Dresden Files, who would you cast?

[Umbran]

I'm also not liking the idea that the White Council is something Harry would have reason to hide a kid from, but it wasn't really executed well enouigh to draw conclusions from.

I don't think he has to hide the kid from the White Council, in general. It was just the one librarian woman who was in some way under the skinwalker's thumb...

At the moment, I think it is safe to assume that the skinwalker was *not* hired by the White Council. Spoiler:

Spoiler

Wasn't the guy standing outside the church when the skinwalker went boom Harry's uncle? He was stated as having major beefs with the White Council, and is supposed to be dead...

And I don't think we've been told who hired the Ravens.

It looks like a starting major plot that'll show up from time to time. We shall see.

 

[Vocenoctum]

It could have been him, though I hardly think Spoiler space for that is needed, considering the other spoilers already in the thread.

It did remind me though, that they also didn't mention Harry having a White Council babysitter with a sword, so I guess they also dropped that facet.

Something said in the conversations with the ravens and such led me to believe the kid was also being hidden from the White Council though. All around I think the episode's acting and diaologue lacked, so who knows what's the real situation.

 

[sniffles]

It did remind me though, that they also didn't mention Harry having a White Council babysitter with a sword, so I guess they also dropped that facet.

I recall reading something somewhere that indicated Morgan will show up later.

 

[trancejeremy]

If this guy knows magic, you'd think he'd have a spell to make his hair grow.

Really, having not read the books, I have no idea what is going on in the show. It seems like they should have tried to explain things a bit better...

 

[Fast Learner]

I haven't read the books, and quite enjoyed it, probably as a result.

I understood everything that went on, though... what was unclear, TJ?

 

[sniffles]

If this guy knows magic, you'd think he'd have a spell to make his hair grow.

Really, having not read the books, I have no idea what is going on in the show. It seems like they should have tried to explain things a bit better...

If anything I thought they overdid the exposition. They tried to explain Bob, the White Council, Harry's past, his relationship with Murphy... Too much for one episode.

 

[Rl'Halsinor]

If this guy knows magic, you'd think he'd have a spell to make his hair grow.

Really, having not read the books, I have no idea what is going on in the show. It seems like they should have tried to explain things a bit better...

This show is nowhere near the quality of the books. And sniffles is correct: They tried to explain too much in one episode.

 

[Nightfall]

Eh. Considering this is Sci Fi, it was better than some projects they trotted out. For one, they actually tried to not be so...funny I think.

 

[AuroraGyps]

It was an ok show for Sci Fi, but they could named it anything with the way they "un-Dresdened" it. So many things were changed: his apartment, his sub basement work room, the car he drives, Bob, the way magic and tech don't play well together, his coat, his mother's pentacle, how Murphy looks and making her a mom, & on and on. All the cool quirks and ideas that Butcher put into the books to make them different were gone. I'm extremely dissapointed in the generic "fantasy/horror" program Sci Fi gave us. The only reason I might watch anymore of it will be because they're going to air it repeatedly and it might be the best thing on TV at a particular time.

 

[Rl'Halsinor]

It was an ok show for Sci Fi, but they could named it anything with the way they "un-Dresdened" it. So many things were changed: his apartment, his sub basement work room, the car he drives, Bob, the way magic and tech don't play well together, his coat, his mother's pentacle, how Murphy looks and making her a mom, & on and on. All the cool quirks and ideas that Butcher put into the books to make them different were gone. I'm extremely dissapointed in the generic "fantasy/horror" program Sci Fi gave us. The only reason I might watch anymore of it will be because they're going to air it repeatedly and it might be the best thing on TV at a particular time.

Well put and right on. The first story reminded me of nothing more than CSI with Fantasy elements.