Dresden Files

I've watched both episodes so far. They haven't been bad. I'll continue to watch, since I love the books the series is based on. Can't wait for the next one to come out!

Each novel in the series is told from the fictional perspective of Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden (named by his father after Harry Houdini, Harry Blackstone, Sr., and David Copperfield). Dresden is the only professional wizard in modern-day Chicago (he is in the phone book, under "Wizards").

This is a great show. My hsuabd and I caught the repeat episode from two weeks ago and then watch the new espidoe on Sunday night. I believe that anyone who liked the X-Files or Charmed would like this show.

I really enjoyed the first two episodes. I read that they're actually being shown out of order, so the one that was intended to be the first episode will air in february, and should explain more about the councils and some of the things they've alluded to on the show. I've never read the books and now I'm really curious to get my hands on them.

Uh..one minor correction, Paul Blackthorne is the guy that plays Harry Dresden the star. The books were written by Jim Butcher. *smiles a little* I was a fan of the books before they decided to make it a tv series. I don't get the scifi channel since I live out of the middle of nowhere and the cable company refuses to wire my house lol. So far I've only been able to watch interviews and the first episode at the library a few days after it aired on tv. Which..I'm making a trip tomorrow to watch the second episode and more interviews. Anyway..so far I love it. Yeah it's a bit shaky, but I'm confident it'll get better as it goes.

I too love this new show. I think what I like most about it is that it portrays wicca in the right light. The wiccan creed states, "do as ye will, yet harm none." This means that we can do whatever we want so long as it doesn't hurt anyone else. I like this idea. Magick is real, I see it around me every day. Unfortunately, through bad TV shows and movies (the Wickerman for instance) portrays wizardry and witchcraft to be evil things--they are not, if practiced the right way--to do good. I find shows like this to be facinating, and hope that there are enough of us to keep them running, because you know what will happen when some high and mighty minister gets on his/her high horse about it and clames it to be blasphemy?

I just caught a show the other day! My mother had called me and told me that it was something that I would like. LOL So, to be nice and hearing what my mother had to say about it, I set it up to record and watched it just the other day. It was about the boy that was taken by Ravens but were being protected. It seemed pretty cool! So, I am going to set up my DVR to record all new shows. :)

I'm really enjoying the Dresden Files. I enjoy detective shows and I enjoy supernatural shows, so this appealed to me immediately. I was pretty hooked on the first episode. I like Harry, I think he's a compelling character. And I like the premise and the urban fantasy setting - urban fantasy is hard to pull off, but I think the writers are doing a really good job. I'm looking forward to seeing where this series goes.

I saw the previews for this show and it really intrigued me I am looking forward to seeing it. I love the sci-fi channel anyway.

My daughter and I are both enjoying this show. It must be good to make us give up our Sunday night cartoons! Thanks for the tip on the books, I've been looking for some new reading material having gone through everything I can find by Stephen King and Anne McCaffery.

I not only like and watch the show I'm in search of the books. I love the way they are dealing with it so far. I think they are definitely hitting their stride with the character and the players.

funny you bring this up...I just saw the commercial last night and can't wait for the next one. I already have my TiVo set for it. It looks really cool and I absolutely LOVE these kind of shows! In fact, the SciFi channel is one of my favorite channels. :)

I enjoy what I have seen of the show so far. My sister has cable at her house, but my roommate and I do not pay for cable as we are cheapskates. So my sister very kindly records the Dresden Files for me on her DVR, and I watch my episodes when I go to visit her :) The television show is not exactly like the books, which at first was a little disappointing for me. I ADORE the books, and wanted to adore the television show just as much. But - the show is still pretty good. I think I'd watch it even if I didn't like the books. I am wishing they had gone with James Marsters as Dresden - I just think of James when I think of Dresden as he is the "voice" of Harry Dresden. If it weren't for Marsters, I probably never would have discovered Dresden!!

Yes, we have seen the first few episodes and are really enjoing it. I didn't realise it was based on a book and will look into that. My whole family is a big fan of Angel and when it went off the air we weren't really able to find much to fill the gap. While this isn't quite the same thing, it looks as though it could grow into something as good.

I had high hope for this series from the previews. But I've watched both shows and the only part I really liked so far is the ghost that comes out of the skull. It appears his uncle is going to be the one behind everything. Sor far I don't like it nearly as much as Buffy, Angel or even Charmed. But since we don't have those shows to look forward to any more, I guess Heroes and Dr. Who are my favorites now.

yes it is a nice show. I have seen it.

Never heard of it, though I think I'll try and see if it's worth watching. The piratebay is my friend ^^

I heard somewhere that they were showing the episodes out of order the way Fox did with Firefly. I'm not sure if that's true or not, but I did watch the first episode. I thought it was great, but unfortunately I missed the second episode this past Sunday. I should try to catch up with it sometime this week. I know they replayed it right after Battlestar Galactica, but I didn't get to watch it then either. I think it's a great show, another winner for Sci-fi.

I missed the episode tonight...what did everyone think? Anyone know when it replays?

Erm.. the series of books is by Jim Butcher, Paul blackthorne is the actor :) I like the show well enough. When I first heard that it was coming to Sci-Fi I was very excited because I'd read 7 of the books. Sadly, the show doesn't capture any of the quirks that make the books so great except for Bob. First, Harry has a faerie godmother. I think that's how he described her. This character has been fun to see drop in once in a while, I wouldn't want to spoil it though. Second, Harry seemed to have a line of women marching in and out of his life in the books although I may be misremembering. Third, I don't think they've even shown his car yet, a small detail but very humorous to me. Part of this, I don't remember them pointing out that magic effects electronics. That's how it works in the books. He doesn't have electricity in his home. No lights etc. His car is an old junker because they made quality cars that didn't have a lot of complex electronics back then. Fourth, they need to bring in the council and show the conflict between Harry and them. Fifth, while Bob is there he's different from the books. I don't ever remember him as being described as anything other than a talking skull. He does leave the skull and enter a cat though. In the show I accept this thing though because having Bob appear as a character makes him even more interesting. Sixth, the vampires really need to be introduced soon as one good secondary character comes from that, it effects a part of his love life and it's just a good source of continuing conflict. As I said, I like and watch the show but for those of you who haven't read the books, believe me, if they followed the books this show would knock your socks off. For now I'm just sitting back and hoping that the writers are already planning to include some of the things I've mentioned.