Highlander Reboot/Prequel Anticipation Thread
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Clancy Brown is still around, he might be up for it. 
But no, The Kurgan doesn't need to be a hulking figure, but an intimidating one. No one comes to mind straight away for me.
For Ramirez, there should be a silent depth to the character, ages of wisdom. That's something I see Edward James Olmos being capable of. Not sure if, at age 76, he's game for all the stunt fighting.
But no, The Kurgan doesn't need to be a hulking figure, but an intimidating one. No one comes to mind straight away for me.
For Ramirez, there should be a silent depth to the character, ages of wisdom. That's something I see Edward James Olmos being capable of. Not sure if, at age 76, he's game for all the stunt fighting.
Clancy Brown is still around, he might be up for it.
But no, The Kurgan doesn't need to be a hulking figure, but an intimidating one. No one comes to mind straight away for me.
For Ramirez, there should be a silent depth to the character, ages of wisdom. That's something I see Edward James Olmos being capable of. Not sure if, at age 76, he's game for all the stunt fighting.
I liked it how the Immortal played by the lead singer of the Fine Young Cannibals, used knock gas, so that his opponents would pass out, and then he'd just decapitate fallen over sleeping people.
In Highlander three Connor says that a potential immortal can have children, and will die of old age eventually, unless they prematurely expire from a violent death, which is when their "powers" kick in.
But...
The Directors cut of Highlander II says that they time travel up stream to the distant future, arriving in random eras and regressed into infants... If it's actual time travel and not super slow teleportation, then the time line changes every time a new immortal arrives in what they regard as the present, changing the composition of the competitors in the game, and the final outcome of the gathering. Hell, if there's half as many Immortals, then the Gathering might have concluded in the 17th century?
Hayley Atwell as Brenda, Batista as Kurgan, Pedro Pascal as ramirez
Oooh.. Siddig as Ramirez would be a fantastic choice. I remember him in Kingdom of Heaven where he was a sort of leader and i have always been a fan of his since his DS9 days.
Alan Ritchson can be an imposing villain opposite Cavill.
Yeah, Siddig came first to mind, but I'm starting to fear that he's become just the obvious fan-cast for any male-presenting character of North African decent. Like, even with Gotham already doing it, he's still seems to be the first choice for Ra's al Ghul for any future project, and his name keeps coming up whenever Doctor Who starts looking for a new Doctor or a new Master.
So, I was trying to come up with other possible actors for Ramirez. Oded Fehr came to mind, he's already played an Egyptian in the Brendan Fraser Mummy movies. Also, Khaled Nabawy, who like Siddig was in Kingdom of Heaven, and is actually Egyptian.
So, I was trying to come up with other possible actors for Ramirez. Oded Fehr came to mind, he's already played an Egyptian in the Brendan Fraser Mummy movies. Also, Khaled Nabawy, who like Siddig was in Kingdom of Heaven, and is actually Egyptian.
Here's an interesting take.....
We assume that the role of old and wise mentor needs to be played by an older actor. But Ramirez has been around for millenia... He could have become immortal in his late 20's or early 30's. It could be interesting to have someone of North African linage, with a gravitas, play Ramirez.
I know, it threats very closely to the old stereotype often done wrong of the 'young, old vampire' thing. But if handled well, it could be interesting.
We assume that the role of old and wise mentor needs to be played by an older actor. But Ramirez has been around for millenia... He could have become immortal in his late 20's or early 30's. It could be interesting to have someone of North African linage, with a gravitas, play Ramirez.
I know, it threats very closely to the old stereotype often done wrong of the 'young, old vampire' thing. But if handled well, it could be interesting.
I mean, it works so well.
Kermit=Connor
Animal= Kurgan
Miss Piggy = Heather
Fozzie = Ramirez
Kermit's nephew= Rachel
I mean, you can keep trying to make Highlander 2 fit all you want, it's never going to make sense. It's its own thing and should be ignored lore wise.
It's Endgame where the female lead believes that if Duncan hadn't "killed" her she still would have been able to have children, but it's contradicted by everything else. It's more the woman was kinda driven mad by the trauma of being "killed" by Duncan, her husband, on her wedding night and blames him for everything in her life, including her inability to have kids.
There's an episode where an ex of Richie from before he "turned" tries to convince him he's the father of her child and he's all in, despite the others saying it can't happen, no immortal, even before they "became" immortal, can have kids.
Of course, in the end, the kid's not Richie's.
Kermit=Connor
Animal= Kurgan
Miss Piggy = Heather
Fozzie = Ramirez
Kermit's nephew= Rachel
I mean, you can keep trying to make Highlander 2 fit all you want, it's never going to make sense. It's its own thing and should be ignored lore wise.
It's Endgame where the female lead believes that if Duncan hadn't "killed" her she still would have been able to have children, but it's contradicted by everything else. It's more the woman was kinda driven mad by the trauma of being "killed" by Duncan, her husband, on her wedding night and blames him for everything in her life, including her inability to have kids.
There's an episode where an ex of Richie from before he "turned" tries to convince him he's the father of her child and he's all in, despite the others saying it can't happen, no immortal, even before they "became" immortal, can have kids.
Of course, in the end, the kid's not Richie's.
Eeww!
Movie Rachel, Connors daughter, not TV Rachel, Duncan's girlfriend.
I'd actually started that post last night, realised I was double posting, didn't hit post, replied to Guy's, and forgot it was already there in my box
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Do we even need Kurgan and Ramirez at all? I mean, we definitely need a mentor and a villain, but can't those characters be different and original? Such as the villain be a female, and the mentor be younger than Connor?
The original had SOME diversity, with 2 immortals being from Asia and Africa, but their scenes were extremely short, and in today's age we can up the diversity level quite a bit. So instead of the Mentor getting their sword from their father - in-law, it is actually made by their adoptive father.
Also wondering if their intentions is to make a franchise, and if so, what would that look like. Would the Gathering in this new movie be a "false start" or or something that could give way to a sequel?
The original had SOME diversity, with 2 immortals being from Asia and Africa, but their scenes were extremely short, and in today's age we can up the diversity level quite a bit. So instead of the Mentor getting their sword from their father - in-law, it is actually made by their adoptive father.
Also wondering if their intentions is to make a franchise, and if so, what would that look like. Would the Gathering in this new movie be a "false start" or or something that could give way to a sequel?
We don't know if it will have anyone other than Connor, it's just guessing.
The first movie will not be the gathering, they've already said that. They do want to do a cinematic universe type deal.
The bottom of your post is actually the "canon" explanation for the TV show. That the first movie happened (except for the prize) but it was a "mini gathering" basically announcing the full gathering was coming.
The first season of the TV show said that it was the time of the gathering but then dropped that when they realized the corner it wrote them into
Why recast? Ironside is still around.
The Scottish women who called him an American poser when he went back to Scotland for the first time in like 200 years and was a regular for a bit. The dark quickening storyline was during her time.
You typed too fast for me. I deleted my post because I suddenly remembered her. Rachel MacLeod.
Rachel MacLeod was barely a love interest, but I did like her character. She was more clanswoman to him than anything else. I think she was in a grand total of 3 episodes.
Okay, shut up and take my money...
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