Caught the first two episodes of The Dresden Files today. If you haven't heard of this, and you like urban fantasy, you should check out author Jim Butcher's site and then take a look in your favourite bookstore.

Anyway, the show: It's good. It's not a direct adaptation of the books, at least not so far; there are hints that some later episodes will be closer to the source material.* Also, there are changes: Harry's apartment is aboveground; the Blue Beetle has been replaced by a Korean War era Jeep (which is fine; the reason Harry drives the Beetle in the books works just as well for a Jeep, and a Jeep would make some of the scenes in the books work better); Murphy is brunette; and Bob has gone all Quantum Leap on us.**

None of these present a major problem, and Paul Blackthorne makes a great Harry Dresden. He's not quite how I pictured Harry... or wasn't, until I saw him playing the part. Valerie Cruz isn't Murphy, but I think she'll make an acceptable not-Murphy. Terrence Man isn't quite Bob either, but given the changes that they needed to make to Bob for TV, I think he'll do fine. Conrad Coates as Morgan hasn't shown up yet, though it's a good sign that they list him as a major character.

Overall, a strong thumbs up from me. SciFi have put the whole first episode online so you can take a look.

* From this page, episode 6 is titled The Storm Front; Storm Front is the first book in the series.

** You'll know what I mean when you see the first episode. You'll say "Who the heck is that?!" That's Bob. "Oh... He's gone all Quantum Leap on us!" It works okay though, and book-style Bob would have been tricky to bring across to TV.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 10:43 PM | Comments (54) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

1 OMG! I love Harry Dresden! This makes me almost want to get cable tv....

Posted by: Susie at February 04, 2007 03:15 PM (Qkgxj)

2 Hi Susie!

Our literary tastes collide once again.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at February 04, 2007 05:45 PM (GaSFI)

3 I've watched one and a half episodes. Pretty good.

Although the style of it reminds me of Angel. Right down to the beginning where Angel Investigations were living hand to mouth.

Picked up the first book to read while I'm in Melbourne next week.

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