i've been reading and thoroughly enjoying the dresden files, by jim butcher... just finished up the 'last' (in the sense that the next one won't be published for several months) of them today. i knew it had been a series on sci-fi, and decided to check hulu for it this evening. lo and behold, it was there.
so i watched the first episode.
what. the. f**k.
the tv series is "based on the novels" in the same way that a bowl of sugar is part of a complete breakfast. as long as you remember to eat it with a few pieces of toast, a glass of milk, a glass of juice, and a bowl of actual cereal, that is.
i can understand the writers making up cases that were different from those in the books, and to some extent inventing characters to go along with those. but some of the rest... not so much. i stopped counting errors after i ran out of fingers, but i'm quite certain i would have run out of toes and possibly hairs as well. if i were feeling slightly more obsessive-compulsive, i would (and still might at some point) re-watch it, just to get an accurate count. off the top of my head:
1) bob should be a slightly perverted air spirit, not a ghost
2) harry shouldn't be using electricity
3) harry should be driving the blue beetle, not a jeep
4) murphy should be blonde, and shorter
5) they screwed up the name of harry's old teacher, and made him a relative
6) the "skinwalker" from the first episode is entirely different from the one that just made its appearance in book eleven.
7) no mister?
8) harry should be living in a basement, not a regular house
9) bob should be in harry's lab in the sub-basement, not on a shelf in the living room
10) murphy shouldn't have a kid
and there are all my fingers.
as for the tags: this is a very bad thing, based on a very good (and slightly nerdy) thing, and i recommend never putting yourself through it.
