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Harry Dresden, walking pincushion
Since Dresden Files seems to be the latest "gotta watch it" thing slowly taking over Livejournal, I decided to check out the books; when a film or show is based upon a book, I usually prefer to start with the source material and then see the show.
The earliest book in the series at Barnes & Noble was book three, so I bought that and read it.
Sweet baby Jesus's toes! If all the books are like this, I can see why h/c people are flipping out over this series! This book was sort of like one of those fanfics where (x) character falls down a flight of stairs while leaving the hospital after major surgery, breaks both arms, develops a life-threatening infection and, while staggering back to the hospital, gets mugged in an alley and then, still crawling towards the hospital leaving a trail of blood, gets run over by a bus, knocked into the ocean and attacked by a shark. (Okay, yes, exaggerating, but you know the kind I'm talking about...)
After a certain point, I was kinda just reading along in amazement that he could still be *alive*. And speaking of which, I love how many of his plans (two in this book alone) include killing himself as a vital element of the plan.
I'm now reading the first book (hubby's already read it, that and book 3 ... it was pretty much all he did yesterday) and we watched the first episode of the series last night. Hubby and I agree that they did an awesome job of casting Harry, very true to the books, but the rest of it ... hmm. There's a certain vital something that's missing. Although I noticed that the "horrible things happen to Harry at the drop of a hat" motif carried through into the series as well...
Oh, and I love the sense of humor in the books, as well. I totally cracked up when he's crafting a magic love potion in the first book and the ingredients are (among other things): tequila, chocolate, a romance novel and a $50 bill. These books are like Harry Potter on crack.
The earliest book in the series at Barnes & Noble was book three, so I bought that and read it.
Sweet baby Jesus's toes! If all the books are like this, I can see why h/c people are flipping out over this series! This book was sort of like one of those fanfics where (x) character falls down a flight of stairs while leaving the hospital after major surgery, breaks both arms, develops a life-threatening infection and, while staggering back to the hospital, gets mugged in an alley and then, still crawling towards the hospital leaving a trail of blood, gets run over by a bus, knocked into the ocean and attacked by a shark. (Okay, yes, exaggerating, but you know the kind I'm talking about...)
After a certain point, I was kinda just reading along in amazement that he could still be *alive*. And speaking of which, I love how many of his plans (two in this book alone) include killing himself as a vital element of the plan.
I'm now reading the first book (hubby's already read it, that and book 3 ... it was pretty much all he did yesterday) and we watched the first episode of the series last night. Hubby and I agree that they did an awesome job of casting Harry, very true to the books, but the rest of it ... hmm. There's a certain vital something that's missing. Although I noticed that the "horrible things happen to Harry at the drop of a hat" motif carried through into the series as well...
Oh, and I love the sense of humor in the books, as well. I totally cracked up when he's crafting a magic love potion in the first book and the ingredients are (among other things): tequila, chocolate, a romance novel and a $50 bill. These books are like Harry Potter on crack.
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For example, it seems that there really is someone on the Chicago PD named Murphy who just so happens to a short blond. From what I heard for legal reasons they had to make the TV version look different. (I also wonder if someone on the production crew pointed out how much more work it would take to shoot co-stars when one is a foot taller then the other. It works in the books, but framing something like for TV would have to be a major pain in butt)
The originally wanted to keep Bob as a glowing skull, but couldn't get the effects to look good so they went just having him as an ghost who lives in a skull and can't be very far form it. In many ways that is the change I have least problems with because they have kept Bob pretty much the same in spirit (no pun intended) and the fact that he can't do much to help Harry - other then offer information.
I would love to Micheal on the show at some point. As well as a few of the other characters in the books such as Thomas.
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I can understand the Bob thing; I think I still liked him better as a completely disembodied spirit, but I can see how the skull might just look silly. One of those cases where you can get away with things in a book that you can't on a TV show.
And bear in mind that I'm still not very far along in either books or show, so my opinions may change. :)