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Watching, reading, and listening to things a second, third or even a million times can offer you a whole new experience. Why do we pick up the same thing to enjoy again? It could be nostalgia, it could be the need for comfort in the familiar, maybe it's research, or maybe you're rewatching the early episodes of a series so you can get more enjoyment out of new, later episodes that you haven't seen before?
Whatever the reason it can be an interesting experience, especially when you notice a whole bunch of things you never thought about before! You can see it through new eyes. And because you know how things ended up you can focus more on details, aesthetics, and character development rather than mainly on the plot.
Since I've got lots of streaming services now I'm rewatching heaps of faves. I haven't seen the later seasons of Archer so I'm rewatching that at the moment. It's my 3rd time on these early episodes and I'm noticing new things as well as seeing things in a new light. I noticed Jessica Walter (Mallory Archer), Jeffrey Tambor (Len Trexlor), Judy Greer (Cheryl Tunt), were all in Arrested Development together. I had previously believed that Archer was an irredeemable arsehole from the get-go, and all the other characters were basically good but became arseholes as a reaction to Archer, but a rewatch shows that they were always ALL aresholes exactly as bad as him! I'm also shocked by how brutal and violent the show is and how often they don't even fully resole endings.
When you revisit things often they're not how you remember them. Usually that's just because your memory is faulty and you have an interesting experience seeing something how it REALLY is. But it's awful when things actually HAVE changed; an old fave that's been retconned and edited… witness the stupid stormtroopers riding badly animated dinosaurs in Starwars!
In comics like Asterix you can drink in the art and the historical and political references, find yourself noticing little side stories in panels and all sorts of character relationships going on. What are your fave things to revisit? And why do you do it? Or maybe you never revisit things?
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Ozoneocean at 6:59AM, April 2, 2025
@oldestcharm- a pleasure to be able to feature Perennial Print! Ah, second-hand embarrassment is the hardest thing to deal with in shows... especially when you know it's coming because you're returning to it. Uh, I hate that!
oldestcharm at 12:58AM, April 2, 2025
When I was a child I would come home from school and put on one of three films. My mum would get home, discover me transfixed on the exact same scene every time and wonder how I didn't get bored. Nowadays I don't do it to this level but I'm always more likely to return to something I already know I enjoy. It's a bit of an issue if you want to expand your knowledge base and cultural understanding but there's nothing wrong with returning to something you love and find cosy. It was funny to hear about the LOTR thing because I myself try to reread them every year (as well as another few books). Of course there are some things you return to and find it absolutely impossible to get through. I think for me it's when there's an obscene amount of second-hand embarrassment involved. BBC Merlin kind of killed me in that regard. I only got through the first season again because I think Michelle Ryan is cute. Also, thank you for the feature! I wasn't expecting that.
Ozoneocean at 6:39PM, April 1, 2025
@dragonsong12 - yeah looking at something again with a different reading can be fun- Imagine that the entire time the lead character is dreaming, or that the whole story is really an exploration of feminism in society, or it's an examination of the class system etc... Most British TV shows from the 90s and before can all be seen with the latter perspective, LOL! Everything from Minder, to Red Dwarf, Keeping up Appearances, Yes Minister, Are you being Served, Dad's Army etc.
Ozoneocean at 6:33PM, April 1, 2025
@PaulEberhardt - Hmm! I'd have a hard time re-experiencing something on a purely technical level unless I'd seen it so many times that aspect was all that stood out haha! ^_^
Ozoneocean at 6:31PM, April 1, 2025
@J_Scarbrough- which have aged the worst?
dragonsong12 at 1:17PM, April 1, 2025
One of me favorite things to do is find something in media that re-contextualizes things you saw earlier. I don't mean twist endings, though it can include that too, but mostly like character motivations. Something you learn late, but when you go back to the beginning it was always there. I adore that kind of storytelling. I try to do it myself, but I don't think I'm super successful. XD
PaulEberhardt at 10:17AM, April 1, 2025
Oh yes, it's amazing how everything changes with your reading experience. This is especially true for me, as I know A LOT more about writing and art than I did twenty years ago or so, and using it in teaching makes me probably learn as much as any of my students each year, even if it happens on a different level. I love it, too, because my past fears that most of what I used to enjoy might turn out to suck generally just don't hold up, with only the usual few exceptions. Maybe I've always had a good instinct? Besides all that, these days I'd sometimes go as far as saying that to really appreciate some works of art or literature revisiting it is actually a must. That's especially true for page turners with a complex, absorbing plot that you just can't get enough of, so the first time you focus on these things and the second time around, months or years later, you can better focus on something else.
J_Scarbrough at 9:36AM, April 1, 2025
It does actually continue to astound me that I can still find some new little overlooked detail from something I have already seen countless times before. But lately, I have found myself revisiting certain shows or movies from my childhood to see how they still hold up as an adult, and while some of them actually do, and I can even appreciate them even better as an adult (maybe because some of the humor went over my head as a kid), there are some that unfortunately have not aged well at all.