When I first read "Magic for Beginners", the short story in Pretty Monsters, the name of the show The Library reminded me of a series of movies with the beginning title of The Librarian. This movie series is said to have an Indiana Jones feel to it. Has anyone ever heard or seen any one of these movies. I believe there are three. The recent one called The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice just released on December 7th, 2008. In The Library, there are several episodes that refer to Jeremy and his life, which would be based on something realistic that we can all relate to. Then there are episodes of The Library that are from this show called The Library that refer to all these exciting adventures encountered by Prince Wing and Fox...so on.
I was able to see a good part of the recent sequel of The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice. I think a big difference, aside from the media form, is that the librarian is the one main character that is not only grounded in the real world as this real-life librarian but also get to participate in this other world of supernatural and otherwise fantastical influence. Jeremy is part of The Library but is somehow still separated from the supernatural part of the show that he is obsessed with.
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I have heard of The Librarian. It stars Noah Wyle, the former ER actor, right? I have never seen it, but always was interested after seeing previews.
ReplyDeleteI think The Librarian might actually be a made-for-tv series because I don't remember ever seeing it out in theaters. It does star Noah Wyle as the main character in all three movies.
ReplyDeleteNicole Noone had a quote from The Librarian, that when I watched it, reminded me vaguely of the The Library story:
ReplyDelete"Let's just think about this for a second, shall we. I am out of your league, I'm so out of your league, that if your league exploded, I wouldn't hear about it for three days. So let us go on in a companionable silence shall we."
It reminded me of Jeremy and his friends always desiring to be like the characters they saw in the tv show, The Library. No matter how many episodes they watched, or how many times they all dressed up as their favorite characters, or how many times Jeremy talked to Fox on his phone and desired to help and meet her, they never could attain that sense of coolness that the league of tv characters had.