oh my god i’m reading rick riordan’s blog post about how much he hates the movies and… dare i say iconic???
ok so he lists this one letter in full that he sent to fox after they sent him the script. and he starts by listing about five things he liked about the script (the opening scenes are fine, the gate to camp half-blood looks cool, annabeth physically matches percy as well as intellectually). and then the savagery begins.
he sent them back the entire script covered with notes and offered to completely revise the script for them. they turned him down. he truly tried to save us huh???
you guys honestly have to read this for yourselves i’ve only cherry picked a few things there is tons more. he’s never even watched the movies apparently. he went on set one day and came to the understanding that he just wanted to go on with life pretending the movies never existed.
ALSO he apparently has hope for an actually good reboot??? dare we dream???
one of my favorite quotes:
When I first read the script I’ll admit I was plunged into despair at just how bad it was. If I were intentionally trying to sabotage this project, I doubt I could have done a better job than this script.
Today is World AIDS Day/Day With(out) Art. During the 1980s and 1990s, AIDS and complications from it killed nearly half a million people in the U.S., a disproportionate number of them gay men and people of color. The artist community lost thousands; still more friends, lovers, and family members faced lives transformed by grief, fear, indignation, and illness. Many artists made activist work that criticized government inaction, promoted awareness and treatment, and expressed support for people fighting and living with the virus. Here are two of those works from the Whitney’s collection, on view now in An Incomplete History of Protest
me, about to refer a tumblr user by their name: am i ENTIRELY sure that’s their name?? lemme check… okay it’s in their bio… w wait what if that’s not actually their name… like… maybe it’s one of their friends names or something?? or like.. a song lyric?? ugh idk i’ll just… search their blog for the name that’s in their bio and maybe that will help me figure out whether it IS actually their name?? idk okay i mean… it’s probably their name so i’ll just go for it and type out their name! oh wait what if that’s not how you spell it… i’ll check the spe- oh okay i was right in the first place… okay i’m gonna hit send w w w WaIT WHAT IF THEY’RE USING A FAKE NAME AND I LOOK LIKE AN IDIOT BECAUSE I THINK IT’S THEIR REAL N
Okay so can we make this the Official Name Post? tag it with official name post and your name so people know
Don0303 