Dresden Files, who would you cast?

[Darth K'Trava]

Nathan Fillion might be a bit too old, but he's sure got the right style to play a slightly cynical noir-ish character like Harry.

Judging by the previews for the series, the tv version of Harry Dresden is going to be a bit more rugged and less gangly than the literary version. No trench coat or cowboy boots from what I could see. But that's American tv for you - everybody has to be good looking and sexy.

I hope the series is decent.

I don't know if I'd call Blackthorne (or whatever his name is called) "rugged". I'd pictured Harry as having longer hair. And WTF is it with the hockey stick wizard's staff?!?!?! That's gonna take gettin' used to! And no duster?

I hope, despite Butcher's involvement, that it doesn't get ruined by the SciFi channel.

 

[Prince Atom]

What do you mean, "despite Butcher's involvement"? Is it that creators involved in TV and movie adaptations is not something you enjoy? Or was that a typo?

I'm not trying to flame anyone, I'm just confused :\

TWK

 

[Darth K'Trava]

What do you mean, "despite Butcher's involvement"? Is it that creators involved in TV and movie adaptations is not something you enjoy? Or was that a typo?

I'm not trying to flame anyone, I'm just confused :\

TWK

It's not Jim Butcher's involvement I'm having probs with. IT's TV execs that I'm having a prob with. They're the ones who'll go in there and screw stuff up if anyone's gonna do it. Granted, Jim did say that he was pleased with what they're doing. Even with the hockey stick "staff" bit that really has fans pissed.

 

[Elf Witch]

It's not Jim Butcher's involvement I'm having probs with. IT's TV execs that I'm having a prob with. They're the ones who'll go in there and screw stuff up if anyone's gonna do it. Granted, Jim did say that he was pleased with what they're doing. Even with the hockey stick "staff" bit that really has fans pissed.

I have been following this over on the Sci Fi channel boards some fans are pissed that Bob won't be a skull but a ghost like man played by Terrence Mann. Some are pissed about the changes to Murphy instead of hiring an actress who could play an irish blond they have hired a spanish actress and for Susan who is supposed to have dark hair they hired a blond.

I love the books and I am keeping an open mind about the show. I don't expect it to follow the books completely and I expected some changes. Somethings that work ina book don't always translate to the media of motion pictures or television.

I am hoping the show had good stories and plots and keeps to the main flavor of Dresden if it does that I can live with the changes. Now if they pull a Beastmaster with it I will be unhappy.

 

[Darth K'Trava]

Then I hope that Harry doesn't have to take Bob with him ala the way he had to do in that one book.... It'd be hard to "carry" a ghost in a backpack....

I'm one who would rather have him as a skull.

 

[Umbran]

I'm one who would rather have him as a skull.

I can understand the cost problem, but aesthetically Bob should've stayed a skull. Voiced by... Renee Auberjonois? That'd work for me.

 

[Elf Witch]

I can understand the cost problem, but aesthetically Bob should've stayed a skull. Voiced by... Renee Auberjonois? That'd work for me.

I wanted James Marsters to voice him. I really enjoyed the way he made Bob sound in the audio books.

 

[F5]

I can understand the cost problem, but aesthetically Bob should've stayed a skull. Voiced by... Renee Auberjonois? That'd work for me.

I don't see how there would be much cost involved in having Bob stay a skull. It's not like you'd need expensive CGI or anything...pretty much just a hand puppet would do the trick.

Renee Auberjonois would make a great voice though. And he does voice-over acting for animation. Why not the voice for a talking skull?

I've only read a few of the Dresden Files books, so I don't have a lot invested in specific plots, but I'm still not holding out much hope for the TV series...

 

[Umbran]

I don't see how there would be much cost involved in having Bob stay a skull. It's not like you'd need expensive CGI or anything...pretty much just a hand puppet would do the trick.

Puppetry with voliceover is usually pretty darned tricky. And these days, I think you would need some expensive cgi to get an audience to really accept it. Folks are jaded.

I've only read a few of the Dresden Files books, so I don't have a lot invested in specific plots, but I'm still not holding out much hope for the TV series...

I've got the fourth one sitting on my dresser waiting to be read. I don't have much vested in the plots, but I do think they need to get characterization right.

 

[Rackhir]

Renee Auberjonois would make a great voice though. And he does voice-over acting for animation. Why not the voice for a talking skull?

He doesn't like to repeat himself?

Personally, I'd like to see Lovecraft from Cast a Deadly Spell show up and kick Harry's ass.

Connie Stone: Dammit, Phil, everybody's gotta compromise!
Phil Lovecraft: That's what I keep hearing.
Connie Stone: And what makes you so special?
Phil Lovecraft: What makes me special is I'm my own man. When I started out I said there were things I'd do and things I wouldn't do. A lot of guys start out like that, and a lot of them sell out along the way. But the more who fall, the easier it gets. "See, look, everybody compromises, everybody cheats, everybody uses magic." So they empty their ideals out of their pockets and get down to the job of sticking it to their neighbors before they stick it to them, because that's that way it's done. To all of which I say nuts. My collar may be a little frayed, and maybe I need a shoeshine. But nobody's got a mortgage on my soul. I own it. Free and clear.