[alansplace]

Originally Posted by alansplace

I've not yet run across anyone who viewed the TV series after having become a fan of the novels and actually liked the TV series. I however liked the TV series a lot as I saw the entire series as it was broadcast on SyFy. But then it got cancelled and because I missed it, I located the books and started reading them. I liked the books even better. I have DVDs of the TV series and watch them periodically.

Originally Posted by BuyMore

That's why books are usually better. It's better to watch a movie or TV adaptation before reading the book, rather than the other way round. We usually find the movie or TV adaptation lacking one way or another if we've read the book first.

Originally Posted by DuckieTigger

I am one of those that did not like the tv series - could not even bring myself to finish all episodes. Maybe because I came in with expectations from the books.

Originally Posted by Toxaris

I watched the TV series after I read the books. I like both, as I see them as separate things with the same name... Otherwise I would be annoyed by certain choices made in the series. On itself, both are enjoyable.

Originally Posted by DuckieTigger

I seem to lack the ability to see it as two different things with the same name.

Has anyone read Robert A. Heinlein's Starship Troopers (first published in November 1959) and also seen Paul Verhoeven's 1997 film, Starship Troopers? The film is almost totally unrecognizable as the same story as the book. I'd read the novel in 1960 and liked it a lot. Then I saw the film in 1997. I had read reports during the making of the film concerning the decisions that were made so the filmmakers would be able to stay within the film's budget and with what they had left after adhering to the budget constraints be able to make a visual film from material that did not lend itself at all well to visual expression. Very soon after the film began I'd seen enough evidence to verify the reports that I'd read. So I cleared my mind of the novel (as best I could) and tried to watch the film as an entirely new entity. I guess it worked. Bottom line. I liked the novel and I liked the movie.

The above applies very well to the Dresden Files TV show. Wolf's problems were pretty much the same as Verhoeven's.