New Highlander movie

[Orius]

The last information that I had on the movie was that it was tentatively titled, Highlander" The Source, and that the only actor from the series slated to appear was Peter "Methos" Wingfield. The general plot seemed to revolve around a group of four immortals who are cooperatively seeking the source of their immortality (ala the fountain of youth) and the reason for the Game itself. As I understood it, the time period was supposed to be Middle Ages and not modern, so it would exist outside of all Highlander events with the exception of the presence of Methos.

That would be interesting. If it's entirely set in the past, then that neatly side-steps the issue of "There Can Be Only One Movie", since it's before Connor's victory at the end of the original. Of course, it would be cool to learn more about the whole meaning of Immortality and the game.

However, Highlander generally blends the modern world with flashbacks from the past, so having a modern story with say, Duncan and Methos searching for the meaning of Immortality in the modern world, with flashback froma past search works well within the established framework. And it would be a cool movie too, unless the writing totally sucked.

 

[Temprus]

Heh, I didn't know about that. I may have to watch it sometime.

Note: It is not Highlander style immortality but it is still the same genre.

 

[Aris Dragonborn]

What I don't understand is, how come if Connor lived to be really old in Highlander 2, how could be be killed by Duncan in Highlander 4 (or whatever the number was)?

For those of you sensitive to such things, I'm going to do a brief summary of how this could be, so lock your doors, hide your children, and think of your happy place....

Ok. In H2:the Quickening, Connor has indeed grown old. However, we learn that he is in fact an alien from the planet Zeist, as were all the other immortals (forgive me, gentle readers, for my blasphemy). Anyway, the BBEG, Katana, played by Michael Ironside, decided that he wanted to kill Connor, to prevent him from returning to Zeist and stirring up a new revolution (the old one being the reason why Connor, Ramirez, the Kurgan and all the immortals were exiled to earth to play the Game in the first place). Katana shows up with two goons, and attacks Connor. We see the Highlander fight bravely, but he falls on the tracks of an oncoming train, and apparently dies.

Lo and behold, Connor emerges from the wreckage of the train (at least I think it was a train...a vehicle of some sort), youthful again and once again possessing his fighting prowess. As it turns out, the mere presence of Katana and his two flunkies have some how "reinitiated" the Game, causing Connor to once again become immortal.

Sorry for the verbosity of this post, but I hope that by being verbose I might expunge the memory of the dark time......but alas, I fear I must recite the Gamer's Rosary.

"Hail Gary, full of grace; the Game is with thee: blessed art thou among gamers, and blessed is the fruit of thy mind, Dungeons & Dragons. Holy Gary, Father of Games, pray for us Gamers, now and at the hour of our character's death. Amen."

mommy, make the bad man go away!

 

[Desdichado]

I don't understand folks reluctance to even admit the existance of Highlander 2. I mean, yeah, it was a bad movie, but so are a lot of movies. For that matter, the original Highlander wasn't all that hot either.

 

[reveal]

I don't understand folks reluctance to even admit the existance of Highlander 2. I mean, yeah, it was a bad movie, but so are a lot of movies. For that matter, the original Highlander wasn't all that hot either.

I thought the version of H2 I saw originally was really really bad. But when I saw the directors cut, the "Renegade version," I actually liked it.

 

[Frostmarrow]

I say reboot! And cast Keanu Reeves as some dude quite like Connor but not Connor or even Scottish. Or why not do the whole thing in chronological order with a whole bunch of immortals so you can't know for sure who's gonna win the end game. With lots of historical stuff. The historical scenes were always the best anyway. Or why don't you just drop the whole idea and come up with something new that hasn't already been destroyed by hacks.

 

[Ghostwind]

I say reboot! And cast Keanu Reeves as some dude quite like Connor but not Connor or even Scottish. Or why not do the whole thing in chronological order with a whole bunch of immortals so you can't know for sure who's gonna win the end game. With lots of historical stuff. The historical scenes were always the best anyway. Or why don't you just drop the whole idea and come up with something new that hasn't already been destroyed by hacks.

Hmmm Ultimate Highlander with a set bible dictating the course of events and story (ala Babylon 5). Could work quite well.

By the way, has anyone read the Highlander novels? I've found them to be quite enjoyable and worth having if you can find them.

 

[Klaus]

But you need a scottish main charcater, otherwise why call it "Highlander"?

 

[swordsmasher]

A) They can FIX the original Highlander movie to fit the rest of the series by changing three things:
The one where Kurgan says "Kastigir is Gone, only you and I remain" to simply Just "Kastagir is gone."
And the second line when Brenda says "Can you tell me about the prize?" to "Can you tell me about the quickening?"

and cutting out the blurg at the end where Connor says "I can love and have children, live and grow old".

b) As for Highlander 2; I chalk it up to say it is a drug addled vision that Connor has while he spent all those years in the Sanctuary, for anyone who saw Endgame and enjoyed it (I gave it an 8 out of 10, simply for style).

As for a New Highlander movie, well, if they wants to call it Highlander I think there should at least be a Highlander in it. aka someone from the Highlands of scotland? Hence the name for the Series? Otheriwse change the name of the series to something like "The Methos Chronicles" or "Tales of the Immortals" or something

 

[Staffan]

I don't understand folks reluctance to even admit the existance of Highlander 2.

Because there can be only one.