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Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)

Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)

FromMovies We Dig: The Ancient World on Film


Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)

FromMovies We Dig: The Ancient World on Film

ratings:
Length:
65 minutes
Released:
Nov 5, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Colin & Eli alienate themselves to younger listeners by not understanding popular novels. They also reveal their own age by constantly comparing everything to Harry Potter. Colin argues Percy Jackson is the Waluigi of movies and that Camp Half-Blood is really a cross-fit gym for Old Navy models in their twenties. It's also a musical, which, we think, is genius. This film (and story at large) also has a serious problem with the means by which it integrates ancient Greek and modern American culture...
Released:
Nov 5, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (82)

Is it a movie podcast? Is it a history podcast? Is it an unholy union of the two? Short answer: yes! Each episode, hosts Colin MacCormack, Elijah Fleming and Christie Vogler break down a new movie about Greece, Rome or the wider ancient world and what works (or doesn’t work) about them. But this isn’t a podcast for nitpicking historical inaccuracies. Rather, it’s a chance to get hot takes on Hollywood films from professional nerds/academics and take a closer look at the relation between our movies and our pasts.