The Dresden Files > DF Spoilers
any word on Jim?
Mira:
--- Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on February 15, 2022, 12:37:19 AM ---Yes, we all have the dilemma of whether to pay the full price for a book for a little hit of Dresden.
If it’s half a dozen pages it will be very annoying, if it 90 pages much better. As the headliner I would hope the latter.
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Those are the ones I put on my Kindle.. If we get a full length book in less than two years, not bad. But if it is another three to five years until a full book, I begin to be pissed because I feel like crumbs are being tossed my way. Since it is about a beloved character I too am hoping for 90 pages or more, Toot and Mister both deserve it.
Dina:
I will probably not buy it. I have bought several times anthology books only for the JB story, both on paperback and kindle. But the economic situation in my country has made that buying thing in dollars is too expensive. I really need to think before doing that sort of purchase. If it was a normal Dresden story, I will probably do not hesitate in buying it. A Toot-toot one? Nah, I can wait and see what other people think on the story and even if the price of the book is reduced with time.
spiritofair:
--- Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on February 14, 2022, 07:45:08 PM ---He may also be in protracted silence if he is negotiating on a new Dresden Files show with someone like Disney or Amazon or Netflix, and we suddenly see him everywhere promoting that. I think of the recent Amazon Jack Reacher series which popped up out of nowhere seemingly. Given the tug of war over his creative input on the Blackthorne series you have got. It’s been 15 freaking years now that this major IP has not been on screen.
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This would be amazing, and I've wondered about it. It would certainly be pretty awesome to see a modern production of a Dresden Files show. I could see 4 to 6 episodes per book, with 2-3 books per season. Season 1 is first three books (3, 3, 4 episodes), Season 2 is next three books 12 episodes (4, 4, 4 episodes), and subsequent seasons are two books (they get longer in word count) per season at 5 episodes per book. It'd be 12 seasons to get through everything, which is a LONG time, but that would give actors time to age (the timeline would still have to be compressed) and Jim time to write the remaining 8 or 9 books... (Or maybe not, considering current production.)
Something like that would be absolutely incredible.
Conspiracy Theorist:
The streaming service model seems better suited to adapting existing IP from book sources. Episode lengths can be variable, and a smaller episode count per season allowed, as well not being tied to the TV calendar of sweeps and holidays. This means the rhythm of the original narrative can be more easily retained, and all this seems to allow for more input from the original creator.
As the old joke goes about the aspiring actress “she was so dumb she slept with the writer” indicating the writer was the least influential in the film making heirachy. Jim could expect way more say as a creator these days, commissioning buyers for the streaming services know that they are reaching out to the existing fan base first and foremost and don’t have to cheapen or dumb down the product to appeal to a wider audience, in part because they can now reach everyone in that fan base at the same time and in part because the wider audience these days have a better understanding of comic, SF and fantasy ideas and tropes. The wider audience were not confused by the Multiverse concept in No Way Home, and seem to be willing to try the new. Look at the success of Squid Game.
I would start with an adaption of Grave Peril and do an abbreviated version of Storm Front as a flashback within that story, same with Summer Knight and Full Moon.
spiritofair:
--- Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on February 16, 2022, 02:37:45 AM ---The streaming service model seems better suited to adapting existing IP from book sources. Episode lengths can be variable, and a smaller episode count per season allowed, as well not being tied to the TV calendar of sweeps and holidays. This means the rhythm of the original narrative can be more easily retained, and all this seems to allow for more input from the original creator.
As the old joke goes about the aspiring actress “she was so dumb she slept with the writer” indicating the writer was the least influential in the film making heirachy. Jim could expect way more say as a creator these days, commissioning buyers for the streaming services know that they are reaching out to the existing fan base first and foremost and don’t have to cheapen or dumb down the product to appeal to a wider audience, in part because they can now reach everyone in that fan base at the same time and in part because the wider audience these days have a better understanding of comic, SF and fantasy ideas and tropes. The wider audience were not confused by the Multiverse concept in No Way Home, and seem to be willing to try the new. Look at the success of Squid Game.
I would start with an adaption of Grave Peril and do an abbreviated version of Storm Front as a flashback within that story, same with Summer Knight and Full Moon.
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It's funny, lots of people aren't big fans of Storm Front and Fool Moon, and I admit that when I first found the series, Storm Front didn't really grab me. Neither did Fool Moon. But after reading Grave Peril, I was hooked and went off to buy all of the rest of the available books at the time (I think through White Night).
That said, upon re-reading, I still really like Storm Front and Fool Moon. I think Storm Front is still a good introduction to the story. A first season consisting of the first 3 books would be pretty powerful, ending on the high note of Grave Peril, really setting up future seasons.
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