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So I’m sure anyone here where The Lightning Thief has been released has likely seen the movie at least once or has heard of all the changes they made to the film. (And it’s not a few) And now the question is: What do the changes from the books bode for our favorite series??

Well, we here at percyjackson.org have decided to go through the fundamental changes in the film (not the small stuff like Annabeth’s hair color, because I would get Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in my hands before I could finish) and what it could mean for the next four movies. We will work on this until we feel it is complete, so this is the first of several installments of our version of “Changes From The Book”.

Also, I would like to say to all fans: If you’ve seen the movie and hated it because of all the changes from the book, (and a lot of my friends do) and are telling people who have never read the book and never will that it’s a bad movie (and you aren’t saying to them that you think that because of the changes from the book that they’ll never read) PLEASE: say it’s a good movie OTHER than the changes they made.

Why, do you ask? Because it’s a terrific film in it’s own right, minus the changes they made. And for those that will just say that they will rent it on DVD, NO! Because the studios don’t look at DVD rentals, they look at box office results and if there aren’t good box office numbers then they won’t make a second movie, and I know that all of us want to see more films of Percy Jackson. So next time someone asks you if you thought the movie was good, put aside your indignation at the book to film changes, and think of it as a film in it’s own right, and if you can do that and it seems like it would be an entertaining film to anyone asking, tell them to go see it at the local theater as soon as possible! Thank you.

Ok, now let’s get into it.

Change #1: The Big Three Prophecy
In the series the main reason for Percy being born and being attacked at the beginning is because he’s the son of one of the Big Three. (Zeus, Poseidon and Hades) In this case Poseidon. To reset for everyone, in the book, World War II started as a war between Zeus’ and Poseidon’s children against Hades’. Finally, after WWII they made a pact that they would have no more mortal children, which Zeus and Poseidon had broken.

It’s because there was a prophecy made that a child of one of the Big Three, when age 16 would make a decision to save or destroy Olympus. We also learn about Thalia, daughter of Zeus who sacrificed herself to save Grover, Annabeth and Luke. Her tree now guards the Camp.

In the film the reason for Percy not knowing his father, and why not, is because Poseidon was becoming too mortal while being with Sally and Percy. There’s no hint of a prophecy or Thalia, daughter of Zeus, or how Grover, Luke and Annabeth came to the Camp. In the film, Percy is already 17 meaning he’s too old for the prophecy of age 16. They could just make it a prophecy of the kid who is 21 will save or destroy Olympus. Guess we’ll find out.

That is all for now… comment below for your say, be sure to join our mailing list (over there on the right column) to receive updates on our next installment, which is coming soon.