Saturday, February 20, 2010

Five Questions for "Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief" *spoilers*

I was bored yesterday, so I went and saw this contender for the Harry Potter sweepstakes. Mind you, all my impressions are from the movie. The book sounds interesting though. I might check it out. However, if it is anything like the movie, I will be asking the same questions.

Most of these are regarding the consistency of either its adaptation of Greek mythology or its own internal mythos.

1. Why is there a daughter of Athena? Isn't Athena's virginity a significant part of her goddess profile? And considering that her daughter is barely post-pubescent, its not like she went the Athena route and sprang full-grown from her mother's head. So, what, did Athena just get hammered at a party and woke up with a take-home package?

"I'm never touching Apollo's shit again, ever!" *groan*

2. How come Medusa is alive again? Hasn't she been slain and decapitated before? Heck, her head is on Athena's shield. Couldn't they get another gorgon? Are there contract issues with the gorgon Union or something?

3. Why is a Fury doing a Harpy's job?

4. If, according to the internal mythos, the demi-gods' heads are "hard-wired for ancient Greek, not English", (which can be assumed they inherited from their Greek myth parents who should have the condition) how can a Fury in disguise teach Othello, which was written in English?

5. If, according to the book's internal mythos, the demi-gods inherit the god profiles of their divine parent (all of Aphrodite's daughters are Girls Gone Wild), why is the daughter of Pallas Athena, the virgin patron of Athens, suddenly all googly-eyed when confronted with a Theseus wannabe? Shouldn't she be the ice queen, or at least more guarded about her chastity? This is why it would have been better if she were made the daughter of Artemis instead. You circumvent all the "virginity" questions, get enought grrl power attributes to satisfy the stupid feminists in the audience, and leave enough room for her to fall in love with the hero.

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