Late to the Party: Super Mario Bros.: The Movie
It’s weird! It’s zany! It’s hated by many! But is Super Mario Bros.: The Movie actually fun for what it is? Continue reading Late to the Party: Super Mario Bros.: The Movie
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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: Twin Peaks (Season 1)
I was thinking about how I would go about writing my Twin Peaks Late to the Party entry. Despite its classic status, I’ve managed to avoid most, if not all, of Twin Peaks’ plot points. So I decided that I’m … Continue reading Late to the Party: Twin Peaks (Season 1)
Late to the Party: Batman – Year One (1987)
Batman: Year One is a tough read in 2020. Continue reading Late to the Party: Batman – Year One (1987)
Late To The Party: Farscape
WHAT IT IS: Farscape, for those of you who don’t know, is about John Crichton, an astronaut. In a study on wormholes, he is accidentally transported to a distant part of the universe. In the first five minutes of his … Continue reading Late To The Party: Farscape
Late To The Party: There Will Be Blood
Okay, I’m not totally late to the party on There Will Be Blood, as I finally saw it last year, but that puts it 12 years after its release. You know what film I saw when it was released that … Continue reading Late To The Party: There Will Be Blood
Late To The Party: Taxi Driver
There’s movies, and then there’s CINEMA. Taxi Driver is CINEMA. It’s literature. If you can make a movie about the legacy of the movie that inspired it, that’s literature. You can write a whole book on it. Many film students … Continue reading Late To The Party: Taxi Driver
Late To The Party: Citizen Kane
Each week in Late to the Party, someone posts about an older piece of media that they’ve just experienced for the first time. This week Wasp returns for a Third Time to talk about Citizen Kane a 1941 mystery/Drama from RKO … Continue reading Late To The Party: Citizen Kane
Late To The Party: Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
I was a little too young to see Fahrenheit 9/11 when it first came out, but I still remember how massive the impact around the film … Continue reading Late To The Party: Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
Late to the Party: The Matrix Trilogy
Everybody loves The Matrix. The surprise smash hit of Spring 1999 rode a wave of leather jackets, nu-metal, and your older brother saying “what if… life… was the real simulation?” into $465.3 million dollars at the box office and four Oscar wins. … Continue reading Late to the Party: The Matrix Trilogy
Late to the Party: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Each week in Late to the Party, someone posts about an older piece of media that they’ve just experienced for the first time. This week, Dramus18 watches Nickelodeon’s Avatar: The Last Airbender, which originally ran from February of 2005 through … Continue reading Late to the Party: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Late to the Party: Cobra (1986)
Each week in Late to the Party, someone posts about an older piece of media that they’ve just experienced for the first time. On a recent Friday night, your friend Goat got exceedingly drunk and watched Sylvester Stallone’s 1986 masterpiece, Cobra. … Continue reading Late to the Party: Cobra (1986)
Late to the Party Sign Ups
The idea for the discussion is simple, once a week a volunteer 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 for the … Continue reading Late to the Party Sign Ups
Late to the Party: Mega Man Legends series
In 2010, Capcom announced that Mega Man Legends 3 was in development for the 3DS. On gaming forums fans rejoiced, eager to play the next installment in the long-dormant series. Unfortunately their excitement would be crushed when the game was … Continue reading Late to the Party: Mega Man Legends series
Late To The Party: Grim Fandango
Each week in Late to the Party, someone posts about an older piece of media that they’ve just experienced for the first time. This week Wasp returns to the feature with a one way ticket on the Number Nine Express to … Continue reading Late To The Party: Grim Fandango
Late to the Party: Heavy Rain (Spoilers abound)
As gaming has matured, countless arguments have broken out over whether the medium can ever transcend itself and become art. Many people will point to Heavy Rain as tipping the scales, but that’s pointless. It’s doing something far more important, … Continue reading Late to the Party: Heavy Rain (Spoilers abound)
Late To The Party: The Beautifully Flawed Okami Finds An Audience Nearly 15 Years Later
Okami is a game that has sort of just…stood there in time. It’s a game, much like Capcom’s classic Resident Evil 4, that has been re-released countless times on countless systems and – let’s be honest here – will probably … Continue reading Late To The Party: The Beautifully Flawed Okami Finds An Audience Nearly 15 Years Later
Late to the Party: Skyrim (and The Elder Scrolls in General), Levels 1-20
If you know my posts in the Gaming Threads, you know I’m primarily a retro gamer. There’s a reason for that. I was never allowed to have a game system of my own growing up in the 8- and 16-bit … Continue reading Late to the Party: Skyrim (and The Elder Scrolls in General), Levels 1-20
Late to the Party: Bayonetta
Did you know Bayonetta is technically naked? I know, I know, what a way to start this. I can already hear the aggrieved grumbling. What a reductionist hot take. There’s so much more to Bayonetta, why open with this? But, … Continue reading Late to the Party: Bayonetta
Late to the Party: Gravity’s Rainbow
Content Warning: This essay contains graphic sexual content. Thomas Pynchon wrote Gravity’s Rainbow in the early 1970s while dividing his time between New York and Southern California. If you visited his room at Manhattan Beach, just blocks from the … Continue reading Late to the Party: Gravity’s Rainbow
Late to the Party: Walt Simonson’s Fantastic Four
Welcome to a Late to the Party examining a living-legend writer/artist’s short run on one of the standard-bearers of superhero comics: Walt Simonson’s Fantastic Four. And despite the pedigree, it’s a run that’s often overlooked but those who know it, … Continue reading Late to the Party: Walt Simonson’s Fantastic Four
Late to the Party: Super Mario RPG (1996)
Each week in Late to the Party, someone posts about an older piece of media that they’ve just experienced for the first time. Our focus this week is the classic video game developed by Square and published by Nintendo in 1996. Continue reading Late to the Party: Super Mario RPG (1996)
