Percy Jackson Sea of Monsters: Death of a Film Franchise

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Percy Jackson may be coming to Disney Plus soon, but his movie franchise died an unceremonious death with Sea of Monsters, a cheaper sequel to The Lightning Thief. The movie makes a few interesting choices, some I even liked! But overall...well, it makes sense Logan Lerman never returned to the role.
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[@captainmidnight]

What is the biggest thing the Percy Jackson Disney+ show will need to do differently? Visit audible.com/midnight or text "midnight" to 500-500 to sign up and get your 30 day free trial of Audible.

[@APersonYt]

It needs to get the storyline straight and needs percy to actully look like a kid

[@master0fthearts894]

Not change all the characters so drastically that they’re not the same characters, and actually read the freaking books.

[@kevinscott3047]

Don't mash significant plot points from the later novels into the first two seasons.

[@fabiansamhaber4014]

be good

[@Claire-bz8mq]

I think what they need to nail is the vibe, the films suffer from being turned from a really creative series to something that feels like generic middle school fiction chosen one and all. It’s okay for it to be a little silly, it’s okay to use bright colors and honestly doing something a bit Tom Holland Spider-Man like would fit the series really well in my opinion. I can totally picture slow motion battles with sarcastic Percy commentary and punk and pop music during some scenes.

[@EmersonFlemingEmRock13]

The worst part of this movie as a fan of the books is how it basically just stole the climax of the 4th book, crammed it into this film, and then quickly resolved it. That would be like if Marvel put Thanos in Avengers 2, only gave him 10 minutes tops of screentime, then killed him off forever.

[@supermarketone]

I have never heard a more accurate description

[@TaggedByTim]

I remember being so mad I just walked out the theater when I realised that they were cramming the ending into this movie.

[@nBUMBA]

This is straight facts

[@Edeinawc]

They had simply decided it was going to be the last movie and wrapped it up. The first one wasn't a big enough hit and they didn't believe in the franchise potential. Stuff like Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, MCU.... those are all planned long term.

[@krishvids608]

I think you guys are forgetting the worst bit of this. After wrapping up the franchise for some reason they introduce Thalia back?! I feel like I'm remembering wrong but after that terrible ending I was even more confused cause they were trying to set up a sequel or something

[@EChacon]

Here's hoping that the Percy Jackson Disney+ series stays true to the source material and don't end up becoming another misfire now that the original author, Rick Riordan is on board.

[@shortstuff780]

Isn't the actor going to be helping w the show

[@EChacon]

@@shortstuff780 I think you mean the Author, Rick Riordan, but yes Rick will heavily be involved in the Percy Jackson Disney+ series.

[@BrandenMcNabb]

If Disney pulls a Marvel, all will be fine. If Disney pulls a Narnia or Star Wars, we're doomed.

[@arthurfortes8398]

@@BrandenMcNabb actually, Fox did the Narnia movies, and before Disney bought Fox, even If I think the First one is great. And Star Wars in Disney gave us the final season of Clone Wars and The Mandalorian, and also the Bad Batch. So I have high hopes for Percy Jackson in Disney Plus.

[@igorrodrigues3622]

@@arthurfortes8398 Disney made the first 2 Narnia movies, Fox only made the third one

[@andrehernandez6398]

The books were my shit and it’s really disheartening seeing the emails between Rick Riordan and the studio, you can see him trying to save it

[@Mark-yd8qc]

The movies are better

[@cameronwallace8265]

@@Mark-yd8qc That's the biggest bait I've ever seen.

[@Mark-yd8qc]

@@cameronwallace8265 not bait. Its true

[@MisterUnknown707]

@@Mark-yd8qc Whatever you say, little baby troll.

[@Mark-yd8qc]

@@MisterUnknown707 WHINY BABY

[@IsisAlv]

he's not a caveman in the books, he's a baby! he's a baby cyclops! that's why most characters don't think he's dangerous

[@omg_RANCORS]

yer a baby caveman for not understanding how comparison works.

[@user-0ooO0oO001]

yEaH

[@nBUMBA]

Honestly you have to read all the books to understand where people are really coming from about these movies. It’s about how these first few movies really messed up things that are supposed to set up the rest of the books in the series (3,4, and 5 are probably the best books too)

[@Tommy-hp8je]

Yeah I still remember that final battle with kronos in new york or some other city idk and the mini fight percy had with helios was also memorable for some reason. (I read them like 6 years ago so I don't actually remember any details).

[@theamelia4580]

In the video he said he enjoyed it when Luke was eaten by Kronos, and when he saw he was alive hoped he’d have a redemption arc. Now where does a redemption arc happen for Luke...... oh yeah, the books. Not to even mention how much of a “fuck you” having Kronos just chow down on Luke was to the plot of every single book to follow.

[@nBUMBA]

@@scratchsoft2347 yeah low key i forgot it’s 6 books instead of 5. Been so long. But wait if 4 was the labyrinth and 6 was the finale what was 5 again? It’s been so long man great books

[@slevinchannel7589]

NEW SHOW IN PRODUCTION! The creator makes a new Life action adaptation right now. SADLY no Animation, but hey, at least 'good' P.Jackson-Content!

[@abaxmanjr]

@@nBUMBA There are only five books in the original series, He might be referring to the first book in the sequel series series the heroes of olympus

[@stormwarrior5362]

Man if only he knew the worst thing they did. Kronos wasn’t revived until the fourth book and even that it was near the end of the book so it doesn’t even count. I can’t believe they got the big bad in the second movie which is basically shitting over the source material and the worst part is that they were planning to continue the movies with this outrageous decision they made if it didn’t flop as it did. Hope they learned something from this disaster of an adaptation.

[@houndofculann1793]

Eragon fans know the feel, they killed off important villains from books 2-3 halfway through the first movie

[@slevinchannel7589]

@@luxinvictus9018 Yeah, this youtuber kinda failed to understand how bad those adatpational movies here are...

[@slevinchannel7589]

@@noncanalepricnipale Cool.

[@marinadeburgos8666]

Kronos was revived on the 4 book on a human form, but he was all the time teasing Percy before, since he was able to enter his mind and sometimes Percy was able to see him on the sleep

[@slevinchannel7589]

@@marinadeburgos8666 Movie-Luke will never try to help Kronos against; that much is for sure, duh. He's eaten him, after all.

[@MsMyraEmily]

The third book, Percy Jackson and The Titans curse is a real step up from both the Sea of Monsters and The Lightening thief. It’s my personal favourite out of the series. Give it a read if you can, it’s so enjoyable

[@slevinchannel7589]

'Competent, at least' he says about completly incompetent movie-creation. Uhm, yeah, ok? No though? Competent is the opposite of incompetent.

[@QuigleTheGnome]

Yeah honestly same it’s my fav of the original series like it just focuses so much on the characters which was very important for HoO

[@marinadeburgos8666]

Also, in this book he broke the mold of the summer camp. It was a mid-winter mission that went wrong that started the motion this time

[@apenasmaisumdiogo.7115]

Yes, I think the third book really was where the series "grew its beard".

[@argentosportsanalysis6011]

The thing is that the second book isn't as good individually, but Percy Jackson really is a series where the sum of their parts is greater than any individual book. The books are really good, but the first two books really do a great job of building up to the final three (same with the Heroes of Olympus), which I why I would've recommended reading all of them before watching the second one, because it'll leave you wondering where they were trying to go after the second movie. Also books 5, 4, and 3 are probably the best written books of the series (in the order)

[@master0fthearts894]

The final Peter Johnson film pretty much destroyed an already dead corpse of a franchise, and gave one last middle finger to the Percy Jackson fandom before being executed once and for all.

[@slevinchannel7589]

NEW SHOW IN PRODUCTION! The creator makes a new Life action adaptation right now. SADLY no Animation, but hey, at least 'good' P.Jackson-Content!

[@theinimitablejora522]

“You must save Olympus, Pedro!” I friggin love Mr D’s inability to care enough to get names right.

[@j_crump6300]

@@theinimitablejora522 I like how he definitely knows their names, but he still screws around and comes up with funny ~similar~ names

[@guywithrevolver]

oh shit didn't know dionysus had a youtube account

[@SandblastedSkin02]

Peter Johnson

[@conorgraham3331]

WARNING: SPOILERS FOR PERCY JACKSON i think that the captain of midnights should have read all the books before making his evaluation. I've read them all, and, well, this movie is terrible on so many levels. Luke not being the one to stop Kronos is just stupid and completely goes against the message, that Luke was the hero in the end. it's just annoying.

[@Scalesthelizardwizard]

the second he said he didn't read the rest of the books I new it wasn't going to be good

[@ot7biasedmashups]

Yea they should have, they don't even know how bad it is that Kronos got revealed in the second film

[@x0xgregx0x]

I also hate how he said every five minutes that this is just a book for kids, nothing especial.

[@insanelytomato]

​@@x0xgregx0x Yes this exactly! The way the characters are all dismissed off the bat by being just "Rick Riordan" characters and how they're far too simple to get wrong even though the movie was doing just that made me a little sad to hear. I absolutely adored these books growing up and recently re-read all of them alongside my sister, who at this point is pursuing grad school. We both thoroughly enjoyed going through the series again and re-experiencing our love for it. They might not be all that complex in the beginning, but captainmidnight even admits that the characters in the movies are wayyy too aged up and the ones in the books are still very, very young teenagers. Take Harry Potter for example here, the protags are young in both book and movie and they make childish descicions because they're, well, children and that's to be expected but they're not blamed for being children or chalked up to being inherently incomplex characters just because they're written like teenagers. And they do become more complex over time as both they and the audience that read/watched them grew up. It just seems unfair that these "Rick Riordan" characters are given such treatement because I remember and love the books so fondly; to hear them dismissed so completely in passing like that... hurts.

[@shealee3198]

Subtlety is a lost art. Makes most people glaze over important details

[@tyleralmquist7606]

Them leaving out Circe’s island actually really screws up the backstories of two important characters in the sequel series and leaving out the Sirens messes with the explanation of fatal flaws

[@PichuElric]

*cough Reyna 😭

[@petery6432]

*cough* *cough* Hylla

[@texasred8424]

i mean they were obviously ending the series here and for sure not doing heroes of olympus so i guess it makes sense

[@chasehedges6775]

For every Harry Potter or LOTR, there’s a Percy Jackson/Artemis Fowl.

[@IsaacV24]

I know I’m gonna get dunked on, but I’d rather watch Percy Jackson than Artemis Fowl. At least those had some creative ideas. Artemis Fowl had nothing.

[@chasehedges6775]

@@IsaacV24 The girl who played Holly Short was good tho.

[@benwasserman8223]

I mean at least Percy Jackson got the basic setup of its books right. Artemis Fowl completely ignored that its protagonist is basically a villain, which was the main selling point.

[@shortstuff780]

Earagon

[@DarkKnightofAnime]

at this point all hopes for fans to get a good adaptation lie in the upcoming Disney+ series which to be frank with how A Series of Unfortunate Events turned out Maybe adapting books into episodic series is more the way to go moving forward

[@kevinscott3047]

How did they expect us to take Kronos seriously as a threat after he's defeated in the 2nd film? Like how???

[@slevinchannel7589]

'Competent, at least' he says about completly incompetent movie-creation. Uhm, yeah, ok? No though? Competent is the opposite of incompetent.

[@slevinchannel7589]

@@luxinvictus9018 Technically competent in what sense? In the sense that the creator literally apologized to the Fans?

[@slevinchannel7589]

@@luxinvictus9018 Uhm: Yet, it has Sequel-Baiting, or did you miss that? The Fleece? The Daughter of Zeus? Hello?

[@MrHamm1234]

Honestly there seems to be no real direction they were trying to take with the sea of monsters. At some points it seemed like they were expecting to get a sequel even though they used crucial plot points from the books that weren’t even close to coming to fruition yet and sometimes it seemed like they knew that the franchise wouldn’t continue by speeding up those plot points to bring the short lived franchise to an end with a neat little bow on top EVEN THOUGH they left it open for continuation. If they actually got the green light for another movie where would they have even taken the source material? They already used up and butchered major plots. The next few movies would basically just be completely different from the source material all together.

[@narufan987]

I guess in the event that they had decided to continue the franchise (for some reason), they could've revived him again. I'm not sure about this bc I only saw the film when it came out, but didn't they say something like he hadn't completely recovered his power yet?

[@Supaawesomeification]

Granted I haven’t read the books since middle-high school so... 6ish years ago? But from what I remember the first book was great, second was probably the lowest tbh, third was better , fourth was amazing, and fifth was the climax we deserved. It had a big impact on my adolescence

[@Supaawesomeification]

@UCoze3rj0F-I-LI6DfFegK-g took the words right out of my mouth! Also crazy how similar our stories are. I started the series a little later, just before son of Neptune came out, so I started that immediately and bought every book as soon as it came out. I also loved the Kane chronicles and those AMAZING crossover novellas. Such a cool idea to include everything in one universe. I got half way through magnus chase but honestly, at that point, I had just outgrown riordan’s books. I still love the man and follow his social media’s but I understand I’m not his target audience anymore

[@alystdesign]

we're the same, the 2nd book is my least fave and the 4th was my ultimate fave

[@anastasiap6253]

I got introduced to his books at 18, so I was already beyond the target audience age range but I still enjoyed Magnus Chase and PJO, but that’s just my personal opinion. I also follow other authors he helps publish their novels about mythology. Hoo is my least favorite installment personally. I didn’t like the sudden shift in tone and I just couldn’t personally click with the series.

[@TonyReplay97]

@@alystdesign same!

[@missicequeen2963]

Yeah probably

[@HotDogTimeMachine385]

Some genius thought defeating the two main villains of the book series in the second movie was a smart idea. One of these villains being Kronos, the Titan father of Gods. And he's destroyed by a bunch of kids. It's a good thing these people weren't in charge of Lord of the Rings because the Hobbits would destroy Sauron in the first movie.

[@laurocoman]

That has some season 8 vibes.

[@berengustav7714]

If these goobers,made the MCU,Thor would oneshot Thanos in his first movie.

[@TaggedByTim]

To be fair. They changed directors and I think the second guy just went "what the fuck am I supposed to do with this mess" and just tried to wrap it up because they knew there wasn't going to be a third movie.

[@QuigleTheGnome]

Nah nah if they did LOTR Bilbo would have killed Smaug and Sauron at once

[@berengustav7714]

And it's Kronos true form,like if Sauron retreived the Ring.

[@benwasserman8223]

Here’s hoping Riordin’s Disney+ Percy Jackson show does his books justice. I’ve read every series in his shared demigod/pantheon universe and they deserve a proper adaptation!!

[@loturzelrestaurant]

Sadly, this KZbinr misses a lot and is, despite being critical, WAY too soft. Seriously, at times i cringed when stuff was complimented where other Reviews criticize it to heck and back.

[@srivatsavyaddanapudi7772]

@@loturzelrestaurant to be fair, he hasnt read the series just this book and lightning to see how really damaging it was

[@roger_towny_jr]

There's a moment in the film that perfectly sums up my entire feelings of it in a single line. When Percy and the gang get in this roller coaster cart, and it's just about to get going, but after 5 seconds it just stops. Tyson: ...Huh. I thought that'd be more fun. Me: So did I, Tyson. So did I.

[@evgenkhersonets880]

Imagine if Harry Potter defeated a returned Voldemort in a second movie?

[@deadpoolrockz6410]

Technically he sorta did, but at the same time he didn’t. He killed the Horcrux of the diary, which had the memory of Tom Riddle, who is Voldemort. Film/book 4 then revealed that Voldemort is truly back and then film/book 6 revealed he split his soul. Its all very messed up, but entertaining nom the less.

[@daphonaisetoastonice5872]

It's the fact that he wasn't supposed to be back until book 4

[@g.d.graham2446]

Pretty much

[@SandblastedSkin02]

"Somehow, Voldemort returned."

[@jp3813]

@@daphonaisetoastonice5872 Goblet of Fire

[@nagamata]

I’m an aspiring writer and I will admit, the Percy Jackson series really developed my preteen tastes. Riordan has a gifted ability to write scenes that, to this day, I can still vividly imagine in my mind’s eye, and create characters that I could truly feel for, and live vicariously through.

[@danielhavoc889]

Yeah, Sea of Monsters was more of a transition book. It isn't insane in itself but helps set up a shitton while still maintaining a very natural and smooth transition.

[@ot7biasedmashups]

Yea it's my least favorite but it sets up the story a lot. Also it introduces best boy Tyson, I gotta love it

[@willw1991]

Sea of Thieves? It's Sea of MONSTERS, my friend.

[@danielhavoc889]

@@willw1991 autocorrect. I retyped it but it apparently redid it again and I didn't notice it.

[@willw1991]

@@danielhavoc889 ohh lulz :P

[@LukasBlack2003]

yeah like, in the books: now the good shit is happening, starting with titans curse.

[@juanclusellas2566]

I distinctly remember getting the chance to see a preview of this movie from one of my dad's friends when i was like 11. I invited a few friends and watched the movie in a small theatre and when I left I was actually crying from how much they had butchered my favorite series.

[@BugsyFoga]

Can't believe the director of the first Diary wimpy kid film was behind this one .

[@Blackpearlmatt]

He also went on to do some amazing other stuff too, I guess not everything can be a win though

[@BugsyFoga]

@@jacocharzukanamericanautho2422 I respectfully disagree

[@daisanity6457]

@@jacocharzukanamericanautho2422 I respectfully disagree as well

[@laboon344]

@InfernoDelta beginning

[@jacearmor5274]

The best line is definitely, " What are you doing? Don't walk on my roof!!"

[@august1837]

That line is absolutely iconic

[@Scalesthelizardwizard]

Na it the christens have god that can do this trick in reverse now that's a god

[@QuigleTheGnome]

@@Scalesthelizardwizard okay that’s a good one and I feel like would be in the books

[@endereye964]

The only part of the movie I actually liked lol

[@notahumanbeing6892]

I cackled when i got to that part lmao

[@peterd.7022]

As much as I agree with many of the points in your video, I think, as more of a book loyalist, reading the next few books is definitely necessary in understanding why this movie is so bad. By only reading up to the Sea of Monsters, one would miss probably half of the reasons why this movie was way worse than the first one, not that that's saying much

[@michaelbrent1536]

I do miss the days of Harry Potter,Hunger Game,Narnia,Percy Jackson,Maze Runner And clash of the titans! I’m surprised they would have made a magic tree house live action movie!

[@GabyGeorge1996]

Technically, they did. It’s an anime movie made in Japan that, as far as I can tell, has no English Dub

[@jakespacepiratee3740]

@@GabyGeorge1996 Young Adult novel adaptations are basically the West's version of Anime, but its inferior to most actual Animes. Im glad the trend finally seems to be dying down. If I see one more dystopian teen movie with a romance drama i will die, and watch it regardless.

[@yunamchill9169]

The Magic Tree House!😍 Tbh, I think I would enjoy that as an animated series, each book an episode.

[@atanaZion]

@@jakespacepiratee3740 The trend died down like 10 years ago And most authors came back to release adpations recently, but not as near as famous

[@babs3241]

The thing with Tyson is that, size-aside, he's a very young kid, like a six year old. Which might translate weirdly, especially with the even older actors. The books switch out Percy's sidekicks repeatedly, just to switch it up. So Tyson took over for Grover in Book 2, and Thalia took over for Annabeth in 3. Just kind of a change of pace. (Though in Book 3, it was more effective, since Percy's feelings about Annabeth's capture are a major part of the plot, and Riordan does the almost impossible and makes this relationship actually feel real.) Beating Kronos in book 2 when he's the final boss was also a super weird choice.

[@anandshukla-parekh2530]

As soon as you brought up Circe my mind went to that book...it’s so haunting and beautiful. Super cool that you’ve read/heard it too! (Also, to add to the consensus, keep reading Percy Jackson and keep up with these videos, they’re great!)

[@Melanie-jy2nw]

Yeah, I loved Circe too! It was so great and sad. I loved the ending!

[@blackmanta66]

The worst part of this is I loved the books then this happened hopefully Disney plus does a better job

[@William-Morey-Baker]

Hoping Disney does right by a franchise? Than all hope is lost ...

[@Scalesthelizardwizard]

and Hopefully, Netflix does the Kane Chronicles justice it deserves

[@tevcon317]

@@William-Morey-Baker MCU is Disney so yes

[@freeyaw29]

@Gentleman Murk riordan will be involve so i have high hope for the new series

[@matthewlee4834]

Ever heard of punctuation?

[@CrossOutBryce]

I remember being so disappointed in the first one and being shockingly okay with this UNTIL Kronos showed up. If you know the series, you know why that shouldn't have happened. They took all the stuff they fixed from movie 1 and threw it away.

[@arnold20139]

All I got to say is that Movies like Percy Jackson and Artemis Fowl would make decent/good animated movies. You have more freedom with animation.

[@spacegoatinpjs]

I keep saying this. an Avatar the Last airebender style series but with Percy Jackson. I feel like the way they captures bending and the worldbuilding, magic lore, etc. would be perfect.

[@daisanity6457]

THIS^^^^^ plus the cast can be aged up easier without having to rush things

[@srivatsavyaddanapudi7772]

I am confident that for us Percy Jackson fandom that once the Disney+ series comes out, this movie series will be seen as some weird high-budget fanfiction that isn't close to canon

[@kevinr.9733]

I saw a clip from this movie in a university cafeteria once, specifically the scene where Percy demonstrates his exceptional navigational abilities on water for the first time, represented in the film by latitude and longitude lines overlaid on the water, and thought, "Huh, that's a clever way to visually represent for the audience his supernatural ability to know exactly where in the world he is as long as he's on or near the ocean. Good job, movie, you did something well." Then he explained it as something he was literally seeing and completely ruined what little respect I had for the scene.

[@Courier_333]

I remember really liking the books as a kid.... I hope the Disney Plus show is a more accurate adaptation

[@Rotreboss]

Even if its not that accurate, the writter is Ryordan himself. So, every change should be pretty logical and not that breaking of the pace of the story

[@noahweston8298]

When does this come out? i hadnt heard of it

[@jacobjake7623]

@@noahweston8298 2024

[@kevincarroll3914]

Please finish reading the books. I just finished rereading the series for the first time in nearly a decade and I forgot just how much I love these books. Definitely worth your time.

[@arjvnv]

I loved percy jackson as a kid, I literally waited years for the titans curse movie and am still sad i never saw it

[@Siriwarbreakerskz]

Funny how the one sequence you enjoyed never happened in the books🤣

[@shaelynmartin1996]

Kind of goes to show how the filmmakers would've been better off making their *own* story that may have been much more successful and had a lot less backlash rather than trying to cash in on the Percy Jackson name and fans.

[@madisonperry7447]

I JUST finished reading Circe a couple days ago. 100% agreed that it is an amazing book.

[@bridgecross]

3:42 whenever someone casually mentions that Alfonso Cuaron took over for Chris Columbus on Harry Potter, it just puts a smile on my face.

[@luismarioguerrerosanchez4747]

Too bad they went back to incipid boring direction once David Yates took over the director's chair for the rest of the franchise.

[@thareelhelloagain]

@@luismarioguerrerosanchez4747 movies 6 and 8 (and to a lesser extent 5 and 7) are absolutely brilliantly put together. I must utterly disagree with your opinion on Yates.

[@luismarioguerrerosanchez4747]

@@thareelhelloagain That's fine. I actually like 6 for the Snape reveal at the end, but that has more to do with writing than filmmaking, and part 5 is my least favourite of them because of dull it is.

[@isabelahart9377]

I agree the second book is the “worst” it’s really not bad but definitely not as memorable as the other books :D

[@DonniedrakoE]

God I really hope that Disney + improves on everything because my god this franchise is so underrated it hurts some days.

[@roronoa3243]

I’ve read the whole entire series including the olympians in Rome and loved it all. Rick Riordan is a great author

[@someinteresting]

Check the third series about Apollo too.

[@atanaZion]

Bad taste

[@anthonymignogna4703]

I really hope the Disney+ series gives us a proper adaptation of these amazing books

[@djhokasha7410]

Thank you, captain! I hope you continue the Riordanverse, and enjoy it.

[@TheShredder002]

I genuinely didn't realize Mr d was in the first movie, i thought they added the character for the sequel only like several other characters

[@RosesAreForever1871]

Well I personally loved the second book, it was my favorite❤️I loved the chapter where Percey got turned into Guinea pig and Grover had to buy time with the wedding dress, and the joke that every time they cut off the head of the monster(I think it was the hydra) it would open a new donut shop as part of a fast food chain. It really was in my opinion the best in every way. Im going to reread it now.

[@bethanybrookes8479]

I loved the thing with blackbeard and the introduction to the party ponies.

[@brynjolf3974]

Easily the best and most respectful critique I’ve heard of this movie

[@seanmcclure]

I suffer from depression and it’s really bad today. I’m not ashamed to admit it because I’m not the only one. I am grateful that I found your channel again. Thank you for what you put out.

[@ot7biasedmashups]

Yo ya'll don't have to hope that the Disney+ series will be good. It'll be awesome. Rick and his wife are completely involved into the script writing and casting.

[@colinsweetzir3403]

Man if they can nail the child casting like the Harry Potter films did, I know it’ll be amazing.

[@azeemtravadi6128]

I think you hit the nail on the head with Riorodan. As a kid growing up in the 00s you could really see him grow and develop as an author throughout the 00s and 10s. I wish I'd been 10 for longer, I really would've loved some of his later work

[@gracetalbot]

im so glad that these new disney+ series are written by rick and he actually has a hand on the wheel for once! and so far all the casting requests are pretty accurate too which is a plus!

[@culleno872]

I’m really glad you did this!! I’m glad other people recommended reading the rest of the series first... it kind of illustrates how badly the fucked the timeline up. I do agree with the second book being the weakest of the series, and I do hope you read the rest of the series, it gets progressively better!

[@thatscapjr374]

In your last video on the Percy Jackson movies, I made a comment recommending CIRCE only for someone else to say the book was trash. All that to say I feel delighted to see you praise it and recommend it! Thank you for the coverage of both the movies and the original book series. I think your insight on the adaptive nature of the original series couldn't be more true, and looking in retrospect is likely the source of a lot of fans' frustration regarding how the movies adapted the novels.

[@ardaoksun6518]

I have been looking forward to this

[@sneeperysnoopery6716]

That was the smoothest transition to an Audible ad I've ever seen!

[@Epiloguers]

There are many things I liked about the 1st Percy Jackson film many years ago, but then I read the books... and well... you know what happened...

[@inkpencil5409]

I personally think the titans curse is the best in the series, the stakes feel higher and it shows

[@JamesLawner]

For me, the Sea of Monsters novel is what got me hooked into the series.

[@michaelcerafan2005]

ive been waiting for this

[@coopercurtis8502]

I remember being in third grade having read all of the Percy Jackson books released at the time and being super excited for the movie. I remember reading the second book all in one day because I loved the first one so much. Needless to say, as a cynical nine year old, I vowed to never watch another Percy Jackson film because I was baffled by how awful the first one was. But they never made a second one (thank god). Fast forward to right now when I am finding out that they made a second movie. Wow. I was SUCH a big fan of this series as a child and I had no idea there was a sequel movie for almost a DECADE! Still sticking to that vow, by the way

[@popenieafantome9527]

We read the lighting theft in 5th grade. That teacher is sole reason for my love of books. He introduced us the Lightning thief and “the witch, the lion, and the wardrobe.” Both books i enjoyed. Even finished the percy Jackson series later on as well as the sequel hero of Olympus.

[@coopercurtis8502]

@@popenieafantome9527 That's awesome! Have you seen the movie(s)?

[@popenieafantome9527]

@@coopercurtis8502 for Narnia i have seen “the witch, the lion, and the wardrobe” movie and liked it. Saw the prince capsian one twice, but don’t remember anything about it. Did see Lightning thief movie, but really didn’t like it. Felt like they were mixing other books into for no reason and really hated how much of a bad guy they made Hades. He got the short stick in all kinds of things. Didn’t know sequel was made for this either. Really enjoyed Rick Rodian’s books. Might have continued reading more of them, but books can be expensive to buy, although i have seen some at libraries. During elementary and middle school they still had the scholastic book fair where you could buy entire series for like 25 dollars. Otherwise, its like 15 dollars per book at a book store.

[@lowtetrisbeatbox965]

they're going to have a TV adaptation, and it's overseen by Rick himself so I think it's gonna be good. the casting choices are pretty good too

[@businesscat8584]

i absolutley LOVE the Circe novel too! glad you mentioned it because it felt like a much more mature greek based mythology book that i adore, especially after reading percy jackson as a kid

[@zacharynewkirk7309]

I'm a huge Percy Jackson fan and grew up with the books. Most of my friends have also read the series and the consensus was that Sea of Monsters is the weakest book in the series. The best books in my opinion are 1 and 5.

[@TheReaperofHades]

Mythology Guy: *watches movie and sees Percy and Clarissa smiling and joking together throughout the movie* Mythology Guy: Movie, stop making me ship this! I should not be shipping this!

[@georgewren1144]

perfect timing just sat down for a meal

[@gretsky3463]

I really loved these books. I couldn’t get through Harry Potter books but the Percy Jackson series had me wanting to read as fast as possible.

[@samsamm1402]

been waiting for this one ahaha

[@avelecatro]

Sea of Monsters is my least favorite in this series so I get where you're coming from. But you need to read the other 3 to get why the fans were really upset and infuriated. The directors and producers didn't understand that an adaptation can't be good with just a bare plot and some action scenes when the book had nuanced characters and incredible world-building.

[@lmelior]

Smooth segue, there. Circe was a really interesting read for sure! It runs an impressive balance between telling a great story and avoiding contradictions with the source material.

[@BeigeBatman]

You took a bit of a hiatus there from KZbin, was almost worried.

[@captainmidnight]

Needed a little vacation, yeah. Nice to hear I was missed haha.

[@slevinchannel7589]

@@captainmidnight 'Competent, at least' he says about completly incompetent movie-creation. Uhm, yeah, ok? No though? Competent is the opposite of incompetent.

[@bricio4688]

Big fan of your channel and your whole ol timey radio 1950s comics esque vibe you got going. Plus my favorite reggae band is called Midnite, so hitting that subscribe button was personal. God bless 🎉

[@shadesofjade]

Ok so...is it just me, or was Luke...somewhat of a perfect cast? I mean he, with a scar down one side of his face, is kind of how I pictured Luke.

[@samjessop1239]

That was the smoothest audible add I’ve ever seen.

[@clovesevina9763]

Finally someone that appreciates Clarisse in the movie!!

[@aureliumsol8572]

Honestly, the second book is probably the weakest. It just doesn’t feel that important to the overall story. It did something really well (like Clarise and Annabeth) and I feel like it separated itself from the Harry Potter knock-off category. But besides Thalia coming back nothing feels really important in this book. I also feel a lot of people dropped the series after book two or just saw the series as incredibly kiddy afterwards. Which is a real shame as books 3, 4, 5 in my opinion are really well written and actually really dark (definitely better than books 1 and 2) However, I want to ask anyone who feels this is a more for kids series than others like Harry Potter why do you feel that way. I never got it. Is it the writing style, length, the jokes. Remember the first book ends with Percy’s mom basically killing his stepfather and selling him off as an art project.

[@august1837]

I also want to know the answer to this. The reasons Ive heard are the jokes, the whimsy, and honestly I really don’t feel that Percy Jackson is anywhere near as whimsical as Harry Potter, especially when comparing the first book of each series. I mean, Percy wanted nothing to do with camp half blood in the beginning, but Hogwarts was painted as the best place on earth. Not criticizing. I just don’t get the whole it’s so whimsical comment. And i guess most adults, especially those who mostly read adult novels get way too critical, which prevents them from enjoying the good stuff in the books

[@bethanybrookes8479]

I think the only reason I have heard is maybe the jokes and humour. Harry Potter is a lot more serious in tone, mainly coz it isn't told fron the perspective of a sarcastic teenager. But then, I gave also seen people site the humour and tone as a reason why percy jackson endures beyond Harry Potter. I guess it cones down to personal preference. Some people are drained by the seriousness in Harry Potter if they read I as an adult, others really can't stand sarcastic teenagers who don't seem to take things seriously at first. I personally find Harry Potter really draining to read, and enjoy the balance of the serious and the humour that percy jackson pulls off.

[@chendror872]

It also gave us Tyson

[@benroxknox]

That ad read was hella smooth! I just read Circe and absolutely loved it!

[@evangravell5140]

When you showed that clip with the armoured bull for a moment I honestly thought that was from a video game that's how bad these effects are

[@StriderStryker]

Thank goodness this movie didn’t make the *Titan’s Curse.* _This sequel spoiled the plot of the whole series._

[@MariaLuisa-vv4ug]

Boy catch me hollering when you mentioned Circe by Madeline Miller, i love it!!!! So much!!! Love song of achilles as well, pretty imma love anything madeline does, cant wait for her next book

[@andrewrabon]

I love you Captain Midnight. ❤

[@zlbxue]

I literally watched your other video the other day and currently reading the Percy Jackson series

[@riduanaqil1452]

TLT: Save Sally TSoM: Save Grover TTC: Save Annabeth TBoTL: Save Nico TLO: god save us all.. or the other way around

[@SkyHighGuys]

First movie I’ve caught while subbed! Thanks for the incredible work :)

[@MrTyler8675309]

I read all the books and was so excited to see a movie franchise come out... but I think you hit this perfectly. What seemed like an easy thing to transfer to a movie screen just flopped. They didn't try or put much heart into this project. :/ oh well maybe they could try again? (probably not)

[@declanfoster7720]

if you get a chance, i'd keep working with the books, at least until you hit the battle of the labyrinth. I'd say it's easily riordan's strongest novel out of the first 5, with plenty of action scenes and surprisingly good worldbuilding. it's definitely my favorite percy jackson book

[@coreysheldon4332]

As someone who read the Percy Jackson books as a kid, I’ll say that sea of monsters was easily the least memorable of the five books in my opinion.

[@eldinovm8077]

percy jackson would be great as an anime change my mind

[@riirah1010]

The main reason the fans were so upset at Annabeth not being blonde and Percy not having # sea green eyes was because those were traits mentioned all the time in the books. They're the most simple traits of the characters, and the moment they introduced Annabeth in the movie, I laughed. That's what guaranteed the movie to be bad; they had never even read the first book.

[@heliotikis]

Bet your gonna laugh at the new Disney+ series as well…

[@sonofcronos7831]

Well anabette is not blonde in the new series but now no one can complain...

[@imdoneplus]

Thank you sir as always for making content I’m interested in even if I don’t particularly care about the subject. Now I understand how this massive YA property ended up falling apart.

[@No-XIV-Xion]

Logan Leerman honestly looks like a great Percy, but he can't stop time and he can't save bad scripts. Man honestly could do a great older Percy...

[@kiki__moraa]

what makes me really sad is that as i reread all of the books as a 20 year old, i realized that they become more mature along with their audiences, but i can’t find any content on the later books by channels like yours simply because there are no movies. seriously. the first two books were mostly enjoyable for me because of the nostalgia, the third and forth ones were quite engaging, and the fifth one was seriously good.

[@IsaacV24]

Which film would you say was worse: The Lightning Thief or Sea of Monsters? While I have never seen either, I remember my brother was heavily disappointed in the 2nd movie, particularly for the cyclops.

[@knightbot4052]

I think the thing that hurt way more in the second one is that the first act of the film is actually pretty spot on in terms of story beats and mild ret-conning of the first film. Even though it's lame, when they changed Annabeth's hair color I remember thinking "wait did they actually listen to us?!" But then the film only takes a nose dive from there. The first act course correction only made the choice to cram the OTHER THREE BOOKS INTO THE END feel even worse.

[@kamjorg]

@@knightbot4052 I think that was most people's issues with this movie. It was just such a bizarre choice

[@spaghettiwithasaltysauce]

I do agree that book 2 had low stakes the first book however second book had more character interaction and progress, it made their friendships build up more as their trust in each other. I only read books 1 and 2 so have more to go but I also appreciate that the author didn't forcefully end up Percy and Annabeth together by end of the second book instead he build up their friendship and showed the hint of then realizing that they like each other but it feels genuine.

[@nickraval716]

This is my first comment ever and it's because you really gotta read the whole series to understand why this movie was the worst. I really recommend reading it all and then making another video because you will be shocked at how much character development and emotional impact they lost. They literally took every major point from the 2nd, 4th and 5th book and bunched it up together in the climax but made it a joke. I love your videos so I'd love to see an updated version after you read all the books!

[@CamGold]

Damn that has to be the smoothest transition to an audible ad that I have ever seen!

[@tyleralmquist7606]

1:37 Sea of Monsters is generally considered a step behind the rest of the books in the original series. It’s still good, but just not as great.

[@Hybridanvil]

The 4th book is my personal favorite. It's a book that I actually find terrifying in a good way as well as properly build all the characters. 1,2,3 were all good but to me 4 was a turning point that cemented the series as a fantastic story.

[@slapbass8723]

U should React to the maze runner series especially scorch trials The first film was amazing and was kind of like the first book Scorch trials was no where near like the book And death cure was ok u can pull some scenes and recognise it from the book but some of it was back to front and some of the important parts of the story was kind of missed

[@leofreaking]

Kinda interesting how you mention the improved visuals in the second film, while also noting that Cuaron brought much more style after taking over HP from Columbus, when from this clip alone, this scene 10:28 feels like a bad copy from the Knight Bus scene in Prisoner of Azkaban

[@roger_towny_jr]

If only this franchise was good enough to keep going. Maisie Williams (Arya Stark) would have been perfect casting for Artemis for Part 3, The Titans Curse.

[@firedneavada]

They're redoing it as a tv series

[@colinsweetzir3403]

The strength of sea of monsters comes from how it sets up the rest of the novels, on its own it’s kind of weak, but in context with the rest of of the series it is so much better than it initially appears

[@zebschimanski3579]

How did I block out this entire movie from my memory?