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Highlander: THE SERIES

Danoz

Danoz

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Vague spoilers for people who haven't seen it up to Season 2: episode 4.

Okay so, just started into this really. I'd enjoyed Season One and even the first few episodes of season one... man I must say, Season 2: Episode 4 shocked the CRAP out of me. The show had been kind of following a formula (and after a year and a few episodes a potentially tired formula with a weekly reset button) and so, this revelation jolted me.

Ready to enjoy some more of this! Anybody else enjoy this series? Please no spoilers beyond where I am if you do :).
 
I absolutely love the show. Adrian Paul is an amazing martial artist and I love watching him fight. I'm rewatching bits of season 4 in my workshop lately. Like any TV show it has its highs and lows, but overall it's pretty damn good.
 
S2 is where it starts getting to be a good little show. It's not Shakespeare for sure, but it is very entertaining.

Paul is not a particularly good actor, but he is a great fighter, dancer and choreographer and is a pleasure to watch.
 
When I was younger, I didn't come across it until season 3 or so. It was a cool show. I even liked the The Raven spin-off.
 
Then you're in the minority. The Raven was a miscasting car wreck - and I *liked* Amanda. :)

The Series was my iconic show from the 90s. Low budget, simple concept, lots of history, and plenty of awesome swordfighting.

It was "The Darkness" (the episode you're referring to) that really set off Duncan Macleod as a character and have him a defining character arc for the show. The events of that episode will literally haunt him for the rest of the series, in a very good way. Thing is, IMO the second season was a weaker one. The third is where they really find their groove and start exploring the concepts of immortality as presented in the Highlander universe. Also, the fourth is when they really start loosening up and PLAYING with immortality, giving us some really memorable comedy episodes too.

You're in for a fun ride. Just be sure to remember those moments when you get to the sixth season and (IMO) the Raven.

Mark
 
*rimshot*

Though it won't be to an earlier episode. Incidentally, that's one thing I never liked about the second season. There were several episodes that don't invovle immortals, and yet they felt obligated to have a flashback to some decades or centuries ago where Macleod went through something similar. It added next to nothing to those episodes IMO. I don't mind an episode without a beheading (or even another immortal), but this show is best when it's ABOUT immortality, and not Macleod doing standard TV action plotlines.

Mark
 
Mark_Nguyen said:
Then you're in the minority. The Raven was a miscasting car wreck - and I *liked* Amanda. :)
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The Raven got better when they moved to Paris and started being an actual Highlander series.


The problem with The Raven wasn't mis-casting, it was the fact that they started out trying to do an odd-couple crimefighters show (he's an ex-cop, she's a 1000-year-old immortal thief, together they fight crime) instead of a Highlander show.
 
I appreciate the attempt to give The Raven its own voice instead of being a direct clone of H:TS. Plus, I liked the interplay between Amanda and Nick. I thought that generally worked well. The final episode, though:

where Nick is revealed to be an Immortal...that just seemed out of nowhere given the number of times Nick's life had been in jeopardy before.
 
Highlander is one of may favorite shows. I watched the full series in daily reruns in 2002. I even liked season 6. If anything, we finally got to see Paris in the summer.

As for The Raven, I liked Amanda too, but I didn't think she was the best character to spin off into a series.
 
Highlander is also one of my favorite shows. The season sets were some of the first DVDs I bought, actually. The first season is kind of hit-or-miss, but that's to be expected with most shows. Once the show shifted to Paris in Season One, the show started getting really good, and I think the show improved every season from one through four before declining slightly in season five and then falling apart in season six.

Are you watching through Netflix, Danoz? I just noticed last night that they have the entire series on there now.
 
Taking the name of the main character of a show you hate above all others? Fascinating. I did the same with Star Wars. :shifty:
 
and yet another Highlander fan crawling out of the closet ;)

My favourite character is the Really Old Guy but I am also a big fan of Joe (very much enjoyed meeting Jim Byrnes 2 years ago in Belgium. We happened to stay at the same little hotel so that I got a chance to get a glimpse of his off-stage personality).

Favourite episodes: Unusual Suspects, Revelations 6:8 and Indiscretions


When I saw the series for the first time I didn't consider Adrian Paul a good actor. Rather someone who knows how to strike a good pose. However, watching the series again now, 25 years later, I notice that he wasn't all that bad. Especially in the comedy episodes (The Stone Of Scone, Unusual Suspects, Till Death) he's even quite good.
I'm also very impressed at how good a director he is. Comes A Horseman was directed by a man who specialized in advertizing. (My appologies - I can't remember his name.) He had a very interesting way of using light, reflections and textures. Very different from the other HL directors. Adrian did the sequel (Revelations 6:8) and completely picked it all up. You can't see a breach between the two episodes. Those two episodes could (and IMO should!) easily be cut together into a feature movie.

For an example how bad directing can ruin a rather decent script you just have to watch The Source. The story had so much potential and if only they'd have left away 20 lbs of silicone and make up, the cannibals and the evil guy screwing himself into the ground (that final fight was most literally screwed up) it could have been almost as glorious as CAH/Rev 6:8.


LOL sorry, I always fall into a ranting monologue when it comes to the Source. I swear, the day I get pensioned off I'll rewrite that movie!
 
To this day this is one of my favorite series. My friends and I used to put aside time every weekend to watch the new ep. I agree that once S2 ramps up, it doesn't let you go until the end of S4. It's also the time period that truly solidifies Duncan as his own character and not a semi-substitute for Connor.
 
one of my favorites, always loved it and rewatch it regularly :)

can't wait for them to finish releasing them on bluray :D

M
 
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