# Question about The Dresden Files **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 30, 2009, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-dresden-files/491346 "2009-03-30T20:22:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-dresden-files/491346/41 "2009-05-06T16:27:38Z")
It was because of the TV show that I discovered the books. While I enjoyed the TV show (and it shouldn’t have been cancelled) the books are just so much better! ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-dresden-files/491346/42 "2009-05-06T16:33:10Z")
> [@3trew](#): > > My opinion can be discounted (as if enough evidence hasn’t been provided to do that earlier) because of my firm conviction that Wilfred Brimley would make a great Ebenezer McCoy. 😛 I’d go for the obvious and say Sam Elliott. > [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Refresh my memory: how do they describe Morgan in the books? Do they mention his race? I believe so. In the first book, Morgan’s described as something of a Norseman: white with blonde hair, probably shoulder-length or more, with the air of a barely-restrained berserker about him. He’s a lot crazier in the books than in the show. ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-dresden-files/491346/43 "2009-05-06T17:44:33Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > In the first book, Morgan’s described as something of a Norseman: white with blonde hair, probably shoulder-length or more, with the air of a barely-restrained berserker about him. He’s a lot crazier in the books than in the show. /nitpick- grey hair, long enough to be pulled into a ponytail. He’s been a warden for over a century, and considering the (prior to events in the later books) vetting process for wardens, let alone a field commander of Morgan’s status, he’s got to be getting on up there in years. And he’s definitely noted as being Germanic/Norse in origin, which made the choice of Conrad Coats rather.. odd. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-dresden-files/491346/44 "2009-05-06T20:18:51Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > IMDB lists Paul Blackthorne’s height as 6" 3 1/2’. Well, Harry Dresden is “extraordinarily tall” at 6 foot nine inches; he’d loom over Blackthorne. Of course, the likely inability to find someone that tall who fits the part & can act is a practical consideration. > [@bobkitty](#): > > /nitpick- grey hair, long enough to be pulled into a ponytail. \< Picks up _Storm Front_ \> He has “listless brown hair going grey in uneven patches”, and grey eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-dresden-files/491346/45 "2009-05-06T20:26:01Z")
Go figure. I’ll need to read the series a few more times, clearly. 🙂 And yeah, I always got the impression of book Dresden being scarecrow tall and skinny. Blackthorne seems a little too…fleshed out compared to the book descriptions. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-dresden-files/491346/46 "2009-05-06T22:55:00Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > How much taller do you want him? IMDB lists Paul Blackthorne’s height as 6" 3 1/2’. They changed his car from a Beetle to a Jeep because he couldn’t easily get in and out of it on camera. I never would have guessed that - my recollection of the series was that he seemed 5’10" or so. Clearly I need to watch it again, and verify that the entire cast was not giants. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-dresden-files/491346/47 "2009-05-07T02:45:07Z")
> [@BlinkingDuck](#): > > It was because of the TV show that I discovered the books. > > While I enjoyed the TV show (and it shouldn’t have been cancelled) the books are just so much better! Same here and same here. I thought Paul Blackthorne was a good fit for Dresden. Perfect? No. But good. I just finished _Turn Coat_ last night. People who like the books might like the Felix Castor books by Mike Carey, starting with _The Devil You Know_. Similar feel (though definitely grittier), though I prefer Butcher. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-dresden-files/491346/48 "2009-05-11T02:21:26Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > How much taller do you want him? IMDB lists Paul Blackthorne’s height as 6" 3 1/2’. They changed his car from a Beetle to a Jeep because he couldn’t easily get in and out of it on camera. I watched a couple of episodes over the weekend - yeah, he’s a tall guy. Cruz (Murphy) is listed as 5’ 8", and he has a full head over her. He must have a really big head - when I watch him without focusing on those around him, he still seems under 6’ to me. ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-dresden-files/491346/49 "2009-05-11T02:39:36Z")
> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#): > > He must have a really big head That’s certainly how I picture things. 😉😃 ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-dresden-files/491346/50 "2009-05-11T04:17:25Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Well, Harry Dresden is “extraordinarily tall” at 6 foot nine inches; he’d loom over Blackthorne. Of course, the likely inability to find someone that tall who fits the part & can act is a practical consideration. > > \< Picks up _Storm Front_ \> I think you’re thinking of [Big Bill Brasky](http://snltranscripts.jt.org/95/95kbrasky.phtml). 😃 I don’t remember Harry being \*\*that \*\*tall. Is he really listed at 6-foot-9 in Stormfront? I’m not digging out the books, but I had in mind 6-foot-5 or so. Besides, Magician, Fiction, or not, 6-foot-5 in a VW beetle is already pushing my suspension of disbelief to the breaking point. :eek: I tried a Google search, but my Google-Fu failed. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-dresden-files/491346/51 "2009-05-11T04:24:24Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > I think you’re thinking of [Big Bill Brasky](http://snltranscripts.jt.org/95/95kbrasky.phtml). 😃 I don’t remember Harry being \*\*that \*\*tall. > > Is he really listed at 6-foot-9 in Stormfront? I’m not digging out the books, but I had in mind 6-foot-5 or so. > Besides, Magician, Fiction, or not, 6-foot-5 in a VW beetle is already pushing my suspension of disbelief to the breaking point. :eek: > > I tried a Google search, but my Google-Fu failed. Actually, I used his character description in the back of the comic aka “graphic novel” _Welcome to the Jungle_. Butcher wrote it, and describes the characters as being portrayed just how he imagined them to be. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-dresden-files/491346.md?page=2)