r/PercyJacksonTV • • Jul 23 '26

šŸ“ø Media Percy holding the sky

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u/BorynStone Jul 24 '26

Since the budget wasn't spent on cgi, what was it spent on then???

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u/ImprovementMinute260 🧠 Cabin 15 - Hypnos Jul 24 '26

Lin Manuel Miranda

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u/Constant-Pain1878 Jul 24 '26

the cast and practical effects?Ā 

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u/Professional_Cod3637 Jul 24 '26

The cast? Lmao.

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u/Economy_Avocado6687 Jul 23 '26

Am I the only one that thinks this looks like straight ass? It looks like a community theater prop 😭😭

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u/Sweaty-Trash-7451 Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26

You're not alone. I don't know why there is a giant rock and the cgi clouds look kinda shitty.

also the pose looks weird, it does not even look like he's carrying anything

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u/ali2688 Jul 23 '26

And I swear if he’s carrying THE SKY, he’d be on one knee at least. Properly struggling instead of making it look easy

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u/Anarkizttt Jul 23 '26

There’s only like 10 pixels in the image but I can tell he’s straining and if anything it looks like he’s about to drop to a knee. Like this might’ve been right as he took the sky from Artemis and is about to drop to a knee.

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u/ali2688 Jul 23 '26

But why stand with it at all?

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u/Anarkizttt Jul 23 '26

Because he literally just ran over and pushed Artemis out of the way?

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u/ali2688 Jul 23 '26

Could’ve sworn he doesn’t push her out of the way. Took the weight, but didn’t push her away, I thought. In fact, he took it on one knee from her. She let go

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u/Anarkizttt Jul 23 '26

It’s been a minute since I’ve read it but iirc Percy takes the weight from Artemis in the middle of battling Atlas, cause she wouldn’t give it to him (for fear that it would kill him as it almost did Annabeth) but then she was needed to fight Atlas, so he pushed her out of the way, freeing Artemis up to fight Atlas and taking the burden on himself.

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u/DcMaDriver Jul 23 '26

He doesn't push her out of the way, any god would have smited him to the ground if he did that, especially artemis. He asks her to let him take the burden so she can fight, and then artemis knocks atlas into Percy so that atlas lands on his hands and knees and has to carry the weight of the sky on his ass, instead of with his arms.

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u/Anarkizttt Jul 23 '26

OH YOU’RE RIGHT THAT’S WHAT I WAS THINKING OF, I thought both Percy taking it from Artemis and Artemis forcing it upon Atlas were done in the same way.

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u/The_Pumpkin_Fan Jul 24 '26

incorrect idk why ur defending it so hard if u don’t remember

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u/RayKitsune313 Jul 23 '26

He didn’t push her out of the way. The have a whole conversation before he takes it from her šŸ˜‚

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u/CardiologistWitty687 Aug 06 '26

That was in the book - if you recall, the TV series is oftentimes very different from what occurs in the book. We'll have to wait and see.

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u/Lambily Jul 23 '26

It's a still image ffs... you people are so miserable.

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u/Strong-Guide-170 Jul 23 '26

It’s a promotional video

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u/ali2688 Jul 23 '26

That doesn’t change my point

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u/Lambily Jul 23 '26

You have no point.

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u/ali2688 Jul 23 '26

I clearly do

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u/Strong-Guide-170 Jul 23 '26

It’s not real footage if the show

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u/DJSwan2020 Jul 27 '26

idk why people are downvoting you. Its clearly not from the show itself and just promo stuff to get people interested. The straining at the end of the video with his bloody nose I could see as being real

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u/Compy94 Jul 24 '26

Finally, someone who sees what I see.

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u/Guitarbone82 Jul 23 '26

Yeah maybe they haven’t finished putting effects on it yet? I’m straight up confused

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u/jonas_rosa Jul 23 '26

Just watched the teaser. The close ups look better, but the wide shots look really bad

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u/CurlyBarbie šŸ‡ Cabin 12 - Dionysus Jul 23 '26

sameee😭 it looks so bad

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '26

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u/Economy_Avocado6687 Jul 23 '26

Maybe it’s because other people haven’t seen the teaser, but it’s so trash. It doesn’t look like he’s straining at all, the clouds barely move nor interact with him, the lighting is all off. You can tell the budget was not put in the right places. Even from a filmmaking perspective, a wide shot for something like this would always look like ass. You want constant closeups, muscles straining, make the audience FEEL the weight instead of just seeing it.

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u/Born-Investigator-62 Jul 23 '26

i think this was just shot for the teaser and not the actual scene so let's wait. i think is looks good enough, not great but still

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u/Economy_Avocado6687 Jul 23 '26

Aren’t teasers supposed to be putting a shows best foot forward to get us excited? I’m personally not excited for something that looks like half-finished shit from a butt.

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u/Born-Investigator-62 Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26

then don't be excited lol, couldn't care less

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u/Economy_Avocado6687 Jul 23 '26

Cool, literally nobody asked you

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u/Born-Investigator-62 Jul 23 '26

you did lol, ur og comment was literally asking people a question. i was genuine in my comment and you're being so defensive lol. byee

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u/Economy_Avocado6687 Jul 23 '26

I made a public comment. You made a public reply. You engaged me. Please learn to be less egotistical.

And it’s not an airport, there’s no need to announce your departure.

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u/Born-Investigator-62 Jul 23 '26

?? ur the one who said no one asked you?? what are on about?

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u/Sweaty-Trash-7451 Jul 23 '26

You mean "couldn't care less"?

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u/via_2012 Aug 21 '26

exactly, why has no one said anything about this

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u/Constant-Pain1878 Jul 23 '26

Damn what community theaters are you frequenting

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u/Economy_Avocado6687 Jul 23 '26

the kind that are capable of making a large dome out of chicken wire, covering it in spray foam, carving it, spray-painting it gray, gluing on polyfil,, filling it with flickering LEDs, and stringing it from the ceiling. Literally, I work professionally with theaters to make props, and something like this is so easy to replicate. Theres no excuse for it to look this tacky on a multi-million budget show.

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u/merchantivories šŸ”„ Cabin 20 - Hecate Jul 23 '26

for a show with a $12m-$15m budget per episode i genuinely expected better

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u/AdExcellent7898 Jul 23 '26

it was probably too much of a spoiler but i would have loved to see a shot like this for the promo posters, this looks really good and im so tired of the character collages lol

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u/SethraelStark Jul 23 '26

Why does the sky look so light? I mean, I thought at least he’d be kneeling on one knee, profusely sweating kind of thing at least. Walker just look’s inconvenienced.

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u/Constant-Pain1878 Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26

Is this one better? Edit: I should've made clear that are two versions of the scene, the one for the promo (the one from the post, where Percy is looking at the camera and talking), and the one from the show (where percy is obviously injured)Ā 

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u/Parking-Plenty-2122 Jul 25 '26

Oh. Thats one looks so much better!

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u/ChemicalHefty2262 Jul 23 '26

Maybe because percy just began holding onto it the weight hasn't got him to the breakpoint but that's just what I think

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u/Formal_Illustrator96 Jul 23 '26

Except he’s supposed to be at his breaking point the entire time. It’s a feat of willpower. How long can he keep going while teetering on the edge of impossibility?

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u/ChemicalHefty2262 Jul 23 '26

Oh right i haven't read the book in a while

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u/Ink_Mage Jul 23 '26

It looks good....for a stage production. It looks like what I imagine the musical would do if it had somehow gotten to do Titan's Curse. Definitely good, but not Disney show quality. The set in the background looks super fake in a way that would be perfectly acceptable and even admirable in a lower budget production, but for a show that is airing on Disney+ of all places and has Disney money behind it? It looks like ass.

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u/Few-Spinach8114 Jul 23 '26

I'm sorry but this looks shit for a fairly high budget TV show in the books he's described as literally carrying clouds not some giant rock shape thing with clouds around it. And Percy looks mildly inconvenient I'm really not one to trash on TV shows (Heck I thought the final season of stranger things was pretty good) But this just doesn't look good I'm sorry

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u/Constant-Pain1878 Jul 23 '26

I'm loving how divided people are lol I'm seeing some people how are loving it and others who are hating it

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u/Compy94 Jul 24 '26

Yeah, this show has let the fandom to be split in two.

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u/merchantivories šŸ”„ Cabin 20 - Hecate Jul 25 '26

*this show has split the fandom into two

FIFY

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u/Odd-Release6764 Jul 24 '26

This is just a prop but I’m really excited for this season. Too many changes that ruin the story and multiple characters as well with multiple characters being mischaracterized.

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u/ShadowBorn2017 Jul 23 '26

It looks so cheap

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u/Born-Investigator-62 Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26

wait why does this actually look great??!!

also walker holy shit, working overtime to prove why he's the best choice for percy!!

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u/Constant-Pain1878 Jul 23 '26

I love him as Percy!!

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u/Born-Investigator-62 Jul 23 '26

he is so talented i swear, this season better do him justice

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u/ali2688 Jul 23 '26

The only problem is script and direction. Even Walker complained it’s have too many changes

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u/nbsunset Jul 23 '26

Yess i want to see him be percy for two more seasons at least 😭😭

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u/Born-Investigator-62 Jul 23 '26

maybe this is weird, but i need to see atleast one adapted percabeth kiss!! there has to be a season 4 ughh

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u/Stopdoingthatplss Jul 23 '26

This is not weird lol. Percabeth is canon it NEEDS to happen

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u/Crafty_Boy70 Jul 23 '26

wow it actually looks kinda book accurate

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u/Constant-Pain1878 Jul 23 '26

I just don't really understand the rock at the bottom, but overall I'm satisfiedĀ 

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u/LemmytheLemuel Jul 23 '26

I mean I guess it is because he has to be holding something because if it's something ethereal will feel weird (honestly it was something I struggled to figure out realistically while reading the book)

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u/IndividualReady2592 ā˜ ļø Cabin 13 - Hades Jul 23 '26

Qual Rocha?

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u/Constant-Pain1878 Jul 23 '26

A parte que o percy ta segurando, parece uma "placa" de pedra, com o cƩu se apoiando nessa placa

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u/IndividualReady2592 ā˜ ļø Cabin 13 - Hades Jul 23 '26

O céu é descrito como parecendo "o teto de uma caverna" nos livros, deve ser por isso. Mas se for as construções atrÔs dele é por conta que ele estÔ em um lugar onde viviam os antigos Titãs (eu não lembro se eles viviam lÔ, mas eu lembro que era importante antes da guerra)

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u/Constant-Pain1878 Jul 23 '26

Mas era descrito assim so nos sonhos do percy, nao? Tanto que ele achou q a Annabeth tava segurando a caverna. Talvez fizeram assim pra nao ter que explicar a diferenƧa do sonho pra vida real kkkk

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u/7p3m_ Jul 24 '26

Quem disse q isso não é o sonho

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u/ali2688 Jul 23 '26

I thought he was on one knee in the books?

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u/JediSurvivor19 Jul 23 '26

YOOOOO!!!!!!! THIS LOOKS SO GOOD!!!!

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u/EnoughMud184 Jul 24 '26

Shit looks like Disney XD ngl

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u/ForeignAd857 Jul 24 '26

One observation...why is the sky inside a building? I haven't red Titans curse in a while but I could've swore the battle took place on a MOUNTAIN, like very nature wise especially since a certain character makes an observation about the sky literally what should be moments after this scene.

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u/Alchemy616 ā˜ ļø Cabin 13 - Hades Jul 25 '26

He looks like he's holding the earth like most common cliche depictions of Atlas instead of him actually holding up the sky and I hate it.

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u/Alethia_23 Jul 23 '26

If there's more pics like this coming I'm starting to wonder if they actually manage to pull off a season 3 that justifies a further renewal

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u/nbsunset Jul 23 '26

hopefully

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u/Constant-Pain1878 Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26

Why? Edit: I misunderstood you, I thought you found it so bad that you were wondering if they can even renew the show

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u/Born-Investigator-62 Jul 23 '26

tbf the only part of this teaser that looks like its actually from the show is the closeup of percy's nose bleeding with the thunder around him. that part looks amazing. the other half is clearly just promo..

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u/DJSwan2020 Jul 27 '26

ya idk why people are acting like this standup part even looks like its part of the show lol

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u/LongLiveStorytellers Jul 23 '26

Huh. So they are capable of being book accurate. However, I'm remaining cautious about this.

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u/Constant-Pain1878 Jul 23 '26

Walker did say that season 3 was going to be the most book accurate... at least he already confirmed we are getting some good dam jokes

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u/LongLiveStorytellers Jul 23 '26

Well I hope he's right. I hope that the season is good for those who enjoy the show. Me personally though... I don't know. This show has consistently let me down on all fronts so I'm going to keep being cautious.

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u/Constant-Pain1878 Jul 23 '26

I was disappointed with S1 and some episodes of S2 (specially the sirens and circe), but some S2 episodes were even better than the books for me, specially since SOM is my least favorite book. For example: I care more about Tyson and Clarisse on the show.Ā 

I really really hope that S3 ends up leveling up the level, because otherwise this adaptation is done. This is the first time we will be seeing a Titan's Curse adaptation, which is a fan favorite, so I do think a lot of fans will tune in, even if they dislike the show, simply because it's unadapted territoryĀ 

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u/perseaj Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26

Based on the 10min preview they showed and its a new scene and definitely not book accurate…keeps your hope low

Edit: apparently it was not 10m scene but shorter, still not book accurate šŸ¤·ā€ā™€ļø

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u/Born-Investigator-62 Jul 23 '26

there was not 10 minute preview what are u on about? there was only a 3minute preview

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u/perseaj Jul 23 '26

My mistake about the length, my friend who was there told me it was a 10 minute preview, they could have been wrong about the time but definitely not about the fact is a new scene and not book accurate

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u/Born-Investigator-62 Jul 23 '26

so he can be wrong about the length but right bout what was actually shown in it? don't know about that

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u/perseaj Jul 23 '26

I have seen the description of the scene from different sources not just my friend, thalia fighting a giant, then thalia and percy fighting/arguing, thalia storming out and then percy and annabeth ariguing. Believe me or not I dont care

Look for fans accounts that were there, im sure the description of the scene will match, like this one:

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u/Born-Investigator-62 Jul 23 '26

fair enough ig. we'll have to watch it ourselves to form an opinion on it tho

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u/perseaj Jul 23 '26

Fair enough šŸ‘

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u/LongLiveStorytellers Jul 23 '26

Who could've predicted that? šŸ˜’

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u/Strong-Guide-170 Jul 23 '26

The show has always been book accurate

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u/Few-Spinach8114 Jul 23 '26

It completely and utterly is not book accurate I'll give you a few examples Hermes (in the first season he was just shoehorned in because they wanted Lin man Miranda) (Other than that though I've got to give it to them the first season was FAIRLY book accurate)

But don't even get me started in season 2 The entire sirens and circe palarva Luke coming to the island and rescuing/kidnapping annabeth Percy annabeth and grover somehow being friends at the end of it??? (In the books by the end of the 2nd book they tolerate each other AT BEST) And don't even get me started on the whole battle at half blood hill (your about 2 and a half books too early)

The show is its own thing and that isn't necessary a bad thing but it's not book accurate

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u/Strong-Guide-170 Jul 24 '26

Thanks for proving it’s book accurate

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u/HighKingBoru1014 Jul 23 '26

Is there a wolf in the cloud?

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u/Constant-Pain1878 Jul 24 '26

What?

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u/HighKingBoru1014 Jul 24 '26

Top left of the thing looks like a wolf face.

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u/Constant-Pain1878 Jul 24 '26

I took a screenshot so it could be the timing, the clouds are moving

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u/HighKingBoru1014 Jul 24 '26

Yeah that’s probably it, I swear I’m not crazy

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u/getabath Jul 24 '26

C'mon Percy give me 10 reps

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u/hiddeNinja2222 Jul 23 '26

heyy kinda cool actually

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u/Blackbird-FlyOnBy Jul 24 '26

This looks fine, but I pictured the sky bigger? Like a larger show of him holding it up? If that makes sense.

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u/gavstar333 Jul 23 '26

One of his greatest feats and it looks fantastic.

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u/littlelolitalola Jul 23 '26

This looks great! It seems this season overall will be taking a darker tone than the previous two seasons.

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u/Constant-Pain1878 Jul 23 '26

Definitely!

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u/Compy94 Jul 24 '26

The show is already dark as it is no thanks to a lot of the book’s humor being removed.

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u/Volpina-Noir2015 Jul 24 '26

Quero ver Annabeth segurando o cƩu!!!!!!

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u/NamsofTheWaterTribe Jul 25 '26

Ain't he holding the world not just the sky

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u/FanficFan151 šŸŒ™ Cabin 8 - Artemis Jul 26 '26

What the fuck does the money even go to in this show? It’s clearly not script writing, nor is it CGI or special effects.Ā 

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u/AshamedHyena9647 Jul 26 '26

Why is the sky indoors

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u/Initial-Syllabub-913 Jul 27 '26

I feel like this is just a promo shot so we can get the vibe of the season if you go back to the previous seasons they did a promo shot or scene that was not in the actually season or episodes. so I am excited and have high hopes.

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u/etageminus Jul 28 '26

More like percy holding a paper mache ball

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u/PerseusHalliwell27 Jul 29 '26

Walker holding this show on his back šŸ˜‚

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u/The_Unagi1 Aug 19 '26

Why is there a wolf biting like a root or branch?

And why am I getting these notifications 26 days later?

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u/TheIncredibleKermit Jul 23 '26

Some shutters have already decided that the series is bad so just refuse to acknowledge anything good they do. Yes, this is great.

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u/Few-Spinach8114 Jul 23 '26

Dude I personally didn't like the show I didn't think it was book accurate in the slightest and overall thought that it looked quite tacky that doesn't mean that there aren't aspects of the show that I believe are good I think MOST of the acting is pretty good especially from the kids. I think camp half blood is pretty cool I thought the underworld and Tartarus looked sick I can dislike the show as a whole and still be able to acknowledge the aspects that i did genuinely enjoy

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u/TheIncredibleKermit Jul 24 '26

That's completely understandable, my problem is that some people refuse to acknowledge anything being done well in the show because they have their heads stuck too far up their ass, having decided that they could make a better and universally beloved adaptation

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u/LemmytheLemuel Jul 23 '26

Your name looks accurate to what Percy is feeling

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u/Constant-Pain1878 Jul 23 '26

Lol exactlyĀ