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The Dresden Files was a fantastic show with a brilliant cast. I simply adored Terrence Mann's portrayal of the snarky yet tragic ghost, Bob AKA Hrothbert of Bainbridge. This was an incredible show. Why were there only twelve episodes? It had so much potential. Canceling this after only twelve episodes is as much a sin as it would have been if WB (now CW) had canceled Buffy The Vampire Slayer after it's first season. The show and it's story lines were only just beginning to unfold. Sure this was a different universe from the original novels that it was based on but that is what made it exciting and enticing. The stories were fresh and new and you did not know what was going to happen next. And many of us fans of the original novels were actually pleased about Bob's transformation from the two dimensional talking skull comic relief of the books to the intelligent and cleverly crafted ghost character portrayed by a great Broadway icon for the show.
Instead of telling the truth the Scifi Channel allowed people to believe that Paul Blackthorne (Harry Dresden) had left the show and that's why it was canceled even though Paul Blackthorne only found new work when the announcement of if the Dresden Files would continue or not was delayed by three months. They never corrected rumors of low ratings even though The Dresden Files ratings were really very close to those of the flagship show, Battlestar Galactica. Right now on an amazon poll for the Scifi channel store has a poll in which The Dresden files is in the far lead as the number 1 spot for best show on the Scifi Channel. Someone even "misinformed" Variety magazine that The Dresden Files was the Scifi Channel's biggest commercial failure. They seemed to conveniently forget about Pain Killer Jane and Trash... I mean Flash Gordan. That statement in Variety magazine earned that particular article more negative online comments than any other article published by Variety that year. The DVD sales for The Dresden Files are still going great. Robert Wolfe (one of the main forces behind the show) had great plans to develope the Hrothbert of Bainbridge / Winifred story line in season 2 and many fans were very eager to see this unfold. The Dresden Files message board on the Scifi Channel official website is STILL more active than many other discussion forum on that site.
Right now there's a huge trend of wizard based TV shows such as Wizard's of Waverly Place on The Disney Channel, the new show, Wizard's first rule, and on BBC (soon NBC) Merlin.
So why is there no season two of The Dresden Files? Who was foolish enough to discontinue this show just as the seventh Harry Potter book was hitting store shelves and wizard fever was at it's zenith? There were so many mysteries of unfolding plots not yet resolved. How did ending this show make sense at all? Why do they bring back the likes of Scare Tactics but not The Dresden Files?
The Dresden Files was the first truly great fantasy creation of The Scifi Channel. Thanks to the appearance of Doctor Who (thought somewhat cut down for commercials) and The Dresden Files I had thought The SciFi Channel was improving but with the loss of The Dresden Files I have again lost faith...
We want The Dresden Files!
Instead of telling the truth the Scifi Channel allowed people to believe that Paul Blackthorne (Harry Dresden) had left the show and that's why it was canceled even though Paul Blackthorne only found new work when the announcement of if the Dresden Files would continue or not was delayed by three months. They never corrected rumors of low ratings even though The Dresden Files ratings were really very close to those of the flagship show, Battlestar Galactica. Right now on an amazon poll for the Scifi channel store has a poll in which The Dresden files is in the far lead as the number 1 spot for best show on the Scifi Channel. Someone even "misinformed" Variety magazine that The Dresden Files was the Scifi Channel's biggest commercial failure. They seemed to conveniently forget about Pain Killer Jane and Trash... I mean Flash Gordan. That statement in Variety magazine earned that particular article more negative online comments than any other article published by Variety that year. The DVD sales for The Dresden Files are still going great. Robert Wolfe (one of the main forces behind the show) had great plans to develope the Hrothbert of Bainbridge / Winifred story line in season 2 and many fans were very eager to see this unfold. The Dresden Files message board on the Scifi Channel official website is STILL more active than many other discussion forum on that site.
Right now there's a huge trend of wizard based TV shows such as Wizard's of Waverly Place on The Disney Channel, the new show, Wizard's first rule, and on BBC (soon NBC) Merlin.
So why is there no season two of The Dresden Files? Who was foolish enough to discontinue this show just as the seventh Harry Potter book was hitting store shelves and wizard fever was at it's zenith? There were so many mysteries of unfolding plots not yet resolved. How did ending this show make sense at all? Why do they bring back the likes of Scare Tactics but not The Dresden Files?
The Dresden Files was the first truly great fantasy creation of The Scifi Channel. Thanks to the appearance of Doctor Who (thought somewhat cut down for commercials) and The Dresden Files I had thought The SciFi Channel was improving but with the loss of The Dresden Files I have again lost faith...
We want The Dresden Files!
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