Dresden Files Followup
I talked about this show coming up, and I managed to catch it Sunday night. It was a pretty good show. Here’s a breakdown of things that I liked and did not like:
Likes:
- Dresden got beat up. He always gets beat up. Nice touch.
- Bob helped out in an esoteric and weird way.
- Dresden has a conscience that won’t allow him to take advantage of innocents.
- Dresden rescued the boy in the end.
- Nice flashbacks to work in his important history.
- Good acting, and decent character portrayal.
- The skinwalker was a good bad guy. Classic Dresden.
Dislikes:
- A Jeep? Come on! They couldn’t afford a beaten-up old VW Beetle?
- Murphy and Dresden were a little too antagonistic towards each other. They’re supposed to be pretty good friends, not users of each other’s talents.
- Bob should be a talking skull, not a snooty British guy!
- Dresden was trained by his uncle? I don’t recall that from the books. Seems a little too distant from Dresden’s actual history.
- Murphy is a short, athletic blond with a little extra weight on her. She’s not a short, brunette that is too skinny. The actress should have at least bleached her hair for the role.
- Dresden would never be as careless to put up protective wards on his house that were on curtains that could easily be ripped down. They’re engraved into the stone.
- Dresden lives in a basement. What’s with all of the windows?
- Magicians can’t deal with technology. What’s with all of the electrical lights and electrical fridge in his apartment? This is key to so many plot points in the book. I can’t believe that they changed that!
Overall, I liked the first episode enough to watch more. I just hope they don’t screw up enough things to make me start to hate it.
