Ingredients: a healthy dose of more-Velveeta-than-thou

[lagilman]

Saw the premiere of The Librarians last night, in a mixed crowd (3 of us were fans of the movies, 2 hadn’t even known there were movies beforehand).

Decision: five thumbs up. As it says on the tin, this is cheese begging for a nice cracker, predictable, and utterly enjoyable. My concerns about ‘there is only one Librarian’ were dealt with in an acceptable manner, the changes in Flynn were heartbreaking but also utterly perfect, we got J and C, if not enough of them, and the series was set up in a predictable-but-enjoyable fashion.


(one small spoiler that doesn't actually affect the plot: I was disappointed that once again Flynn gets the girl, this time without any sense of a real attraction or buildup, but I also acknowledge that the entire series has established in canon a Librarian/Guardian connection, even pre-Flynn, that could and might be a series-appropriate flip on the trad Harlequin "powerful male guardian and female trouble-prone librarian" tropes.)

Here’s to hoping the season continues in good, cheesy fun.

...But WHAT was with the boys’ hair? Please stop that. It’s actively painful to look at.

Comments

[wolfsilveroak.livejournal.com]

I hope this show sticks around for a good, long time. Hee.

[jimhines.livejournal.com]

We're rewatching the 1st and 3rd movies in preparation. Very glad to hear that the premiere lived up to the cheesy goodness! :-)

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

We enjoyed it, too!

[renesears.livejournal.com]

I can't wait to watch this. If it lives up to the awesome goofiness of the movies, then I'll be very happy.

[mbernardi]

Very cool that around the world people got to watch within a few hours of each other.
Just finished watching on SyFy in the uk.

[mt-yvr.livejournal.com]

Now to figure out how to get my hands on the first movies.....

[lagilman]

Neeeeeetfliiiiiiiix.......

(or borrow from a friend who has them all on dvd?)

[neadods.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure I've ever seen the third movie; the second one was that disappointing.

But the first one was a thing of beauty and a joy forever, so I was on the edge of my seat partaking of the delicious cheese tray the series promises to be.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

If TNT doesn't re-release them along with the DVDs of this series, they're throwing money away.

[jimhines.livejournal.com]

#3 is not as good as the first one, but it's far, far better than #2.

[bentleywg.livejournal.com]

I don't think it's on Netflix. At least, I can't find it there.

[lagilman]

http://dvd.netflix.com/Movie/The-Librarian-Quest-for-the-Spear/70019687

http://dvd.netflix.com/Movie/The-Librarian-Curse-of-the-Judas-Chalice/70111808

http://dvd.netflix.com/Movie/The-Librarian-Return-to-King-Solomon-s-Mines/70057754

[kateyule.livejournal.com]

Didja see the six seconds, well ok four, of my honey bear sweeping manfully down the street in the background as whatsit Romain heads into the library at the very beginning? Didja huh? Never to be seen again, of course.

Be fascinating to see what Dean Devlin & co. come up with for backgrounds/foregrounds. I was in thrall as they went from amazing library, to sunlight, to cheesy toasty goodness of hot buttered dungeon....

[lagilman]

I think Janna caught sight of him - I'm too easily distracted to catch anyone in the crowd....