Librarians S4 - Feb 9

Obligatory disclaimer: real life sucks. For reasons that are not related to what will be discussed below, though.

What is being discussed here? Hard to say. ‘Librarians’ S4 came to an end, and it was quite satisfying, possibly better than S3, so there’s that. They are still presenting atypical yet heroic characters in atypical yet extreme situations, as they always did, so kudos to them for finding their niche – their humor is appreciated, especially in the darkest hour, though their racial representations are something else, let us be honest. However, if it works, it works. What else?

MCU is on a roll – ‘Black Panther’ is coming later, this February, ‘Cloak & Dagger’ – later this year, ‘Ant-man & Wasp’ movie after that, followed by some ‘Captain Marvel’ film, (currently unnamed), and then there’s the upcoming ‘Venom’ film as well. (In Marvel™, Venom is one of Spider-Man’s greatest enemies, but so far, Spidey is not going to appear in this ‘Venom’ movie. Maybe they are taking a ‘Kong & Godzilla’ approach, with the protagonists starring in their separate movies before taking on each other in yet another one? This could work, though as the ‘Dark Universe’ has shown, it does not always work.

The thing is that the ‘Dark Universe’ not so much failed to launch, as it did not succeed. The result was somewhat lackluster, and the ‘Mummy’ remake was uninspiring, as was Mr. Cruise. People do not like to admit it, but movies are all about money, not unlike TV series…but while TV series (sometimes) get the chance to redo things in upcoming seasons (S1 did not work, let us try with S2), movies do not, not exactly.

Again, real life doesn’t work like that; both ‘the Catch’ and AC ended after two seasons rather than one, and ‘Time after Time’ and ‘Powerless’ ended practically before the end of S1, but in general, this is how it works. Movies do not work exactly like that; yes, both ‘Batman’ and ‘Superman’ franchises got rebooted over the years repeatedly, but they are heavy hitters, big leagues, and-

And if truth is to be told, while comics often receive a lot of flak about having little content – sort of like popcorn for brain – horror movies have even less: they aim only to scare and thrill the audience, nothing else, no clever commentary, (socio-communal and etc.). The comics at least… you can do all sort of things with the comics, plus it is much easier to reboot them than any ‘proper book’ series, and-

And you can always either insert some sort of original content or revamp what there is already, as MCU has apparently done with the Ghost in the upcoming ‘Ant-man and Wasp’ movie, by remaking the Ghost into an entirely new villain…one that isn’t a white-furred dire wolf from the GoT franchise either. (Though an official MCU/GoT crossover could be cool). You cannot exactly do the same thing with a ‘monster’ movie character, though it does not stop Hollywood and co. from trying – this was the third mummy ‘reboot’, for example, while ‘Shape of Water’ was the reboot of the ‘Creature from the Black Lagoon’ movie that wasn’t. It works – but it is a hit-and-miss, (and yes, ‘Shape of Water’ was not a part of any movie universe), and the latest ‘Mummy’ reboot was a miss, so some time later no more Dark Universe period. What next?

It is anyone’s guess, really. ‘Librarians’ S4 is finished, ‘Shape of Water’ got ‘Creature from the Black Lagoon’ covered. MCU movies are going strong, DCEU’s movies – not so much, and AoS is returning to us in March, as does ‘Blindspot’.

See you all later.