Quick Rant: Critics are Idiots
With “The Lightning Thief” being released tonight at midnight, reviews are pouring in. “A cheap ‘Harry Potter’ ripoff” has been the general theme in the negative reviews.
“Harry Potter” is a ripoff of previous stories. And those previous stories Harry Potter ripped off from were probably ripped off from even earlier sources.
Comparisons between “Potter” and “Percy Jackson” are obvious. Three friends. A magical home location. But I’ve read both series and enjoyed them both (I listen to the entire “Potter” series once a year) and that’s really where the comparisons end.
If “Percy Jackson” ripped off any story, it’s those Greek myths that the entire series is based upon.
I don’t know how good of a movie “The Lightning Thief” will be–I plan to see it Sunday. But, enough with the “Potter ripoff” claims. The Percy Jackson story stands on its own.
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