The Dresden Files - TV series

Ok so I finally got my paws on the first episode of the Dresden files and frankly I don't see it making it on the small screen this side of the pond unless we grow another 200 channels and they need a low budget Buffy wannabe to fill them with.

Although the plot stays close to the original, the special effects, as pointed out in the blogosphere are virtually nil. Like Buffy there is plenty of action and unrealistically pretty people raising perfectly pucked eyebrows (and that's just the guys) at each other but it really is a late night cable effort which needs some serious financial investment.

The TV critics of course seem to love it. Well, it fits nicely in to the genre and I imagine its easy enough to sell ad slots but given that the books are written like a decent TV series you'd expect the real TV series to be spot on.

Disappointing but reasonable light entertainment if you've just got in... at 3am.