FINALLY A GOOD ADAPTATION - *PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS* Reaction - 1x1 - Pilot
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- Опубликовано: 19 дек 2023
- Percy Jackson fans we won!! This is such a great start to the show! Can't wait to see how this season will turn out
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Expelled from school, Percy Jackson unravels who he is, confronting a world of gods and monsters.
Demigod Percy Jackson leads a quest across America to prevent a war among the Olympian gods.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians is an American fantasy television series created by Rick Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg for Disney+, based on the book series of the same name by Riordan.[1] Walker Scobell stars as Percy Jackson, alongside Leah Sava Jeffries and Aryan Simhadri.
Development on the series began by May 2020, following a pitch by Riordan to Disney Branded Television. Jonathan E. Steinberg and Dan Shotz were announced as showrunners in July 2021, with James Bobin hired to direct the first episode in October. Scobell was cast in the lead role in January 2022, with Jeffries and Simhadri joining the cast in May. By September, Anders Engström and Jet Wilkinson were also set to direct multiple episodes of the series. Filming began in June 2022 in Vancouver, British Columbia, and concluded in February 2023, with additional cast members revealed throughout 2022 and 2023.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians premiered on December 19, 2023, on Disney+, with the first season consisting of eight episodes. The series received positive reviews from critics, who largely praised its faithfulness to the source material, the worldbuilding and the performances of the cast, with many deeming it better than the 2010-2013 film series.
Walker Scobell as Perseus "Percy" Jackson, a young demigod and son of Poseidon[3]
Leah Sava Jeffries as Annabeth Chase, a daughter of Athena who has been training at Camp Half-Blood for five years[4]
Aryan Simhadri as Grover Underwood, Percy's best friend and a satyr disguised through magic as a 12-year-old boy[4]
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I'm such a big percy jackson fan and was so worried but this adaptation so far is Perfect to me. They've changed a lot from the books but all of it *works*. And some stuff always needs to be changed because book versus screen is so different. This show FEELS like percy jackson, i love it so much already
New to the channel but it's nice to find another fan who also discovered (and fell in love with) the books in adulthood lol. I'm honestly loving this show so much, the first episode had some minor pacing issues but overall it was a much better introduction to the characters/world than the movies imo. It _felt_ more like the first book which I think is just as important as plot accuracy. I also really loved that they took the time to properly establish the bond between Sally and Percy so that the audience could get emotionally attached to her and their relationship. Super important to sell the signficance of Percy's motivation for going on the quest later on
Also, Walker's line delivery in the "You fell in love with God?!" scene took me out, I burst out laughing and had to rewind it and watch it again 😂
I really love Percy & Sally's mother and son bond. It's the highlight of ep 1 for me. The show had some changes but I honestly still love it! Laughing when you said he's being gaslighted coz he was really just confused for the series and everyone always speaking in riddles XD
Also Gabe is not gonna be happy when he sees his car
So happy for Uncle Rick & Becky
As a die-hard fan of the Riordan books,I'm really really happy
Walker is literally Percy & his chemistry with literally everyone is top-fcukin notch
ALSO YOUR THE BESTT PJO REACTOR ALREADY!
percy: most of the time, it gets you killed in painful, nasty ways
you: 💞yeah it does💕🥰😊
(i did the exact same thing lmao)
poseidon being played by toby stephens aka captain flint from black sails is a HUGE win dont worry. he's an incredible actor and worked with the showrunners and writers on one of the best tv shows ever made
I just watched both episodes just to watch this reaction lol. I must say its great and Walker nails this role. Holy sh.. he is so good.
Heyyy. I watched all of your Buffy reactions, and then I find out you're reacting to this too! Buffy and Percy Jackson are my favourite stories and I get to watched them with you too. Thanks for the videos Lexi
omg i'm so excited you're watching this!
Riptide looking like a used Bic pen is something I was able to get on board with. Different from the books, but actually pretty neat. Ugliani being less nasty and abusive makes sense, in a way; portraying abuse can be problematic, and it's not necessary -- so long as Percy doesn't send him Medusa's head the way he did in the film.
I was also an adult when I first read these books, but they were still good, and I'm enjoying the series so far. Hope you do too!
9:03 Am I the only one that hears D'Angelo there? I know it's probably just an Easter egg but I have watched a few other reaction and I don't recall anyone mentioning it
You're not! They've mentioned Mythomagic too.
In France, they say Di Angelo like Nico, so yes that made me smile. I like this kid.
D'Angelos is a sandwich chain up here, I didn't even think of the fact it would be a silly reference, I love that
It's D'Angelo, I also double checked lmao. But I feel like we might get some DiAngelos reference at the Lotus Hotel episode... it's a golden opportunity!
SOO GOOD!! ❤❤❤❤
SOOOO GOOD
the pen in this is book accurate! the movie was not :)
When I read the book I imagined a Gabe like the one in the film, this one seems nicer to me.
He respects the book. It's good. Good luck Percy.
Yeah i don’t immediately just hate this Gabe. He seems okay which is not what he’s supposed to be like
I don't like this version of Gabe because it destroys main reason why we feel empathy for Sally Jackson. In books Gabe was aggressive abuser, in this show he's just a loser and power dynamic is shifted; Sally is stronger here. She's just tired of Gabe, not scared.
There were still a lot of differences from the book. As someone already mentioned, Gabe is way too nice, and Percy knows too much information before arriving at Camp Half-blood. Sally brought Percy to the cabin in order to tell him the truth about his father, but Grover shows up before she can get it out. The ordinary ballpoint pen, though, is book accurate. I'm not complaining about the differences. This is still better than the movie.
The thing is the thing the most important part that wasn't different was the tone and wonder of those books, which was the main thing the movie failed at, it recaptures all that, the changes made are merely a translation because some things make more sense in book vs film, the changes are alla lso from Rick
it's true, I would have liked to see Percy discover his origins at the rate of his discovery of the camps
I noticed that too in terms of Gabe he’s still kind of a douchebag but he’s not a mean or abusive guy.
Yeah, the movie did really drive home Gabe is a real scumbag, even to the effect he's kinda ugly and out of shape. This Gabe could take a shower and be a decent looking guy, and is just more a jerk instead of outright creep abuser.
@@omokoyejoakinfenwa4453 And that destroys the main reason why we feel empathy for Sally Jackson. Gabe should be abuser, not a loser.
Why are girls bullies and bullies? Do they exist in real life? 🤔🤔
I love Percy Jackson 🎉🎉🎉🎉
In my high school the girls were the biggest bullies by far so I thought it was realistic. They didn't stop with just words and would beat people up, even getting together in groups to to beat up boys. Maybe it was something in the water making them agressive 😂
I've been so excited for this adaptation, but after the first episode I felt a little disappointed. It's much, much better than those disrespectful movies, but I'm not sure about the acting and the changes they decided to incorporate that make no sense to me (i.e. Sally and Gabe relationship dynamic).
The second episode was fun though, and I hope the rest of the series will be just as good.
Me too; I really don't like what they did in first episode. They cut about half of pretty important scenes and character's introduction. Gabe is ruined, he shouldn't be a loser, he should be abuser, that's main reason that we feel empathy for Sally Jackson, and understand why she stayed with Gabe. Pilot of this series is one of the worst pilot episodes for the series I have ever seen in my life.
Second episode was ok; I like fight scenes, but rest is... Tolerable. Annabeth is not working for me; atleast now.
@@JallerS Yeah, Annabeth is not working for me either, but I think it's too early to say since we haven't seen much of her yet.
I like Luke, I think the actor does a good job at playing this nice trustworthy guy. Excited to see more of him.
@@alexie5201 For me Luke is pretty okay, Clarice is ok too, she is taller than Percy, not wider like in books, so it works for me, when she have advantage over him.
Dionysus is pretty accurate, I like him.
@@alexie5201i wonder why Annabeth is not working for you 😂
I would not by ANY MEANS call this a good adaptation. Honestly makes me feel bad for bashing the movie. Haven't met a true book fan who has liked this series
Well, I disagree.
This was one of the worst pilot episodes for the show I have ever seen in my life.
I'm a huge fan of the series, I listened first book about 50-60 times in my teen's years and read all series about 3-4 times, and I think they did poor job by showing a viewer what's this story really about.
1. 30 minutes. 30 minutes for a pilot episode. Really? Especially when main source for this episode has about 60 pages full of important scens, information and character introduction. Pilot episode should be longer, and I mean, a lot longer than 30 minutes. 45-50, or even 1 hour. Especially with so much content from the book.
2. They cut so much content of characters introduction that I can barely recognise them. I mean, I see them and I know who they are, but I don't really see those characters from books:
Grover - I was hyped for him, because it is one of my favourite characters in the series. But I really don't like how they portrait him. Grover should be more scared, spitting jokes and overall he should have big mouth; in book he's goofy, funny and a little bit clumsy. In the show there are almost no scenes that show that.
Sally Jackson - She's just not working in this scenario for me. In books Sally was mentally strong woman who was forced to live with abuser to protect Percy from monsters that could sniff his halfblood scent. She was scared of Gabe, obidient to him and that is why readers got empathy for her. In show she looks like she's tired of Gabe, not even bothering about him, telling him what she's gonna do with his car. She shows almost no real emotions, and when she shows them it looks really weird and forced. She's not even scared of minotaur. And I'm not saying she's not brave. Sally is a brave woman, but still she is a normal human who is forced to fight with monster that probably kills her. Poor work of writing, real point of this character just flew above heads of writers.
Gabe - In books, Gabe was filthy, ugly, smelly, abusive and controlling poker addict. He was aggresive towards Sally and Percy. He was hitting her. She should be scared of him. In show he's just a loser, and power dynamic is switched; Sally is stronger here, not him. It really destroys a real purpose of this character and make viewers less compasioned for Sally.
Percy - The one thing I can't stand from this character is lack of the emotions. In book Percy was shocked and scared about truth, but in the show he looks confused in 90% of time
3. LACK OF JOKES OVERALL. The Olympians series is based in huge degree on comedy, and most scenes are pretty serious and... boring. Serious scenes definetly can be interesting but not in this episode.
4. Weird action pacing - minotaur scene should be more terrifing, especially because it is one of the first monster encounters that Percy experiences. Mr Dodds scene too.
My god, touch some grass… or stick to the book. The series is an ADAPTATION. Of course some things are going to chance. Gezz, relax a bit
@@analiamariarabelocavalcant5499 I was waiting for one of these ,,touch a grass'', ,,it's adaptation'' or ,,so stick to the books'' comments, because it shows that you don't have anything valid to say.