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Excellent. I only wish Paramount would have put some special features into their other DVD releases. Sure, watching The Wrath of Khan in digital widescreen is a lot of fun, but I would love extra scenes and commentary. Especially commentary. I'm addicted to it. Who knows why.
I also wish there was a better website to go for this sort of thing. I've grown to detest Ain't It Cool News.
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I've got a feeling that they'll re-release all the movies again - with the extras... that'll mean people would have bought the DVD - with nothing - then the DVD with extras...
Wrath - will probably have those extra scenes like in the ABC TV version...
well I'm sure there are cut scenes from all the movies...
like IV had cut footage.
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I don't like Harry Knowles and AICN because of his review of "Highlander: Endgame." Not so much the review, but why he didn't like it.
a) He had never seen The Series ... then questioned plot points in the film answered in the Series.
b) He compared it way too often to "Crouching Tiger" or whatever that film is. It's "HIGHLANDER", not a Hong Kong flick!
Basicly, he went in expecting to see "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", saw "Highlander - Endgame", and went off in a really insane rant about fans of the Highlander films and movies, ignoring the fact that he's fan of stuff that makes Highlander look Oscar Nominee material.
Okay, rant over. 'Nuff said. Harry's a judgemental idiot, IMHO.
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I don't like the site's design, first of all. It's just ugly. This is, obviously, not the most damning of criticisms.
Beyond that, I find the whole attitude that pervades the site to be distasteful, from its Commander-in-Geek (Was that funny?) to the general posting population. It's just not my scene. The philosophy behind their rating system seems so superficial to me, or at least it is far from how I judge films.
I suppose the real reason is probably because I'm a hypocritical snob who turns his nose down at those earnest young men in their expansive shirts while secretly being a huge loser myself. Or, I'm better than them all. One of the two.
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"a) He had never seen The Series ... then questioned plot points in the film answered in the Series."
Now, to be fair, Endgame was a "movie". In a "movie", all the important information should be presented to you. You can't just assume that everyone going to see it will have seen every episode in great detail. That's the mistake Trek films always come dangerously close to making (and have made).
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Nah, my theory on franchise films is this...screw the casual viewer! I want to be rewarded for my attention to the franchise. I want to pick up on things that the casual viewer doesn't get. First Contact did this well. When the Holodoc showed up on the E-E casual viewers probably went away wondering why the bald guy from Voyager was in the movie. The rest of us knew that the same program had been installed in all new Fleet ships.
Now, I'm only a casual viewer of the Highlander franchise, and I kept up ok with Endgame (even though I didn't particularly like the film).
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I just got a DVD player, and have or rented a couple movies I've seen before just to see the deleted footage. I just wish they'd go to the extra effort to put these scenes within the movie where they should of been instead seperately. I know they aren't "DVD-quality", so perhaps it could have a little mark appear telling you it's a deleted scene. In my opinion it would give the movie a more complete feel.
As for the ST:TMP-SE, I wrote to Star Trek: The Magazine asking if there were plans to remake the rest of the movies and they replied saying no. My guess is Paramount will wait to see if TMP-SE is successful enough before putting out the money it would take for the rest of the movie.
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I didn't like Endgame much either. But I didn't care for how "Commander-in-Geek" characterized Paul's acting or fighting ability. Adrian Paul has done some great acting (and some bad), but Harry dismisses it.
And Adrian Paul knows how to handle a sword. Bob Anderson, the original "Series" swordmaster, compared him favorably to Errol Flynn, so for Harry to knock Paul's sword-swingin' was especially insulting (Harry seemed to ignore that the light-saber fight in SW:ANH SUCKED). Any "Highlander" fans who've seen "Finale pt. 2", "Revelations 6:8" and other eps know that AP can swing a sword with the best of them. Give that man a lightsaber, he'd take out Darth Maul.
Okay, rant over.
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To be fair, though i haven't seen it yet, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is not just some Hong Kong kung fu flick, it is supposed to be THE kung fu flick (not hong kong cuz its directed by a Taiwanese who also directed the Ice Storm, go fig.). But really, was Highlander: end game really that great of a movie, i mean compared to the original highlander (i haven't seen it, so I can't say, but it looked pretty weak to me).
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No, Endgame wasn't that great, but Harry didn't just blast Endgame -- he blasted the entire "Highlander" franchise -- movies, TV series, etc. Okay, the movies sucked with the exception of #1, but he didn't even SEE a single ep of the series (by his own admission), and he declared it sucky! The hell is that shit about?
And I don't think I'd try and compare two movies together -- Harry apparently hadn't SEEN Hidden Tiger/Crouching Dragon when he posted his review, yet he still compared them. The fuck?
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