It's on Disney Plus and the first season is eight episodes. The first two episodes will be released tomorrow and the rest of them will be released every Wednesday until January 31st.
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Percy Jackson TV Show to be Released Tomorrow
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Really liked these books. Hoping the series is better than the couple of movies they did
Yeah, the movies are completely different than the books, but Rick Riordan said the show will be much more accurate.
I don't know. I can think of two good things about those movies.AgBQ-00 said:
Really liked these books. Hoping the series is better than the couple of movies they did
Episode 1 I Accidentally Vaporize My Pre-Algebra Teacher
Episode 2 I Become Supreme Lord of the Bathroom
Episode 3 We Visit the Garden Gnome Emporium
Episode 4 I Plunge to My Death
Episode 5 A God Buys Us Cheeseburgers
Episode 6 We Take a Zebra to Vegas
Episode 7 We Find Out the Truth, Sort Of
Episode 8 The Prophecy Comes True
The episode names are chapter titles from the first book
Episode 2 I Become Supreme Lord of the Bathroom
Episode 3 We Visit the Garden Gnome Emporium
Episode 4 I Plunge to My Death
Episode 5 A God Buys Us Cheeseburgers
Episode 6 We Take a Zebra to Vegas
Episode 7 We Find Out the Truth, Sort Of
Episode 8 The Prophecy Comes True
The episode names are chapter titles from the first book
If you don't have Disney Plus, the first episode will be on Hulu from tomorrow until January 31st (the other episodes are only on Disney Plus).
There's actually a new Percy Jackson book that came out in September (Chalice of the Gods) and another one (Wrath of the Triple Goddess) is coming out next September.
The movies are on Disney Plus as well, if anyone wants to compare the show to the movies.
Don't know anything about the movies or the books but it has a good rating on rotten tomatoes. Might give it a watch with the kids.
Are the show and movies just different versions of the same thing?
We (fam and I) haven't watched the movies. Will we miss anything if we forego the movies?
We (fam and I) haven't watched the movies. Will we miss anything if we forego the movies?
I think this is a reboot. Treating it as if the movies didn't exist. Seeing the trailer it highlights some of my favorite scenes from the books. That has me pretty excited
Based on the look of the actors, they are apparently treating this as if the books never existed either.
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Watched with my 12 year old who loves the books. Got his approval.
I thought it was better than the movie (from memory - been years). This is definitely aimed at that preteen kid range.
I thought it was better than the movie (from memory - been years). This is definitely aimed at that preteen kid range.
My kid mentioned the girl playing Annabeth did not look as described in the book. I didn't say anything, but it is the most Texags observation I've ever heard from my 12 year old.
The Collective said:
My kid mentioned the girl playing Annabeth did not look as described in the book. I didn't say anything, but it is the most Texags observation I've ever heard from my 12 year old.
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My long-time story about these books told many times before.
My brother teaches 8th grade English in the H.
Each year, his school procures an author to come read a section of their book to the kids to get them excited for the upcoming book fair / school year. During the summer of 2005, they had lined up Rick Riordan for that fall semester. He had published some adult stuff and the first Percy Jackson book was being advertised by teh publisher as a Harry Potter-like adventure.
Most people don't know that he finished the first book, The Lightning Thief, back in 1994. Bantam Books bought it in 1997, but never released it, possibly not wanting to go head to head with Harry Potter, who knows. They held it forever, then sold the rights to Miramax Books in 2005. So the guy finished the manuscript in 1994 and the book wasn't on the shelves for 11 years, and then suddenly it blew up. Pretty awesome, even if he is a sip.
The day he came to my brother's school,, it was pretty much a mob scene. He stayed all day instead of just for 2 hours, and gave away free copies of the first book to every single kid in the entire school - more than 600 copies at all.
The staff found out the next day he had turned down live remote interviews that morning from Good Morning America and the Today Show to keep his commitment to the school. It was National Literacy Week and they both wanted him on to do a little segment.
And the reason Percy Jackson has dyslexia and ADHD is because Riordan's son, who was 9 at the time he wrote the first book, also has those, and he wanted to show his kid that anyone could be a hero, regardless of what they were struggling with.
My brother teaches 8th grade English in the H.
Each year, his school procures an author to come read a section of their book to the kids to get them excited for the upcoming book fair / school year. During the summer of 2005, they had lined up Rick Riordan for that fall semester. He had published some adult stuff and the first Percy Jackson book was being advertised by teh publisher as a Harry Potter-like adventure.
Most people don't know that he finished the first book, The Lightning Thief, back in 1994. Bantam Books bought it in 1997, but never released it, possibly not wanting to go head to head with Harry Potter, who knows. They held it forever, then sold the rights to Miramax Books in 2005. So the guy finished the manuscript in 1994 and the book wasn't on the shelves for 11 years, and then suddenly it blew up. Pretty awesome, even if he is a sip.
The day he came to my brother's school,, it was pretty much a mob scene. He stayed all day instead of just for 2 hours, and gave away free copies of the first book to every single kid in the entire school - more than 600 copies at all.
The staff found out the next day he had turned down live remote interviews that morning from Good Morning America and the Today Show to keep his commitment to the school. It was National Literacy Week and they both wanted him on to do a little segment.
And the reason Percy Jackson has dyslexia and ADHD is because Riordan's son, who was 9 at the time he wrote the first book, also has those, and he wanted to show his kid that anyone could be a hero, regardless of what they were struggling with.
That's awesome. Thanks for sharing that.
And Alexandra Daddario had both of them.Wes97 said:I don't know. I can think of two good things about those movies.AgBQ-00 said:
Really liked these books. Hoping the series is better than the couple of movies they did
Watched the first two episodes tonight with my girls. They were both enthusiastic to watch the second one as soon as the first. was over. Neither has read the books so that makes it a lot more fun I'd say.
Having Jason Mantzoukas play Dionysus might be the most inspiring casting of the year for me. I binged The Good Place last summer and he was phenomenal there much like he was on The League back in the day.
Having Jason Mantzoukas play Dionysus might be the most inspiring casting of the year for me. I binged The Good Place last summer and he was phenomenal there much like he was on The League back in the day.
My then 8 year old fell off n love with lightning Thief after her 3rd grade teacher gave her a copy (we still have it). She talked me into reading the series with her. Fantastic magic system and really good world. We loved it. I read the first two series but petered out on the third. I think my now 16 year old read that first trilogy 3-4 times.
After watching E1 tonight, we clapped. I asked if she was relieved … "SO relieved"
The books, fantastic especially parent/child reading together to discuss. The movies - awful, horrible. Just pretend they don't exist. This first episode was great. My daughter said it was interesting what they changed but I couldn't tell you what it was. Seemed quite faithful to me.
After watching E1 tonight, we clapped. I asked if she was relieved … "SO relieved"
The books, fantastic especially parent/child reading together to discuss. The movies - awful, horrible. Just pretend they don't exist. This first episode was great. My daughter said it was interesting what they changed but I couldn't tell you what it was. Seemed quite faithful to me.
My twin sister plays Sally Jackson, Percy's mom. It's great that we finally have something we can watch with the kids that she's in. We haven't watched it yet, but we are looking forward to getting into it over the break. This was one of her favorites yet to film.
Wow, congrats! She did great. She has the hardest part of the show IMO, convincing Percy and the audience that it's all real.ILAggie04 said:
My twin sister plays Sally Jackson, Percy's mom. It's great that we finally have something we can watch with the kids that she's in. We haven't watched it yet, but we are looking forward to getting into it over the break. This was one of her favorites yet to film.
ILAggie04 said:
My twin sister plays Sally Jackson, Percy's mom. It's great that we finally have something we can watch with the kids that she's in. We haven't watched it yet, but we are looking forward to getting into it over the break. This was one of her favorites yet to film.
She was great!! Tell her she had at least one fan at TexAgs.
I took a gander at the rest of the casting to see who was playing the gods and came away very impressed.
Lance Reddick (RIP) as Zeus
Lin-Manuel Miranda as Hermes
Jay Duplass as Hades, which means we're 2 degrees of separation away from a The League reunion on Percy Jackson
Toby Stephens as Poseidon
Timothy Omundson aka Carlton Lassiter - as Hephaestus
Smoking hot Jessica Parker Kennedy as Medusa
Lance Reddick (RIP) as Zeus
Lin-Manuel Miranda as Hermes
Jay Duplass as Hades, which means we're 2 degrees of separation away from a The League reunion on Percy Jackson
Toby Stephens as Poseidon
Timothy Omundson aka Carlton Lassiter - as Hephaestus
Smoking hot Jessica Parker Kennedy as Medusa
Speaking of degrees of Separation. She was also in the Following with Kevin Bacon, so you're welcome...
And Lance Reddick and the guy playing Chiron were both on The Wire.
The third episode came out yesterday. They set off on their quest and meet a very famous monster from Greek mythology.
Medusa was very well done. Second half of the episode was very tense and interesting.
He was on a late night show recently where he said his friends' kids gave him incredibly detailed background and insight/analysis on his character - better than any director notes in his career.
The first and second episodes have the same director, the third and fourth episodes have the same director, the fifth and sixth episodes have the same director and the director or directors for the seventh and eighth episodes haven't been announced, so the show has at least three directors.
Wes97 said:I don't know. I can think of two good things about those movies.AgBQ-00 said:
Really liked these books. Hoping the series is better than the couple of movies they did
ILAggie04 said:
My twin sister plays Sally Jackson, Percy's mom. It's great that we finally have something we can watch with the kids that she's in. We haven't watched it yet, but we are looking forward to getting into it over the break. This was one of her favorites yet to film.
The flashbacks with her in the most recent episode are very good
Watched the first couple of episodes tonight. Really like it
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