#i've watched unboxing of beauty advent calendars that had more tension and action than both 'figths' in ep one

[perthesocialshrimp]

Watched first 2 ep of the new PJO show and... i really do not get where the hype is coming from

Like sure, visuals are nice and the actors are doing a great job (love Clarisse's actress so much, she seems to be having a lot of fun). There are some adaptation choices that i don't particularly like (like mostly Grover being just shooed away constantly, erasing adhd and dyslexia besides one breif mention and that letters thing in first ep, getting kicked out of school being part of some grand plan and whatever was Sally's problem), but overall i think it's decent,

But what i cannot get over is just how bad of a tv show it is. Like, it's so confusing

I cannot fathom how they managed to get negative amount of tension and action in fight scenes. And the constant exposition dumping while they just sit/stand there. And talk. And talk. And then talk some more enough that you nearly forget that the time sensitive thing that is happening is supposedly still happening. Like you have them be like "omg we have to get out of there now" and then just have them stand there and talk for at least 3 mins??? Or the absolutely confusing decision to cut the hype of the capture the flag starting cuz very slow and boring walk when Percy says the same thing he already said at least 3 times in this episode alone is more important

And do not get me started on the fades to black. Idk if it's some new trend in tv shows or whatever, they are just confusing and laughable

I hope the rest of the season is gonna get at least slightly better with all of this. I'm really trying to be positive and give it a fair shot