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So The Dresden Files gells a bit more on the second disk, although there's still plenty of head-scratching moments (for instance, Harry's amazing disappearing, reappearing girlfriend and a ZOMG! powerful dark wizard/necromancer who uses her power to... commit insurance fraud. Keep in mind, this is a woman we see able to brainwash people and BRING THEM BACK FROM THE DEAD. Insurance fraud. Yeah). I think I've figured out where the plainly idiotic "magic is secret, don't tell anyone you're a wizard Harry Dresden, Wizard For Hire" aspect comes from. In the books, an important part of the Harry's character is that he's a bit of a chauvinist, which comes out when dealing with tough-as-nails female cop Murphy. He's completely overprotective of her, which leads to him keeping her in the dark until he gets slapped in the face with her low-hangers (metaphorically speaking) to the point of realizing she's a badass and taking her along on his vamp-killing raids.

Now, this both makes Harry three-dimensional and flawed, so obviously it has to go because TV audiences don't go for characters with flaws. So in the TV series, the High Council doesn't allow him to tell anyone about magic, so it's not that he's sexist, he just can't tell Murphy about his job. This, unfortunately, makes him more boring, everyone else more stupid, and the entire affair more generic and interchangeable, like one of those syndicated Saturday afternoon fantasy shows that popped up in the wake of Xena and Hercules.

Speaking of which, anyone heard that they're making a TV series out of Terry "gang rape is democracy in action" Goodkind's books? Sam Raimi is adapting it. That sounds just cracktastic enough to be watchable.

Christian Bale on Cherwoman rumor

"Cher as Catwoman in my next movie? What exactly makes you think I work well with sixty-year-old women?"

Although I must say, if anything could get box_in_the_box into the next Batman movie, it'd be Cher in a skintight leather catsuit.

Uhmm...

Y'all do know I was joking about Christian Bale commenting on Cher? He probably doesn't listen to Batman rumors. Why would he need to? Right now he's probably being buried alive for three days to prepare for the role of the Count in a Sesame Street movie. Because, you know, BALE!

Now, some of you may think that was a long way to a go for a "Bale doesn't get along with his mom" joke. Some of you may even say that Bale's mom isn't sixty. But hey, every minute that doesn't involve someone saying "but Batman NEEDS Robin, there should totally be an eight-year-old in Batman 3!" is a minute worth savoring.

Also, YES! YES! A THOUSAND TIMES YES!