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
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
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)
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)
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
Like most of mainstream suburban America, my first exposure to the cyberpunk genre was The Matrix franchise, which my dumb teenage self thought was the coolest and most original thing I’d ever seen. I backtracked from there to various anime … Continue reading Late to the Party: Neuromancer
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)
If the point to a Late to the Party article is to discover something afresh, then I might have missed the mark with this. I knew all about Audition since it became a cult film festival hit in the VHS, … Continue reading Late to the Party: Audition
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).
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)
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
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
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
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…
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
In which I wonder if the movie is trying to be ironic Continue reading Late to the Party: Predator (1987)
We are currently in an era where remakes are everywhere. Sometimes they make sense, like with Yakuza Kiwami because the original’s gameplay needed some upgrades. Other times it does not make sense like with The Last of Us Part 1, … Continue reading Late to the Party: Dead Space
The 2002 “zombie” movie that revitalised the genre – does it hold up after 20 years? Continue reading Late to the Party: 28 Days Later
When I entered this world in 1995, my father, a public school English teacher, was waging the sixth year of war against his mortal enemy. He never encountered his foe directly, except on bootleg t-shirts and bumper stickers, but he … Continue reading Late to the Party: The Simpsons of the 20th Century (1989-1999)
I could have and should have seen this movie when it came out In theatres. Back then I would often spend my allowance at the movies but at one point I interrupted that habit because I was saving up my … Continue reading Late to the Party – Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
I got permission from SadClown to post this, because they had done an LGBT media of Looking approximately a year and a half ago. I recommend reading that first, I haven’t fully read that review as I write this. This … Continue reading Late to the Party: Looking (2014-2016)
This might be shocking if you read my piece on Naruto Shippudden, but I enjoyed Naruto: Broken Bond. It wasn’t a perfect game, but I had fun with the fighting system and exploring was engaging enough. Sure, it had filler … Continue reading Late to the Party: Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2
