{"id":92,"date":"2007-08-13T11:52:25","date_gmt":"2007-08-13T15:52:25","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2007-10-11T08:06:27","modified_gmt":"2007-10-11T13:06:27","slug":"who_is_harry_dresden_and_why_did_the_sci_fi_channel_kill_the_dresden_files_and_keep_all_those_horrible_movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=92","title":{"rendered":"Who is Harry Dresden and why did the Sci Fi Channel kill The Dresden Files and keep all those horrible movies?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ah, so many questions. Let\u2019s start at the beginning. The Dresden Files is\/was a show on The Sci Fi Channel.. If you never saw it, here are the particulars:<br \/>\nHarry Dresden &#8211; Paul Blackthorne\/ Mr. Wizard<br \/>\nLt. Connie Murphy &#8211; Valerie Cruz\/ Ms Hard as Nails Cop<br \/>\nMorgan &#8211; Conrad Coates\/ Head of the Chicago Cabal<br \/>\nBob &#8211; Terrance Mann\/ Disembodied Sidekick to Harry<\/p>\n<p>Based in large part on the Jim Butcher series of novels, The Dresden Files is the adventures of Harry as Private Investigator\/wizard in Chicago. The television show has a great sense of self deprecating humor and a visual darkness paying constant homage to film noir. While it never garnered a mass following, it was a fun ride and something not seen too often of the SFN, where cheap slash films or Mansquito is the \u201coriginal\u201d fare they supply.<\/p>\n<p>The forums at the Sci Fi Network and filled with the buzz of angry watchers who are getting annoyed with resounding frequency that they kill off new and\/or original programming. One forum member, Alphanova, states<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSciFi has a long, long list of cancelled programs. Want a list? Farscape, Tremors, Dream Team, Secret Adventures of Jules Verne, Black Scorpion, Sciography, SciFi Vortex, Invisible Man, Good Vs. Evil, William Shatner&#8217;s Full Moon Theater, First Wave, New Outer Limits, Sci-Fi Buzz, Poltergeist the Legacy, Lexx, Tripping the Rift, Sliders, Weekly SciFi New with Chase Masterson, Mystery Science Theater 3000, and Dresden Files. Next season will be the final one for Battlestar Galactica, and Painkiller Jane&#8217;s on Shaky ground as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Point well taken. The continuing problem with SFN is that is has yet to find an identity it is comfortable with. The addition of ECW Wresting this season has just cheapened the product. So, if you haven\u2019t seen this show, find the DVD\u2019s and enjoy them. It\u2019s worth the trip!<\/p>\n<p>Dome<br \/>\nSigning Off<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=92\" data-text=\"Who is Harry Dresden and why did the Sci Fi Channel kill The Dresden Files and keep all those horrible movies?\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=92\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fscifisaturdaynight.com%2F%3Fp%3D92&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2F0.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fc49ccc512d4f99a9a863cc00915cb240%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dmm%26r%3Dpg&#038;description=Who%20is%20Harry%20Dresden%20and%20why%20did%20the%20Sci%20Fi%20Channel%20kill%20The%20Dresden%20Files%20and%20keep%20all%20those%20horrible%20movies%3F\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ah, so many questions. Let\u2019s start at the beginning. The Dresden Files is\/was a show on The Sci Fi Channel.. If you never saw it, here are the particulars:<br \/>\nHarry Dresden &#8211; \t\tPaul Blackthorne\/\t\tMr. Wizard<br \/>\nLt. Connie Murphy &#8211; \tValerie Cruz\/\t\t\tMs Hard as Nails Cop<br \/>\nMorgan &#8211; \t\tConrad Coates\/\t\t\tHead of the Chicago Cabal<br \/>\nBob &#8211; \t\t\tTerrance Mann\/\t\tDisembodied Sidekick to Harry<\/p>\n<p>Based in large part on the Jim Butcher series of novels, The Dresden Files is the adventures of Harry as Private Investigator\/wizard in Chicago. The television show has a great sense of self deprecating humor and a   visual darkness paying constant homage to  film noir. While it never garnered a mass following, it was a fun ride and something not seen too often of the SFN, where cheap slash films or Mansquito is the \u201coriginal\u201d fare they supply.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=92\" data-text=\"Who is Harry Dresden and why did the Sci Fi Channel kill The Dresden Files and keep all those horrible movies?\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=92\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fscifisaturdaynight.com%2F%3Fp%3D92&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2F0.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fc49ccc512d4f99a9a863cc00915cb240%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dmm%26r%3Dpg&#038;description=Who%20is%20Harry%20Dresden%20and%20why%20did%20the%20Sci%20Fi%20Channel%20kill%20The%20Dresden%20Files%20and%20keep%20all%20those%20horrible%20movies%3F\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6,8],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}