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Topic	The Percy Jackson films had the same director as the first 2 Harry Potter movies
saspa 06/17/21 5:31:21 AM #5:	LightningAce11 posted... They wanted to chase the teen drama market, not make it for families. Was gonna say. Like how Disney's Narnia was desperately trying to capture that LotR acclaim/success with all the wrong moves and wrong reasons, they tried to do the same with Percy Jackson to be the next Harry Potter. The Percy Jackson stories were definitely too "kiddy" to make into the epic mega franchise to ensnare teens that HP was. The books are a lot more young adult, emphasis on young, and mainly for a middle school audience. That doesn't translate well to a Hollywood blockbuster without them making changes accordingly. Heck while I only bothered to skim the first movie, if I remember right they once again went with the ~~"oh let's make Hades the villain"~~ option except without a hilarious James Woods performance, instead of the much more interesting ~~titan Kronos twist~~ from the books. --- https://imgur.com/0UFI0T9 <cite>saspa posted [p:955119990] in The Percy ... [t:79513387]...</cite> <quote>LightningAce11 posted...</cite> <quote>They wanted to chase the teen drama market, not make it for families.</quote> Was gonna say. Like how Disney's Narnia was desperately trying to capture that LotR acclaim/success with all the wrong moves and wrong reasons, they tried to do the same with Percy Jackson to be the next Harry Potter. The Percy Jackson stories were definitely too "kiddy" to make into the epic mega franchise to ensnare teens that HP was. The books are a lot more young adult, emphasis on young, and mainly for a middle school audience. That doesn't translate well to a Hollywood blockbuster without them making changes accordingly. Heck while I only bothered to skim the first movie, if I remember right they once again went with the "oh let's make Hades the villain" option except without a hilarious James Woods performance, instead of the much more interesting titan Kronos twist from the books. --- https://imgur.com/0UFI0T9</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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