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Highlander Reboot/Prequel Anticipation Thread
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Yes, they're currently on season 7. The series is available on Netflix, but they're behind a season.
Ah, okay. I don't get Netflix, so the books will have to do.
I've watched those, adding in the other characters' flashbacks too (this was back when the whole series was officially on YouTube). It's a very interesting way to view the show, and one of the most effective things about it is that certain one-shot characters like Dougray Scott's Warren Cochrane and Marc Warren's Morgan D'Estaing appear in flashbacks set years or even centuries apart, and spacing them out across the chronological edit really does make these characters seem ageless and eternal.
It's an absolutely amazing way to watch the show, seeing how Duncan changes over the years. He goes from an illiterate clansman with his mind on war and courting a girl he loves, to the capable, intelligent 20th century man we see in the present-day setting.
He doesn't become a professional in the way Methos did (he spent numerous decades as a doctor, for instance, and I'm guessing that the reason was partly a curiosity about how the human body works and a wish to somehow make amends for his Horseman past - to help and heal, rather than kill for pleasure). But he does become intellectually curious and appreciates the arts for more than just the profitability that his antique business brings.
I just found some of the Amanda flashbacks, and while I remember the time she and whatsisname went on a Bonnie & Clyde-type crime spree, I'd totally forgotten the one where she did midwifery.
Some of the print fanzines I have focus on Methos. I didn't particularly like him much in the series, but that was before I read so many stories about him - and before I read Peter Wingfield's story in the Evening at Joe's anthology.
Some episodes are still on YouTube, so I'll finish the last of the Life of Duncan MacLeod videos (just 4 hours to go!).
I've been taking notes, because one thing I want to avoid in my Merlin/Highlander crossover is the same historical events and people that were mentioned on the show (well, except for Shakespeare - as a Shakespeare buff, I can't not mention him!). But I'm definitely using different monarchs, different wars, and some different locations and historical events.
One reason for the notetaking is to see just where Duncan was, at which time. I have to commend the show for usually managing to have him go places that wouldn't need modern transportation methods to get him there (ie. faster than a horse or ship).
He doesn't become a professional in the way Methos did (he spent numerous decades as a doctor, for instance, and I'm guessing that the reason was partly a curiosity about how the human body works and a wish to somehow make amends for his Horseman past - to help and heal, rather than kill for pleasure). But he does become intellectually curious and appreciates the arts for more than just the profitability that his antique business brings.
I just found some of the Amanda flashbacks, and while I remember the time she and whatsisname went on a Bonnie & Clyde-type crime spree, I'd totally forgotten the one where she did midwifery.
Some of the print fanzines I have focus on Methos. I didn't particularly like him much in the series, but that was before I read so many stories about him - and before I read Peter Wingfield's story in the Evening at Joe's anthology.
Some episodes are still on YouTube, so I'll finish the last of the Life of Duncan MacLeod videos (just 4 hours to go!).
I've been taking notes, because one thing I want to avoid in my Merlin/Highlander crossover is the same historical events and people that were mentioned on the show (well, except for Shakespeare - as a Shakespeare buff, I can't not mention him!). But I'm definitely using different monarchs, different wars, and some different locations and historical events.
One reason for the notetaking is to see just where Duncan was, at which time. I have to commend the show for usually managing to have him go places that wouldn't need modern transportation methods to get him there (ie. faster than a horse or ship).
It's how I introduced my now-wife to much of the series. It had the effect of making her care much more about characters like Fitzcairn through his multiple flashback appearances so that his death in the present day came as much more of a punch, rather than it coming in only his second appearance before we know him all that well.
There's an interview with Adrian Paul and Christophe Lambert on YouTube where Paul talks about the care that went into keeping track of what they'd established in the flashbacks about where Duncan was at a particular time, both geographically and in terms of his character development. He expresses hope that if one were to line up the flashbacks back to back as a chronological timeline, it would hang together and you'd see a linear progression in Duncan's character, and the fact that fans have now done just that shows that they pulled it off.
The only slight anomaly was Duncan's clipped English accent in one of the earliest filmed flashbacks from Season 1, episode 3, rather than the Scottish one he'd come to use otherwise, which I just headcanon as an affectation for some reason unknown to us.
Irish man playing a Mongol is the same as the Scots Egyptian and the French Scotsman
"Haggish? What ish haggish?"
Apparently Lionsgate dropped the remake because Chad Stahelski wanted a $180 million budget and the studio wanted to keep it at $165 million. Aren't both budgets rather high for a sword fighting movie? Where is the money going? I think Amazon is going to be in for a rude awakening on the levels of Red One.
I remember when a big Firefly fan was convinced Serenity was going to be a giant blockbuster hit because of all the sold out preview screenings, but then it turned out those preview goers were the entirety of the audience.
I remember when a big Firefly fan was convinced Serenity was going to be a giant blockbuster hit because of all the sold out preview screenings, but then it turned out those preview goers were the entirety of the audience.
Amazon loves spending money like it's going out of style. See: Citadel, Rings of Power, Picard.
But I agree, unless they are going to do a lot of filming on location, anything over 70M-80M is way too much for Highlander.
KEK I remember that. There was a certain member on multiple scifi message boards back in the day and he was sure Serenity would be a blockbuster hit.
His reasoning was Firefly was treated horribly by FOX for dumping it on Friday nights or whatever and Serenity was gonna force a revival of Firefly.
For years after, websites like Digg had stories of "Firefly Revival coming any day now!" upvoted to the top every time. It was annoying as fuck.
All Browncoat fans thought this film's BO take would rival Star Wars at the time.
It will!
I am sure next year we get a Serenity sequel!!
I am sure next year we get a Serenity sequel!!
Do you have a source for that? None of the entertainment sites i check regularly are reporting this.
Why ‘Highlander’ Left Lionsgate for Amazon as the Studio Bets Big on ’80s IP
An insider's look at how "Highlander" came to leave Lionsgate for Amazon MGM as the streamer collects 1980s IP.
www.thewrap.com
It's behind a pay wall, but Dark Horizons summarized it.
Lionsgate Dropped "Highlander" Over Cost?
After many years of trying to get it going, Chad Stahelski’s long-gestating reboot of 1980s cult classic “Highlander” finally began moving at Lionsgate a few years back. From the casting of Henry Cavill, to scheduling the film around Stahelski’s “John Wick” franchise commitments, it all seemed...
www.darkhorizons.com
Why ‘Highlander’ Left Lionsgate for Amazon as the Studio Bets Big on ’80s IP
An insider's look at how "Highlander" came to leave Lionsgate for Amazon MGM as the streamer collects 1980s IP.
It's behind a pay wall, but Dark Horizons summarized it.
Lionsgate Dropped "Highlander" Over Cost?
After many years of trying to get it going, Chad Stahelski’s long-gestating reboot of 1980s cult classic “Highlander” finally began moving at Lionsgate a few years back. From the casting of Henry Cavill, to scheduling the film around Stahelski’s “John Wick” franchise commitments, it all seemed...
Ok, it sounded like the project was scrapped completely instead of just moving to Amazon.
There should have been only one.
I thought the TV show got real old real fast.
