In my head canon, only the first movie exists. They're just immortal, deal with it.
Highlander Reboot/Prequel Anticipation Thread
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We don't know if he's actually playing Ramirez, all we know is he's playing the mentor to Henry Cavill's character, who might or might not be Connor. They seem to be avoiding using the characters' names in the announcements, so there's at least a decent chance these could all be new characters.
Russell Crowe Joins Henry Cavill in ‘Highlander’
Oscar-winner Russell Crowe will play Henry Cavill's mentor in the remake of "Highlander."variety.com
For Christ's sake!
They couldn't find a Spanish actor?
Do we even know for sure yet if this is a remake or a new original story set in the Highlander universe?
Yeah, but what wasn't?
Highlander is (arguably) basically just a long series of retcons.
In Highlander II, the immortals turn out to be aliens from Zeist.
In Highlander the Series, the Game was never actually won. Not even close. There are now almost as many immortals kicking about as there are episodes in a six-season television show.
In Highlander III, the Game was never won because there were three more Immortals stuck in a cave. Highlander III also (of course) retcons the Zeist reveal. Their origins are now 'shrouded in mystery'.
In Highlander Endgame, the Game was never won. There are quite a few immortals still kicking about, and they're mostly played by TV-caliber actors.
In Highlander: The Source...oof. Don't make me remember it.
And the cartoon. Pass.
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Not a fan of Russell Crowe.
I can't remember but what did they eat when in the cave, surely if you didn't immortal or not you'd be emaciated. I recall an episode of the series where an Egyptian princess or something had been buried for 2 thousand years or more and looked fresh as a daisy.
Highlander endgame served well as a sequel to the series. The source was just dreadful, what on earth were they thinking.
Highlander 3 was always just a sequel to the original and ignored 2, and at least attempts to justify the reason more immortals are alive.
I can't remember but what did they eat when in the cave, surely if you didn't immortal or not you'd be emaciated. I recall an episode of the series where an Egyptian princess or something had been buried for 2 thousand years or more and looked fresh as a daisy.
Highlander endgame served well as a sequel to the series. The source was just dreadful, what on earth were they thinking.
Yeah...a retcon.
Even the first movie is a bit dicey with immortality "rules". Immortals can be killed and they come back to life...but for some reason Connor does not drown when he's at the bottom of the lake. Somehow he's fine underwater for extended periods, and this amazing ability is never referenced again.
That my friend is the quickening
Maybe that's why Henry Morgan always woke up in water after he died.Yeah...a retcon.
Even the first movie is a bit dicey with immortality "rules". Immortals can be killed and they come back to life...but for some reason Connor does not drown when he's at the bottom of the lake. Somehow he's fine underwater for extended periods, and this amazing ability is never referenced again.
It's hardly worse than getting Sean Connery to play an Egyptian man who pretended he was Spanish.
Which would rather die from - being decapitated by a sword, or old age (natural causes).
Maybe. The way Connor describes the Prize, he might be saying that he can grow old and die rather than he has to. But he also can now have children, and with effort he can hear the thoughts of everyone on Earth.
Either way, we all die but we go on with 'the fight' anyway.
The temptation is to say I'd rather die by the sword because you'd still get so many more years than a normal person. But that's not a guarantee, because we've seen brand new immortals killed too.
Richie only got a few years.
That's......the point of the movie.
They have to see everyone they love die. Can't have children. The Prize was being able to have a live like normal people.
And that's long been a staple of our storytelling, the notion that earthly immortality is actually undesirable. It goes all the way back to "The Odyssey", when Ulysses turns down immortal life on Calypso's isle to return to his family in Ithaca.
The theory is that "The Prize" basically gives the winner whatever their hearts desire is. For Connor SPECIFICALLY it was being able to have children and grow old and die.
Well apparently they could be what they wanted, I reckon the Kurgan won and he's now POTUS
Cast continues to grow
variety.com
Marisa Abela Joins Henry Cavill and Russell Crowe in ‘Highlander’
Marisa Abela has joined the cast of "Highlander" alongside previously announced stars Henry Cavill and Russell Crowe.
variety.com
Cast continues to grow
Marisa Abela Joins Henry Cavill and Russell Crowe in ‘Highlander’
Marisa Abela has joined the cast of "Highlander" alongside previously announced stars Henry Cavill and Russell Crowe.
I think she's a great actor. I've never seen Industry but while I wasn't the biggest fan of Back to Black she was superb in it, and she was even better in Black Bag and held her own against some very strong actors (Fassbender, Blanchett etc).
I think mortality and the ability to have children was just a side effect of the Prize, the real power was the ability to hear the thoughts of everyone on Earth. Conner planned to use this power for good but one can easily imagine the Kurgan using it to become a powerful dictator.
It's a weird game really and I can't recall if it's ever explained what the point of it is (I haven't seen any film beyond the second-still one of the worst cinematic experiences of my life!- and though I did watch the series I haven't seen any episodes in over 20 years!).
How/why were the players chosen, or was it simply random? Also it's hardly fair, poor old Sean Connery had been fighting for about two thousand years before Lambert even enters the field of play! And how come women aren't allowed to play (outside of the tv series obviously!)
Who made the rules and how were they explained to the players? I can see how some could be worked out (decapitation, holy ground etc) but how did they know about the concept of The Prize?*
The first films works in spite of itself because it's so well cast, has a great soundtrack, wonderfully 80s visuals, a camp energy and because the structure of the flashbacks keeps you invested, but it really was, as someone said above, lightning in a bottle. It shouldn't work but it does.
Cavill and Crowe are good choices for a remake, but I think it's going to have to tread a fine line. Explain too little and it's going to have to have great set pieces to distract the audience, explain too much and it risks getting bogged down in its own mythos (Methos?) which will turn people off.
*If I were writing it I'd make it clear that the concept of The Prize was effectively a mythology that the immortals themselves have built up over the centuries. A way to try and make sense of their situation. We all get a jolt of power when we kill another so maybe the last one of us gets some kind of reward? (actually it strikes me I may have answered my own question about how the immortals know about The Prize!)
