Summer camp season is almost here, and Netflix is about to make the journey to Camp Half-Blood a lot easier. Beginning June 15, both Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief and Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters will be available to stream on the platform, giving fans a chance to revisit one of the most imaginative fantasy worlds of the 2010s. The Percy Jackson movies have always occupied a somewhat unusual place in fantasy fandom. Readers of Rick Riordan's beloved novels have spent years debating the movies' changes to the source material, while the recent Disney+ adaptation has introduced a new generation of viewers to the son of Poseidon and his fellow demigods with a more faithful take on the books.

Fantasy TV shows often base themselves on prior work, whether it be from novels, movies, video games, or even comics and graphic novels. This is because a lot of fantasy shows have a huge world with a lot of lore, so it's just more practical to bring an already existing universe to life rather than try to craft a new one (although this has still been done).