Just finished season 1 on DVD so not reading the spoilers but I do want to ask Greg, do I need to watch season 2 before reading your book? Or is it standalone enough that I can understand it without being up to date on the TV episodes?
The Librarians--Season 3
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Thanks for asking. The book is very much a standalone in that I stayed away from any of the big arc plots. Heck, about half the book takes place in the "movie era" when Flynn was the only Librarian . . ...
If you've got the basic concept--Librarians round up dangerous magic relics to keep them from falling into the wrongs hand--you're cool. And I even tried to restate that premise since this was the first book.
Thank you - will start reading it on my train home tonight then.
Hope you like it!
That was a pretty good finale.
I knew Apep would be defeated by Cassandra, Jake, and Ezekial teaming up against him. I was waiting for Ezekial to acquire something of his own, analogous to Cassandra's enhanced mind powers and Jake's magic tattoos, but I forgot he already had the love potion. It was a nice twist, turning Apep himself into the human sacrifice that they needed to imprison him. I was half convinced that Flynn was going to die.
I was afraid at the end of last episode that Eve had reached a deal with Vanessa Williams, so I was disturbed to see her giving DOSA entry to the Library. What a relief that it was all just one of their convoluted plans.
If there is a fourth season, I wonder if they will have a cooperative relationship with DOSA and if Vanessa Williams will return.
And we got one last little look at Charlene and Judson. I know Judson just appeared courtesy of stock footage, but it was good to see him make an appearance.
I knew Apep would be defeated by Cassandra, Jake, and Ezekial teaming up against him. I was waiting for Ezekial to acquire something of his own, analogous to Cassandra's enhanced mind powers and Jake's magic tattoos, but I forgot he already had the love potion. It was a nice twist, turning Apep himself into the human sacrifice that they needed to imprison him. I was half convinced that Flynn was going to die.
I was afraid at the end of last episode that Eve had reached a deal with Vanessa Williams, so I was disturbed to see her giving DOSA entry to the Library. What a relief that it was all just one of their convoluted plans.
If there is a fourth season, I wonder if they will have a cooperative relationship with DOSA and if Vanessa Williams will return.And we got one last little look at Charlene and Judson. I know Judson just appeared courtesy of stock footage, but it was good to see him make an appearance.
^^ Thanks, Jim. That's good news, and it came quickly this year. 
Once they turned him human, he didn't have to be murdered and banished? All they did was banish a corpse, using a boat load of magic, that could have easily been cut into small pieces with a chainsaw, then taken away in tied off kitchen cleansacks.
Unless his humanity was temporary?
Unless his humanity was temporary?
Actually that part bothered me. At first, it seemed like a beautiful idea -- defeating a monster by giving him a soul and the capacity for wisdom and love, which I thought would be about giving him a chance at redemption, defeating the ultimate evil by imbuing it with good. But turning him human just as a way to kill him five seconds later seems callous, a waste of those noble gifts and a devaluing of human life, something the Librarians are supposed to be dedicated to protecting. How does it count as a victory of ultimate good over ultimate evil if both sides achieve their goals by violence? I prefer the idea that the ultimate victory of good should be the redemption of evil, not just finding a cleverer way to kill it before it kills you.
Also, the whole season-long idea that this was the ultimate confrontation of good and evil never really paid off; it played out as just one more fairly ordinary seasonal Big Bad. And the fact that the show's been renewed for a fourth season means that, no, by definition, it wasn't the ultimate confrontation. So all that buildup was for nothing. They could've established Apep as a god of evil without needing to hype it up as the ultimate battle for all time.
There was no indication that he had lost his powers or his desire to do harm. On the contrary, the idea was that there was not a moment to lose to take advantage of his momentary vulnerability.
The show was renewed pretty quickly as compared to last year, and I don't see anywhere a mention of how many episodes they're getting. I wonder if that is significant.
The show was renewed pretty quickly as compared to last year, and I don't see anywhere a mention of how many episodes they're getting. I wonder if that is significant.
I loved the use of the North by Northwest theme when they arrived at Mt. Rushmore.
Yes! I laughed out loud at that bit.
I can't believe I missed these bits of The Librarians news.
Tomorrow Dynamite Entertainment will be releasing the first issue of a The Librarians comic book series, I'm not sure if it's an ongoing or a miniseries.
Here's the solicitation info:
Story by: Wil Pfeifer
Art by: Rodney Buchemi
Cover by: Karl Modine
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Way back in the swinging ‘70s, movie producer Sol Schick was the guy behind such cheesy classics as “Quarry: Bigfoot!,” Noah’s Ark: Found at Last!” and “Heavenly Visitors from the Hell Above.” But when he’s murdered – at a film festival! – with a piece of Noah’s Ark! – THE LIBRARIANS are drawn into the mystery. Can their combination of special skills, obsessive curiosity and knowledge of forgotten lore figure out who – or what – spelled doom for Schick? And as they delve deeper into his past, is it possible that things are not as they seem and that all his crazy, wild movie…were telling the truth?
CBR has a preview up, and it looks like it's got potential.
Our own @Greg Cox also has a third The Librarians book, The Librarians and the Pot of Gold, coming out on October 30th.
Tomorrow Dynamite Entertainment will be releasing the first issue of a The Librarians comic book series, I'm not sure if it's an ongoing or a miniseries.
Here's the solicitation info:
Story by: Wil Pfeifer
Art by: Rodney Buchemi
Cover by: Karl Modine
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Way back in the swinging ‘70s, movie producer Sol Schick was the guy behind such cheesy classics as “Quarry: Bigfoot!,” Noah’s Ark: Found at Last!” and “Heavenly Visitors from the Hell Above.” But when he’s murdered – at a film festival! – with a piece of Noah’s Ark! – THE LIBRARIANS are drawn into the mystery. Can their combination of special skills, obsessive curiosity and knowledge of forgotten lore figure out who – or what – spelled doom for Schick? And as they delve deeper into his past, is it possible that things are not as they seem and that all his crazy, wild movie…were telling the truth?
CBR has a preview up, and it looks like it's got potential.
Our own @Greg Cox also has a third The Librarians book, The Librarians and the Pot of Gold, coming out on October 30th.
I confess: I was working on the book the other day and only after 300 pages or so did it occur to me to some of the dialogue could be taken the wrong way:
"Hurry! We can't let him get away with the pot!"
"We'll never find the pot!"
"The pot will be mine, no matter what it takes!"
Etc.
"Hurry! We can't let him get away with the pot!"
"We'll never find the pot!"
"The pot will be mine, no matter what it takes!"
Etc.
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