Percy Jackson and The Olympians : The Lightning Thief

[Orb]

New trailer(bad quality) but only couple of seconds of new footage. This marks this the 6th trailer.Overkill?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-seS02or6nw&feature=related

 

[TheComicbookKid]

That's only the third American trailer



yeah, I know that Medusa looks terrible. Why do think I didn't post it.

 

[Orb]

But still 6 trailers in total.

 

[haephestus]

Yikes! The Medusa poster looks terrible. I can't believe they would release that.

The photoshop efforts of the other posters isn't great either. The lighting/blending/whatever it is called around the hairlines is particularly bad.

Still looking forward to seeing the film. Even if it's dumb, I at least hope it is fun.

Cheers.

 

[mclay18]

Well, if it gets good reviews, I say go for it. Otherwise throw it in the pile with the other kid-fantasy flicks and burn it.

Fox is desperately trying to jump-start the Percy Jackson bandwagon as their own Harry Potter franchise. Hence why they got Chris Columbus (who directed the first two HP films) to produce and direct it... most of the promotional material heavily emphasizes "From the director of 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone'..."

As a film, it could be fun. Anything directed by Chris Columbus is automatically better than being force-fed that horrid Alvin and the Chipmunks franchise.

 

[LegendaryCaleb]

this movie looks...idk...not great...i prolly wont see it unless i hear great things like avatar

 

[SapphirePrima]

this movie looks...idk...not great...i prolly wont see it unless i hear great things like avatar

Well I guess you won't be seeing this then.

The only reason why Avatar is getting such praise cause it's a Cameron movie and the special effects.

 

[Victarion]

Hopefully Fox has learned their lessons from Eragon...which I'm sure would've been their LOTR had they made enough for the whole Inheritance Cycle. Not that the books were that great, but the movie was terrible.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

I like the look of trailer but after they butchered Eragon I have no faith with Fox's name being on this, never read the books and looks interesting and the kid who plays Percy was superb in 3:10 To Yuma.

 

[Green Ghost]

There's a 6th charakter poster and the final versions of the other ones here:
http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=26639

And here is a reaction to the Percy Jackson marketing and the posters:
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Laughable-Percy-Jackson-Promo-Photos-16397.html

 

[spider-neil]

the posters are giving away spoilers. so such for suprises

 

[Green Ghost]

the posters are giving away spoilers. so such for suprises

Really? What kind of spoilers?

 

[Green Ghost]

Here's a nice litte article about Medusa:
http://www.reelzchannel.com/movie-news/5529/uma-thurman-plays-a-seductive-medusa-for-percy-jackson

And new stills can be found here:
http://percyjackson.org/cast/high-quality-stills-from-the-lightning-thief-movie/

 

[SonikDeath]

That medusa poster is so bad.

 

[Raiden]

That's only the third American trailer



yeah, I know that Medusa looks terrible. Why do think I didn't post it.

Didn't know that Athena can have a daughter since she's the virgin goddess. I guess I should've read the books?

 

[TheComicbookKid]

She was born similar to her mother. Not a natural one.

 

[Raiden]

She was born similar to her mother. Not a natural one.

You mean Athena had a headache and someone cracked open her forehead and thus her daughter was born?

 

[YoungE808]

Yup, brain sex.

 

[TheComicbookKid]

I guess she was...intellectally stimulated!

 

[haephestus]

So, The Exterminator is meant to be Hades right? Or is that Ares? Looks more like Coogan than Winstone, but I have no idea.

Actually, I'm pretty sure its Hades:

http://percyjackson.org/cast/high-quality-stills-from-the-lightning-thief-movie/

I don't understand why they refuse to provide the actual "names" for any of the characters. Mystery? The "Fatal Beauty" is obviously Medusa (a VERY poorly CGI created Medusa, but still Medusa).

And I cannot comprehend why they would release that Medusa poster. The few seconds we see of Medusa in the "Clash of the Titans" trailer is 1,000 times better than that poster. They should have stuck with the hair-scarf for the posters if they couldn't get the snakes right.

As for Athena, I thought she did have a son. Not by conventional means though. Something about Hephaistos attempting to have his way with her or something. And we all know that of the three, only Artemis was the true virgin. Athena and Hestia certainly got around the pantheon.

Cheers.

 

[Orb]

New interview with Brandon Jackson and first clip:

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=view_from_the_bay/arts_entertainment&id=7216935

 

[TheComicbookKid]

Lol. Brandon is really excited. And is that female co-host on something?

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[Pythagoras]

This movie might not be good...might not.

 

[corby]

http://percyjackson.org/cast/high-quality-stills-from-the-lightning-thief-movie/

wait...Tim Burton is Hades?

 

[YoungE808]

That is NOT how I pictured my favorite God. Oh well, it's grown on me a bit within the last few days.