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Humaren · 20th December 2008, 06:58 PM

The SciFi Channel is having a HIGHLANDER: THE SERIES Marathon on December 26th followed by the HIGHLANDER: THE SOURCE movie starring Adrian Paul

The Ace · 20th December 2008, 08:32 PM

I'm glad I don't live in the US.

Humaren · 20th December 2008, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by The Ace

I'm glad I don't live in the US.

Now come on...Ok, I admit that it realy went down hill the last two seasons. But it was a great series untill then. From the list of episodes that they are going to show it looks good.

Well I'm undesides on the Sorce.

Highlander II · 21st December 2008, 05:14 AM

The series was fine. "The Source" was a piece of crap. There's a REASON it wasn't a theatrical release. It was garbage. After "Endgame" - there's no way.

Don't get me wrong, I love the franchise, but I can't watch Endgame and refuse to sit through The Source ever again.

However, I am highly amused that there is now a set of movies so much worse than HL:II. =)

Humaren · 21st December 2008, 06:02 PM

I liked most of the movies individually, but as a group....I have never seen such a disregard for continuity in any franchise. As for The Source...well I really didn’t like their interpretation of the "One". Basically it didn’t matter if there was one Immortal or one thousand left alive. One special one had to beat the guardian. I liked it much better when it was one Immortal left standing.
As for the series...I loved it, but at the end it wasn’t fun, exciting and cool to be an immortal any more. It became a burden. Look at the last episode when Duncan sulks off to no one knows where, leaving everyone on the barge shaking their heads. It could have ended better.

I'm still looking forward to watching though.

Highlander II · 21st December 2008, 08:15 PM

Even worse is that, instead of the PTB for the franchise standing up and saying 'You don't like it, too bad. This is what we put together, this is how it stands.' They caved to the fans and made HL:III which was a bad bad bad rehashing of the first movie.

Speaking of continuity - I put together a list: Things that would never have happened in Endgame if Gregory Widen had been in charge back when the movie first came out (Endgame, that is), b/c I was *so* annoyed at the lack of continuity that I wanted to scream. I think they pulled some random guy who had never seen anything related to Highlander to write the script. It was bad. Just bad.

I don't even want to know where the idea for "The Source" came from.

And you're right - the series, S1 - S4 - very good, after that - mostly crap. And don't even get me started on "The Raven", which was another 'brilliant' move that worked out so well [/ sarcasm].

Humaren · 21st December 2008, 08:37 PM

They could have done great things with The Raven, but it seems that they stopped carring. Which makes me wonder why they bothered in the first place.

It doesn't help either that their star was wacked mentaly durring the whole thing. This is not a personal assessment of her, this is from the interviews with the director, cast and crew on the DVD set.

dustinzgirl · 21st December 2008, 08:38 PM

Lucky for me, I love bad movies.

Highlander II · 22nd December 2008, 02:16 AM

The problem with "The Raven" is that rather than doing it right and introducing a whole new female immortal character or using a well-liked immortal character (like Methos), they dredged up a character that no one really liked and who had been developed as much as she could've been already and tried to make her the lead on a show. Sorry, Amanda was not strong enough to lead a show.

And if you love bad movies, grab HL's 4 and 5 and you'll be all set! =)

20th December 2008, 06:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
Humaren Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 17	Highlander Marathon Dec 26th The SciFi Channel is having a HIGHLANDER: THE SERIES Marathon on December 26th followed by the HIGHLANDER: THE SOURCE movie starring Adrian Paul

20th December 2008, 08:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
The Ace Scottish Roman Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Perth and Kinross Posts: 3,811	Re: Highlander Marathon Dec 26th I'm glad I don't live in the US.

21st December 2008, 05:14 AM	#4 (permalink)
Highlander II There can be only one!! Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Texas Posts: 9,616	Re: Highlander Marathon Dec 26th The series was fine. "The Source" was a piece of crap. There's a REASON it wasn't a theatrical release. It was garbage. After "Endgame" - there's no way. Don't get me wrong, I love the franchise, but I can't watch Endgame and refuse to sit through The Source ever again. However, I am highly amused that there is now a set of movies so much worse than HL:II. =)

21st December 2008, 06:02 PM	#5 (permalink)
Humaren Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 17	Re: Highlander Marathon Dec 26th I liked most of the movies individually, but as a group....I have never seen such a disregard for continuity in any franchise. As for The Source...well I really didn’t like their interpretation of the "One". Basically it didn’t matter if there was one Immortal or one thousand left alive. One special one had to beat the guardian. I liked it much better when it was one Immortal left standing. As for the series...I loved it, but at the end it wasn’t fun, exciting and cool to be an immortal any more. It became a burden. Look at the last episode when Duncan sulks off to no one knows where, leaving everyone on the barge shaking their heads. It could have ended better. I'm still looking forward to watching though.

21st December 2008, 08:15 PM	#6 (permalink)
Highlander II There can be only one!! Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Texas Posts: 9,616	Re: Highlander Marathon Dec 26th Even worse is that, instead of the PTB for the franchise standing up and saying 'You don't like it, too bad. This is what we put together, this is how it stands.' They caved to the fans and made HL:III which was a bad bad bad rehashing of the first movie. Speaking of continuity - I put together a list: Things that would never have happened in Endgame if Gregory Widen had been in charge back when the movie first came out (Endgame, that is), b/c I was so annoyed at the lack of continuity that I wanted to scream. I think they pulled some random guy who had never seen anything related to Highlander to write the script. It was bad. Just bad. I don't even want to know where the idea for "The Source" came from. And you're right - the series, S1 - S4 - very good, after that - mostly crap. And don't even get me started on "The Raven", which was another 'brilliant' move that worked out so well [/ sarcasm].

21st December 2008, 08:37 PM	#7 (permalink)
Humaren Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 17	Re: Highlander Marathon Dec 26th They could have done great things with The Raven, but it seems that they stopped carring. Which makes me wonder why they bothered in the first place. It doesn't help either that their star was wacked mentaly durring the whole thing. This is not a personal assessment of her, this is from the interviews with the director, cast and crew on the DVD set.

21st December 2008, 08:38 PM	#8 (permalink)
dustinzgirl Mod of Awesome Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Oregon Posts: 3,724	Re: Highlander Marathon Dec 26th Lucky for me, I love bad movies.

22nd December 2008, 02:16 AM	#9 (permalink)
Highlander II There can be only one!! Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Texas Posts: 9,616	Re: Highlander Marathon Dec 26th The problem with "The Raven" is that rather than doing it right and introducing a whole new female immortal character or using a well-liked immortal character (like Methos), they dredged up a character that no one really liked and who had been developed as much as she could've been already and tried to make her the lead on a show. Sorry, Amanda was not strong enough to lead a show. And if you love bad movies, grab HL's 4 and 5 and you'll be all set! =)