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Supergirl Season One.

In 2015, as Arrow entered it's fourth season and Flash entered it's second season, the "Berlanti-verse" branched out to a completely new network with it's most ambitious show yet.

In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined by heroes Bruce Gibson and Norman Lao to talk about Supergirl season one. We discuss our original and rewatch impressions, if it should have been on The CW, the characters, stronger together, fantasies, a greater weapon, connections and our ratings.

Chapters
Our Impressions (00:05:33)
Should it Have Been on The CW (00:12:02)
The Characters (00:22:00)
James Olsen (00:27:22)
Alex Danvers (00:31:16)
Winn (00:35:16)
David Harewood (00:38:52)
Cat Grant (00:41:25)
Maxwell Lord (00:45:23)
Laura Benanti (00:50:06)
Stronger Together (00:53:29)
Fantasies (00:58:42)
A Greater Weapon (01:05:40)
Connections (01:10:58)
Ratings (01:17:00)

Host
Matthew Rushing

Guests
Bruce Gibson
Norman Lao

Production
Matthew Rushing (Editor and Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Ken Tripp (Associate Producer) Davis Grayson (Associate Producer)

This episode of “Saturday Morning Trek” is ostensibly a review of the recently released stand alone "Star Trek The Animated Series" blu-ray, but when friend of the network, Dayton Ward and host Aaron Harvey get talking it's a winding conversation through the history of TAS!  

Join Aaron and Dayton as they look at the blu-ray's video & audio quality, bonus content, and packaging and take detours into the history of Filmation, older media TAS was once released on, their respective stories working with IDW on Star Trek comics and ultimately answer the question: Is the blu-ray worth the price?  

Chapters  
Intro (00:01:05)   
Animated Options (00:03:20 )   
Blu-Ray Video Quality and Animation (00:07:05)  
Audio quality and Audio cues and Filmation culture (00:12:45)  
Bonus Content (00:12:36)  
Packaging (00:30:17)  
Magnavision Laserdisc Commercial (00:39:05)  
Sound revisited (00:40:52)  
Ratings (00:46:41)  
Story craft (00:47:40)  
Daytons Current Work (00:49:35)  
Aaron's IDW news (00:59:01)  
Closing (01:04:00)  

Host  
Aaron Harvey  

Guest  
Dayton Ward  

Production  
Aaron Harvey (Editor and Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Eric Extreme (Associate Producer) Joo Kim (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager).

Reginald Barclay learns there's nothing to fear about the transporter except when that fear is completely legitimized by the appearance of the giant quasi-energy microbes that attack him. It's Realm of Fear on this week's Mission Log.

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Earl Grey 162: Grr... Yeah  

Recast TNG.  

James T. Kirk and Spock are arguably the most beloved and well-known characters in Star Trek. With the newest movies released, does one prefer William Shatner over Chris Pine or Leonard Nimoy over Zachary Quinto? What will happen if we reboot The Next Generation? As it stands now, Patrick Stewart and Brent Spiner are the names associated with Jean-Luc Picard and Data, respectively. But, who would play these characters now?  

In this episode of Earl Grey, hosts Lee Hutchison, Richard Marquez, and Amy Nelson look at a recast of The Next Generation. We decide if our interpretation of a reboot series would be in the Prime or Kelvin timeline, or if this reboot takes place now versus the 1980's. Each host prepares and defends their choice of actors that would play the main characters of TNG.  

Chapters  
00:00:39 - Introduction (00:00:39)   
Prime or Kelvin Timeline (00:02:39)   
Wesley Crusher (00:03:52)   
Geordi LaForge (00:06:23)   
Beverly Crusher (00:10:05)   
William Riker (00:12:23)   
Worf (00:17:07)   
Data (00:23:01)   
Deanna Troi (00:27:15)   
Jean-Luc Picard (00:30:57)   
Full List Review (00:35:52)  
Closing (00:40:40)  

Hosts  
Lee Hutchison, Richard Marquez, and Amy Nelson

Production  
Richard Marquez (Editor) Lee Hutchison (Producer) Amy Nelson (Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Michael E. Hueter (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager)

Standard Orbit 157: There are no Star Destroyers in the Smithsonian

Subtitle: The creation of the refit Enterprise

Paul Olsen was the person who painted and worked on the most iconic Starship in movie history: The refit USS Enterprise. Tony Robinson guest hosts this week and joins Ken in a fascinating interview. Paul walks us through the behind the scenes of the creation of the ship for Star Trek: The Motion Picture
 
Paul brings us up to date on Project Enterprise; the venture of rebuilding the Enterprise by the people who originally brought the Enterprise to the screen. You'll learn what you can do to support this project and how this new bigger better model will be displayed for the public.

Please note this interview was done over zoom and the sound quality is not as strong as other shows where the hosts record locally.
 
Hosts 
Ken Tripp

Guest Host
Tony Robinson

Feature 
Welcome to Standard Orbit! (00:01:08) 
Introducing Paul Olsen (00:03:36) 
Paul's History  (00:04:35)  
There she was! (00:08:45) 
Beautiful Design  (00:22:00) 
Lighting the Enterprise (00:27:00) 
It was magnificent (00:32:44) 
Where is the Enterprise now? (00:39:48) 
Project Enterprise  (00:43:00) 
Previously on Trek.fm (01:09:15) 
Thank You for Listening to Standard Orbit (01:12:56) 
  
Production 
Zach Moore (Producer)  Ken Tripp (Editor Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Renee Roberts (Associate Producer) Aaron Harvey (Associate Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager) 

The Mirror Universe Saga.

The mirror universe: an alternate reality where humans value treachery, personal gain, and avarice over friendship, community, and shared triumph. A place where history has crafted a very different Starfleet made up of vicious, brutal barbarians bent on galactic conquest. Can our heroes overcome an all-out war with their evil counterparts from this horrific universe?

In this episode of Literary Treks hosts Dan Gunther and Bruce Gibson talk about Star Trek Archives Volume 6: The Mirror Universe Saga. We discuss the story, continuity errors, lower decks characters, mirror Spock, pity, deviations, wrapping up and our ratings.

In the news segment we talk about the upcoming Star Trek Deviations comic, comic covers in March, the Classic UK Comics Vol, 2 release and the Star Trek Graphic Novel Collection from Eaglemoss.

News
Star Trek Deviations (00:02:12)
March Comic Covers (00:05:08)
Star Trek: The Classic UK Comics, Vol. 2 (00:10:02)
Star Trek Graphic Novel Collection (00:12:10)

Feature: The Mirror Universe Saga
Experiences With the Comic (00:17:53)
The Story (00:21:13)
Continuity Errors (00:29:42)
Lower Decks Characters (00:31:47)
Mirror Spock (00:41:36)
Mirror History (00:44:01)
Pity for the Mirror Universe (00:51:32)
Deviations (00:54:15)
Back in the Prime Universe (00:59:11)
Ratings (01:02:01)
Final Thoughts (01:03:46)

Hosts
Dan Gunther and Bruce Gibson

Production
Matthew Rushing (Editor and Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Ken Tripp (Associate Producer) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Associate Producer) Bruce Gibson (Associate Producer)

Star Wars: A New Dawn.

When Disney bought Lucasfilm in 2012 and acquired the rights to Star Wars a lot of things happened very quickly: The Clone Wars was canceled, the Expanded Universe was canceled and in their places we would get a new animated show, Star Wars Rebels as well as a new literature line that would be fully canon. As it happened, the first book in the new canon would be the lead in to Rebels, taking place six years before the events of the series.

In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined by fellow rebels Aaron Goins and Bruce Gibson to talk about A New Dawn. We discuss legends, a new canon, an introduction, the relationship question, Jedi relationships, proto-rebels, big Empire watching, bad businessmen, Imperials, they who must not be named and ratings.

Chapters
Legends (00:03:25)
A New Canon (00:05:59)
An Introduction (00:13:54)
Relationship Question (00:20:57)
Hera (00:24:29)
Kanan (00:28:38)
Jedi Relationships (00:33:27)
Skelly (00:38:58)
Zaluna (00:42:22)
Every Move You Make (00:46:12)
Businessmen Run Amuck (00:51:31)
Imperial Power Games (00:56:56)
They Who Must Not Be Named (01:01:45)
Ratings (01:05:52)

Host
Matthew Rushing

Guests
Aaron Goins
Bruce Gibson

Production
Matthew Rushing (Editor and Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Ken Tripp (Associate Producer) Davis Grayson (Associate Producer)