Three with a mind-bending adventure into different dimensions through the ey...

The 602 Club : 364: The Family Business from 2022-01-19T05:00

Hawkeye.

The MCU shows on Disney Plus have mainly been about the fallout from Endgame for our characters and the world at large, as people try to figure out how to move on now that "The B...

Warp Five : 217: Dude, Where’s My Ride? from 2022-01-17T02:44:09

“Shuttlepod One” 20th-anniversary reflections.

While on a mission to survey an asteroid field, Trip and Malcolm come across some debris from Enterprise, part of a launch bay door that was...

The 602 Club : Assembling Avengers 13: Captain America: Civil War from 2022-01-15T05:00

Captain America: Civil War.

Join Matthew Rushing and John Mills on their journey through the MCU as they begin Phase Three with the third Captain America film.

Chapters
A Big...

The Orb : 131: No Easy Answers from 2022-01-14T04:08

The Way of the Warrior, Part 2.

Following the revelation that the Founders had infiltrated the Alpha Quadrant, tensions are high and Starfleet is preparing for the worst. Those tensions r...

The 602 Club : 363: The Chiss Kwisatz Haderach from 2022-01-12T05:00

Thrawn Ascendancy: Lesser Evil.

Everything that Timothy Zahn has been doing with the character of Thrawn in his five previous canon novels has been building up to this moment and he swing...

Warp Five : 216: Reject the Evidence of Your Eyes and Ears from 2022-01-10T01:48:29

“Shadows of P’Jem” 20th-anniversary reflections.

Six months after the Klingon crash landing in Broken Bow, Oklahoma, tensions run high between the Vulcans and Starfleet after Andorian com...

Literary Treks : 337: Buddy Cop Dynamic from 2022-01-09T05:00

Alex White: Revenant.

Jadzia Dax is one of the most complex characters from Deep Space Nine, in all of Star Trek really, which stemmed from the fact that she has had nine previous l...

The Orb : 130: Perfect Storm of Wonderfulness from 2022-01-05T10:11:10

The Way of the Warrior, Part 1.

Following the revelation that the Founders had infiltrated the Alpha Quadrant, tensions are high and Starfleet is preparing for the worst. Those tensions r...

Literary Treks : 336: The Suicide Squad from 2022-01-02T05:00

Star Trek: Coda.

The end of the litverse has come and gone but the feelings about the series continue to ripple through fandom as they digest the way the series was brought to a con...

Primitive Culture : 113: Doing the Unthinkable from 2021-12-31T13:10:30

Jack Bauer and Jonathan Archer.

Premiering just after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Enterprise took another two seasons to fully engage with the rad...

The 602 Club : Snyder Cuts 16: Army of Thieves from 2021-12-31T05:17:54

Army of Thieves.

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 Thie...

The 602 Club : 362: Out of Tony's Shadow from 2021-12-22T06:26:44

Spider-Man: No Way Home.

At the end of Far From Home, Tom Holland's Spider-Man was outed to the world as none other than teenager Peter Parker, leaving fans on the edge of their seats as ...

Warp Five : 215: Walk Softly and Carry a Big Stick from 2021-12-20T12:36:09

“Sleeping Dogs” 20th-anniversary reflections.

When the NX-01 identifies a gas giant, Archer gets excited to investigate. But a disabled ship turns out to belong to the Klingons, and the t...

The 602 Club : Assembling Avengers 12: Ant-Man from 2021-12-18T05:00

Ant-Man.

Join Matthew Rushing and John Mills on their journey through the MCU as they wrap up Phase Two with Ant-Man.

Chapters
Messy Production (00:03:10)
Demarcation L...

The 602 Club : 361: Afraid For Their Survival from 2021-12-15T05:00

The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf.

The Witcher series debuted on Netflix in December of 2019, introducing a whole new audience to the world of Geralt of Rivia and to add context to that ...

Primitive Culture : 112: Best Idea Wins from 2021-12-12T14:52:36

Naren Shankar on a life in science fiction.

While Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga took the Star Trek: Next Generation cast to the big screen—not to mention reinventing classic space sho...

Warp Five : 214: We’re Not Here to Play God, But ... from 2021-12-12T12:40:02

“Dear Doctor” 20th-anniversary reflections.

An alien astronaut leads the Enterprise crew to a planet in crisis. Two intelligent humanoid species live side by side, but one is suffering fr...

The 602 Club : Assembling Avengers 11: Avengers: Age of Ultron from 2021-12-11T05:00

Avengers: Age of Ultron.

Join Matthew Rushing and John Mills on their journey through the MCU as they reach the penultimate film in Phase Two and the second Avengers movie in, Age of Ultr...

Literary Treks : 335: The Long Defeat from 2021-12-10T05:00

David Mack: Oblivion's Gate.

Twenty years ago Pocket Books started something incredible by continuing the story of Deep Space Nine, giving fans what happened after the finale, begin...

The 602 Club : 360: The Road to Hell from 2021-12-08T05:00

Locke & Key: Season Two.

Netflix became a household name with shows like Stranger Things, but they have continued to create new shows, trying to recapture that magic and a rival for that ...

Warp Five : 213: Much More Than Just Pineapple from 2021-12-06T01:15:36

“Silent Enemy” 20th-anniversary reflections.

When the Enterprise encounters an alien ship, Archer once again gets excited about a chance to tell some aliens that he’s from Earth. But it t...

Literary Treks : 334: All You Humans Look the Same from 2021-12-05T05:00

Raise the Dawn.

It has been a long road for the crew of DS9, many of them have been put through the fire and the station itself has paid the ultimate price, meaning there is nothing...

The 602 Club : Assembling Avengers 10: Guardians of the Galaxy from 2021-12-03T17:00

Guardians of the Galaxy.

Join Matthew Rushing and John Mills on their journey through the MCU and this week we continue on in Phase Two with our first venture into space with the Guardian...

The 602 Club : 359: National Thomas Crown Entrapment of Doom from 2021-12-01T05:00

Red Notice.

Movies on streaming platforms have become more popular, in 2020 HBOMax actually had day and date releases in the theater as well as on its service, so services like Netflix ha...

Warp Five : 212: That Thing That Showed Me Stuff from 2021-11-29T12:23:01

“Cold Front” 20th-anniversary reflections.

When the Enterprise encounters a freighter transporting a group of pilgrims, Archer sees the perfect opportunity for a little cultural exchange....

The 602 Club : Assembling Avengers 9: Captain America: The Winter Soldier from 2021-11-27T05:00

Captain America: Winter Soldier.

Join Matthew Rushing and John Mills on their journey through the MCU as they work their way through Phase Two and reach the second Captain America film. Listen

The 602 Club : 358: Walking the Nostalgia Line from 2021-11-24T05:00

Ghostbusters: Afterlife.

Since the early 1990s, Dan Aykroyd had been working to create a sequel to Ghostbusters II but never able to make it work and after an unpopular reboot it looked l...

Warp Five : 211: Fourth and Nausicaan from 2021-11-22T02:50:40

“Fortunate Son” 20th-anniversary reflections

When a Warp 2 freighter named Fortunate sends a distress signal, the Enterprise is sent to assist. But when they arrive, they find that the cr...

Primitive Culture : 111: Living The Dream from 2021-11-21T14:55:12

Live from Destination Star Trek London 2021.

After the cancellation of last year’s Destination Star Trek (DST) in London, anticipation for 2021 event, billed as Europe’s largest Tre...

Literary Treks : 333: An Umbrella Book from 2021-11-21T05:00

Plagues of Night.

As the Typhon Pact series has progressed it has been clear that the crew of Deep Space Nine has jumped in time to make it concurrent to where the rest of the Star ...

The 602 Club : Assembling Avengers 8: Thor: The Dark World from 2021-11-20T05:00

Thor: The Dark World.

Join Matthew Rushing and John Mills on their journey through the MCU as they continue in Phase Two with the second Thor film.

Chapters
Back Story (00:03...

The 602 Club : 357: The British Invasion from 2021-11-17T05:00

Paul Duncan: The James Bond Archives.

James Bond is one of the most recognizable characters in cinematic history and the story behind his creation is just as interesting as what fans have...

Warp Five : 210: The Original Cosplay from 2021-11-15T10:48:15

“Civilization” 20th-anniversary reflections

In the first encounter with an Earth-like planet that is home to a full-fledged pre-warp civilization, the crew of the Enterprise NX-01 faces a...

The 602 Club : Assembling Avengers 7: Iron Man 3 from 2021-11-13T06:00

Iron Man 3.

Join Matthew Rushing and John Mills on their journey through the MCU as we're moving into Phase Two with the third Iron Man movie.

Chapters
Coming Off the Avenger...

The Ready Room : 233: Too Many Licks and Not Enough Tongue from 2021-11-12T11:45:37

Star Trek: Lower Decks after two seasons.

When it was announced that a Star Trek comedy was being developed—and that it would be animated—the news was met with a bit more trepidation than...

The 602 Club : 356: A Big Messy Sandwich from 2021-11-10T08:00

Eternals.

The Marvel films have given fans different looks at many parts of its cinematic universe, planets, aliens, god-like beings, yet in the latest adventure, it explores the very fou...

Warp Five : 209: Ice Vulcan Cometh from 2021-11-07T15:16:05

“Breaking the Ice” 20th-anniversary reflections

When the Enterprise takes a detour to investigate a comet, a series of trials put trust to the test. Things get frosty as Vulcan–human anim...

Literary Treks : 332: Tears of the Prophets from 2021-11-07T07:00

James Swallow: The Ashes of Tomorrow.

Time is of the essence for the literary universe of Star Trek and there are hard choices for the characters to make that will see them pitted a...

The 602 Club : Assembling Avengers 6: The Avengers from 2021-11-06T07:00

The Avengers.

Join Matthew Rushing and John Mills on their journey through the MCU and this week the Avengers finally do assemble in The Avengers!

Chapters
Behind the Scenes ...

The 602 Club : 355: Jumping the Monument from 2021-11-03T07:00

National Treasure: Book of Secrets.

It is not difficult for movie studios to green light sequels when a movie is a surprise hit and that is exactly what happened after the release of Nati...

Warp Five : 208: Triangle of Distrust from 2021-10-31T13:40:52

“The Andorian Incident” 20th-anniversary reflections

When the Enterprise drops by a Vulcan monastery to check out the meditation, they find a priest whose behavior is so odd, with such ou...

The 602 Club : Assembling Avengers 5: Captain America: The First Avenger from 2021-10-30T07:00

Captain America: The First Avenger.

Join Matthew Rushing and John Mills on their journey through the MCU and this week they go back to the 1940s to tell the story of Captain America: The ...

The 602 Club : 354: Medieval Futurism from 2021-10-27T07:00

Dune: Part One.

Since 1984, fans of Frank Hebert's Dune have longed for a film that captures the essence of his work, throughout the years there have been other adaptations, but these hav...

Warp Five : 207: Losing Pieces of Yourself from 2021-10-25T01:57:58

“Terra Nova” 20th-anniversary reflections

The Enterprise may be the first Warp 5-capable ship—and the vehicle for Earth’s first real mission to actively explore deep space—but it isn’t th...

The 602 Club : Assembling Avengers 4: Thor from 2021-10-23T07:00

Join Matthew Rushing and John Mills as they continue with Phase One of the MCU and we reach the first hero with a cape in Thor.

Chapters
Directors (00:03:25)
Daniel Craig as T...

The 602 Club : Assembling Avengers 4: Thor from 2021-10-23T07:00

Join Matthew Rushing and John Mills as they continue with Phase One of the MCU and we reach the first hero with a cape in Thor.

Chapters
Directors (00:03:25)
Daniel Craig as T...

Literary Treks : 331: MLK Would Be Proud from 2021-10-22T07:00

The Struggle Within.

The Federation continues to deal with the fallout of the Borg invasion as well as the recent secession of Andor, which is leading the Federation to look for all...

The 602 Club : 353: A Crazy Quadrant from 2021-10-20T07:00

National Treasure.

Walt Disney Studios become a place not just known for its animated features but action-adventure movies as well like, Swiss Family Robinson or 20,000 Leagues Under the ...

Warp Five : 206: Innocent Interactions from 2021-10-18T04:45:54

“Unexpected” 20th-anniversary reflections

Starfleet is known for its willingness to lend a helping hand to ships in need, and the same can be said for the Enterprise in those early days o...

Primitive Culture : 110: Boys with Toys from 2021-10-17T14:29:20

James Bond and Julian Bashir.

Not many film franchises can boast 25 installments over the course of more than half a century, so for sheer longevity the James Bond cinematic franchi...

The 602 Club : Assembling Avengers 3: Iron Man 2 from 2021-10-16T07:00

Iron Man 2.

Join Matthew Rushing and John Mills on their journey through the MCU and this week we look at the first sequel in the series, Iron Man 2.

Chapters
First Experienc...

The 602 Club : Assembling Avengers 3: Iron Man 2 from 2021-10-16T07:00

Iron Man 2.

Join Matthew Rushing and John Mills on their journey through the MCU and this week we look at the first sequel in the series, Iron Man 2.

Chapters
First Experienc...

The 602 Club : 352: There's Only One 007 from 2021-10-13T07:00

No Time to Die.

Die Another Day left the Bond franchise in a precarious position, the series had strayed from its core, not nothing but spiritual resurrection could save it and that's exa...

Warp Five : 205: Stun the Bug from 2021-10-10T10:56

“Strange New World” 20th-anniversary reflections

Although the crew of the Enterprise NX-01 visited Rigel X and Qo’noS in the pilot episode, “Broken Bow,” the first stopover on a Minshara-...

Literary Treks : 330: The Universes Are Not Enough from 2021-10-09T07:00

Dayton Ward: Moments Asunder.

It affectionately became known as the Lit-Verse to Star Trek fans, beginning in 2003, with the release of the first novel to take place after the final...

The 602 Club : Assembling Avengers 2: The Incredible Hulk from 2021-10-08T07:00

The Incredible Hulk.

Join Matthew Rushing and John Mills on their journey through the MCU and this week we continue with Phase One by discussing The Incredible Hulk.

Chapters
...

The 602 Club : 351: A Looney Tunes Film from 2021-10-06T07:00

Batman & Robin.

The studio knew that it had a massive hit with Batman Forever and with this in mind, they immediately asked for a sequel, demanding it be released in two years, instead of...

Literary Treks : 329: Makes Good on the Promise from 2021-10-03T07:00

Recovery.

The lost years for Kirk, Spock and McCoy have been eventful yet the fabric of the universe seems to be finding way to weave them back together as the time of The Motion Pi...

Warp Five : 204: All Life Is Risk from 2021-10-03T00:20:18

“Fight or Flight” 20th-anniversary reflections.

In their first deep space encounter with an unfamiliar ship, the Enterprise crew makes a chilling discovery that tests their nerves and hum...

The 602 Club : Assembling Avengers 1: Iron Man from 2021-09-30T23:00

Iron Man.

Join Matthew Rushing and John Mills on their journey through the MCU and this week we begin where it all started, with Iron Man.

Chapters
The Mission (00:00:49)
Listen

In loving memory of Colin Higgins from 2021-09-30T07:05:34

In loving memory of Colin Higgins, a pioneer in Star Trek podcasting who hosted Deck Eight, Melodic Treks, and, his original show Trek News & Views, here Trek.fm.

The 602 Club : 350: They Did Predict the Future! from 2021-09-29T07:00

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...

Warp Five : 203: Breaking the Roddenberry Mold from 2021-09-27T02:10:13

“Broken Bow” 20th-anniversary reflections.

After 14 consecutive years of telling stories set in the 24th century, Star Trek looked back in time for the premise of the franchise’s fifth sp...

The 602 Club : 349: Mummy Make-out from 2021-09-22T07:00

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 ...

Literary Treks : 328: Broken Trust from 2021-09-18T07:00

Fallen Gods.

The fallout of the Andorian secession from the Federation reverberates clear across the quadrants as the U.S.S. Titan's Andorian members find themselves facing a diffic...

The 602 Club : 348: Can't Buy Me Love from 2021-09-15T07:00

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 j...

The Orb : 129: Hitting the Pause Button from 2021-09-06T03:04:36

“The Sound of Her Voice” and the need for quiet episodes.

Amid the fervor of the Dominion War, as the Deep Space Nine story was building toward a climactic bridge between Seasons 6 and 7,...

The 602 Club : 347: Trying to Keep Them Apart from 2021-09-01T07:00

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 mad...

Primitive Culture : 109: Getting From There to Here from 2021-08-30T13:51:14

Tony Black’s new book: *Star Trek, History and Us* 
  
From 1960s hippies in “The Way to Eden” to the War on Terror in Enterprise Season 3, Star Trek has always reflec...

Literary Treks : 327: An Odyssey from 2021-08-27T06:00

John Jackson Miller: Rogue Elements.

Star Trek: Picard has give fans a lot of new characters whose backstories have not fully been revealed which has given the books many stories to...

The 602 Club : 346: Stitching Things Together from 2021-08-25T06:00

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...

The 602 Club : 345: The Bridge to Heaven from 2021-08-18T06:00

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...

Literary Treks : 326: Star Trek: The Fugitive from 2021-08-15T06:00

Traitor Winds.

The Lost Years series has been filling in the gaps between the end of the five year mission for the Enterprise and the next appearance of the character in The Motion ...

The 602 Club : 344: Disposable Villains from 2021-08-11T06:00

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 fan...

The 602 Club : 343: Chronological Snobbery from 2021-08-07T18:56:25

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.

Literary Treks : 325: Commandy Stuff from 2021-07-30T06:00

Cassandra Rose Clarke: Shadows Have Offended.

For the longest time, Star Trek books were written inside the years of each series and with the litverse coming to an end, the books ar...

The 602 Club : 342: Bucket of Blood List from 2021-07-28T06:00

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 epis...

The 602 Club : Snyder Cuts 15: Army of the Dead: The Making of the Film from 2021-07-24T07:00

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 jour...

The 602 Club : 341: Stuck in a Moment from 2021-07-21T06:00

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 fan...

Primitive Culture : 108: I Want to Direct NOW! from 2021-07-19T12:20:50

Robert Duncan McNeill on Star Trek's Directors' School.

To Star Trek fans, he is Tom Paris, the cocksure pilot of the USS Voyager. But in Hollywood, Robert Duncan McNeill is better known ...

The 602 Club : 340: The Ledger in the Room from 2021-07-14T07:00

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...

Literary Treks : 324: Every Crisis is an Opportunity from 2021-07-10T07:00

Paths of Disharmony.

It has been few years since the Borg's final attack, yet planets are still reeling, facing supply problems, struggling to meet the most basic needs in ways they...

The 602 Club : 339: Attack of the Womp Rats from 2021-07-07T07:00

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 the...

Primitive Culture : 107: Under the Sea from 2021-07-01T10:52:38

Twenty Thousand Leagues across the Delta Quadrant. 

Throughout Star Trek: Voyager’s seven seasons, Tom Paris repeatedly proved his credentials as a mid-20th-century history buff, wit...

The 602 Club : 338: Quit Playing Games With My Heart from 2021-06-30T06:00

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 lin...

Literary Treks : 323: Assumed Knowledge from 2021-06-26T07:00

Living Memory.

The period is Star Trek history between The Motion Picture and the Wrath of Khan is ripe for exploration, thankfully in Christopher L. Bennett's latest novel, that is...

The 602 Club : 337: Thrawn Derangement Syndrome from 2021-06-23T07:00

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 ...

The 602 Club : 336: Party Gotham from 2021-06-16T07:00

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 s...

The 602 Club : 335: A Web of Responsibility from 2021-06-09T07:00

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 w...

Literary Treks : 322: What Would Kirk Do from 2021-06-06T07:00

A Flag Full of Stars.

As the Lost Years series continues, we pick up the story about 8-12 months from where we left off and there have been a lot of changes in the life of James T. ...

The 602 Club : 334: Batting a Thousand from 2021-06-02T07:00

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 secon...

The Ready Room : 232: What a Genius That Guy Was! from 2021-05-31T11:08:47

Marking our 10th anniversary.

Many people say that time flies. Doctor Tolian Soran said that time is the fire in which we burn. Whichever you subscribe to, time moves forward and people—a...

The 602 Club : Snyder Cuts 14: Army of the Dead from 2021-05-29T07:00

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...

Primitive Culture : 106: Time After Time After Time from 2021-05-28T00:49:32

How Nicholas Meyer’s other time-travel caper inspired The Voyage Home

When Nicholas Meyer was called in to write a new script for Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, just weeks before pre-prod...

The 602 Club : 333: The Nightmare Before Christmas from 2021-05-26T07:00

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 ine...

The Ready Room : 231: Hope Is a Powerful Thing from 2021-05-23T11:55:27

Adil Hussain interview.

We’ve all lived through extraordinary times over the past year, and we’re still trying to find our way back to the world we remember. The same can be said for Mich...

Literary Treks : 321: The Gorn Holy Grail from 2021-05-23T07:00

Seize the Fire.

The Gorn have found themselves in a bad way after the Borg attack, one of their biggest fleets decimated and if that wasn't bad enough, their best hatchery planet fo...

The 602 Club : 332: The Original Bad Batch from 2021-05-19T07:00

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 t...

The 602 Club : 331: Nerd Twinkle from 2021-05-12T07:00

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 ...

Literary Treks : 320: Sad Sack Sisko from 2021-05-09T07:00

Rough Beasts of Empire.

The Typhon Pact hammers out their agreement to formalize relations between six interstellar nations, yet one of the member is still divided into two empires,...

Primitive Culture : 105: Room for All Philosophies? from 2021-05-08T09:43:42

The Scopes Monkey Trial, Inherit the Wind, and DS9’s “In the Hands of the Prophets.”

The trial of US high school teacher John Scopes in 1925 was perhaps the definitive 20th-century...

The 602 Club : 330: Belief Over Bitterness from 2021-05-05T07:00

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 ea...

The 602 Club : 329: Call Me Maybe from 2021-04-28T07:00

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...

Literary Treks : 319: Missing Pieces from 2021-04-25T07:00

The Lost Years.

The end of the five year mission for the crew of the Enterprise would bring many changes by the time fans saw them again in The Motion Picture and filling in those g...

The 602 Club : Snyder Cuts 13: Justice is Gray from 2021-04-24T07:00

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 G...

The 602 Club : 328: The Total Straight-man from 2021-04-21T07:00

Batman: The Movie.

In January of 1966, "The Dynamic Duo" of Batman and Robin launched into the homes of Americans with one of the most colorfully vibrant shows of the 1960s and as the fir...

Primitive Culture : 104: Absolute Horror from 2021-04-15T00:04:33

Suspiria and “Cold Fire”

Despite being teased in the series premiere, it took Star Trek: Voyager well over a year to actually introduce its female caretaker, a being with the power to sen...

The 602 Club : 327: A Caricature from 2021-04-14T07:00

Rambo III.

The 80s was full of franchises that seemed like they would never end and Sylvester Stallone was apart of two of them with Rocky and America's favorite Vietnam vet.

In th...

Literary Treks : 318: Space Lice from 2021-04-11T07:00

Debt of Honor.

James T. Kirk has lost a lot following the events of The Voyage Home and the one that weighs on him is the debt of honor he feels he owes the Enterprise herself, to r...

The 602 Club : Snyder Cuts 12: Release the Snyder Cut from 2021-04-10T15:56:39

Release the Snyder Cut.

The 602 Club proudly presents Snyder Cuts: A Zack Snyder Directorial Podcast. This week, hosts Matthew Rushing and John Mills continue their journey by using Sean ...

The 602 Club : 326: Bigger is Better from 2021-04-07T07:00

Godzilla vs. Kong.

In 2014, the biggest name in monsters made his way back to theaters, this time he would not be alone, Godzilla started a shared universe that has continued with Kong: S...

The 602 Club : Snyder Cuts 11: Josstice League from 2021-04-02T15:43:23

Josstice League.

The 602 Club proudly presents Snyder Cuts: A Zack Snyder Directorial Podcast. This week, hosts Matthew Rushing and John Mills continue their journey by looking back on Jo...

Primitive Culture : 103: What’s in a Name, Part VII from 2021-04-01T01:42:40

Episode titles since 2009.

Concluding our look at Star Trek’s 800-plus episode titles to date, in this episode of Primitive Culture host Duncan Barrett is joined by Tony Black to co...

The Ready Room : 230: Nacelles Sold Separately from 2021-03-31T11:15:56

Looking Back at Discovery Season Three.

When Michael Burnham and the USS Discovery emerged from their Red Angel-created wormhole into the 32nd century, things didn’t go quite as planned. ...

The 602 Club : 325: Ponytailed Palpatine Plan from 2021-03-30T16:09:10

The Karate Kid III.

1989 was a massive year for sequels with Star Trek V, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Ghostbusters II, Lethal Weapon 2 all being released and not to be left out, t...

The 602 Club : SC 10/TSC 324: A Leap of Faith from 2021-03-23T07:00

Zack Snyder's Justice League.

Since 2017 there has been one bell that has been rung from fans on social media through the hashtag, Release the Snyder Cut and now, five years later, HBOMax...

The 602 Club : 323: Ending on a Lens Flare from 2021-03-19T07:00

Super 8.

Many people in Hollywood got started by making movies with their friends in their backyard and J.J. Abrams was no exception so when he got the opportunity to work with his muse, ...

The 602 Club : Snyder Cuts 9: Batman v Superman: Ultimate Edition from 2021-03-16T07:00

Batman v Superman: Ultimate Edition.

The 602 Club proudly presents Snyder Cuts: A Zack Snyder Directorial Podcast. This week, hosts Matthew Rushing and John Mills continue their journey w...

Literary Treks : 317: Every Breath You Take from 2021-03-14T08:00

Zero Sum Game.

In the wake of the Dominion War and the Borg invasion he Romulans, Breen, Tholians, Gorn, Tzenkethi, and the Kinshaya have joined forces in a twisted version of the F...

The 602 Club : Snyder Cuts 8: Man of Steel from 2021-03-12T08:00

Man of Steel.

The 602 Club proudly presents Snyder Cuts: A Zack Snyder Directorial Podcast. This week, hosts Matthew Rushing and John Mills continue their journey with Snyder's take on th...

The 602 Club : 322: Mental Hell from 2021-03-10T08:00

WandaVision.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has been on television with Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Defender characters that have had shows on Netflix but now Disney+ is in the...

The 602 Club : Snyder Cuts 7: Sucker Punch: Extended Cut from 2021-03-05T08:00

Sucker Punch: Extended Cut.

The 602 Club proudly presents Snyder Cuts: A Zack Snyder Directorial Podcast. This week, hosts Matthew Rushing and John Mills continue their journey with Snyde...

The 602 Club : 321: Cheesy 80s Music from 2021-03-03T08:00

The Karate Kid II.

Daniel has won the tournament and it's time to celebrate but he's about to find out that life is very good at throwing you curveballs you don't expect.

In this e...

The Orb : 128: Not Impossible, Just Highly Improbable from 2021-02-28T12:26:43

Rivals Commentary.
One of the greatest friendships in Star Trek is that of Miles O’Brien and Julian Bashir. And it really started on a racquetball court. Space racquetball, of course.

The 602 Club : Snyder Cuts 6: Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole from 2021-02-26T08:00

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole.

The 602 Club proudly presents Snyder Cuts: A Zack Snyder Directorial Podcast. This week, hosts Matthew Rushing and John Mills continue their...

The 602 Club : 320: And Now For Something Completely Different from 2021-02-24T08:00

Star Wars: Into the Dark.

The High Republic series continues with its first young-adult novel in the series written by veteran Star Wars author Claudia Gray.

In this episode of The...

Primitive Culture : 102: And Then I Woke Up and It Was All a Dream from 2021-02-22T08:22:53

The original reset button.

It’s one of the oldest of literary tropes: a sudden, last-minute reveal that an apparent fictional reality is actually doubly invented. From Alice’s Adven...

Literary Treks : 316: Baby Steps from 2021-02-21T08:00

Synthesis.

The Titan crew find themselves confronting one of their deepest fears which have only been accentuated by their recent experience with the Borg invasion, will they be abl...

The 602 Club : Snyder Cuts 5: Watchmen: Director's Cut from 2021-02-19T08:00

Watchmen: Director's Cut.

The 602 Club proudly presents Snyder Cuts: A Zack Snyder Directorial Podcast. This week, hosts Matthew Rushing and John Mills continue their journey with Snyder'...

The 602 Club : 319: Rambo vs Everybody from 2021-02-17T08:00

Rambo: First Blood II.

With the success of the first film it was a forgone conclusion that the studio would want a sequel regardless of whether or not the source material ended with the m...

The 602 Club : Snyder Cuts 4: 300 from 2021-02-12T08:00

300.

The 602 Club proudly presents Snyder Cuts: A Zack Snyder Directorial Podcast. This week, hosts Matthew Rushing and John Mills continue their journey with Snyder's adaptation of Frank...

The 602 Club : 318: Blue Collar Hero from 2021-02-10T08:00

The Karate Kid.

The 80s were full of movies that have continued to stay in the cultural zeitgeist, even spurring on new material because of their continued popularity.

In this epis...

The 602 Club : Snyder Cuts 3: Dawn of the Dead from 2021-02-08T08:00

Dawn 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 Snyder's remake...

Literary Treks : 315: Aggressive Detecting from 2021-02-07T08:00

Too Long a Sacrifice.

In the middle of the Dominion War, DS9 suffers a bombing on the Promenade at one of the restaurants, as well as a rash of murders that puts a big trade deal in...

The Orb : 127: True IDIC and Finding Common Ground from 2021-02-06T03:35:39

Why DS9 endures.

Almost three decades after it first aired, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine continues to be loved by its fans and welcomes first-time viewers every day. What is it about this s...

The 602 Club : Snyder Cuts 1: Music Videos from 2021-02-05T08:00

Music Videos.

Very few filmmakers have been as talked about online in the last ten years and fewer have engendered the visceral reaction that Zack Snyder has. Join Matthew Rushing and Joh...

The 602 Club : Snyder Cuts 2: Short Films from 2021-02-05T08:00

Short Films.

The 602 Club proudly presents Snyder Cuts: A Zack Snyder Directorial Podcast. This week, hosts Matthew Rushing and John Mills continue our journey with the short films Snyder...

The 602 Club : 317: Angel of the Force from 2021-02-03T08:00

Star Wars: A Test of Courage.

It has been years since the Star Wars literature has had a massive, interconnected story that spanned books across all ages as well as comics, enter The High...

The 602 Club : 316: Infinity Stones from 2021-01-27T08:00

The Fifth Element.

Some movies take a very long time to make it to the screen and director Luc Besson had this movie in his head since the age of sixteen, yet it would not make it to the ...

The 602 Club : 315: A Viking Pyramid Scheme from 2021-01-20T08:00

Star Wars: Light of the Jedi.

Since Lucasfilm was purchased by Disney and the literature was completely reset, the stories have stuck close to the eras we have seen on screen, but that is...

Primitive Culture : 101: What’s in a Name, Part VI from 2021-01-17T14:20:57

Episode titles in Voyager and Enterprise.

Does hubris always lead to nemesis? What can you see in a mirror, darkly? And how do you know when you’ve finally reached the endgame? In t...

Literary Treks : 314: Nothing Good is Born From Lies from 2021-01-15T08:00

James Swallow: The Dark Veil.

With the end of the first season of Star Trek Picard, there were still a lot of questions about what happened in those years between Star Trek Nemesis ...

The 602 Club : 314: Not a Lot of Hope in Hope from 2021-01-13T08:00

First Blood.

There are a lot of action franchises from the 80s but few of them have lasted long enough to be still giving us sequels as recently as 2019.

In this episode of The 602...

The 602 Club : 313: Eternal Bug-Zapper from 2021-01-06T08:00

Soul.

Pixar has explored some incredible things, bug's lives, toy's lives, the life of human emotions and now they boldly go where we've never been before, the beyond.

In this epis...

The 602 Club : 312: The Resurrection Stone from 2020-12-30T08:00

Wonder Woman 1984.

Wonder Woman burst on to the big screen in Zack Snyder's Batman v Superman to help the title characters defeat Doomsday, then Patty Jenkins went back in time to give us...

Literary Treks : 313: Far-Future Midwesterner from 2020-12-28T10:48:32

Una McCormack: The Autobiography of Kathryn Janeway
Kathryn Janeway is known for her strength, drive, dedication, and nurturing nature. But how did her childhood and early career shape the...

Primitive Culture : 100: Champagne and Confetti from 2020-12-23T14:12:30

Milestone Episodes of Star Trek.

For most TV shows, making it to the one-hundredth episode is a significant achievement. In the Star Trek franchise, only the three 1990s spinoffs—The Next...

The 602 Club : 311: The Mandalorian and the Elder Saber from 2020-12-23T08:00

The Mandalorian: Season 2.

In the fall of 2019 Disney+ gave fans the first live-action series for Star Wars from the minds of Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni which became an instant sensation...

The 602 Club : 310: He's an Angry Elf from 2020-12-16T08:00

The Christmas Chronicles 2.

Two years ago Netflix introduced the world to the best looking Santa it has every seen as Kurt Russell donned the red suit and hat to give us a new holiday cla...

The 602 Club : 309: The Truth Wins Out from 2020-12-09T08:00

Mulan.

In 2015, Disney decided to take its old animated classics and reimagine them for live action, since that time they have done six with the seventh that was suppose to be released in...

Primitive Culture : 99: Workers of All Worlds Unite from 2020-12-06T14:20:49

A Marxist analysis of “Bar Association,” with Will Nguyen.

From lowly dogsbody to Grand Nagus of the Ferengi Alliance, Quark’s brother Rom went on quite a journey during Deep Space Nine’s...

Literary Treks : 312: Gets the Two Sides Talking from 2020-12-06T08:00

Greg Cox: A Contest of Principles.

The crew of the Enterprise face a challenge unlike any other when when they are called to a system with three different inhabited planets and are ...

The 602 Club : 307: Don't Turn Around from 2020-11-25T08:00

Back to the Future III.

With the second movie ending on a cliffhanger, the team behind Back to the Future had the end in sight as they worked to bring the trilogy to a satisfying conclusi...

The 602 Club : 307: Don't Turn Around from 2020-11-25T08:00

Back to the Future III.

With the second movie ending on a cliffhanger, the team behind Back to the Future had the end in sight as they worked to bring the trilogy to a satisfying conclusi...

Primitive Culture : 98: What’s in a Name, Part V from 2020-11-22T03:18:54

Episode titles up to “What You Leave Behind”

When is a scorpion not just a scorpion? What wrongs are darker than death or night? And what happens when you cross a dark frontier to d...

The 602 Club : 306: Biff Strikes Back from 2020-11-18T08:00

Back to the Future II.

It is never easy to follow up a wildly successful movie with a sequel and make it as satisfying as the first, but with the response to Back to the Future, it was a ...

Standard Orbit : 301: Consequences of Leadership from 2020-11-16T15:39:11

Kirk as captain.

Among Starfleet captains, Kirk certainly had his own style. Were the long-term effects considered during the decision-making process, or were they off-the-cuff style deci...

The 602 Club : 305: Film Felicity from 2020-11-11T08:00

Back to the Future.

There are some films that have a relatively easy road to production, then there are some that have been rejected many times over and even when they enter production, a...

The Edge : 98: My Name’s Gene, Actually from 2020-11-10T02:53:12

Far from Home.

Michael Burnham’s arrival in the year 3188 gave us our first glimpse of the far future and revealed hints about the cataclysmic event known as the Burn, as well as the seem...

Primitive Culture : 97: Back from the Brink (Reissue) from 2020-11-06T08:40:26

Dan Davidson on how “Captive Pursuit” saved his life.

For many fans, Star Trek has been a force for good in their lives—but few can say with certainty that they wouldn’t be here now if it...

The 602 Club : 304: The Weakest Link from 2020-11-04T08:00

Alita: Battle Angel.

In the late 1990s filmmaker Guillermo del Toro introduced James Cameron to a Japanese cyber punk manga series called Battle Angel Alita, Cameron was immediately taken...

Primitive Culture : 96: A Very Human Ending from 2020-10-31T10:19:18

For Starfleet officers, saving lives is perhaps the most important part of the job, even more so than exploring the galaxy and making contact with new civilizations. So when a character such as ...

The 602 Club : 303: Melancholy Heart from 2020-10-28T07:00

The Witches.

Roald Dahl has written some of the most timeless children's stories of all time and many of them have been adapted for the big and small screen, with many of them being adapt...

Literary Treks : 311: Communicating Across the Universe from 2020-10-24T07:00

Kirsten Beyer: To Lose the Earth.

In March of 2009, author Kirsten Beyer became the captain of the Voyager books and since that time has captivated readers but bring depth and life ...

The 602 Club : 302: Who's the Monster? from 2020-10-23T16:41:24

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

In the 1950s, there was a shift in the Walt Disney Company as the focus from being just an animation studio began to change, Treasure Island charted a new co...

Primitive Culture : 95: What’s in a Name, Part IV from 2020-10-22T13:52:10

Episode titles from “The Search” to *Star Trek: First Contact*.
As we continue our voyage through Star Trek’s episode titles, host Duncan Barrett is joined in this episode of Primitive Cul...

The Edge : 97: Not From Around These Parts from 2020-10-18T17:00:04

That Hope Is You, Part 1.

When we last saw the crew of the USS Discovery, they were on their way to the 32nd century. It’s taken longer than expected to make it through that wormhole, tha...

The 602 Club : 301: Show Don't Tell from 2020-10-14T07:00

Enola Holmes.

Sherlock Holmes is one of the most enduring characters in all of literature and film, having been played by more that seventy-five actors in over two hundred and fifty diffe...

The Ready Room : 229: Grudge Cat Is a Big Nirvana Fan from 2020-10-14T04:20:20

Discovery Season 3 preview.

The third season of Star Trek: Discovery is finally here after a pandemic-induced delay. At least we didn’t have to wait 930 years. That’s how much time has pa...

Interphase : 3: The Iliad vs. The Odyssey from 2020-10-11T15:00:40

Serialization in Star Trek.

When it comes to discussion of serialization in Star Trek, Deep Space Nine is the go-to series—at least prior to Discovery and Picard. The Original Series was ...

The 602 Club : 300: Super Friends' Zone from 2020-10-07T07:00

Superman II.

Superman: The Movie was a smash success and it would become the second-highest-grossing film of the year, guaranteeing that sequel would be coming, yet behind the scenes thin...

The 602 Club : 299: Game of Thrawns from 2020-09-30T07:00

Thawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising.

It has been almost thirty years since Heir to the Empire was released and Star Wars fans were introduced to a completely different type of villain, since t...

Literary Treks : 310: A Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy from 2020-09-27T07:00

The Fearful Summons.

There have been a few books that have brought the crew of the Enterprise back together after the events of The Undiscovered Country, but there is only one that ...

Primitive Culture : 94: Have You No Sense of Decency, Sir? from 2020-09-27T02:35:36

McCarthy, The Crucible, and “The Drumhead”

In 1953, Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible used the Salem witch trials of 1692–93 as an allegory for the contemporary persecution of alleged com...

The 602 Club : 298: A Goofy Movie from 2020-09-23T07:00

Starship Troopers.

In 1959 Robert Heinlein released one of the most influential as well as controversial Sci-Fi books of all time, it would win the Hugo Award for best novel but would hav...

Primitive Culture : 93: What’s in a Name, Part III from 2020-09-17T14:38:58

Episode titles from “Emissary” to “All Good Things … “

As we continue our voyage through Star Trek’s episode titles, host Duncan Barrett is joined in this episode of Primitive Culture by ...

The 602 Club : 297: Dudley is Still a Jerk from 2020-09-16T07:00

The Old Guard.

2020 has lead everyone to look for new content that they can stream from home and services like Netflix have worked to provide customers something worth watching.

In...

The Ready Room : 228: Real-World Star Trek Dripping In from 2020-09-14T14:09:23