r/PercyJacksonTV

Examples: Medusa, Lotus Casino, Thalia’s return (when they tell you what’s about to happen, depriving moments of any tension or suspense, giving the characters too much info of what’s about to come)

In Thalia’s return, it meant that the original ending, the “oh fk, we got played” feeling was gone. In SOM even tho they succeeded in the quest which should’ve been a happy ending, everyone was shocked because they realized they got outplayed by Kronos. What would’ve been a happy moment getting a long lost friend back ended up being a massive cliffhanger, suspenseful, etc because of the circumstances surrounding it and what it means for the big prophecy. It threw a massive wrench into the idea that the titular protagonist would be the hero of the big prophecy. Though SOM is considered a weak link I still consider that ending/cliffhanger to be arguably the strongest in the series.

Are the creators making these changes and doing the whole tell don’t show because they assume that viewers are fans who already know how everything plays out so they don’t bother trying to make it suspenseful? Because the viewing experience is negatively impacted for people who aren’t familiar w the source material because the creators aren’t trying with environmental storytelling or subtle foreshadowing.

as we all know, this show outright tells the viewer what's gonna happen in the story instead of keeping the same mystery and suspense in the source material -- the characters instantly know which monster they're facing despite them being 12 year olds, they outright tell us that thalia is gonna be revived by the fleece, etc. ... and seriously, i don't expect them to stop this anytime soon, not even with the lead actor claiming that "season 3 is the most accurate yet" (sorry buddy but i don't trust the writers of this show lol)

so, what are your predictions?

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I’m sorry but the percy Jackson mini series on YouTube MIGHT be the best “live action” adaptation we have to date. The show has been a massive miss for me due to its inaccurate portrayal of the books, bad cgi/graphics, bad scripts, and bad acting. Walker Scobell had such huge potential to be Percy (I saw him in the Adam project and he was so persassy coded) but the script writing has let him down. Also could have made him wear a wig so he matches the percy book description better 🥀

I’m curious to see if they listen to fans feedback regarding season 2 and all the changes they made to the SoM and actually lock in for season 3. It’s also the first time we get to see anything past SoM live action so I am excited for that, but my hopes are very small for it being faithful to the books at this point.

Hi!
I really want to get my little brother to get back into reading - we live somewhere where we dont have access to a library or even bookstores in english, so i cant take him anywhere to have him decide for himself
He spends a lot of time on roblox, youtube, and instagram and i know thats what every kid does now but i dont think its healthy
He used to read a lot and i think it would be good for him to get back into it

Mid s2, my little brother said he didnt want to watch the show anymore because he wishes it was darker

Now i hope this doesnt sound silly and makes sense, but what are some books that are dark but still suitable for a 16 year old boy? Please dont say THG or the maze runner
Preferably something with easy-ish vocab because he hasnt read all that much since he read pjo as a kid
Also something where romance is minimal or in general isnt part of the main plot

His current interests include: world history and the amazing digital circus (lol)

Even though he likes world history, he doesnt really enjoy historical fiction that doesnt have any fantasy or sci fi elements

Any help would be appreciated! Thank you in advance!

This is a vent and will contain minor spoilers for book 3 so please be warned.

If I could ask the showmakers to incorporate anything in the upcoming season, it would be - PLEASE make the gods godly!!

The book readers here know (and it has been announced for the show too) that S3 is the first time we get to see the Olympian council together-and like I said please give the gods some freaking aura!

They have introduced some of these gods since S1 and let’s be real whatever little resemblance you see of their book counterpart,its the actors basically carrying their respective characters on their back.

Poseidon is not some depressed guy even in the books, he is incredibly self-assured and stubborn and prideful. Most importantly he is the second most powerful god! Where are the conch shells and the sound of the ocean in the background to signal his arrival? Where is his trident? Show the freaking ground cracking when he slams down his trident- He is the Earthshaker ffs!! Where is the storm as he bellows and argues with Zeus??

Where are the other minor gods/ dieties covering under the wrath of Zeus when he can’t find his lightning bolt? Where are deities bowing as he thunders down a hallway? Why are none of the gods 10 feet tall!? Where is the grand/ intense / powerful background score when these gods are in the scene!?

Do not even get me started on Hades and all the ways the first season did him so dirty.

My long winded point here is- there are so many ways they can and could have made the gods feel more godly and yet so much of it is being carried by the actors’ acting. They have some decent actors playing them, have the production at least match it in some way!

The show has such a good chance to rectify this in S3 please grab the opportunity with both hands and give the gods some much needed aura.

Give us the full spectrum of emotions -Dionysus bored , Apollo and Hermes fooling around, Hephaestus, Hera and Demeter skeptical, Artemis the only one passionately arguing that the demigods deserve to be rewarded, Zeus being only interested in seeing Thalia, Poseidon and Athena bickering whether or not to kill Bessie and Percy. There is so much juice in that one scene, please for the sake of the fates don’t water it down!

Take advantage of the visual medium and have the halls shake, the demigods breaking out in goosebumps or basically anything to highlight the power of the 12 Olympian Gods arguing and debating in one room!

Ik so many people have already raised this point in S1 and I really really hope the show takes note and improves on the gods in S3. Maybe thats wishful thinking atp but oh well😐

ok so, i’ll admit, i had no idea that pj2 was even out. not sure if im not on that side of the internet or if the advertising was just really poor. but, either way, i decided to sit down and watch it with an open mind. i went in really hoping that some of the issues from season 1 would be improved.

(as a side note, i thought i’d better watch the recap to refresh my memory and realised i never actually finished the first season lmaooo)

right off the bat we have more of the same. im not going to rehash everything ive already said, dont worry, but i do want to bring up a few key points (and maybe give the show a small amount of praise…???). anyway, ‘i play dodgeball with cannibals’…. no you dont? the book was so fun, showing that monsters can attack from anywhere and infiltrate his school. this also shows that its not just percy who’s in danger- its the mortals around him as well. and im fairly sure the actual building gets partially destroyed as well, correct me if im wrong. trying to live a normal life as a demigod has consequences!! apparently not.

the screenwriters thought it would be a great idea to remove any sort of reveal with tyson. the book was so fun with the reveal, but instead we just get, ‘this is tyson, he’s a cyclops’. like??? i also would have loved the show to expand on percy’s feelings toward tyson after he finds our they’re brothers. we do get a tiny bit of it but not really. wouldve been cool to take it even further than the book did.

im going to skip over a lot of the plot, because to be honest, i dont actually remember the book that well. what i would like to bring up though is that the interactions between the characters feel so… off. i feel as though im constantly reminded im watching a tv show with bad dialogue and direction. im sorry, i know i said this before, but i dont feel like the actors a doing a great job either. i know there a some excellent child actors out there, so we can’t completely put that on to age and inexperience. when i watch most of them interact, i feel like im watching actors as characters, not the characters themselves. i will say i think walker scobell did a really good job, and he definitely carried most of these characters scenes he was in. i actually laughed when clarisse caught him after he fell into polyphemus’s cave. his expression and ‘hi…?’ was actually really funny.

i want to quickly talk about clarisse. they casted this gorgeous girl and made her such a sympathetic character that i was kinda on her side throughout the season. they tried to show her and percy as enemies but i got the sense that they really respected each other and kinda didnt like each other because of differing viewpoints. i did not get any sense of hatred or that clarisse is some horrible bully. i actually quite her. i dont know if this deviation is a good thing or a bad thing yet, we’ll have to see how it plays out, just something to mention.

also, percy saying he’d burn everything down for annabeth?? while i love this, it should be happening in a few seasons! dont rush the og slowburn!! i need more of their witty banter, all of their conversations are so deep.

i do actually want to give the show some praise. while many of the problems of the first season remain, there are some small improvements. for example, in season 1, the characters knew everything before it happened. in contrast, i liked the tension when annabeth was figuring out percy was a guinea pig. she didnt go into the scene already knowing. its pretty basic praise (good job show, you did what you were supposed to do!) but it is an improvement over season 1. in fact, while i still dont think this show is anywhere approaching good, i really did enjoy season 2 more and there were some very ‘percy jackson moments’ that made me laugh. definitely an improvement, hoping for an even better season 3 as the kids get older and (fingers crossed) find their feet.

(see- i can be nice!)

very curious to see what others think, like i said, i havent really seen anything else on this.