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
Despite being in its prime target demographic, I never got into Dragon Ball. As a young, action-loving, Toonami-watching kid, for whatever reason I never gave much consideration to the adventures of Goku and friends. I dabbled here and there in … Continue reading Late to the Party: Dragon Ball (Pre-Z)
The Show Mobile Suit Gundam is a 43-episode anime from 1979 about a war between the Earth Federation government and the Principality of Zeon, a separatist nation of space-based human colonies. The story follows a group of civilians who are … Continue reading Late to the Party: Mobile Suit Gundam
There is always a lighthouse, there’s always a man, there’s always a city… Continue reading Late to the Party: The Bioshock Trilogy
I was not primed to like this movie or its protagonist. If there’s any trope that dates itself especially badly right now, it’s the “lovable asshole” archetype, the character we’re supposed to admire for being his authentic self even though … Continue reading Late to the Party: As Good As It Gets (1997)
Steven Spielberg’s much-maligned epic comedy probably helped him figure out what kind of filmmaker he actually is. Continue reading Late to the Party: Spielberg’s 1941
I’ve been a Halo fan for many years. I’ve lost count of how many hours just dicking around in Reach’s multiplayer back in the early 2010s. Sometimes we would decide to play the campaign and within an hour, we are … Continue reading Late to the Party: Halo Combat Evolved
I was not entertained. Continue reading Late to the Party: Gladiator
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 Part 2022 Part 1
I’m really glad I didn’t grow up in a town where high-school sports were this big a deal. Who is it worse for — the kids whose entire present and future are wrapped up in football, or the ones who … Continue reading Late to the Party: Friday Night Lights
“Everything has two meanings,” thinks Jesus at one point in this film, confronted with two snakes. And that does complicate things. I picked The Last Temptation of Christ as a last-minute sub-in for this feature because I was still in … Continue reading Late to the Party: The Last Temptation of Christ
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
