We Visit the Garden Gnome Emporium

This is such a good adaptation of Percy Jackson and way better than the movies. I have been waiting for this series to come out for years and so far have been enjoying it. I love the casting choices especially the kid who play Percy is exactly what I envisioned.

A few things I think could be improved upon, 1. Longer episodes: Because the episodes are so short it forces the story to be told way too fast and important and amazing parts of the story and left out as a result. You have a tv series Its not a movie, so you can take time to add those little details and really develop the story and the characters.

2. More Edginess I felt like a couple of characters where lacking for example Medusa and the Oracle. Both of these character are supposed to be spine tingling. I get that this is a Disney show however you will not offend people or scare kids if you add a little more mystery and suspense to characters. Plus it shouldn't be so easy for the main characters to defeat ancient entities.

With that being said I love the show and hope that production will get a bigger budget for season 2 and make this show truely come to life.

A few issues out of the way first: pacing is still a bit rushed, especially the introduction of Medusa, depiction of the gods' apathetic and sometimes immoral nature could be made subtler. Other than that, I loved this episode! Full of all sorts of fun easter eggs that die-hard fans can salivate over while also just being a well-written piece of media. Aryan as Grover got a lot better for me, mainly because he got more screentime centering on his character. They definitely highlighted Annabeth's fatal flaw of hubris more while also still making her a character we can attach too. Walker was obviously great as Percy and definitely sold the character for anyone who still has doubts about his ability to portray Seaweed Brain (though at this point, that's way less than 1% of the PJO fanbase). I'll leave it at that to not spoil the episode itself, but even a non-fan is probably going to get a blast out of it.

Percy Jackson has to head west for his quest to confront Hades and rtrievie Zeus's bolt. Accompanying him will be Annabeth and Grover.

Only Percy is warned by the Oracle that his friend will betray him on the quest. Well that could be Grover.

On the bus Percy finds that Annabeth has taken charge. Maybe for good reason she senses that something is wrong. The Furies have smelt them and get on the bus.

The three escape and take the path to Aunty Em's Emporium. The smell of food entices them inside but there is something mythical about it.

The many stones statues indicates to Annabeth that this is Medusa's lair. She does not like Annabeth.

I thought the beginning of the quest was interesting. The bickering about Annabeth calling the shots the the confrontation with the Furies.

Then it got rather muddled. Medusa looked interesting but the pacing and dialogue was so dull.

SO much more nuanced. Still a villain, very much a monster, but so much more complex and interesting in this iteration. Also love the chemistry between the trio, and how much more explicit the show is in showing how dickish the gods are and how much most of the series' issues come because the gods are neglectful asses. Not very fond of two things - the blackout cuts. I have no idea why they even have them in a streaming show. And the monster fight sequences are kinda underwhelming, especially the furies. They die so easily.

The third episode is the best of the show so far, so hopefully the show maintains the quality.

The journey of Percy, Grover and Annabeth begins in episode 3. As they start their quest for the lightning bolt and to save Percy's mother, they come face to face with Medusa and there, she tries to seduce Percy into helping him with his quest.

Episode 3 is a good continuation of the series. This is a reminder that some nook adaptations (or all) should be put in the small screen format as it delivers more story and more character development. It also gives more storyline and more time to tell / show the plot of the book. This series is probably going to be one of the best this year (and next year). Can't wait for episode 4.

Pros -Nora West-Allen, I mean Jessica Parker Kennedy's portrayal of Medusa -The trio building up their relationship together -Clues as to someone will betray Percy in the later episodes (and we know who that would be :( ) -The shoes!!!

Episode 3 is 7/10 Still good 😊

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