oh my god i’m reading rick riordan’s blog post about how much he hates the movies and… dare i say iconic???
ok so he lists this one letter in full that he sent to fox after they sent him the script. and he starts by listing about five things he liked about the script (the opening scenes are fine, the gate to camp half-blood looks cool, annabeth physically matches percy as well as intellectually). and then the savagery begins.
he sent them back the entire script covered with notes and offered to completely revise the script for them. they turned him down. he truly tried to save us huh???
you guys honestly have to read this for yourselves i’ve only cherry picked a few things there is tons more. he’s never even watched the movies apparently. he went on set one day and came to the understanding that he just wanted to go on with life pretending the movies never existed.
ALSO he apparently has hope for an actually good reboot??? dare we dream???
one of my favorite quotes:
When I first read the script I’ll admit I was plunged into despair at just how bad it was. If I were intentionally trying to sabotage this project, I doubt I could have done a better job than this script.
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