![]() ![]() Some of that is lost in subsequent episodes, but the CG, of which there is quite a bit thanks to all the magical creatures, is well done throughout. It looks amazing: Muppets Most Wanted director James Bobin uses dramatic lighting juxtaposed against harsh shadows and a predominantly gold and blue color palette in the first episode to give the show a unique and dreamlike look that exceeds expectations set by previous Disney+ programming. Titled “I Accidentally Vaporize My Pre-Algebra Teacher,” the premiere also establishes a visual tone that stands out throughout the first four episodes. The premiere in particular does an efficient, tactful job of giving us everything we need to know about Percy (Walker Scobell), his status at school, his friend Grover (Aryan Simhadri), and his home life, before thrusting them all into a world of myth and monsters. The new Percy Jackson and the Olympians takes advantage of its extra runtime as best it can eight episodes averaging around 40 minutes each lets the story of The Lightning Thief breathe, giving us time to develop relationships with the more minor characters, while also letting the audience sit with some pretty heavy themes of power, justice, and belonging. Having seen the first half of the first season, I’d say those hopes were warranted.Ī long-form TV series allows Riordan and his collaborators to both honor the spirit and the minutiae of the novels, while adding fresh elements only this new medium could afford. (IGN’s own review of the first, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, called it “a poor-man’s Potter clone.”) But as more information about the new Disney+ Percy Jackson series came out, and with Riordan heavily involved (he’s credited as writer, creator, and executive producer alongside Jon Steinberg), hope began to muster. Riding the wave of YA-inspired features that dominated theaters in the wake of Harry Potter and Twilight, two severely abridged films based on Rick Riordan’s novels chronicling the modern-day adventures of Greek gods and demigods were released to lukewarm reception in the 2010s. When Disney announced it was taking a second crack at the Percy Jackson novels, fans were rightly skeptical.
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