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The show really hit its stride around the middle o...

2009-11-17T06:09:50.902-08:00

The show really hit its stride around the middle of season 3 when they introduced Methos. The two part finale to that season was better than any of the movies except for the first, and maybe Endgame.

I havent seen the third since 1994! When I saw it ...

2009-11-17T05:50:05.359-08:00

I havent seen the third since 1994! When I saw it in theaters, but Ive been wanting to re-watch it cause I remember it being one of the last barely watchable ones in the series.

From part four onward...they went to the point of no return.

The Source was freaking awful!

Ive never seen the show, so I dont know how good or bad it is, I do know it has a following.

One thing I said in the review that I was kind of ...

2009-11-16T19:27:55.622-08:00

One thing I said in the review that I was kind of serious about was that there were better story arcs in the TV series. The Kalas and Methos one for example was great. I think the hard part is the basic one-on-one fastest gunslinger in the West nature of it. The series allowed them to do some more things, once they got out of that mold. Of course, they ran out of ideas too. Season 6 with the red smoke is one example, and the last film, The Source, which I felt was even worse than this.

The Holy Ground thing actually applies to all religions. Remember in the third movie, when they're on a Buddhist holy ground, but they don't know until they fight, and then the walls explode around them, showing the holy stuff.

I agree that the series is due for an overhaul. When part 2 came out, the TV show wasn't far behind, and when it went away from the movies, that's when it's best work happened.

Im a huge fan of the first Highlander film, huge f...

2009-11-16T09:49:30.432-08:00

Im a huge fan of the first Highlander film, huge fan! The premise, and the whole idea had such possibilities! Yet, they let it all die out into a drivel of films...my god, I have never seen a series simply sink into oblivion as fast as this one.

The thing about these movies is, people like the concept of the immortals, so thats why they keep renting these films, problem is they always get dissapointed after they pay. Once you actually get to watch the films...

As for this second one, this renegade version...I honestly enjoyed the original version better then this one. This one made an even bigger mess out of things if you ask me.

Its so ridiculous, that scene with the fan, why the fuck did Connery have to die there? After all he went through? And why do Highlanders have powers to stop giant fans? Where did they dig that crap out of?

And why does Ramirez keep dying and coming back? I thought it you chopped a Highlanders head off that was it for them, why are they so afraid of dying if all they have to do is call each others names to come back to life?

Michael Ironsides character was the goofiest thing about this movie, as you said, his dialog, how did he know so much about the modern world? How did he know exactly how to drive a modern train??

Why exactly cant highlanders fight while inside of a Christian Church? Are they all christians or something? Do they all respect the christian God? What the fuck?

This series is badly in need of a reboot!

STill, I love those scenes on Highlander 2 when he fights those flying creatures, and when he kills them and gets all their powers! Love that stuff! They just need to work a cohesive storyline around that!

I feel a reboot coming...