A true teacher no matter what.

Another good comparison is The Last Airbender movie.

I'm surprised he said that many good things. God bless him!

I'm glad that Rick is involved in the new Percy Jackson series.

Agreed!

lol

also feel good that new disney + series is coming and uncle rick is in direct involvement with it .

I can’t imagine what it would be like to pour thousands of hours of research and development of an absolute masterpiece of a series that kick-started an entire genre, and then have it turn into THIS on the big screen. I would have sued the heck out of Fox, and I’m surprised Rick didn’t. Still, it’s not as bad as the Eragon movie, which put an end to the ENTIRE movie franchise, even though there were three books left. At least we got a second movie for Percy Jackson

Yeah I’m not forced to like it since Rick himself hated it. This missed more than Goblet of Fire in the Harry Potter series. Like half the time I was like “is this really a Percy Jackson movie? If they ever do the rest of the movies or heroes of Olympus or trials of Apollo or Kane chronicles or magnus chase or any of the others, I hope it’s nothing like this. Theres probably like 5 other series that I can’t remember that I read.

@@betka5791 The movie is so messed up. I can’t even begin to express my shock at the fact that they went so far as to make them 16 instead of 11/12. Chris Columbus had already directed the first two Harry Potter movies, which proved he was good at working with child actors, but he tear they turned it into an overs*xualised monstrosity. I’m literally a teenager and I cringe whenever I watch the movie just because Perch and Annabeth’s relationship is purely based on infatuation, and Grover is h*rny (I don’t mean as in horns, I mean…well, you probably understand)

I didn't know that and that makes it so much worse 😭

It's why my Dyslexic ADHD kid loves these books

I remember reading Percy Jackson and the lightning thief my cousin gave me the book and in one of the chapters that I read I found out that Percy had dyslexia something I really hope to see when the series is released

i don't really think it's a good idea to write a book for a kid with DYSLEXIA but its still sweet to know that

@@arthurleywin2132 Pretty sure the implication is he’d read it to him

I've never jaw dropped this hard from a comment, but man... thank you for sharing this story :'D

Jep, that was a really bad movie

and then everybody clapped

Can I just ask how old you were when this happened

sorry i'm 8 months late but daaamn this comment made me so sad for child you. that must have been devastating to see such a poor adaptation. at least you have this story about it, the staff really sound so lovely bless them.

Wonderfully put. 👏

I am not a fan of Harry Potter but wouldn’t that be like having Count Dooku as the main antagonist while Palpatine was the minor villain

@@GreenTomas2372 yep

But they already made “Dumbledore” a big B after chamber of secrets [Excluding fantastic beasts of course :-)……

@@SuperMoviemaster21 no they didnt . he was still a wise old man as before .

I’m not gonna lie I was nervous when I heard Disney was handling this, but if he’s this happy about it then that relaxes me.

@@AnInkStick I think he's working with them on it. Something this piecevof trash should've done

@@AnInkStick hey disney Hyperion i trust Besides its just a publisher

hopefully Disney doesn't ruin this

@@willlavine1105 With Rick on board, the Disney will hardly make any mistakes.

I hope you’re using hyperbole

When I watched him in The Adam Project acting as Ryan Reynolds’ younger self, it solidified to me how well he’s going to be as Percy.

​@@SnoozesYaLosesMe too😂

@@SnoozesYaLosesit was his first film role

true, doesnt look like an an adult atleast

Even I fit the category of teens and despite that, I think the movies are terrible. If I could have vouched for Rick when he he defended his work, I would have done it in an instant. And I think that criticism from teens, like me, would have been effective.

It may be a 'Children's book' but tbh, everyone can read it.

I was in my twenties at the time and outright hated the movies.

You don't need to add 18+ things to make a good story.

Because it’s good enough that even ppl my age love it

YOOOOO who are you? I'm the actual Leo Valdez! But yea, I 100 % agree with your comment

Whoa whoa whoa two Leos ?! Which one of you is the real mcshizzle ?! Also you used uncle Leo and missed a chance to say tio Leo, Leo.

Two Leo's?!😨 The end is near....

@@meridaskywalker7816 too much hot stuff ❤️‍🔥

@@leovaldez5957 no stupid. I’M A LEO. You’re a, well hey your not Percy. But your in imposter (but thanks)

Harry potter, Ranger's apprentice, and percy jackson are all so good

That’s so sad, since rangers apprentice would be SO good to see on screen.

@@miroshkaheiskanen608 Both Rangers and the Brotherband! But I think due to the less fantastic approach in terms of monster and magic they are not as popular as Harry and Percy, which is a shame.

Part of me is happy they're not touching the rangers apprentice. Bet money they want something to do with the royal rangers series though. A strong, sensible leading female they can turn the dial of awesome up to 11 with and drown us with virtue. Besides we all know the wargals will somehow end up being an oppressed race that stems from racism, or something nonsensical.

@@krzychu3556 I always like the brother band series, mostly from bias as I am mostly Scandinavian and liked how he represented the culture albeit a few tweaks.

I feel so bad for Rick. Hopefully, the upcoming Disney+ series will put these movies to shame.

@@roberttreacy8271it did it’s really good

Insecure egos if you ask me. Even m knight shamilan was too far up his chicken curry when the disaster with the last airbender. He didn't even get the race right and he was like "they don't get me!" It's baffling how a grown ass man can even do that shit XD

Well with harry potter one of JK’s conditions for making the films was that she got to be involved in a big way and have a say in major decisions. And the filmmakers respected that and had passion for the books. Clearly Fox didn’t have the same respect for Riordan and PJ :( But I definetely agree with u - when you’re making an adaption, the target audience is obviosly going to be the ppl who read the source material, so why would u change the story this much? That’s just so stupid.

@@astakorpiala9722 Like I said before, insecure ego. Although the only books to movie I have no sympathy for in terms of respecting one's work like you said is probably 50 shades of grey XD I heard that the director wanted to make some improvements but the author refused and wanted it by the book, word by word. For a badly written book, the author is a one stupid bimbo XD

Lord of the Rings

There actually was a musical adaptation of the first Percy Jackson book and that was more faithful to the book than the movie, well it was more of a musical comedy but I’m sure most fans would have preferred that over the movie. Too bad we can’t have a musical series adaptation of the book, I really like musicals and I’m sure other fans of the book do as well.

do you mean "And I'm so dam happy" (get it?)

@@dv_nightshade8269 dam, ya got me

@@gamermunja9119 dam i really did huh?

i swear to the gods i love the fandam

@@dv_nightshade8269thats really dam full

Indeed btw rick I hope daughter of the deep is a series

fr, not to mention how they squished the entire series into one sloppy fight in the sea of monsters movie

At least Harry Potter was age appropriate and adhered to the source material.

@@zimonzieclown1633 harry potter movies were far better than these percy jackson ones . they stay loyal to the original source material . many scenes are there in which i prefer the movies way . but percy jackson series is complete opposite . its sad to see how riordan tried so much to correct the bullshit script but they ignored him .those movies deserve the flop.

harry potter GOF ! copy

@StrangerJayden oh my GOD! YES! Out of both of the movies, the sea of monsters was way worse. I mean, Lightning Thief was bad, but the sea of monsters was way worse by far. I didn't like both of them, but I came to really dislike the sea of monsters.

Yes

When u said Benedict I thought it had something to do with benedict Cumberbatch 💀

But annabeth isn't blonde anymore over there, if that matters

@@voiddan9278 If thats the only thing people can nitpick about, than thats a good sign.

@@voiddan9278 Walker Scobell (the kid who’s playing Percy) isn’t brunette like Percy, but I don’t think he’s going to dye his hair for the role. Rick said he doesn’t care how the cast looks, he only cares about how the characters are presented.

Awesome! I loved TMBS

If your 25 you would know how to spell excited

@Aaron deVos Yet you don’t know the difference between “your” and “you’re.” Sad, honestly, and if I’m not mistaken, they do know hoe and have spelled “excited” correctly.

@@aaronpd what?

@@aaronpd *youre

@@francis484 youre isn’t a word

Thalia gets revived

I think he was just trying to be nice

I think he gave it compliments as it showed that there's the intimidation there at first, though it went out of the window. I don't think he ever really planned on saying "the book did it better."

I think he meant one deleted scene where she was at Percy’s bedside

@@mcawesomewill467 😐

Have u decided what the name of the book would be or when the first book would release? I would like to check it out

As a author myself, I agree with you. If my book characters I created got messed with and changed in the way they attempted for the Percy Jackson movie, I'd be angry as hell.

Honestly that's why I haven't started marketing my book yet. A lot of people say you should start marketing Before release so you have a dedicated audience on launch, but I'm just so afraid people will take the vague appearances and descriptions, turn them completely on their heads, and ruin what I've created before I've even shared. After publishing I could tolerate some liberties, because even if things go way out of hand like what happened to Rick, being able to point back to the published source material and say "you're wrong" keeps the control more (or less) in my hands. I hope people are really respectful of your creations when you get published, and that genuine fans will have your back if someone gets out of line!

It seems like Rick is Super involved in this process based on the updates he keeps giving us. Also, he said the person that's either heading the project or doing the script (Can't remember which right now) has a kid who's a fan of the books and will keep them on track!

@@amandablack4741 he wrote the pilot and is a primary writer on the script!

@@cam1420 Thank you so much for clearing that up for me! I am super excited at how in the loop Rick is keeping us about the process too!

Same

Sadly it won't be. An author writing a script for a tv-adaptation of his or her book never ends well. That and they already fucked it up with the casting apparently. I wouldn't have minded if it was just one or two characters, but literally none of the casting choices match the description of the characters in the books and it was announced they won't be dyeing hair or use contacts.

I highly doubted they read the books and only skimmed through them

It was literally because Chris Columbus refused to work with child actors. He should’ve been canned based on that.

The same thing can be said about Halo on Paramount+ the writers absolutely admitted that they only did 20 minutes of research before script writing and they butchered Master Chief so badly

I saw the musical recently and it was awesome! Way better than the movie

Saw a video that said one of the main producers wanted to make the musical ‘cause he hated the movie adaptations.

Funnily enough, the director of the first 2 Harry Potter movies (which are most faithful adaptation among all 8 movies) is the same person who directed the Lightning Thief movie...(Chris Columbus)

HARRY DID YOU PUT YOUR NAME IN THE GOBLET OF FIRE!? Yes?!

@@NanoNovaBlast while that is an issue, it's pales in comparison with those horrid Peter Johnson movies

@@someguy4046 Or just an abysmal writer.

@@snehadash7117 Well, there's really only so much a director can do.

Oh please. The Harry Potter movies are amazing, they didn't butcher any of the characters, the only one who's lame in the movies is Giny

@@erikperhs_ Ron would fit the category of butchered characters.

@@dealchemist720 I don't think so. He's still great in the movies, not just as great as in the books

@@erikperhs_ EXCUSE ME? Ron was absolutely ruined in the movies! Steve Kloves did a terrible job favouring Hermione in the script.

@@erikperhs_ I don’t have an issue with the movies. It’s the stupid Cursed Child play that absolutely butchers everything.

There are things that I like more about PJ than HP. The first chapter of Lightning Thief alone is better than Sorcerer's Stone.

I 100% agree [I'm a fan of both series (in the pjo all of the many parts of the world) (including the hp movies (obvi not the digusting movies that shouldn't even be called pjo)] if done right it can be

It is not a good idea to compare the two book series or to expect something similar At the beginning there are still some parallels, but these dissolve completely later and create their own universe Especially everything around Heroes of Olympus is unique

@@brandonmedina494 cant agree man . maybe if you said whole lightning thief book is like 3/4 good as sorcerers stone then i would have agreed . but no , not this

@@brucelince9768 everyone has their views. I respect yours.

A bully inadvertently got you into reading?

Even the bullies know how bad this movie is 😂

Idk man i still think Akira Toriyama got it worse

@Konstantinos Kafarakis A complete misunderstanding of the books and manipulated into what the company wanted it to be instead of listening to the original creator.

@Konstantinos Kafarakis same

I personally think Eragon got screwed over even harder, especially since it’s already a fairly unknown series as of now.

Not as bad as Avatar the last Airbender

I just started reading it two months ago! I'm currently reading heroes of Olympus son of Neptune. Im a hardcore Harry Potter and Marvel fan and I think the Percy Jackson one is coming on :D. I rlly feel bad for Rick.

I watched the first movie in 6th grade, but got more interested in the series a few years later when I saw the books in WalMart and got them from a library. The books are definitely way better than the 2 trashy movies that were produced. I feel bad Rick’s work got demolished, but at least he’s a part of the new series that’s coming out so he’ll do us all justice with it.

You will cry soon. That's all I will say.

Have fun with hero’s of Olympus when you get there XD

Lol, I wish that I could have a chance to start fresh again, to relive the moments when I first read all his books

@@thelittlestarlight6221 god I hated the blood of Olympus

@@crimsondawn7207 I thought it was good

Your an author?

@@just_someone7667 I love writing stories. I haven’t actually got any published, I just like writing them

@@sashaking1115 Ohh! Well i support u even tho i havent read ur books! good luck

@@just_someone7667 oh thank you so much!! That means a lot to me.

@@sashaking1115 Yw

Think Lord of the Rings would be too deep a rabbit hole.

Maybe even The Mortal Instrument too

I messaged him once on Instagram about LOTR, he said tried to read LOTR but didn't got invested in it enough and didn't like the books, but on his setup tour he did on Instagram, there were lotr dvds

@@melkhiordarkfell4354 Game of Thrones? Wings of Fire? The Maze Runner?

Facts! Would love nothing more than a life of bilbo baggins or aragorn!

na theyve been judoflipped by uncle rick many times

@@SirDibble25 I mean, I guess… but that would just cut off the story entirely. The series can’t just stop at PoA because the story isn’t complete yet. The Percy Jackson films are a perfect example of that, they stop making movies at the Sea of Monsters.

Nobody was my favorite part, and one of the only reasons I gave the second movie another chance. If they had done a good job with adapting that into a good scene then I _might've_ had _one_ good thing to say out of both movies (I'm not as generous as Rick). *But there was no Nobody to be unseen!*

The Harry Potter films are indeed good films if you forget the books entirely. They tell a compelling and complete story, and the acting and screenplay are competent, if not outright excellent. The issue I have is that they completely miss some key pieces of character development early on (since they suffer from being made prior to the series even being finished) and the movies don't hold the weight of consequence of showing magic to muggles in favor of a more cinematic experience (I'm looking at you, OOTP - why you gotta have Harry flying directly through London?). It really is a shame that the full weight of the books is not properly represented. The plot is changed in ways that make it far less satisfying, and the general book personality of the main characters is muted in favor of sitting closer to movie stereotypes. The movie format does not give the story enough room to breathe, which is why the scene where Voldemort becomes confetti at the end of the series is such a bummer. It doesn't communicate the thing Rowling was communicating in the books all along - Voldemort is just a mortal, like everyone else. Sure, movies might be better with a cinematic ending, but I feel like the flash forward *was* that cinematic ending. Emotional and charming and one of the things that (aside from questionable makeup) the movies did right. Rowling was involved in the movies, but it shows that she didn't quite have the series and its direction on lock when they were being made. The books provide a far more emotional venture into Harry's experience, and the movies don't provide any additional input into the world of Harry Potter. They do not fix the books' flaws, they do not correct the plot for inconsistency, and they certainly do not consistently adapt information that was only narration in the book into a natural, plot enhancing element in the movies. The series coming out on Max theoretically has the space and time to improve on Harry Potter and breathe new life into it. The issue they will face is that Rowling will be involved, and I'm not certain how keen she is on allowing the writers the flexibility to fix errant plot holes in her books. I just hope they cast the right kids and the right adults and don't make a mess of Rowling's already messy (but brilliant) books. Sure, they're magical, but there are a lot of holes you can fall into when adapting the material for a different medium. You have to be knowledgeable and crafty when it comes to Harry Potter. Imagine missing the key features of why Winky was included in the fourth book. Or imagine finding the wrong balance on how to integrate Peeves into the TV series. Shows work off different beats than books, so copying the frequency of Peeves' appearances in the book would not be appropriate for the comedic beats required in a kids' fantasy show. It's difficult to do. You not only have to be knowledgeable on what makes a good TV show, but also knowledgeable on what from the Harry Potter books will lend themselves to serving those purposes, while not losing sight of what made the series magical in the first place. Thanks for reading this long rant. I've been reflecting a lot recently on what generally makes a good adaptation of a book series into a TV series. I hope my points are well formed and intelligible. Bottom line is that the TV show must sit on the mechanics and devices that make a TV series good, while still treating the intent of the source material with respect. Correct what must be corrected to fit, and when in doubt, do not fix what isn't broken.

Also Luke was a heck of a lot better, and you can really see how Percy thinks of him as kind of a big brother/friend in the beginning

Hey its okay

Well you're okay, my younger sister on the hand continued to watch it despite the visible terror i had of it playing on the TV ( i think my disgust amused her). I got her to read the books with much persuasion, and she ended up finishing the first series (she's half way through the second series but is holding back because the romance is a bit uncomfortable for her.)

To be fair, what child doesnt like a big end fight with the protagonist and the antagonist just flying through the air

It’s okay, I watched the first movie in 6th grade around the time it came out before I knew anything about the books. I thought the movies were okay before I read the books a few years ago, but after rewatching the movies, my opinion changed.

I would really recommend reading the books, especially now that the series is officially happening. There's so much great content in the 'riordanverse'

@@akninja. it's on my books to read. I got a couple books series I want to start and finish before I get into Percy Jackson. I need to finish Harry Potter first. Then I want to start and finish the book series called Alex Rider. But I'll get there don't worry. I got a list of other books I want to read to besides just what I've already said. A bunch of series that I had started but never finished.

That's great, but then again filmmaking is an art of itself and entirely different from the format of books. There are somethings that would work in a book, but would be impossible to show on the big screen. It's the job of the people behind the screen to interpret the books and portray it the best they can, while also being respectful to the source material, which is something these guys clearly failed to do.

@@disgrace1309 yeah I understand that, but this should have been a no brainer. And with Rick’s emails on his the movie was handled, they were just straight- up lazy and didn’t care.

@@ninjogo5338 true

That is true for me. I never read the books, but when the movie came out and I saw it I was a fan of the film, at the time. I read TLT after and I fell in love. Time passes and I read the OG series, and when the movie version of Sea of Monsters came out I was appalled. Those movies are garbage but they are the reason I found this series thats now apart of my life

Welp, at least they'll make the Percy Jackson reboot, which is a lot better than the movie.

I discovered the books when I was 12 (literally as Rick was coming out w the series) & I fell in love. I am now 24 w 2 kids & still am obsessed w the series as much back then as I am now. I'm super excited for the D+ series & pray that Disney let's Rick have a part in directing/producing the series & cannot wait to introduce my beautiful kids to the world of PJO. Plus I love the musical adaptation & can't wait for more! U will definitely love it & it'll be a series that will stick w u for the rest of ur life. Happy Reading!

Would love to see your animation ! Link ?

@@Khyathi_Gnan I keep trying to send u the link but its not going through so here's another way. Search for "Percy Jackson fan made animation", that's what the vid is called, it'll show like the main cast like Piper McLean controling gems, Nico summoning skeletons, ending with Percy with the title "Heroes of Olympus"

It pissed me off bc she’s supposed to be blonde and no hate to the actress but they could have at least made the characters accurate to their physical appearance/description

@@dovefin I can confirm from the book that she has gray eyes but you believe what you want to help you sleep at night

@@dovefin oh sorry, I thought you were one of those people that believe the movie to be canon, I apologize and I’m sorry for being mean

@@phoenixreaper2283 indeed SHES BLONDE FOR A REASON Aka the standard airhead type is actually A strong hero

@@dovefin Ok, but finding an actress who has grey eyes isn't exactly easy.

I didn’t like the way the graphic novel ended, but in hindsight, it made sense with how Luke gets characterized later on. There was no reason for a lot of the other cuts and I genuinely had no idea that they were still intended to be twelve until my third reread because of the art tho

who is your favourite charecter?

They probably don't care unfortunately

Percy kinds SPARKED my imagination

This comment aged well! :/