#the actors are also really young

[kekaki-cupcakes]

PJO RANT FOR THE ONE PERSON WHO ASKED :D

@seeking-further-illumination here you go, lol.

I think that the expectations of the show were for exactly what everyone wanted, because of Rick's involvement and the budget, but everyone imagined the books differently, so not everyone could ever be happy with it.

There's that, and it is marketed towards a younger audience and I'm not making any assumptions but most of the fans who aren't happy [from what I can see] are a bit older then the target audience [not that there's anything wrong with that, obviously, don't come at me], and if you re read the first book it's literally written for children.

There's literally backlash for everything ever made because for some reason people just can't chill [???] but I think the reason the Percy Jackson show had such a large amount of people unhappy with it is because we haven't had anything like it before. I don't know how to explain it but we've all created our own little versions of the show and made our own content for the fandom cause we were left to our devices for so long, so now that we have something, viewers already have these empires in their heads that they want to see on screen.

I'll just put it like this, if the show came out, like, a few years after the og book series, there would be less people unhappy with it.

#I could've added so much more but I'll lose track of what I'm even saying lol #anyways lemme add some shit down here #that's less coherent #the actors are also really young #so there's always going to be a bit of stiff acting or less amazing scenes every so often #everyone is just so used to seeing literally adults playing teenagers because apparently that's something else we do #and apart from the fandom maturing #Rick Riordan has as well? #like #he wrote the lightning thief so long ago that if he was to rewrite it now it would probably be very different #and he could Chanel that into the show this time around #to suit the viewers and how things have changed #in the world in general as well #lets just say #have you ever read a fanfic you wrote or art you drew five years ago and just died? #Percy Jackson show #pjo disney plus #pjo fandom #pjo #percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians

[the-words-we-sung]

Thoughts and pictures - S3E1

So after digesting my first watch a little bit, I'm starting my rewatch of this season and I'll share a few thoughts and reactions (and screenshots) because I can't keep it all to myself 😱

I was happy that we dived directly into the (sort of) trial and confrontation between Wilhelm, Simon and August. I do wonder how much time passed between the speech and this scene though. It sets the tone for the entire season for Wilhelm: he's gonna be alone, with no support whatsoever from his parents. He enters the room alone, his parents arrive after him and his mother doesn't even look at him... Simon arrives with his mother and August with his stepdad. But Wilhelm has to deal with the situation alone (aka how to get incredibly mad at Kristina barely 5min into the season 😤)

Simon looks so pretty and so sad. (And how did Omar manage to look even younger this season??) He wants to be done with this whole thing. Also I checked but 1.2 millions kronor is not as much as I thought it would be (it's apparently around 107 000€, which is not bad, but I was expecting more)

I see what you did there Simon 😏 (Can someone gif this scene and put it in parallel with Wilhelm seeing Simon's room for the first time and saying "cozy" in season 1? :p)

The boys coming back to the meeting: very smooth. Nobody knows what you were doing. Nop. Not at all. (We can see Linda kinda smirking when Simon sits back whereas Kristina looks like she just ate a very sour lemon). Wilhelm arranging his hair and Simon smiling at him: they might be in the middle of an important meeting and at the Palace but they're still 2 teenage boys in love (and I love them for that 💜)

Rickard looked and sounded like such an idiot in the previous seasons that I didn't expect him to actually be competent! But I guess we were mostly seeing him through August's eyes... I know Rickard said he was the best lawyer in the country but I have to admit that I thought he was just bragging ^^' Also: August is such an asshole. Did he really need to rile up Wilhelm like that? He's got quite the confidence to attack him and tell him how he just fuck things up on his own, in front of everyone like that, including the queen. Who, again, is not defending her son!! She tells them to shut up but she says nothing to August for talking like that to her son 😠

(They look like they've been called to the principal office). Kristina doesn't look at them immediately, she looks at Erik's picture on her desk first. Then she looks at August. And then finally at Wilhelm. She is so awful to him this season... Right from the start. And then she breaks down crying for Erik.

While Wilhelm holds her. I wasn't expecting to see her grieve so much this season. We didn't see that at all in season 2. Is it because she repressed all of her emotions too much? I hate that she breaks down like that just after Wilhelm publicly coming out. How can she not be there for him. I get that it must be hard to lose a son, but she still has a very alive one, who needs her.

Kristina is not getting redeemed in this season but Linda kinda is! I was super happy to see her get in mama bear's mode at the trial ^^ It was about time!! But here: I'm sorry Linda but it's not your son's role to keep you updated about what's going on in your house! You're the mother! Stop putting everything on this kid's shoulders!! Maybe he never tells you but do you ever ask??

Simon being truly angry at Sara is so good. I am so happy so he's able to feel that way and to not feel like he has to repress it, to forgive her, to help her. She did something truly bad and he's allowed to be mad. Also look at his angry lil' face 💜

In things that made me laugh: Wilhelm's reaction and face to learning that Simon is grounded all semester xD He was talking all smoothly/flirty and then his tone changes so dramatically when he realizes he won't be able to get his boyfriend in his bed very soon! Horny boy is horny (and frustrated :p)

This faaaaaace ☹

I'm happy to see that Simon still has Ayub and Rosh here to support him. I wish they would have told him that replying to comments online was a bad idea though. You know the saying kids: don't feed the trolls!!

Wilhelm looks like such a normal teenager when he gets back to his room. First time we see him so carefree. It breaks my heart to know that on the other side Simon is so unwell already.

Wilhelm waking up happy and smiling. And being just a teenager (for the first time in a very long time): thinking about his boyfriend, redrawing the heart on his hand. It's such teenager things!! My boy just wants to have a normal life... (And then he's immediately reminded that he's actually not just a regular teenager with Farima's text).

Simon's worried face when he asks about Wilhelm's initiation. You can see he's truly horrified at the idea that he might have gone through what's been described in the article.

And then it starts: the piling up of everything on Wilhelm's shoulders. First his mother looking really unwell and breaking down (even though she hasn't been said to be officially ill yet), and now the negative impact of his speech on the school... Which Vincent takes great pleasure in reminding him about.

This first episode is really good at setting things in motion. We see already the beginning of what's gonna go down during this season: Simon not feeling well, dealing with online hatred, struggling with his new place next to Wilhelm in the spotlight. And Wilhelm trying to finally live a carefree life at school with his boyfriend now that he's officially out but slowly getting crushed under the pressure of his role as Crown Prince and the increasingly obvious lack of support from his parents.

#Young Royals #Young Royals season 3 #yr S3E1 #Wilmon #Prince Wilhelm #Simon Eriksson #my little thoughts #I really liked the episode #but Simon is breaking our heart right from the start isn't he? #Omar and Edvin are incredible actors #and I truly don't know how Omar can look even cuter and younger this season >< #sorry for the long post #please let me know if I should put it under a cut? #I'm thinking of writing my thoughts for each episode this week #watching each episode again but more slowly #while writing up little thoughts and taking screenshots #is pretty nice #and makes me feel like now I can also go and enjoy what other people have written ^^

[handsomejack-ingoff]

hey man. if youre complaining about the actors in the borderlands movie being "too old" for the roles. i wanna remind you that in the trailer alone, for a bl1 based movie, hyperion is branded yellow and white instead of red and black, tina is the same age shes supposed to be in 2, krieg has escaped hyperion when jack isnt even supposed to be ruling yet, and fuckin. mouthpiece from bl3 was there. just off the top of my head. i could find more lore inconsistencies if i tried

frankly i think the only issue with the casting is how many of them are zionists and the fact that theyre trying to make roland a comedic character played by kevin hart when hes supposed to be the straight man. like. come on. roland is the only even slightly normal one out of the first games vault hunters (i really dont care that much at the end of the day, thats just my main gripe besides the zionism)

#borderlands #daring to main tag this #i just think its stupid to complain about the ages of the actors when. theyre already fucking the lore up severely anyway #besides. jamie lee curtis seems like she plays tannis REALLY well #id gladly take actors who are too old for their roles than too young #and imma be real. ill take lilith looking like anything other than a generic video game girl im sorry #also imma be real if you ever expected a borderlands movie to be good youre delusional #the games writing has always been pretty bad #mr anthony bitch and dameon clarke were what carried so much of the story people remember #and they arent helping in this movie at all #this isnt about anyone in specific btw ive just seem multiple people complaining about it #and i think its stupid

[allgremlinart]

every time someone calls Dallas Liu ugly the closer I get to changing how I draw Zuko .. like out of spite...

#'ewww he doesnt have the eurocentric features I imagined him having 🤢' <- literally how some of yall sound #at first I was like. 'well I wont comment on his appearance im too embarrassed to and also he's a young actor so' #but like. A) he's a year older than me whatever and B) HES SO FINE ?? YALL ARE REALLY FLABBERGASTING ME... #'he doesnt look like zuko' girl. zuko's a cartoon. no one looks like him.

[cryptic-queer-cryptid]

look. not to get sappy on main but like.

call it cringe call it silly call it whatever you want but do you know what it felt like to be a depressed teenager and hear the doctor say “do you know, in 900 years of time and space, i’ve never met anyone who wasn’t important before”?

cause let me tell you, hearing that… there are whole years of my life that i barely remember because of my depression. chunks of my time on earth that i’ll probably never get back. but i do remember watching that damn special because it meant something to me, even in that fog.

#emotional about dr who tonight #dr who #doctor who #prof rambles #my life #mental health #no but see the dw marketing team knows their audience. the writers know their audience the actors know their audience #this shows been going on for a damn long time and there is a consistent trend of like. people ages 9-25 who are extremely depressed #not that there aren’t other fans obviously but that is a Large demographic and it always has been to some extent #i have friends parents who were into dr who in the 60s and 70s and that was a big demographic even then #and anyway my point is: they put that line in there for the fans because they knew it would mean something to hear the doctor say that #and that just like drives me crazy like the. i guess the inherent kindness of having a beloved character say something that’s in character!! #but like also very much vague enough to apply to the audience #it’s like having kirk say ‘hang on tight and survive. everybody does’. and that always sustained me as a depressed child #because i watched star trek tos religiously and still do #anyway #shoutout to showrunners and writers and marketing people and actors and everyone who makes a show #for seeing their fanbase of young mentally ill people and saying here #have this character that is amazing and that you love say this really motivational and loving thing #idk it’s nice #and just a good line in general #yeah #that’s all #byeeeee living up to my prof RAMBLES tag

[mariocki]

A young Christopher Lee guest stars as dastardly Larry Spence - a rising star in the world of journalism, turned blackmailer and then murderer - in The Vise: The Final Column (1.16, ABC, 1955); the episode wasn't seen in the UK until 1963, as part of ITV drama anthology Tension

#fave spotting #christopher lee #the vise #tension #1955 #the final column #for more information on the complicated origins of The Vise (a US production entirely made in the UK) see my prev fave spotting post for #Jacqueline Hill's appearance on the series #Lee was hardly a newcomer when he made this ep; he'd been acting professionally since being demobbed a couple of years after ww2 and #was something of a stock player in british cinemas‚ usually in minor bit parts as caddish gentlemen or authority figures and military men #one of his first really significant roles would be later in '55 as a submarine commander in The Cockleshell Heroes #he was also making semi regular appearances on tv in small guest spots‚ albeit sometimes uncredited (as in ITV's The Adventures of the #Scarlet Pimpernel also around this time). a jobbing actor‚ basically‚ and not yet the cinematic icon he would begin (that journey starting #at the end of the decade and the beginning of his association with Hammer studios and horror immortality). he's very good here tho #host and narrator Ron Randell even describes him near the start of the ep as (something like) 'young‚ handsome‚ but sinister' which #may as well have been printed on business cards for the kind of work Lee would find himself doing for the next decade or so #yes he's a real rotter‚ a strangler of ladies and a blackmailer of tycoons‚ and in true Vise fashion he gets his just desserts and the mora #status quo is maintained (this is a very moral series and takes pains to inform us via Randell exactly what kind of punishment the villains #received after the events depicted) #Lee made two more Vise episodes but as Network (rip beloved) seemingly took a random approach to which episodes to include in their #first volume of the series (and obviously as it turned out only volume) i have no idea if either of those are on the set #one can hope! and i do bc it's lovely seeing him so young but with such a meaty role

[chirpsythismorning]

With the smoker-Will discourse in the tag, I thought I would share this article that talks about how ST and the huge role of smoking in the first few seasons and a study related to it, has literally lead Netflix to vow to cut down on smoking in their content.

This is also part of the reason why we saw little to no smoking in s4 and also why we’re likely to see little to none in s5.

They’re lucky they have the excuse that it’s the end of the world so chain smoking would be a pretty shitty habit to find yourself in.

Anyways, sorry to the smoker-Will enthusiasts, but it’s looking like a pipe dream…

#byler #see what I did there!!!??!? #pipe dream?!? #like smoking? #out of a pipe #forget it #also like yes it’s acting so if Noah was given a role where the character smoked he would be capable of it #but he’s also so young #and with this study and the implications surrounding it #it would be BAD press #bc all it does is make ppl watching want to go smoke a cigarette m #ngl I used to smoke but never got addicted so it was easy to get off of it #but if I saw Will Byers on my screen smoking a cigarette #I would run to the nearest 7/11 and get a pack… #cigarette sales 📈📈📈 #and so therefore based on that alone… #a young actor with a young impressionable audience… #unlikely. #no hate to ppl having fun with headcanons just joking around #it’s really not that serious #idc he’s a fictional character #but I just remembered this news article and had to share it!!!

[amateurwordbender]

ok it took me a minute to get used to the serious, almost brooding tone of the pjo show, but man i'm so glad they took that direction??

the dialogue gets a little cheesy sometimes and a few moments don't land, but that's such a small price to pay for the show actually taking itself seriously and leaning into sincerity and drama, because that's exactly how it felt reading the books as a kid. yes, percy's sassy (cue flashbacks) and quippy and there's a lot of humor in the books, but what i latched onto was the depth of character and the tragedy and the grandness of it all

i love that percy's really, truly troubled and angry, i love that you can feel luke's burning resentment for the gods, i love that the monsters feel terrifying and it's not just ~quirky~ that the greek myths are real, the myths feel ancient and the gods are dangerous. also, that outro with art harking back to the original book covers gave me literal chills you guys. i'm so excited for what's in store aaaa

#i went in with low expectations and mild interest and came out with SO MANY EMOTIONS #also childhood is idolizing percy jackson adulthood is idolizing sally jackson #bc mannnnn. that actress really used every second of screentime to put you in sally's head #percy jackson and the olympians #pjo #she speaks #also the young actors are doing so well too aaaaah they really capture the spirit of the characters but also THEY'RE JUST BABIES MY HEART #oh my one nitpick about something that completely took me out was the cgi of chiron's centaur body tho fdsklj #guys. centaurs have been done realistically in film for ages pls look at narnia why does he look so choppy in horse form

[miniatureketchupbottles]

hey fun fact wylan is an independent character and im throwing hands next time I see someone infantilise him. yes he was the youngest. it's true that he didn't grow up in the barrel like the others. but no he does not need protecting. I actually don't like how he's portrayed in the show because it really just paints him as such a kid, in the books he's so much stronger and fights for his independence from his father so much too. also they don't make fun of him in the show anywhere near as much as in the books and that makes so much difference to his character

#yes I know a lot of this is because #they didn't really get very far in any of the characters' developments #and I know he isn't a main character because the show is the more focused on the grisha trilogy #which i love #but just because his actor has a young face #and just because he has a disability #doesn't mean he needs treating like a baby #thank you for coming to my ted talk #wylan hendriks #wylan van eck #also he has blue eyes and ginger hair tyvm

[alexiethymia]

I never used to be aware of the actors in the kdramas I watched, but it’s neat to think that Kang Tae-oh was in a drama with Lee Soo-hyuk (Doom At Your Service) who was in a drama with Rowoon (Tomorrow) who was in a drama with Park Eun-bin (The King’s Affection) who’s now in a drama with Kang Tae-oh (Extraordinary Attorney Woo).

#extraordinary attorney woo #eaw #tomorrow kdrama #woo young woo #lee junho #the king's affection #doom at your service #kdramas #ramblings about kdramas #this is important to me because the drama I watched right before eaw and was also crazy about was tomorrow #and I loved loved Joon-wong so much in Tomorrow #but I'm the type who really gets attached to ships in kdramas #so when I have favorites I usually don't enjoy them in other dramas anymore #which is weird #but the reason I couldn't get into cloy despite the hype #is because secret garden is my favorite kdrama #admittedly I don't really ship actors together #(at least in kdramas) #but still a weird habit #which is a shame #because I loved Joon-wong #and I love Jun-ho now #and of course I love Park Eun-bin's acting so I kind of really want to watch The King's Affection #but Jun-ho keeps ruining me for other men haha #it's the circle of life haha #when I first saw clips of Joong-gil and Jun-ho I thought they were manips for an MV haha

[katya-goncharov]

it's really weird how many tv shows are set at high school and centred around teenagers but are clearly not FOR teenagers

#like if you're making a show that's rated 18 and has loads of adult themes and all the actors are in their 20s then why not set it at a #university? it would mean the show could go to more interesting places anyway. idk i just think these adult high school shows are such a #weird trend. and yeah there are some teens who'll watch them and don't care about the rating and like that stuff. i just know that i very #much wouldn't have done when i was a teenager #(also there's some exceptions to this bc some high school shows are very much teen friendly! but there's a really weird amount that #don't seem to be for people that age. it's just that for some reason telling stories about young adults & uni students has never occurred #to certain showrunners?!)

[silvery-stars]

would it be sacrilege of me to say that i am kinda hashtag Underwhelmed by the percy jackson show

#first off. the directing is just not that good. #like you could have taken the unique story and made interesting choices that make the story feel more exciting but so far it’s just so basi #basic shot composition basic camera movement fairly basic lighting #also like i can understand changes from the book. going from a first person novel to a show is difficult and you have to make changes. #but also some of them are just like nonsensical. why would you change the claiming from a moment of victory for percy to whatever that was #<- well okay not really victory. more confusion and fear and desperation with a tad bit of victory #(also the claiming symbol looked bad and i’m salty about that) #i liked that annabeth had it figured out though that was fun. the introduction to her character kinda slayed #oh my god also the decision for that scene where luke is telling percy abt him annabeth and thalia to Not have any broll type shots overtop #-of the explaination actually Showing what luke was saying was lame #i get that they don’t have the actor for thalia chosen yet but you could have easily done it to where you only showed young luke+annabeth- #-and just thalia’s like sillohuette or hand reaching out or whatever #also again about the claiming scene they just took away all of the hints toward future twists. the hellhound summoned by someone in camp- #-and the hints toward the Big prophecy :( #anyway overall it’s awesome and it’s so fun to see pjo on screen. it’s just a bit lacking imo ☹️ #oh and the reduction of gabe into an almost comedic character rather than as an absolutely foul person that percy and sally have had to- #-suffer just does not work for me. it’s such an important detail thematically and also gives so much more context and meaning to percy and- #-sally’s lives and relationship. i think it’s so important but they changed it to something more palletable :( #ash rambles #ash.txt

[qintarra]

people complaining about the new makarov are so silly

the actor looks good, and if you’re complaining about price making it seem like he’s just some criminal who has no reason for what he’s doing i think you need to remember how he was introduced in the og

#call of duty #makarov #status #no the person who hates makarov isn’t going to explain to you his goals when ur first being intro’d #makarov has reasons behind his actions but it’s way less sympathetic to audiences cuz of the war #so it’s gonna be a bit harder #i really like the actor tho he looks good #i do hope makarov has heterochromia again #also #he looks young.. yes.. bc this game deaged everyone #i just hope we get yuri #just addressing a complaint i’ve seen on tumblr n twitter lol

[camptw1nk]

I watched the lightning thief movie the other day and i loved it so much it made me sad

#i was 12 when it came out in 2010..... i think my entire life would be different if i saw it when it came out and i mean that so genuinely #like. in 2010 i didnt really know what fandom was but if i did my big fandoms wouldve been buffy which slay but no one my age knew it #or. the girls of the playboy mansion tv series which like. also slay but a) i was too young for that and b) the body image issues it gave m #but like. oh i would've loved percy jackson as a kid and im so sad i didnt see it or read it bc i truly think it could've fixed me #i wouldve been so obsessed w lukes actor tbh #but anyway. i loved the 2010 movie and i know people hate it bc its inaccurate but i didnt know that watching it i just had fun #next is sea of monsters then the tv show but also the books somewhere #maybe books alongside tv show? or after? #i want to watch everything without book expectations but also like. i wanna read them #i just wish i got into typical kid stuff lmao

[nightwingandhissquad]

Only two shows? Yeah sound about right

#dc #only 2 shows on that list and one of them is teen titans go #ffs #well I guess we’ll just have to see what they’ll put out #and yes a lot of the comments are for young justice to be brought back #I’ll clown and hold out hope for yj #anything for this clown to have another chance at you know what I guess #🤡🤡🤡 #(and also I love young justice even when Wally isn’t in it) #but on a side note this is a really good chance for dc to make some good animated shows again it’s where they thrive #let hope they take this opportunity #after the writers and actors strikes of course #my post

[doedipus]

indie 5 was like, fine, but I think if it's a sign of more mgs4 Old Snake action movies to come we need to figure out some other way to cope with 80s action movie stars not being immortal. maybe by hiring other actors to play them. or making original movies. one of those things.

#the young harrison ford cg was like -fine- but it clearly couldn't emote very well and they should've just gotten another actor #but of course they didn't because then they'd have to pay another actor real money and not underpay a bunch of cgi artists #if it had shown up again after the opening sequence I think it would've gotten really distracting #also what was the deal with the black lady with the sharp outfit helping out the neo nazis at the beginning that was kinda weird #she was there for a couple scenes and then they killed her off even though she was very cute. #she was really cute and they didn't even let her join up with the protags or anything