The Dresden Files

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HARRY DRESDEN -- WIZARD''Lost Items Found. Paranormal Investigations. Consulting. Advice. Reasonable Rates.''No Love Potions, Endless Purses, Parties, or Other Entertainment.

Harry Dresden is the only wizard who advertises in the Chicago yellow pages. And he's the real deal. Charms. Potions. Spells even. Dresden is a haunted man (in more ways than one) who has sinned and been sinned against. But in the darkness of his past, he finds an inner strength and a driving desire to set things right. Armed with his trusty staff (okay, it's a hockey stick) and winning personality (if you don't mind the snarky sense of humor), and aided and abetted by his annoying spiritual advisor, Bob (doomed soul, expert in magic, noodge), Dresden champions the underdog against all manner of supernatural threats -- for five hundred dollars a day. Plus expenses. Dresden doesn't do parties and he doesn't do love potions. But if the hocus starts to pocus, if the going gets... strange, if the things that go bump in the night start packing a punch, call him. He's in the book.

Based on the best-selling novels by Jim Butcher, The Dresden Files has been described as being a lot like Harry Potter... if Harry Potter had been written by the illegitimate love child of Raymond Chandler and Douglas Adams.moreless
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  • Harry Dresden: Wizard and Supernatural PI who advertises in the Yellow Pages and helps Chicago's finest to solve unusual cases. Awesome!!!

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    By DianaJones4, Nov 15, 2011 Report Abuse
    Awesome Show!!! Even though the TV series didn't go by the books it was good enough to stand on it's own. I can believe that they cancelled the show. Ever since GE purchased the Sci Fi Channel, it has been going downhill and good shows are being cancelled. The worst thing is that they brought wrestling to the channel. WRESTLING??? What the hell has Wrestling got to do with Science Fiction??? Absolutely nothing!!! I have also noticed that they are influenced by religion. So if the religious leaders don't like a show (like The Dresden Files, which shows magic being used for the good of mankind) it gets cancelled, even though a lot of people might like it. I am no longer an avid fan of The Sci Fi Channel anymore and until they bring back shows like The Dresden Files I never will be.moreless

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  • A shame.. Truly. I could tell from the depth of the character history that this story has more to it than is being shown to us. In fact, the flashbacks and history explanations were the only things that got me through the first half.moreless

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    By DaveKuyp, Nov 15, 2011 Report Abuse
    And yes, I said first half because life is too short to watch any more of this garbage. From the reviews and comments I've read online the author of these books must be deeply disappointed at what has befallen his beloved characters. A main 'wizard' who only seems to be able to perform the simplest of magics but for some reason seems to have a hidden room devoted to it. The ghost tells him to use a locator spell to find the boy in the first 15 minutes. Yet he just seems to drag his feet in finding the boy, while bird people are doing who-knows-what to him. I'm not even going to start on the side-characters. 'Ripped straight out of a cheap tv-movie' would be a compliment to them. It feels cheap, crappy and only useful for people that have never picked up a book, and have let their imagination dry up. I mean honestly? How slow of a plot do you need to get something so simple?moreless

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  • A very, very, very bad adaptation of the excellent Dresden Files novels by Jim Butcher.

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    By steveo9009, Sep 24, 2010 Report Abuse
    Despite having great material to work from, Sci-Fi chose to allow the people in charge of this show to go so far away from cannon that they should have called it something else.

    Beyond using the names of the characters and the basic premise of a wizard living openly in Chicago the show is nothing like the novels.

    I strongly urge everyone NOT to pre-judge the novels based on this show. I also urge Sci-Fi, or SyFy, and all other tv and movie makers to use 'Extremely loosley related to' and/or 'Inspired by' instead of 'Based Upon', it's just more honest.moreless

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  • Allthough the novels of Jim Butcher were much better, as with all shows adapted from novels, The Dresden Files was a great show. A Shame that it had to end so soon. Harry Dresden is the main character, a wizard detective.moreless

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    By provencrt, Sep 15, 2010 Report Abuse
    The Dresden files is a magick show, based on Jim Butchers Novels. It is a decent adaptation, but not nearly ass good as could have been. The cast is nothing special, except for Harry (Paul Blackthorne) a talented British actor, with charm and style. The basis of the show is that Harry Dresden is a wizard detective, helping people with supernatural problems, and also freelancing for the police when they encounter eerie crimes. Harry is ridiculed by the official police, and shunned by the council (wizard elders,their government) for having practiced black magick in the past. Harry's uncle was a great black magician untill Harry killed him with black magick. The best part of the show is Bob, the skull of a long dead and cursed warlock. This show has humour and magick, and the essence of a good police novel. It is the perfect trifecta and well worth the watch.moreless

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  • there's only one "wizard" listed in chicago's yellow pages. his name is harry dresden. if you hear a bump in the night or afraid of whatever is in the closet, call on harry, chicago's finest do.moreless

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    By buffyangel4evr_, Mar 04, 2009 Report Abuse
    ok, i happened along this show while i was channel surfing some friday night, filling the time waiting for numb3rs to come on. read the description and id sounded like a keen mystery/cop type of show, right up my alley. here's the plus, the main character is a wizard. i have a bit of fascination of the magical, even though i think real life magic is hooey. i put it on and was hooked! ok, the writing might not have been award winning, but it's a fun show, it is what it is. i found that the plots kept my attntion, the writing was humorous when it needed to be, the fx well done, and the chemistry between the core characters worked. harry dresden is the only wizard who advertises in the yellow pages. he's a wizard and pi all rolled into one. he will find an explanation for the unexplainable. he's so good, the chicago pd hires him as a consultant for their weirder cases. jis champion in the chicago pd is lt. murphy and his "partner" is bob, a disembodied ghost of a centuries of wizard. along the way, harry needs to steer clear of "the council" who believe that he is all bad and will fall back to black magic at a moments notice. each ep is stand alone, but we do get to see harry's story through several flashbacks and personal confessions. he's the last of his family and how that came to be. so, i was hooked on the show, watched it every week b4 numb3rs and it fell off the face of the earth. i would think if anyone would be the champion for underappreciated shows, it would be scifi, the network made for fans of the strange and unusual. as soon as i saw dresden was on dvd, i snapped it up. this show seems to me one of those that will have it's own cult following. i'll probably start reading the books. i know, the books always trump the show, but hey, at least i'll get my fill of harry dresden. ps, paul blackthorne was amazing!moreless

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  • Who would you have liked to see?
    Ah heck I don't even know if anyone posts here anymore but I'll just go ahead and ask my question anyway.If The Dresden Files had ...
    By CaptainHarkness, Aug 08, 2008
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  • Anyone miss this show?
    Wow, in a couple months it will have been two years since this show last aired. I just re-watched the entire show(for the 9th or ...
    By Smokey85, Feb 01, 2009
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  • I want another season
    I do miss the show. i do want to see more of this. i enjoyed every minute of every show. i want to see the other characters. i wan...
    By daddyboydj, Sep 21, 2010
    11/07/10
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  • It's alive?... ?! Really?
    Hello all, heard a rumour that there will be a second season from another forum but couldn't find more info on the subject. Can an...
    By Guidao, Jun 21, 2009
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  • Should I watch this show?
    This show looks really good (I read some of the books and enjoyed them) but I wasn't sure if I should watch the show. I saw it had...
    By mellylynne, Jul 01, 2008
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