Percy Meets His Cousins: It's A Small World After All⎮Percy Jackson Season 1 Episode 5 Review
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The latest episode of Percy Jackson dropped a few days ago and man does each episode just keep getting better and better! Although it was slightly unexpected that I would get major Wonka vibes from Hephaestus. What was with that flute?
Anyway here’s me rambling about the episode A God Buys Us Cheeseburgers. Enjoy. 
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Idk if anyone mentioned it but I like that Annabeth was the one who gave Ares the “rack off” attitude and *NOT* Percy, because in actual Greek mythology, Athena and Ares HATE eachother and are always fighting/competing with eachother.
So either Annabeth just naturally inherited that from her mom, or acted that way to kinda help get back in her favor/good side.
I like that change too. Percy got fed up and told Ares to F around and find out at the end, which was enough to establish their conflict. Since we didn't yet get to see Annabeth's arachnophobia, this was a good way to show that she's not flawless either. Because it's seemingly her fatal flaw of Hubris getting riled up by Ares' aura that makes people angry. She is gets oherconfident facing up to Ares
@@Edward-W I kinda wonder if they will somewhat change Annabeth’s arachnophobia because the Arachne story in myth has two sides which. It’s not as controversial as Medusa’s but since they showed both sides of Medusa’s story (which they didn’t explore in the books), and is making Athena look like an awful mom (which she wasn’t in the books- limited in her abilities to be a mom, sure, she wasn’t the best but better than most gods) I’m wondering if they will use Annabeth’s arachnophobia as a way to show Annabeth that Athena isn’t “all bad” the same way they kinda used Medusa as a way to show Athena’s rage, selfishness, and pettiness (and Poseidon being sick and caring for revenge but this isn’t about him).
The more popular version of the myth is that Athena punished and turned Arachne into the spider because she was standing up to and thinking she’s better than a God- making her *not* God fearing which is a sin. Athena thought cursing her in a divine power no one can break- even the other gods- and cursing her children, children’s children and children’s children would be just for her arrogance. Even as a spider though, Arachne mocked Athena as she never lost her talent and was still a good weaver in her cursed form; better yet, now even her children and entire bloodline will always be blessed with this inherited talent so that’s why fear of spiders is so common and violent as way for Athena to get the last laugh on the matter as no one will appreciate or focusing on the weaving. Some variations even mention Athena enjoying everytime a spider is killed because she sees the fear they have when they fight for their life which is the exact fear Arachne did not have, and if she did, her family would not be constantly feared, targeted, damned and murdered for all of eternity. That’s actual Greek lore and then Rick added in the books all of Athena’s children are naturally born with a fear of spiders as spiders have since hated the children of Athena, often singling them out due to Athena's unfair treatment of Arachne. Which makes sense given the myth.
BUT the other side of the myth since people couldn’t fathom how the Goddess of Wisdom would be so cruel and *not tactful* as the punishment didn’t even work since Arachne still ended up being a better and hard working weaver even in her cursed form, was that since Athena couldn’t take Arachne with her to Olympus and not wanting to wait till Arachne’s death to change her form out of pity, Athena turned her into a spider during Arachne’s prime so it was a transformation of dignity. Athena can now appreciate her weaving wherever she wanted and wherever she went as she would always see the webs. Also so that humans can naturally learn from spiders so that the talent of weaving was never lost which also ensures Athena’s legacy as the goddess of weaving. So a lot of people don’t believe Athena actually punished Arachne as Athena herself was the protectress of weavers. They actually think Poseidon made humans fear spiders to get back at Athena, and then Athena made horses (which is one of Poseidon’s scared animal) scared of spiders. The myth about her contest with the talented Arachne is supposed to be a fascinating story about women who excelled in their craft and used their skill with ingenuity, but the damnation storyline is more popular. Some people even believe Athena turned Medusa to a gorgon not only to resemble more like her family, but to protect herself so no one can have the chance to assault her ever again and how she is now the ultimate warrior. Even after Percy cuts Medusa’s head off, Athena as a way of honoring Medusa put her likeliness on her aegis vs punishing Medusa for being raped in her temple and using her as a scapegoat since Athena couldn’t punish Poseidon directly.
It could be nice if they do this right using one of Athena’s myth to show her bad side (Medusa) and another to show her good side (Arachne). They could be foils to eachother.
So a possible explanation about the Annabeth almost drowning moment: As someone who whitewater kayaks, I did not view that as her not being able to swim. Instead, I viewed it as her not knowing how to swim in active water. There's a difference to it in how you swim. The water might look like it's not moving swiftly, but it is *very* hard to make progress sideways like that. Considering that Annabeth would be very tired at that point (Last we saw her sleep was on the train and she's been running around and moving constantly since), plus all the clothes she was wearing (cotton soaks up water very quickly and makes it extremely hard to swim in general, and that's not even taking into consideration her shoes), it's not hard to imagine that she was poorly fighting against the water itself. Her clothes dragging her down. Her being exhausted already. The water was moving down and she was trying to swim right across the current, which isn't going to get far without the right technique.
As for Athena being a #greatmom in the books... Um... She literally sacrificed thousands of her children to retrieve her statue because pride. Sure, she acknowledges every single one of them, but she also has to decide to have children. It's not like she sleeps with a mortal and oops didn't use protection. It's like she finds a mortal she likes and decides "I'm gonna give you a gift, have a baby that is mine." So acknowledging her children is more like a side-effect. It's another point of pride for her. Like "Yes, I made this with my brain. Isn't it great?" Sure, she's not as trash as Ares, but she's definitely not winning mom of the year award.
About Ares, it's been a while since I read the books, but I'm pretty sure he was manipulated into helping Kronos, not doing so actively. So your second theory about his scowl in the diner is probably the correct one lol Dude really had salt over one of them not being trapped forever.
Another thing I heard from a reactor: she has braids and those apparently are super heavy when wet. I wouldn't be surprised if that wasn't helping her at all.
@@annafirnen4815 Very good point. I don't know anything about those type of braids but I don't doubt it! Swim safe kiddos!
She is God of War’s Zeus level of evil when it comes to parenting. Look at what she did in episode 4. Willing to kill and endanger children who only want to help prevent conflict. Athena is willing slaughter her own daughter as if she was a pawn.
@@joshuahecht6866 I don't disagree, but I was referring to how Athena is in the books specifically. But, I will note, in the books: Almost all the Gods view all their demigod children as pawns in one form or another. I believe there was an explanation given due to them being Gods and not really grasping mortal problems and such, but yeah. I don't really have a problem with Athena showing her asshole side a bit earlier than what was in the books lol
It took 5 episodes, but we finally have our first seaweed brain comment.
Huh, i interpreted that line from Percy about his mom the exact opposite. To me, that was Percy feeling guilty. He felt that his mom wanted to keep him away and just earlier that day, he let his dad in. To me, in that moment, Percy felt he betrayed his mom's intentions. Anabeth reassures him that it wasn't to stop him from getting close to the olympians, but to stop him from being like the olympians
I personally loved the golden chair stuff; it's a nice mythological addition and I'm a sucker for self-sacrifices (I liked it the last episode and I loved it even more here; I think that this one build off nicely of the last one). I'm not that upset about it not being Annabeth who gets into the chair, as we're getting into Percy's self-sacrificing nature as his fatal flaw. I do agree that the stakes weren't that high; it was fairly predictable that Percy was going to get out of the chair in a few minutes, but I did like the suspense on HOW it was going to happen, and I still found the scene quite emotional. Best episode so far, can't wait for the next one!
I never thought of that, and the fact Athena confronts him with this exact flaw of his. That it repeatedly comes up trough the series, “to save someone, he’d risk the world burning” as he’s stated from 15:26
I love this episode so much, one of the few things is didn't enjoy in this chapter was Grover being mostly sidelined, but here they kept him with Ares and i think its so much better for the story and Grover's character because so far in the series/book, Grover is just like comic relief/some about pan and more about Thalia but that's more prominent in the books.
Agreed. Giving Grover a kind of mediator role fits him quite well, and gives him a skill set that's distinct from Annabeth and Percy's more action oriented ones. I hope they devolp this more down the line.
I agree. I found it slightly strange in the end of Lightning thief that Grover got the Searcher's license considering he almost always got treated as comic relief. So, I was happy how they showcased him using his empathy and understanding of emotions to figure Ares out. This shows real growth in his character, him facing a literal God (showing him getting more courageous) and his trust on his two frds when he readily agreed to be a hostage (I mean if they fail, he might be killed). This shows his speciality and rightfully shows why he deserved the license!
I do understand them having Annabeth see the fates cut Luke's thread, but at the same time, it's Percy's decision, the big decision that the entire series builds up to, that results in Luke's death and redemption. Percy choosing to trust Luke and hand him the knife to end his own life is what saves Olympus and the world. So even though it doesn't mean anything to Percy right now (and nobody knows that it's Luke's thread so it's not like that matters yet either anyway) it will ultimately be a thread that he watches get cut as Luke takes his own life to stop Kronos. But also, since Annabeth is the one who is going to have the influence on Percy to help him trust Luke at that pivotal moment, it does still make sense that she is the one who sees the thread cut here. Either way it works.
Annabeth is the one who figures out the prophecy moments before Luke's sacrifice. And she's the one who tries to communicate that to Percy as he's fighting Kronos
@@Edward-W it’s been like 15 years since I read the books, thanks for the clarification.
@@Edward-W - I was going to say exactly that. It was Annabeth who figured it out and it only worked because Percy trusted her enough to hand the dagger to Luke in the end. Without her there Percy would have never trusted Luke and the entire thing hinged on Percy's decision to do that. Also, as the video points out besides being enemies Percy has nowhere near as close of a relationship as Annabeth and Luke so it makes way more sense for Annabeth to forsee the death of her brother than it does for Percy to forsee the death of an enemy who he doesn't really even interact with as much throughout the series if we're being honest. it makes sense that Percy saw it in the books because it's all his pov but the ability to change it in the show was presented and while I wouldn't have minded if it was still Percy, I do understand completely why it's Annabeth.
I personally love every change so far, everytime i find myself noticing something different instead of being confused/disappointed im just elated! because im watching something new with characters ive come to love so well. its like an alternate universe, im obsessed with it.
To be fair that Annabeth can’t swim good is logical because she is Athena’s daughter and Athena and Poseidon have beef so it’s probably a similar situation to Percy with flying
A lot of people seemed to think that Hephaestus changed his mind? Am I the only one who thought he was testing Annabeth to see if she'd leave her friend behind.
Nope. I did too.
Yeah
The funniest part of this review is when you mention “Is there A God of Therapy??!” It’s funny because spoilers!! Apollo/Lester in the Trials of Apollo actually referenced the fact how messed up their family is and that he wonders if there is a “GODDESS of therapy” guess do lolll! Great video!! ^^
Wouldn't it just be Asclepius as the god of doctors?
@annieandelsieofarendelle3294 I feel this is closer to Hestia’s domain. Hearth and home being a place of safety and happiness after all. It just fits.
1:53 Tbh I think Luke cared abt Annabeth as a sister not loving her in a romantic way
In the myths, Hephaestus divorced Aphrodite and married another beauty goddess, Aglaea. I wish more stories about Greek culture would bring up this aspect from the myths.
There are so so many versions of each myth that it’s impossible to accurately represent the Greek pantheon without contradicting one version or another
@@Raine.in.love. True, but the thought of Hephaestus getting a happy ending makes this myth worth it in my eyes.
I love that introduced Ares and Hephstus in the same episode, but as Dick Grayson once said im very much whelmed. Not overwhelmed and not underwhelmed by Hephstus.
I'm gonna be honest, where did y'all get in books that Luke was "in love with Annabeth" I will never understand. I admit I read them long ago, but all I got from books was that Annabeth had a CRUSH ON HIM. Which is understandable. But he just really cared about her, she was extremely dear to him. Especially after Thalia sacrificed herself, he got super attached. But it wasn't THAT way. You can love someone without BEING in love.
So the part everyone is referencing when they say this is at the end of the Last Olympian, right before Luke dies. He asks Annabeth if she ever really loved him, which people interpret as... romantic love for some reason??? I'm right with you, I don't think he was a pedo. A bad guy? Yeah. But he just wanted to know if he was ever lovable right before his death, and he asked his sister (in my opinion)
Yeah people have a hard time remembering that stoic and familial love is a thing. They are to hyper focused on romantic love.
So here is the brief scene from The Last Olympian.
"Did you..." Luke coughed and his lips glistened red. "Did you love me?"
Annabeth wiped her tears away. "There was a time I thought..." She looked at [Percy]. "You were like a brother to me Luke," she said softly. "But I didn't love you."
Which I think seems to be placing brotherly love/sibling love in a different category than the love she is talking about? She almost definitely did love him as family. So, her saying no would imply it was a different type of love he was asking about.
So yeah. A confusingly worded scene, not really sure what Luke's intention was with that question, or what Annabeth/ Rick meant by that.
The chapter title this one is derived from is what caused me to read this book, and thus the whole series, in the first place. And they killed it.
Hephaestus just needs to take a note from his parents that staying with an unrepentant serial cheater is just causing more misery and divorce Aphrodite.
This episode was so good I can’t even lie holy
So about the father part i have noticed with my brother that they can shit talk my bad father one second but another second they can be giving him mercy. Kids of bad parents are complex and confusing. They seem to understand they parent is shit but still want a connection and approval. In saying this i dont have a good connection with my father so i just tend to just shit talk.
Ya know what. I totally didn’t notice that echidna and the Chimera just stopped chasing them after the arch. Maybe I need to re-read the book 😅
Hephaestus is actually one of the best gods in the books.
"Please do not kill him off" (refering to Gabe)
* Closed the book *
Yeah, sure hahahaha
In the end of this season he is still alive.
Your rant about Percy‘s father is totally valid, but all the gods are like this absolute for their children’s lives until the right moment.
The actor who plays Ares really convinced me he is excellent. Finally we have Ares unlike the illusion of the mist awful movies. He is supposed to hate Annabeth because she is the daughter of Athena. Ares and Athena are sworn enemies. I don't mind about the lack of fire for eyes, because like that I connected better with Ares. The actor's facial expressions were phenomenal not just the acting itself. I do have a complain about Hephaestus he is not ugly/handicap and he is SUPPOSED TO BE DEFORMED! Other than that awesome episode. Finally I see an improvement with Annabeth my favorite character in the books well done Leah.
He is disabled though as the actor is using a cane/mobility aid, the actor himself is also disabled as had a stroke that paralyzed his left side and also uses mobility aids.
In this version show it seems he is considered ugly by the other gods bc they’re ableist.
@@islasullivan3463 Oh damn. I didn't know about the actor's stroke I wish for him good health. The 2nd statement I get that, it's just that Hephaestus should be physically ugly. Hephaestus in mythology was born with defects, and his mother Hera threw him from Mt. Olympus because he was with defects, which is what made him handicap. Here it's a bit misrepresented.
^yeah he had a stroke a few years ago, that paralyzed his left side, he seems to be doing well now fortunately.
2. I totally understand that as I thought the exact same when I first watched, then I learned that the actor was disabled and as a disabled person that makes me really happy bc it’s not very common that disabled actors get to play disabled characters. Good representation can be hard to come by so I’m just glad they got the representation right even if they could have made him uglier.
@islasullivan3463 I had no idea Timothy Omundson had had a stroke. That’s so sad. Glad he’s doing better.
I always look forward to these reviews
This was the only episode that I actively was waiting for it to end
13:45 to be fair, that *is* how people that have been neglected by people they want to be loved by do react when they get a bit of love by the person that neglected them. It is very common for children that barely see one of their parents to spend a single day wirh said parent to be convinced by the neglectful parent and start saying this BS in just a few hours, I have seen ir happen multiple times.
The change in the tunnel of love is the best in the series so far. The whole point of Percy Jackson is to bring the Greek myths to life in a modern story for modern audiences, by including various Greek myths into the story. The writers spotted a perfect opportunity for more of this with the golden chair, instead of the original, which Rick just made up. I guarantee that if Rick had thought of the golden chair back in the day, he would’ve included it instead. This isn’t necessarily faithful to the lightning thief, but it’s very faithful to the concept of Percy Jackson
❤Awesome as always thanks wasn't wild about the chair thing it's nowhere near the book but still really enjoy the show
As a person who had a deadbeat father: Percy "simping" for his father after being saved makes 100% sense. He trusts his mother and his mother spoke well of Poseidon. Percy is scared about whether or not he will get his mother back, so he clings to the idea of his father. Percy who has never had a father figure craves to have what other children have, even though he knows it probably won't happen. And it hurts him every time he is reminded that he won't get it, it makes him angry. But the high of getting attention and affection deafens the bad times, since it fulfills his dream. You can see him hyping up the bare minimum parenting into something big, since he wants to see it as a sign that his father cares more than he actually does. Then he feels bad when he realizes that his mother wanted him to be away from the godly world and he had began to open up.
Taking out the fire eyes was probably a good move, but I do miss Ares' sunglasses tbh.
i do think that the chair scene wasn’t really necessary imo. it really makes percy seem more self-sacrificing after doing the same thing in ep4. i know his fatal flaw is loyalty, but maybe its just too heavy-handed here? i also do love percabeth, but this feels overly dramatized. it takes them a while to care for each other that much in the books, i personally would have preferred the crazy and fun version of the tunnel of love in the book, where we also learn about annabeth’s fear of spiders. im not sure if i like what theyre doing with the gods either, but ill wait until the season is done to make a verdict on that. im still gonna be tuning in and i think the actors are doing great!
I love this episode sally Jackson represents rhea zeus mother who protected the olympians but zeus and his sibling never learned the lessons but sees power and superiority over mortals making them bad in every way surviving the greek and Roman pantheon worshipping them and going through Christianity throughout the centuries seeing them never change their ways but being bad flawed people.
Not all of Grovers scenes with Ares are filler it's just really obvious narration trying to make ares being manipulated by Kronos have more build up and foreshadowing
I’ve liked all the changes from the book so far but this was the first episode that I was kind of bummed about because I was *sooo* looking forward to the tunnel of love trap for Ares and Aphrodite. It was so stinking hilarious in the book. I liked the robotic spiders and how Percy blasted them out of there, so I was sad that wasn’t in there.
But all around I think the guy who plays Percy is so adorable I just want to pinch his cheeks! (Gods, I’m getting old.) I like his personality in the show better than in the book.
I never really got the feeling that books painted Poseidon or Athena in a good light, I've always felt like they all acknowledged how shitty parents they both were. Especially by the end of the first book where Percy had his first conversation with his dad and was thoroughly underwhelmed and disappointed. I've been told that Poseidon got better throughout the series but at the start - it was all rought and tumble.
Question for all the hardcore fans, Why does Grover look so young while being 24, Is it a Saytr thing or a Grover thing?
Satyrs and Fauns age at half the rate of a human. So while he’s 24 years old, that’s more like 12 in satyr years.
I don't think the fire eyes would have looked bad. Specially because we aren't meant to see a lot of the actual eyes, apart from glimpses here and there. I've always imagined Ares and his fire eyes as Crowley and his snake eyes in Good Omens (it is actually one of the reasons that maklde me fall in love with Good Omens almost instantaneously when I first saw season one, because they did what I imagined of Ares' eyes in live action)
I loved it! It’s my favorite episode yet! I do miss the spider part,but it’s so hard to watch Percy give up riptide I was like what no way.
Can’t wait for the next episode!
Actually Hephaustus' flute seems similar toa pan flute, and with all the stuff they said in episode 4 about him, it could mean that in this version Pan was one of Hephaustus' few real friends. So that flute could be a gift from pAn, which he now integrated with his technology so he can always remember him.
I think your wrong about Hephaestus. Timothy Omundson is an amazing hephaestus not just because he's an amazing actor but also showing Disability Representation. Omundson suffered a major stroke in 2017 that paralyzed his left side. He uses a mobility device himself, just as Hephaestus does.
i feel like no one remembers that annebeth has on combat boots. Swimming in regular shoes is hard enough, now imagine it with multiple layers of clothes and literal boots
I actually think you got the dialougue of Percy about his mother incorrect. Imo, it was more like him saying that his mom did not want him to be part of this messed up family. And she was trying to keep him safe and protected from this immature Gods. And Annabeth said that maybe Percy got it wrong and that Sally might have been preparing him so that he is not heart broken when he gets to know about this messy family.
Yeah that's what I got from it too.
I don’t know if you will read this but I never interpreted Luke as in love with Annabeth, I just thought he asked because he wanted to make sure she didn’t hate her after all he had done and because it’s a known fact that she had a crush on him. I don’t think Rick meant that way either but maybe I’m just delusional
Took me 5 episodes, but the show finally convinced me. I'll invest.
I'm not sure I want to read the book though. I like the series for representing the gods as actually flawed and even toxic (and monstruous, depending on the myth's version you believe in). I hear the books don't really have that.
What do you guys think ?
The gods are also depicted as flawed in the books like in the mythology
Percy squared up with Ares because Ares general aura is that which makes everyone around him angry and wanting to start fights. At least, that's how it is in the books.
BOOK SPOILERS AHEAD
I think Ares is wearing the helmet because that is Hades' helm of darkness that Luke stole
Also SP, you should mention that there will be *book* spoilers in the video instead of just spoilers
Those braids are heavy when wet. Her head probably weighed a ton! Add to it that there is a current and she’s trying to swim opposite it.. well, if you don’t have the training to cross a current properly and you’re weighed down by clothes, shoes and hair, it’s not at all a surprise that she couldn’t get out of that on her own.
1:51 I don’t know what you’re talking about, she has a crush on him, and that’s it. It’s not even reciprocated by Luke. He’s perfectly willing to take advantage of her, and do whatever it takes, he even tries to kill her on multiple occasions. Idk why you think this is a “pedo” storyline, a 12 year old has a crush on a 19 year old, and it’s not reciprocated. This is fine and perfectly realistic
After this series ends, it could be fun if you did a video on the Percy Jackson musical.
I actually really enjoyed the Aries-Grover scenes.
Also I feel Hestia is probably the closest to the goddess of therapy. That’s why she’s the best of all the gods and goddesses. The others should listen to her more.
This was great. 3 more to go.
How old is this song I heard it a few times before my time
If you're talking about the song from the tunnel ride, it's "What Is Love" by Haddaway and it's from 1993. I've heard it used in other movies and stuff too and on the radio.
Ares would absolutely have fire for eyes as a personal choice.
Hephaestus should take some pointers on his Tunnel of Love from Hooty
0:42 mist, the humans will only see sth else that is even relatively understandable to fit their common sense. One of the only plot conveniences that makes sense to the story
But Echidna isn't a human, she wouldn't be effected by the mist.
@@tevenpowell8023maybe if Poseidon manipulated it🤷🏻♀️
I would distinctly not say that Athena is the best godly parent in the book. Not the worst, but she can be overly demanding and outright cruel to her children at times, though she does seem to care whether they live or die.
Poseidon could have done much better, but he was much better than a lot of the other gods. It is distinctly shown that he has favorites among his kids though. He only parents some of them.
18:29 Grover knowing who got the bolt? not kl.
It wasn't a pedo storyline. Annabeth had a crush on Luke, Luke NEVER had a crush on Annabeth.
I liked the two movies bwtter.
Why do the sets look so bad? But Ares was cool.
What is with this pedophilia obsession you have with Annabeth and Luke? It's explicitly stated many times in both PJO and HOO that Luke only ever thought of Annabeth as a little sister. And it was VERY clearly reiterated by Luke in episode 2 of this show. The whole point was the promise of being family to Annabeth, to never abandon her like her own family did. Annabeth was the only one of the two who developed a crush. And kids having crushes on someone a few years older is very much normal. So maybe just drop it?
watch troll 3
Honestly my guess for why they had all the Hephaestus stuff was because they simply just didn’t have the budget. They tried to flesh it out more by giving him like a sympathetic moment but honestly it’s just better in the books. Sorry Rick this one didn’t hit for me.
I don't even know where to start with this... Anybody saying that they love this show because they were "book-lovers" or for "book accuracy" either CLEARY hasn't read the books since they came out in 2005 OR they're a bot from Disney to fluff the positive reviews and make it seem like their dumpster fire isn't what it seems.
I'll just list these off:
1. Percy acts like he eats at Weenie Hut Juniors in the show. In the books, he always stands up for himself and acts courageously when confronted by bullies. In the show he says stuff like "If I get glory will people stop picking on me?" and questions whether or not he wants out of the quest midway because it's hard. Book Percy would never.
2. Percy is a natural-born swordsman. His skills have been completely removed from the show. In the scene with Mrs. Dobbs in the book, he acts quickly, has lightning-fast reflexes, and CUTS HER IN HALF. In the show Dobbs practically falls on Riptide which Percy accidentally opens. His ADHD is supposed to make him a threat on the battlefield and they've completely ignored this.
3. This Percy/Grover beef in the show is nonsense. They are best friends in the book throughout the whole time and they never have this level of tension. He never questions Grover's loyalty.
4. Percy's mom lets Gabe walk all over her in the books. This is supposed to cause tension between Percy and Gabe, leading Percy to stand up for his mom since she won't (adding onto the fact that Percy stands up for himself when confronted by bullies). For some reason they have her standing up for herself.
5. Grover, Percy, and Annabeth have virtually no cohesion as actors. It feels like they're just reading their lines. I get they're kids but still.
6. Minotaur scene is underwhelming with a lack of fear or action (attributed to the decision to take Percy's latent battle ability out of his character)
7. Percy has no idea his mom is alive when starting the quest in the books. He goes on the quest because he's been chosen and thinks he has nowhere left to go.
8. Percy's claiming scene. He's supposed to get a beatdown by Clarisse and her crew. He gets backed into the water where he begins healing and overpowers them. I understand they're trying to show Annabeth's intelligence but there's a million missed opportunities to show this off.
9. They don't show how deep Annabeth's relationship with Luke was like at all
10. The Oracle scene has Gabe in it for whatever reason...
11. Lastly, not a single character resembles what they look like in the books. Feel like this would be an easy one to fix.
Ok. Send all of that to Rick then. He’s one of the heads that decided to make those changes. No point in posting that here.
Gabe was in the oracle in the books too.....
Perfectly said! I agree with every single point!
@@icybird9999 that doesn't mean those changes aren't dumb though