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- ABC
- Dec 7, 2014
- ABC
- Dec 7, 2014
Summary The series based on the Librarian films finds Librarian Flynn Carsen (Noah Wyle) teaming up with counter-terrorism agent Eve Baird (Rebecca Romijn) and her team that includes Jake (Christian Kane), Cassandra (Lindy Booth), and Ezekiel (John Kim). John Larroquette also stars as Jenkins, a long time expert of ancient lores.
- ABC
- Dec 7, 2014
- ABC
- Dec 7, 2014
Summary The series based on the Librarian films finds Librarian Flynn Carsen (Noah Wyle) teaming up with counter-terrorism agent Eve Baird (Rebecca Romijn) and her team that includes Jake (Christian Kane), Cassandra (Lindy Booth), and Ezekiel (John Kim). John Larroquette also stars as Jenkins, a long time expert of ancient lores.
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
64
67% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
33% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
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This is over-the-top. And extremely fun. And here’s hoping Wyle recurs often.
If you miss Warehouse 13, or liked Friday the 13th: The Series, or Tia Carrere in The Relic Hunter, then The Librarians is worth a visit.
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 112 User Ratings
7.4
71% Positive
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13% Mixed
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15% Negative
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Based off of the movie, which is very entertaining I love this show and all the characters. It reminds me of the tv show Relic Hunter with Tia Carrera back in the early 2000's. This is a Great family show and my girls love the adventurous take on it and how it's like Indiana Jones, but with strong women in it.
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SEASON 1
Unabashedly retro, with plenty of high- and low-tech silliness.
The Librarians wears its cheesiness on its sleeve like a gratuitous elbow patch, which it also wears on its sleeve. It knows exactly how imitative and low-budget it is, and it doesn’t care if you know
If The Librarians can balance its elements effectively, it stands to become as charming as it is goofy. But early on, it provokes a different question than most movie-to-series adaptations, asking not if a limited premise can be expanded, but if a perfectly scalable premise should be expanded.
The Librarians lacks the fun of the first film--seeing Flynn learn to be an adventurer --and feels predictable and rote.
While the movies were successful, it’s hard to say spinning off a series based on such lightweight material was in any way overdue.
It's been a while since I've had a show to watch when I just wanted something goofy and fun, and I'm thrilled that Librarians can fill that hole. Each character gets a little bit of development every episode so there's no sense of stagnation, but it also doesn't have the pressing *need* to prove how "deep" and "adult" it is every few minutes. Librarians moves forward without rushing or pushing things so changes and little things revealed about the characters feel natural, leaving you pleased to have found out more but not tormenting by only knowing part of the story. And when the hint of a larger story is dropped without recieving quick expansion it leaves you intrigued instead of irritated and impatient. It's clear the writers of Librarians want you to come back every week because you enjoy their program, not because you need to know the answer to the latest reveal or outcome of the most recent cliff-hanger, and in my case at least they certainly succeed. Similarly, the monsters and magic aren’t made to look “real”, just clear enough that you know what it’s meant to be and the presentation doesn’t jar any possible sense of immersion. Even the fight scenes, which I am usually a tremendous snob about (the more realistic and complicated, the better), manage to be simple and fun enough that you can enjoy watching them without being so complex that you have to rewind whatever player you're using and rewatch it several times just to be sure you got everything that happened.
Librarians is a show that aims to make its audience enjoy themselves instead of trying to get them so enraptured they can't stand to miss an episode, and it succeeds admirably, providing a spot of light and laughter amid the sea of grit and drama that is modern television. If you want a show that makes you smile and laugh at its absurdity and antics without losing track of story or character roots, Librarians should be at the top of your list
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SEASON 1
The Librarians is Warehouse 13 meets Eureka, meets Zero Hour, in a nutshell. If those references don't mean anything to you, The Librarians is an extremely quirky show that in no way takes it self seriously other than the fact that its completely serious. In other words, if The Librarians wants to make fairy tail characters come to life or have character talking to inanimate objects in strange voices, they will. If you've ever seen any of the Librarian movies, they are sort of like Indian Jones, only ... stupid. The Librarians is a fun show with a equally ... fun cast of characters and the occasional Noah Wyle. If you like mystery, adventure and humor, this is the show for you. If however you can't stand constant somewhat obnoxious wisecracking and ridiculous situations, maybe you ought to skip this one. Let it also be said that the cast includes Lindy Booth, a super cutie :3
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SEASON 1
When I watch a mystery show and someone says 'artifact', who doesn't think 'Warehouse 13'? Exactly!
So this it, another flavor of finding the magical artifact of the week, dealing with dangerous situations and then get it back to the ****...library.
Sadly, 'The Librarians' doesn't get the setup right. In WH13, the main cast was immediately enjoyable, the atmosphere and chemistry worked, the first episode was good fun.
Here, we have a bunch of people and I haven't managed to care about them very much, even after watching 3 episodes.
There is no spark, no verve, and that is necessary for me after watching 5 seasons of 'Warehouse 13'.
Maybe that show wasn't cancelled because it was out of ideas, but also because the whole 'magical artifact' concept got tired. Maybe that's why I got bored during the first 2 episodes of 'The Librarians'.
At least, that's how I feel about it.
And it's not only 'The Librarians'. Doesn't 'Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' do the same thing?
Getting their hands on artifacts mit supernatural powers? How many of those shows do we need?
I dropped that show after 2 episodes, too.
If you haven't seen any other 'artifact'-series, look into it. Otherwise: Don't waste your time.
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