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The Librarians – And the Fables of Doom

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  • Title: The Librarians – And the Fables of Doom
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“Someone has weaponized fairy tales?”

The Librarians - And the Fables of Doom

Eve (Rebecca Romijn) and the Librarians-in-Training head into the rural Pacific Northwest where a troll threw a truck off a bridge, giant wolves are prowling the streets of a small town, and other fables are coming to life. Calling on the help of Jake (Christian Kane) and Ezekiel (John Kim), Jenkins (John Larroquette) is able to perform and autopsy on the giant wolf and narrow the cause of the magic to a single dangerous artifact able to bring any storybook character to life (at the cost of the lives of real people around them).

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Hawaii Five-0 – Wawahi moe’uhane

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  • Title: Hawaii Five-0 – Wawahi moe’uhane
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Hawaii Five-0 - Wawahi moe'uhane

While investigating the murder of a 22 year-old hulu dancer (Delys Kanemura Recca), McGarrett (Alex O’Loughlin) and Danny (Scott Caan) agree to accept the help of a former local police officer turned private detective (William Forsythe) who was tracking the victim for an old friend who was worried his daughter had gotten involved in something dangerous. Discovering the company that employed the victim is under investigation for prostitution, Five-0 takes a hard look at the company and their clients – one of whom went home with the victim on the night of her death only to turn up dead as well.

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Life is not a malfunction

/ / Home Video
  • Title: Short Circuit
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“Number 5 is alive!”

Short CircuitRecently re-released on Blu-ray and DVD, 1986’s Short Circuit starred Police Academy star Steve Guttenberg as a scientist whose robotic invention became sentient after being struck by lightning. After wandering off the military base Number 5 (Tim Blaney) would eventually find his way to Stephanie Speck (Ally Sheedy) who befriends the machine and begins feeding its insatiable appetite about life and information.

I’ll admit to loving the movie as a kid and still having a soft spot for it (but not its sequel) years later. More likely to appeal to kids than parents, Short Circuit is memorable for a number of reasons including the robot itself (obviously the template years later for Wall-e), some very quotable lines (“Malfunction. Need input.”, “Nun soup?”), and the bizarre (and kinda racist) choice to have Fisher Stevens play an Indian scientist. It’s not a great film by any means, but it’s held up pretty well over the years and continues to offer fun family entertainment that does discuss the nature of life and debate whether or not a machine such as Number 5 could ever truly be alive.

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Quantum Leap – The Complete Series

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  • Title: Quantum Leap
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Quantum Leap - The Complete SeriesTo prove his experiment worked quantum physicist Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) “stepped into the Quantum Leap Accelerator and vanished.” Premiering back in 1989, Quantum Leap ran for five seasons placing Bakula at different time periods as he would “leap” into someone whose timeline needed a quick fix. Although audiences saw only Sam (except in an occasional reflection) those around him continued to see the individual into whose body Sam leapt into that week (who occasionally would turn out to be a woman). Stuck with a swiss-cheesed memory as a side-effect of the experiment, Sam would rely on the help of Al Calavicci (Dean Stockwell) who, from the future, would lock onto Sam’s latest leap and, appearing as a hologram only Sam could see and hear, provide him with the information needed that week.

Collecting all 97 episodes on 27 discs, the Complete Collection offers fans of the show the entire five-year run in a single set. Sadly you won’t find any added extra features as the set only includes the previously released season sets packaged together for the first time.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: New Animated Adventures #18

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: New Animated Adventures #18Trapped inside a sinking Kraang Laboratory at the bottom of the ocean Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: New Animated Adventures #18 offers the conclusion to last month’s story as Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, and Raphael will have to put aside their feelings and work alongside Tiger Claw, Razah, and the bug-eyed Baxter Stockman to survive.

Of course the solid (if unexceptional) adventure ends in the villains betraying the heroes (just as Raphael predicted) but the quick thinking of the Turtles allows the group to make it home safely while sending their enemies on an unexpected side trip which is sure to infuriate them even more.

The holiday-themed back-up story offers a bit more enjoyment as Mikey freaks out discovering he’s been chosen as Raphael’s Secret Santa. However, knowing his brother so well, Mikey eventually comes up with the best present anyone could ever give Raph for Christmas. Worth a look.

[IDW, $3.99]

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