To be clear, Percy and Grover are still best friends, but unlike in the books, Percy is not quick to forgive him for hiding the truth about who he is. Scobell and Simhadri play off of each other so well whether the moment is comedic or tense, and with this reexamination of the source material comes a slightly new dynamic between the pair. Until he makes it to Camp Half-Blood, his only friend is Grover (Aryan Simhadri), and he faces even more harassment from their peers than Percy does. Until his life turns upside down and inside out, Percy is just a kid who has been bullied for almost his entire life and is so used to it that he’s almost indifferent to being messed with unless he’s pushed too far. Sure, the kid has a cool sword and cool powers and gets to exist in an amazing universe where mythological creatures are real, but that’s not the life he’s known before the start of the first episode. It turns out that not looking exactly like how a character is described in a book does not stop you from perfectly embodying who they are! Throughout the two-episode premiere, Walker Scobell does an incredible job bouncing between Percy’s snark and sass, and the deeply rooted loneliness and tired anger. It is truly the kids at the center of everything that makes the show. In complete contrast to the abhorrent movie that disappointed the masses almost 14 years ago, this show is so clearly and undeniably Percy Jackson, and is leagues above the bastardization of the story we were stuck with for so long, even with the-arguably minor-changes that have been made. This time around, Rick Riordan is at the helm of the project, and that has undoubtedly led to the series having a direct through-line to the soul of the books it is based on. From the casting to the writing to the production design, we get the adaptation of The Lightning Thief that we have been wanting for over a decade to see, and there is nowhere to go but up. Still, he made it clear that “should a reboot happen someday, would hope that it would be a great adaptation that is faithful to the books and fun to watch.” Five years later, we have gotten just that.ĭisney+’s take on Percy Jackson and the Olympians gives the fans and the story the respect they have always deserved. Fans were not the only ones to despise the movie either it’s well-known that Percy Jackson author Rick Riordan has been vocal about his disdain for the movie. That year was the worst time to be a kid who loved the fantasy genre-plain and simple. Night Shyamalan’s Avatar: The Last Airbender adaptation. 20th Century Fox’s Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief solidly landed itself a silver medal on the “Most Hated Live-Action Adaptation of a Beloved Children’s Media Series” podium, second only to M. After all, it’s not like the general population of tween movie-goers understands the thousands of contributing factors that feed into making a high-quality book-to-screen adaptation. The movie was even directed by Sorcerer’s Stone and Chamber of Secrets ’ Chris Columbus, something that gave die-hard Percy Jackson fans who grew up watching Harry Potter a lot to be excited about. While the smash-hit middle-grade book series had concluded the year prior, a highly-anticipated film adaptation was on its way to hopefully fill the void about to be left by the Harry Potter franchise’s conclusion the following year. 2010 was a rough year for Percy Jackson fans.
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