Wait, is that a Hans Zimmer-fied fantasy cover of a Styx song in this Percy Jackson Comic-Con teaser?
Jason Mantzoukas and Kristen Schaal are both on hand to give the teaser some comedy chops, but boy is that cover distracting.
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Let’s start by saying this: We mean no disrespect to Percy Jackson and any Olympians he might be associated with. The Disney+ show’s first season, which debuted back in late 2023, was breezy entertainment that held a lot of respect for Rick Riordan’s original books, and there’s no reason to think the second—which got advertised heavily at a San Diego Comic-Con Hall H panel today—will be any different. But we have to take, as a basic stance of principle, this: If your big teaser trailer is trying to milk some of its emotional power from a “badass,” “epic” cover of a song like Styx’s “Come Sail Away,” you may risk the danger of the whole thing coming off a little goofy.
