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 to Batman games to the Star Wars sequels, we had a chance to discuss how pieces of media have changed and how our tastes have changed over the years as well. As we head into the second half of the year, I wanted to invite more sign-ups for Second Look, with a few tweaks to the rules. One, we’re gonna … 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
