Was it a horrible show? No. Was it a bad adaptation? Yes. Also the casting of Dresden is not nearly as bad as I thought it would be. This guy is a decent Dresden.

So Jim actually explained the reason the show used a Jeep instead of a VW Beetle is because it’s incredibly difficult to fit actors, cameras, props, lighting, sound equipment, and anything else required into a small car like the Beetle. So they asked Jim if a WWII Jeep would work, Jim gave his blessing, so we have the Jeep. Hope that clears some stuff up!

as a Constantine fanboy and someone about to start the Dresden series myself, finding out there was a mediocre, early 2000s adaptation delights me greatly 😂 no irony intended. Obscure adaptations are too often a flag for great source material

I only imagine James Marsters whenever I think of Harry Dresden, because of the audiobooks. He captures the character damn near perfectly. They could've done an animated series, and he'd be perfect for the role.

There are videos on KZfaq of Butcher discussing this adaptation, what he was cool with and what went on behind the scenes. As I recall, the initial show runner was a fan and wanted to do one book per season, or cover two books per season making the show serialized in format. A new executive came onboard at Syfy, one that did not get Science Fiction or Fantasy as genres, and fired the showrunner, then replaced him with the showrunner from Charmed. The new showrunner opted to make each episode unconnected to the next, because conventional industry wisdom states that makes it easier to put into syndication (the episodes can be run out of order as need be), rewrote the scripts and characters, and the nightmare unfolds. I also seem to remember that Butcher liked how they did Bob (at least the casting of Terrance Mann), and the much maligned Valerie Cruz was the only one who read the books and asked him for input.

I was at a Skin Game signing back in the day and Jim did a Q&A. I specifically asked him his thoughts on the show. He started with a long pause, "I was about to ask which one?" Which got a rise out of all of us thinking their is a new adaptation coming but he quelled these thoughts by saying, "Guys relax as my dad would say nothing is real until the check has cleared." His answer to my question was, "They did the best they could with the restrictions they had."

I actually think that was perfect Dresden casting - ruggedly handsome with a sarcastic smirk at the ready. And Murphy actress gives off her energy very well - the "I can't with this shit" facial expression is spot on. I found the show first, when it aired in my country at some ungodly hour and saw enough potential that I got really excited when I found out it was based on a book series. Some years later ebook torrents became a thing and I was hooked on the series. And then international Internet shopping got realistically attainable and now I'm the proud owner of the whole series in Roc paperbacks 😂

I'd really love to see another crack at adapting Dresden for TV. I'm picturing an animated streaming series on one of the more well-funded services that does mature content like HBO or Prime, with Marsters reprising Harry for the VO. Pull in maybe 2 more big names to do Karen and Marcone, I'm thinking Jeri Ryan and Crispin Freeman maybe, and just faithfully follow the books. They're already rather cinematic as fantasy books go.

This series has a place in my heart because it brought Dresden, Bob, and Merph to me. With all its flaws, I still love my Dresden DVD which proudly sits next to my shelves of Dresden books. Thanks for the memories. 💖

As folks have pointed out, Jim has talked about a lot of the issues you bring up. I hadn't read the book when I watched it. The series actually led me to the books. Anton Stout and Jim talked about the incredible boost of sales they saw from the series. While it wasn't the perfect series, it made a huge impact on Jim's career.

They actually tried the beetle but it was awkward to film in it, the actor actually being very tall (at least they got that right). So they went with a more convenient option from the same era. I think Dresden mentions the anything newer than a WW2 jeep-like car doesn't fit him, so at least they tried to be consistent while also making it convenient for themselves

As weird and poorly adapted as this story might be, it was actually my introduction to the Dresden Files. I looked at it as a supernatural CSI, which actually sounded pretty cool to me. Then I bought my sister the first book for her birthday and we watched the show together. Three months later I had read the first ten Dresden Files novels and bought the rest of the series. The books are miles ahead of the show, but it was the show that hooked me into the series.

So the show actually did film Storm Front as the pilot, but Syfy didn’t air it first, instead putting it midway through the season, and it really ruined the flow of the show, even for me when I was younger watching it and hadn’t read the books.

The Beetle/Jeep thing was logistics. It’s funny to imagine an NBA player driving a bug around in a book but difficult and uncomfortable in real life. Jim Butcher talked about it, I think it’s one of the changes he didn’t mind.

I liked how he carried around a hockey stick as his wizard's staff, that was a cool addition.

I’ve met Terrence Mann, the actor who played Bob. Really nice guy, and he tried as hard as he could with the material he was given. He’s a Broadway legend and has done a ton of theatre, originating the roles of Javert in Les Miserables, Beast in Beauty and the Beast, and Rum Tum Tugger in Cats on Broadway, but TV viewers might recognize him as another Bob, which is Bob (short for Bobert) Ballard in 30 Rock S5E16 “TGS Hayes Women”.

Some Points: 1) They didn't do Storm Front as the Premiere since the effects house couldn't do the effects in time.. they return to a Stormfront inspired story later in the season. Apparently much of the season was aired out of written order. 2) Paul Blackthorn (The actor who plays Harry) physically didn't fit inside a volkswagon beetle, so a Jeep was swapped out instead. Honestly the pilot was probably the weakest episode of the season.... bonus fact: Jim Butcher makes a cameo as one of Butter's assistants later in the series.

I only watched the first episode along with my Mom, both of us have read the whole series, and the most memorable part of the viewing was my Mom screaming out during the opening of the episode: 'Is that a hockey stick?!'.

I watched this show without having read any of the books and thoroughly enjoyed it. So I went into it without any expectations. On the other hand, I read every Marvel Eternals comic book and therefore HATED the Eternals movie due to the MASSIVE deviation from the source material. So, yes, proper adaptation is extremely important.

When I was a kid I got into Percy Jackson through the movie, so that kinda supports what Daniel said about bad adaptations getting people into good content.

It's an overall 5 if you hadn't read the books and I really enjoyed the premise. It also later on got me to pick up the books... and yes the books are better, but is a decent gateway drug to the pure beauty that the Dresden Files.

I found the series decent, I actually quite like the casting as Dresden. I think he makes a great version of dresden. But there are quite a few differences from the book that I don't think was necessary.

An actual good adaptation of this series could make incredible TV, Butcher's characters really leap off the page and it's a smll enough ensemble it could work in a TV setting. Plus the quality of cheaper CG these days can actually pull off the effects with just a little love and not that much money.

Perhaps the majority of viewers of The Dresden Files (2007-2008) had read the book "Storm Front" which came out in 2000. I had never heard of Jim Butcher before the show. After watching the series, without preconceived notions, I found it highly entertaining. When the show was canceled I bought "Fool Moon" got hooked on the books and became a fan. Butcher is an amazing author and I have read everything he has written. Had it not been for the TV series - I would have missed out on a fantastic writer. So cut the series some slack, it was a gateway drug into the magical world of Butcher.

I love that show. And yes, it has barely anything to do with the Jim Butcher books. It's like someone described several of the books to the TV writers at a loud party, while they were all somewhat tipsy, and the writers decided to recreate what they remembered a week later. And yes, none of the episode plots are particularely interesting - but I just love the characters of the show (as their own characters, independent of the Jim Butcher books). I love the dynamic between Dresden and Murphy. I love Bob. I love the bickering between Dresden and Morgan. I love Old Mai. I love his evil uncle. It's this guilty pleasures series that I put on when I am sick or depressed and just need something to hang out to. (And actually, some episodes like The Boon Identity, Bad Blood, Things That Go Bump or The Other Dick are actually really fun supernatural detective stories by themselves.)

James Marsters is the best audiobook reader I have EVER listened to. I was trying to get into other audiobooks, but quickly realized that Marsters must have set the bar too damn high.

It's kind of funny that when Butcher went on to include Skinwalkers in the series, they were portrayed as nigh indestructible, semi-divine beings that posed a major threat to all but the most powerful entities. And even then it was kind of a toss-up whether or not you'd win if you went toe to toe with one. Like, it's not a "They got this part wrong!" thing because Turn Coat came out years after this. But it's still amusing.

Yeah I was definitely one of those people who happened across the show, kinda liked it, decided to give the books a read, and absolutely fell in love with the series. Just such a rich universe, and one of my all time favourite series now :)

This was my introduction to Dresden. I actually enjoyed the campy-ness and the obvious cheap production in a its so bad its good way. It inspired me to read a series that at surface level wouldn't have appealed to me. A series i have come to love, so I will always have a soft spot for it. Hell i even have it on dvd lol!

I saw a sticker on one if my library Dresden books that said "as seen on Syfy" and I was like "there was a show????"

I remember the Hype behind this coming out; it was the catalyst that pushed me from a solitary fan into being active in the Dresden fan community. My first impressions were "This isn't Dresden" at the time, but the excitement kept my glasses rose-colored for the most part. Paul Blackthorn wasn't a bad choice overall: he definitely got the Persona down (if only the writing let it shine more). I recall in one of the episodes Murph finds him beside a burned body and he said something like "I'm just hanging out with Mr. Crispy here" that nailed it so good. It's a shame everything else was not up to Par.

I knew about Dresden Files as they started coming out, but I never picked them up because I was already reading the Anita Blake books by Laurel K. Hamilton. When I got around to picking up Storm Front, I was underwhelmed because he was a less interesting Anita (to my child brain, they are similar in general at first) from the back cover descriptions I read. Eventually in college, a friend convinced me to tipsy watch Dresden Files the show so she could sway me to re-try reading the Files...I was amused by the show, I liked Bob (again, the show was my first exposure to him) and gave the books another try because of it. To be clear, I only made it 3 books into the series because it was just too similar to other urban fantasy series I knew & loved...but with a main character who had flavors of sexist jerk I didnt enjoy as a teenish girl. Eventually (after book 6), the Anita Blake books devolved into utter smut and l gave them up, but I recommend books 1-8 if you've enjoyed Dresden Files.

Okay. So, I think it’s now Daniel’s responsibility to fix this. He needs to produce a much better version of this series. I absolutely love Dresden because of Daniel, and I honestly wish he would listen to the Audible version of the Iron Druid series and stick with it for more than the first book because just like James Marsters he improves and more fully develops a wonderful relationship with the characters he’s narrating. Seriously, I’m a big Luke Daniels fan and I’m so glad he’s who Kevin Hearne uses to voice his books. Yes, I WILL die on this hill.

I saw TV show before ever knowing about the books, was a fun experience and got me into the books so great job on that one.... Saying that I will admit it has its flaws but fun wee ride. Also I thought Paul did a great job with what was given to him.

I remember watching this show after reading about 10 of the books, I was appalled as how bad it was. He's barely even a wizard, he's just a guy who knows a tiny bit about magical things with almost no real power. Dresden early in the books certainly wasn't powerful, but he wasn't this weak. Also, the fact that someone could just walk in his door and rip down his wards like they are just pieces of paper really bugged me for some reason, they really betrayed the way wards work in the book. Also Bob....ugh, I assume it was for budgetary purposes as animating a floating skull was probably expensive. Overall, thanks for your thoughts, and now I have to go re-read (listen) to some Dresden to forget this horrible show.

your review of this thing finally made me buy the first 3 books on audible. so thanks for that.

I like the point you make about adaptations increasing visibility of a series because that is absolutely what happened with Dresden for me. I hadn't seen the show before I started reading, but I was aware of it. And, I didn't love Storm Front, but the fact that there were 12 more books (at the time) and a TV series made me think that it got better. AND IT DID.

I watched this back in high school and it’s actually what got me to pick up the books! However, I’ve refused to rewatch it since because… I just can’t. Now I don’t have to! Thanks Daniel!

You didn't talk about the bloody hockey stick. I watched the 1 season, it does not get better as it goes along. And Bianca turns out to be a friend and sometimes lover.

I can't thank you enough for this video... When Dresden came on TV, I was excited at the concept. I liked it, okay, well, I wanted to like it but it just didn't have a sense of congruence and as is typical of television series, most episodes were 2 steps forward and 2 steps back by the end of the episode. It felt like nothing ever happened, it was a waste of time! I hadn't thought there was a book series, but now I know and I'm enthralled. I don't usually do audio books but took your suggestion on that too! I'd decided to take a brake after "Turn Coat" but the next day, I saw you talking about "Changes" in your "Top Teh Fantasy Series (2020)" and decided to charge on ahead. I'm about 1/3rd through and still in shock! Can't wait for what's to come!

“Absolutely Betrays the source material.” Is my new favorite way to describe this type of “adaptation”. It’s hard to say an adaptation is an adaptation when it’s basically a skin suit.

Honestly, I kind of liked it, even after I read the books (It got me into them). As for the balding, my poor spouse was doing *that* at 19. I've never seen him with a full head of hair; met him at 20

Taking the skinwalker, the most horrific, vile, and malice-filled creature from the entire series that completely outclassed Dresden so much that he got literal mental trauma from just LOOKING at it for a split second, and turning it into a budget-Supernatural normal looking person monster-of-the-week that gets defeated with a random trinket is just so dumb it's actually impressive of how wasteful of potential it is.

I originally watched this show without knowing there were any novels. I wasn't bothered by anything in it too much. When I found out there were actual novels, I went straight to Barnes & Noble and bought everyone they had. I read them straight through one after the other and have been hooked ever since. Now I own all the novels hardback and paperback, plus digital copies on e-reader, plus the audio books. I also always picture Dresden looking like Paul Blackthorne, just with longer hair.

I will admit I never read the books but I sort of liked the series. Namely Paul Blackthorne. Good actor.

I like the show. It had great casting of Dresden and Bob. I also loved the Dresden actor on Arrow. I also like how they adapted Bob which made sense for a visual medium. But I will say that Marsters IS Dresden.

That Dresden Files show was more faithful than Amazons Wheel of Time lol

FINALLY I've been waiting forever to hear you talk about this haha

This was absolutely the review I didn't know I needed. Thanks for doing it! I remember finding the series after I read the first 10 or so books, binging the entire thing, being so annoyed with how bad it was and dishonest to the source material.... and then deciding I wanted to binge it 2 more times over the next few years lol

What the show did with Bianca was the best thing about it. They really established her as an early peer level villain of Dresden. And Joanne Kelly from Warehouse 13 did wonderfully.

I think what the world needs right now is a series of deep dives on every dresden files episode from the goblin

I got into the Dresden Files back in high school, so when the show came out, I was excited for it. I remember watching it several times with my dad, as kind of a shared thing to do on Sunday night. (Weirdly, we would later bond in a similar way over Arrow, where Paul Blackthorne was in the supporting cast.) So I definitely have a fair bit of nostalgia for the series, even if I acknowledge it's not a great representation of the books. And I think a lot of your criticisms are spot-on (the changing of the phone call section is 100% on point), but a couple of them feel weaker to me. So, to waste a bit of my day off chatting about a nostalgic show, and to give you a bit of an algorihm bump, I wanted to highlight one or two of those. For instance while it's certainly not fully in character for Harry to dismiss the kid out of hand, him hiding the full scope of the magical world from normals is pretty standard, especially for the first few books, where it's a regular strain on his and Murphy's relationship. He just tends to do so less by directly denying the supernatural, instead playing dumb or framing the truth as sarcasm. Him telling a child "I'm sure you're just imagining things, I won't take your money", especially in the opening of an early story, is pretty in-character for him. His phrasing is a little too solid in the show (like, he does acknowledge that he doesn't KNOW monsters aren't after them, and notes that "most" monsters don't exist, but he could be a little more cunning in presenting that point) and he definitely should have made some minor concession (given the kid the ward then, or promised to look into it) but the basic frame of the scene is, IMO, mostly correct. Similarly, Bob in the second scene is still pro-helping the kid: he asks if Melissa is POSITIVE nothing's up, then suggests Harry "at least" go tell the kid that he's safe. He doesn't refer to the kid as snot-nosed as an insult, but as a joke about kids in general, and as foreshadowing for the raven's feather tracking spell. And the read I get off the mom in her first scene is purely a "we are humoring the kid by giving him a "magic symbol" to calm him down", so it at least makes sense that she's confused when Harry starts treating it as real after he's kidnapped. Or like, back when I first saw the show, I instantly clocked that he was using an old-school jeep instead of the blue beetle because it fits the "magic messes with complicated electronics, so Harry drives a really old car" idea without forcing their team to build a potentially expensive prop vehicle. Yeah, it was a bit of a bummer, but SyFy was known for not being able to throw a ton of cash at their shows at the time. Still, your criticism did drive me to hunt down the episode to double-check what I remembered, and see that I had misremembered Bob and Harry's first talk about the kid, which I had remembered much more as, funnily, Bob denies it being: Bob attempting to get Harry to take the cash for an easy open-and-shut case, and a chance to flirt with the Melissa woman. (I actually thought that my point was going to be that Bob was less genuine in the first scene, meaning he fits better with his second scene, and was surprised that it was "no, Bob is just generally more of a nice guy this episode.")And overall, you're right that it's a real mess at drawing us into the world. Looking at it, it's funny to me how much better the episode would have been with like, one more pass at the script. Tweak a couple of the plot points, re-organize some of the stuff, and I think this would work pretty easy. There's some good bones to the episode (it introduces Harry, Karrin, and Bob, keeps the initial episode on a fairly small conflict, establishes that the supernatural world has good, bad, and neutral components, it even introduces an entirely new faction as something for book fans to be interested in), it's just let down by a poor implementation/structure of its components. Hell, just MOVING the call with Karrin to before Harry meets the kid, and making it Karrin calling Harry to trade getting the boot off his car for some off-the-books investigation of this new murder scene that night, would at least help structure the episode: Now we have a reason Harry doesn't want to spend a lot of time with the kid, since he has something gruesome to prepare for, that builds into "okay, I should be there for this kid", to "Oh dear, the cases are connected!"

I caught this show before I had read or knew of the book series. I actually quite liked it. I enjoyed the whole 'has phenomenal cosmic power but struggles to make ends meet' vibe of the main character. Loved the improvised hockey stick wizard staff! Of course when I noticed in the main credits the show was based on a book series I ran out to buy and start reading. It was a little jarring to see how they had changed so much for the show, but of course I loved the books even more and devoured the series. Going back to the show after the books, I cant enjoy it like I did, but I am grateful it led me to the books.

It's been a while since I saw the show but I think that Melissa was supposed to be the show's equivalent of Ivy, The Archive, which would be terrible and thus fit with the rest of their choices.

Just recently started the Dresden Files and am loving the progression so far! Thanks for this insight. Frequently, I find myself hating adaptations before they even start because of the lack of involvement of the source material. This helped me remember that the original source is still there. You’re an awesome goblin!

Can agree, as a new fan (1st book) im already in love with narration and characters and lore. Def an 11/10 listening experience

"Totally fine show that ABSOLUTELY betrays the source material" Totally how I'd describe Wheel of Time by Amazon

I watched the show, thought they messed it up by showing episodes out of order. Now I've read all the books and basically wait on the next one to be released. Easily my favorite series and I have many that I love.

Thank you very much for this info! I look forward to getting back into the series, but this time with the audiobooks!

I watched this show once when it came out in 2007(?) and was just thinking about revisiting. Thanks for saving me time xD

Re: Marsters tldr: he passed. He was invited to audition, and he wasn't willing to commit to moving himself/his family to where it was being shot (Canada) for the possible length of the contract. Also, again, KUDOS to Buzzy Multimedia--a small audiobook company whose premise was to create buzz about works they sold by using readers who already had fanbases from genre work. Their biggest success was having James Marsters read the first couple of Dresden books. Later, the audiobooks were produced by Random House . . .

This reminds me of the Tom Ellis Lucifer show. It's a decent show (I heared) but it doesn't really have anything to do with the comic it was inspired by

I'll wait for the Wheel of Time TV show rewatch review where you go after it with this level of honesty.

So I remember watching this when it came out, and seeing the book title in the credits. Then I read the books, almost 20 years later still grateful to the show for that.

Have you ever watched Being Human? The UK series is pretty great, the USA one has a very different dynamic that was more meh but ended so strong IMO.

Yes, lots of issues with the show as an adaptation but it actually got me to go out and buy the first 8 books which were available at the time up through Proven Guilty. I've been hooked as a Dresden fan ever since. I actually liked Bob in the show as it provided a viewable foil for Dresden, but yes as a fan of the books I hope someone will try again and do a more faithful adaptation.

My wife was a big fan of these books! She was reading them to me for awhile, but we kind of fell out of the series before I got very far into it. We listened to review of this together and it really rekindled our interest in the books, so we're probably going to give them another go here soon (especially since one of my biggest complaints was the 'milady-ness' of the first few books, and I'm glad to hear it gets less egregious over time). Thanks for the review!

Side note: "Absolutely Betrays Source Material" would be a great t-shirt. Please put it in the merch shop.

I found the TV Series before I read the books, so I was unburdened by expectations. I enjoyed the TV series, that's right I'll admit to it. That said the TV series cannot compare to the books and especially not the Audio Books read by James which is hands down my absolute favorite book series ever.

To me this feels like someone had a fantastical crime drama in a writer's room somewhere and slapped on the Dresden name for a pre-existing fanbase

Started reading Dresden Files bc of you. Just finished Summer Knight. Absolutely love it so far

I watched the show years ago (and I watched it again last week) but I am about to start reading the books for the first time because of the show. Looking forward to learning about all the characters.

I didn't like them using the skinwalker myth this way. They're the Native American Big Bad Evil Thing, and they show it so easily handled. Considering how Jim Butcher made them so powerful in a later book, which I read before watching the show, I had problems with it from the first episode.

hey daniel, i discovered your channel a few days ago and i've been binge watching your videos actually! i'm still new to reading fantasy books (english is my second language, so before i used to read mostly non-fiction or classics but since i started reading in english i've been really enjoying fantasy). so basically i read an enchantment of ravens which is a YA fairytale-like fantasy, and then the sword of kaigen (which has become one of my favorite books ever) and then i...just went on..... and picked up the way of kings? uh- it was all great, that was before i stumbled upon your video and learned that this 1000 page-long book.... is a part of a series with other 1000 page-long books. i mean- 169 pages in and i'm loving it so far but it has also been the source of my depression. (please kaladin deserves the worlds why must they do this to him?) but i was wondering if you had like- any standalone fantasy recommendations? maybe you could make a video about standalone fantasy book recommendations. :) and your content is great, keep up the good work. :)

When are we getting more Dresden Files books? I'm so ready for the story to continue!

I actually started reading the Dresden Files yesterday, and I couldn't help clicking on this. I'm so glad you shied away from specific spoilers, and focused on the episode itself and large themes that were misrepresented lol. It's my fault for taking the risk of getting spoiled, but it looks like I'm lucky this time around

I remember you saying in your One Piece and Berserk reviews you really like manipulator/ master-mind antagonists, so I recommend you to check "Monster" by Urasawa Naoki if you haven't. I'm reading it right now for the first time and it's pretty good so far.

I was a big fan of the book series and was so excited to see it get an adaptation. I saw the first episode and never watched another one. There just seemed to be nothing that connected the books to the show: no trench coat, hat, staff, blue beetle, Bob, etc. I read later why a few of those things didn't happen, but at the time, I was completely baffled at how they got the simplest things wrong.

I like these longer dissections.

Love your show reviews more than anything keep it up

Let's be honest.... you could probably have made the same video about WoT. But hey, I will die before giving up hope on Season 2!

They wanted to start the show before storm front, to my understanding, because they wanted to have someone freedom to grow into the stormfront Dresden and beyond. TV used to have diff expectations. Have to have Bob as a person because a skull with flickering lights is “boring to watch”

The show got me to buy the first five books. On the strength of those I read 6 and 7, but stopped for a "break"... in 2019. Your video got me to pick up book 8 and start it today!

In Episode 8 Storm Front is adapted, and apparently was the first episode filmed. There's a scene of Harry working on a VW Beetle in a shop when Murphy comes for a chat. That's the closest we got to the Blue Beetle.

The show is the reason I found out about the book series, so while I don’t think it’s a great adaptation I can’t help but be grateful to it :)

Ok, I have a confession to make. I liked the series. Not at first but when I changed my attitude from "this is a dresden adaptation" to "this is a urban fantasy flick". But I have also never analyzed is at hard as Daniel so many flaws went unnoticed.

I'd love this be a channel series because I'd love you see you take on Shannara, and The Legend of the Seeker.

I have a soft spot for the Dresden Files TV Show. It was my introduction to Dresden as a whole. A friend of mine had been trying to get me to read the books, but I hadn't yet. Then I saw the show a figured I'd give the books a chance. It was a step up. So even though it wasn't what the books were, it brought me to the series and to Jim Butcher, who ended up being one of my all time favorite authors.

On of my favorite parts of Dresden is how they handle “super natural world is a secret” trope. Cause our world would 100% not believe it for a long time. I love it Also Harry would probably drop everything to find out why the kid has 5k or how he can help him. He’s got a bit of a soft spot for kids who don’t seem to have their parents available. That’s an understatement

Thanks for saving me from this show. I was looking up interesting series with Fae in it, and had dresden files on my list, and just hearing how awful the start is and terrible writing and direction of that first episode, just gosh, thank you. I'll just have to pick up the books or audiobooks if I want to get into

In the episode based on Storm Front, which was supposed to be the pilot, you can see the Beetle up on a garage rack.

I'm a massive Dresden fan and watching this show on Syfy as it aired was how I discovered the books (I didn't think I like urban fantasy novels back then). The books are so much better for so many reasons, but the show still holds a place in my heart - and I know most people hear James Marsters in their heads when they're reading Dresden's dialogue, but I hear Paul Blackthorne.

Wheel of Time is THE perfect example of how not to adapt a series. Nothing else will ever come close to the complete and utter disaster of when the Dark One won the last battle. The TV show is what happens when the Dark One remakes the Wheel.

I picked up the first book of the series at my local library after hearing so much praise for the series in a lot of videos on this channel. I had been warned of how women are described in this book. I thought it would be fine as long as the rest of the story was good. Still, Dresden's view of women threw me completely. I didn't make it past twelve pages before I had to pause as the misogyny was hitting me hard. By page 30 I put the book down and I probably won't pick it back up. The promise that it gets better when you've gotten past book six, but that it is still prevalent, is not enough for me. It might be a series that I would love for a lot of other things. But it would not be worth it as I would be constantly boiling with rage and frustration over the misogyny. There are so many other books and series out there that won't make me feel this way and I will be better off without reading Dresden files. I understand that everyone's experience with a novel will be different and I don't want to take away from anyone else's experience. To the people who love the series - good for you. From what i heard the series has a lot to offer. I'm just not the right audience and that's okay.

I loved this show when I first saw it. Loved the world it built. The characters. Everything. I haven’t had a chance to dive into the literary versions but I do have the first three books for when I do. The episode with the werewolf was my favorite. The lore was so yummy. And I genuinely did not see the twist coming. Great video

The trailer of the last books are awesome !

I discovered the show before the books, and on my first watch through I completed the series and enjoyed the show enough to pick up the first book. Of course now that I am in deep with the novels I went back to watch the show again and I just couldn’t… it’s so bad in comparison.

Almost like the WoT, meaning an abomination of an adaptation and a meh show 😂

Loved this scene by scene style review!

Found this a year later. Loved the TV Series. Watched the entire series and wanted. Was so excited when I learned there were books. Took it from there and read all the books. Since I saw the TV series first and didn't read the books, I didn't mind the series. All I know is that I wanted more after the series was done .