When it comes to H'Wood, change seems to be the nature of the beast. There have also been a few more changes in omparison to the nooks, as I understand. (I've only been able to read two of them, because they sell fast in stores.) Still, the boards for the show at SciFi seems to rate it positively. I don't mind it either. Just wish it were in a diferent time slot. I keep forgetting that it's on at that time.
"B. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The Wiki provides a good overview of the books: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dresden_Files Harry's look, his magical items, how he uses magic and car have all been changed. The bracelet in the book provides a shield, he usually carries a staff or blasting rod and other magical items. Harry in the book would have pulped the folks that he's gone against in the tv show. TV Harry is a little too wimpy. Bob the Skull never appeared as a human. We're not sure if he ever was human. The skull he inhabits isn't his own. Mister, Harry's pet cat, is M.I.A. He's Bob's host body when Harry allows him to venture out in the daytime. Karrin Murphy had her name, ethnicity and appearance changed for the tv show. In the book she's tiny but badass and blonde. Justin wasn't Harry's uncle. He was his mentor until...let's just say they had a bit of issue. Justin is no more but his influence lives on. Harry sucks with the ladies. Harry getting lucky with a random waitress would never happen. Harry's wizardly nature wreaks havoc on electronic devices and systems. That's why he drives and old VW Bug with virtually no modern electronic systems. He can barely keep that running. Computers, tvs, etc. malfunction or die if he lingers around them too long. There was a great running gag about a loaner car that was dying by inches everytime Harry got into it in one of the books. There's other stuff as well but I'm hoping they will work more of the mythos into the series as it goes on. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Like I said, I've never read the books. What are the major ways it strays, and what's been replaced in the mythos? > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: "B. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I like it but it strays way too far from the source material at > times. It also got rid off some awesome bits of the mythos to add new > weaker ones. > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, KeithBJohnson@ wrote: > > > > Did anyone watch the debut of "The Dresden Files" last week? I was > desperate for good scifi/fantasy since "Heroes", "Eureka", > and "Avatar" were all in reruns. And I'm so far behind on "Galactica" > i have to wait for reruns or the season 3 DVD set. And I have to say, > the Sunday night doldrums are usually setting in, so a new show is a > great distraction. I must say I enjoyed it. The guy who plays Harry > Dresden is about as unlikely a wizard as can be: thin, almost > scrawny, receeding hairline, really cynical and world-weary, trouble > paying his bills--not even close to an imposing figure. He's more > like Jim Rockford than Gandalf. The first show dealt with a kid > who's a nascent wizard, being sought by the forces of evil and good. > The bad guys send a "skinwalker"--a demon that literally takes your > skin and wears it--to retrieve the young magic-worker. There's > evidently also a whole society of wizards and others that operate out > of our sight and knowledge. Dresden referenced some Counci > > l that seems to rule wizards, and his uncle is a wizard who's > apparently on the side of evil. The show was entertaining enough to > hold my interest, I like the actor playing Dresden, and it's very > cool for me to see *any* scifi or fantasy show that's completely new > to me. (I never read the books that the series is based upon). > > > > Definitely worth a second look tonight. > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > If any one of our restaurants were better than the rest, then customers would flocck to that location, creating a mass imbalance that could create a black hole, which would swallow the Earth. That's why we make every McDonald's from Pomona to Poughkeepsie the same good place to eat, thereby saving the Universe.-from McDonald's commercial ,28 January 1990 "Is anybody hungry?" - W Zeddemore, "The Real Ghostbusters", 'The Cabinet of Calamari' --------------------------------- Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
