Comments on: There can be only one . . .

By: Firehand

Firehand — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:13:44 +0000

Guns would hurt them, but couldn’t actually kill them. There was a story in the tv series where a bad-guy immortal was shooting other immortals and then taking their heads before they could recover.

Yeah, I know

By: Stormy Dragon

Stormy Dragon — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:11:00 +0000

Speaking of The Highlander, from last night’s Colbert Report:

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/255252/november-12-2009/stephen-claims-lou-dobbs–audience

By: ctr

ctr — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:56:12 +0000

Since we are talking about remakes…

Clash of the Titans..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6CJenNMsb4

You can’t tell me that doesn’t look better than the original.

By: Jeff the Baptist

Jeff the Baptist — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:27:53 +0000

“I always thought that any of the Immortals that just didn�t want to compete would cheat, shoot his opponent and cut off his head while he was incapacitated�.”

In the TV Series this would work and one of the Immortals does this. In the original movie, the Kurgan takes an entire Mac10 to the chest and it doesn’t even slow him down.

By: bombloader

bombloader — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:43:44 +0000

But it won an Academy Award-for best movie ever made:)(Ricky Bobby)

By: Cargosquid

Cargosquid — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:24:37 +0000

The fight choreography is awesome in the first movie or any movie with Christopher Lambert if you realize that he is legally blind at that range……

And the TV show was awesome, even if the whole concept needed a better explanation….

I mean, head cut off….ok, at the neck, cut the guy in half, etc. There can only be one….ok, what if one of these guys is trapped in a collapsed mine somewhere…

I always thought that any of the Immortals that just didn’t want to compete would cheat, shoot his opponent and cut off his head while he was incapacitated….

But, other than that, outstanding.

Sniper rifles? So, you can get the “quickening” from your dead opponent from 1000 yards away?

By: Don Gwinn, Chicago Gun Rights Examiner

Don Gwinn, Chicago Gun Rights Examiner — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:18:52 +0000

I will not allow you to sully the memory of the Highlander television series. It was, and remains to this day, awesome.

The other thing that carried the original film, beyond the story, was the music. Queen really did a job on that score. Aczarnowski, the reason they kept mixing the music louder was that it was better than the dialogue.

The TV show had some pretty good acting, and pretty good action too, in some interesting locations. Nobody else was shooting swordfights in Paris on TV back then, as nearly as I can recall!

Now, a re-imagining where Immortals fight with sniper rifles doesn’t sound like it could possibly work. But Duncan MacLeod, anyway, served in WWI and most of the wars of the 19th century, right? He should be OK with a gun.

By: Stormy Dragon

Stormy Dragon — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:16:51 +0000

The guns+swords could be awesome if they’re going with something like “The Highlander meet Equilibrium”

By: aczarnowski

aczarnowski — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:46:18 +0000

To be fair, the sound mix in the original movie also sucked. What did he say? NEVER MIND. THE SCORE IS RAMPING UP AGAIN!

By: Huck

Huck — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:45 +0000

Overall I like the original “Highlander”. The soundtrack and storyline were the best things in the movie. The acting and special effects were nothing to rave about but overall a entertaining flick.

I’ve yet to see a remake that was even as good as the original let alone better though I cant say for sure about “The 3:10 to Yuma” since I’ve never seen the original.

The only sequal I’ve ever seen that was actually better than the original was “Aliens”.

By: ben

ben — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:25:55 +0000

IIRC, the music in the first movie was kinda cool. It didn’t suck anyway.

By: SPQR

SPQR — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:52:52 +0000

I still like the TV series myself. Granted some episodes were better than others, but I don’t know that it really “jumped the shark” at any particular point.

By: Timmeehh

Timmeehh — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:46:50 +0000

The original movie sucked, except for Sean Connery.

By: mariner

mariner — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:38:25 +0000

I never understood why they cast an American-born Frenchman to play an immortal Scot. What, they couldn’t find an actor who could at least SOUND Scottish?

The only thing good about the original movie was Sean Connery.

By: JJR

JJR — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:40:15 +0000

I liked some of the TV shows, especially “crossover” episodes that featured both MacLeods (Connor & Duncan) though the series did “jump the shark” eventually.

The Anime was ok, but felt very disconnected from the original narrative.

Perhaps the reason we like/remember the originals is because ALL of the movie sequels sucked so hard.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:33:41 +0000

I only liked the cartoon. That is it.

By: Wolfwood

Wolfwood — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:03:50 +0000

I actually kind of liked Highlander: Endgame, but the rest of the movies have been atrocious. Guns shouldn’t have a role in the Immortal paradigm; they’re always shown as cheating in the series and they mess with the otherworldliness of the Immortals.

By: D2k

D2k — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:56:21 +0000

@LKP add 12 Angry Men to that list

By: LKP

LKP — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:45:55 +0000

Of all the remakes of movies, cartoons, etc, I can remember only a couple of them that were worth watching (The Fugitive and Narrow Margin). The rest weren’t worth the time, even if there wasn’t anything else on. My view on remakes is this: Why would you remake a good movie, there is no chance it will be anywhere as good as the original. As for remaking a bad movie, remade crap is still crap.

By: matt

matt — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:38:00 +0000

y’know, I watched the original movie again a couple years ago, and the thing that struck me was this: The only good thing about that movie was the overall storyline. The acting sucked, the writing sucked, the special effects sucked, and the fight choreography sucked.

It’s a tribute to the story that I still remember the movie fondly. But it wouldn’t be hard to improve on, as long as they keep the story.

-m@