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<blockquote data-quote="Tratyn Runewind" data-source="post: 1112706" data-attributes="member: 685">Hello,Regarding the Highlander 2 question:&nbsp; I'm pretty sure there was a re-edited &quot;Renegade Version&quot; that came out on video.&nbsp; It was supposed to be much closer to the creators' original intention than the...thing...that showed up in theaters wearing the H2 name.&nbsp; Among other things, it supposedly eliminated any reference to the immortals being some sort of alien race.&nbsp; Though not explicitly stated anywhere as far as I know, I've heard that this is also the version supposedly taken as canon for purposes of the TV series.&nbsp; Has anyone around here seen this version?&nbsp; How much of an improvement is it?&nbsp; (I'm going on the theory that pretty much any change would be for the better.)Like Mark Chance and others, I also think it's interesting to contrast sequels that everyone pretty much knew were going to be bad (say, the Mortal Kombat sequel, and any sequel that went straight-to-video like the From Dusk 'til Dawn sequels), and were, to sequels that had high expectations and failed to reach them (like the Star Wars prequels, and the Matrix sequel) but are not really horrible taken on their own.&nbsp; I think one reason Highlander 2 makes these lists so often is that it did have high expectations and yet did turn out absolutely horribly.&nbsp; I actually like Conan the Destroyer, too, but then, stirring Basil Poledouris music and a scantily-clad young Olivia d'Abo count for a lot with me...&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tratyn Runewind, post: 1112706, member: 685"] Hello, Regarding the [i]Highlander 2[/i] question: I'm pretty sure there was a re-edited "Renegade Version" that came out on video. It was supposed to be much closer to the creators' original intention than the...thing...that showed up in theaters wearing the H2 name. Among other things, it supposedly eliminated any reference to the immortals being some sort of alien race. Though not explicitly stated anywhere as far as I know, I've heard that this is also the version supposedly taken as canon for purposes of the TV series. Has anyone around here seen this version? How much of an improvement is it? (I'm going on the theory that pretty much any change would be for the better.) Like Mark Chance and others, I also think it's interesting to contrast sequels that everyone pretty much knew were going to be bad (say, the [i]Mortal Kombat[/i] sequel, and any sequel that went straight-to-video like the [i]From Dusk 'til Dawn[/i] sequels), and were, to sequels that had high expectations and failed to reach them (like the [i]Star Wars[/i] prequels, and the [i]Matrix[/i] sequel) but are not really horrible taken on their own. I think one reason [i]Highlander 2[/i] makes these lists so often is that it did have high expectations and yet did turn out absolutely horribly. I actually like [i]Conan the Destroyer[/i], too, but then, stirring Basil Poledouris music and a scantily-clad young Olivia d'Abo count for a lot with me... ;) [/QUOTE]

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