Is the Percy Jackson TV Show In TROUBLE? ...I'M WORRIED😬

[@weldin]

I think the lack of excitement can also be attributed to the lack of marketing from Disney. Honestly, I forgot this was even happening until this video reminded me of it. In some ways, not overhyping it could be a good thing, but at the same time it could also just pass by unnoticed.

[@Owen-zk3ji]

Absolutely, I saw so much marketing for the other shows MF listed, especially artimas fowl

[@Jensen-C]

Same I didn’t even know the trailer was out until a week after it came out and I’m super excited for this show.

[@evilieeemia7779]

I think it's cause of the casting. And racist gaslighting by the author. It's the reason I want nothing to do with it.

[@noctuabird]

andor was my favorite show probably not for kids but the marketing felt nonexistent

[@annatabner8459]

Could also be impacted by the strikes, there are some big names in the cast and none of them can promote it right now - even rick is refusing to anything more about it on his blog

[@christiandouglass2225]

The lack of views doesn’t concern me for this season but it does worry me about future seasons because I would love to watch all the way through Blood of Olympus

[@ludvig7473]

There is 0% chance the second book series gets filmed mate

[@Seraph_Luvvz]

@@ludvig7473 Why is that?

[@lucasbelmonte2832]

@@Seraph_LuvvzBecause of the amount of people who have unsubscribed form Disney plus and the amount of hate that Disney has gotten. People don’t like them or the stuff they produce anymore.

[@ludvig7473]

@@Seraph_Luvvz common sense

[@Seraph_Luvvz]

@@ludvig7473 Still waiting for that explanation

[@alexrobi1176]

The sad part is I think the show will be good. Rick's involved so the story will be accurate and I trust the actors will do a good job. They'll even be fleshing things out more than they do in the books. The only hope for this show is if the fans like it and word of mouth makes normal audiences want to check it out. I think the biggest problem is actually the oversaturation of Marvel and Star Wars causing Disney+ viewership to go down. Most people just aren't interested in Disney+

[@nyygabs]

Yup! besides rewatching Disney princess movies I haven’t watched any new content on Disney+ since marvel kept throwing up tv shows after the pandemic. BUT I am SO EXCITED FOR THIS!!!

[@fahimhasan22]

I told my father to get Disney+ because I like marvel and my sister likes Disney and pixar movies. But he said no. Because we allready have Netflix and prime video. I need to try to convince him before the show comes out.

[@thomasdaywalt7735]

it has to work Annabeth Mabe race swapped but rick made sure she be the best Annabeth regardless that or Disney isn't as interested and its film history repeating.

[@thomasdaywalt7735]

disney is a dick

[@Kupzy1]

@@fahimhasan22 good luck 🤞 🫡

[@juliannepowell8534]

My issue isn’t so much the race swapping, my issue is that too many adaptations have USED race swapping as a lazy attempt at appearing diverse and then, once they fail because they didn’t actually put any effort into trying to make a GOOD adaptation, they just use the race swapping as a shield. Like, “the only reason you don’t like this is because you’re a racist”, like, no, I don’t like it because it’s objectively BAD, you could have gotten people who fit the characters to a tee and I’d STILL dislike the adaptation. Because of THAT though, every time I hear of a race swapped character, I immediately think the worst. However, a HUGE point in its favor (besides Rick Riordan running things) is the fact that they aren’t making a big deal about it, so if I still had Disney Plus, I would honestly give it a try.

[@sail_inh]

okay but you gotta understand how that makes you sound. like, literally the only reason you dont like her casting is because of her looks, when walker looks nothing like percy either. what's objectively BAD? about it? why couldnt they have found a black haired percy? heck, what if they made him asian? and he still looked the part? would their be a fuss about raceswaping then? personally id love an asian percy that'd rock there's been an influx of "race swapped" characters because people realize if media like percy jackson was first created in THIS era, there would be more diversity. if riordan wrote percy jackson today, he's saying he would have written her black. because he met her and he now realizes she's the character he's been envisioning all these years. he literally helped pick the cast. but back then, no one thought to be inclusive. people of color weren't considered to exist as strong likable characters, but now, we no longer live in a white centric western world do you really think riordan cares so little about the story he's dedicated his life to? that he doesnt truly believe leah encapsulated annabeth? that he's using inclusivity for social points? personally, i hope there's so much more race swapped characters that people get sick of complaining about it. that it's seen as normal. that one day people will see a black character and not think they're undeserving of their role and people will think NOTHING of it. it all pisses me off frankly

[@orange_penis]

⁠​⁠@@sail_inh what was the point of race swapping or diversity if it doesn’t make ur show better tho? Also if u are really concerned bout modernizing old source material then why don’t u stick to adapting modern source material that goes in line with your values and see how much profit that brings in? Lastly, most great modern source material don’t really care bout one’s race or bringing great focus towards diversity(unless it’s part of world building)either. They usually just wanna tell a great story and it’s not like percentage of population of different races has drastically changed in the US for the last 40 years either to suggest that old source material seems archaic for the current landscape.

[@sail_inh]

@orange_penis "whats the point?" my question is, whats the issue? The point is pretty obvious to me, rick knows the point and has explained it multiple times. If you really want me to tell you the point, i will, but its fine if you don't get the point. again though, what exactly is the issue?

[@orange_penis]

@@sail_inh if there isn’t any issue then why bother raceswapping especially when u already gave the characters distinct physical features that readers kept visualizing bout while reading the books for extremely large period of time? Isn’t staying true to the source material more convenient for the fans? Also I am not really critiquing Percy jackson for race swapping yet since it’s author was involved with this show so I am pretty sure the main focus would be telling the story itself rather than putting greater diversity or whatnot for no apparent reason/ulterior motive. I was just speaking bout race swapping generally in entertainment medias(especially where authors aren’t involved).

[@Kwellp]

Rick has stated that he doesn’t care what the characters look like and he just wants good actors. That’s why multiple characters look very off from their original design (ex: Percy and Annabeth). So tbh, if Rick supports it I support it, he’s not making a big deal out of it, and he only did when she was being harassed by thousands of people.

[@cope847]

I've been reading the books to my kids and they've been enjoying them. My daughter has been looking forward to this show since she found out about it. I think it's in trouble though. Being on Disney+ doesnt help. The service has been bleeding subscribers for awhile and i dont think it's a big enough property to bring in many new ones. Disney as a company has been struggling and i think they'll have it on a short leash. Either way we'll be watching when it releases.

[@giladzxc17]

I remember when the movie cast a brunette Annabeth and people lost their shit. What the hell made them think this shit would fly?

[@lucassenior-s5v]

Kind of a dick move by Rick. he mustve known how people would react to Annabeths actress, and he cast her anyway.

[@JamesZheyuXu]

@@lucassenior-s5vTrue,and also In the trailer,I saw Ares and I thought this doesn’t look like the war god,this looks like a man in his mid life crises

[@almighty5839]

Literally it’s complete bullshit it literally just takes me out of it, I’ve waited years and years to see a proper annabeth and Percy and this is what we get

[@BasestealerS]

WTF? Dog, who the actual fuck cares about her race. The ONLY reason I even care a LITTLE bit is because Chiron is meant to look Greek, but even that I don’t really give a shit about. If she’s a good actor, she’s a good actor

[@shoshanaloomer]

As a fan of this series for as long as I remember, I’m stoked for this show. I think the show will be a big deal for fans of the book series, but maybe not so much for the normal audience members. I’m cautiously optimistic for this show, but only time can tell

[@hiddenechoes]

Samesies, I'm hoping people wanting to watch something from a franchise they might not have seen yet will get into it though.

[@Brimfulofasher]

It would be amazing if the show is successful. Because if they're doing 1 season per book, there are so many scenes from the sequels that i want to see and many characters that deserve a time to shine. Like Tyson, Rachel, Nico and even Blackjack

[@Jensen-C]

Nico is gay, so he will probably be a tranny in this series

[@three-moons6036]

Luke aswell, which we would have to get to s5

[@SuperMoviemaster21]

Tyson did get his chance to shine , portrayed very well by Douglas Smith and the Sea of monsters movie :-)

[@kanishkpandey6068]

@@SuperMoviemaster21yes but you know The Peter Johnson movie

[@SuperMoviemaster21]

@@kanishkpandey6068 No, I do not know what a Peter Johnson movie is, but I’ve seen two very underrated and overall pretty good even more so Percy Jackson movies that fans are too stubborn and naïve to acknowledge needed to change the way they did, even if they still could’ve been better.Maybe there is a reason why the show needs to worry, even regardless of the movies……

[@PeterdaPanda]

People are suffering from adaptation and "diversity" fatigue, getting tired of adaptations that fail the expectations of what book/novel fans wish to see, especially when the adaptation is not faithful to the source material *ehem*Artemis Fowl*ehem*.

[@RealSeaPrince]

I agree with you casting for this so for many of the og percy jackson fans is pretty dissapointing

[@GanyuSimpingDegenerate]

If they want diversity, Heroes of Olympus is right there with it's diversity quota already filled

[@lyssanc]

@@GanyuSimpingDegeneratediversity quota???? What is wrong with you

[@elisitbon4672]

@@lyssancwhat. Other than, Jason, being an established sibling of an existing character, are all minorities. Not exactly bad just kinda unnecessary, anyways wish annabath was white still but I’m sure Leah will nail it

[@lyssanc]

@@elisitbon4672 poc don’t need to be necessary to be casted. Leah was casted for her talented not to check off some box. What is wrong with you guys? “It’s not necessary” do we seriously have to be necessary to you?

[@ChrisControversial]

I still don't understand why people fail to realize why the race of certain characters do matter and that it takes away from the characters when you swap them. Yes your race isnt the only part of you but it is your identity. Im black i just want originality when it comes to our characters not half ass hand me downs. Its like clothes. Sure its not your full identity but i couldn't imagine a hazel in a bubble gum pink outfit or percy rocking emo wear

[@miraxx-]

Fr

[@captainace04]

Finally someone understands

[@pk2fly]

EXACTLY. I don’t know whenever live action movies come out they mess up the characters so badly. I’m all in for inclusivity and I encourage it, but this time it rlly annoyed me. It’s not just the black annabeth. It’s the BLONDE PERCY that rlly annoyed me. I love the Percy Jackson series and I love inclusivity but I don’t get how they couldn’t get the casting right? It’s really not that hard. I’m not saying they have to be IDENTICAL to the characters but they could have got similar looking actors. Maybe that’s js me though.

[@elias123456789ist]

I agree. In the books Annabeth is described as blonde, grey eyes and a typical California girl. I’m not being raciest right now but the book descriptions clarify that annabeth is a white girl not black. I have nothing against black people

[@HectorT52]

​@@pk2flyNah blonde percy was my dealbreaker too, idk why they couldn't change that even if they were set on the actor

[@jonnystruve]

I have worries about this show too, with Disney+ revenue just heading down in general. I think one reason it doesn’t have much hype right now is the marketing. As of now it’s basically just the fans of the books that would know a whole lot about it. We’re excited because we’ve been waiting, while the general Disney+ subscriber probably doesn’t have a clue what it is and isn’t receiving the trailer for it yet. Granted, it’s really a teaser trailer, which is kind of meant to grab attention, and I can’t say it really grabbed my attention as much as I’d hoped. It gave me great confidence seeing what I’d expect from the books, but if I didn’t know the books nothing really jumps out at me saying “Watch this now!!!”

[@clarkconner]

Its probably because the race washed half the characters

[@ben0789]

Which is dumb. The books already have plenty of diversity. Race swapping Annabeth was pointless.

[@clarkconner]

@@ben0789 the same with grover. Finally someone that sees the issue

[@berengustav7714]

@@clarkconner Grover's race is unclear(unlike the other two)and almost no one was upset by Movie Grover being black

[@ben0789]

@clarkconner the movies are not perfect but at least they got the race of the characters correctly

[@clarkconner]

@@ben0789 for sure

[@majencia2003]

So once again, Annabeth does not have blonde hair or grey eyes. smh

[@l.m.hammond1927]

In terms of the race swapping, since so many movies and tv shows have been doing this to pre-existing characters (and had some pretty nasty results in some scenarios), I think it is understandable that some take issue with this (although some of the reactions might be out of proportion, especially since the actors are quite young). Additionally, considering that the original adaptation race-swapped Grover and made Annabeth a brunette instead of a blonde, it completely makes sense that fans would beg for the characters they love and have grown so close to look like their original counterparts (especially since it seems like race swapping happens primarily with blondes and redheads).

[@lucasbelmonte2832]

Exactly, especially with Disney just look at what they have down with race swapping.

[@poseidenforceccj2528]

Agreed. Personally, if the acting is good, the acting is good. This doesn’t take away from the fact that not all of the characters strayed true to how they were in the book. The only race swap I was truly ok with, was Lance Reddick being Zues. But, that’s because I know that he will excel at any role given. It was terrible to hear he passed.

[@anki5156]

Totally Agree, it happened was to often and I am still not a fan of the casting but I definitely will give the first episodes a shot before deciding I dislike it cause maybe they can act their part and convince me that they are Annabeth, Clarice and Chiron

[@frostcloud18]

Bruh you know why. It's because they race swapped a main character and people are tired of stuff like that. I was hyped at first until I saw that and I'm black. It's DOA

[@bluewolf2708]

Right? They say race doesn't matter, but then why change them at all? It's just a very hypocritical thing to do. Rick lost me with this. So when I read the books now, I'm not going to take anything seriously since it apparently means nothing anyway.

[@Jensen-C]

“It’s important that every character is respectfully cast to properly display heritage and background”…. Unless your white

[@ethancoster1324]

​@@bluewolf2708 A lot of the time it's got to do with the whole quota, diversity system etc unfortunately.

[@sadiewhiteheart5491]

Yeah. Annabeth was always desribes as blond, Percy had dark hair… Cmoon.

[@reddragon0624]

@@bluewolf2708maybe they just cast the best people for the job?

[@HeatherNickless-vt8zr]

They still cast the wrong character appearance for Annabeth? Because she is one of the characters that was supposed to be a blonde. It is like Disney directors aren't even bothering getting the right looks for the characters at all. They tried for the movies but it is like they gave up on trying to do that for the show. Its sort of like the "The Cursed Child" Playwright Syndrome all over again.

[@GanyuSimpingDegenerate]

At least Hermione being black doesn't undermine her character the same way it does Annabeth. You can't just take away one of Wise Girl's main insecurities of being seen as the dumb blonde and expect it to work

[@HeatherNickless-vt8zr]

@@GanyuSimpingDegenerate ;😳Sorry, I misread your comment earlier; truth be told I have a lot of books and it has been awhile since the last time I read the Camp Half-Blood series; but that is part of Annabeth's character to sympathize and empathize with what she goes through; that is why she is a blonde in the book series; she and Tyson are the characters that are the walking massages to the audience or readers saying "You Shouldn't be ashamed by what you are or what you look like as long as somebody likes you for who you are as a person". If you read "Heroes of Olympus", Piper is the message to the reader saying "It does not matter how beautiful you are on the outside; you can be beautiful both on the inside and the outside at the same time; no matter the flaws you might have you will always be you and that should be good enough no matter what others might think".

[@phm8462]

They're doing the woke thing.

[@HeatherNickless-vt8zr]

​@@phm8462; What does "Woke Thing" mean? No joke, I am sometimes a little fuzzy on shorthand text phrases, I only have a wireless home phone, I do not have anything Smartphone related. I barely ever use a phone😐.

[@joshmalloww]

rick riordan actually helped cast the actors, i forgot the exact quote he said but it was something like "it doesnt matter how she looks, as long as she plays a good annabeth."

[@kushaladaora9291]

Annabeth being BLONDE and WHITE with GREY eyes is a characteristic shared by EVERY son and daughters of Athena. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT FACT. Imagine this survives until the Heroes of Olympus: Mark of Athena. Plus Annabeth, being a smart kid, BREAKS THE STEREOTYPE that BLONDES are stupid. Plus the fact that she is cousin to Magnus Chase (another demigod character of Rick Riordan from the novel of the same name, son of the Vanir God Freyr) connected thru her paternal side. If her father was black, this DOES NOT connect very well to Magnus. Magnus CANNOT BE BLACK as being Scandinavian means he has to be WHITE. There are NO EVIDENCE that were was ever a black dude among vikings. The closest one being a Half Mongolian and Half Icelandic. This does not play to any narrative in any angle. Percy Jackson as a book is already DIVERSE. No need for race swapping. Blackwashing should also be considered as a racist act!

[@ianbrudnakvoss3126]

Athena's kids being blonde is the least important thing in the books and I'm not joking, I'm 99% sure he did that because he was gonna make Athena blonde but changed his mind since it is literally never brought up again and every other god who has multiple children has a much wider variance of features among their offspring. It's also not worth it to cast a worse actress so the physical appearance can become important 8 books later and so you can add a Scandinavian cousin 10 books later when you don't even know if you're gonna be able to cover the 2nd fking book, especially since they're dealing with child actors so the options are a lot more limited. The gray eyes thing is also about production and is not affected by casting at all, so while it is really annoying that it's absent, it has nothing to do with diversity. I get why it's annoying and I feel so too, but if the actress plays the role well then it really isn't as big a deal as you're making it out to be. By the way, PJO isn't diverse, every character in the Lightning Thief is either described as or assumed to be white and only a couple of the side characters in the rest of the series aren't. HoO covered that issue, but again, they might not even get to a second season, so planning for 6+ makes sense. Final note: you could still get away with people underestimating Annabeth's intelligence because of her appearance, it would just instantly make that character extremely unlikeable so you'd probably have to save it for random people or risk making a cheap antagonist.

[@lyssanc]

I think the lack of excitement could be from the strikes. Disney isn’t promoting it well enough as well. It’s all so upsetting

[@heliotikis]

One Piece has done pretty well in the strikes, the excitement for that show held up pretty well. I don’t know what’s different here

[@lyssanc]

@@heliotikis Um I think the big difference is one piece has been released and has plenty of promotional content by the actors and by Netflix as it was all filmed prior to the strikes.

[@edschelchang6123]

@@heliotikis One Piece is bigger than Percy Jackson, the live action was given a budget higher than any other Netflix show and Oda had complete control, if he said no to something than it was a no, Rick has influence but some things might be out of his control

[@heliotikis]

@@edschelchang6123 I’m so glad that all creative control was given to Oda, and that he handpicked the cast himself. I think the more involved the author is, the better the adaptation

[@edschelchang6123]

@@heliotikis There is such a thing as an author being too involved, for example Fantastic Beasts, JK wrote the screenplay for all of them but the first was rewritten by a screenwriter and only the first is generally considered good, The problem was that JK is a novelist and not a screenwriter, and honestly I would not trust Oda to write the scrips for the Live action just say ok to the scripts because Oda's never written a screenplay

[@UNKNOWNEXPUNGED]

Still salty why Annabeth is African-American and has Back Hair when in the Books she is a typical California girl with blonde hair and grey eyes

[@aypapiuwant26]

Where do I begin. When writing a book you have to describe the character in a line. Percy had black hair and green eyes. Annabeth was tan and had blonde hair grey eyes grover was Percy Jackson's guardian and had a scruffy beard and he was in he early 20s. This isn't Percy Jackson when did Percy Jackson have blonde hair and blue eyes like a Nazi German the man is about to hail Hitler. By all means this isn't about skin color but the details of the characters. For a multi billion dollar company you can't even get that right. What your doing is the equivalent to Harry Potter with out the lighting bolt. Darth Vader in a pink suit instead of black. Hell even riptide looks like a lightsaber instead of a sword. If you can't get the attention of detail right in the characters we all fell in love with then this show may or may not succeed. Because this is not the characters of Percy Jackson

[@Erenyaegar76]

Man I just want the percabeth

[@Dado609]

Same lol

[@WCLCooke]

Especially for season five.

[@ablmon8565]

Me off that percabeth

[@brianarnold8666]

Maybe if they fix the casting issues

[@witchplease9695]

@@brianarnold8666There are no casting issues. Rick chose her and racists are not welcome in the fandom.

[@xcenex479]

Man, I hope the show succeeds. I don’t mind the casting and am still excited for it

[@almighty5839]

Then you aren’t really a fan

[@xcenex479]

@@almighty5839 What??

[@michaelstestname]

@@almighty5839”you aren’t mad she’s not white so you’re a fraud”. brother, it’s fair to dislike it and I wouldn’t blame you, but insulting people for not being up in arms is straight up racist

[@peterjj1534]

I've been a fan of the books since I was a child. The movies really disappointed me, and I'm putting all my hopes in this new show and I SO MUCH excited. I believe in Uncle Rick, I really do. So I hove that he is right about the actors and the casting. One of the episodes is going to air on my birthday, so please, be a good gift.

[@nickankhazali2995]

It’s fair to say that they should’ve expected a lack of interest from some people because of their pretty controversial casting

[@ninshu9073]

race swapping annabeth puts me off, it feels just like black hermione. the amount of times it’s clearly mentioned annabeth has blonde hair is insane. i wasn’t interesting in watching this in the first place, so it’s not like i’m a boycotter and super upset by the race swapping, it just feels off. this probably sounds incredibly racist, but i promise that’s not my intention. if annabeth was originally black and then turned white for the show id feel the same exact way.

[@ayvenray1427]

It's not racist it's just the truth it's off-putting. I question how much Rick truly has a say in this as Disney race swaps a LOTTT.

[@josiahbaumgartner7643]

🙄🙄🙄 why is it always the blonde and redhead characters that get recast as black? It’s insulting to black people

[@the-berries-and-cream-dude]

I 100% want to see this project succeed. I want all 5 books to be turned into a season but the more stuff comes out, the more worried I am. I think race DOES matters but it’s not the main point. I think the script, the story, the acting is more important but to say race doesn’t matter is a big no. One of the main reasons the 1st movie of Harry Potter was so successful was because they stay truthful to the material. Chris Columbus did everything he could so the trio was as accurate to the source material but never pushed the kids to the point of them being discomfortable (Dan not getting contacts cus it hurt his eyes, Emma not getting buckteeth cus it was hard for her to speak) but staying as truthful is what made fans want to see the movie and it’s what made them stayed for all 8 films. Unlike the first set of Percy Jackson films where they got everything wrong and turned off fans completely. Also, Disney has been screwing up every single thing in all their latest projects. They don’t get characters right, their personality, the story always sucks and it ends up being boring. How is it that the CGI from 20 years ago looks better than the trailer? I am not one of the people boycotting the series, I really want it to be good and because Rick Riordan is behind it this time, I am holding up hope and I am excited to see the series. But I really wished Rick would’ve gone with a different production company.

[@Rox7ne]

Amen to all this^ agree with you 100% 🙃 ig we'll have to wait and see.

[@joelschittenhelm5571]

But I must admit that Im surprised how little Rick cares about his fans. It was clear from the beginning that fans wanted the characters to look as they look in book. First hint is the general hatred against race swaping seen in many other projects. But more importantly you see this in the movies. People complained about a brunette Anabeth. A lot! How could someone with a clear mind think that fans would except even bigger changes. Rick has the ego to think that everything he does is okay because its his series. Well he wrote the books and published the the way he wrote them. Their is no changing after publishing. The characters exist now. People hated when Rowling was adding stuff to Harry Potter via Social Media. And Rick is the one making this a race thing, saying everyone against Leah is a racist. Its not about her race, its about her not looking like Anabeth. People would complain about a white Hazzel or an Asian Percy the same way. Its just not the same. It would be a problem even if it wasnt part of the characters story but it is for her. It is dissapointing and there is no reason not say it. I will still watch the show but itll always feel like it wants to sell me characters that I remember to be totally different

[@august1837]

He didn’t realy have a choice. If Disney didn’t buy fox this show wouldn’t be made at all. Whether we like it or not Disney now owns the film rights for Percy Jackson and its ether have the show with them or not have it at all

[@True_Tasharu]

Percy jacksons movie adaptation wouldve been successful if they hadn't changed anything except the age

[@atp8108]

I’m more so frustrated with the fact that this show could be a start of a big franchise for Disney and yet we’re three months away from the premiere and there’s been so little advertisement. I mean we haven’t even had a full-length trailer yet.

[@WindReader]

Walker scolbel (Percy) is honestly the perfect fit. He was in the Adam Project and was absolutely amazing.

[@brodysmith2004]

This show suffers from one of the same problems that the movie "adaptations" did: many, if not most of the characters, look nothing like the way they were described in the books.

[@ludvig7473]

The movies werent that terrible, other than the age. Sure, Logan shouldve had longer hair but it works decently. Alexandra in the 2nd movie is perfect when she is blonde, especially with her eyes. Grover is bad personality wise but i dont mind his appearance The rest all work very well. Chiron, Luke, Clarisse, Tyson etc.

[@ndudiobichi3515]

That was never the issue with bad book the movie adaptations. The bad ones are the ones that stray so far from the books that they are unrecognizable. For instance, Insurgent and Allegiant. All of the characters look like their book descriptions, but that didn't save those movies from being awful adaptations. Yeah, they could've given Percy a black wig and given Annabeth blonde braids, but those are very minor issues.

[@sup3414]

I really hope the Harry Potter rebooot doesn't do any stupid race swaps like this...

[@sup3414]

@XxgremIin_guyxX uhuh...

[@-zerxvil-5208]

I'm not a racer but. I like my Ferrari red, my DeLorean metallic and my Bat-mobile black. Nuff said.

[@IzzardBlizzard1224]

Yeah. I don't wanna see "Snow brown and the seven miner" What's bad with the term Dwarf? It's a fantasy race. It's like the term muggle.

[@ethancoster1324]

Pity that the actors from the movies were 10 years too old and the writers were incompetent.

[@IndigoSkyWalker13]

Im just so tired of the race changes i really wanted them to be faithful to the books 💀...

[@majencia2003]

Looks like Rick Riordan is on his way to ruining his own franchise just like JK Rowling did to hers

[@kaileealtman9630]

The race bending is getting old tbh. Feels like a poor attempt to be woke or whatever. They could have at least given Annabeth her gray eyes. That eye color would have looked cool with her dark skin because its unusual, and would be just another otherworldly part of being halfblood. Also they could have dyed Percy's hair. Feels like a lack of effort in that regard.

[@andreas8488]

Also the author attacked his fans who are sick of lazy, second hand slops of race-swapping characters. If it does not matter then whitewash a black character. No, if you want a non-white character do what we have been saying for years now, "Create New Shows with New Well-Written Non-White Characters".

[@Offical_Comedic_Relief]

With the casting, personally, I love all three actors- like Leah just seems to have an amazing personality + that voice- and Walker just IS Percy. The only problem I have is with how Rick described the main three (less so Grover) in the original series was perhaps not a great representation, is still important. Annabeth is clearly set up as defying the dumb blond stereotype (which I am NOT saying is worse than or even in the same league as racism and all that) but it's still part of her character. Rick wasn't great with representation but as the series went on it did become more and more inclusive- although I am a firm believer in if you're writing non-white characters just for the inclusivity purposes in fear of being cancelled or whatever (not saying this is rick btw) you're doing it for the wrong reasons. Fans would be outraged if Annabeth, or any black character was portrayed by an actor of any other race- not just white. And with Walker- I don't understand why they didn't dye his hair. Percy has "jet black hair" as quoted in the books several times. Not only that, but it's a huge identifying feature- it's nowhere near as complicated as the Annabeth/Leah casting- a bit of hair dye and he'd be perfect. This show had so much potential and I feel like because Rick is such a beloved author, especially with how progressive he is not just in his books but also on social media, he's let that influence the casting- just a bit. I hope this show succeeds, I just wished it stay more true to the books.

[@Red-2024]

I think it’s tragic because the show has already been ruined and since it’s the second attempt at the adaptation there will never be another one. It’s sad and upsetting that an adaptation can’t just be accurate. Accurate character representation accurate story just do it right. It’s terrible

[@heliotikis]

This show is in the exact same position as ‘Vampire Academy’ was last year. Both had terrible movie adaptations from the 2010’s that both upset fans and majorly stunted the possibility of any future adaptations. I remember in the sub-reddit when the tv show was first announced and everyone was quite excited. There were hopes that ‘Vampire Academy’ would become a fully fledged series that would revitalise the vampire genre. I’m seeing the same thing now with ‘Percy Jackson,’ as few fans are theorising that this could become bigger than ‘Harry Potter’ (I doubt it). But then came the casting. Major race-swaps and appearance changes, accusations of racism against those that complained and a dip in interest for the show. I know both stories are set in the USA but many character appearances reflected the European Mythologies they drew inspiration from (Greece, Romania/Russia/Poland). I’m still of the opinion that this change really hurt the authenticity of ‘Vampire Academy.’ But like ‘Percy Jackson,’ the show runners and actors promised us that character personalities would be honoured and upheld. Quick Summary: They weren’t, barely at all even. The characters shared only name and gender with their book counterparts, it was incredibly disappointing. The streaming service also made very little effort to promote the show and many old book fans weren’t even aware of its existence until it’s release. Similar thing I’m seeing with ‘Percy Jackson’s’ marketing. And ‘Vampire Academy’ got cancelled very quickly after one season. Call me a pessimist, but I’m really worried for this show even if I want it to do well.

[@lyssanc]

There are plenty of black greek and roman people. Rome even had black emperors. If people were upset about the casting not being strictly book accurate they would complain about Walker looking nothing like Percy. Walker is blonde with blue eyes and he’s not very tan. But they don’t complain about him as much as they do Leah.

[@anki5156]

Lol I heard the would make the Vampire Academy a TV series but never got the news the series was out with the first season or that it was cancelled

[@lyssanc]

@@viktoriebartosova3798 not at all. You guys are just pretending to be mad about the actors not looking like the book when you’re all really just ignorant racists

[@BenKellett-qm1rr]

I'm pretty sure it's just the fact that the actors don't look like the characters in the books.

[@GeovaneSanciniSR]

I read the whole series (PJO, Heroes of Olympus and Trials of Apollo) once a year, and the main problem with the show is basically: Disney is giving 0 fucks to the marketing. The backlash from the raceswapping have some reasoning behind. How many times raceswapping characters has been used as a bait for controversy and then shield from criticism? Is almost expected. Also, unless they make some script changes if the series goes beyond the PJO arc, kinda undermines Annabeth's character, on Mark of Athena, she explains why she works harder than anyone, because of the stereotypical dumb blonde trope, she feels that the need to prove that she's more than just a blonde girl. I want the show to be good, but Disney did nothing to make me want to see it.

[@ethanmackler1892]

yes rt

[@brendofire2084]

I think they'd have no choice on the blonde trope thing, considering the casting for Annabeth. They'd probably make it about racism instead, which might actually make the whole thing worse considering that is used to bait audiences all the time lately. In order for the casting to make sense, Rick would have to do some serious tweaking to the world building to make all the casting changes make sense

[@AnInkStick]

And frankly, speaking of someone who is Hispanic, I’m getting really sick of white characters getting swapped to look like me because all it’s saying is that we’re not good enough for our own characters, and that we can only ride off the coattails off of existing white characters. And I’m also tired of being used as a shield from critisism.

[@Zherxes]

It could've succeeded if they just animated it. Doing live-action just to race swap characters of course the hype will die down. I feel bad for the og live action Annabeth Alexandra Daddario who got so much hate just because she didn't go blonde hair. Even Rick Riordan commented on how the characters don't look like the books but look where we are now. Race swapping. And everyone's justifying and accusing people of racism. I'll just stick to the books.

[@jaymcabee6569]

I was excited when I first heard about this but now I won’t be watching it they changed the characters too much from the book

[@noelle_reads_alot]

I love Percy Jackson but I’m struggling with Disney! I really hate when characters have drastic differences to the book. I have nothing against black actors but I want Annabeth to look accurate! I just am desperate for real life Annabeth to look like Book Annabeth. On top of that, PJO has representation!

[@zak8292]

For me, I am ABSOLUTELY STOKED. But I didn’t know a trailer was released…so that’s my reason. But, I am SEVERELY worried about continuation of the series with the passing of Lance Riddick (RIP Commander Zavala).

[@poseidenforceccj2528]

They’ll likely just recast him. But we’ll see

[@ethancoster1324]

I pray Percy isn't dumbed down in favour of a strong Annabeth, Clarisse etc.

[@simonhailom2477]

Don't lie to yourself.

[@Iris-172]

​@@simonhailom2477 He wasn't dumbed down at all. Wish these close minded stubborn people accually watch THEN comment on people who have hopes up.

[@Sharkey1208]

They announced a teaser/trailer for NYCC, but I think we're all forgetting how much Disney likes to advertise in the weeks leading up to release with hardly a word beforehand. There's also a rumor going around that Disney is combing D+ and Hulu into one app like it is in other countries

[@horseyfacetheglorious]

I’m stoked, too but I’m worried the show won’t click for some people due to the cast of characters But I’m sure once they watch it people will say how good it is, on a side note I think this was meant to be an animated show

[@junjunjamore7735]

Animation just works best for fantasy, I don't know why authors seem to be against it. 2D, CGI, any works great.

[@edschelchang6123]

​​​@@junjunjamore7735Because live action brings more money and views, looking at Google the list of most watched shows and highest grossing movies are dominated by live action with a few really big animated shows here and there

[@thegoldentb7596]

Ok. I'll be real. I was one of the people who was disappointed by the fact that we have a blond Percy. Then I watched Walker in The Adam Project and I said, "Holy SHIT! That is 100% Persassy Jackson." I completely changed my mind thereafter. If the actors can embody the characters, they're fine by me.

[@manideepachowdhury5591]

While I have some hope for this show I really did not like the race swapping and that it did not go by the definition of the characters and I face a big problem and I know that this happens to a lot of people because you see whenever I imagine percy jackson I think lerman Logan because he was the first ever representation of percy jackson so yeah that saying that I still think that this show could do well because as much as people have criticized the sneak peaks about because of the race and over saturation of Disney content and general criticism of Disney I still am cautiously optimistic about the show ❤percy Jackson #percy jackson #long live percy Jackson

[@skykittyyyyyy9033]

Yeah

[@awsomerobyn2603]

I do think that the adams project took it a step to far. I hope they tone it down a bit otherwise it may become obnoxious

[@max_kirchi_fca]

The teaser trailer last year had about as many views as the Star Wars trailers last year (only 900k views less than the Mandalorian trailer, more than The Bad Batch Season 2 and Tales of the Jedi) I think the sneak peak on 15 October will also be much more successful, the teaser came out of nowhere and as a distraction for certain strikes that are going on right now

[@RealSeaPrince]

I have been a fan for the books for a long time but I am not gonna watch this show simply because the cast irritates me

[@anki5156]

I still dont like the casting for Annabeth and Clarice. I will nonethless warch the show. Percy with Walker seems a great fit! For Chiron i geard his voice in the trailer and i think he might pull it off 🤷🏻‍♀️ thats why i will give the actresses for Annabeth and also Clarice a shot and wait the first episodes to decide I've they are as good as Rick Riordan claims. I just dont see why you would do such a huge thing in casting. Even if the casting choice will throw me off while warching the series, i will support the series as much as i can cause i read every book since the cane out here in Germany after i discovered them in 2012 and waited a long time for a good or at least better adaptation then the movies. I was so happy about the movies existing that i liked them a long time and watched them a lot. It hurted to see how much they abandoned the book storylines and so far the series seems to stick to a lot from the first book

[@digmanfreud]

My worry definitely comes more from a lack of popularity/viewers at this current moment more than the quality. Riordan playing a huge role in this as well as people complementing what they've seen so far gives me high hopes. I'm also cautiously optimistic that it'll be good enough to get recognition from Disney.

[@jimmywillgame8997]

How ironic is it that this video expresses worry over popularity because of view count while now the new official teaser trailer is one of the most viewed videos on the Disney Plus KZbin channel XD

[@geviesanta3631]

0:56-1:06 Don't forget, if you put Rennervation to the account as well, the trailer for the mini-series has also gotten 2 million views, which was pretty decent for the most part.

[@PrincessTiffie]

I listened to a few of the audiobooks (slightly dyslexic, so I consider it reading). The books are really not my cup of tea (possibly due to the reader), but I want to give the series a try. Disney didn't truly start teasing Ahsoka until late May or early June. Some of the Star Wars creators were worried at the time, but the show is doing fine - and I would highly recommend it. I'd love your take on a Star Wars project😸

[@PrincessTiffie]

I'll give it a listen. Thanks​@nickers7409

[@bloonboy5660]

The reason people are annoyed with the casting of annabeth is because the books explicitly state multiple times she has blond hair and grey eyes. This naturally goes with white skin and they might mention that. I have no problem with asian grover its only annabeth I have an annoyance with. But when the books themselves state her appearance and the show doesnt even try to follow it people believe its because they are trying to be diverse and get mad because they don't like when this happens. this being said I still might watch the show and the casting will have no impact on whether I watch it

[@seblefs1]

when y’all continuously complain about diversity and race quotas, you’re also ignoring that rick himself was vetting these young actors and CHOSE them. he thought she was a good fit so he chose her. so what if she doesnt have blonde hair and grey eyes? what’s important is whether she portrays the character’s emotions and expressions well. rick’s allowed to feel like the appearance of the character isn’t important without y’all feeling hurt that she doesnt ‘look like annabeth.’

[@bloonboy5660]

@@seblefs1 which is the reason why casting will have no impact on me watching the show. I was simply explaining why people were mad because I can understand since I myself am a little annoyed but really don’t care a lot. I was complaining I was explaining

[@ripchannel4422]

One they changing races of charcters dispite in Percy Jackson the movie and book we already know what they are and they are also a lot older

[@kammy6340]

I love that I am watching this after the full teaser came out and not before or I would have started worrying. But currently that new teaser has 4.7 million views in just 3 days. I think the show is gonna do great because PJO fans have been wanting a book accurate series for soooo long.

[@vikasgarg17]

That's the only marketing I have seen that broke over a though.

[@Fullsendfilosophy]

The Percy Jackson trailer they actually named Percy Jackson trailer has almost 8 million views

[@Jensen-C]

I think people are finally starting to stand up to people like Rick riordan and co’s, agendas. I mean how are you going to claim your making the show to be book accurate then make these casting decisions. I mean at that point we know you didn’t just go and find the best actor, you just got 2 token diversity casts. Disappointing

[@leonamvinoy3008]

But Grover has literally no race in the book why are people upset about that as well? And Rick really really doesn't care about appearances , just like he said in one of his emails for the movies. The essence of character has to be captured and I hope to god that they are able to do that😭

[@Ксюша-ь5ш4ш]

so what you’re saying is that when an actor is the same race as the character described in the book, they were chosen for their talent, but when they’re of another race, they are talentless and were chosen just so they can have an actor of that race? that is just stupid.

[@charliedapotato4527]

The black Annabeth hurts my soul...

[@szymciupol]

Good vid. First point I'd raise is about YT algo optimazation - this trailer is not good for that imo. The title is way too long and that is a pretty bad thumbnail too - its literally just 3 kids in normal clothes, a small Percy Jackson logo in top left (and not particularly easy to read in that font and color). Thats super easy to dismiss imo and it tells you absolutely nothing if you dont know who Percy Jackson is. Which if you do you probably will know or have thoughts about casting choices. 2nd ofc about casting cos well its the main thing. I am someone who is boycottnig the show over the race swap. I'd give a watch even with that, if it wasnt for them explicitly having said they would adapt the books faithfully and then after not doing so in the casting (and geting called out on it) Rick wrote an open letter and called such reaction being racist. which imo it clearly isnt since the criticizism is of the decison and going back on what was promised and not on the actress, who is probably very good. and yes Annabeth is cannonically white, thats imo the most controvesial one tho percy not being brunette is not great either. So basically they lied and called people racist. But enough of that, it is what it is. But that does lead to another point that technically didnt get mentioned - YOU NEVER EVER ATTACK YOUR AUDIENCE. which imo that Rick open letter did. thats why imo there is so much backlash from people who are against the raceswap and thats why its so fierce. So ye some people who would watch trailer and give it a shot probably just specifically chose not to do so and will do the same for the show and that is including myself. Also I disagree on the point author knows best. Fantastic Beasts flopping as hard as it did pretty clearly showed that is a very flawed line of thinking. King hates the Shining movie, but its beloved too. Author's imput in adapting is important and usually will lead to better quality of said adaptation (HP, HG etc.). But the authors are by no means infallible people. especially when they try to retcon stuff they wrote X years earlier and some things stops adding up, which is what's happening with this casting imo.

[@Lupinemancer87]

I'm sorry if this sounds wrong, but I hate what they did to Annabeth in this TV show, she is one of my favorite characters and this is just wrong. While I want this show to be good, I also want it to fail so disney will finally get the message of not doing that.

[@dhruvikinger8947]

True, it’s not that I’m complaining about the race, it’s just that the actors don’t make me think of the characters. I’ve seen other roles that Walker has played, and I can see those as more fitting for him than playing Percy.

[@JamesZheyuXu]

@@dhruvikinger8947 when I saw The trio on the beach I thought to myself this looks like Leo Valdez ,Hazel Levesque, and Jason Grace more.

[@dhruvikinger8947]

@@JamesZheyuXu Omg lol now I can't unsee that. But it really does prove my point.

[@JamesZheyuXu]

@@dhruvikinger8947 Yeah true

[@paperguyeu]

To me this whole thing mainly shows that Rick Riordan is a hypocrite. He was the one who (rightfully so) voiced his complaints about the movies doing drastic changes from the books. One glaring example of that was the age change that made the protagonists young adults instead of kids or young teenagers like in the books. But now with this TV series where Riordan is involved and has a lot of creative control he is doing the same thing. That's one of the reasons why I'm probably not gonna watch the show.

[@naturejane2000]

I really want this to be good, and I'll give a chance when it comes out. The race swapping is a bit frustrating. They obviously don't fit their descriptions from the books, but as you say, if Rick is cool with it... and I do really like the kid playing Percy. 🤞🏻

[@almighty5839]

Nope totally takes me out of it seeing someone else play annabeth!

[@nou1186]

@@almighty5839 Good for you, no one asked.

[@allthingsjustice6465]

There's a lot of people frustrated that the characters don't fit their descriptions in the books. As an avid reader of the books it can be very disappointing when you've imagine what a character would look like based on descriptions and the producers fail to comply. It kinda breaks your imagination

[@divyeshdaswani4118]

What? I’ve been excited for this but had no idea the teaser came out. The lack of marketing for this show is astounding. Hope fans are engaged better in the run up to the release.

[@proud_halfblood]

The trailer currently has the most views of any trailer released this year on the Disney Plus KZbin channel

[@volt3097]

If they can show snip bits or scenes that can emphasize the characters, maybe that would be enough to show why the actors were chosen to portray these parts.

[@heliotikis]

I wish that they had done that way early on to weaken the hatred against the actors

[@charlinethom1624]

I wouldn't mind if Annabeth was black, if she hadn't already been described in books as a blonde California-looking girl. There is really no point in doing a live adaptation of a book series if you can't even properly cast the main characters as they were described in the actual source material. And before you come at me, I hated brunette Annabeth in the movies just as much. If Riordan wanted Annabeth not to be blonde, he shouldn't have written her that way and not made it one of her main physical characteristics.

[@SoluxisOfficial]

I don't think the view count is a problem with the show itself, but the marketing by the Disney Plus youtube channel. If you look at all the other trailers you mentioned, like Artemis Fowl, every one of them had "[Show Name] | Official Trailer" as the title. But the Percy Jackson Trailer didn't even have the word Trailer in it. Also the fact that it's more of a teaser than a full trailer, like all those other ones with millions of views. I'm not worried about the show yet

[@amongruins4661]

I’m expecting Riordan to use this show as a way to “update” elements of the original series to reflect his current worldview. Riordan was always a pretty progressive guy, which we can all appreciate, but occasionally he does let it get in the way of his own storytelling. Further, he’s probably ashamed of the lack of diversity within his original series (which he immediately tried to rectify with every in-universe series afterwards), and probably plans to update other elements that didn’t quite align with the most current modern values. Similar to Rowling, he likes to add later that this character is that and that character is this much later, but to his credit he ALWAYS includes it within the text itself in some later book. For my part I don’t mind all this so much as it’s his own creation, I just wish this adaption was a period piece set in the early 2000s and that Percy was book accurate (dark haired and green eyed).

[@Leah-vb3ud]

I'm all for diversity, but it just seems forced. I don't understand why it's so hard for everyone to cast actors similar to the books. They could have at least dyed Percy's hair black. Idk I'm just wary of all of it.

[@austinartz1338]

People didn't like the movies because they didn't correctly adapt the characters to the screen. Off rip, it seems that the tv show is doing the exact same thing. If a brunette Annabeth caused outrage for the movies, I don't know how they expected people to react to the exact same thing. They can't even get the appearance right so far

[@setsunian5283]

i think the issue might be less ppl knowing of the trailer i had no clue before this video

[@missyj3960]

Same! There hasn't been much marketing done around it in the mainstream

[@kevinscott3047]

The reason I'm not excited for the show is the fact that it's made by modern Disney. The same Disney that fumbled the ball with Star Wars and is currently doing so with Marvel. I do not trust Disney to do this franchise justice

[@Makaylabug1010]

I haven't read the Percy Jackson books yet mainly because i have other books im reading and plan to like finishing Harry Potter, then reading divergent and hunger games when i saw the title for this video I thought maybe I would be able to watch it in a movie(yes I know its a series) adaptation but considering what people have said and some of the coments im scared what I watch will effect how I see the characters like it did for Harry Potter dispite me knowing they look and act a bit different(Like Harry having green eyes not blue and Hermione not being a perfect person like she was shown in the movies)so im not sure if I will get into this right away or ever just because im scared it will effect my pov of the characters of I end up reading the books at all

[@Tick421]

I’m not gonna boycott it because I’m not racist but it sucks they literally describe her blonde hair. Doesn’t actually matter and again don’t be racist yall come on.

[@sup3414]

5:26 If "race doesn't matter" then why the hell race swap them to begin with?

[@PercyDang]

Rick Riordan is a hypocrite, and that is why

[@Fingledoodler]

I don't watch trailers much these days so I was just waiting for the release to watch it. I am excited for the show, however I think you have it right. Disney is too woke for some and for others are just burned out from too many shows to watch. It is getting lost in the noise. I am really hoping it will do well and I can get to see a proper TV adaptation, so let's wait and see.

[@calamedisgaunt916]

I think Percy Jackson currently has a lesser audience because of how much time has passed between the books and this series, but i think once the show airs it'll gain the traction for the second series as long it as they give themselves time for word of mouth to spread, because in the 1st PJO series every book gets better and better until the 5th one. Maybe this type of hero's journey films are dying, films themselves could be dying, but i think the PJO series at least the very first season is going to be underrated

[@mrkaji8913]

I seriously hate how they’re not described like they were in the book

[@bluewolf2708]

Exactly! People say it doesn't matter... but then why change it? If race means nothing, why swap the main character? It's just disrespectful. They might be like their characters personality wise.. but I'm not haply about it. Guess we're the only ones.

[@mrkaji8913]

@@bluewolf2708 at least the age is right, He’s more concerned about that. But honestly, I might make edits to fix The hair colour and races

[@mrkaji8913]

@@bluewolf2708 I honestly like what they did with Jet from cowboy bebop, and it was a lot better than what they do, here

[@GanyuSimpingDegenerate]

I'm fine with Grover getting race swapped, but so much of Annabeth's character stems from being blond that I take issue with her casting

[@mrkaji8913]

@@GanyuSimpingDegenerate I honestly liked Grover in the movie and I don’t think that anyone could replace him

[@jadaok888]

The actors can't promote it because of the SAG strike. The WGA strike just ended so no writer could promote it. I think that explains the slow promotion

[@itscherylplayz8925]

I just want a faithful adaptation

[@harrycarr6476]

Personlly i believe the race of the actors simply matters. When you look at the film you pointed out that Annebeth, who is supposed to have blue eyes and blonde curly hair, had brown eyes and brown straight hair. That is because its not a faithale adaptation of the story. A black girl playing annebeth is simply unfaithful to the books and her character however as its down to her race people believe they can't call thst out as it's 'racism'. I will make my judgements whether it was a good choice after the show comes out but i simpmy believe you cant say theres nothing wrong eith it but would call it out if she was a white girl who just didnt look like Annebeth.

[@mirandal22]

I’ve been waiting for a well done adaptation of this series so I’m PRAYING it releases and it meets old fans expectations

[@hsib2596]

3:22 this is right. I've seen a lot of people hating on Disney cuz of the quality of their content and what type of things are gonna be there in that specific. I was hyped before for PJO TV series, now that hype is all gone cuz I moved onto watching animé

[@lyannabraxton2247]

I’m literally rereading the whole series for the first time in like 6 years just to get ready for this show. I hope it’s great and I trust Rick Riordan’s judgement of how his own creation should be adapted to television.

[@ethancoster1324]

How much of this 'vision' was influenced or shaped by Disney?

[@chadhiggins6884]

Ngl I wish they dyed Percy’s and annabeth hair their proper colors

[@Seraphina-b3h]

I feel hating because of Disney, is kinda weird or like hypocritical because the books are Disney Hyperion, well all the books I have have the Disney logo on it, there made by some part of Disney. I do feel the cinematic side of Disney is struggling tho.

[@garthstill7665]

The casting isn't what I pictured when I read the books

[@jasonthomas2369]

Thanks for making this video!! I hope it gets fans more excited about the show bc i NEEEEEED it to do well. If we never get to see Thalia and Rachel Dare on screen I will be so disappointed!

[@pspro-rd2ow]

The new Percy Jackson trailer that just came out 2 weeks ago already has 8 million views and Artemis Fowl got 9 Million views in a timespan of 3 years.

[@HeatherNickless-vt8zr]

Well the thing is that the Disney company projects are more "Kid" oriented than WB company projects had been by comparison; that is why we do not always get the full experience with Disney films as we do with WB films.

[@sppotterstark8057]

WB succeeded with adapting HarryPotter, LordOfTheRings, GameofThrones, Dune , TheHobbit, It , House of the Dragon, and for a while succeeded with Fantastic Beasts . They did it multiple times rarely annoying fans . While disney of the bat annoyed fans plus they failed with Artemis fowl and couldn't make Narnia work. PercyJackson will probably do well but will end up like Thewitcher , WheelOfTime and RingsOfPower = little to no impact, forgettable and controversial.

[@kalebnolan8343]

Why does Percy have riptide with the Minotaur? Why does he not have black hair? So they can have a black Annabeth but not a black haired Percy? What kind of fuckery is that?

[@HectorT52]

I think the show just wasn't promoted enough, I am a big fan of the IP and was excited with the project but I found the trailer like a week later. Also yeah the cast can be an issue, I had no big problems with it at first but the kicker is that what annoyed me the most was percy staying blonde the race swapping even if I would have prefered not to be a thing I was okay with since those childs could surprise with ther talent but you can dye the hair or get a wig for percy? The kid looks more like young jason or will and the trio as a whole is irrecognizable, i don't know the percy bit just looked like lack of comitment for me. I probably will still give it a try but the trailer got my expectations down.

[@nathancrever5161]

They really screwed up on the casting.