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
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: Packer_Hat finally watches The Shawshank Redemption (1994). Continue reading Late To The Party: The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Perhaps due to the fact that I grew up in an era when most cartoons for children were little more than 30 minute commercials (with commercial breaks) for toys I have long been of the mind that there is little … Continue reading Late to the Party: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Season One)
When I was in elementary school, Naruto was my favorite show. Now I’m not 100% why, but probably because it was often the only animated show featuring blood that aired while I was still awake. I have no idea how … Continue reading Late to the Party: Naruto Shippuden: Gaara and Sai Arcs
BIG SPOILER WARNING: Giving away the ending of this 28-year-old movie is the only way to explain why I believe you should probably not bother catching up with this 28-year-old movie. Also, here be politics. Don’t say you weren’t warned. … Continue reading Late to the Party: Demolition Man (1993)
As a Nintendo 64 owner, I missed out on many Playstation exclusives in the late 90s. Klonoa, a “2.5D” platformer from Namco, always intrigued me. When Sony announced that the PSN store would no longer be available on PSP or … Continue reading Late to the Party: Klonoa
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: Raven Wilder dives into the Silver Age of Superman comics. Some Background (on the comics) … Continue reading Late to the Party – Silver Age Superman
I’ve been a Monty Python fan since I was twelve, but I have to admit that Terry Gilliam’s cartoons always seemed like the most disposable part to me. I appreciated his weird vision in theory, but in practice it didn’t … Continue reading Late to the Party: Brazil
Strange, when the signups for this round of the series were coming up, I was voicing concerns that pop culture osmosis – by way of an ingrained canon (thanks, Boomers!) and numerous parodies, to say nothing of the influence on … Continue reading Late to the Party: The Graduate
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The thing that makes the 3d Mario games stand out so much is the movement. Even Sunshine, often regarded as the worst of the bunch, provides a level of freedom to approach many levels that developers couldn’t possibly even think … Continue reading Late to the Party: Captain Toad Treasure Tracker
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 Tim Drake Robin series by legendary writer Chuck Dixon. History In … Continue reading Late to the Party: Robin by Chuck Dixon
“Nothing is true. Everything is permitted.” — What do we look for in historical fiction? We might want to be educated about history, or to get an accurate recreation of it. To be immersed in a certain time and place, … Continue reading Late to the Party – Assassin’s Creed
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 2021 2nd Half
There are enough books about the Beatles that they essentially constitute a distinct genre of their own in the bookstore—and a lucrative one even after more than 50 years. Like any genre, there are canonized texts that we devoted readers … Continue reading Late to the Party — The Beatles: The Authorized Biography by Hunter Davies (1968)
A Late to the Party review of Conan the Barbarian’s original stories, comics and movie. Continue reading Late to the Party: Conan the Barbarian
As befits the novice nature of this column, I don’t feel particularly well-read in the areas of Science Fiction or Fantasy. I have only household names checked off my list, most of which could be considered rites of passage for … Continue reading Late to the Party: Gene Wolfe’s Book of the New Sun
I’d heard of Norma Rae and Sally Field’s Oscar nominated performance as the titular character when the film was released in 1979, but for some reason, I never felt motivated to see it. Something about it put me off. I … Continue reading Late To The Party: Norma Rae
I watched the reboot of All Creatures Great and Small when it aired on Masterpiece in January and February, mostly because my wife wanted to watch it and I had no specific objections to remaining on the couch while she … Continue reading Late to the Party: All Creatures Great and Small (1978)
Version played: I played Final Fantasy X-2 on PS4 as part of the Final Fantasy X/X-2 Remaster collection. All screenshots below are from my own playthrough. Please note that spoilers for both Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2 are … Continue reading Late to the Party: Final Fantasy X-2
Appropriately enough for this series, I was late to discover Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead, though not by much. I think it was issue four or five that I idly picked up during my weekly jaunt to my local comic … Continue reading Late to the Party: The Walking Dead
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: Alice Wu’s debut film Saving Face. Late in the summer of 2018, my sister and I went … Continue reading Late to the Party: Saving Face (2004)
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: George Clooney starring in Tony Gilroy’s legal thriller, Michael Clayton. I chose this movie primarily because President Hound … Continue reading Late to the Party: Michael Clayton (2007)
