Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters - Cartoonish YA Silliness

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Shirleon joins Melvin in summarizing Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, the forgotten sequel to Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. Mythical monsters abound in this YA-flick, and the two have a fun time chattin' what works and what doesn't in this swan-song of the Percy Jackson theatrical film series.

Topics:

  • (PATREON EXCLUSIVE) 22-minutes playing a Disney Trivia Game that has some pretty dang difficult questions. Can you guess more correctly than Shirleon? (PATREON EXCLUSIVE)
  • The first 10-minutes of the film are expediently-well paced, which for Melvin was a good sign.
  • The "Fantasy Racism" from Annabeth to the cyclops Tyson gets to be a bit too much. It's very one-note.
  • When the Three Fates Taxi scene took place, despite evoking Harry Potter 3, Melvin thought to himself, "Oh, I think I'm going to like this movie.".
  • Percy's character arc is simple, and not all that explicit, but it's very much about the confusion between a found-family and a born-family, as well as concepts of faith.
  • Tyson's cyclops CGI is off-putting, which is made worse when we see a cyclops in a flashback and it looks awesome.
  • Jake Abel plays Luke as this character who likes being the irritating antagonist but is also really, really chill.
  • Rewriting scenes, because that's what you do on a podcast.
  • There's a mutuality and wanting more cost or risk within the Percy Jackson films, but that will never happen because there will never be a third film.

Recommendations:

  • One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware (2024)
  • Shesmadeofwords Podcast
  • Lake Mungo (2008)

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