'Percy Jackson and the Olympians' Season 2 Review: Disney+'s Fantasy Series Gets the Action-Packed Upgrade We've Been Waiting For
Like the trials of Hercules, it originally felt like it would take eons upon eons for fans of Rick Riordan‘s beloved Percy Jackson and the Olympians series to get a proper adaptation. Sure, there were the Logan Lerman-led movies, but they were almost universally rejected by fans for their loose approach to the source material and a lack of the books’ personality and charm. If done right, an adaptation of the Percy Jackson books absolutely had the potential to be just as popular as Harry Potter, and fans have finally earned a taste of what a successful take on the source material looks like with Disney+’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians.With Riordan having a great deal of creative input, Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 1 finally delivered the faithful adaptation fans had been waiting for with an almost one-to-one iteration of the author’s first book, The Lightning Thief. Including a much healthier dose of orange Camp Half-Blood T-shirts, Season 1 was a gift that boasted all the exhilarating mythological hijinks any diehard could want, but that same dedication to the source material also resulted in some pretty stiff dialogue. Still, it was a big enough hit to warrant a Season 2, and while many of last season’s problems remain (at least in the first four episodes provided for review), it’s an exhilarating sophomore adventure that, overall, feels like a great improvement.
