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
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 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
Intro Mario is the king. There is no two ways about it. If you know anything about video games, you know about Mario. Many of the big titles about the character are often considered the best of the era and … Continue reading Late to the Party: Super Mario Sunshine
For a long time now, I’ve considered David Lynch to be one of my favourite directors. It started with Twin Peaks getting its hooks into me, as I’d long heard of how influential it was on genre television of the … Continue reading Late to the Party: Eraserhead
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
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)
Batman: Year One is a tough read in 2020. Continue reading Late to the Party: Batman – Year One (1987)
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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)
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
