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The Dresden Files: Complete Season 1 [2007]


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Surprisingly delightful
Review date: 2008-12-03 Rating: 8 out of 10

As I love the books, I was apprehensive about watching this, but I really enjoyed it. The books it ain't - this is very important to remember. Even though the show differs in countless areas from Jim Butcher's novels, it has its own unique brand of magic in good casting, decent FX and a theme song I can't get enough of.
And just as the show gets really good, and you're being sucked into it, there's suddenly no more. =( A shame. So basically, don't view the show like the books and you'll find something worth watching again.
The only problem I have is that the original unedited pilot is not included.

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A Very Promising Urban Fantasy Series...
Review date: 2008-10-18 Rating: 8 out of 10

I rather liked this TV adaptation of Jim Butcher's Dresden File books. It's not as slick as predecessors of it's type, but it did have a certain amount of appeal and it did fill a Buffy and Angel shaped gap.

More hit than miss, the series has a lot of interesting episodes dealing with supernatural crime in the windy city of Chicago. Harry Dresden is quite a likable magic wielding PI with a dark past who teams up with grumpy but good-natured Detective Murray who basically suspects her somewhat eccentric freelance police adviser is much more than meets the eye. Of course Harry can't tell her magic and monsters exist and has to walk a dangerously thin line between both world's rules in order to protect her. Harry also has help from Bob, the ghost of a powerful sorcerer who was cursed to live in a skull for eternity because he did break the rules. Apparently there are people who enforce the magical law and maintain the balance, and none of them like Harry. My favourite re-curring characters are Ancient Mai, a sinister force of good and the femme fatal classy vampire club owner Bianca, who may or may not have Dresden's best interests at heart. Other than one episode dedicated to the vampire, they don't get much screen time, but they're a treat when they're on. I love Bob too, 'cause he's actually quite charming in his snippy sarky 'woe-is-me' way. It's also clear he cares a lot for his latest keeper and prodigy.

All in all, this series has a lot to offer. It's a bit disjointed sometimes and falls a little flat in some episodes when you were hoping for more impact, but it does have some crackin' moments. I also love the fact Harry's wand is a hockey stick! The Dresden Files is brilliant fun and definitely well worth watching.

A start, but no finish.
Review date: 2008-10-14 Rating: 6 out of 10

The Dresden Files makes a good start in Season One. Showing real promise for the following seasons where it can only get much better. The trouble is there were no following seasons, as it was axed. So what^s the point in buying Season One on DVD when it^s just the beginning of the story, (then nothing,) as there^s no follow up or end.

Gone the way of the Firefly
Review date: 2008-09-19 Rating: 10 out of 10

A great magical-reality series based on a very likeable protagonist. Harry Dresden is a very original wizard - more gumshoe than Gandalf, with a rune-carved hockey stick for a staff and a drumstick as a wand.

The books (by Jim Butcher) are as good, even better maybe, although I have to say the changes made for the show are by and large good calls.

I would happily flush half of Sci-fi's lineup for a new series of this show. I really find it hard to believe they cancelled this.

Season 2 PLEASE!
Review date: 2008-07-08 Rating: 10 out of 10

Stumbled on the Dresden Files epsiode 1 on the SciFi channel and enjoyed it so much I bought the box set as couldn't wait a week for the next one!

Thought it was a very well written show with a great cast and SUCH a shame that at present the SciFi channel have no plans to make a season 2.

This really is a show you can watch with the whole family and after watching season 1 I was left wanting more and feeling that there really is so much more that can be done with this show and all of which makes for GREAT entertainment. SO Season 2 if you please :-)


Product Details/Specifications


Actor(s):
Conrad Coates
Valerie Cruz
Terrence Mann
Paul Blackthorne

Creators:
Paul Blackthorne (Primary Contributor)
Valerie Cruz (Primary Contributor)

Recording label: Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Lions Gate Home Entertainment
EAN: 5060052413284
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 3
Format: Box set, PAL,
Release date: 2007-08-27
Audience rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 368 minutes
Theatrical release date: 2007
Language: English (Original Language)

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