Fitz died three hundred years ago... Horton has taken over the Watchers... Joe Dawson has been reduced to a bitter, penniless vagrant... Amanda is a black widow... and Methos has rejoined the Horsemen to avenge his fiance's death. If you think that's bad, just wait till you find out what's happened to Richie and Tessa.
"He is Duncan MacLeod... the Highlander. Born in 1592 in the highlands of Scotland, and he is still alive; he is Immortal. For 400 years, he's been a warrior... a lover... a wanderer... constantly facing other Immortals in combat to the death. The winner takes his enemy's head -- and with it, his… More power. I am a Watcher, part of a secret society of men and women who observe and record, but never interfere. We know the truth about Immortals - in the end, there can be only one. May it be Duncan MacLeod... the Highlander." Related shows: "Highlander: The Raven" (a spin-off starring one of the Highlander characters) and "Highlander: The Animated Series " (the animated version of the show). FUN FACTS: Rules of the Immortals: (A) When Immortals fight, they fight one against one - no mortal or another Immortal may assist in a fight. (B) No fighting may take place on Holy Ground. It is considered to be sanctuary and is a place where talks between enemies can occur safely. (C) An Immortal can't strike another during the Quickening (D) Immortals can't fight in public places in front of mortals (E) In the end, there can only be one. Theme Songs: "Princess of the Universe" & "Who Wants to Live Forever" by Queen
Ok...just a place to talk about the movie without worrying about ruining it for someone. If you don't want to know anything about the movie...don't read on.
Ok....most seem to think the latest "The Source" is a wee bit lacking. So what ideas do you have? Highlander: Atlantis Is was mentioned once in the Highlander world that immortals may have been a community or tribe. In this movie it is proven to be true. Thousands of years before the birth of… More Methos the island of Atlantis was the isle of immortals. With the combined experiences of the immortals they made a wondrous place for both themselves and mortals. A powerful and corrupt immortal named Solon had other ideas. In a fit of rage he killed the eldest immortal of Atlantis by throwing him into an open lava pit. The quickening rose up and entered into any immortal within range...thus beginning "The Game". No immortal really had felt a quickening before this. The isle shook...the powerful quickening started a chain reaction that destroyed the isle. Very few mortals made it off the isle and even less immortals that day. As the mortals looked back they could see lightning and quickenings rise into the air and dissapate. These mortals would seach out for other immortals..at first to follow, but then to watch. In the not so distant past there is a legend that Mythos's mentor is teaching him. He claims to be one of two exisitng Atlantian immortals. He tells his young pupil of a immortal "well of souls" that contains all lost quickenings. The young immortal thinks little of this or his mentor and eventually kills him off. In the here and now, the well has been confirmed. Duncan, Methos, others and a certain last atlantian immortal are in search of the greatest edge any immortal could ask for; tens of thousands of immortal quickenings..for the one who can get to it first. *immortals, flashbacks, a interesting goal..Methos both good and bad, a ancient enemy....wouldn't this be a good plot or one close to it? What ideas do you have for a movie?
This hasn't been addressed on this board. Do you think that Ritchie had to die? I think yes. Stan Kirsch was starting to show his age. I noticed a big difference from the time that Ritchie became immortal until the time that Duncan accidently killed him. Everytime that Ritchie went away &… More came back, him aging was noticed, at least by me. What do you think on this? :)
Set in an alternate timeline where the events of the movie are the beginning of The Gathering, not the end, this show opens up and explores the possiblilities of the world invented in the first movie. hide show
Unlike the movies, in the TV show we get to see female immortals, immortals with glasses, immortals with spych and mental problems, and a secret society of mortals who watch what immortals do. We get to see how immortals have subtly and not-so-subtly affected the history and development of the human race.
Unfortunately, they didn't know when to stop. When the creativity was stale, when they lost their good sworc choreographer, they just kept going until they ground the show into the dirt.
Seasons 1-3 are pretty good. Season 4 isn't, and season 5 is horriblly awful beyond words. For some reason, the number of comedy episodes went from 0-1 to 50% or more. The quality of the swordfights went from decent-to-great to uninspiring-to-lackluster. The easy way to spot when they lose their swordmaster: all the fights are filmed with two characters wearing all black, against a black background, with minimal lighting, all so you can't actuallly see what's going on.
The Last episode of season 3 is called "Finale". I strongly recommend you stop there.
This is one of the greatest sci-fi television shows of all-time bar none. Christopher Lambert played an impressive Highlander in the movies, but I truly feel that Adrian Paul was born to play this role. hide show
The show took a little time to mature and find itself during the first season, but I think really found its identity during the latter half of the second season. The show hit its prime during seasons 3-5, but peaked/jumped the shark in the season 5 finale. Season 6 was the final season, and it was disgustingly awful. Pitiful would be an understatement. Reason being, is that the season was shortened from 22 episodes to 13. That was ok, but there were several episodes that really didn't even star Duncan MacLeod (the main character) in them at all! The producers were using the final season episodes as auditions for a female Highlander spin-off. So, the episodes would feature Duncan for about 3 minutes, and would spend the other 49 minutes on one episode story arcs involving random female leads. The worst part of it all, is that after butchering the final season of what was an amazing Sci-Fi series... they didn't even cast any of those female actors to play in the spin-off. They used a recurring character that had been on the show since the first season! So, basically, they butchered the last season of Highlander in the end for nothing. There were 3 or 4 good episodes in season 6... the rest sucked big time! I HIGHLY recommend picking up this series, and watching it through season 5. You might as well just ignore season 6, and pretend it never existed. Season 1 - good, Season 2 - getting better, Seasons 3-5 - awesome, Season 6 - A worse hatchet job than Sliders final season
When it was good it was very, very good. You know the rest. hide show
The television show did *not* make the error of the second Highlander movie, that is: forgetting about all the nifty history and characterization of the first film and going for sci fi garbage shots of electricity. The show picked up right where the first film left, with a somewhat tortured hero and all of history (or at least four hundred years) to play in. Duncan MacLeod was never my favourite character but he was the central role needed to showcase all the other points of view and moralities of the other characters, many of whom were very complex and interesting. My favourite of these is Methos, but Joe, Darius, and Fitzcairn were all fine to watch.
Some of the best episodes stemmed from questions of what is right and wrong, whether we can change, whether we can (or should) be forgiven and forgive ourselves, and of course how many jokes can you make about being older and wiser and where do they stick that sword when it isn't being used, anyway? There was enough heart to this show that even when it was scraping bottom (eg. some of the last season episodes when they were experimenting with other immortals to see if they could make a spin-off) it muddled through without sucking.
It has been finished for a decade but I still meet people who continue to adore the series. Let's just not talk about the new movies, though.
Highlander was my favourite action show when i was about 11 or 12 years old. What i liked about the show were the scenes of duncan going back in the past. And also the swordfights were excellent and entertaining. hide show
Highlander was my favourite action show when i was about 11 or 12 years old. What i liked about the show were the scenes of duncan going back in the past. And also the swordfights were excellent and entertaining.Duncan is immortal until his head is cut of. He must fights others like him to receive their energy. They are bound by the rule not to fight on sacred ground. The intro song made by queen is also very cool. One of the best i've ever seen on tv. If you never have watched this show. Then i can recommend it to you.
Immortals walk among us. They don't know what they are until they die the first time. Then they learn to take the heads of other Immortals for their power. Our hero is Duncan McCloud born on the Highland of Scotland, hes 400 years old. Soundtrack by Queen hide show
This is one of my favorite Sci-Fi shows of all time starring Adrian Paul who is definitely one of the sexiest men ever and is actually also a model for the covers of romance novels. My absolute favorite though is the character of Methos, who doesn't show up until around the third season. Methos is played by Peter Wingfield who was also an Olympic Trampoline Champion. Methos is the oldest living immortal, and he got that way basically out of cleverness and something I'd hate to call cowardice. He would just say he knows when to walk away. Duncan, however, never walks away from a fight and is challenged quite often. There is a lot of really fantastic swordplay in this show. Adrian Paul really does know kung fu and there's much choreography and intricate fight scenes. The show moves back and forth between Paris, France - and New Jersey, US. Though much of it was filmed in Canada. I wish the character of Tessa had lasted longer, and although I didn't like her in the beginning in the end I couldn't imagine the show without the character Amanda. They got very creative with set design and costuming - as there is a flashback to some historic moment in Duncan's 400 year life span in every episode.
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