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
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)
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: Terry Gilliam’s apocalyptic thriller 12 Monkeys. Continue reading Late to the Party: Terry Gilliam’s 12 Monkeys
Many of you know that I started this feature mainly because I got so sick of the glorification of classics. So often, a project that’s beloved soon after it comes out turns out to be a piece of garbage once … Continue reading Late to the Party: Super Mario Galaxy
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: A Dopehead in a Cubs Cap reads Jacqueline Susann’s 1966 novel Valley of the Dolls and watches … Continue reading Late to the Party: Valley of the Dolls
My dad loves old Westerns. I do not. I’ve certainly seen old Westerns I liked, but his ability to sit in front of the TV every night and weekend and watch what could, to me, be the same mediocre movie … Continue reading Late to the Party: High Noon (1952)
Title: ActRaiser Original Platform: Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) Original Release Date(s): December 16, 1990 (JP) / November 1991 (NA) / March 18, 1993 (EU) ActRaiser is an early SNES title developed by Quintet and published worldwide by Enix between … Continue reading Late to the Party: ActRaiser (1990)
Die Hard (1988) I’ve never been big on action movies. As a kid of the 80’s and 90’s, the mainstays of the action movie genre were Schwarzenegger, Stallone, Van Damme, and to a lesser extent Steven Seagal. And outside of … Continue reading Late to the Party (Pal!) – “Die Hard”
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: q-pa watches some “Stale TV Spciaaaallls~!” We’re focusing on the Christmas output of famous animation production … Continue reading Late to the Party: Rankin/Bass Christmas Specials
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 Fourth Time to talk about both Giant a 1956 Epic Western from … Continue reading Late To The Party: Giant And The Filmography of James Dean
Spoilers for Bioshock abound! Version played: 2016 remaster in the Bioshock Collection on PS4. All screenshots below from my own playthrough. I’ve never been a great lover of first person shooters. While I was aware of the prominence of Halo … Continue reading Late to the Party: Bioshock
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 Signups 2021 1st Half
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 on Walt Simonson’s seminal run on the Thor comic series, consisting of … Continue reading Late to the Party: Thor by Walt Simonson
Welcome to a Late to the Party of a book that launched a franchise and invented the secret identity: Baroness Emma Orczy’s The Scarlet Pimpernel, adapted from her 1903 play and first published in 1905. Though there are countless earlier … Continue reading Late to the Party: The Scarlet Pimpernel
