Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters Pitch Meeting

Step inside the pitch meeting that led to Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters!
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The Percy Jackson books are super popular and had Fox played their cards right, they might have had a Harry Potter type franchise on their hands. Unfortunately, after Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief came out in 2011, fans and critics alike didn’t really love what they were doing with the material. But, the movie made enough money to warrant giving the whole thing another shot. Thus, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters was born.
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters definitely raises some questions. Like why is Poseidon ignoring his son? Why is Tyson here and how can he see with those sunglasses on? How is Luke still alive? Why aren’t more people involved in this quest if annihilation is the possible outcome? Why isn’t Luke using his teleportation device more often? How is Luke surfing off of Percy’s wave? Why doesn’t being swallowed by a lava monster hurt anyone? Did they think this was getting a sequel?
To answer all these questions and more, step inside the Pitch Meeting that led to Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters! It’ll be super easy, barely an inconvenience.
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[@The-Rest-of-Us]

Pitch Meeting gave crappy Hollywood movies a purpose.

[@cenciende9401]

Except he does more good movies than crappy ones. There is no movie in existence which can't have some fun poked at it. Of course the bad ones have a lot more to make fun of!

[@Apvizionz]

Like MST3K once did. I also really like Honest Trailers.

[@drinkxyz]

"crappy Hollywood movies" is a bit redundant

[@sumbratko]

@@drinkxyz fair enough

[@LuisSierra42]

@@drinkxyz wow wow wow...wow

[@MichaelCravith]

"How did he survive?" "By not dying!" It do be facts, though.

[@Adan11961]

“Fair enough” Or “That makes sense”

[@InsertCreativeusername_]

Well yeah makes sense. You live by not dieing

[@ctwishkeyprn2039]

Only if I die........ Yes, that's what , killing you means

[@Greendalewitch]

@@InsertCreativeusername_ What if you are dead, but think you are still alive?

[@ScreenRant]

*taps head* Can't die if you don't die 😂

[@yelenbanzon8819]

"How did he survive?" "By not dying" I didn't knew that's all it took 🤣

[@FastForwardPlans]

Same way you learn how to fly. By not falling.

[@viddork]

@@FastForwardPlans Ha! That doesn't work! Everyone knows the way to fly is to throw yourself at the ground, and miss.

[@tuures.5167]

@@viddork Nonono, everyone knows that flying is just jumping from a high place and forgetting to hit the ground.

[@DrDolan2000]

That's pretty smart, actually Just don't die, everybody. THAT'S AN ORDER

[@jahbern]

@@DrDolan2000 definitely ixnay on ordering kids not to die. The first thing you learn as a parent is that kids are basically always trying to die (have you ever seen a toddler learn to climb the stairs?). And the second thing is that they will always do exactly what you tell them not to do. But then again, maybe telling kids to die would be a bad idea. So.

[@KennyBky92]

"Isn't he the son of Poseidon why would the sea make him sick" Wait until you hear that the daughter of Zeus is afraid of heights

[@YuhBoiBaker]

I don’t remember that from the movie, or the book

[@madelinekoiner7332]

@@YuhBoiBaker Thalia was established to be afraid of heights in The Titans Curse.

[@ericbeilmann3649]

Now that I think about it wouldn't a fear of heights be less of a fear of the sky and more of a fear of the ground and rushing at it at high speeds?

[@kusaisama]

@@ericbeilmann3649 true!👍😁

[@DrDolan2000]

Well, it's not like she's afraid of lightning or thunder, so it's fine

[@kingsleycy3450]

The Potter films and the LOTR films are massively popular because they adapted the source materials very closely- so obviously we are not going to do that.

[@sorrycashonly5651]

it's not just adapting to the source material. Those movies actually have long term plans to develop themselves into a long franchise too. You can tell from their choice of casting... Percy Jackson's actor was 18 years old in the first movie... where he plays a 12 years old kid... The actor was 21 years old in the sequel where he plays a 13 years old kid.... Annabeth was even worse... The actress was 24 years old when she played a 12 years old Annabeth... She was 27 in the sequel when she played a 13 years old kid.... the "franchise" was pretty much doom from the beginning because it was clear the studio wasn't thinking long term. They just want to ride the hype of the harry potter and lure people to think they are buying tickets to watch a franchise being born.

[@kingsleycy3450]

@@sorrycashonly5651 All this speaks to Fox having absolutely no faith in the source material whatsoever. They only chose the series because it sounded enough like Harry Potter.

[@_Stormfather]

@@sorrycashonly5651 to be fair, that was more of a problem with the books than with the casting IMO. The characters never really acted as young as they were stated to be in the books.

[@sorrycashonly5651]

@@_Stormfather How is it a problem with the book when they hire adults in their 20s to play characters in their early 10s? Ya sure they never act as young as the book, but remember, the book is about students finding their ways to become gods.... There is zero excuse for the studio to cast a 24 years old actress to play a student, as by the time they reach the third book, the actress would be in her 30s already.

[@_Stormfather]

@@sorrycashonly5651 it's a problem with the book, because their maturity in the book and their age in the book don't match up. It's a flaw in the writing. They should have either acted more like kids, or been aged up. Personally, I always imagined them being much older when I read the books, because that made it actually make sense and didn't hinder the story. Now, the movie didn't have to do _quite_ so much older, so there's fault in both places I suppose. But still, it was a problem in the books

[@Werewolf.with.Internet.Access]

I love when you can tell Ryan George was personally offended by a movie.

[@charlespettit7149]

Is it because he really acts like he doesn't care as the writer? Or because the producer doesn't understand any of it lol? But now that you say that I do see what you mean lol

[@pretends2know]

@@charlespettit7149 producer guy had an extra resignation in his voice that he normally doesn’t have.

[@makaroninini]

@@charlespettit7149 the producer acts a little more condescendingly

[@gregelsnic2545]

Yeah, the producer really wasn't having any of what the screenwriter was selling here. "It's a prophecy in a YA movie. I think I got it."

[@BaygelTheDog]

His displeasure in this movie is palpable

[@HectorT52]

"Isn't he the son of poseidon? Why would the sea make him sick?" *Thalia sweats nerveously*

[@michaeloconnor5904]

Percy by MoA: *sweating buckets*

[@HectorT52]

@@michaeloconnor5904 Wait percy was afraid of the sea in that one? Man i have realy forgoten stuff

[@michaeloconnor5904]

@@HectorT52 Afraid of water would be more accurate. If you recall, he went to the room with the nymphs who raised water he couldn't control or breathe in, causing him to have something akin to a panic attack.

[@HectorT52]

@@michaeloconnor5904 Oh yed I can remember that, well but that was kinda of a special case while if I recall correctly Thalia had fear of heights normaly

[@thelastintelligenthuman6346]

@@HectorT52 yeah, but after son of Neptune he was scared of water and drowning for a while. He eventually got over it but it was there for a book or two, even though he continued to do water stuff.

[@professorcat11]

By far the most disappointing thing about this movie was that Percy was never turned into a guinea pig. That was totally the funniest part in the book.

[@cjkalandek996]

Eh. I think the movie *_could've_* lived without that bit, but not having them actually encounter Circe or do their pass by the island of the Sirens in a movie literally called _"Sea of Monsters"_ is just bullshit.

[@sakethvenkatesh2492]

I’m kinda glad that they didn’t do that. I mean, look what they did to Persephone in the first movie. Imagine what they would have done for Circe

[@ketokeko]

@@cjkalandek996 i thought you meant the movie could've lived without that bit and without whole circe and island of the sirens things bc it was bullshit, then i read again i and i can't believe they skipped that omg

[@ericbeilmann3649]

That would have been entertaining. Plus, I seem to recall them just running to the pirate ship afterwards but it might have been cool to watch them fight off the pirates with Percy's water and ship controlling powers at least a little. Sure, it is adding some to the story but it's a plausible addition.

[@Moonlit-Demon]

I could imagine Annabeth, all dressed up, wearing makeup, her hair done, more beautiful than Aphrodite, kneeling down and talking to a guinea pig. That would've been funny af

[@AgentofChaos315]

"Lets have the hero effortlessly defeat the main villain of the entire series in the 2nd movie!" "Genius!"

[@naamadossantossilva4736]

Ryan Johnson : write that down,write that down!

[@YuhBoiBaker]

Disney: writes it down for Star Wars the last jedi

[@reapordeath]

*ding*

[@whatdidyousay1235]

@@YuhBoiBaker ben solo was meant to be the main villain of the story. JJ fucked it up

[@cybercop0083]

@@whatdidyousay1235 That's not true. They wrote those movies on the edge of their seat. Nothing was meant to be anything.

[@FlossyCarter]

“I’m just kinda doing stuff here” 😂😂😂😂

[@jfracchia]

gold!

[@bengarland6934]

Yo, Flossy!

[@the_justified]

Aayyy Floss

[@lilguada123]

“White shoes…CALM DOWN”

[@roguebantha7324]

Same...

[@theherooffire007]

I'm so sorry for Ryan having to watch these train wrecks for our entertainment. Your sacrifice is acknowledged and appreciated, oh cloned one.

[@KingNedya]

"Chariot wreck" would be more accurate. And I'm specifically referring to Apollo's sun chariot for the ultimate wreck. Nothing like crashing the sun.

[@Alpha-Maia]

These movies made me wanna hurl

[@jmurray1110]

No you got it right first time

[@mavortius8768]

I haven't seen it but I assume this had to be at least a little less painful to watch than the Cats movie.

[@abhimanyujayadevan4591]

"How did he survive?" "By not dying." Basically every exam answer ever.

[@bambinocinefilo9702]

There’s NOTHING like binge-watching pitch meetings.

[@Primenumber19]

That’s TiGHt

[@willrunriot]

It's super easy, barely an inconvenience.

[@noxlupa2996]

Ohhhh *binge-watching pitch meetings is* you know what I feel like I don't have to finish that statement XD (But yeah binge-watching them is awesome)

[@tgr.4550]

@@Primenumber19 You beat me to it

[@wowsadowsa]

Wow wow wow wow…wow

[@bambinocinefilo9702]

I haven’t seen it yet and I know it’ll be a thousand times better than the movie itself.

[@tastemyhammer2757]

Fax!

[@bboi1489]

It's actually pretty old though.

[@Ultimime]

I legit watch this if I don't want to watch the actual movie.

[@bboi1489]

@@Ultimime lol yeah it wasn't the best it was pretty cliche and stale

[@mrs9935]

0 times 1000 is still 0 but I get your point.

[@LordRae]

"Why even get quality involved?" Yeah I'm gonna need that on a shirt.

[@onkelpappkov2666]

Bonus points for printing it on a sheet of paper and stapling it to a shirt.

[@larrywest42]

Me, too. Also acceptable: "Why even get quality invalved?"

[@anabee8310]

I'd go to work in that...

[@flores5420]

The funny thing is, if Luke didn’t poison the tree, he wouldn’t have had anyone going after the Fleece like he was

[@illstealyourkneecaps694]

In the books it makes alot more sens

[@seronimo__7735]

@@illstealyourkneecaps694 Remind me why he couldn't just find the fleece himself in the books?

[@illstealyourkneecaps694]

@@seronimo__7735 He wanted them to find the fleece to revive Thalia, that's why he poisoned the tree

[@VoidKing666]

DID YOU ONLY WATCH THE MOVIES!?!?

[@flores5420]

@@VoidKing666 no but thats what this video is based on bruh

[@reallynow692]

"Why even get quality involved." LOL I think a lot of Hollywood studios follow this mantra.

[@phillewis2630]

and game studios

[@iknowboring27]

Phil Lewis note really besides avengers

[@_Stormfather]

And Amazon, if the new Wheel of Time show is as bad as it looks

[@samanjj]

You meant manure right? Not mantra. Manure

[@phillewis2630]

@@iknowboring27 There have been quite a few developers that have released barely functional games. CDPR, Bethesda, EA goes without saying, Activision, Ubisoft, etc.

[@marklock611]

“Was that supposed to be a tense situation? What was that?” “Yeah, I don’t really know what I’m doin- I’m kinda just doing stuff here” Honestly. Same

[@36moshpit7]

"Don't panic. There's a TV series coming. Uncle Rick's at the helm. Don't panic. Everything is going to be fine."

[@gardenagnostic4138]

Just in case anyone happens to not be aware, there is a new PJO series in the works for Disney+! Whereas Rick had no involvement in the movies at all, he's literally writing the scripts for these shows and is hugely involved, and he wants to make sure things are as faithful to the books as possible. As of writing this, they've been doing preliminary casting for Percy's character and just have to lock in a director, then they can move ahead fully with development and starting cast for other characters. It's expected to be a late 2022 or first half of 2023 release. P.S. There is also a Kane Chronicles series in the works for Netflix!

[@jonathanmcdaniel1040]

It's like a magical Fast and Furious: It's about family, uses convenient plot devices, and has an incoherent story.

[@skyrimtomato1937]

I would rather watch a Fast and Furious movie than the Percy Jackson movies

[@cassiolins1203]

Except Fast and Furious movies are still somewhat entertaining

[@jonathanmcdaniel1040]

@@skyrimtomato1937 I agree. Fudging on common knowledge about the laws of physics beats crappy yet convenient magic anyday.

[@jonathanmcdaniel1040]

@@cassiolins1203 yeah, these Percy Jackson movies don't even try. But they do manage to annoy, so they got that going for them. Which is nice.

[@Algeyr]

And by now you aren't sure about how many of them there are, how many you watched and can't really recall any details of meta-plot relevant sections.

[@atleholtskog2901]

“How did he survive?” “By not dying” Sometimes My Genius... It's Almost Frightening

[@TheGary108]

People die when they’re killed - Ryan, probably

[@ScienceDiscoverer]

@@TheGary108 Getting killed is sometimes fatal!

[@ianrose6218]

So now we've covered both of the abysmal Percy Jackson adaptation attempts. Now it's time to cover Eragon (2006). Yes, I'm a masochist for wanting to rewatch even snippets of that trainwreck.

[@ericjourdain892]

Oh dear Lord, not that piece of crap again! 😭

[@Aizen2468]

I honestly wonder which is worse. The soulless Eragon movie that lacked any excitement, and seemed as dull and lifeless as you could get.... Or the Percy Jackson movies where it legitimately seemed like the director despised the source material and spat on it whenever he could.

[@nancyxiang7184]

Hey, at least the dragon looked cool, right? I mean, if you consider a large, blue, chicken cool.

[@rh8884]

Now that they've announced the Eragon Disney+ series, it really is time for a ((painful)) rewatch!

[@SewShyy]

@@Aizen2468 i loved eragon as a kid. I dont remember it being trash

[@itsantonis]

I just love how Ryan always looks genuinely surprised when he says the "Oh, really?" line, even though we're like a million episodes later now.

[@CMadden3]

"How did he survive?" "By not dying." My goodness, what an idea. Why didn't I think of that?

[@Nightenstaff]

Hammocks!

[@RasmusVJS]

Clearly you did, since you've survived as well.

[@1umbreon4life]

@@RasmusVJS Excuse me, did you just _assume_ their vital state?

[@RasmusVJS]

@@1umbreon4life No, I'm right behind them. Just like you.

[@drakemore7784]

It's funny how the hardest questions can have the easiest answers

[@TheDSasterX]

Writer guy hasn't changed one iota since pitch meetings started. His writing talents are as sharp as ever! Producer guy, on the other hand, is starting to get a little cynical with the consistently terrible films he keeps greenlighting. I look forward to the bottle episode where a substitute writer comes in with an actually fantastic pitch meeting. It could even start a little spin-off series that roasts the original series as it reviews actually good films!

[@bando7567]

There would have to be a movie without dozens of plot holes. It doesn't exist yet.

[@tristan8940]

Could come when Producer Guy has become incredibly depressed, and then as he listens to the pitch he becomes increasingly invigorated and responds more and more excitedly. “Wow, this movie sounds great, I can’t wait to see how much money it makes me!” *smash cut* “why Blade Runner 2044 flopped”

[@vsGoliath96]

One day, just to mess with us, Writer Guy comes in and drops a pitch for No Country for Old Men or something?

[@TheDSasterX]

@@bando7567 Spoken like a person that needs to watch more movies

[@TheDSasterX]

@@tristan8940 The fact that critical success so often correlates with box office failure could be a fantastic meme point like "yayaya" or "X is tight"!

[@TheReaverOfDarkness]

I love how Producer guy always recommends a good course of action, then Writer guy takes the easy route and Producer guy agrees. It's nice to see a KZbinr who understands what really goes on behind the scenes to make movies suck.

[@kylemullen5341]

“How did he survive?” “By not dying “ This floored me

[@IcarussArtss]

Are you okay? Do you need help to get up?

[@FlockerLP]

I mean he did get stabbed by water… I don’t know what we wxpected

[@creativedesignation7880]

Such a neat trick, I'm gonne do that next time I'm in serious danger.

[@aiden8834]

Same😂😂😂😂

[@codesilvergaming]

As a massive Percy Jackson fan, this is depressingly funny

[@Clayton9510]

Ikr, this movie kinda sucked ngl

[@HelgaCavoli]

More like a wake-up call to give it a chance on better movies from now on.

[@roguepsykerhaaker4813]

I'm just glad they couldn't mess up Nico because they couldn't handle more than 3 films

[@Clayton9510]

@@roguepsykerhaaker4813 Hold up... 3? I thought there was a meh first one, and a second one that combined all four 400 or so pages books and make 0 sense.... They made a 3rd one? Also I agree.

[@roguepsykerhaaker4813]

@@Clayton9510 sorry, I meant to say they couldn't handle 3 films, not more than that. There are only 2, thank gods

[@ekszentrik]

I love how producer guy was even more blasé about the functional plot than usual.

[@ericbeilmann3649]

Who cares about plot when you have name recognition

[@WieldingEminator]

"You couldn't write something like that." "But you did, though." It was at this moment, he knew, and we all knew...

[@larrywest42]

Imagine being Marc Guggenheim (screenplay "credit") and coming across this Pitch Meeting. I suppose the paycheck eases that pain.

[@hellothere3861]

"So I imagine this is a lot more faithful to the book than the first movie was?" "OH GOD, no." Ryan spitting facts.

[@VoidKing666]

It’s about 10000000000% less accurate. It doesn’t even try to follow the plot of the second book

[@seanydayz9234]

Kronos isn't even suppose to make an appearance until the fifth book

[@Circuitssmith]

Missed opportunity to say "oh, gods no."

[@ericbeilmann3649]

@@Circuitssmith That was my first thought when he said that too lol

[@JoahTheThread5ive]

@@seanydayz9234 He makes an appearance towards the end of the 4th one.

[@callmestorm23]

The best feeling ever is hearing Ryan say, 'Soooo you have a movie for me?' Each video you here his voice getting deeper and deeper

[@TheDeathmail]

You know, the Hermes scene actually makes sense. He's a god... so being in front while also running things makes sense. He can literally be in multiple places at once and needs to follow his nature...

[@ericbeilmann3649]

It has been a while so don't remember a lot of details of that scene but I kind of like the idea too. Even if he didn't split himself up or something like that it could still work. He could just know that Percy was coming by and take over at that store long enough to help him and then just go back to his other godly stuff afterwards.

[@tekakiuluy3221]

The thing that makes less sense is him having tons of employees if he can be everywhere at once. Plus kinda ruins the fact that "he's so busy, he has less time to pay attention to his children" but yeah, who cares about giving meaning to Luke in those movies -.-'

[@bookwormd8627]

Oh yeah, that’s one of his powers from the books. He was able to do multiple things at once. So was Hera and Apollo, i think

[@blindleader42]

Watching Pitch Meetings for movies, so bad I've never even heard of them is -TIGHT!- ... -super easy, barely an inconvenience.- ... very entertaining.

[@wesleyoldham4222]

"So then they use the fleece that heals everything!" It doesn't heal the writing in this movie.

[@ericbeilmann3649]

I can just picture the writer at the end of the day covering his pages with the fleece and praying that it works LOL

[@kellnola]

hell, and that's actually all it's even there for ...

[@0That_Guy0]

Rofl! Hands down my favourite comment here!

[@kellnola]

Well, consider this - I completely forgot everything about this movie within 2-3 days of watching it, so perhaps the fleece really does work. EDIT: Although now I am unsure as to whether I ever actually did see this movie at all, I forgot it so intensely, so, yeah, the fleece does work, dude.

[@saladasss2092]

@@ericbeilmann3649 spoiler, it didn't

[@zoeadkins9095]

As an aspiring writer, Pitch Meetings remind me that reaching the bar for Hollywood's screenwriters is super easy. Barely an inconvenience.

[@nickgreen4731]

It is remarkable when you read those 'How to write screenplays' books and sites, full of great advice, and you think, 'But the movies I see don't do any of this stuff.'

[@theoinkingfox5400]

I'm an Aspiring writer too!

[@caitlinlach9615]

"How did he survive!?" "By not dying" "That'll do it!" Omg I'M dying

[@FlammableFeline]

Don't

[@PJ-lj3gm]

'I'll never tell!' this should be one of your new catchphrases 😄 anytime a movie is needlessly cryptic and forgets to explain why

[@bottlenecked]

y'all better give Ryan everything he wants when his contract is up for renewal.

[@justinbellotti7838]

Facts, if this series disappears because of contract dispute, I can see the fans totally turning on screen rant. This is one of the best original series on youtube.

[@coolnerdlll6053]

@@justinbellotti7838 We already did turn on Screen Rant. They have nothing to do with these, they just upload them.

[@kadelin3318]

@@justinbellotti7838 They would turn OFF Screen Rant

[@rjsagendorf]

I'm only subscribed to Screenrant for the Pitch Meetings lol

[@benjaminlewis2910]

@@justinbellotti7838 I keep forgetting this is even Screen Rants channel.

[@evergreen8600]

“Get that logic outta here!” The philosophy for this whole movie LMFAO

[@welcometomyfantaside4124]

Yes 🤣🤣

[@MrTheWanz]

"10 things the show can learn from the movie" 1-10: dont do that

[@CZChameleon]

I would like to see a pitch meeting for: Postal: The Movie, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

[@naomihodgson8177]

PJO books: *exist* PJO movies: NOT FOLLOWING SOURCE MATERIAL IS TIGHT

[@benjaminaraya8073]

Sums up the Percy Jackson movies. The book are better by a margin the length of an entire ocean.

[@DarthWoodrack]

@@benjaminaraya8073 I only think the books are only about 25% above average, and yet still agree with you, so that should tell people something.

[@kuriakosekjoseph6253]

@@DarthWoodrack That's true. When the pitch meeting was going on I was like yeah I have read this in the books. So yeah it's like a pitch meeting of the books itself😂

[@shahanahsan05]

@@benjaminaraya8073 the books are great,but they have many sequels to make the story better so

[@SidPil]

@@DarthWoodrack Nah, the books had a clear and concise roadmap for everything and was actually executed well.

[@aaronwarshaw1133]

I love it whenever writer guy just gives up. “Yeah I don’t know what I’m doing here.”

[@kerbe3]

“Yea sure I don’t care.”

[@thezoid.withfreaky6204]

“I don’t know I’m just doing stuff”

[@duncanmcnabb1951]

Or doesn't care about a little thing called physics

[@gossamer999]

Imagine if we had gotten Kronos eating Luke like in that Goya painting.

[@IndieIncendiary]

Haha right? That painting shaped me for sure. Also apparently Goya decorated his dining room with that painting.

[@techmaster9123]

"I'm just doing stuff here" with that look killed me 😆🤣

[@cherrycoke106]

Can't believe it took me this long to discover this series, think I've gone through 90% of the back catalogue in the last two weeks and they're all amazing.

[@samuelburton302]

Did the same just a few months ago. My only regret is watching them all too quickly

[@jw-py9nw]

Ikr

[@RorikH]

"90% of the back catalogue in the last two weeks" Got to get those numbers up man, those are rookie numbers.

[@matthewpatrick7263]

When I found the series, I binge-watched it too.

[@dernvader6876]

Going through back catalogues is tight!

[@keyurshrestha6467]

In the books the enemy base is a huge cruise ship but in the movie they used a yacht which I think perfectly sums up how they adapted the source material

[@floricel_112]

Aren't they basically the same thing?

[@keyurshrestha6467]

@@floricel_112 the book described the cruise liner as having the capacity to hold 2000 people while the boat in the movie would probably struggle to hold 30

[@johnathanholmes1297]

@@floricel_112 There is a big difference. Cruise carried roughly 500 or more. Yacht carry mostly up to 100.

[@JasperJanssen]

@@keyurshrestha6467 but why was it such a tiny cruise ship?

[@tedferkin]

a cruise ship of 2000 is actually quite small. Largest cruise ships today hold in the region of 6000 passengers, let alone the crew. At least they used a boat, and not an aircraft carrier or blimp or jetliner. I mean it's still a floaty thing right.

[@eds1942]

I was hoping for “…and then Percy did a backflip, snapped the bad guys neck and saved the day.”

[@grantc2854]

can we appreciate how hard ryan works on his videos he is the only reason people watch screen rant ryans comedic timing and his delivery are both amazing how he can use the same formula and it never gets old pitch meeting is for humor obviously but ryan does a video about a movie the jokes are about the plot holes or just stuf that would,t work in real life this means that he works really hard and you can see the effort

[@kenziehurlock]

"Let's just completely ignore the mist from the books that makes Tyson appear normal to humans."

[@yevki7606]

Wait, I thought that was in the movie

[@TF2Fan101]

@@yevki7606 It was, but the way it works is completely different compared to the books.

[@Ektalon]

And if he’s half-cyclops, shouldn’t he be . . . y’know . . . really tall?

[@crazydude2361]

@@Ektalon In the books he’s usually just over 6 feet tall.

[@johnroache6012]

@@Ektalon I think he’s a “half-cyclops” or something like that

[@braydenshannon7734]

That movie was the first movie I ever disliked as a kid. Still don’t understand how they brought the main villain from the final book in on the second movie with him being zero threat. Percy Jackson could be huge if they just stocked exactly to the books. Loved this video!

[@shahanahsan05]

U know they could have had the same shitty story and just a 12 year old to play Percy and Annabeth and I wouldn’t dislike it that much

[@michaeloconnor5904]

@@shahanahsan05 Damn, I read this as you saying it should have the "same" shitty story and thought you were talking about the books.

[@IvanOrdell]

Dawg just watch LOTR and ull be fine

[@LeoLionxyzed]

Eragon was the movie that first disappointed me. I would love to see a show-scale adaptation of that one as well.

[@Circuitssmith]

Sticking to the books would require restraint and patience. Every movie studio wants to cut corners, take zero risks, and jump straight to making huge boatloads of money.

[@allthingsbackcountry4616]

Such a wonderful articulation of subpar entertainment. Ryan really sheds light on the ridiculousness of viewership.

[@kerravon4159]

I never saw this movie. I never plan to see this movie. And that pitch meeting was still funny as hell, keep it up Ryan.

[@JollyRancherGeno]

Nathan Fillion's scene has one of the funniest lines in any movie I've ever seen. ... The rest of this Pitch Meeting makes me realize I remember literally nothing else about this movie

[@_Stormfather]

Well you can't just say that and then not tell us what the line is. What do you expect us to do, _watch_ this terrible movie?

[@michaeloconnor5904]

@@_Stormfather If I had to guess... Hermes: *shows thermos* Hercules Busts Heads, Season 1 Tyson: Hercules Busts Heads?!? Hermes: Best TV show ever, so of course... (Pause for 'Nam flashback to Firefly) cancelled.

[@leebarbs7176]

"It's a prophecy in a YA movie......I get it" Oh man that killed me lol

[@SylvesterGKieh]

Don't understand Please explain

[@CuCuKM]

@@SylvesterGKieh Most young adult prophecies equate to a chosen hero to save the day against an inevitable doom

[@aerieleah533]

@@CuCuKM semi major spoiler: which is ironic, because anyone who has read this series knows that the prophecy technically isn't about Percy. He's involved, yes, but it isn't him that the prophecy is even talking about lol.

[@tompatterson1548]

@@CuCuKM But not Riordan ones. They're cryptic enough (especially in the later books) that the prophecy not meaning what peoplle thought it meant is a common source of plot twists.

[@edrice2621]

1:26 "Immortality is what I'm buying but I'd rather be immortal by not dying." -- Steve Taylor, "Am I in Sync?"

[@AnthonyWLeone]

I would love to know why it's so hard to be faithful to the source material and the characters.

[@PLC85_]

Yea I really like how Screen Rant premier these videos it really gives the community a chance to come together and chat 💬 live and enjoy the Pitch Meeting.

[@AshenDemon]

Hey I seen your reaction channel. I like that your Ryan George reaction are 1 hour after the video that's pretty quick. Good luck.

[@shaunharley1532]

arent you just paraphrasing the "live laugh and love" thing that people say sometimes

[@PLC85_]

@@shaunharley1532 what do you mean ?

[@crisbalance123]

Did an AI write this comment?

[@suprisedabraham1711]

@@shaunharley1532 no. He meant live as in 'live on youtube' his statement had nothing to do with that phrase and if you used context clues you should've learned in 2nd grade you'd know that.

[@mikeoxlong246]

My favorite part in this movie was when Percy did a backflip, snapped the bad guys neck and saved the day.

[@MP3RMusic]

Ah yesss. Exactly like uncle rick inteanded!

[@p.a.4512]

@@MP3RMusic, to be honest, it does sound like a way a protagonist from the Percy Jackson world would defeat an antagonistic monster

[@DeathToChaosGods]

Where does that even come from? Pretty much every time somebody posts that like it's as common as "super easy, barely an inconvenience" but I've never seen a pitch meeting video where Ryan actually says it. Serious question.

[@skyler6987]

@@DeathToChaosGods It's a common quote that on this guy's personal channel, Ryan George. It's pretty funny stuff.

[@MP3RMusic]

@@p.a.4512 It sure does sir! :D

[@d.c.s554]

"why even get quality involved." I think this line is spoken at too many pitch meetings 😁

[@Morro12250]

Especially marvel movies currently

[@gatzt3r]

I love how in the good movies the executive is trying to make bad moves, but in bad movies the executive is the only one with common sense.

[@toAdmiller]

I've noticed throughout this series, when Ryan uses his tagline, "Actually it's gonna be super-easy...barely an inconvenience...!" as time has gone on, his head whip to the side has been increasing in magnitude...if this keeps up, he's gonna snap his head off...love it...

[@andhag]

Snapping your head off is tight!

[@bobbyfeet2240]

Only after Producer Guy does a back flip first.

[@benvoliothefirst]

@@bobbyfeet2240 ...and saved the day!

[@lincolnpatience6480]

Why have I never noticed this before?

[@Truck-kun11]

The only two things I liked about this movie: *Hermes and his snakes* *The way they showed how Percy's marine GPS works*

[@p.a.4512]

the marine GPS thing was a cleaver way to show us his power instad of him just saying "I know where we are"

[@cjkalandek996]

I actually liked the visual representation of his "Son of Poseidon GPS" power, whereas in the book he just knew it. So, kudos to them for making it visual.

[@SevenZeroEleven]

Oh yay they got the GPS right, if only they actually improved upon the book's storytelling rather then just ignoring them it and they could've gotten a sequel

[@LastBastian]

@@SevenZeroEleven The only two things I liked about this movie ...are attached to Alexandra Daddario's chest.

[@phenel]

@@SevenZeroEleven this was the sequal ya nuffy

[@hectic105]

This Pitch Meeting has one of my favorite beginnings of all of them with the “step things up quality-wise” part. Gets me every time.

[@cjstevens8984]

I’m so glad they are doing a series of it that’s more faithful to the source content.

[@Madmonkeman]

Same, I'll definitely watch the series even though I'm now older than the target audience but I loved the books so much when I was in 5th-8th grade and was very disappointed by both of these movies.

[@CreeperCombos]

@@Madmonkeman If you're still interested it comes out on the 20th of this month on disney+

[@Zerlyn]

“How did he survive?” “By not dying” I mean…he’s got a point

[@alphagt62]

I’ve done it every day of my life! So far....?

[@dangerbird64]

“It’s a prophesy in a YA movie, I get it.” - me to my children

[@NikkiM.]

5:23 "Super easy, barely an inconvenience."

[@khalifakovu9488]

Been watching these for weeks at random via recommendation algorithm and finally made to a recent one. Got worried for a sec that I hopped on the train to late. Good to know they’re still going.

[@donaldderrickii5405]

I've never seen the movie, but read the books. I'm not surprised that they changed the ending because they did that last go round...but hot damn I didn't realize they effed it up THAT MUCH

[@_Stormfather]

Right? That's like Black Cauldron levels

[@iacomary]

They also used plot points from the rest of the books 😩😩😩

[@bastienx3420]

The last book was probably my fav cuz of the sacrifices but they made this movie 2 times as bad as the series was good!

[@TF2Fan101]

@@iacomary ‘That’s Chris Rodriguez, Silena Beauregard, and Ethan Nakamura.’ -Annabeth, Sea of Monsters

[@kinglace3782]

The books were good I haven't watched the movies either and never will after both these pitch meetings

[@jackjackmckean3791]

"Oh, how did he survive? By not dying." Every Fast and Furious movie ever

[@MJAYZ007]

True

[@asheebsinghraina7450]

Watching a video just hours after release, after binge watching all previous pitch meetings for the last few days, is TIGHT!

[@ORProductionss]

4:43 hey yo what the-

[@mohamedmiledbouafia4255]

waiting for pitch meetings to be uploaded is TIGHT.

[@Armageddon2k]

not to mention that its super easy, barely an inconvenience.

[@shwetamathur8626]

@@Armageddon2k oh really?

[@Omar-wq9dz]

Yeah yeah yeah

[@geneericname7138]

"Instant Holes are tight!" Perfect for a dongle.

[@cloudzera89]

How do you not have more likes?

[@madwibble]

Or a sandwich with a reasonably large pickle in it.

[@CaseKirby]

you have no idea how long we have been waiting for this

[@cavemanlovesmoke4394]

Ryan George , you have no idea how much happiness you give to my sad life . Love ur channel too dude you're effin hilarious and I hope you achieve everything you want cuz you deserve it 👏 ♡

[@uncleharm8893]

The only time I've been excited for anything Percy Jackson

[@welcometomyfantaside4124]

Do you like the books at least?

[@otrachicadeyoutube6853]

You're talking about the movies, right? RIGHT?

[@uncleharm8893]

@@otrachicadeyoutube6853 I was elected to lead, not to read

[@gardenagnostic4138]

A show reboot is in the works for Disney+ right now, this time headed by Rick himself!!!

[@JamestheXennial]

The books are terrific. I'm nearly done with The Last Olympian.

[@shwetamathur8626]

"Instant holes are TIGHT." "Very gross sounding sir." 😂😂

[@Kenjiso]

I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR A YEAR!!!!!

[@kpaigeboz]

I needed this video today omg thank you

[@KryptonTery]

"Wow sounds important!" "Yeah.. So they send 2 people" "what?!" 😭😭

[@lordbuss]

It makes sense in the books because the more demigods are in one place, the easier (exponentially) it is for magic and monsters to detect them.

[@william_long1065]

I love how so many of these end with "Well it sounds like a movie". I fully believe that's exactly what they say before making anything in Hollywood

[@ralphyman]

I'd love to see Pitch Meetings for the Tarantino films, the Austin Powers films and the Last Samurai!

[@buttscarlton1490]

Ryan I genuinely cannot tell if you enjoy making these anymore. Really hope you do because this is great

[@emilygrace8314]

Every time I think I’m in a spot in my life emotionally to not instantly get infuriated when I hear “the Percy Jackson movies” I hear someone talk about it and before you know there I am ranting about the fact that they didn’t even include the scene where he turns into a guinea pig. I mean that was just comic genius (and you know actually important in setting up Reyna or whatever).

[@chasedavidson2855]

I mean when the underlying conflict across the series is "Something bad happens if/when the main character turns 16" and you have him 16 in the first movie you've already screwed up setting up the rest of the story

[@emilygrace8314]

@@chasedavidson2855 true

[@shadowsteve68]

Ryan, just wanna say thank you for your service. You actually had to sit through this 'movie' in order to do the pitch meeting. You are a god sir!

[@YuhBoiBaker]

This “movie” a.k.a. Graphic novel version turned movie, really sucked. I say graphic novel version because those aren’t true to the source material

[@bilalwaheed1125]

Ryan. The god of pitches

[@kh6853]

For some reason my brother likes it and watches it like 20 times a day

[@iceemotomg7038]

Man I love these videos, Ryan is a real G

[@berlinnuuna]

WELL FINALLY, I'VE BEEN WAITING FOREVER FOR THIS ONE!

[@lukeilomo3209]

2:05 😂😂 so they send two people

[@Mat0m]

3:33 "You couldnt write something like that. -But you did tho. -I did Yeah i did write that." Geniun laugh

[@Tempest1984]

You MUST do "Wild Things". That movie virtually begs for a pitch meeting!

[@kasturimule9318]

BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE

[@SuperBC1975]

"Instant Holes are tight!" "Oh, Very Gross Sounding Sir." Ryan George saying tight is well --- you know.

[@bobbyfeet2240]

Super easy? Barely an inconvenience? I'm bad at this.

[@BrianBuhl]

Ryan George saying tight is super easy, barely an inconvenience.

[@BrianBuhl]

@The God Of Cringe Listen, I'm going to need you to get ALL THE WAY off my back about this.

[@DanteEKoN]

Would love to see Pitch Meetings for the 2 remaining Transformers movies, Age of Extinction and Bumblebee!

[@KooladmantheBold]

That would be very tight

[@seantds619]

Did he do The Last Knight

[@rohanrodrigues7115]

@@seantds619 yep

[@VehiconSteveIII]

@@seantds619 I think you mean The last godawful film*

[@jackcassidy9963]

@@VehiconSteveIII what's the joke

[@insertnamehere3614]

"The child of his child's child," is now the way I'm going to explain family trees

[@schattentaenzerin]

"Why even get quality involved?" is such a great und underrated line 😂

[@simonallen7286]

We need a 1990 Teenage Muntant Ninja Turtles pitch meeting. 90's pitch meetings are tight

[@jeffmoreland9910]

TMNT 2 with Vanilla Ice!

[@slinkbradshaw8674]

GO NINJA GO NINJA GO!

[@phillewis2630]

@@jeffmoreland9910 TMNT 3 where they become samurai