Mapping Percy Jackson’s Quest – Map-It

TL;DR – We map Percy’s Quest to the underworld and back again.  

Percy approaches the tree.

Mapping Percy Jackson

Well, we have reached the end of the first season of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, and you can read our review HERE, but spoiler alert, it’s good. However, when you have a quest that takes you across a continent, well, you know I will have to map it, and here is no exemption.

With our map, we used the locations where they state them in the show; sometimes, these are pretty vague, and we have to make educated guesses. Sometimes, it is the Empire State Building where you can list its address (350 Fifth Avenue for those playing at home). Now, where we are given no location whatsoever, I went back to the books and used the information we have there.

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Onward – Movie Review

TL;DR –  It takes a straightforward premise and elevates it with a real heart.    

Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

Post-Credit Scene – There is no post-credit scene

Awards:

NominatedCreative Animation & Most Fun

Onward. Image Credit: Disney.

Onward Review

There has been a couple of attempts in recent times to do the ‘what if the fantasy realm that you know was set in modern times’ and well, on the whole, they have been bad. But as a concept, it is solid, so I have been wondering if anyone would be able to pull it off. Well if anyone can do it, it is Pixar, and boy did they.

So to set the scene, Ian Lightfoot (Tom Holland) is just an average teenage elf, winning math awards, learning how to drive, avoiding his brother Barley Lightfoot (Chris Pratt) and trying to find friends. He is trying to find his place in the world with his brother, who is a bit of a screw-up, and his mother Laurel Lightfoot (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) who is trying her best with the chaos. On his 16th birthday, their mother surprises them with a gift from their late father Wilden Lightfoot (Kyle Bornheimer) which turns out to be a magic staff and a spell, one that can bring him back, but only for one day.

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