l’uomo senza memoria ( internationally released as puzzle and man without a memory ) is a 1974 italian giallo film directed by duccio tessari .

it was written by ernesto gastaldi .

la stampa defined the film as " full of ideas and with a strong storyline " .

puzzle ( 1974 film )

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is one of the amazing pieces in the movie puzzle depicting the history of african americans , and it is worth seeing as such .
the title says it all as it is a puzzle about a man without a memory but everyone strangely enough seem to want him dead . senta berger is a fantastic lead who steals the film as his wife . an unintentional comedic fight scene and terrible dialogue doesn ' t help the film .
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though both headed various productions after young frankenstein , they’d never collaborate on another flick . nevertheless , the pair’s shared legacy is unimpeachable . all three of brooks’ movies in which wilder appeared— the producers , blazing saddles , and young frankenstein —have been selected for preservation by the national film registry and included on the american film institute’s “100 funniest movies of all time” list .
it ' s been 50 years since the release of this film , and its stars - * warren beatty * and * faye dunaway * - have been receiving some attention lately for thei . . .
for the lowly protagonist , david mann , spielberg hand - picked character actor dennis weaver because he loved his performance as the jittery and feeble hotel night manager in orson welles’s 1958 film touch of evil .
upgrade may not be the new sci - fi masterpiece that you ' re looking for , but it is a fun and violent cyberpunk gem well worth your time . the film ' s shoest . . .
. figured i ' d go through and post descriptions of all the clips that play under the end credits that * aren ' t * in the final film . there ' s a surprising amoun . . .
as the truck rams the car over the cliff and falls off in the final film , there is a low roar sound effect that the filmmaker included to emphasize the death of the truck . spielberg , who wanted the truck to seem
eagle - eyed viewers will catch the word “flammable” scrawled across the back of the truck , yet when it careens off the cliff at the end of the movie it doesn’t go boom . the studio wanted a big explosion , but the director wanted a slower demise for his film’s villain .
the snakerama gas station seen in the film also appears in spielberg ' s 1979 world war ii comedy , 1941 , with actress lucille benson again appearing as the proprietor . the two elderly people weaver tries to flag down in a car also appear as helpless motorists in close encounters of the third kind .
hi there johnny - yes i think overall i probably did enjoy it slightly more than you , but i too had a slight problem with mr . merenda , whom i describe as
bland and unappealing
in my review . yes , my copy of puzzle was a download ripped from the recent dvd release and it ' s very good . there seems to be no rhyme or reason to why some titles , that one would consider lesser , have wonderful prints , and more celebrated examples struggle to be seen in anywhere near a decent presentation ; especially frustrating for fans of popular european cycles where it seems more prevalent .
the prop recreators at chronicle collectibles have collaborated with universal studios to make the canisters as faithful to the original as possible . just like the prop used in the film , the vessel resembles an unassuming can of shaving cream from the outside . but screw off the bottom and you ' ll find a secret compartment filled with vials the perfect size for storing prehistoric genetic material .
jurassic park ( 1993 ) is known for having some incredible props . the fake shaving cream can dennis nedry uses to smuggle dinosaur dna out of the cold storage unit may not be as iconic as the life - sized t . rex , but it still plays a colossal role in the film . now , io9 reports that an official replica of the prop can soon be yours .
i ' d wanted to see this movie because i ' d read a comment about a scene where slappy white , depressed after a sad showing for his song and dance routine at a local political rally , along with jackie
moms
mabley , walk home dejectedly and step on a poster of stepin fetchit ( aka lincoln perry ) . it is indeed a sobering moment in the film .
spielberg got his start directing for tv at the age of 21 , helming episodes of such shows as night gallery and marcus welby , m . d . but the aspiring filmmaker was desperately searching for a property he could turn into a feature film . it was spielberg ' s secretary , nona tyson , who found matheson’s story in playboy and first sent it to her boss to potentially adapt into a movie .
“they said ‘okay , we’ll make it in black and white , but on color stock so that we can show it in peru , which just got color . and i said ‘no . no because you’ll screw me . you will say this and then , in order to save the company , you will risk a lawsuit and you will print everything in color . it’s gotta be on… black & white thick film . ”
tyson helped track down whether the movie rights to matheson’s story had been optioned , and eventually discovered that a teleplay was in development at abc and universal with producer george eckstein . spielberg took a meeting with eckstein , and brought a rough cut of his legendary 73 - minute series premiere episode of columbo , “murder by the book . ” eckstein was impressed , and gave spielberg the job to direct duel after a follow - up meeting where the filmmaker laid out how he envisioned the film from matheson’s screenplay in full .
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a young prostitute is found brutally killed and is up to detective germi ( claudio cassinelli ) the investigation of the case , as the search progress he uncovers a girls trafficking ring with connections to powerful people .
a bridal design shop owner kills various young brides - to - be in an attempt to unlock a repressed childhood trauma that ' s causing him to commit murder .
police investigate apparent suicide of teen girl and uncover details of a teenage prostitution racket . they go on the hunt for a motorcycle riding killer .
giorgio is a greedy adulterer who makes a deal with a serial killer to dispose of his wealthy wife , nora . unfortunately , a thrill - seeking young couple steal the killer ' s car with nora ' s . . . see full summary »
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is the story of two boys , one from a rich family and the other from a poor family , who are kidnapped and held for ransom .
christian ( robert hoffman ) and his girlfriend are taking a walk on a deserted beach when they discover a woman ' s body lying . a closer look proves that she ' s alive . the next day christian . . . see full summary »
when a girl is murdered in a park , a man is tried and convicted for the crime but afterwards the killings continue .
inspector tellini investigates serial crimes where victims are paralyzed while having their bellies ripped open with a sharp knife , much in the same way tarantulas are killed by the black . . . see full summary »
the corpses are piling up at st . hilda ' s school for girls , leaving top cop michael rennie with more than the usual suspects . is the killer mark damon ? peeping tom luciano pigozzi ? or . . . see full summary »
the body of a schoolgirl is found in a meadow . the murderer is never caught , and years later ; a young man named stefano returns to the island and is reunited with his brother , the local priest .
a blind pianist tries to figure out who is responsible for a string of murders using a black cat with its claws dipped in curare .
luc merenda plays a man who as a result of a car crash is suffering from amnesia and is trying to learn about his past , then a menacing individual accuses him of betrayal and is lured into italy where he finds that he is married man , soon afterwards more pieces of his puzzling past begin to fall in place .
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twisty italian thriller with luc merenda and senta berger , aka
l ' umo senza memoria .
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superb giallo from duccio tessari starring senta berger , luc merenda , umberto orsini & anita strindberg . in london a man is being treated for amnesia , having woken up in a clinic following a car accident . when the man is attacked by a stranger who accuses him of being a double - crosser it emerges that nothing is what it appears to be . soon the man is trying to uncover the truth about his identity while trying to stay alive .
eight months after having been involved in a car accident and waking up in a clinic , a young brit still hasn’t been able to regain his memory . a passport on his possession claims he’s peter smith but a man named philip shows up at his psychiatrist’s office telling him his name is ted walden .
flawed giallo without any suspense about a man who lost his memory after a car accident . too bad because senta berger and umberto orsini are good actors . already forgotten .
and i believe a dummy loses it ' s head and it floats off away from the body in one of the more hilarious dummy deaths .
that ' s right nigel ! - george literally loses his head ! many thanks mike , glad you enjoyed the write up . i ' m giving some serious thought to the gastaldi piece , but it might be more of a chore than a pleasure !
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* glen or glenda * ( 1953 ) directed by edward d . wood , jr . starring : * lyle talbot * – inspector warren * bela lugosi * – the scientist * edward d . wood , jr * . – glen . . .
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in london , an amnesiac is abducted and beaten by a stranger who calls him a
dirty son of a double - crosser .
when a sniper ' s bullet kills his attacker the man flees the country with airline tickets provided by a wife he never knew he had . arriving home , his wife calls him a
dirty rotten bastard
and he is threatened by another stranger who demands that he return a million dollars in uncut heroin - or die . . . .
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steve reagan presents a prologue on symbolism , then barbara introduces marc , who has a task neither easy nor difficult . he walks the streets of chicago with a bouncing ball animation on . . . see full summary »
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steve reagan presents a prologue on symbolism , then barbara introduces marc , who has a task neither easy nor difficult . he walks the streets of chicago with a bouncing ball animation on willie nelson ' s
stay all night
, ( stay a little longer ) . he then finds a metal ball under a box of mcdonald ' s . meanwhile , a man in a tuxedo top and tails and bell - bottom jeans starts a tape of mozart ' s 40th symphony , and pretends to conduct it from a bridge over highway 240 . then marc is covered in silver cloth and christmas lights .
: human beings are such pitiable creatures . they cry at birth , they cry at death , and they cry while chopping onions .
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a comedy in which mably is a mother who is going all out against baltimore politicians . she takes matters in her own hands when corrupt politics pushes her too far .
though it ' s billed as a comedy , amazing grace contains very little in the way of laughs - i counted approximately zero .
perry , the first black superstar in hollywood , is regarded nowadays with more disdain than praise for his repeated although personally lucrative portrayal of what many would consider a horribly demeaning silver screen stereotype of african americans . that moment mabley and white - - a 70s version of the old stepin fetchit character with his song and dance routine - - step on the poster is a kind of acknowledgment that african americans , having been politicized in the all - embracing revolution that was the decade of the 60s , must move forward to create a new image . that new image is embodied in welton j . waters , the character played by moses gunn , who goes on in the movie to become the first african american mayor of baltimore . it is indeed a new dawning , not just for waters , but especially for all the younger up - and - coming generation of african americans represented most potently by the students of morgan state university who rally to support waters ' s mayoral bid .
but what i did not expect , and what may have been the most powerful moment on second viewing once i knew what was happening , is that lincoln perry himself makes an early cameo appearance playing a face - in - the - crowd , very much not stepin fetchit member of mabley ' s extended family . that , in a movie where it is acknowledged that the old stepin fetchit stereotype must be left behind in the past , is a moment even more stunning than the scene where mabley and white actually step on his poster .
basically the story of a man forced to finally see the injustice around him . riley’s movie is designed to do the same thing to you . …
roger ebert ' s speech on empathy for the
11th hour
series on april 9th , 1994 , being republished here in honor of his birthday june 18 .
roger ebert was born on this day in 1942 , and died a little over five years ago . i owe a good part of my success…
a look back at robert zemeckis ' half - animated classic , who framed roger rabbit , on its 30 - year anniversary .
john boorman ’s “zardoz” is a genuinely quirky movie , a trip into a future that seems ruled by perpetually stoned set decorators . it’s set in an ireland of 2293 that looks exactly like the ireland of today , until you get inside the vortex . and then suddenly everything is shimmering gowns and futuristic throne rooms and beautiful young people who glide around at an endless debutante ball .
these are the immortals . they will never die . they cannot . every time they try to , their bodies are relentlessly restored by the all - knowing mystical computer mind that runs the vortex . there’s a catch , though : they can’t die but they can grow old , and for infractions , they’re sentenced to age a few years . if they don’t watch themselves , they might wind up as immortal seniles . outside the vortex , a barbaric civilization survives . slaves till the land and gather the crops , ruled over by sadistic masters who sometimes gallop around killing off the surplus population . one of the barbarians is zed , played by sean connery as a cross between tarzan and prince valiant . but one day , zed ( like lord greystoke , come to think of it ) finds a child’s alphabet book . he teaches himself to read and then fanatically devours the contents of whole libraries ( like thomas wolfe , come to think of it ) . eventually he comes upon the wizard of oz and , in a moment of blinding insight , sees through the whole joke of his world’s social structure .
zed has himself smuggled aboard the giant floating head of zardoz , which rules hinterlands , and finds himself inside the vortex . here he is an object of great interest , because the immortals , you see , having lost the ability to die have also lost the drive to procreate and are doomed to an eternity of detumescence . zed labors with no such difficulty .
the movie is an exercise in self - indulgence ( if often an interesting one ) by boorman , who more or less had carte blanche to do a personal project after his immensely successful “ deliverance . ” boorman seems fascinated by stories which are disconnected from the ordinary realist assumptions of most movies ; his leo the last ( 1970 ) gave us marcello mastroianni as the last of the big - time decadents , living in a mansion at the end of a deserted street in an eerie london .
boorman puts a lot of heavy concepts into “zardoz” , but seems uncertain whether he takes them seriously himself . there are sight gags ( the attempt to turn on connery with futuristic pornography provides the best ) , there are group seances that seem lifted bodily from pajama parties , there is no end of special visual effects ( every optical printer in england must have been busy for weeks ) , and at the end there’s a combination shoot - out and mercy - killing spree that is at once ridiculous , depraved and low camp .
every once in a while , a movie like that comes along ; a movie you’ve got to see so that you , too , can be in the dark about it . in the movie’s own terms , this much can be said for sure : it may not make you an apathetic , but it will certainly age you by two hours .
an interview with terry gilliam , director of
the man who killed don quixote .
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by the mid - ‘70s , black and white cinema was an endangered species . nevertheless , brooks felt strongly about replicating the feel of universal’s classic frankenstein films by going colorless . however , not everybody shared his vision . columbia studios’ brass thought the style was unmarketable and , as brooks explains in this delightful interview ( skip to 47 : 40 ) , used some slippery tactics in an attempt to get their way :
thankfully , brooks prevailed , though 20th century fox wound up taking charge of the project .
like alfred hitchcock , brooks usually gave himself a part in his own films , from blazing saddles ’ loopy governor to the wine - selling rabbi of robin hood : men in tights . these characters regularly broke the fourth wall and “winked” at the audience , something wilder felt would clash with young frankenstein ’s tone . so , as a condition of his taking on the lead role , wilder made brooks agree to remain off - camera .
as frederick frankenstein ( wilder ) takes his first ride to the family castle , the distant wolf cry which startles him is a sound brooks actually vocalized himself .
en route to romania , our protagonist catches a train to new york , whereupon he hears an american couple bickering . in the very next scene , frederick ( now on a transylvania - bound locomotive ) witnesses a european pair having an identical , word - for - word exchange in german
“walk this way ! ” marty feldman’s igor instructs his master , who proceeds to copy the hunchback’s shuffling gait . aerosmith frontman steven tyler found this line hilarious and repurposed it as the title of a track about high school lovers .
as frederick readies his monster , he sends igor to fetch a very special brain which rests in a jar labeled “hans delbruck : scientist and saint” . the actual hans delbrück ( 1848 - 1929 ) was an accomplished military historian whose son , max , won a nobel prize for his work with viruses .
taking his feature - length tribute to the next level , brooks included much of the faux lab equipment used in that earlier picture .
garr made several appearances on the sonny and cher comedy hour and used cher ' s german wig - stylist as a model for ditzy lab assistant inga’s heavy accent .
the two had already collaborated in 1968’s the producers , and while casting young frankenstein , brooks offered mars the role of grumpy inspector kemp , but not before pitching an eccentric wardrobe gimmick that ultimately wound up on - screen .
“he [ said ] , ” mars later reminisced , “‘let me ask you this… if you’re wearing an eye patch and you’ve got a monocle on top of the eye patch , is that too much ? ’ i said ‘of course not . ’ he said ‘good , you’re hired ! ’”
according to the movie’s blu - ray commentary , hackman—who’d been thrice nominated for an academy award ( and won one in 1971 ) —learned about young frankenstein through his frequent tennis partner wilder and requested a role . ultimately , ‘harold’—the lonely blind character he briefly portrayed—sparked one of the most memorable sequences in comedic history .
during their hysterical encounter , sightless harold winds up accidentally dumping a bowlful of hot soup onto the poor creature’s lap . fortunately , boyle’s protective gear kept him from having to method act his way through the ordeal .
“for every joke that worked , there were three that fell flat , ” says brooks , who whittled young frankenstein down to its current runtime after observing several mixed reactions from test audiences . this cut material included a clip in which frederick’s relatives listen to a recorded will left by his great grandfather beauvort von frankenstein whose message starts skipping and nonchalantly repeats the phrase “up yours ! ”
in addition , the “puttin’ on the ritz” number was nearly axed as well . brooks reportedly felt that having dr . frankenstein and his monster tap dance to an old irving berlin song seemed “too crazy . ” hearing this , wilder—who though it brilliant—snapped and came “close to rage and tears” before brooks unexpectedly changed his tune . “i wanted to see how hard you ' d fight for it , ” said the director , “and i knew if you fought hard enough , it was right . . . you did , so it ' s in . ”
according to cloris leachman , “he killed every take [ with his laughter ] and nothing was done about it ! ” shots would frequently have to be repeated as many as fifteen times before wilder could finally summon a straight face .
but , to be fair , he certainly wasn’t the only one who couldn ' t always keep it together .
young frankenstein sees marty feldman’s comic genius on full display , which was often more than his castmates could handle . for example , the scene where frederick’s fiancée elizabeth ( madeline kahn ) greets him at the castle generated a lengthy gag reel because feldman—whose character starts ravenously gnawing on her mink scarf—kept everyone in stitches with his manic over - acting .
“it’s good to be the king ! ” before this pivotal year , the funnyman’s earlier efforts— the producers and the twelve chairs ( 1970 ) —netted mixed reviews and had lackluster box office performances . but after turning out these back - to - back hits at breakneck speed , brooks’ reputation as one of hollywood’s greatest comedic directors was secured .
after getting eliminated from abc’s dancing with the stars , brooks offered the 82 - year - old actress a chance to take a second stab at playing frau blücher for his on - stage young frankenstein musical , but the show’s run ended before her schedule freed up .
knowing his star dreamed of one day sitting in the director’s chair , brooks made a point to give him as many pointers as possible before shooting concluded . wilder reminisced , “mel would say , ‘do you know the trouble i’m in because i didn’t shoot that close - up ? don’t do that . ’ i would say , ‘to whom are you talking ? ’ ‘you , when you’re directing . ’”
the final product will be an even more accurate representation of the screen version than the images above , with a less stretch - out label and a skinnier can like those barbasol was selling in the early 1990s . in the movie , the gadget dispenses actual shaving cream and has a cold interior to mimic the cryo chamber at jurassic park . this prop lacks both features , which will probably make it easier for collectors to maintain .
the replica prop will available to preorder from chronicle collectibles later this summer and will reportedly cost around $ 200 . it doesn ' t contain any real dinosaur embryos , which , as anyone who ' s seen jurassic park knows , is probably for the best .
a steven spielberg movie , made in the 1970s , about an unstoppable force and the regular american guy trying to stop it—no , we’re not talking about jaws . in 1971 , the legendary director was just a twenty - something directing tv shows and looking to break out with his first movie gig . he eventually found it in the tv movie duel , about an anonymous truck driver stalking a hapless businessman driving around the lonely canyon roads of california .
duel , which is filled with thrills and road rage , was the precursor to jaws and effectively launched spielberg’s career . here are some things you might not know about the golden globe - nominated thriller .
author and screenwriter richard matheson based his original novella , which first appeared in the april 1971 issue of playboy , on an actual road rage incident . matheson had played a round of golf on november 22 , 1963 , the same day president john f . kennedy was assassinated . on his car ride home , and in a daze after receiving the terrible news , he was ruthlessly tailgated by a truck driver .
matheson initially pitched the idea to tv producers but , after it was rejected numerous times , he decided to put his real - life incident into prose form . in order to gather details of the open road , matheson set out from his home in ventura , california with a voice recorder in hand and simply described what he saw . those descriptions of the desolate landscape ended up in the novella .
2 . it was steven spielberg’s secretary who discovered richard matheson ' s story .
to read , and she said , ' don ' t look at the girls , read the short story . it is right up your alley , ' ”
. “she had a real intuition about me , and not since my own mom had anybody really had my number . she really understood my tastes , and my ambition , and my fear , my anxiety about wanting to do everything by thursday morning . ”
3 . dennis weaver’s work with orson welles got him the lead in duel .
weaver drove more than 2000 miles while shooting his scenes , and did many of the stunts himself , including the dangerous phone booth scene at the
snakerama
gas station in a single take .
of working with the rookie director , the veteran weaver later said , “i gave him the benefit of the doubt . i said , ‘there’s no reason for me to judge him because of his age . let’s see what he does . ’ and he did extremely well . . . i really think it’s one of the most creative jobs he’s ever done . ”
matheson ' s script stated that the villainous , unnamed truck driver would never be seen besides the insert shots of his arms and boots . ( weirdly enough , matheson’s novella actually names the driver : “keller , ” matheson’s own spin on the word killer . )
since the truck itself is the movie’s main antagonist , spielberg chose to cast it like he would any other actor : an in - person audition . the filmmaker auditioned seven different styles of semi - trucks on the universal backlot , finally settling on a 1955 peterbilt 281 because he felt that the split windshield , rounded lights , and elongated hood represented the menacing features of the truck’s “face . ”
for mann’s car , spielberg chose the relatively small red plymouth valiant to stand out in size and color from the enormous truck and the earth tones of the california landscape .
5 . careful planning and low - budget camera trickery helped capture the high - speed chases .
spielberg was given just $ 400 , 000 and 10 days to shoot duel , but the schedule ballooned into a full 13 days to shoot the entire movie after the rookie director fell behind . to save time in shooting the high - speed chases on location in california ' s soledad canyon , spielberg strategically set up multiple cameras along a single stretch of road to capture the shots needed for multiple scenes in one take . he had the camera turned 180 degrees and the cars driven in the opposite direction to get multiple shots for additional scenes .
instead of creating individual storyboards , spielberg mapped out the entire path of mann and the truck driver on a mural of drafting paper with notes about each plot point peppering the sheet .
to capture the truck and the car at seemingly high speeds , spielberg shot each at low angles . to create those harrowing shots , spielberg borrowed the specially - made camera car from the 1968 steve mcqueen thriller bullitt , which could lower the camera to only 6 inches off the ground .
spielberg also enlisted 50 - year stunt veteran carey loftin as his stunt coordinator . loftin , who played the driver , also designed the legendary car chase sequences in vanishing point , bullitt , and the french connection .
spielberg only had one take to pull off the climactic cliff crash because the initial shoot only had a single truck at their disposal . ( a backup truck was built during reshoots in case the engine of the main truck stopped working . the backup truck is
loftin rigged the truck with a dead clutch so the 18 - wheeler could drive without anyone behind the wheel . spielberg filmed the crash with seven cameras from multiple angles to be able to use some editing tricks to stretch out the scene .
with filmmaker edgar wright , spielberg explained , “ [ producer ] george eckstein told me after the network saw it , ‘well , we’re going back to the desert , they want to push the truck off the cliff again and blow it up again . ' i told george why that was such a terrible idea . i’d worked so hard to give the truck a long and painful death and i thought that’s what the audience wanted out of the resolution . i said , ‘if the network does force you to blow the truck up again , you get another director to do it because i’m not going to do it . ' george fought for me , and for himself because he agreed with me . ”
the movie debuted on november 13 , 1971 as abc’s movie of the week , and proved to be so successful that spielberg was given the opportunity to shoot additional footage ( the school bus scene and the railroad crossing scene ) to be able to release it in theaters at feature length .
10 . spielberg has revisited duel more than once—and people have stolen from him , too .
duel was something of lucky charm once spielberg’s career began to take off , and he’d continually reference parts of the movie in subsequent films .


camp blood : the musical is a 2006 '80s style slasher musical underground film by tanner barklow , jefferson craig , and thomas hughes .

the movie follows six teenagers ( a virgin , jock , whore , nerd , rebel and goth ) who arrive at camp blood to work as counselors for the summer but instead find themselves terrorized by a killer in a ski mask .

camp blood : the musical

‘gorefest the thirteenth’ comedy musical takes blood - soaked trip to camp ’til oct . 31
‘gorefest the thirteenth’ comedy musical takes blood - soaked trip to camp ’til oct . 31 | cambridge day
a group of teens head to camp blood for the summer and get killed . and it’s a musical .
if you’re the type of person who would sit down and devote half an hour to watching a movie called “camp blood the musical” , then you are probably the type of person who would enjoy watching a film like camp blood the musical ( cbtm ) .
camp half - blood , half - blood hill , farm road 3 . 141 long island , new york 11954
camp half - blood confidential is a guide book about camp half - blood by rick riordan . the book was released on may 2nd , 2017 . [ 1 ]
the bully : they often get in fight the campers of
camp half - blood
.
the main entrance of the camp is through half - blood hill , as mentioned in the lightning thief .
the fourth line refers to how camp half - blood trains demigods who have one godly parent .
this entertaining guidebook to camp half - blood is on - sale may 2nd , 2017 .
a list of people who are either currently campers or former campers at camp half - blood .
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if you were to take friday the 13th , slice it down to 30 minutes in length , add plenty of tongue - in - cheek jokes and turn it into a musical , you would end up with camp blood : the musical .
the only mortal allowed in camp half - blood is rachel elizabeth dare who is the camp ' s host for the oracle of delphi . however , percy once mentioned a pizza delivery guy entered camp half - blood once by just being
really lost .
the third line refers to chiron and his wheelchair and dionysus serving his punishment at camp half - blood .
: to somebody we know well from camp half blood . seems to be a trend in the second series .
apparently the last time the hunters were at camp half - blood , it burned down . zoe blames the half - bloods .
if you’re looking to share a good laugh with your pals after the minor ghouls , ghosts and goblins have hit the sack , track down a copy of camp blood : the musical this halloween season .
big sister instinct : towards nico . she practically raised him up until they got to camp half - blood .
it’s the 13th year for improvboston’s annual halloween musical , gorefest , which throws out so much fake blood that ponchos are recommended for audience members .
camp half - blood is always in the east because in ancient times , the greeks always existed in the eastern part of the roman empire .
characters who appear in the camp half blood series ( percy jackson and the olympians , the heroes of olympus and the trials of apollo ) .
human skill empowerment centre manipur in association with dept of transfusion medicines , rims today organised a voluntary blood donation camp at rims under the aegis of state blood cell , nhm , manipur .
the new york musical festival nurtures the creation , production , and public presentation of stylistically , thematically , and culturally diverse new musicals to ensure the future vitality of musical theater .
the secluded camp blood was supposed to be the perfect place to spend the summer . but when six teenage counselors show up the terror begins . to their horror the find a deranged killer determined to pick them off one by one . hormones , illegal drugs , an catchy tuns form a recipe for death in . . . camp blood : the musical .
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later , piper mclean sees a vision of octavian in katoptris , showing him planning invasion routes into camp half - blood .
noodle incident : apparently , their last visit to camp - half blood before the titan ' s curse ended with them burning the cabins down .
according to the film’s myspace page , there are talks of making a more professional version ( camp blood the musical the movie ) . as a 30 minute low budget flick , cbtm is cute . as a feature - length film , it would be compared to 2007’s horror musical sweeny todd , or more directly southpark founders trey parker and matt stone’s student film “cannibal : the musical” , to which cbtm doesn’t hold a candle .
“other interests include composing music for musical theatre , composing musical theatre music , music theatre composition , and the overthrow of humanity . ” this is not your standard west end programme biography , but then this is not your standard composer , and it’s certainly not your standard musical .
by the end of the blood of olympus , jason started planning to give the remaining gods cabins .
out of focus : leo spends the whole of the hidden oracle returning to camp half - blood before returning to prominence , becoming a major character in the dark prophecy .
while camp half - blood is not shown , leo valdez is said to have installed monitors on board the argo ii that have real time video of the camp . later , after leo had accidentally attacked camp jupiter and the seven of the prophecy are on board the argo ii , he wonders if it was a good idea to have installed the monitors . leo wonders if they made the greek demigods homesick after seeing percy looking at one for a long time , gazing at the sunset over half - blood hill . he also wonders if camp half - blood seemed strange to the roman demigods , as it was very different from camp jupiter .
unlike camp jupiter , there are no older demigods at camp half - blood . presumably , most campers leave after reaching a certain age ( like charles beckendorf ) , while others may not make it to adulthood .
the camp is described as being the only safe place for half - bloods , although in the heroes of olympus series it is revealed that there is a similar camp for roman demigods – camp jupiter , located in san francisco .
homeless hero : searching for the roman camp at the start of son of neptune .
the camp is shown in dreams percy had , showing the campers working on the argo ii .
the camp store sells camp half - blood t - shirts , toothbrushes , windchimes - available in celestial bronze , silver , and seashells that can interpret the voices of prophecy - sprouting trees , packs of mythomagic cards , and tote bags .
camp half - blood is a greek demigod training facility located on the long island sound and is directed by the god dionysus , whom the campers call
mr . d ,
and chiron , a centaur who is the activities director . it is also the greek counterpart of camp jupiter , a roman camp in san francisco , california .
the cover name for camp is delphi strawberry services ( shown in the last olympian ) .
tickets for camp wanatachi : in concert , as well as the rest of this year ' s new york musical festival selections , are now on sale and can be purchased online at urltoken .
rocky andy karl , front , as rocky balboa in this film - based musical , at the winter garden theater .
margo seibert , with chris fenwick on piano , sings “raining” from the broadway musical “rocky , ” at the winter garden theater .
even the undead legions in epirus recognize his subconscious desire to stay at camp half - blood , and thus refuse to recognize him as a praetor . he realizes it himself .
filmed “over two days for about $ 200” back in 2005 , camp blood feels a lot like a movie that was filmed over two days for $ 200 . try to imagine for a moment that you got six of your friends together and spent a two - day weekend making a movie . how good are your six best friends at singing and dancing ? that’s about how good the cast of camp blood : the musical is at singing and dancing , too .
the volleyball court is the court the demigods go to play volleyball . not much is said about it , though in camp half - blood confidential , holly and laurel victor
run it
.
due to the magical barrier protecting the camp , precipitation and weather in the camp , ( such as snow , rain , etc . ) do not fall on the camp unless desired so by mr . d . it also keeps out mortals if unneeded or for protection .
piper :
after hearing so much at camp half - blood about percy jackson this and percy jackson that , she thought he looked well . . . unimpressive .
the 2017 new york musical festival will take place july 10 - august 6 . for more information , please visit urltoken .
beware the nice ones : adorably perky and annoying in the titan ' s curse , out for blood in the battle of the labyrinth .
foreshadowing : at the end of the battle of the labyrinth , during the massive battle , percy notices some monsters break off from the large group and head towards the camp . he calls to nico to stop them , and nico summons some undead to take the monsters down . among the undead : roman centurions . at camp half - blood .
days before a boys summer camp is set to open , the beloved camp director is fired for being gay , setting off an unexpected chain of events . “camp abercorn” gives us a heartfelt look at the power of brotherhood , the beauty of the american wilderness , and the path to self - discovery .
the camp ' s cover name is delphi strawberry service , a reference to the name of the oracle of delphi .
the last boy to see this camp . . . when was it , zoe ?
they arrive rather late to the gaea ' s forces vs . camp jupiter battle . . .
the resulting musical is a surprising , and surprisingly humane and earthy , escapade based on the greenham common women’s peace camp , a lengthy women - only protest at the siloing of nuclear missiles at the raf greenham common airbase in the uk around the early 1980s – the height of the cold war .
the main characters who provide the narrative of the camp half blood series ( percy jackson and the olympians , the heroes of olympus and the trials of apollo ) . other full time residents are also listed here . for the full list of characters , click here .
in response to an awful camp orientation video created by the god apollo , percy jackson and other residents of camp half - blood answer such questions as “what is this place ? ” and “do i get to keep the t - shirt ? ” newbies can check out the section on the divine cabins , read up on magical landmarks , and consult the chapter of training arenas . but camp half - blood confidential explores much more than just the buildings and grounds . it includes info that can only be learned from those who live there .
filmed over two days with a budget of $ 200 ( most of which went to beer and camp blood t - shirts ) and with a running time of just 30 minutes , cbtm falls somewhere between a parody of and a tribute to the classic slasher films of the 1980s . the plot is simple and generic : six stereotypical camp counselors of the unfortunately named camp blood are dropped off and are killed one by one . the obvious difference between cbtm and other slasher flicks is that this one contains song and dance numbers .
kinzie , friend to hylla and supporting amazon in the son of neptune , is killed by orion in the blood of olympus .
defrosting ice king : thanks to jason and reyna he is considerably less prickly by the end of blood of olympus .
the counselors of camp that meet when issuing a quest , a military attack or during a crisis .
musical theatre is all about collaboration , and this time there’s a very long list of collaborators . the catch is that most of them are not flesh and blood but software developed at universities from across the globe , each an attempt at testing the possibilities of computer “creativity” .
camp half - blood is the primary setting of the book . apollo arrives at camp with meg mccaffrey where they learn campers have gone missing . a few days later it was discovered that nero has been kidnapping the campers and threatened to kill them if apollo did not help meg open the gates to the grove of dodona . when nero ' s hostages are freed they fly back to camp to defend it from nero ' s automation .
one of the good things about having a myspace page is the indie filmmakers who get in touch to promote their movies . one of the bad things about myspace is that any goober with a video camera can use it to promote their latest offering . i have to admit , when the makers of camp blood : the musical got in touch i was somewhat sceptical that their particular project would be up to much . i mean , an ' 80s slasher musical , it simply couldn’t be any good , could it ?
the bad : cheesy . bad acting . bad singing . sets that look like student musical productions . made with $ 200 . only 30 minutes .
the good : cheesy . bad acting . bad singing . sets that look like student musical productions . made with $ 200 . only 30 minutes .
musical assassin : not intentional , but they ' re willing to sing music meant for gods to humans . the results wouldn ' t be pretty .
a cape of all things does this in the blood of olympus , when the athena parthenos upgrades reyna ' s cloak into an aegis .
his homosexuality , to the point where he came out of the closet to those at camp half - blood and started a relationship with will solace . he doesn ' t like it when he is called will ' s boyfriend , though .
ambadassador : he was switched with percy , memory - wiped , and sent to camp half - blood as part of hera ' s plan to get the rival camps to trust each other through an
exchange of leaders .
amnesiac hero : got memory - jacked by juno in order to set up a huge scheme to get the two camps cooperating . half his motivation to help camp half - blood was to find hera and get his memories back .
but the most prominent tradition is the camp beads . at the end of every summer session , the senior counselors vote on the biggest event of the summer and paint it on the bead :
badass in distress : occasionally , such as in the sea of monsters ( he gets turned into a guinea pig ) . annabeth is usually the one to bail him out . gets taken from camp half - blood and is missing for the entirety of the lost hero .
i mean to save this camp , percy jackson . things are worse than you realize .
the blood of olympus is the fifth and final installment in the heroes of olympus series by rick riordan . the book was released on october 7th , 2014 . [ 1 ]
camp wanatachi : in concert will play at the green room 42 @ yotel ( 570 10th avenue ) . the following is the production schedule :
the world ' s most advanced software , ideas - generating machines and automated composers have devised a musical for london ' s west end . it ' s showtime !
amazon brigade : all - female and all - badass . the blood of olympus sees a team - up between them and the other amazon brigade of the series , the amazons .
my country , right or wrong : her loyalty is to rome and camp jupiter above all else . when octavian brands her a traitor for daring to go to the ancient lands she pushes through with her quest because it will benefit the camp .
a daughter of bellona , reyna and her sister hylla were born in puerto rico to an affluent family . through unfortunate circumstances they became employees of the sorceress circe , seen in the sea of monsters . after the spa is destroyed and she parts ways with her sister , reyna joins camp jupiter and eventually becomes co - praetor alongside jason . as leader of camp jupiter reyna is wise and calm , but has been struggling with leading the camp by herself while trying to keep octavian from gaining power . she puts the camp ' s welfare over that of her own , and judges people with how they can assist the camp .
yes , it would . i ' m assuming camp moves with the location . 2016 - 06 - 07t04 : 09 : 50z
the camp has magical borders , which are enforced by the golden fleece , found by the satyr grover underwood , the cyclops tyson , and demigods percy jackson , clarisse la rue , and annabeth chase . stolen from polyphemus ' island , it was placed on thalia ' s pine tree , ensuring that no monsters could get into camp . the fleece stays on the tree , guarded by the dragon peleus , its magical powers protecting the camp from monsters and invaders .
eventually , the seven reach athens , and are led to the acropolis by kekrops , the ancient half - snake king of athens , who promptly turns on them , betraying them to the giants , and they find themselves battling for their lives . while in combat , annabeth gets a cut on her leg and her blood spills . percy ' s nose is bloodied by being batted by the hand of a giant and eventually a drop of his blood rolls down his chin in the midst of battle and spills onto the ground as well , thereby waking gaea , who appears at camp half - blood , intending to destroy it .
nico di angelo - demigod son of hades ; younger brother of bianca di angelo . mortal mother : maria di angelo ( deceased ) . he is not always at camp . first greek demigod to visit camp jupiter . dating will solace .
directed by james a . vivian the new gershwin musical ! stage struck new yorker falls for a sturdy postmistress whose father owns the decaying theater he was sent to seize . a delightful homage to the musicals of the 1930 ' s .
the hardest part about watching camp blood : the musical isn’t ( surprisingly ) sitting through it — it’ll be tracking down a copy . i got my copy via a giveaway on the movie’s official myspace page , but as far as i know the film has never been for sale ( although copies of the movie are floating around all over the net ) . at one time there were rumors of a higher quality remake in the works . i don’t know if that’s still the case or not , but if it ever comes to fruition , i’ll be the first in line .
tells him he can just summon the dead by offering them animal blood , nico insists he will treat them with respect and offers them happy meals and coke .
supporting hunter since the first series and mentioned as the best tracker and healer ( likely due to her age ) , is unceremoniously offed by orion ' s attack in the blood of olympus .
as the romans and the greeks fight because of the actions of the eidolons , annabeth runs into reyna avila ramírez - arellano , who tells her that if she returned to camp jupiter and faced trial , which would result in her execution , there could possibly be some kind of peace . however , if she continued to rome , the romans would find and wage war against camp half - blood . annabeth goes off to rome , asking reyna to at least slow the legion down .
all of the other reindeer : got picked on a lot as a kid in new orleans . camp jupiter wasnt all that much better .
earbleed : mika’s “we are golden” video and its horror movie elder i still can’t decide if the video for the camp - as - fuck . . .
stop me if this sounds familiar : six teenagers ( kris the virgin , j . t . the jock , cain the rebel , angel the goth , justine the slut , and marty the nerd ) get summer jobs at camp blood , where there also happens to be a killer on the loose . is the killer leo the janitor ? could it be simon the head counselor ? perhaps it’s the julieanne the lesbian trucker ? you’ll have to watch the film to find out !
the camp is in montauk , at the end of long island . percy , his mother sally jackson , and grover drive from their cabin at the beach in montauk . it does not take them very long to get to camp . besides , the two jacksons frequently go on vacation to montauk , where sally and poseidon met . however , the camp is located on the north shore of long island , referenced many times in the books , while montauk is located on the south shore . this makes the camp ' s true location uncertain . percy also says that the part of long island beach that the camp is invisible to mortals , except the ones who can see through the mist . monsters and mortals can not enter , unless permitted from the inside . the address , 3 . 141 , is believed to have originated from the number pi , which is named after the greek letter .
lestat ,
the maiden broadway production of warner brothers theater ventures , is the third vampire musical to open in the last few years , and it seems unlikely to break the solemn curse that has plagued the genre . directed by robert jess roth from a book by linda woolverton , the show admittedly has higher aspirations and ( marginally ) higher production values than the kitschy
dance of the vampires
( 2002 ) and the leaden
dracula : the musical
( 2004 ) , both major - league flops .
but as the curtain falls on beyond the fence , it’s clear that the uk’s musical theatre talents can sleep peacefully at night with little to fear from android lloyd webber and his crowd of cybernetic pretenders . but watch this space .
the camp has the tradition that the cabin member who has been there the longest becomes counselor . the only ones who can challenge this are cabin members who are older , or have completed the most quests and can challenge the current counselor .
percy and the surviving quest members eventually return to the camp , where percy is left with the unfortunate task of telling nico that his sister had passed away while saving the others during the quest . however , skeleton warriors manage to sneak inside the borders of the camp and attack the two . nico then opens up the earth , which swallows the warriors into the underworld , revealing himself and bianca to be children of hades and then runs away from the camp shouting that he hates percy for lying to him and letting his sister die despite her dying a heroic death and saving the other members of the quest .
this ambition belongs to the punningly named android lloyd webber – the creation of nick collins , who researches computerised composition at durham university , uk . it is one of the key creative partners on beyond the fence , billed as the world’s first computer - composed musical .
a promising new contender has arrived in a crowded pharmaceutical field . joining the ranks of ambien , lunesta , sonata and other prescription lullaby drugs is
lestat ,
the musical sleeping pill that opened last night at the palace theater .
after percy blows up mount saint helens while running an errand for hephaestus , whose forge was captured by telekhines , annabeth eventually returns to camp to break the bad news to everyone , and the camp holds a funeral for percy , who coincidentally arrives during the ceremony . percy and annabeth return to the labyrinth with the aid of rachel elizabeth dare , while camp half - blood prepares for the arrival of the titan army . percy and annabeth return to camp after quintus , showing himself to actually be daedalus refuses to help for a little while after switching sides from the titans and they prepare for battle along with a reconciled nico , giving the news to the camp of the resurrection of kronos in luke ' s body with ethan nakamura ' s allegiance and that pan has died , passing on his spirit to all present at his deathbed and erging them to unite as one and protect the world . monsters begin to pour out of the entrance , and with the arrival of kampê on the battlefield , the demigod forces begin to lose the battle . the tide turns again , however , when briares and daedalus return with mrs . o ' leary and crush kampê with a pile of rocks , while grover scares the army back into the labyrinth . daedalus then sacrifices his life to destroy the entrance to the labyrinth at camp half - blood and the labyrinth itself , entrusting mrs . o ' leary to percy and a laptop with details of all his inventions to annabeth .
given the fact that camp blood was made for pocket change , the makers have really produced something new , refreshing and genuinely amusing . imagine a mel brooks remake of friday the 13th and you’d be pretty close to this result . a free dvd of the movie was available through the myspace page , but they had to withdraw it because of the sheer number of requests they were getting . shame , because there’s a lot of horror fans out there who’d get a kick out of it . currently the team is working on a feature length script . if they can pack as much freshness and originality into that , as they have into camp blood , they ' re onto a winner .
offscreen moment of awesome : according to jason , she defeated a flock of harpies on her own some time between house of hades and blood of olympus .
helmed under the direction of mia walker ( waitress , porgy and bess ) , camp wanatachi : in concert has musical direction by emily marsh all ( nat ' l tours a chorus line , we will rock you ) , orchestrations by conrad winslow ( rufus wainwright , alarm will sound ) and choreography by vanessa walters ( fischerspooner ) .
it’s impossible to know how much of android’s work made it into the score , though as for the lyrics , one guess during a post - show question and answer with the musical’s makers put it at 25 per cent computer - generated .
the woman wearing the queenly mask : has been carrying the leadership of camp jupiter on her own for the past eight months and is struggling under the weight of both protecting everybody from the monster attacks and fending off octavians attempts at seizing the other praetorship .
counselors - do not officially work at camp half blood , but are cabin leaders , and form the war council . some duties are : scheduling events for cabin , inspecting cabins , border patrol , leading the cabin into battles , and , sometimes ( like annabeth , luke , and silena ) , they train you in activities .
connor stoll - demigod son of hermes ; younger brother of travis . co - head of the hermes cabin with his brother after luke ' s betrayal to the camp .
after the battle , with the demigods emerging victorious due to luke sacrificing himself to stop kronos ' rise , everyone returns to camp in celebration . percy and annabeth celebrate his birthday and officially become a couple in the mess hall after sharing their first real kiss . several campers see this and immediately pick the two up , and toss them in the lake . percy , however , creates an air bubble under the water , allowing the two to kiss again . after the end of summer , percy leaves camp with his parents and runs down half - blood hill with annabeth .
the son of poseidon , god of the sea , and clear - sighted mortal sally jackson . the titular hero of the first series , the books start in percy ' s sixth grade year when he kills one of the furies , masquerading as his pre - algebra teacher . he is introduced to camp half - blood along with the audience and struggles to survive quests in the world of gods and monsters while coming to terms with likely being the demigod at the center of the great prophecy .
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as he doesn ' t appear but the new characters hear a lot about him from annabeth and the rest of camp half - blood . ( afterwards he ' s too busy battling new enemies for anyone to focus on his previous victories ) . lampshaded when piper meets him and doesn ' t find him as legendary as she expected .
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the official curtain time for “ rocky , ” the new musical at the winter garden theater , is 8 on most nights . but at the risk of promoting tardiness among theatergoers , i feel obliged to point out that the show doesn’t really get started until 10 : 10 or thereabouts .
he gets particularly ineffectual over the course of the blood of olympus , as he ' s pushing his powers to the brink . he would not have survived the quest without assists from hedge , will , various pegasi , and especially reyna .
the romans have set up base camp outside the camp grounds and wait for the first of august to strike . three campers , will solace , lou ellen , and cecil try to sabotage the roman ' s onagers but they are spotted despite the fifth and fourth cohorts causing a disruption throughout the rest of the ranks . the greek camp and its allies prepares for battle when reyna returns the athena parthenos . gaea then wakes and attacks the two sides . they join forces to fight off the monsters and rescue the trapped cohorts . when the seven arrive they join the fight and stop the earth mother . when the battle is over a funeral is held for the greeks and romans who died in the fight . in the days that follow the two sides get along and form an alliance .
and the blood of olympus . he ' s still present and important in the latter , but percy and annabeth have no chapters narrated from their point of view , likely due to their prominence in the house of hades .
percy arrives at camp to find out that it has hired a new sword instructor named quintus , who also has a pet hellhound named mrs . o ' leary . during a new game that quintus had invented , he sends several groups of two demigods each into the camp ' s woods to find a gold laurel , which is tied to one of six monsters in the woods . during the game , percy and annabeth find an entrance to the labyrinth in between rocks in zeus ' fist . annabeth realizes that this passage can be used by the titan army to get past the camp ' s borders and attack from within . annabeth leads a quest from the camp the next morning with percy , tyson , and grover .
the songs are absolutely great , and my particular favourite was “when the tops come off” , the lyrics of which parody the ubiquitous t & a scenes we know and love . my admiration for this musical number is inspired by the sharp lyrics , and not the fact it’s performed by two topless girls . oh no .
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reyna dreams of a giant following them . then her dreams take her to where octavian is with the legion outside of camp half - blood . octavian personally takes on the highest title , pontifex maximus , which no demigod has ever done . his fellow centurion , mike kahale , and the legion ' s eagle bearer jacob are beside him , listening to octavian reinstate bryce lawrence , a legacy of orcus , who was banished from the camp for killing a centurion and other horrific crimes . octavian has added two dozen different murderers , thieves , and traitors into the legion since reyna has been gone , which makes mike upset . mike disagrees with octavian attacking camp half - blood against reyna ' s orders , but octavian is convinced that once the greeks are eliminated the war will be over and that he will be remembered as the savior of the romans . mike questions if octavian ' s gift of prophecy has returned , to which octavian defensively retaliates against .
travis stoll - demigod son of hermes ; older brother of connor . co - head of hermes cabin with his brother after luke ' s betrayal to the camp .
butch - demigod son of iris . he is the camp ' s best equestrian and has a rainbow tattoo on his arm . head counselor for iris ' cabin .
producer bridget regan , who has starred as rose on cw ' s
jane the virgin
& dottie underwood on marvel ' s
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and is presenting camp wanatachi : in concert ( an official selection of the 2017 new york musical festival ) , is proud to announce the full cast and creative team of production playing the green room 42 @ yotel ( 570 10th ave . ) , july 30 - august 1st .
dionysus - the camp director , who is also known as mr . d . by the campers . he was punished by zeus ( his father ) to operate the camp for 100 years because tried to woo an
off limits
wood nymph . dionysus was also forbidden to grow his own grapes . it was cut down to 50 years following the second olympian war .
he says that he does not want to be apollo at the moment , because he blames himself ( as apollo ) for everything that has happened at camp so far in the book .
gondor calls for aid : knowing that camp jupiter will soon be attacked , she tells percy to find her sister hylla and ask her to help .
gentleman and a scholar : apollo praises him as a
gentleman and a genius ,
for not only being willing to assist in his trials , but for also inventing the valdezinator , the musical instrument leo traded apollo in exchange for his help with the physician ' s cure .
if music is the universal language , then the songs of the beatles are its rosetta stone . the fab four no loner exist , but their musical legacy lives on through an estimated 8 , 000 ' look - alike - sound - alike ' tribute bands worldwide , who interpret and perform their music .
mr . gore added : “there are some people who would have been happy if the first two rows of the audience were given slickers and blood got all over them . some theater companies will do that in the future , i imagine . ”
until a possessed leo fires on camp jupiter . still , because of her tentative friendship with annabeth , she doesn ' t skewer the protagonists on the spot , instead letting them proceed with their mission
jason grace , leo valdez , and piper mclean are taken back to camp half - blood by annabeth and butch after they are attacked by venti disguised as humans at grand canyon and leo gets claimed by hephaestus straight away . annabeth gives piper a tour of the camp and finds her a weapon . that night at the campfire , piper is claimed by aphrodite , while jason shows off his abilities to control lightning showing that he has been claimed by zeus / jupiter . the oracle also shares a prophecy with the rest of the camp , but it is specifically directed at jason . in order to be allowed to go on the quest , leo goes into the woods and finds the bronze dragon , which leads him back to bunker 9 , where leo spends all night adding wings to the dragon . the next morning , leo uses the dragon to take piper and jason on their quest .
here’s a montage of musical moments from the jazz - handiest horror movie ever made , the ill - considered lauren bacall vehicle the fan . sure , “hearts , not diamonds” is the best song of the bunch ( belched out by bacall with cigarette in hand , of course ) but nothing beats the glittery zoot - suited hoofing of “a remarkable woman” .
with the giants defeated , zeus decrees that apollo must pay for the war , and sends him to olympus to await a punishment which is not revealed in the book ; then the remaining olympians , together with nike , and the seven , confer on what to do next . gaea has risen , she must be dealt with immediately , and the only way for the seven to get back to camp half - blood in time is for zeus to literally slap the ship back to long island . the argo ii disintegrates upon arrival at camp half - blood , but leo mounts festus and engages gaea , along with jason and piper . jason summons the winds and lifts himself and piper into the air as leo lifts gaea off the ground in festus ' claws ; jason uses storm winds to keep gaea away from the earth , her source of power , and piper uses her charmspeak to lull gaea to sleep , as leo sends a blast of fire against her .
camp wanatachi : in concert explores two girls ' journey of sexual discovery within the unlikely setting of an all - female christian summer camp . spirit - soaked and hormone - charged , this thrilling piece of theater challenges preconceptions about the relationship between sex and religion , and in doing so , imparts an essential truth :
there is no fear in love .
mr . cohen said that the creators would give a free hand to directors and producers on most artistic choices , though he added that “keeping out the absurd camp elements is important because we never want ‘the rocky horror picture show’ version of ‘carrie . ’ ” and he rejected the idea that “carrie” would have worked better as camp , or at least with winks , saying its creators had a different goal .
jason is the first protagonist introduced in the lost hero , on a school bus with his friend leo and girlfriend piper — except he doesn ' t remember either of them , or anything , really . some mishaps later , in which jason reveals himself to be a good fighter despite not remembering anything , gleeson hedge , annabeth , and butch successfully deliver the three of them to camp half - blood , with the revelation that the three of them are demigods .
such a conclusion feels like yet another cruelty hurled at “carrie , ” the musical’s three creators said in a telephone interview . they put the onus of the abbreviated off broadway run on critics , contending that many of them chose not to assess the revival on its merits but to analyze it through the prism of the broadway flop . most major reviews of “carrie” did compare the two productions , given the infamy of the original and the significant changes to the script and score for the revival .
following percy ' s disappearance prior to the second series , annabeth struggles to balance searching for him , being head counselor of the athena cabin , holding the rest of camp half - blood together , and undertaking the task presented to her in the previous series of redesigning olympus . as such , she ' s mostly out of the picture for the first two books beyond briefly mentoring our new protagonists , but returns in the third , with a divine quest from her mother on her hands — to find the athena parthenos and return it to the gods , at whatever cost .
gut feeling : has pretty good instincts thanks to being more attuned to people ' s emotions . this gets her out of the temple of fear in the blood of olympus , as it was all about following instincts and trusting your emotions .
big sister instinct : develops this kind of relationship with nico in blood of olympus during their quest . she even has to remind herself at one point that he isn ' t her little brother .
that thing is not my child : octavian is his ( roman ) descendant , a fact that apollo openly laments in blood of olympus . he wishes he could have frank as a son instead .
the ace : jason is the son of jupiter / zeus , the king of the greco - roman pantheon . he was treated as the star of the legion , the most powerful demigod of the 12th legion . he became the praetor , led the romans to victory in the titan war and is considered to be very handsome . hazel refers to him as camp jupiter ' s
golden boy .
for instance , campers do not always co - exist in peace and harmony . the camp is not run with superior efficiency . prophecies do not flow forth with great regularity . sprinkled throughout are stories from heroes who have called camp half - blood home or just passed through on their way to places unknown . chiron himself introduces the book with a brief history of training based on his millennia of experience . and , of course , there are divine words of wisdom from the god apollo himself , because . . . well , because the demigod authors would prefer not to be struck down , thank you very much .
years ago when annabeth , thalia , and luke were attempting to make it across the border to camp half - blood ( while being pursued by monsters ) thalia made her last stand which allowed annabeth and luke to cross over . as thalia lay dying , her father zeus transformed her into a pine tree which acted as a border between the camp and monsters . in events prior to the sea of monsters , luke poisoned the tree with venom from the elder python weakening the barriers . in order to heal the tree a quest was called for to recover the golden fleece . the fleece worked so well that it healed thalia herself bringing her back into a demigod form . the tree now serves no actual purpose except as a monument to thalia it is the fleece that keeps the barrier working .
damien shot to fame after la la land’s critical success in 2016 . the film , which incorporates elements of comedy , drama , romance and musical numbers , stars ryan gosling and emma stone as aspiring creatives who fall in love while pursuing their dreams in los angeles .
figure it out yourself : when searching for camp jupiter , lupa can ' t tell him where he ' s going — he has to find and get there himself .
percy is one of two titular
lost heroes
for the first book of the second series , but he ' s back in the second , amnesiac and running from monsters . he is brought by hera / juno to the roman camp , camp jupiter , and realizes that his destiny is far beyond being the half - blood mentioned in the last great prophecy . having gone through five books ' worth of character development and combat experience on his own , percy is far more mature and dangerous in the second series . he easily befriends the rest of the seven , despite a few clashes with fellow ace jason . however , his fatal flaw from the previous series — personal loyalty — is still in play , with mars mentioning that it would greatly hinder the seven ' s quest to save the world .
it ' s indirectly fatal . when she chose to join the hunters and leave nico at camp half - blood , zoe got the idea that she would be a good choice to groom as the next leader of the hunters , and drags her along on the quest where she dies . what ends up killing her is guilt : she feels bad for resenting nico , so she steals a souvenir for him from hephaestus ' junkyard , which activates the automaton defending it . she sacrifices herself to shut it off
jason is claimed by zeus , and leads a quest to rescue the goddess hera . along the way it ' s revealed that he ' s the younger brother to thalia grace , now leader of the hunters of artemis , and is actually the son of jupiter , zeus ' s roman aspect ( which explains the latin and the imperial gold weapon ) . and most importantly , he learns that he ' s hera ' s roman representative to the greek camp — like percy is the greek representative to the roman camp , of which jason was former praetor of .
with gaea finished , the combined greek and roman forces dispatch and scatter the monsters , incurring heavy casualties . nico tells percy his secret and earns himself percy ' s confusion and a high - five from annabeth . jason decides to stay at camp half - blood with piper but with frequent trips to camp jupiter . percy and annabeth decide to finish their senior year of high school in new york city and go to college in new rome . at the end it is also revealed that leo died in the explosion , but was brought back to life using the physician ' s cure . he lands in ogygia with festus , picks up calypso , and flies off into the unknown .