It seems obvious Fox was hoping to launch another Harry Potter-style cash cow with The Lightning Thief. ![]() While it’s hard not to champion a creative endeavor born of father and son bonding, especially one with the aim of educating young readers about Greek mythology, it’s harder not to approach this movie with anything but deeply human cynicism. Well, at least, that’s the origin story for the best-selling “Percy Jackson” book series provided on one of the making-of featurettes of the Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief blu-ray. and Dyslexia) and godly lineage (he’s the son of Poseidon). When he ran out of myths to retell, he made up a new Greek demigod: “Percy Jackson,” modern teenager with human learning disabilities (A.D.H.D. ![]() Children’s author Rick Riordan, however, raised his son in far more Greco-friendly fashion, regaling his boy with nightly bedtime stories featuring Zeus, Poseidon and the Olympian gang. Perhaps my devout Catholic parents figured it best not to confuse my evolving young mind since the Bible was already dense enough with tales of one wrathful God and his demigod-like son. ![]() Growing up in a strict monotheistic household, it really wasn’t a priority for anyone to teach me about the ancient Greek gods.
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