Series started by The So-So Gatsby where we revisit media to see if our opinions change
Welcome to Second Look, where Avocados revisit a piece of pop culture to see how it changes. Interested in writing something? We’ve got sign-ups for 2026! Batman: The Animated Series (B:TAS) sits at a weird intersection for me. It’s a … Continue reading Second Look: Batman: The Animated Series
“Rest assured that I was on the internet within minutes registering my disgust throughout the world.” Continue reading Second Look: The Simpsons Movie
Bruce Springsteen’s album Nebraska was released September 30th, 1982. I don’t know if I bought it that day, but I owned it shortly afterward. I was not a huge Springsteen fan, but I think I owned Born To Run, and … Continue reading Second Look: Nebraska—Bruce Springsteen
In all honesty, this isn’t my second – or even third – time watching Hayao Miyazaki’s 2004 film Howl’s Moving Castle. I haven’t kept track, but it is very likely my fourth, or even fifth, watch. So then what’s different … Continue reading Second Look: Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)
OK, you got me. This is more like my 24th Look. I’ve seen this film more times than I remember, starting way back in 1979 or so. However, I feel it’s time to look at it with new eyes. Wide … Continue reading Second Look: Help!
The year was 1990, and the local boy scout troop was having it’s annual all-nighter. The night where they book the local school and run a marathon of movies/gym time and everyone attempts to stay up all night. Many movies … Continue reading Spaceballs: The Second Look
Second Look is still taking sign-ups for the rest of 2025! Do you have a piece of media or pop culture you want to revisit? Take a second look! Man of Steel is a study in contrasts. It has some … Continue reading Second Look: Man of Steel
My favorite mystery novel of all time … but does it hold up on a Second Look? Continue reading Second Look: And Then There Were None
We’ve watched and discussed all of the masterpiece that was Andor. Now let’s revisit and discuss the film that made it possible: 2016’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Continue reading “Rogue One” Rewatch Discussion Thread
Earlier this year, I invited folks to take a Second Look at a piece of media or pop culture and see if their opinions had changed. And we had some truly fantastic essays! From Wes Anderson films to The Hobbit … Continue reading Second Look Sign-Ups!
The fundamental rule of improv is “Yes, and.” In order for an improvised story to be successful, the players have to build upon the work of one another to make a story that is cohesive and moving forward. The Star … Continue reading Second Look: The Star Wars Sequel Trilogy
Memory is a funny thing. I remember watching this movie back when it first released (this was my literal second look). I remember liking it a lot, I remember liking the science fiction, and I remember many of the specific … Continue reading Second Look: Arrival
First things first, a confession. This may not exactly be a second look for me and this film. Not because I have not seen it before. I have seen it during its endless reruns on Comedy Central in the late … Continue reading Second Look: Canadian Bacon
Content Warning: This article contains: spoilers for Kill la Kill, non-explicit but NSFW images, discussion of sexual violence, discussion of sexuality, internalized transphobia, and me being very TMI and getting dangerously close to NOCAYB territory. It’s a struggle many of … Continue reading Second Look: Kill la Kill
Here and there, Disney produces something decidedly unique and groundbreaking. 1982’s Tron is certainly one of the most striking examples of such a project. Its extensive use of computer-generated imagery (CGI), its at-the-time bold leap into the realms of computing … Continue reading Second Look – Tron: Legacy
Look up any list of the best Superman comics, and you are sure to find All-Star Superman. Grant Morrison’s story, with art by Frank Quitely, All-Star Superman was meant to be an iconic, timeless Superman story that was not an … Continue reading Second Look: All-Star Superman
Note: Unmarked spoilers to follow! Guess Who’s Bat? Bat Again Given how much I liked my initial playthrough of Arkham Asylum, I was all in for the sequel when I first heard it was announced. I had even learned more … Continue reading Second Look – Batman: Arkham City
When I saw the chance to write a Second Look article, I jumped on it. I loved the concept, I loved the structure of it. I even happened to be doing a rewatch of a show I had not seen … Continue reading Second Look – Space: Above and Beyond
Greeting friends, I signed up to do today’s Second Look on J.R.R Tolkien’s classic The Hobbit. But in a shocking turn of events, I didn’t get enough of a head-start on my re-read to finish the book before this write-up. … Continue reading Second Look: The Hobbit
I did The Social Network for this feature two weeks ago, and since that’s a movie I liked a lot and still do I decided this time to do a movie I was a bit underwhelmed by: Idiocracy. I saw … Continue reading Second Look: Idiocracy
The Story So Far When I first played Arkham Asylum back in 2009, I had very limited knowledge of the greater Batman mythos. I never read comics growing up, I had only seen snippets of films like the 1989 Batman … Continue reading Second Look – Batman: Arkham Asylum
