Having grown up reading the “Percy Jackson” books, hearing that this world would get a more faithful TV adaptation was an exciting surprise back in 2020. One of my core memories of this universe is a teacher reading “The Lightning Thief” aloud during my early school years, followed by a school trip to watch the first movie adaptation in theaters (controversial, I know).
But over the years, I’ve come to realize that the movies earned their bad reputation for a reason: They weren’t faithful to the…
