Sorry, I didn't realize that. But then it's just like YouTube in that way.
Highlander the series: I miss it
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Sorry, I didn't realize that. But then it's just like YouTube in that way.
It was a great show. You knew 2 things about every episode:
1 you were going to see some period costumes.
2 you were going to see a sword fight that ended in decapitation.
How can it get any better than that?
1 you were going to see some period costumes.
2 you were going to see a sword fight that ended in decapitation.
How can it get any better than that?
I loved the show when it was on. I tried watching an episode a few years back and I didn't care for it as much as I thought I would. To me, the show hasn't aged well (ironic, isn't it?)
Robots.
Robots.
One of my favourite shows. It doesn't seem to be on reruns as much as some other shows. I would like to watch it again but I don't really like watching shows on the internet.
I especially liked the flashbacks, changing locations, soundtrack and interesting recurring characters. The balance between drama and action was also good.
I liked the first season with Duncan and Tessa being married. Mostly action series heroes are single men so having Macleod being married made the show a bit different. I thought this was a good choice on behalf of the producers.
The whole double story (one in the present, one in the past) also worked well. And Duncan was an interesting character, action hero with a good sense of humor and enough depth.
I especially liked the flashbacks, changing locations, soundtrack and interesting recurring characters. The balance between drama and action was also good.
I liked the first season with Duncan and Tessa being married. Mostly action series heroes are single men so having Macleod being married made the show a bit different. I thought this was a good choice on behalf of the producers.
The whole double story (one in the present, one in the past) also worked well. And Duncan was an interesting character, action hero with a good sense of humor and enough depth.
I also tivo'ed/watched this show on skiffy recently. For me, it was my 1st time. I did not watch it during its original run because of the way the movie ended. I was feeling puritanical and shit, ya know?
A Question.
One of the early eps has an assassin/mime immortal who claims to have killed 2,706 immortals. This made me wonder how many Duncan had killed and what the significance of that might be. Anybody know?
A Question.
One of the early eps has an assassin/mime immortal who claims to have killed 2,706 immortals. This made me wonder how many Duncan had killed and what the significance of that might be. Anybody know?
I watched that episode. He meant total kills of people in general. If that dude had killed 2,706 immortals then the Kurgan would have run away from that super badass.
This was actually a plot point in the post-series film Highlander: Endgame. In that, it's revealed that the Watchers "keep score," basically a count of how many victories each Immortal has claimed, since the more heads you take, the more Quickenings you absorb, hence the stronger you become. The villain, Kell, had something around 660 kills, as opposed to Duncan's 180ish and Connor's 250ish.
That immortal's body count was only about 2,706 MORTALS. We don't know how many immortals (if any...lol) he killed.
That's one of the (many) things that bugged me about Endgame. You're telling me that Methos, in over 5000 freakin' years, hasn't killed more than 660 immortals?
The problem with counting heads is that in the show they never show power actually doing anything. Macleod has to work out all the time and is only good because of that. They don't seem to have access to the knowledge of the immortal they kill. Basically it just seems like a light show. They talk about wanting the other guy's power and in the episode with the bad guy with the scar on his neck, he wanted the power of Methos to get the ultimate edge, but that power wasn't doing Methos any good. He is a chump.
If you read some vampire stories, like the Anne Rice books, when a younger vampire gets access to an old vampire's blood, that makes them tremendously more powerful. I don't get that feeling from Highlander. If Richie cut off the Kurgan's head because he caught him on the crapper or something while he was too drunk to move then Richie would still be a chump.
If you read some vampire stories, like the Anne Rice books, when a younger vampire gets access to an old vampire's blood, that makes them tremendously more powerful. I don't get that feeling from Highlander. If Richie cut off the Kurgan's head because he caught him on the crapper or something while he was too drunk to move then Richie would still be a chump.
Yeah, I thought about that. But what's 300 years when you're talking 5000? I mean, considering what he did to mortals when he was with the Horsemen, I'm pretty sure he didn't discriminate against immortals. Methos could hold his own against the best of them. As he said to Morgan Walker, "Just because I don't like to fight....doesn't mean I can't."
Agreed. Interestingly enough, one of the most memorable times taking a head was shown to give significant power of any sort was in the mostly bad "Highlander 3", where Kain takes Nakano's head and then gains his magical powers. I really would have liked to see more of that. For instance, if Mac takes the head of someone who is an expert in a weapon he doesn't know how to use, he then gains that knowledge.
I always found it amusing when the show would introduce a K'Immie who had some sort of ability, like Roland Kantos in "Prophesy," who could control people through his voice, but after MacLeod takes their head, he doesn't have the ability. 
It's like they wanted to throw in mystical mumbo jumbo, but didn't want to go all the way with it (until the very regrettable season five finale, that is).
It's like they wanted to throw in mystical mumbo jumbo, but didn't want to go all the way with it (until the very regrettable season five finale, that is).
I too, loved the show. Seasons 1 and 2 are mostly forgettable but the after the show found its footing and got a decent budget the production and locations values soared.. And the writing got much better. Seasons 1 and 2 felt too much like typical cheap syndicated cable for my tastes.. Once they moved to Paris things vastly improved.
Everyone bags on the season 5 finale... I think I've only seen it once so I'm not remembering what all the fuss was about..
It was good to see the show again last week during the marathon. I even stayed tuned to watch "The Source".. Surprisingly, I found it more watchable this time around.
Everyone bags on the season 5 finale... I think I've only seen it once so I'm not remembering what all the fuss was about..
It was good to see the show again last week during the marathon. I even stayed tuned to watch "The Source".. Surprisingly, I found it more watchable this time around.
"The Source" began well enough, but as the movie went on it slowly just degraded more and more. Oddly, one of the points that bothered me the most was what happened to Mac's sword. It's a silly point I know, but to me it was a huge defining aspect of the character's physicality.
They moved to Paris for the latter half of every season, except for the sixth, where they were in Paris the whole time. If you meant that each season got better whenever they moved from Seacouver to Paris, then I'd have to agree.
