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The Latecomers
Amity and Lemuel have seen a lot of things, but they have missed some major cultural plot points. The Latecomers is their recaps and reviews of the shows that have shaped entertainment and culture because when it comes to the good stuff - better late than never.
Episodes
The LatecomersSoul (2020)
Show Notes Deep in the dark time of Covid came Soul - released directly into homes on Christmas of 2020. We are very confused as to how long it takes for all…
The LatecomersOnward (2020)
Show Notes This week we discuss the first release impacted by COVID - Pixar’s Onward came out March 6, 2020 - possibly the worst release window in modern…
The LatecomersFrozen 2 (2019)
Show Notes Just in time for Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we watched Frozen 2, wherein the people of Arendelle have been lied to about their colonialist history and…
The LatecomersToy Story 4 (2019)
Show Notes Toy Story 3 was one of the best closings to a trilogy in cinematic history - so let’s totally ignore that fact and make another one! But actually…
The LatecomersRalph Breaks the Internet (2018)
Show Notes Why would you follow a naming convention? Ralph wouldn’t know anything about that because wrecking and breaking are obviously different things. We…
The LatecomersIncredibles 2 (2018)
Show Notes The Parr family is back and this time it’s a matriarchy! Picking up right where the previous movie left off, supers are still a strain on city…
The LatecomersCoco (2017)
Show Notes This week we get ready for spooky season with Coco. If you aren’t colorblind, this movie is a color wonderland full of neons and contrasts. We…
The LatecomersCars 3 (2017)
Show Notes Sequels can add to or detract from a franchise. Cars 3 is a surprisingly warm and fun entry into a series that until now we watched out of…
The LatecomersMoana (2016)
Show Notes Let’s sail the open sea this week with Moana. She is the leader of her people and as the leader, sometimes you have to defy your parents and set…
The LatecomersZootopia (2016)
Show Notes Nature or nurture - we delve into the age old question this week with Zootopia. Dumb bunnies, sly foxes, shrewd shrews, sloths in sports cars, a…
The LatecomersFinding Dory (2016)
Show Notes This week we return to the sea to help our sidekick friend as she becomes the main character - it’s Finding Dory. Can you have main character energy…
The LatecomersThe Good Dinosaur (2015)
Show Notes This week we learn that sometimes even great minds go terribly terribly wrong as we watch Pixar’s The Good Dinosaur. You’ve never heard of it, well…
The LatecomersInside Out (2015)
Show Notes A movie about a child with creatures in her head sure leads to a diverse conversation. This week we watched Inside Out and talk about film ROIs, the…
The LatecomersBig Hero 6 (2014)
Show Notes We get to hang out with Baymax in the source of my favorite gif to send to literally anyone - Big Hero 6. Young Hiro loses his brother after already…
The LatecomersFrozen (2013)
Show Notes We’ve come to the bane (or joy) of millions of millennial parents who simply wished their kids would Let It Go with Frozen this week. The power of…
The LatecomersMonsters University (2013)
Show Notes We head back to school to see the origins of the epic friendship between Sully and Mike in Monsters’ University. One has a dream, the other an…
The LatecomersWreck-It Ralph (2012)
Show Notes A wholesome movie about the friendship between a grown man and a child - no, really. We watched the video game adventure Wreck-It Ralph. Ralph and…
The LatecomersBrave (2012)
Show Notes This week we roam the Scottish Highlands with the spunkiest redhead you’ve ever met - and her mom - it’s Merida and bearida in Pixar’s Brave…
The LatecomersWinnie the Pooh (2011)
Show Notes A movie no one knew existed that wraps us in the warm hug of nostalgia - we watched the 2011 Winnie the Pooh. A honey hunt, a honey prize, and a…
The LatecomersCars 2 (2011)
Show Notes The second in the Cars trilogy makes its appearance this week and we have a few questions - chief among them is - WHY? Don’t fall into the trap I…
The LatecomersTangled (2010)
Show Notes Back to Disney’s fairy tale roots this week with Repunzel - I mean Tangled - wherein all that hair never tangles. We’ve got a childlike princess who…
The LatecomersThe Princess and the Frog (2009)
Show Notes This week we join Tiana in New Orleans to build a business and fall in love, not in that order. We may go ahead and overlook any possible overt…
The LatecomersToy Story 3 (2010)
Show Notes This week - the ultimate end to a trilogy that will still not be left alone - Toy Story 3. It’s the end of an era with Andy, so what is next for our…
The LatecomersUp (2009)
Show Notes It’s time to cry - we watched Up this week and we cried. Then we talked about Up, and we cried. So if you need a catharsis, join us to watch this…
The LatecomersWALL-E (2008)
Show Notes We’re headed to the final frontier with the embodiment of a PC in search of his Mac lady love in WALL-E. Turns out you can make a largely silent…
The LatecomersBolt (2008)
Show Notes The Truman Show meets Homeward Bound this week with Bolt from 2008. Back to Disney Animation this week with an adventure about a couple of tortured…
The LatecomersRatatouille (2007)
Show Notes If you can’t get into The French Laundry, we have a close runner up this week with Ratatouille. Pixar is trying to get all of us to be cool with…
The LatecomersMeet the Robinsons (2007)
Show Notes This week we gain a family with Meet the Robinsons from 2007. Science and jokes make up this bright boisterous offering - the second fully CGI…
The LatecomersCars (2006)
Show Notes Let’s talk about boys vs girls and the societal downfall delivered by car culture this week with Cars from 2006. Yes, Lightning McQueen is a big…
The LatecomersChicken Little (2005)
Show Notes Lemuel is MAD as we plumb the depths this week with probably the worst movie Disney has ever made. Visuals: bad. Writing: bad. Story: bad…
The LatecomersThe Incredibles (2004)
Show Notes A true animated Film this week as we watch The Incredibles from 2004. One of Pixar’s best, this one hits on looks, acting, story, and writing making…
The LatecomersHome on the Range (2004)
Show Notes Anti-capitalism and anti-toxic masculinity come together in a movie about cows starring Rosanne Barr and Judy Dench - non of this was expected when…
The LatecomersBrother Bear (2003)
Show Notes 2003 brought us this week’s offering - Brother Bear. We are of two minds on this one but everyone can agree that more movies should have moose doing…
The LatecomersFinding Nemo (2003)
Show Notes The sequel to Finding Dory this week, where we start by Finding Nemo. A fantastic cast brings the beautiful animation to life. From an…
The LatecomersTreasure Planet (2002)
Show Notes They don't know me 'cause I'm not here - sometimes a Goo Goo Dolls song is actually the theme song to a movie you didn’t know existed, so we are…
The LatecomersLilo & Stitch (2002)
Show Notes Travel to Hawaii with us this week and let’s meet a stubborn master of destruction and her pet alien in Lilo & Stitch. There are a lot of things to…
The LatecomersMonsters Inc. (2001)
Show Notes Back to Pixar this week as they have a blast with fur texture and character design in Monsters Inc. We learn the power of cuteness and laughter and…
The LatecomersAtlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
Show Notes We’re going under the sea - and then back up again to find Atlantis. A city was lost, and now a linguist and his capitalist adventurer buddies are…
The LatecomersThe Emperor’s New Groove (2000)
Show Notes This week we travel to the Incan empire with The Emperor’s New Groove. How do we know it’s the Incan Empire? They kinda allude to it a couple of…
The LatecomersDinosaur (2000)
Show Notes Lemuel is in heaven today as we got to watch and get to talk about Dinosaur from 2000. Tippet to Verhoven to Katzenberg it’s almost a miracle this…
The LatecomersFantasia 2000 (2000)
Show Notes Fantasia 2000 brings the original concept of Fantasia to fruition with six new vignettes and one they couldn’t get rid of. The flow is similar and…
The LatecomersToy Story 2 (1999)
Show Notes It’s our 400th episode!!! Thank you for listening, you’re the best! This week, three Pixar films in, we get to their first sequel with Toy Story 2…
The LatecomersTarzan (1999)
Show Notes This week we put Lemuel’s concerns to rest with Disney’s interpretation of Tarzan. How do you make a naked psychopath into a kid’s movie…
The LatecomersA Bug’s Life (1998)
Show Notes We’re going back to Pixar this week with some four legged ants and their plight in A Bug’s Life. Sometimes you have to believe something for it to…
The LatecomersHercules (1997)
Show Notes We’re going to Greece with Hercules, who is too strong for his own good. Trying to do good can get you in trouble with all sorts, especially Hades…
The LatecomersThe Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
Show Notes This week, bafflement abounds as we discuss the 1996 film The Hunchback of Notre Dame. We watched it, I dare say we enjoyed it a lot, we still are…
The LatecomersToy Story (1995)
Show Notes It’s not Disney… YET. We watched Pixar’s maiden feature film Toy Story, the first full CGI animated film in history and boy does most of it hold up…
The LatecomersThe Lion King (1994)
Show Notes What if Hamlet, but lions. We watched the 1994 classic The Lion King and enjoyed the emotions inherently available in animated faces that simply…
The LatecomersAladdin (1992)
Show Notes The genuine power of Robin Williams ignites the joy in our trip to Agrabah this week as we watched Aladdin. The most fun we’ve had in a while, we…
The LatecomersBeauty and the Beast (1991)
Show Notes This week it’s a love story as old as time along with just a dash of Stockholm Syndrome as we watch Beauty and the Beast. Regarded by many…
The LatecomersThe Rescuers Down Under (1990)
Show Notes We’re heading south of the equator with Miss Bianca and the inimitable Bernard in the Rescuers Down Under. This movie deserves more than it got…
The LatecomersThe Little Mermaid (1989)
Show Notes We’re really cooking now - but not fricasse - with The Little Mermaid. Entering their renaissance, Disney brings us to the ocean and a sanitized…
The LatecomersOliver & Company (1988)
Show Notes What if Oliver Twist with dogs. And Billy Joel of course. This week, we’re talking about Olver and Company and spend most of our time discussing the…
The LatecomersThe Great Mouse Detective (1986)
Show Notes**** Disney brings us Sherlock Holmes - but mice this week in The Great Mouse Detective. Basil doesn’t like people but he is a fan of focussing on…
The LatecomersThe Black Cauldron (1985)
Show Notes This week we liked the movie more than almost anyone else. Everything we wanted The Sword in the Stone to be, it’s The Black Cauldron. Yes, there…
The LatecomersThe Fox and the Hound (1981)
Show Notes Once upon a time, we thought we were going to watch a movie about the trials of friendship. Then we watched Disney’s The Fox and the Hound and found…
The LatecomersThe Rescuers (1981)
Show Notes We’re saving orphans from crazed thrift store owners this week along side the Rescue Aid Society’s very own Rescuers! As Miss Bianca seduces Bernard…
The LatecomersThe Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
Episode Notes We’re discussing the possible genesis of Pixar films Toy Story and Inside Out, the genteel and lovely Winnie the Pooh. The tales of the stuffed…