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Topic: The Librarians: The Next Chapter

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A "Librarian" from the past, time traveled to the present and now finds himself stuck here. When he returns to his castle, which is now a museum, he inadvertently releases magic across the continent.


Anyone watching this? Is it worth it? 

I just saw it and I'm drawn to the fantasy elements, plus first two episode reviews don't suck.

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Re: The Librarians: The Next Chapter

It's on my list - how does it compare to The Librarians?

2020.  Meh.

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Re: The Librarians: The Next Chapter

Easycore wrote:

Anyone watching this? Is it worth it? 

I just saw it and I'm drawn to the fantasy elements, plus first two episode reviews don't suck.

Haven't watched it yet, but definitely will.

If you like it you might wanna check out the rest of the Librarians-Universe, started with three movies this here is a spin-off from another television series from 2014:

Movies:
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (2004)
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines (2006)
The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice (2008)

TV series:
https://next-episode.net/the-librarians-us (2014 - 2018)

Shows that deserved more runtime:
Abbys | Dead Like Me | Devs | Firefly | Gangsta. | Jack of all Trades | Kevin (probably) saves the World | Lodge 49 | Mrs. Davis | NYC 22 | Powerless | Roadkill | Special Unit 2 | Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi | Stumptown | Surface | The Brave | The Company You Keep | The Crazy Ones | The Finder | The Middleman | Truth Seekers | Two Weeks to Live | Whiskey Cavalier

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Re: The Librarians: The Next Chapter

That show image at the top makes it look like T E M U Dr Strange lol

WTH is "T E M U" flagged as spam?!

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Re: The Librarians: The Next Chapter

proteinnerd wrote:

That show image at the top makes it look like T E M U Dr Strange lol

WTH is "T E M U" flagged as spam?!

Because it's a Chinese website tthat sells items of dubious quality!

2020.  Meh.

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Re: The Librarians: The Next Chapter

proteinnerd wrote:

WTH is "T E M U" flagged as spam?!

Because of all the forum spam that's removed before you see it.

Almost like... magic. cool

Some shows you might <3 too: https://next-episode.net/messiah https://next-episode.net/devs https://next-episode.net/ted-lasso https://next-episode.net/the-outsider
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Re: The Librarians: The Next Chapter

Episode 1 definitely had the same feeling to it as the original.
The pace felt a bit too fast, especially with the character introduction. But other than that I liked it.

The characters themselves are a bit too..."normal" though. The two part-time librarians sure are intelligent and maybe excel in their fields, but other than that they have no distinguishing features - not like Jakob, Ezekiel and Cassandra had anyways.
Charlie seems a bit more interesting with the hints about her past.
Vikram is OK and I actually wouldn't mind if he was more of a screw-up Librarian.

Jessica Green's voice sounds off to me, sounds way different than in The Outpost. I don't see no reason why she can't use her normal accent.

I really hope we will get some more guest appearances.

Shows that deserved more runtime:
Abbys | Dead Like Me | Devs | Firefly | Gangsta. | Jack of all Trades | Kevin (probably) saves the World | Lodge 49 | Mrs. Davis | NYC 22 | Powerless | Roadkill | Special Unit 2 | Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi | Stumptown | Surface | The Brave | The Company You Keep | The Crazy Ones | The Finder | The Middleman | Truth Seekers | Two Weeks to Live | Whiskey Cavalier

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yeah, characters feel too vanilla. Also, they haven't spent much time setting up or explaining the library. This would work for viewers returning from the main show but new audiences would be left confused.

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the show is a solid 3 out of 10. It is pretty much like the original show. Over all we see mostly failed attempts at humor, not so witty dialogues and very very poor story telling. It is a little like Sesame Street. You have to have a particular mindset to find it entertaining. A pity really, because it was such a nice idea for a fantasy show.

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Re: The Librarians: The Next Chapter

Uff, just watched Episode 3...I think most of all it misses a certain spark - the characters aren't fascinated enough by what is happening. And they are shallow, no depth whatsoever.

Shows that deserved more runtime:
Abbys | Dead Like Me | Devs | Firefly | Gangsta. | Jack of all Trades | Kevin (probably) saves the World | Lodge 49 | Mrs. Davis | NYC 22 | Powerless | Roadkill | Special Unit 2 | Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi | Stumptown | Surface | The Brave | The Company You Keep | The Crazy Ones | The Finder | The Middleman | Truth Seekers | Two Weeks to Live | Whiskey Cavalier

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Re: The Librarians: The Next Chapter

WilliamDrakeMcGregor wrote:

Uff, just watched Episode 3...I think most of all it misses a certain spark - the characters aren't fascinated enough by what is happening. And they are shallow, no depth whatsoever.

It is like the writers are following a strict formula and the writing appears wooden. I miss the original cast.

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I am getting bored with it, its not holding my attention I will give it one more episode before I bin it.

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WilliamDrakeMcGregor wrote:

Uff, just watched Episode 3...I think most of all it misses a certain spark

Tend to agree while thumbing thru the 1st episode it looked interesting so i got and binge watched the 1st, 5 episodes.. there feels like theres something just wrong here, like somethings just off cue maybe new writers ? hate to see this scrapped over a couple bad apples in the bunch the writers are definitely missing the mark  ...

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Re: The Librarians: The Next Chapter

Episode 4 unfortunately made no improvements. I really want to like this show but they make it very very hard.

Apart from the already mentioned missing "spark" the show is also too disconnected from it's predecessor. No Library, no mentioning of the established Lore, no other Librarians or Guardians so far.

At least in the original show they had a reason for why the Library was gone...here they just have no lore-wise explanation why they can't show it.

From a quote on IMDB it is pretty clear that we won't get any more cameo's or guest appearances from the original crew anymore:

CW entertainment president Brad Schwartz told TVLine that they were "100%" trying to get at least one original Librarians cast member to at least put in a cameo and pass the proverbial baton -- and they ended up securing Christian Kane, who will reprise his role as Jacob Stone in a guest-starring capacity.

I can only imagine that the OGs must have gotten one or two scripts and decided "No, Thank You!"

Talking about connections...
...there is Elaine, which at no point so far has mentioned any of the other Immortals (Judson, Charlene & Jenkins) which she should have at least known. Especially since she doesn't use a different name and is probably the Elaine of Astolat.

Even if they don't get anyone of the original crew on the show, they could've at least established the character who became Stone's guardian instead of Charlie and bring him/her on as a liason to the Library. That would've given the viewers something to look forward to (news from the current day Librarians and what they are up to).

I think four Episodes in we should've seen at least a little bit of that or something similar.

Shows that deserved more runtime:
Abbys | Dead Like Me | Devs | Firefly | Gangsta. | Jack of all Trades | Kevin (probably) saves the World | Lodge 49 | Mrs. Davis | NYC 22 | Powerless | Roadkill | Special Unit 2 | Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi | Stumptown | Surface | The Brave | The Company You Keep | The Crazy Ones | The Finder | The Middleman | Truth Seekers | Two Weeks to Live | Whiskey Cavalier