The quest deepens as Percy, Annabeth, and Grover are tasked with a favor from a fearsome opponent.The quest deepens as Percy, Annabeth, and Grover are tasked with a favor from a fearsome opponent.The quest deepens as Percy, Annabeth, and Grover are tasked with a favor from a fearsome opponent.
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- TriviaWhen Grover is talking to Ares at the diner, he mentions the Turbot War, the Lobster War and the 335 Years' War, much to Ares' admiration. These are what is called as "bloodless conflicts": The Turbot and Lobster wars were fishing disputes over said resources, that never started actual wars but led to continuous hostility among countries (Spain and Canada, in one case, and Brasil and France, in the other). The 335 Years' War was a declared war between the Netherlands and the Scilly Island over pirates that did not escalate to a full blown war, but only ended when both countries realized that the "peace" was never declared officially. This is very in keeping with Riordan's faithful recreation of the Greek myths and Ares' depictions in them, in which he was not only the god of war, but of violence, conflict and hostility in general. This further reinforced with Ares starting twitter fights.
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Written by Junior Torello and Dee Dee Halligan
Performed by Haddaway
Featured review
The Gods Don't Feel Dangerous
Honestly, I am enjoying this show immensely so far. The actors are going for broke, the style looks fantastic (finding out the production designer, Dan Hennah, was the same one who worked on Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy made me understand why I like the visual style so much), and I'm really liking the way the main character dynamics are shaping up. However, I do have one major gripe; non of the gods we've met so far feel dangerous.
The gods in the book are, well, immortal, super powerful beings that can vaporize you with a look if you cross them. They are to be feared, and if you don't fear them, you'd better be willing to face their wrath. So far in this series, we have gotten no glimpses of the power the Olympians posses, only threats and frowns. They don't give off the literal vibes they gave off in the books, and have yet to display anything supernatural about them at all. The characters don't show nearly enough fear towards them, and I don't blame them, they aren't scary.
While that definitely deflates the episode a bit, especially in the climax, the main focus is on continuing to develop Percy and Annabeth's relationship, and on this front I feel they hit it out of the park. The length is also an improvement from the last installment, but it was still too short for my liking. Could absolutely have used an extra five minutes to make the retrieval mission a little more interesting. As for the story change made to this chapter from the book, I don't necessarily dislike it, since it is meant to facilitate Annabeth's character arc just as the last episode was meant to jumpstart Percy's, though I do think the show could stand to embrace the silly antics and ridiculousness of the original a bit more. One mustn't lose sight of the fun while telling a serious story.
Still, a good episode. I'm hopeful the next one will be longer, and bring back a little of that crazy fun the books did so well.
The gods in the book are, well, immortal, super powerful beings that can vaporize you with a look if you cross them. They are to be feared, and if you don't fear them, you'd better be willing to face their wrath. So far in this series, we have gotten no glimpses of the power the Olympians posses, only threats and frowns. They don't give off the literal vibes they gave off in the books, and have yet to display anything supernatural about them at all. The characters don't show nearly enough fear towards them, and I don't blame them, they aren't scary.
While that definitely deflates the episode a bit, especially in the climax, the main focus is on continuing to develop Percy and Annabeth's relationship, and on this front I feel they hit it out of the park. The length is also an improvement from the last installment, but it was still too short for my liking. Could absolutely have used an extra five minutes to make the retrieval mission a little more interesting. As for the story change made to this chapter from the book, I don't necessarily dislike it, since it is meant to facilitate Annabeth's character arc just as the last episode was meant to jumpstart Percy's, though I do think the show could stand to embrace the silly antics and ridiculousness of the original a bit more. One mustn't lose sight of the fun while telling a serious story.
Still, a good episode. I'm hopeful the next one will be longer, and bring back a little of that crazy fun the books did so well.
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- nargon
- Jan 11, 2024
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