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Altered Carbon - Could Netflix do Dresden?
Yuillegan:
Hi gang it has been too long! I must admit that I mostly come here for news of the latest book but I do enjoy the WAGs!
For those who may have watched Netflix's latest blockbuster binge-fest, Altered Carbon you might have noticed some similarities. A big, angry brooding hero that everybody knows and somewhat fears, who is constantly fighting for his life against something bigger and more mysterious than himself with sexy naked people throwing themselves at him - ring any bells? There is even a feisty cop (who is very attractive) and an excellent fighter who is a love interest, and hates him and keeps thinking he is one of the bad guys. She is a great Murphy/Susan combination. The lead (while a lot less quippy and admittedly nerdy) is still a big, brooding thinking who is also great at taking on the world (with a massive oversized pistol), he is very insouciant to people he dislikes (especially if they are powerful) and he has a dark past. He even has a mouthy (horny?) assistant in his AI hotel Po (quite like Bob, he is very powerful but beholden to his master and cannot leave a certain area - not only that he is extremely knowledgeable).
The sci-fi setting is just as crazy and wild as the dresdenverse, the villains as devilish and the violence as incredible and visceral. And there is lots of sex and nudity (IT REALLY DOES SELL!) For great examples look at Westworld, Sense8, GoT
My point is - I think if Altered Carbon could be pitched, sold and made as successful as it is fast becoming then I believe the Dresden Files would be just as good, if not better.
It would require a really excellent team to execute it well, with good timing so it did not compete with any other big action fest. I also think the format would have to become a bit more cliffhanger-like for people to get really hooked. I doubt a book a season would actually work, so probably a few books per season might have to happen. My personal peeve is when people create monsters and characters for no good reason, when perfectly good examples already existed in the fiction. It can't become a monster of the week or buddy cop (like Lucifer) - it needs to remain a mystery-noir action fest - rather like Altered Carbon. I also think the monologue/soliloquies would be a great staple too.
All in all, what would you all like to see - and how could we make this happen? Genuine thoughts here guys - look at what vocal fanbases have achieved in the past.
Any other examples of what shows could be used as a great basis for DF? Anything I have left out?
Cheers
khadgar4606:
they can make a Dresden series but i dont think they realy make a Dresden series. lot of Netflix series immediately start psychology and angst as main topics with not enough action to show depth of main character as the bad ass hero. and dresden files needs its constant action and witty banter to keep plot going as lot of times its like 24 series where harry is against the clock to beat the bad guys. so we dont have time to delve harry's 13 year old trauma for half a season before ending simple day worth of action.
Rasins:
I'd love Netflix to pick it up. I'd rather HBO. They seem to do bigger budgets, but either would do.
And I agree about the casting/parts. I saw a LOT of parallels.
I think we've discussed on the boards a good way to break down the series into seasons. Something like The first two books into one season. Then the third as it's own, then it gets messy. LOL
raidem:
Thanks for this mention. I just started watching the series. Two episodes down.
WereElephant:
--- Quote from: Rasins on February 08, 2018, 05:37:26 PM ---I'd love Netflix to pick it up. I'd rather HBO. They seem to do bigger budgets, but either would do.
And I agree about the casting/parts. I saw a LOT of parallels.
I think we've discussed on the boards a good way to break down the series into seasons. Something like The first two books into one season. Then the third as it's own, then it gets messy. LOL
--- End quote ---
Bigger budgets would be better. I'd still be happy with either. However, there are definitely some hurdles to getting it right.
Chronologically, it makes the most sense to do one season per book, since most of the books are a year-ish apart from one another. The problem with that is that it stretches some of the books out longer than would be viable for a series. Can you imagine Storm Front dissected into twelfths? A lot of stuff would need to be added for padding.
The alternative would be to condense multiple books into each season. The problem there is the giant gap between the events of each book mentioned previously.
A possible solution for the seasons that would otherwise be light on content would be to throw in the stuff from the Short Stories and Graphic Novels. For instance, make Storm Front into a season, but throw in things like flashbacks to a Restoration of Faith and Welcome to the Jungle.
The biggest transition from pages to screen would be the narration. You would to translate the vast amounts of non-event, non-interaction, non-dialogue content to the viewer. In the books, so much information is directly narrated to the reader about how spells work, the nature of the supernatural players, relationships of previously met characters, etc. How do you convey all that without just making info dumps on the viewer and throwing flashbacks at them willy nilly? Or do you convey it? Maybe it's better to leave more of it unsaid.
Much as I'd love to see the Dresden Files, a Netflix Original Series, or similar, I'm skeptical of them taking the time to do it right.
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