Had I known you hadn't yet watched The Librarians, I would have pimped it to you long before now!
It is good in the same way the movies are good, which is to say, it's a story about how you can save the world with your brain, and it doesn't take itself too seriously. (I think the first movie is the best Indiana Jones film after Raiders of the Lost Ark and Last Crusade.) With the show, I'm convinced they came up with the character concepts for the three trainee Librarians, then rotated them one notch around the circle: the girl is the mathematician instead of the art history major; the Asian guy is the roguish thief instead of the mathematician; the white guy is the art history major instead of the roguish thief. There's a story element which is surprisingly serious, and handled with more genuine drama than I expected, in that the show had a chance to handwave the issue away and chose not to. I suspect that in the end they'll do something magical to solve the problem, because this is not the kind of story where heroes meet with tragic ends, but in the meanwhile they're showing a lot more respect toward the concept than I expected them to.
And yes: the Labyrinth of Minos, the Apple of Discord, deranged fairy tales, a haunted house, and Bruce Campbell as Santa Claus. All of which get dealt with by the characters being smart and using their knowledge of random stuff -- because that's how Librarians roll. I think it might entertain you greatly.
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It is good in the same way the movies are good, which is to say, it's a story about how you can save the world with your brain, and it doesn't take itself too seriously. (I think the first movie is the best Indiana Jones film after Raiders of the Lost Ark and Last Crusade.) With the show, I'm convinced they came up with the character concepts for the three trainee Librarians, then rotated them one notch around the circle: the girl is the mathematician instead of the art history major; the Asian guy is the roguish thief instead of the mathematician; the white guy is the art history major instead of the roguish thief. There's a story element which is surprisingly serious, and handled with more genuine drama than I expected, in that the show had a chance to handwave the issue away and chose not to. I suspect that in the end they'll do something magical to solve the problem, because this is not the kind of story where heroes meet with tragic ends, but in the meanwhile they're showing a lot more respect toward the concept than I expected them to.
And yes: the Labyrinth of Minos, the Apple of Discord, deranged fairy tales, a haunted house, and Bruce Campbell as Santa Claus. All of which get dealt with by the characters being smart and using their knowledge of random stuff -- because that's how Librarians roll. I think it might entertain you greatly.