Late To The Party: The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Blip watches two classic action films for the first time. Continue reading Late To The Party: The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day
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Series of write ups on an old piece of media (albums, books, comics, films, shows, video games) that the writer has recently digested for the first time
Late To The Party: Ikiru
Blip watches a powerful Akira Kurosawa classic for the first time. Continue reading Late To The Party: Ikiru
Late To The Party: Legally Blonde
”If you love Barbie, you should watch Legally Blonde,” Spouse said to me. I’d avoided it because something about the premise set me on edge. Still, it had stood the test of time, and if Spouse had enjoyed it, it … Continue reading Late To The Party: Legally Blonde
Late to the Party 2025
You ever hear a game get a lot of praise but you avoid it forever? A reviled movie that has piqued your interest? Just a middling album on your backlog that you’ve been wanting to listen to? Something you just … Continue reading Late to the Party 2025
Late to the Party: Titanic (1997)
I finally watched the prequel to Avatar. Continue reading Late to the Party: Titanic (1997)
Late to the Party: Halloween
We’ve come to the last entry in my little Late to the Party series. This is easily the best-made out of the three slasher movies I’ve watched in terms of cinematography and editing. The way Myers appears barely visible in … Continue reading Late to the Party: Halloween
Late to the Party: Friday the 13th
Having just seen A Nightmare on Elm Street for the first time as well, I was obviously comparing it to this movie as I watched. Friday the 13th came out only four years earlier but feels like it’s from a … Continue reading Late to the Party: Friday the 13th
Late to the Party: A Nightmare on Elm Street
This is the story of a proactive young woman who can’t get any goddamn help from anyone. I’m a big fan of Nancy and hate everyone else in this film. Nancy quickly figures out the rules of Freddy’s game and … Continue reading Late to the Party: A Nightmare on Elm Street
Late to the Party: Farscape
I’m not sure what the full parameters of Late to the Party are; it’s not like I didn’t see ANY of Farscape when it aired. I did catch a few sporadic episodes, as it ran as their anchor series on … Continue reading Late to the Party: Farscape
Late/Returning To The Party: Doctor Who (Modern)
This isn’t really a Late To The Party, because I was at the original party, the Classic Party, before most of you out there even existed. I went to the party with the tall guy in the thirty-foot long scarf … Continue reading Late/Returning To The Party: Doctor Who (Modern)
Late to the Party: Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
I hate every ape I see, from chimpan-A to chimpan-Z… Continue reading Late to the Party: Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
Late to the Party: Bone by Jeff Smith
NOTE: I tried to avoid spoiling major plot points as much as possible while writing this. I had an unusual relationship with comics and graphic novels as a kid. I loved to draw my own comics – sometimes up to … Continue reading Late to the Party: Bone by Jeff Smith
Late to the Party: Elf (2003)
Things I knew about Elf going in: Things I did not know: Buddy is a baby in an orphanage. Santa comes down the chimney on Christmas Eve, and Buddy crawls into his bag of toys and is accidentally taken back … Continue reading Late to the Party: Elf (2003)
Late to the Party: The DaVinci Code (And Angels and Demons).
If the light that burns twice as bright burns half as long and Dan Brown’s success was a flash in the pan, then he must have blown up the entire stove and burned down the building. I remember The DaVinci … Continue reading Late to the Party: The DaVinci Code (And Angels and Demons).
Late to the Party: Donnie Darko (2001)
How did I never find the time to sit down and watch this film? In his book, The Universe in a Nutshell, Stephen Hawking quotes Charles Lamb, who wrote: “Nothing puzzles me like time and space. And yet nothing troubles … Continue reading Late to the Party: Donnie Darko (2001)
Late to the Party: Yakuza 0
Honor. Loyalty. Slot car racing. How does one begin to describe Yakuza 0? It’s both an intense crime drama and a game where you help a dominatrix learn to assert herself. The Yakuza franchise debuted for the Playstation 2 in … Continue reading Late to the Party: Yakuza 0
Late to the Party: Resident Evil 4
When I pick a game to cover for Late to the Party, I go one of two routes. Something I know I’m going to hate or something considered innovative at the time of release. This time, I picked the latter, … Continue reading Late to the Party: Resident Evil 4
Late to the Party: The Witches of Eastwick
A first-time watch of George Miller’s 1987 supernatural movie about the battle of the sexes…or something… Continue reading Late to the Party: The Witches of Eastwick
Late to the Party: When Harry Met Sally…
Can this movie overcome a decades-long grudge and win my heart by Valentine’s Day? Continue reading Late to the Party: When Harry Met Sally…
Late to the Party 2023
The idea for the discussion is simple, once a week a volunteer (or volunteers) will do a write up on an older piece of media that they are digesting for the very first time. So here’s the link to signup … Continue reading Late to the Party 2023
Late to the Party: Predator (1987)
In which I wonder if the movie is trying to be ironic Continue reading Late to the Party: Predator (1987)