The Dresden Files
 

Is anyone else enjoying The Dresden Files?

It's pretty tongue-in-cheek, but I'm getting a kinda Buffy slash X-Files vibe from it. I'm likin' it so far.

On it's own, I enjoy it quite a bit, but it precedes Battlestar, so there's always that "10 minutes to Battlestar" in the back of my mind. I think Battlestar should be surrounded by meditation.

I would like to just watch it by itself a few times. A few episodes have been entertaining. I was worried when Claudia Black was on last night, but she did quite well. I miss Farscape...

I watch it! I love the main character, although the way he lets everyone, and I mean *everyone* push him around is annoying. And the lady cop is annoying too. I suspect her character is better in print.

Claudia Black RULES ALL. She's the Heather Locklear of the SciFi Channel.

I happen to love the show. Now if only I can get my wife to watch it too.

I watched the first few. It's just too much like Charmed/Angel/Buffy etc to grab me.

It was OK, but not brilliant. I'll not be following it.

Been watching episodes of it here and there. Been entertaining, not mind-blowingly awesome as some other shows, although Claudia Black=Mmmmmmmm. Will be watching this one.

Eeehhh...it's OK I guess. As much as there is an obvious attempt to emulate the wink-nudge/fantasy mix of Buffy/Angel, there appears to be utterly no attempt to provide any depth for any character outside of Dresden. Every other character is completely 2-D, there to progress the plot. Joss Whedon's genius wasn't adding two parts magic with one part snark; it was arching plotlines, highly developed characters (including the tertiaty ones), and masterful emotional manipulation.

I'll keep watching Dresden, but I think I'm going to prefer the Buffy Season 8 comic book more. Issue 1 is off to a great start.

Is it just me or does Claudia Black do the worst american accent. It really made me cringe every time she talked. She should have just stuck to her aussie accent and fit that in the episode somehow.

The episode that Sci-Fi aired as #8 (Storm Front) was actually the pilot episode chopped down from 2 hours to 1. It has some differences that I wish they would have stuck with, such as much more voice over than the other episodes, which gives it more of a Noir feel. Also Harry used alot more magic in this episode (I mean he is a wizard for crap's sake). Also Murphy was not completely oblivious to the magical elements. The only difference I didn't like was there was no Bob. Also he had a different "office" and his "office" and place of residence were two different locations.

I certainly agree, mrklixx, on all counts.

The thing I always enjoyed about the books (just finished his latest, btw) is that classic noir voiceover. The other episodes are alright in that respect, but #8 laid it on thick and it made it that much more enjoyable to watch.

I hope that sci-fi (or who or whatever) lets us see the full 2 hour pilot one of these days.