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The Dresden Files
:D This show is sooooo good...trust me, you have to watch it! I love the books, and for me it's really hard for a movie or television show to top the book(s) that inspired it, but I think they're doing a really good job bringing these characters to life. If you haven't seen it, you really should give it a try! I think you'd love Harry... and Bob, :D and all the cool, creepy "things" they run into!
I don't start many threads, and honestly I'm surprised someone hasn't started one on this before now... but it's just too good not to talk about it. :o :) So...what do you guys think? Has anyone else been watching it? |
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I tried watching the first few eps and it seemed like another version of Charmed (with only stand-alone episodes.) You're saying to stick with it a little more? :)
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So far, so good. Remains to be seen how it goes as series over the long haul, though.
They're building a kinda interesting collection of recurring characters ...... well, what could turn out to be that, at any rate. I think the only non-regular who has actually shown up more than once so far is Bianca the vampire. (Or have they shown the same Wizard Internal Affairs equivalent a couple times? Not Morgan, him I consider a regular, above him.) But it's early enough in the run of the show that not having them come back yet doesn't mean that everything and everyone is going to just disappear as a one-off. And they've been dropping some references to backstory (and partially sketching in some bits of it) that hasn't been entirely filled in for the audience yet (at least not when I've watched; I think I've missed one or two though). It was nice seeing Claudia Black do a turn as a P.I.'s assistant turned P.I. (when her boss is killed) in the last episode. Like a lot of shows, I think it helps a lot if their sense of humor appeals to you. (We're back to Cartagia's one truly rational quote: "Humor is so subjective".) I haven't seen enough of Charmed to comment on the comparison. |
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Sci-Fi had to F*** with the order of the eps... I don't know what exactly they switched around but you can tell.
Great show, the eps keep gettin better & better. |
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Hmm, I guess we should stick with it a bit longer. It's on the TiVo but it's the absolute last thing we watch when there is nothing else on. It just hasn't grabbed our attention yet.
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Did this show get cancelled?
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I plan to catch it on DVD.
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=7335 Looks like it might be interesting, in a ~Special Unit 2~Kolchak~ sort of way (standalone episodes & supernatural villains). I'm tempted to buy it, rather than rent it on Netflix, since it's only 12 episodes. Looks like a UK-style short season (as opposed to a standard US 22-26 episode season). Currently it's listed as "completed airing its current season, on hiatus or fate to be determined" on http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showat...genre=&studio= |
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Ahh... well I guess I missed the last ep. I've been changin the channel to Sci-Fi the last two weekends but all I get is a movie. Looks like I'm waiting for DVD now & if they do cancel it I'm gonna be pissed.
Also if they keep Painkiller Jane and cancel any one of the shows I watch I'm gonna take it personally... not gonna say what I'll do. |
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CANCELED... Scifi sucks a$$.
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of course....it was a good show
therefore it had to go. |
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I bought The Dresden Files DVD set a few days ago, but haven't watched it yet, because I'm on a SG-1 Season 10 streak, and have two episodes of that one left to watch. Are the Dresden Files episodes in the correct order on the DVD set, or did they follow the airing order (like WHV did with Crusade)? Is the correct airing order shown anywhere? I'm new to this show. |
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I haven't read any of the Dresden Files books yet. That said, I found this to be a great show. Figures that The Sci-Fi Channel would cancel it. :(
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I missed the very last episode that aired for the show on TV so I figured I could Netflix it. I forgot that the SciFi channel F'ed with the order of the episodes so the disc I got had all the episodes that I had already seen. Now I'm on the fence... I don't know if I want to buy the box set or just let it go. SciFi kicked the show to the curb. I was gonna write a letter & I normally don't do letters.
I was watching Deadwood the other day and the guy who played Dresden turned up in it. He was a hired gun that shot a cornish worker in a bar & then later he got his throat slit by Swaringen. At least the guy is getting work. |
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Book 1 -Storm Front Book 2 - Fool Moon Book 3 - Grave Peril ...and am near the end of ... Book 4 - Summer Knight. Enjoyed 'em all, each more than the one before it, but putting Harry through greater and even greater hell and suffering is getting a tad old. Harry and Job have a lot in common. :rolleyes: I've bought all the books thru White Night, and will be reading them all, in order. Waiting for Small Favor to come out in paperback. |
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Im on the last 40+ pages of "Dead Beat" and I have already picked up "White Night". Like KoshN I am waiting for Small Favors to come out in paperback.
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Storm Front (The Dresden Files, Book 1) by Jim Butcher Publication Date: April 1, 2000 ISBN-10: 0451457811 ISBN-13: 978-0451457813 Price: $7.99 Fool Moon (The Dresden Files, Book 2) by Jim Butcher Publication Date: January 1, 2001 ISBN-10: 0451458125 ISBN-13: 978-0451458124 Price: $7.99 Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, Book 3) by Jim Butcher Publication Date: September 1, 2001 ISBN-10: 0451458443 ISBN-13: 978-0451458445 Price: $7.99 Summer Knight: (The Dresden Files, Book 4) by Jim Butcher Publication Date: September 3, 2002 ISBN-10: 0451458923 ISBN-13: 978-0451458926 Price: $7.99 Death Masks (The Dresden Files, Book 5) by Jim Butcher Publication Date: August 5, 2003 ISBN-10: 0451459407 ISBN-13: 978-0451459404 Price: $7.99 Blood Rites (The Dresden Files, Book 6) by Jim Butcher Publication Date: August 3, 2004 ISBN-10: 0451459873 ISBN-13: 978-0451459879 Price: $7.99 Dead Beat (The Dresden Files, Book 7) by Jim Butcher Publication Date: May 2, 2006 ISBN-10: 045146091X ISBN-13: 978-0451460912 Price: $7.99 Proven Guilty (The Dresden Files, Book 8) by Jim Butcher Publication Date: February 6, 2007 ISBN-10: 0451461037 ISBN-13: 978-0451461032 Price: $7.99 White Night (The Dresden Files, Book 9) by Jim Butcher Publication Date: February 5, 2008 ISBN-10: 045146155X ISBN-13: 978-0451461551 Price: $7.99 Small Favor (The Dresden Files, Book 10) by Jim Butcher Publication Date: April 1, 2008 (Hardcover. It just came out.) ISBN-10: 0451461894 ISBN-13: 978-0451461896 Price: $14.37 Quote:
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Since I'm looking for a new book series to pick up I just might check those out. Brisinger is coming out soon but I could probably fit one in before it gets here. :thumbsup:
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I got the first 3 books and was able to read two before Brisinger came out. ;)
I guess they turned each book into a single episode... that kinda pisses me off since there's so much story being shoved into a 40 some minute episode. And as I'm reading I'm trying to compare it to whichever episode I can remember it being from... by the time I get to the end of the book there's a different ending anyway. I mean... I like the surprise but at the same time it's a little disappointing. Murphy is a blonde... that I like more. :drool: So, yeah... I liked what I've read so far & I ordered the rest of the books. Well at least up till 9 since I'm getting paperback ones. |
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There are two graphic novels coming out in October, Welcome to the Jungle and Backup. Jungle is a prequel to Storm front over multiple issues.
Backup is from the viewpoint of Thomas Raith.....spoiler Dresden's brother is watching out for him in this one. Next spring book # 11 Turncoat will be coming out! :thumbsup: |
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Having just read book 3 I know who Thomas Raith is. :p I got a little sick of book 3 at certain points but I liked the ending. And I didn't like Susan so I'm glad she's a vamp now... or whatever she is.
Bianca... dead. Didn't see that coming because in the show they were buddies..... sex budies. :p |
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Plus, in the books, Bianca's a completely inhuman monster in a flesh mask, and Harry's seen what's underneath Red Court vampire flesh masks, including Bianca's. In the TV series, Bianca transforms into a really nasty looking humanoid (full black, eyes; fangs, etc.) but nothing like the slimy, large, bat-like creature with flabby wings and dripping Red Court vampire narcotic venom like in the books. |
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If I were going to cast a brunette as Susan, I'd pick Alicia Coppola (from Jericho). |
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kincaid is a cool character... I'm looking forward to seeing him some more. Mouse is a stupid name for a dog. ;) |
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Kincaid, the Archive's (Ivy's) driver from Book 5? He shows up in Book 6? ...or were you talking about Book 5 there? I know he was going to hook Harry up with the guy who makes those special incendiary shotgun shells. Naah, don't tell me. Where I am in Book 5, I can't see Harry and Murphy hooking up. |
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I had to go down to South Carolina for my cousin's wedding... 12 hours in the car both ways. ;)
Yeah... Kincaid is in Book 6. I guesss he put Harry in touch with that guy inbetween books because Harry just calls him out of the blue and he turns up in book 6. I won't give any more details on that. They give more story for Kincaid... ;) When I read 6 I just got the feeling that Harry and Murphy were bonding... now I started 7 and their interaction is weird. Like maybe Harry should ask her out but he's to stupid to think about it. Maybe Murphy is playing head games with him or something. Keep in mind I'm just reading between the lines. They don't make out in book 6 or anything. There's a pretty good twist in 6 also. Enjoy that one. :p |
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Well I liked 7 the most so far. I love it when they bring in the White Council.
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Well now I'm all cought up and waiting for the next book... I hate that.
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I'm seeing what you mentioned about the warm-up between Harry and Murphy. |
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Ohh... I took enough time to enjoy them. If I read something I like sometimes I read the page over & over before moving on & since I'm done now I can always go backand re-read certain spots. I've moved on to the Codex Alera books & I'm starting to think that I don't like them. Guess I should of just bought the first book & went from there.
I'm hoping that Ebenezer eventually retires and Dresden becomes the next Blackstaff. He could go up against the Merlin all he wants then. ;) Kincaid says something about how Mavra wouldn't go down that easy. I think it was Kincaid. ;) KEEP READING... Dresden does hook up with somebody... :p You haven't got to the part where Harry gets a new job offer. :p Thomas finds a way to cheat the vampire system. & Harry gets an apprentice. |
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ps.Was it ever said what breed of dog the notch-eared puppy is? |
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??? Could be. |
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In fact, there are three nasties listed at the end that are still around and will likely be trouble later: Mavra (I thought that was too easy!) He Who Walks Behind (unkillable) and Lasciel (the Fallen Angel, still able to touch Harry from her prison in the coin buried two feet down in the concrete of Harry's lab and surrounded by half a dozen warding spells) Quote:
Harry (to Thomas): "Hey. Why did you get Large Breed Puppy Chow?" :lol: |
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In Proven Guilty Charity Carpenter says, "He looks something like a Caucasian." & then adds... "It's a dog bred in the Soviet Union in the Caucasus Mountains for use in secured military installations. It's one of the only breeds that grow so large. But they tend to be a great deal more aggressive than your dog." It's weird because I went looking for that and turned right to the page. Found it without really looking. :p According to Elaine in White Knight Temple Dogs are very rare. He basically got the real version of one of those stone dogs that smelled the blood on his hand in book 4. They're incredibly loyal to their masters and they have magical powers of their own. In the Thomas spin off book he says Mouse can understand human speech. I'm getting the feeling that him and Morgan are gonna become friends in the new book. The Merlin is the guy who's coming down on Harry the most. Morgan tried to provoke him on the Merlin's behalf. |
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