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I'm a stranger in this thread in regards to having never watched the Highlander series. I'm a big Highlander fan, of the movies though, well the first one anyway. The second one was hideous, the third contradicted the first and so forth. So I never bothered with the fourth or the TV series, and now there's a fifth movie, what should I do now? Do I have to sit down and watch the series to understand movies 4 and 5??
You see, in my mind Highlander was a movie about Connor Macleod. He defeated the bad guy and won the prize. He won, period, in my mind. So to me it ended there. Appranetly not so, due to the other movies, being canon or non-canon alike, and multiple seasons it seems of a TV series. So after careful analysis it would seem there are 4 Highlander universes.
1. Highlander (my choice) 2. Highlander II (horrific, don't even go there) 3. Highlander III (tried to pick up after the first film, it at least had some of the same romantic flavors, but just didn't cut it - I echo Alban Rune's earlier comments on this) 4. Highlander the series, and Highlander IV (beyond my knowledge)
I'm just so damn confused as to how the series fits in with the great and perfectly substantial first film. I think I could only accept the series if it did not usurp or contradict the flow and continuity of the first film. To enjoy the continuing Highlander saga I want there to be a solid universe (I think I can happily ignore movies two and three as they just weren't any good)
Am I making any sense....? Or am I just being a dumbass, one who can't simply enjoy both universes for the sake of entertainment...? I am after all a sad Trek-head, and continuity is a painfully significant issue.... So help me, waddo I do...?
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The only thing is with AP doing a TV series, he'll probably have trouble fitting in a full length movie with it, especially as the series is new and he's the main star, can't exactly write him away for a few episodes, if he does sign then it means either the series is cancelled, during it's hiatus or he's going to attempt both at once, but then he also wants to get away from the stereotyping of being MacLeod I think...
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AFAIK, the series is already over. I think it ran 5 seasons. Then there was a spin-off with Amanda in it called...Raven...I think. It lasted for about half a season IIRC. Never saw it though. Supposedly it wasn't so much about the Immortals as it was about her doing some kind of detective work.
Why is it that the third movie now never happened? Is it because Conner was still the only Immortal around in that movie? Or because it messes with the series' timeline?
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Takes place after Highlander's Sixth Season. Jim Byrnes did a guest sting one episode as Dawson. Ended after one year. Easily forgetable (especially Amanda's hair).
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I think she did but it was a flop. They tried doing something totally different and expected the audience to accept it.
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Vogon's right. I'm so confused with this franchise that it doesn't seem to matter any more. There may be some that say Highlander (The movie, the first and original), is Highlander, all the other movies and series spin-offs never happened.
It's all a matter of perspective on how you view continuity and such things. Exactly like Trek.
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They really need to wipe the slate, say it was all Conners tortured dreams, and start over, bringing back Connery, bring in Paul and write a decent script for a change.
The series was pretty good, had some excellent eps, but all of the movies after the first one really blew chuncks. The last one was the best of the loast three, but it was a little hard to except.
The real problem is the Lambert looked bad in the last film. I don't what he's been doing, or maybe he's just older then I thought, but he looked bad for someone who doesn't age.
They could do a movie about Duncan's time with Native Americans. The episodes of the show that were set in that time, or refered to that time, were among my favorites.
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I'm confused...so Lambert's character still lives after the recent movie? Isn't he suppose to be dead?
I've watched the Highlander TV series and the Raven spinoff... and I rather liked the Highlander TV series more than the spinoff. It could be worse though, we could have 5 Highlander TV series and 9 movies to talk about...
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