Lili Hooray

people are being silly. this is an incredibly faithful adaptation to the books. the main complaint i hear is the casting and to that i say SHUT UP! it literally could not matter any less, their appearances held no importance whatsoever throughout the books other than as a physical descriptor. i do not understand how annabeth being black or percy being blonde changes their characters in any way? in fact, annabeth being black enhances her character (im not the one to ask about it, do some research yourself). with that out of the way, in terms of the actual show itself its doing a really good job so far. i think the first two episodes felt slightly off and very expisitional, but to be fair you kind of have to when it comes to this kind of world. people complaining about them missing things out: this is a tv show, you cant fit everything in? i dont think gladiola the pink poodle not being there has any impact on the show other than missing her, but if you really miss her that much, then read the books???? theyre doing so many thkngs well, i love love LOVE the medusa/annabeth parallels and just hope that this continues. i wish the cast all the best, they are all incredibly talented and just have a natural chemistry with each other (especially the main trio, watch their watch party they're hilarious) and just hope they keep doing what they do. one last request, dear disney and writers, please DO NOT rush percabeth because the entire reason theyre so loved is because of their development as friends and the slow burn, please dont change that because of stupid kids who dont get it 🙏🙏🙏 thank you :)

I see many people commenting their reviews and claiming they're annoyed with one star reviewers as they are nit-picking. Whilst in some cases, I agree, I would also like to point out that this movie really isn't good. I acknowledge that book to movie adaptations have to be altered as it is in a different format and not everything can be perfect, so some things have to change. But the key word there is 'some', not 'all'. My issue with the movie is not that they changed the appearance of characters, because truly that doesn't matter as long as they can keep the essence of them. In this movie, they didn't. The personalities and traits of the characters are drastically changed, Annabeth almost becoming Clarisse, Grover being the complete opposite of who he is in the books. Yet the personalities is not all they changed, as the entire plot and point of the books is also different. The whole point of the books is that these 12 year old children are forced from such a young age to fight in a war that barely benefits them by their neglectful parents, the gods. They're too young to have to risk their lives and fight battles that aren't meant for them. By aging these characters up, you're missing the point of the series. In the movies, you don't necessarily care about the fact that these people are out there risking their lives because they look like your everyday average hero from an action film. The plot changes as the only similarity is that the bolt was stolen, Percy was blamed, Hades is somewhat involved and Luke is a villain. Now, I haven't watched this movie in a while, but I distinctly remember Hades just showing up and threatening Percy, claiming he had the bolt???? HADES IS NOT THE VILLAIN. It was a misdirect, he was never the bad guy in the books, he was just stereotyped to be. Why change the literal villain of the story 😭???? It just takes away the entire point. I somewhat recall them attempting to correct their error and introduce Kronos in the second film, but at that point it was too late and the plot was ruined. Also why did they spend the entire movie searching for pearls to get them out of the underworld? That is, once again, entirely different to the point of their journey in the books 😭 I feel as though I am rambling, but I just wanted to clear some things up. There is no issue with enjoying the movie as its own thing, as even I can admit it has its fun moments. However, there is no use in pretending it is a good book adaptation, as it is clearly not. I am simply grateful the series has been given another chance, one that looks very promising. I cannot wait for the show to finally release on Disney+ one day, in which the author is actually involved.