Friday, November 12, 2004

Librarians -- Now Even Cooler!

While librarians have always been among my favorite people, they've never had a TV movie made about them! This action-adventure flick is sure to send kids into libraries, and maybe a few grownups too.

The Librarian: Quest for the Spear premieres on TNT December 5th. Here's what Noah Wyle, the star of the piece, has to say about it:

"This is a really fun, dramatic, action-adventure original movie that you don't see too frequently on television. I've never seen a made-for-television movie like this before. I think this film speaks to TNT and its taste of the kind of original programming they are producing. This also speaks to Dean Devlin, who does these extremely successful theatrical films but has never done them for television. It's quite an undertaking to do on a television movie budget rather than a theatrical budget. I hope audiences will take away what we've put into it - a lot of fun. Also, it's very nice to, once in a while, show a character who is really smart and enjoys learning and is not the butt of the joke. He's the hero in this film. The things we're talking about and the places we're going will, I hope, excite people to want to learn more about them."  More here

For more about real-life librarians, check here. And here.

Wednesday, August 11, 2004

Yes, I'd like some more advertising, please!

I spent a good portion of my off-time in front of the tube. I was watching at all kinds of weird hours, and spent some time on channels I'd never ordinarily watch at all. I didn't watch any of the new breed of game shows, though, I had to draw the line there. To me there isn't much entertainment value in witnessing the self-involved publicly exercise their neuroses.

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