Near the end of Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ first episode, the title character quizzically notes that the Minotaur is wearing his underwear. The observation happens as the mytholgical beast pursues Percy, his mom and his friend Grover Underwood. Watching the bus-sized monster charge right at them, trying to run young Percy off the road, is a tense scene. There’s an inherent goofiness to it when when viewers realize the Minotaur’s pulling off this assault in just his tighty-whities, but that doesn’t make it any less suspenseful.For newcomers to Rick Riordan’s beloved young adult universe, the Minotaur’s wardrobe is an odd detail to single out. But that mention speaks volumes about how much thought Disney Plus has put into properly adapting the franchise for TV after Percy Jackson’s disappointments in the movie world.But when Hollywood tried its hand at adapting The Lightning Thief in 2010 and its sequel The Sea of Monsters in 2013, both received mixed reviews. Both fans and Riordan voiced displeasure with the Percy Jackson movies’ creative choices. When Disney acquired 20th Century Fox, the author used the opportunity to greenlight a more faithful redo of his breakout story. He took a more hands-on role in its development, working with co-showrunner Jonathan E. Steinberg and executive producer Dan Shotz (whose prior work includes Black Sails, The Old Man, and See) and aiming to cast age-accurate stars to play the TV series’ three leads. Thus, while Percy Jackson and the Olympians occasionally feels like it’s speeding through run time because it has to condense its source material, it is unquestionably the live-action Percy Jackson adaptation readers wanted to see all along.
Near the end of Percy Jackson and the Olympians‘ first episode, the title character quizzically notes that the Minotaur is wearing his underwear. The observation happens as the mytholgical beast pursues Percy, his mom and his friend Grover Underwood. Watching the bus-sized monster charge right at them, trying to run young Percy off the road, is a tense scene. There’s an inherent goofiness to it when when viewers realize the Minotaur’s pulling off this assault in just his tighty-whities, but that doesn’t make it any less suspenseful.
For newcomers to Rick Riordan’s beloved young adult universe, the Minotaur’s wardrobe is an odd detail to single out. But that mention speaks volumes about how much thought Disney Plus has put into properly adapting the franchise for TV after Percy Jackson’s disappointments in the movie world.
But when Hollywood tried its hand at adapting The Lightning Thief in 2010 and its sequel The Sea of Monsters in 2013, both received mixed reviews. Both fans and Riordan voiced displeasure with the Percy Jackson movies‘ creative choices. When Disney acquired 20th Century Fox, the author used the opportunity to greenlight a more faithful redo of his breakout story. He took a more hands-on role in its development, working with co-showrunner Jonathan E. Steinberg and executive producer Dan Shotz (whose prior work includes Black Sails, The Old Man, and See) and aiming to cast age-accurate stars to play the TV series’ three leads. Thus, while Percy Jackson and the Olympians occasionally feels like it’s speeding through run time because it has to condense its source material, it is unquestionably the live-action Percy Jackson adaptation readers wanted to see all along.
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