Percy Jackson and The Sea Of Monsters

Cantona's Collars

It's got Nathan Fillion!!

I must admit the first one is a bit of a guilty pleasure & this looks pretty decent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KoOtiuSjuI

Otacon

zerks wrote: »

It's got Nathan Fillion!!

That's all they needed to show me TBH but the rest of the trailer is also relatively encouraging.

constitutionus

TBH im amazed its got made !

thought the first one tanked and scuttled the franchise.

im one of those that liked the first one too so ill give this a shot.

Cantona's Collars

constitutionus wrote: »

TBH im amazed its got made !

thought the first one tanked and scuttled the franchise.

im one of those that liked the first one too so ill give this a shot.

It's on Film4 tomorrow evening.

constitutionus

well got round to watching this today (2d version)

i thought this was great !

its a kiddies film first and foremost. my main view of the film was "if i was 12 i'd fupping LOVE this" as it reminded me of all the inoffensive action/fantasy/adventure films i used to see back in the 80s.

now dont get me wrong, as a 40yr old i had a blast at this too, but its definetly aimed at that tween market.

fecking thing is even subversely educational. theres a fair big scene where they end up encountering charybdis and for the life of me i couldnt remember the name of its couterpart in greek mythology.

sure enough at the end of that set peice scylla gets a name check

its been that long since this thread came out i forgot all about nathan fillion being in it in a cameo role and i found myself smiling to myself like a fool the whole time he was on. im pretty sure he even make a firefly reference at one point !

anthony head is in this too for the old school buffy fans.

they do some nice thing with tropes of greek mythology and while the showdown with chronos is a CGI letdown its still holds together as a very enjoyable experience.

i suppose the annoying thing about the chronos character is the sea horse thingy earlier was done VERY well and was practically channelling "never ending story" for me

certainly the kids (circa 10yr of age or so) behind me seemed to love it and made all sorts of "jaysus" type noises at the appropriate places.

i dont know if a third is already comissioned but its set up for one

7/10

enjoyed this more than the first, though that probably might be because it kicks off straight from the batt with a great sequence involving a mechanical bull and keeps going without having to do too much establishing.

JP Liz V1

Is Fillion's role only a cameo?

Otacon

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Is Fillion's role only a cameo?

Having read the books, I assumed it was from the start.

Encouragingly, if they decide to make more in the series, he is likely to reappear a few times.