![]() ![]() I’m just sorry they got dragged into that mess.” We can’t imagine what kind of energy he would tweet with if he had seen the CGI monsters in the second movie. “I certainly have nothing against the very talented actors. “I judge them from having read the scripts, because I care most about the story,” he explained. The funny thing is, Riordan doesn’t even need to see the movie to know it’s not it. I'm just sorry they got dragged into that mess.- Rick Riordan June 8, 2020 I certainly have nothing against the very talented actors. I judge them from having read the scripts, because I care most about the story. □ - Rick Riordan June 8, 2020įinally, I still have not seen the movies, and don't plan on ever doing so. To me, it's my life's work going through a meat grinder when I pleaded with them not to do it. Well, to you guys, it's a couple hours entertainment. “To me, it’s my life’s work going through a meat grinder when I pleaded with them not to do it. “Well, to you guys, it’s a couple hours entertainment,” Riordan followed up to another fan. It’s like when Rihanna claps back at Navy asking where R9 is - you can’t help but love a read. Just two hours of blank screen.” Fans lived for it. “I don’t know, but clearly it’s a mistake,” Riordan quote-tweeted the complaint. The author went in on the 2010 adaptation of the first book in his series, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, starring 2010’s Timothée Chalamet, Logan Lerman, after a fan tweeted that the Disney+ upload of the movie censors a casino scene Monday morning. But apparently no one is happier than Riordan. After a decade-long campaign to get the notoriously bad Percy Jackson movies remade, fans are finally getting a new Disney+ series adaptation. You can also find out recommendations for what to read next on our blog - 17 Books Like Percy Jackson.While one legendary middle-grade book author tweets herself further into controversy, Rick Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson series, is tweeting the things fans actually want to hear. If you can’t get enough of all things Percy Jackson check out Rick Riordan’s series explaining the real stories behind the Greek myths and more adventures in Camp Half-Blood in the Heroes of Olympus series where new arrivals are pitched into more terrifying battles. ![]() The books can also be read as stand-alones but you’ll get the most out of them by reading them in order. Start with book 1 Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief and you’ll race through the whole series in no time. Percy is a hero that many young readers will relate to, his struggle with ADHD and dyslexia proving that it’s not bad to be different –that can be what makes you creative and extraordinary. They are fast-paced and easy to follow but with lots to get your teeth into. The Percy Jackson books are great for reading alone from 9 upwards or for sharing together: parents will love these books as much as younger readers, as the countless adult fans will attest. His books have brought many young readers to mythology with their modern twists and dry humour and he has gone on to write series using Norse ( Magnus Chase) and Egyptian ( the Kane Chronicles) mythology as well as Greek. When he had run out of real myths, Riordan started to make some up and Percy Jackson was born. Readers selected book one Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief as the winner of the Red House Children’s Book Award in 2006 and in 2010 it was adapted into a blockbuster film franchise starring Logan Lerman.Īmerican author Rick Riordan was inspired to write the books when telling bedtime stories to his own son who was obsessed with Greek myths. Percy is brave, loyal and sarcastic making him a perfect hero and a favourite with readers and critics alike. Percy’s adventures with his friends from Camp Half-Blood – Grover Underwood, the satyr, and Annabeth Chase, the daughter of Athena, – are thrilling, action-packed and filled with humour and fantastic creatures. Pitched into a world of terrifying monsters and endless battles, Percy gets embroiled in the craziest situations: being accused of stealing Zeus’ lightning bolt, travelling to the underworld and fighting monster after monster in his quest to save the world from destruction. Rushed by his mother to a camp set up to protect half-bloods like him, he soon discovers that a civil war is about to break about between the gods – one that would mean catastrophe for the whole planet. He was living the normal life of a twelve-year-old boy, playing basketball, skateboarding and going to school, when he accidentally vaporised his maths teacher and was revealed to be a demigod. In fact, it’s caused him nothing but trouble. Percy Jackson never asked to be the son of a Greek God.
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