The Jim Butcher Files: Dresden . Codex Alera . Cinder Spires & More

[AlbertaCowboy]

Originally Posted by CWatkinsNash

You say that like someone made you do it.

The Alberta government changed the liquor laws for the day of the gold medal game, and allowed selling and serving of alcohol in bars and restaurants beginning at 5 a.m.
I wasn't in town to participate as I was ice fishing this weekend, so I felt obligated to take the opportunity to get some morning beer in.

[alansplace]

Published on Nov 25, 2012

A fanmade music video for Jim Butcher's urban fantasy series The
Dresden Files. If you recognize it, I don't own it and even if you
don't recognize it, I still don't own it.

Edit: Since this is coming up in the comments a bit, here's the list of the PB casting.
Harry Dresden - Jeffrey Pierce
Karrin Murphy - Sarah Jones
Thomas Raith - Ben Barnes
Molly Carpenter - Taylor Momsen
Michael Carpenter - Daniel Craig
Nicodemus - Jason Butler Harner
Waldo Butters - David Krumholtz
Susan Rodriguez - Marisol Nichols
Ivy - Chloe Grace Moretz
Mab - Nicole Kidman
John Marcone - Jon Hamm
Lara Raith - Anna Silk
Sanya - Tyrese Gibson
Jared Kincaid - Wes Ramsey
Elaine Mallory - Amber Heard
Charity Carpenter - Elizabeth Mitchell

There's also a Rawlins and Bianca in there (random cast is a-go).

Edit (22 Jan 13): First of all, can I say how stunned I am regarding the number of likes, favorites, and comments this video has received? I never thought something I did on a pure whim would get as popular as this did. Even though I may not be able to reply to each and every comment, please know that I sincerely appreciate the feedback I've gotten. You guys are amazing.

Also, this question regarding the footage keeps coming up so here's a list of some of the shows/movies/games I used in making the video: Alcatraz, Charlie Jade, Grimm, Harry Potter, Charmed, Hellboy, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Prince Caspian, Diablo III, Immortals, Taylor Momsen's music videos, Numb3rs, The Golden Compass, Chicago Fire, The Town, Breaking Dawn Part 2, Eragon, Constantine, The Tempest, Auror's Tale, Sanctuary, Hunted, Lost Girl, Trick or Treat, Now You See Me, Transformers, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Let Me In, Fantastic Four, Game of Thrones, Fast Five, The Mortal Instruments, Drive Angry, and, of course, The Dresden Files.

[alansplace]

Published on Oct 15, 2013

"NIGHT LIGHT" is a fan film of The Dresden Files. THE DRESDEN FILES is copyright Jim Butcher. This fan film is licensed under the Creative Commons as derivative, non-commercial fiction.

Many thanks to Jim Butcher, Priscilla Spencer, Pamela Shaw, and the many people who gave us advice and help, and thought this was a pretty righteous thing to attempt.

Born of a desire for a way to film magical effects without bothering to remove modern elements such as airplanes and telephone poles, our straying into the 'verse of Dresden's Chicago were done out of a fierce love of the books, respect for their author, and straight up geekdom.

[alansplace]

Published on Dec 25, 2013

It's Christmas Eve, one month after the events of "Small Favor," and it's evening at the Carpenter house. Michael is still in ICU at Stroger, and Charity is running a tight ship, bearing up admirably.

Someone is about to make her every Christmas prayer come true. Not necessarily the right someone.

www.towerofturtles.org
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THE DRESDEN FILES is copyright Jim Butcher. NIGHT LIGHT, RED SUN, the BILLY BLOGS and all similar shorts and fan films are licensed under the CREATIVE COMMONS as derivative, non-commercial fiction.

HUGE THANKS to our guest star, Priscilla Spencer.

Tower of Turtles has shiny new software and a shiny new mic and boom. We needed to try them out.

Merry Christmas!

[alansplace]

Originally Posted by alansplace

Quoted from youtube.com

I posted this back in 2012 and thought it was worth another posting because it's totally the work of Priscilla Spencer and she gives us a really good performance as “The Rag Lady.”!

Molly was silent. I didn’t push. Five minutes went by before she closed her eyes and whispered, “It’s easy. It shouldn’t be so easy.”

Technically, I didn’t have a heart anymore. It couldn’t twist. It couldn’t break.

It did anyway.

“The first one was paying off a cop. Gold coins. He stood there with a little girl in a gym bag and paid the cop to look the other way.” She swallowed. “God, if I could be like you. Have so much power to pour out. Like water from a hydrant. But I’ve just got a squirt gun. Not even a Super Soaker. Just one of the little ones.” She opened her eyes and met mine. “But it was enough. They didn’t even know I was there.”

“Molly,” I said gently, “what did you do?”

“An illusion. A simple one. I made the bag of gold look like a gun. The cop drew his weapon and shot him. But the servitor lived long enough to break the cop’s neck.” She held up a pair of fingers. “Twofer. For one little illusion.”

I swallowed. I couldn’t speak.

Her voice slowly gained volume. “There have been others like that. I mean, God, they make it simple. You just need an opportunity and the right little nudge at the right time. Green traffic light instead of a red one. Put a knife in someone’s hand. Or a wedding ring on one finger. Add a spot of blood to someone’s collar. They’re animals. They tear into one another like animals.”

“Molly,” I said gently.

“I started leaving the bits of rag on them,” she said. “It hurt at first. Being near that kind of … experience. It still hurts. But I have to do it. You don’t know, Harry. What you did for this town.”

“What do you mean?”

“You don’t know how many things just didn’t come here before, because they were afraid.”

“Afraid of what?”

She looked at me as if her heart was breaking. “Of you, Harry. You could find anything in this town, but you never even noticed the shadow you cast.” Her eyes overflowed and she slashed at them angrily with one hand. “Every time you defied someone, every time you came out on top against things you couldn’t possibly have beaten, your name grew. And they feared that name. There were other cities to prey on—cities that didn’t have the mad wizard Dresden defending them. They feared you.”

I finally understood. “The Rag Lady.”

“Sometimes me,” Molly said. “Sometimes it’s Lea. She’s like a kid on recess when she takes a shift. I’m building a new name. Creating something else for them to fear. I can’t do what you did, Harry.” Her eyes, red and blue, flashed with something dangerous, deadly, and she slammed the heel of her hand onto the table as she leaned toward me. “But I can do that. I can kill them. I can make the fuckers afraid.”

She stared at me, her breathing heavy. It took her several seconds to look slowly around the room.

Every eye in the place was locked on Molly. A waitress stood with wide eyes and a telephone against her ear.

Molly looked around at them for a moment and then said, “God, you people have it good. You don’t know. You wouldn’t know if one of them walked up to you and tore the thoughts out of your skull.”

She rose, grabbed the tuning fork, and left a pile of wadded bills on the table. She pointed at the waitress and said, “Put the phone down. Or you won’t get a tip.”

The telephone dropped from the woman’s fingers and clattered on the floor.

“See?” she said, glancing back in my general direction. “It’s what I do. It’s what I’m good for.”

[treadlightly]

Anyone starting Kim Harrison's new Hollows release, The Undead Pool today? I have about 200 pages to finish in my current book, then it's on deck.

[Rev. Bob]

Originally Posted by treadlightly

Anyone starting Kim Harrison's new Hollows release, The Undead Pool today? I have about 200 pages to finish in my current book, then it's on deck.

It was a close call for me, but Jennifer Estep's Killer Frost won out for me. I believe it concludes that series, and then Undead Pool is next up.

[leanansidhe]

91 DAYS LEFT!!!

[CWatkinsNash]

Originally Posted by treadlightly

Anyone starting Kim Harrison's new Hollows release, The Undead Pool today? I have about 200 pages to finish in my current book, then it's on deck.

I had planned to, but I got waylaid by new video games.

[PurpleStar]

Originally Posted by treadlightly

Anyone starting Kim Harrison's new Hollows release, The Undead Pool today? I have about 200 pages to finish in my current book, then it's on deck.

I would, but I think I need to re-read the series first. I was a bit lost reading the last book. Oh well, if I get to re-reading, by that time the price of The Undead Pool will go down.

But first, I'm going to read through the Dresden Files, if I ever get Fool Moon from the library. I read Storm Front sometime last year. I should get back to it!

[AlbertaCowboy]

Originally Posted by CWatkinsNash

I had planned to, but I got waylaid by new video games.

Uh-oh, whatcha got going on?
My reading might have just taken a nosedive. I got my GCW-Zero in the mail yesterday. I'm planning on going on a tear playing some old friends...Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy 1, 4 & 6 and Zelda: A Link to the Past.
Sure the games now are pretty and slick, but sometimes you just can't beat slumming it with a fond memory!

Also, I didn't know that the new Harrison book was out. Maybe I'll grab it and whip through it before I start gaming.

[CWatkinsNash]

Originally Posted by AlbertaCowboy

Uh-oh, whatcha got going on?
My reading might have just taken a nosedive. I got my GCW-Zero in the mail yesterday. I'm planning on going on a tear playing some old friends...Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy 1, 4 & 6 and Zelda: A Link to the Past.
Sure the games now are pretty and slick, but sometimes you just can't beat slumming it with a fond memory!

Banished - brand new indie (and made by ONE GUY) city builder sim. Easy to learn, hard to master. No combat, just your villagers against the elements, trying to build a town and survive and grow. So far, there seem to be two camps of opinions - "Meh" and "OMG I can't stop playing this game!" I'm definitely in the latter group.

Available at Steam, Humble, GOG and other popular gaming sites.

(I sound like a commercial.)

Also, Triple Town. I had this on my Kindle Keyboard back in early 2011. Apparently, in the meantime it was also a mobile app game and a FB game, but I don't get into those so I had no clue. It's now on Steam, and I found it, bought it, and it's even more bizarrely compelling than it was in e-ink. Cute and addictive.

Also picked up a few bundles from Humble and Blink. Several metroidvania-style platformers in there. Great way to try new things and support a good cause without spending much money.

And, oddly - Bejeweled 3.

[alansplace]

Originally Posted by treadlightly

Anyone starting Kim Harrison's new Hollows release, The Undead Pool today? I have about 200 pages to finish in my current book, then it's on deck.

Originally Posted by Rev. Bob

It was a close call for me, but Jennifer Estep's Killer Frost won out for me. I believe it concludes that series, and then Undead Pool is next up.

Originally Posted by CWatkinsNash

I had planned to, but I got waylaid by new video games.

Originally Posted by PurpleStar

I would, but I think I need to re-read the series first. I was a bit lost reading the last book. Oh well, if I get to re-reading, by that time the price of The Undead Pool will go down.

But first, I'm going to read through the Dresden Files, if I ever get Fool Moon from the library. I read Storm Front sometime last year. I should get back to it!

Originally Posted by AlbertaCowboy

Uh-oh, whatcha got going on?
My reading might have just taken a nosedive. I got my GCW-Zero in the mail yesterday. I'm planning on going on a tear playing some old friends...Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy 1, 4 & 6 and Zelda: A Link to the Past.
Sure the games now are pretty and slick, but sometimes you just can't beat slumming it with a fond memory!

Also, I didn't know that the new Harrison book was out. Maybe I'll grab it and whip through it before I start gaming.

I am.

[alansplace]

[AlbertaCowboy]

Originally Posted by alansplace

Just reading the last Tweet there about wanting to see the series continue.
I actually thought the series ended perfectly the way it did. I personally hope he DOESN'T continue the series!