the Percy Jackson reboot is kinda weird

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[themilkman]

Fun fact, Rick Rhodian wrote a 12 page essay of how bad the first film was, and how was going to flop and send it to the director and writers.

[Persphone_cabin]

You skipped the best line! “You met god?! Like… Jesus??”

[thestrikernetwork]

The most unrealistic part of this series is that a kid named “Nancy BOBOFIT” wouldn’t be bullied constantly in middle school

[tannybananny]

Honestly I'm most mad at how they portrayed Sally and Gabe's relationship. The whole point was to show how much Sally was willing to sacrifice to protect Percy. Here, they made Gabe just seem like some mildly annoying housemate instead of the abusive stepfather and husband he was. He literally hit Sally in the books. She's scared of him but stays anyway for Percy. She is not able to boss him around like in the show. This would also water down how and why Percy is so protective of her, which we read about even until the moment Paul Blofis tells him he's going to propose to Sally.

[missingpigboggers]

Honestly, Percy being bombarded with all the lifechanging info at once is exactly how the whole book series goes. He is pushed into these circumstances and thrown some random info and he has to survive. So the show does do the justice.

[auderrynewton]

To be fair, Luke’s initial role was always this “tour guide” esque position. As leader of the Hermes cabin, he’d be in charge of explaining all of it to anyone new, just by the nature of his responsibilities. Of course his role is very different later on, but at the beginning he is very much a plot device lol

[sylviadebiase]

If you read the book you'll notice it is very fast paced. It is meant to keep kids engaged while reading, even If they have ADHD

[snowflakes]

Somehow the trio already know EVERYTHING. They know aunty em is medusa, they know ares, they know what the lotus casino is and what it will do to them. Half of the fight is supposed to be them using their knowledge and skills to figure it out. Now there's no tension, no suspense, stuff just happens.

[Klausbro]

The show actually opens exactly the way the book does

[Roses-are-Beautiful]

I thought it was funny and weird how Grover just randomly screams “I’m 24” and no one seems to register it.

[theflyingdutchman]

They kinda did the step dad wrong, like at least in the movie he was a jerk and unlikeable but in the show he’s just kinda a burn out with no life. He’s supposed to be this super rude abusive guy who Percy’s mom only stays with bc his ‘stench’ is so much that he shields Percy from the monsters.

[rosiegiannone]

Personally I think tv shows should go back to the 20+ episodes format rather than the 8-10 they're using nowadays, almost everything feels rushed because of that... especially when the source material are such iconic books

[munchkin]

I just want to say that Percy 100% reacted to his mom's death. He tries to talk to her via burnt offerings, literally avenges her by killing the minotaur, and thinks about her and brings up her death multiple times. He was in shock, but he definitely reacts

[samuelmurrill]

9:53 Its actually kinda morbid why all the kids are around the same age. Its because kids are only susceptible to being easily tracked by monsters as they near Percy’s age but demigods don’t tend to make it into their adult years because they are hunted down and killed

[renzisrad]

Saying that Percy had no reaction to his mother dying, while also skipping over the scene where he kills the minotaur is wild.

[magicat]

The major gripe I have with the show is how everything seems anticlimactic. They immediately figure out that Auntie Em is Medusa and kill her by just putting Annabeth's invisibility cap on her and slicing her head off, instead of a full-on chase/fight scene using their ingenuity. Really powerful monster chasing you? Just immediately pop Medusa's head out. Other than that, it feels good. The casting feels odd for some characters, mainly Annabeth and Luke. Luke doesn't feel like the guy to turn on the gods and steal Zeus' lightning bolt, nor one of the best warriors in camp. Annabeth just feels like a robot; she's too stiff, too monotone. Good show, though

[busorenkin]

Alex I want you to know that this book series is supposed to be weird and this is a pretty faithful adaptation but also that it’s okay that you think it’s weird

[thewordsiren]

To be fair even in the books, Percy's first question after seeing Grover's actual appearance was “So you and my mom know each other?” I laughed so hard reading that

Edit: So if I wasn't clear before, I love this video like any other video on this channel. I'm not criticizing anything, neither the show nor this video. This just reminded me of this part in the book that's why I shared it.

[rafisanders]

At least the show is way more book accurate. The kids actually look like 12 yr olds. Instead of the characters looking 25

[Unknownerror]

That scream clarisse did when Percy broke her spear was the best acting I’ve seen so far