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Iacen posted:Seeing as we do this, I have Molly as the drawing Tim Buckley plagarized. (I can't picture her blond, dunno why) Thomas is a French version of Neil Patrick Harris from HIMYM.
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Just finished rereading Turn Coat. Thankfully, I've got other stuff to interpose in my reading schedule while I decide if I can handle reading Changes again. Speaking of Turn Coat, I swear, the naagloshii/Listens to Wind shapeshifter battle might be my favorite action sequence in the whole series.
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Nov 5, 2013 19:56
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BrooklynBruiser posted:I love Noel Fielding, but he isn't nearly handsome enough. Stuart Townsend? For some reason, when I started reading the books I pictured Murphy as a blonde Lisa Edelstein and that's how it's stuck in my brain now.
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Nov 5, 2013 20:22
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Don't know why, but lately Jeremy Irons is EB for me I guess because he ends up in every fantasy movie anymore.
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Nov 5, 2013 20:27
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Nov 5, 2013 20:31
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Nov 5, 2013 20:31
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Iacen posted:Seeing as we do this, I have Molly as the drawing Tim Buckley plagarized. (I can't picture her blond, dunno why) Thomas is Tom Hiddleston. Michael...Maybe Viggo Mortenson? Never thought about this one too much. The thread is in full agreement that Nathan Fillion is Dresden right?
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pseudonordic posted:Ebenezar is Brian Cox or Albert Finney. Dietrich posted:EB = Jeff Bridges. VanSandman posted:Eb's Tommy Lee Jones for me. Oroborus posted:Don't know why, but lately Jeremy Irons is EB for me I guess because he ends up in every fantasy movie anymore. I can see all of these. Hixalot posted:Thomas is Tom Hiddleston. I always kind of imagined Michael as Liam Neeson.
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Nov 5, 2013 21:25
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Hixalot posted:The thread is in full agreement that Nathan Fillion is Dresden right? Actually I think Paul Blackthorne made a great Dresden apart from the short hair.
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Nov 5, 2013 21:28
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I always kind of thought of Harry as a (much, much, much) taller Robert Downey Jr.
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Nov 5, 2013 21:32
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BrooklynBruiser posted:I can see all of these. Liam and Viggo are both a bit too hard-edged. Michael might be a Fist-Of-God but he's also a down to earth guy who rocks his babies to sleep before cutting Vampires in half. Mandy Patinkin. Drawing a blank on a Charity, though.
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Nov 5, 2013 21:33
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Michael is Richard Karn. Flannel is already included in the package.
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Nov 5, 2013 21:46
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I finished Dead Beat. It was all right. Favorite part of book was Butters. Wasn't all that impressed with Sue. I can see why people like it so much, though. Not my favorite.
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Nov 5, 2013 22:11
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BrooklynBruiser posted:I love Noel Fielding, but he isn't nearly handsome enough. Thomas is clearly Matt Bomer. Or maybe John Morrison. As for Michael, anyone saying anything other than Bob Villa is clearly insane. Dietrich posted:Drawing a blank on a Charity, though. Blonde Charisma Carpenter. It's right there in the name! 404GoonNotFound fucked around with this message at 22:42 on Nov 5, 2013 |
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Nov 5, 2013 22:40
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John Barrowman for Thomas, perhaps?
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Nov 5, 2013 22:44
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My mind's eye has always constructed unique individuals for the Dresdenverse that are only influenced in passing by their descriptions. The only exception to this is Butters who is a nerdy Toby Jones.
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Nov 5, 2013 22:53
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ConfusedUs posted:Yeah, Tilda has the first two, but she's not stunningly beautiful in the way Mab is described.
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Nov 5, 2013 23:48
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I always think of Mab from that old Merlin miniseries from the 90s. That was my first introduction to the character so that's where I go when I hear the name.
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404GoonNotFound posted:Thomas is clearly Matt Bomer. Done!
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Nov 6, 2013 02:37
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Re-watching the tv show because I'm bored, and I have to say Paul Blackthorne is almost dead on for the actor. I wish the tv show would have gotten some steam, because it really isn't that bad compared to what is on tv now. I had fun comparing book to show. In the show, Bianca is a merger of Susan and book Bianca. Red and black courts exist, but the differences aren't explained. They did some leg work to do some world building, but never got to pay it off. I like to think of the show as an alternate universe version of Dresden. It's funny watching the early episodes of the show and thinking how comically easy it would be for contemporary Harry to get out of it. It's fun how the books do a good job of progressing Harry. In Fool Moon when he's trapped by tough werewolves, he's pretty much completely screwed if not for the intervention of his friends. If Cold Days Harry was in that situation, he could have hosed up all those guys easily. The only thing that has stayed the same is Harry's ego, poo poo talker to the end. Now he can back up his poo poo talking, before he had to scrape by on luck. It's still fun because he ends up finding himself in worse and worse situations.
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Yay Pudding! posted:Re-watching the tv show because I'm bored, and I have to say Paul Blackthorne is almost dead on for the actor. I wish the tv show would have gotten some steam, because it really isn't that bad compared to what is on tv now. I had fun comparing book to show. In the show, Bianca is a merger of Susan and book Bianca. Red and black courts exist, but the differences aren't explained. They did some leg work to do some world building, but never got to pay it off. I like to think of the show as an alternate universe version of Dresden. It's funny watching the early episodes of the show and thinking how comically easy it would be for contemporary Harry to get out of it. It's fun how the books do a good job of progressing Harry. In Fool Moon when he's trapped by tough werewolves, he's pretty much completely screwed if not for the intervention of his friends. If Cold Days Harry was in that situation, he could have hosed up all those guys easily. The only thing that has stayed the same is Harry's ego, poo poo talker to the end. Now he can back up his poo poo talking, before he had to scrape by on luck. It's still fun because he ends up finding himself in worse and worse situations. I kind of want to try reconstructing the original show's script - they initially just did a hackjob by changing character names, so it seems like it'd be possible to recombine them.
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Tunicate posted:I kind of want to try reconstructing the original show's script - they initially just did a hackjob by changing character names, so it seems like it'd be possible to recombine them. I think the show basically did Storm Front and Fool Moon with some minor differences, then after that it went off the rails. It will never happen, but if HBO or Showtime decided to make a series out of this it would be loving awesome. Personally, I love how everyone consistently underestimates Harry, and then he drops the loving hammer. Hard. Harry is a guy that makes a point of maximizing comic booky bullshit to strategic effect. The way he does it is also great. He can be in an un-winnable situation and talk his way out of it. He is a max level poo poo talker, and that is a fun character to watch.
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Yay Pudding! posted:I think the show basically did Storm Front and Fool Moon with some minor differences, then after that it went off the rails. It will never happen, but if HBO or Showtime decided to make a series out of this it would be loving awesome. Personally, I love how everyone consistently underestimates Harry, and then he drops the loving hammer. Hard. Harry is a guy that makes a point of maximizing comic booky bullshit to strategic effect. The way he does it is also great. He can be in an un-winnable situation and talk his way out of it. He is a max level poo poo talker, and that is a fun character to watch. I linked an interview with butcher a bit upthread. The gist of it is, they had a guy in charge who previously worked on DS9, and they had the scripts written up as a long continuous arc... then two weeks before production started, SyFy meddled, and suddenly Dresden TV was now being run by a guy from Charmed. Who decided that people didn't like plot arcs, and only wanted episodic poo poo. They protested that the scripts were already written but - not to be deterred - he just told them to change the names and castings.
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Time certainly prove the Charmed producer right. Episodic television is all anyone watches now. Just look at Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones... What an idiot
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404GoonNotFound posted:As for Michael, anyone saying anything other than Bob Villa is clearly insane. Tom Hardy with makeup to cover the tats and add a few years
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Fried Chicken posted:Tom Hardy with makeup to cover the tats and add a few years Right face, right build (dude is ripped as hell) and a solid actor.
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pseudonordic posted:For some reason, when I started reading the books I pictured Murphy as a blonde Lisa Edelstein and that's how it's stuck in my brain now. Naomi Watts with short hair?
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Iacen posted:Having Googled him, sure, he actually could be Butters. My mental image has, for some reason, men Professor Norton Nimnul from REscue Rangers: For some reason I imagine him as Mort from Family Guy, and I don't even watch Family Guy.
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The Puppy Bowl posted:Time certainly prove the Charmed producer right. Episodic television is all anyone watches now. Just look at Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones... I'm one of the few people that liked the TV show, but aside from the points mentioned in the interview, I feel like Dresden just came out too early. The general viewing public has a larger appetite for fantasy/urban fantasy right now. I mean, we have two different Once Upon a Times, Grimm, Dracula, Sleepy Hollow on network TV. Syfy has Being Human, which is a serial story and seemed to be doing well. I think if what they had originally planned came out now, it would be pretty successful.
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Nov 6, 2013 12:46
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Murphy is Katee Sackhoff. No question in my mind.
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My Harry is Nic Cage. Specifically, weirdly-buff Cage. You could see that man shirtless in person and think his head was photoshopped on. No-one takes him seriously until it matters.
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Elfface posted:My Harry is Nic Cage. Specifically, weirdly-buff Cage. You could see that man shirtless in person and think his head was photoshopped on. No-one takes him seriously until it matters. Well then, you might be happy to know that this movie already exists. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2uV0_1C4UM
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Since Michael is always described as wearing flannel, jeans, and work boots my mind has substituted The Brawny Man for him. Butters seem to be portrayed as a nerdy neurotic Jewish stereotype (complete with nagging mother), so he has become Woody Allen. I really liked the portrayal of TV show Harry and Murphy, so I've kept them in my mind (except with Harry taller and Murphy blonde).
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BrooklynBruiser posted:Just finished rereading Turn Coat. Thankfully, I've got other stuff to interpose in my reading schedule while I decide if I can handle reading Changes again. Oh man I just finished this yesterday and this one ends on some pretty sad notes. I hope things don't start to get all grim dark, the lightheartedness is what makes this series enjoyable for me.
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Lyer posted:Oh man I just finished this yesterday and this one ends on some pretty sad notes. I hope things don't start to get all grim dark, the lightheartedness is what makes this series enjoyable for me. AHAHAHAHAHA Your next book is changes, you poor fool.
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Lyer posted:Oh man I just finished this yesterday and this one ends on some pretty sad notes. I hope things don't start to get all grim dark, the lightheartedness is what makes this series enjoyable for me. You definitely should start Changes as soon as possible. We'll be curious to know your thoughts. 
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Lyer posted:Oh man I just finished this yesterday and this one ends on some pretty sad notes. I hope things don't start to get all grim dark, the lightheartedness is what makes this series enjoyable for me. Now this is something else. 
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