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OT Dresden Files on Sci Fi
I know there are a lot of fans of this kind of thing out there. I never
watched other Urban Fantasy stuff, but this caught my attention. I really like The Dresden Files. Watching the first episode led me to the books and I really love those. HOwever, the TV show is very good in its own right and entertaining. Paul Blackthorne portrays a perfect Harry Dresden and is easy on the eyes to boot. Terry Mann is a delicious ghost and the treatment of ghost instead of air spirit for the show works really well. If you don't get the scifi channel you can buy these off iTunes and I'm really enjoying that little aspect of the internet. You just catch more being able to focus on it. I'm really praying they pick this up for a second season. We won't know until probably may says guy in the know Robert Wolfe. It's maybe a point for those of you who loved Deep Space 9 that Wolfe and Beimler have a lot to do with this show so you can expect some real quality. It's still developing but its got such a good start that I think it can really become something. It's on Sunday nights with replays at other times. I just wanted to throw a plug in for it. I like it THAT much. |
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IT also replays on Friday nights sometimes also
I got hooked on heroes, stargate, battle star, Dresden files, and they are doing a show I really like called special unit "Karen" wrote in message news:2007032513581716807%kchuplis@alltelnet... I know there are a lot of fans of this kind of thing out there. I never watched other Urban Fantasy stuff, but this caught my attention. I really like The Dresden Files. Watching the first episode led me to the books and I really love those. HOwever, the TV show is very good in its own right and entertaining. Paul Blackthorne portrays a perfect Harry Dresden and is easy on the eyes to boot. Terry Mann is a delicious ghost and the treatment of ghost instead of air spirit for the show works really well. If you don't get the scifi channel you can buy these off iTunes and I'm really enjoying that little aspect of the internet. You just catch more being able to focus on it. I'm really praying they pick this up for a second season. We won't know until probably may says guy in the know Robert Wolfe. It's maybe a point for those of you who loved Deep Space 9 that Wolfe and Beimler have a lot to do with this show so you can expect some real quality. It's still developing but its got such a good start that I think it can really become something. It's on Sunday nights with replays at other times. I just wanted to throw a plug in for it. I like it THAT much. |
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Karen wrote:
I know there are a lot of fans of this kind of thing out there. I never watched other Urban Fantasy stuff, but this caught my attention. I really like The Dresden Files. So, what is the show *about*? I like fantasy, but a lot of the stuff on the SciFi channel is just human conflict in space. Of course, involving supposed non-humans, but they act a lot like humans, and they fight like humans. So as far as I'm concerned, I'm just watching a Western or a gangster show, just in a different and not particularly interesting setting. I hope that Dresden Files is very different from that! Joyce |
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On Mar 25, 5:11 pm, wrote:
Karen wrote: I know there are a lot of fans of this kind of thing out there. I never watched other Urban Fantasy stuff, but this caught my attention. I really like The Dresden Files. So, what is the show *about*? I like fantasy, but a lot of the stuff on the SciFi channel is just human conflict in space. Of course, involving supposed non-humans, but they act a lot like humans, and they fight like humans. So as far as I'm concerned, I'm just watching a Western or a gangster show, just in a different and not particularly interesting setting. I hope that Dresden Files is very different from that! Joyce Harry Dresden is a wizard. A *real* wizard, the kind that uses potions and magic to solve problems. He's the only practicing wizard in Chicago, and he works with the police (well, part of it) to solve crimes that they can't seem to figure out. I've been reading the books, so I know all about his 'blasting stick' that he uses to focus his power, and his staff - in the show, the blasting stick is a drumstick (the wooden kind, not the chicken kind), and his staff is a hockey stick. Very funny, but hey, whatever works, y'know? He deals with demons and vampires and all of the supernatural nasties in the world that regular people don't realize exists. He actually has an office and an ad in the yellow pages - Harry Dresden, Wizard. The books are very good. The show is okay, but the books are better (as always). Jane - owned and operated by Princess Rita |
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Jane wrote:
Harry Dresden is a wizard. A *real* wizard, the kind that uses potions and magic to solve problems. He's the only practicing wizard in Chicago, and he works with the police (well, part of it) to solve crimes that they can't seem to figure out... [snip] Jane, thanks for the synopsis! That helps. Joyce |
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On 2007-03-25 16:30:10 -0500, "Jane" said:
On Mar 25, 5:11 pm, wrote: Karen wrote: I know there are a lot of fans of this kind of thing out there. I never watched other Urban Fantasy stuff, but this caught my attention. I really like The Dresden Files. So, what is the show *about*? I like fantasy, but a lot of the stuff on the SciFi channel is just human conflict in space. Of course, involving supposed non-humans, but they act a lot like humans, and they fight like humans. So as far as I'm concerned, I'm just watching a Western or a gangster show, just in a different and not particularly interesting setting. I hope that Dresden Files is very different from that! Joyce Harry Dresden is a wizard. A *real* wizard, the kind that uses potions and magic to solve problems. He's the only practicing wizard in Chicago, and he works with the police (well, part of it) to solve crimes that they can't seem to figure out. I've been reading the books, so I know all about his 'blasting stick' that he uses to focus his power, and his staff - in the show, the blasting stick is a drumstick (the wooden kind, not the chicken kind), and his staff is a hockey stick. Very funny, but hey, whatever works, y'know? He deals with demons and vampires and all of the supernatural nasties in the world that regular people don't realize exists. He actually has an office and an ad in the yellow pages - Harry Dresden, Wizard. The books are very good. The show is okay, but the books are better (as always). Jane - owned and operated by Princess Rita Definitely the books are better because there is time for all the little details. But I was very impressed at how well they kept the feel and especially how well Paul Blackthorne got Harry's personality down. I think that Terry Mann does a great Bob, even if he is a corporeal entity now. I can see that just a talking skull would have looked REALLY cheesy on TV. I also don't think you would have gotten the chemistry between Harry and Bob. On a cat note, Harry has a gray 30 pound tomcat that he saved from a dumpster as a kitten by the the name of Mister. Mister hasn't had much of a presence in the show because it's a time eater. They did cast him (an orange "stunt cat") but he's ended up on the cutting room floor mostly. He also doesn't look as big as Mister because Paul is a very big guy. Robert Wolfe says he is the only trained cat in Toronto. His one trick is to sit on a newspaper and stay but that he does that VERY well. They hope to work more of him in, but time is hard on a TV show. |
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Karen wrote:
On a cat note, Harry has a gray 30 pound tomcat Yikes!! Mister. Mister hasn't had much of a presence in the show because it's a time eater. What do you mean, a "time eater"? Do you mean the running time of the show? Or the time it takes to get animals on film the right way, the re- takes, etc? He also doesn't look as big as Mister because Paul is a very big guy. Is the orange cat 30 lbs?? Robert Wolfe says he is the only trained cat in Toronto. His one trick is to sit on a newspaper and stay but that he does that VERY well. They hope to work more of him in, but time is hard on a TV show. Do you remember that show "Early Edition", the one where the guy gets the next day's newspaper, and when he reads of someone dying in an accident or whatever, he goes off to prevent it from happening? The paper is always "delivered" by an orange cat, and is signaled by the cat's loud meow. That doesn't take much time from the show, but it add a lot of character IMO. Joyce -- To reply privately, take the X's out of my user ID. |
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"Matthew" wrote in message ... IT also replays on Friday nights sometimes also I got hooked on heroes, stargate, battle star, Dresden files, and they are doing a show I really like called special unit Special Unit was originally a summer replacement on CBS (IIRC) back when they were using their imaginations. I loved it. It was one of the reasons I really wanted to get cable back. Rob is currently watching Amazing Race. Mine is the only bedroom without cable, and I rarely like to watch what everyone else has on. Sigh. Three rooms one tier price, four rooms much more expensive. I still remember the episode of Special Unit where they had to beat the banshee or whatever monster it was to get information. It was so funny. Pam S. who has a warped sense of humor |
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