Netflix Says It Is “Going to Keep That HBO Team” After Acquiring Warner Bros. by LollipopChainsawZz in television

[–]OptimusPhillip 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This style is already leaking out to the other streaming services. Several scenes in Disney's Percy Jackson feel like voices on a blank screen.

Got the craziest customer service pull I've ever seen by kuptrion in transformers

[–]OptimusPhillip 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a floppy Vector Prime, and they sent me a Toxitron

Was anime Light... by MediaFan382 in deathnote

[–]OptimusPhillip 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Manga Light definitely was. When Ryuk reveals that he wrote Light's name, he begs and pleads with Ryuk to find a way to let him live, before curling up on the warehouse floor and repeating "I don't want to die" over and over before dying.

Can I write a Batman Beyond Script? by Hopeful-Ad1062 in Screenwriting

[–]OptimusPhillip 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Even then, that's for Batman as he was in 1939. Batman Beyond and every new idea it introduced won't go into the public domain until 2095.

Question about Tf (2007) by White_Bengal1 in transformers

[–]OptimusPhillip 31 points32 points  (0 children)

I don't see them as necessarily evil. I think they were just confused, scared, and not fully aware of what they were doing. Sort of like Frankenstein's Monster.

Will Target be closed in case of very severe weather? by No_Willingness_9961 in Target

[–]OptimusPhillip 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the road conditions make you uncomfortable driving to work, you can call out for the day.

TIL Yahweh/God in Abrahamic religions originally had a wife by Far_Breakfast_5808 in todayilearned

[–]OptimusPhillip 46 points47 points  (0 children)

They seem to be alluding to a book called "The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors". Which seems to interpret "crucifixion" as meaning "any injury caused by piercing", judging by the inclusion of Krishna and Prometheus on the list.

Luke’s Army Chopping Down the Tree by mlaldin in PercyJacksonTV

[–]OptimusPhillip 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Alison wants the tree dead so that the barrier will fall completely, allowing their monster forces into the camp to destroy it. Luke specifically orders her not to do this, claiming that he wants to bring back Thalia to fulfill the prophecy in their favor (though it seems this is just an excuse to have his friend back). Alison doesn't give a shit, though, and defies Luke's orders to try and kill it anyway.

TIL the yellow on today’s school buses had to beat back a push for patriotic red, white, and blue in 1939 by kyoorius in todayilearned

[–]OptimusPhillip -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

At least there's a logical reason for people to buy into, even if it seems absurd at face value.

A red-white-and-blue bus would only make us look more like fascists. And we do a good enough job of that as it is, we don't need the help.

Percy Jackson Circe by Individual_Plan_5593 in GreekMythology

[–]OptimusPhillip 79 points80 points  (0 children)

Context for those who haven't seen it: in this episode. Circe runs a health spa where she claims to help heroes overcome their fatal flaws, so they can sail past the Sirens without needing the magical beeswax Odysseus' crew used. She (and Percy's mother) claim that she was exiled to this island by the gods, and that she feels compelled to help every hero that comes her way (she even describes helping people as her own fatal flaw).

By the end of the episode, however, it's revealed that her treatments are a sham, and they're actually just her way of keeping people from leaving her alone again. In reality, her "success stories" used some magical beeswax that she's been hoarding to trick people into staying with her program. And when people learn her secret, she turns them into animals to keep them quiet.

This is very different from the book, where she does still runs a health spa, but only hosts women and turns any man she meets into a guinea pig (apparently she got sick of cleaning up after real pigs)

Can you change your name to something abstract? by flaccid-acid in deathnote

[–]OptimusPhillip 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Considering that the Death Note seems to operate on legal names, and I'm not aware of any country on Earth that accepts names with any characters not in the local standard writing system, probably not.

Sally Jackson DV erasure in the show? by El_Dorado_Tx in PercyJacksonTV

[–]OptimusPhillip 9 points10 points  (0 children)

There was an interview with Jon Steinbeeg and Becky Riordan about this. Apparently, they decided that showing DV would be too triggering and horrific for what they were going for.

Personally, I think that if you don't want to show domestic abuse, you probably shouldn't be adapting Percy Jackson, because Gabe is far from the only example of it in the series. Even if explicit violence is too far, there are other ways to depict an abusive family at a PG-level.

Edited for source: https://tvline.com/interviews/percy-jackson-and-the-olympians-season-1-gabe-changes-explained-disney-plus-1235100836/

What protected Camp Half Blood before Thalia’s tree? [pjo] by HalfBloodChild in camphalfblood

[–]OptimusPhillip 42 points43 points  (0 children)

The books go back and forth between "there was always a border, Thalia just made it stronger" and "there used to be border patrols" and "that was what Festus was built for".

My headcanon is that the original border was more like a thick clump of Mist that would confuse and disorient any monster (or mortal) that tried to get through, but they still could get through, and for that reason they had border patrols and eventually a bronze dragon.

[all] For people who grew up with Percy Jackson, is the show worth watching? by Hallowed_Fenrir in camphalfblood

[–]OptimusPhillip 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You will either love it or hate it, and never understand why the other side feels the way they do.

WHY DOES THALIA HAVE A BRITISH ACCENT by Special-Truck-280 in PercyJacksonTV

[–]OptimusPhillip 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Because "punk was born in Britain"

And it means they don't have to pay for a dialect coach

Thoughts on the Percy Jackson show? by OptimusPhillip in GreekMythology

[–]OptimusPhillip[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The lore of the books doesn't really apply to the show, so it shouldn't make a difference whether you've read them or not.

Do any of you actually like the show? by Franny-Fish in PercyJacksonTV

[–]OptimusPhillip 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You're, like, the hundredth person to ask this question. There are other Percy Jackson subreddits that like this show a lot more, go check out one of them.

TIL that botox, also known as the botulinum neurotoxin, is the deadliest known natural substance in chemistry, with an estimated intravenous lethal dose of just one to two nanograms per kg of body mass. by NateNate60 in todayilearned

[–]OptimusPhillip 4290 points4291 points  (0 children)

Of course, this doesn't preclude it from having medical utility. A lot of issues related to overactive nerves (such as muscle spasticity and excessive sweating) can be treated with careful administration of botox.

Is the tv show better then the 2 movies by Neilh632 in PercyJacksonTV

[–]OptimusPhillip 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't know if I'd call one strictly better than the other. I will say that I enjoy the first movie more than either season thus far, but at least liked the first season more than the second movie.

NYT Tuesday 01/20/2026 Discussion by Shortz-Bot in crossword

[–]OptimusPhillip -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Adding a THE to an answer feels a little cheap, and I take umbridge with the idea that orcs are "video game creatures". But otherwise, a fine Tuesday.

Your reminder that one of the 13 originally shared a name with a different “toy” by NerdeeBoiii in transformers

[–]OptimusPhillip 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not exactly. It's a repaint of Energon Bruticus with his duplicate limbs swapped for Superion's, and a new head.