I love how Rick being the nice guy he is lists things he actually liked about the movie before completely roasting the writers for how terrible it was. 😂
I can’t imagine what it would be like to pour thousands of hours of research and development of an absolute masterpiece of a series that kick-started an entire genre, and then have it turn into THIS on the big screen. I would have sued the heck out of Fox, and I’m surprised Rick didn’t. Still, it’s not as bad as the Eragon movie, which put an end to the ENTIRE movie franchise, even though there were three books left. At least we got a second movie for Percy Jackson
Yeah I’m not forced to like it since Rick himself hated it. This missed more than Goblet of Fire in the Harry Potter series. Like half the time I was like “is this really a Percy Jackson movie? If they ever do the rest of the movies or heroes of Olympus or trials of Apollo or Kane chronicles or magnus chase or any of the others, I hope it’s nothing like this. Theres probably like 5 other series that I can’t remember that I read.
@@betka5791 The movie is so messed up. I can’t even begin to express my shock at the fact that they went so far as to make them 16 instead of 11/12. Chris Columbus had already directed the first two Harry Potter movies, which proved he was good at working with child actors, but he tear they turned it into an overs*xualised monstrosity. I’m literally a teenager and I cringe whenever I watch the movie just because Perch and Annabeth’s relationship is purely based on infatuation, and Grover is h*rny (I don’t mean as in horns, I mean…well, you probably understand)
Fun story: I was a HUGE Percy Jackson fan when the movie came out (it was my favorite series, and I read the books everyday), and begged my dad to take me the day it came out. He looked into it, and the nearby movie theater was doing a huge release party, with an after party in the lobby after the show let out. We were so excited and bought three tickets. I was so pumped, in fact, that I hadn't watched any trailers or listened to any talk about the movie. I wanted to go in completely blind. The only thing I knew was that Annabeth was no longer blonde, which was devastating, but an oversight I was willing to overlook if she was otherwise perfect. We were the only three people in the theater. The workers were really apologetic, because the tickets cost extra as it came with the after party. They gave us all free popcorn and soda and told us we could be as loud as we wanted, since there was no one else to disturb in the theater. When the movie started, I cried. I was so heartbroken that I couldn't even recognize the story, and so angry that they had butchered characters I loved so much to the point that they were unrecognizable. I was alternating between sobbing and angrily explaining to my sister that this wasn't Percy Jackson, Percy Jackson was so much better. When we left, the theater employees saw me crying and gave us an ENTIRE sheet cake that they had bought for the after party. It was supposed to feed 50 people, and they gave it to my little family of three. We took it home, ate cake, and my dad read the first chapter to us. On retrospect, a story about a sobbing child isn't really "fun", but I do actually really love this story now and think it's really funny. It is, to this day, the only good thing I can say about the Percy Jackson movie. It made me cry so hard, I got free cake.
sorry i'm 8 months late but daaamn this comment made me so sad for child you. that must have been devastating to see such a poor adaptation. at least you have this story about it, the staff really sound so lovely bless them.
I can only just imagine how insulted Rick truly is by this film considering he originally wrote the story for his son who suffered from ADHD and dyslexia in order to give him a hero with those same disorders.
I remember reading Percy Jackson and the lightning thief my cousin gave me the book and in one of the chapters that I read I found out that Percy had dyslexia something I really hope to see when the series is released
For people who don't understand why the movies are so bad, imagine this: The Harry Potter films, but with Snape as the bad guy, Voldemort as a minor antagonistic old man with a nose, and Dumbledore a huge B.
Even I fit the category of teens and despite that, I think the movies are terrible. If I could have vouched for Rick when he he defended his work, I would have done it in an instant. And I think that criticism from teens, like me, would have been effective.
When they revealed the actor for Percy was Walker Scobell, I was on the verge of tears. He's the correct age, he was casted because if his wit sarcasm and charisma. And icing on the cake, Walker is just a sweet looking kid and he seems so happy to be Percy in the new adaptation.
I'm really happy about PJO getting another chance to shine on the screen. Yet at the same time I'm sad, because John Flanagan and his Ranger's Apprentice series haven't yet and maybe never will.
@@miroshkaheiskanen608 Both Rangers and the Brotherband! But I think due to the less fantastic approach in terms of monster and magic they are not as popular as Harry and Percy, which is a shame.
Part of me is happy they're not touching the rangers apprentice. Bet money they want something to do with the royal rangers series though. A strong, sensible leading female they can turn the dial of awesome up to 11 with and drown us with virtue. Besides we all know the wargals will somehow end up being an oppressed race that stems from racism, or something nonsensical.
@@krzychu3556 I always like the brother band series, mostly from bias as I am mostly Scandinavian and liked how he represented the culture albeit a few tweaks.
The thing about this is that the series was a originally a bedtime story that Rick told to his son who was ADHD and Dyslexic. This wasn’t just his life’s work, this was something he shared with his family and class.
I’ve noticed that a lot of studios adapting books into movies have pretty much just been taking the story’s characters and twisting the plot up into an almost completely different story, and fans haven’t been happy about that, and yet they keep doing it. When are they gonna realize that if they want a movie to be successful they need to remain faithful to the source material. Yes I get artistic liberties are part of adapting a story to screen and/or stage, but you can do that and still be faithful to the story, they were able to do that with Harry Potter and some other movie adaptations I’ve seen, though I think that’s because the author or whosever story it was (like a Broadway show movie adaptation) they were involved in the making of the movie.
Insecure egos if you ask me. Even m knight shamilan was too far up his chicken curry when the disaster with the last airbender. He didn't even get the race right and he was like "they don't get me!" It's baffling how a grown ass man can even do that shit XD
Well with harry potter one of JK’s conditions for making the films was that she got to be involved in a big way and have a say in major decisions. And the filmmakers respected that and had passion for the books. Clearly Fox didn’t have the same respect for Riordan and PJ :( But I definetely agree with u - when you’re making an adaption, the target audience is obviosly going to be the ppl who read the source material, so why would u change the story this much? That’s just so stupid.
@@astakorpiala9722 Like I said before, insecure ego. Although the only books to movie I have no sympathy for in terms of respecting one's work like you said is probably 50 shades of grey XD I heard that the director wanted to make some improvements but the author refused and wanted it by the book, word by word. For a badly written book, the author is a one stupid bimbo XD
There actually was a musical adaptation of the first Percy Jackson book and that was more faithful to the book than the movie, well it was more of a musical comedy but I’m sure most fans would have preferred that over the movie. Too bad we can’t have a musical series adaptation of the book, I really like musicals and I’m sure other fans of the book do as well.
I originally did not read the book before I watch the movie. And I knew right away it was terrible. It was years later that my brother convinced me to read the first book and I loved it. I'm so mad how they butchered such a great book. Just to be a Harry Potter clone
@@zimonzieclown1633 harry potter movies were far better than these percy jackson ones . they stay loyal to the original source material . many scenes are there in which i prefer the movies way . but percy jackson series is complete opposite . its sad to see how riordan tried so much to correct the bullshit script but they ignored him .those movies deserve the flop.
@StrangerJayden oh my GOD! YES! Out of both of the movies, the sea of monsters was way worse. I mean, Lightning Thief was bad, but the sea of monsters was way worse by far. I didn't like both of them, but I came to really dislike the sea of monsters.
For everyone kinda doubting the new Disney+ adaptation: Disney+ handled the adaptation of the book series "The Mysterious Benedict Society" (TMBS) which is my favorite children's book series apart from Harry Potter and A Series of Unfortunate Events. The tv show adaptation was really good, and the changes were actually done for the better of the TMBS universe. Sure there were imperfections, but the adaptation was really solid and faithful, showing lots of easter eggs and book references! Plus, James Bobin, the person who directed TMBS' pilot episode, will direct Percy Jackson's pilot episode! Bobin did a great job on TMBS so I'm sure he'll do the same for the PJO series. And if you're still not convinced, Rick Riordan himself is very involved with this new PJO adaptation, and from what I know, will be an executive producer and overall screenwriter for the series. So excited
@@voiddan9278 Walker Scobell (the kid who’s playing Percy) isn’t brunette like Percy, but I don’t think he’s going to dye his hair for the role. Rick said he doesn’t care how the cast looks, he only cares about how the characters are presented.
I remember seeing this with my dad and trying to pretend that I liked it but knowing deep down it just wasn't what I was expecting. I'm now 25 and looking forward to a children's TV show and couldn't be more excited knowing that Rick has more input this time around.
@Aaron deVos Yet you don’t know the difference between “your” and “you’re.” Sad, honestly, and if I’m not mistaken, they do know hoe and have spelled “excited” correctly.
I’m so pumped for the show - Rick’s a producer, one of the directors, his kids are fans of the books and the scripts writers have read the books!! I think it’s going to be brilliant 🤩
I feel really bad for him. I’m currently writing a really long book series with my own original character and story. The character’s I’m writing about have been growing and developing inside my head for many years and if anyone ever tried to complete change the characters I think about every single day. I must say I’d be pretty pissed and angry.
As a author myself, I agree with you. If my book characters I created got messed with and changed in the way they attempted for the Percy Jackson movie, I'd be angry as hell.
Honestly that's why I haven't started marketing my book yet. A lot of people say you should start marketing Before release so you have a dedicated audience on launch, but I'm just so afraid people will take the vague appearances and descriptions, turn them completely on their heads, and ruin what I've created before I've even shared. After publishing I could tolerate some liberties, because even if things go way out of hand like what happened to Rick, being able to point back to the published source material and say "you're wrong" keeps the control more (or less) in my hands. I hope people are really respectful of your creations when you get published, and that genuine fans will have your back if someone gets out of line!
I'm currently at Sea Of Monsters... forreal the first book was REALLY good. Tbh I have to disagree wuth Rick about Annabeth's first appearence... she seems more like the daughter of Ares, rather than Athena in the film. The book version was better.
I think he gave it compliments as it showed that there's the intimidation there at first, though it went out of the window. I don't think he ever really planned on saying "the book did it better."
Anybody seeing this: I wanna recommend the musical! The songs are great, so is the writing. The characters are still a little older, but it stays a lot closer to the original book. I really love it, would absolutely recommend :)
Man, the only good thing the movie did is that it opened the world of reading to me. It went like this. When I was in grade 6, my dad downloaded the movie and had me watch it. I did and I love it since I am into Greek stuff. It then became one of my favorite movies. In grade 7, I told a classmate about the movie. One of the bullies heard me and said that I was committing a heresy. He then told me the movie sucked. He then let me borrow The Lightning Thief, I think the cover was the Minotaur. Anyway, I read it and realized how disrespectful the movie was. Then I discovered the book is part of the series. I got hooked. So that's how I got into reading.
I seriously hope the Disney+ show will be better, they literally have enough screen time to basically put everything in the books. Hope they do listen to Riordan, I can´t wait, but until then, gonna re-read the entire series :3
It seems like Rick is Super involved in this process based on the updates he keeps giving us. Also, he said the person that's either heading the project or doing the script (Can't remember which right now) has a kid who's a fan of the books and will keep them on track!
Sadly it won't be. An author writing a script for a tv-adaptation of his or her book never ends well. That and they already fucked it up with the casting apparently. I wouldn't have minded if it was just one or two characters, but literally none of the casting choices match the description of the characters in the books and it was announced they won't be dyeing hair or use contacts.
It baffles me how the film makers that adapted the books to movies were unprofessional and too insecure to listen to someone who knows more than what they're working on. It makes me want to see a video of those who made the movies reacting to how bad their end results are. It would be funnier if they were in denial and delusional like how with m knight shamilan with the last airbender.
The same thing can be said about Halo on Paramount+ the writers absolutely admitted that they only did 20 minutes of research before script writing and they butchered Master Chief so badly
Man I feel so bad for Rick. I loved those books as a teenager and was so disappointed in the movies. Glad he’s getting the opportunity to bring his actual stories to the screen.
I 100% agree [I'm a fan of both series (in the pjo all of the many parts of the world) (including the hp movies (obvi not the digusting movies that shouldn't even be called pjo)] if done right it can be
It is not a good idea to compare the two book series or to expect something similar At the beginning there are still some parallels, but these dissolve completely later and create their own universe Especially everything around Heroes of Olympus is unique
@@brandonmedina494 cant agree man . maybe if you said whole lightning thief book is like 3/4 good as sorcerers stone then i would have agreed . but no , not this
It’s nice to have an author defend his/her work and all his/her characters. This alone makes Rick better than J.K. who just allowed screenwriters to butcher several of her characters.
What I hate about the movie is how they portray Annabeth and Grover. I've always seen Grover as gentle, smart, and brave. And Annabeth is supposed to be smart, but what the hell... Annabeth haven't shown her wisdom on the movie.
Funnily enough, the director of the first 2 Harry Potter movies (which are most faithful adaptation among all 8 movies) is the same person who directed the Lightning Thief movie...(Chris Columbus)
Every character is like Clarrisse in the movies. In reality most characters were actually smart and caring. Grover was an environmentalist, Luke was a mastermind managing to everyone and ending up almost killing Percy with a just a scorpion. Athena said that she believed Percy's loyalty is dangerous. In the movies they are only combat directed.
I feel bad that Rick’s work got the worst movie adaptation of all time, fingers crossed the next adaptation of Percy Jackson is a million times better than whatever the hell the movies were.
@Konstantinos Kafarakis A complete misunderstanding of the books and manipulated into what the company wanted it to be instead of listening to the original creator.
I only recently started reading the book having seen the movie last month. I'd recorded the movie and had to watch it in two sittings because I thought the movie was poorly written. I'd wanted to give it a chance, which is why I gave it another go to watch the rest of it. It was just short of ok. I decided to read the book because it's been sitting on my shelf with several other used books I bought a while ago. So far, I've only gotten to the part where Percy and his mother are at the beach cottage when Grover shows up, and Percy's mother asks him what happened at school that he didn't tell her about. I can definitely tell the book is way better and different than the movie I saw. Thanks for doing this video! I look forward to reading more!
I love how this shows just how much Riordan truly cares about his fans. He didn't care about wanting to appeal to a broader audience; he wanted this to be a movie that the people who read his books would enjoy. That's something truly special.
This might be off topic, but this is why I appreciate the Harry Potter films so much. At least those films have effort and tried to be faithful to the books, and can be enjoyed separate from the books. This piece of trash movie was released without any care to make it good, with the only care in the studio to make profit. They ignored Rick and what he said, and they’re awful for that. They deserve to be judoflipped by nobody, honestly (if you get it, you’ve read the books, and I salute you).
@@SirDibble25 I mean, I guess… but that would just cut off the story entirely. The series can’t just stop at PoA because the story isn’t complete yet. The Percy Jackson films are a perfect example of that, they stop making movies at the Sea of Monsters.
Nobody was my favorite part, and one of the only reasons I gave the second movie another chance. If they had done a good job with adapting that into a good scene then I _might've_ had _one_ good thing to say out of both movies (I'm not as generous as Rick). *But there was no Nobody to be unseen!*
The Harry Potter films are indeed good films if you forget the books entirely. They tell a compelling and complete story, and the acting and screenplay are competent, if not outright excellent. The issue I have is that they completely miss some key pieces of character development early on (since they suffer from being made prior to the series even being finished) and the movies don't hold the weight of consequence of showing magic to muggles in favor of a more cinematic experience (I'm looking at you, OOTP - why you gotta have Harry flying directly through London?). It really is a shame that the full weight of the books is not properly represented. The plot is changed in ways that make it far less satisfying, and the general book personality of the main characters is muted in favor of sitting closer to movie stereotypes. The movie format does not give the story enough room to breathe, which is why the scene where Voldemort becomes confetti at the end of the series is such a bummer. It doesn't communicate the thing Rowling was communicating in the books all along - Voldemort is just a mortal, like everyone else. Sure, movies might be better with a cinematic ending, but I feel like the flash forward *was* that cinematic ending. Emotional and charming and one of the things that (aside from questionable makeup) the movies did right. Rowling was involved in the movies, but it shows that she didn't quite have the series and its direction on lock when they were being made. The books provide a far more emotional venture into Harry's experience, and the movies don't provide any additional input into the world of Harry Potter. They do not fix the books' flaws, they do not correct the plot for inconsistency, and they certainly do not consistently adapt information that was only narration in the book into a natural, plot enhancing element in the movies. The series coming out on Max theoretically has the space and time to improve on Harry Potter and breathe new life into it. The issue they will face is that Rowling will be involved, and I'm not certain how keen she is on allowing the writers the flexibility to fix errant plot holes in her books. I just hope they cast the right kids and the right adults and don't make a mess of Rowling's already messy (but brilliant) books. Sure, they're magical, but there are a lot of holes you can fall into when adapting the material for a different medium. You have to be knowledgeable and crafty when it comes to Harry Potter. Imagine missing the key features of why Winky was included in the fourth book. Or imagine finding the wrong balance on how to integrate Peeves into the TV series. Shows work off different beats than books, so copying the frequency of Peeves' appearances in the book would not be appropriate for the comedic beats required in a kids' fantasy show. It's difficult to do. You not only have to be knowledgeable on what makes a good TV show, but also knowledgeable on what from the Harry Potter books will lend themselves to serving those purposes, while not losing sight of what made the series magical in the first place. Thanks for reading this long rant. I've been reflecting a lot recently on what generally makes a good adaptation of a book series into a TV series. I hope my points are well formed and intelligible. Bottom line is that the TV show must sit on the mechanics and devices that make a TV series good, while still treating the intent of the source material with respect. Correct what must be corrected to fit, and when in doubt, do not fix what isn't broken.
I love the Harry Potter and Percy Jackson content here. Hope we'll see some Lord of The Rings and The Chronicles of Narnia content as well. Maybe some other fantasy novels as well. Love the channel! 😊🎊🎉
I messaged him once on Instagram about LOTR, he said tried to read LOTR but didn't got invested in it enough and didn't like the books, but on his setup tour he did on Instagram, there were lotr dvds
I'm a huge Lighting Thief fan and have read every book in the series, the entire Heroes of Olympus series, The Kane Chronicles, Trials of Apollo, the multiple mythology books, and a crossover book between the Kane siblings and Annabeth and Percy. Thank you for making these in-depth videos.
I’m still a new fan when it comes to the Rick Riordan books series, I only just started reading his books last year and boy am I happy I have. He has quickly become one of my favorite authors and I’m currently reading his Magnus Chase series (which I love so far). I had heard a lot about the Percy Jackson series but only because of the movie and at the time I was young and unaware of the mistakes adaption from book to movie could be. I first watch the movies around the time they came out but I had no clue what the books were about. And I’m not proud to say that I did like the movie, at least the first one more then the second. But it wasn’t an all time favorite for me. But I did hear people bashing at the movies form the book series and I can totally understand now. After reading the books I completely understand the complete destruction the studio has done and it’s completely unprofessional. This also just goes to show, not only does the studio suffers but so does the book serious. People like me, could see the movie and think that the books are complete crap and have no clue they are just being misleaded. Same can be said for the parents that take their kids to see the movie and think this is absolutely garbage or something their kids should never see, let alone read. Honestly I do wish I knew what was going through their heads because Rick warned them time and time again and yet they just decide to ignore the author of the book series that they are making a movie after? What kind of logic is that? Either way the movies will get no more support from me and I’m definitely excited tho a tad scared for these in process movies. I do hope they can give us what we never received in the other movies and truly wish Rick can finally show what he wanted his fans to see on screen
I just started reading it two months ago! I'm currently reading heroes of Olympus son of Neptune. Im a hardcore Harry Potter and Marvel fan and I think the Percy Jackson one is coming on :D. I rlly feel bad for Rick.
I watched the first movie in 6th grade, but got more interested in the series a few years later when I saw the books in WalMart and got them from a library. The books are definitely way better than the 2 trashy movies that were produced. I feel bad Rick’s work got demolished, but at least he’s a part of the new series that’s coming out so he’ll do us all justice with it.
This is why I am apprehensive about letting any of my stories be made into movies. Poor Rick, my heart bleeds for him. I hope the new Percy Jackson series is great!!!
As an author, I would love to see my books made into a movie, but it would kill me for them to be butchered like this. I can picture them leaving out the most cinematic part and how crushed I would be, much like Rick and the battle with Ares.
I’m so glad we have the show now. After I’d watched The Adam Project with Walker (Percy’s actor) playing as the younger version of Adam, I was so excited after learning he would be the one to play Percy. He had just the right amount of Percy’s sassiness, and he was also a longtime fan of the series. Honestly, the show is what the movie should I have been, and it’s so, so much better.
When I saw that a video about the Disney series had been released I was so scared that it was that it wasn't going to happen, but when I saw Rick and he was smiling, I knew. When I finally got to hear that a green light had been given and that the director of the pilot would be someone who actually knew about the story and who's children are fans, I just felt a sigh of relief. I believe they are in good hands this time. I wish we could see the show now, but I will sit and wait for it to come out and I will probably be the person checking everyday on Disney+ when it gets closer to release date. We will most likely have to wait until at earliest December this year or like January next year. I don't really care how long I will have to wait, I just want it to be as good as they can get it. If I don't remember wrongly, didn't Logan Lerman say something about the books finally getting the adaptation it deserves? I AM SOOOOOO EXCITED!!!!
I hate to admit this but when I watched this movie as a 9 year old kid who had no criteria and no knowledge of the books I really liked it... It was one of my favorite movies lmao.
Well you're okay, my younger sister on the hand continued to watch it despite the visible terror i had of it playing on the TV ( i think my disgust amused her). I got her to read the books with much persuasion, and she ended up finishing the first series (she's half way through the second series but is holding back because the romance is a bit uncomfortable for her.)
It’s okay, I watched the first movie in 6th grade around the time it came out before I knew anything about the books. I thought the movies were okay before I read the books a few years ago, but after rewatching the movies, my opinion changed.
It's sad for Rick the movies didn't go so well but on the bright side, it got those who never heard of the books before to find out about them, so I'm sure after they saw the film they went to find and read the books afterwards. So points for that. As Rick said 'some' nice things, my fav 2 lines that kills me 😆 r Grover when holding Medusa's head "Guys, I can't pee with her watching me." and Persephone yelling at Hades "I'm already in Hell.", those were funny. So glad to hear that a series on Disney+ will do better, Rick better b on set to keep his eye out and have some sort of contract to make sure it goes well in his eyes. Years ago I did find a fanmade animation opening intro, they won't use it but it is an awesome one. If u guys would like the link, just ask.
That is true for me. I never read the books, but when the movie came out and I saw it I was a fan of the film, at the time. I read TLT after and I fell in love. Time passes and I read the OG series, and when the movie version of Sea of Monsters came out I was appalled. Those movies are garbage but they are the reason I found this series thats now apart of my life
I discovered the books when I was 12 (literally as Rick was coming out w the series) & I fell in love. I am now 24 w 2 kids & still am obsessed w the series as much back then as I am now. I'm super excited for the D+ series & pray that Disney let's Rick have a part in directing/producing the series & cannot wait to introduce my beautiful kids to the world of PJO. Plus I love the musical adaptation & can't wait for more! U will definitely love it & it'll be a series that will stick w u for the rest of ur life. Happy Reading!
@@Khyathi_Gnan I keep trying to send u the link but its not going through so here's another way. Search for "Percy Jackson fan made animation", that's what the vid is called, it'll show like the main cast like Piper McLean controling gems, Nico summoning skeletons, ending with Percy with the title "Heroes of Olympus"
I have two things to roast : The Cursed child and the PJO movies But honestly I would love to see these books shine on the big screen. It deserves so much appreciation.
when you said the email was a roast, i did not expect it to be this hard of a roast. it gives some insight into how rick was feeling, about how much they disrespected him, the book, and the community. im glad to get the chance to see a better adaptation. these books were so important to me when i was a kid, and still are
I have a sibling that is a big fan of these books. When she told me that the movies where bad nothing like the books. It made me want to read the books more to see how bad myself. I haven't gotten there. But with this video and what my sibling said. That is disappointing. I really hope they do it justice.
I would really recommend reading the books, especially now that the series is officially happening. There's so much great content in the 'riordanverse'
@@akninja. it's on my books to read. I got a couple books series I want to start and finish before I get into Percy Jackson. I need to finish Harry Potter first. Then I want to start and finish the book series called Alex Rider. But I'll get there don't worry. I got a list of other books I want to read to besides just what I've already said. A bunch of series that I had started but never finished.
I LOVE RICK RIODAN! He's a very good author! I can't believe that the 20th Century Fox ruined Percy Jackson😭 As an author, I know how hard it is to world build a novel. Specially a series like fantasy and sci fi that has a huge world that you'll make from scratch. Its hard to do some research. It take years to world build, out line and highlight a series. It take years for us to write it. Writing takes time and effort to make it successful. But guess what? The studio only took less than a year to destroy it. 🤧
I’ve been keeping up with the updates about the series and I can’t wait to see it! I’m so excited-especially since Rick himself will be overseeing it. So I know it’s going to be good!
I was so excited to see Annabeth on screen! I couldn’t wait to see how the writers would cast her and bring her to life. And then they chose someone who wasn’t even blonde!! I’m sure that seems like a small detail to be upset about when there are of course bigger issues that was done to this film but Annabeth not being blonde aggravated me so much
It pissed me off bc she’s supposed to be blonde and no hate to the actress but they could have at least made the characters accurate to their physical appearance/description
In the opening video, the announcement, you can just tell how happy and relieved he was to be saying that the show was greenlit and that he was getting an say.. After the movies got obliterated, I can't even imagine how he felt, thinking he would never get another chance at bringing his books to life.. So glad Uncle Rick is getting his second chance, he deserves it 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I saw that Rick is supposed to be co-writing the script for the new series, so I'm going to hope. He's doing everything he can to make sure this attempt isn't butchered, and I REALLY hope it turns out as incredible as these books deserve.
Unlike others, I read the graphic novel before the books and the movies and after watching the movies I felt something was missing. They really missed the opportunity to create a lively cinematic universe and instead create a lame and lazy adaptation. Hopefully the tv show will give the book series the adaptation it needs
I didn’t like the way the graphic novel ended, but in hindsight, it made sense with how Luke gets characterized later on. There was no reason for a lot of the other cuts and I genuinely had no idea that they were still intended to be twelve until my third reread because of the art tho
Those 2 movies are the reason why the scale of good book to movie adaptions to bad adaptions goes from “the Hobbit” to “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” aka, the Peter Johnson movies
I'm Glad Rick is happy for this he deserves to have a good Percy Jackson series and when it's Disney you know it's gonna be good he even said that the director of the Pilot has read the books and knows what he is doing he even said that the Pilot Director's kids are fans of the books and that he directed the first episode of the mysterious benedict society which he loved I hope this will be good and I hope you make a review video for the series are you gonna make more Percy Jackson and heroes of Olympus videos along with the trails of Apollo and other books that are connected to the Percy Jackson series ?
As someone who was a teenager when I first got into the Percy Jackson books, I was not thrilled by the fact that the books and movies didn't correlate to each other all that much. I especially didn't like many of the sexual innuendos made, mostly by Grover and Persephone, throughout the movie as a whole. Rick never made a single sex joke in any of his books, let alone swear (which is another turn off of mine to the movies). He never needed to. It wasn't important. Granted, satyrs in myths were known to always, 24/7, be sexually aroused, but introducing it in a movie based on a book that, much like Harry Potter, grew with its audience? Not a good call, at least in my book. They did the characters so dirty in the movies, which is why I personally like the musical better. They followed the first book's story so much better and stuck with the plotline. I do look forward to seeing how the show goes though as I'm hoping that it'll bring back much nostalgia for myself. We don't know much about the series yet, but I kind of hope it's animated and they hire the people from the musical who played Grover, Annabeth and Percy to voice them. I think that would do so much better as when I heard those voices as opposed to the voices of the actors from the movie, I was so floored because while reading the books, it sounded like the voices I would imagine them having in my head. They felt so real. Also, with an animated series, you could spend all the time you need to make a longer story and not only cover all five books but the Heroes of Olympus books as well without all the props and permission for places to shoot at. Again though, that's just me.
I was around 12 when this movie came out and I was so confused by what I’d seen, I didn’t like it. I hadn’t read the books at the time, but thankfully not long after I got the chance to read the whole series and I’m glad I gave it a read. I’m rereading it right now! I’m currently at the last Olympian
to be honest i watched the movie first and liked it a lot, so much that i bought the book the very next day. if wasn't for it maybe i wouldn't even got to know the series and i fuckin love it. i kept reading the books and didn't watch the movie till the sequel was announced years later and i still enjoyed it for what it is, not a good movie by any means but for pure nostalgia and gratefulness. it can't be said about the sea of monsters tho, that is just straight up unadulterated shit
After reading the books, I watched the movie and I was furious at how much they changed the story and everything I loved about pjo was gone in the movie. I’m happy to see that Rick thought the same think.
Rick Riordan got me into reading. I love to see he is still being talked about! I have been rereading his books for a whole year or so! Currently rereading the Kane Chronicles Book 2 (or 3. I didn't read in months) for the 4th (or 5th) time!
The lightning thief as a book and the PJO series was really great. Loved them when I was growing up.I’m excited for the show. I have my hopes up as Rick Riordan is helping and his series means a lot to me and might end up re-reading it again. 💙
I'm super excited for this TV show and it makes me happy that justice is being served. I'm rooting for this season to be successful because considering how expanded the story became, I want this to be as successful as the MCU
“Ares is the best adult role in the series” Me: You don’t even need to ask Chiron, I’ll hold your nectar and ambrosia for you (instead of ‘hold my beer’ I thought that was clever)
That's great, but then again filmmaking is an art of itself and entirely different from the format of books. There are somethings that would work in a book, but would be impossible to show on the big screen. It's the job of the people behind the screen to interpret the books and portray it the best they can, while also being respectful to the source material, which is something these guys clearly failed to do.
@@disgrace1309 yeah I understand that, but this should have been a no brainer. And with Rick’s emails on his the movie was handled, they were just straight- up lazy and didn’t care.
Okay. I started watching the series on Disney Plus and honestly, I like the movie characters more 😅 the characters in the new series are kinda meh 🫤 they meed more acting workshops but percy and his mother are great for the roles
I had heard of these emails before and read a couple paragraphs but i didn’t realize how desperate Riordan was when writing them :( I really hope that Disney does better and lets Riordan and the tv crew make a faithful adaptation :)
I started reading the series before I knew there were movies, and about halfway through HOO I learned of their existence. My friend who told me about them started summarizing the movies and I told her I wouldn’t be watching them halfway through the summary. If she hadn’t told me the title of the movie I would never have guessed they were even on the same series. I still haven’t watched them to this day, and I don’t regret it, especially after seeing how the fanbase reacted to them. I am a very visual person, and I would hate to say that they ruined my perception of the series. I am happy to say I have never watched them, and never will :) Thanks, but no thanks.
Chris Columbus making Peter Johnson and the Thunder Stealer: It would be weird 12 year olds using a sword and fighting Chris Columbus making Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets: This 12 year old with no experience with dueling, fights The Dark Lord and a Basilisk with the sword of a noble man? Seems about right.
Yes!!! Ultimately if it's done the right way I was the entire series! Maybe somewhere down the line they can introduce the Red Pyramid. Great content thanks Movieflame!
Rick Riordan actually co-wrote season one of the Disney+ Show, and I can only assume he was okay with them changing Annabeth's race. I hope that when I see it, at least the actress will act like Annabeth.
