Cant imagine anyone better fitting than Thomas Jane...

Looper Idris Elba, he looks Scottish!

Looper Donald trump.

I think Depp could pull it off. He's already got training in swordplay from PotC and he can nail down an accent.

He can play Kastigir. The guy who greets Macleod with a flask of booze.

Yes, makes perfect sense.

Exactly ! Thank you ! !

JDTV66 There should have been only one!

The third movie was alright.

JDTV66 i would say ninja turtles and robocop are up there too...

Police Academy

I think Ninja turtles is one of those movies we don't want to admit we actually saw and liked!!

Hearing you bro.

Ah the 80's, we had way too many good films to choose from.

Allmagic: You got that right. Highlander is probably my favorite movie of all time. I still get teary eyed thinking of him, knowing that he'll outlive all of his loves. That sure got to me: a man. I gave my theater recliner some teardrops during a few scenes in that movie. So much like my fav book: THE MIDNIGHT AT THE WELL OF SOULS. Real good read.

allmagicgy Nothing not even Highlander will be better than Blazing Saddles

Highlander...Terminator, Predator, Stripes, Police Academy, The Man with Two Brains, All of Me, Planes Trains and Automobiles, Ferris Beuller's Day Off, Airplane!, Gallipoli, Flash Gordon, The Right Stuff, King of Comedy, Chariots of Fire, Raging Bull, American werewolf in London, Family Vacation, Ghostbusters, and many more... :)

Christopher T Munro I think he's talking about Sean Connery

A Scot pretending to be Egyptian pretending to be Spanish teams up with a Frenchman pretending to be a Scot pretending to be an American against a guy from Ohio pretending to be Russian.

tbeller80 I thought he was Japanese!

Shit it Macleod. Im yoir daddy

It's almost as if they were acting?

The hostage in the car scene LMFAO still my favourite scene outta any movie

There can be only one Kurgan!

@@tanjawinter6492 "It's better to burn out, than fade away!!!!"

@@tanjawinter6492 yes

@@razor1uk610 yup

As I said to another poster in this thread: 'twas the only time I nearly became one of those idiots who yells shit at the cinema screen...

I'm not going to lie, I was one of those idiots that night. one of the guys that went with us (it was a bunch of college buddies) left the theater in the opening sci-fi sequence, convinced we had gone in the wrong theater in the multi-plex.

Only you can make you angry

I can't deny that I excel at it.

What happened was this: After Connor took Kurgan's head and The Prize, he celebrated by eating way too much haggis washed down with Glenmorangie, and HIGHLANDER II: The Quickening was the resultant drunken nightmare!

SD I had such a crush on Adrian Paul, I called in sick just to watch the show.

Still is? What's he doin' these days?

That's what I got from it. He's re-animated over and over again and spends lifetimes under different cultures and languages. I know a few people who don't feel they belong to any one country and their voice goes along with that. Born in South Africa, raised in Germany, living for decades in New York but still traveling the world in his work. I can't pin it down.

No, it doesn't. If the weird accent came later in the film that'd be true, but he had the weird accent in Scotland too.

@@ianmacfarlane1241 No, he has a crap Scots accent in the 16th century scenes, and then his own weird part French part American accent in the present.

@@skepticalbadger There was very little attempt at anything remotely resembling a Scottish accent - just like Connery didn't bother with trying a Spanish accent. It was just Christopher Lambert's weird accent from start to finish.

landscape detective THE 2&3 HIGHLANDER STORYS WERE SO SCREWED UP ALONG WITH FILMOGRAPHY... STUDIOS IN 2 MUCH OF A HURRY 2 GET IT OUT THEIR BACK IN THE DAY...I TRULYUV HIGHLANDER MOVIES & TV...BUT SUM SHIT GOT F'ED UP BACK THEN... LUV LAMBERT & PAUL...THEY MADE THE Characters REAL 2 ME. :)

Hi Melanie Misel. Thanks for your response. Yes, I agree with you - the 2nd and 3rd films were pretty poor. I think it was a case of 'sequel-itis'; the production machine deciding that as Highlander had been a success then they'd better get a sequel made pretty damned pronto to cash in, hence the deplorable 2nd film. I admit that I have never seen any of the series so I can't comment on those but it's nice to see that you obviously enjoyed them :) The reason why I stated that there was no need to make any sequels was that the original story and character of MacLeod calibrates exactly with the classic archetypal heroic myth, which has been told and retold since the days of ancient Egypt (possibly even earlier). The archetypal hero (or heroine) is always someone whose past and destiny are shrouded in mystery. His journey towards enlightment begins with one catalysing event (in the case of MacLeod it was surviving The Kurgan's initial attack and then being expelled from his clan) that forever changes the way he views the world. The hero obtains a guide, a person who has skills or knowledge that he will impart to the hero, preparing the hero for the trials to come. So when the guide later disappears or dies (Ramirez is beheaded) the hero has then to draw on the skills he has acquired from his guide to complete his quest. Ultimately the hero will face his own symbolic death and resurrection (as did MacLeod when he achieves his prize) before becoming part of something bigger than himself (Macleod rejoins humanity). Through his journey and self-sacrifice the hero attains not only enlightenment but self-determination. He is, in effect, reborn. If you're interested, look for Joseph Campbell's fascinating book 'The Hero with a Thousand Faces', which goes into great detail about the journey of the hero and shows that this same basic tale has been told countless times before and is still being retold to this day. Think of Luke Skywalker, for one example. Sadly Hollywood doesn't understand the concept that 'less is more' and is always looking for the next big buck to be made, hence the frequent and, in my opinion, needless sequels to tales that have already been completed. I've always favoured the 'leave them wanting more' approach. I really enjoyed my brief time on Highlander. Lambert was a decent guy who chatted to us extras and wasn't caught up in the whole 'Star' thing and he had a wicked sense of humour. You may recall at the start of the film there is a swordfight in the underground car park (supposedly set beneath Madison Sq Gardens) in which MacLeod decapitates another immortal. The stand-in for the actual decapitation was a really short guy called Norman (can't remember his surname, sorry) who had this fake set of shoulders and head built over his upper torso and shoulders. That decapitation scene was shot several times as Lambert really went for it on each take, consequently quite a few swords were damaged. I believe they used heavy cast aluminium replacements rather than risk damaging a real Katana. Well, there's one of the tricks of the trade for you :) Cheers and let's hope the planned remake will do justice to the original.

landscape detective; we are envious of you as all fuck. Please do not torture us with more production stories, as we are all sick with jealousy. : (

Fair point, thedys70, I'll just and mumble to myself in the corner LOL. Cheers

That was a pretty cost effective way of filming a decapitation. Now, I have to look at Norman's short arms, compared to the elongated torso.

Agree. But I also don't recognize the 2nd. That was just a mess.

Though they phrase it differently every fan that I've ever spoken with say the exact same thing you did.

+TheCinder24 Basically every Highlander fan's attitude toward the franchise.

That sums up the Highlander Franchise. Highlander 1; and then the Series is the real sequel. that's it.

@@tnndll4294 I see the TV show as an alternate Universe where what you say happens and Connor dies so Duncan can move on and win the Prize (whenever that will be). Real Time line is Quickening is happening in Movie 1 and Connor wins the prize. Anything filmed after that should have been a prequel, like Start Wars. I read the TV show was a prequel and centered around Connor but Lambert baikled and the show was all ready to go and written. No not lose investment a new Highlander was created and rest is history. So depending on which way they want to go, any Reboot must include DUNCAN, and he IS the winner of the Prize not Connor. Or the other Timeline where Connor is the winner of the Prize after survuving and victorious during the Gathering, and Duncan never makes it to the Gathering. That is how mixed up the franchise is.

@Johnny Dominguez He even uttered the line "Bond, James Bond" in one of the Highlander episodes.

He looked like Sean Connery but he was born in ENGLAND. HE is a beautiful mix of English and,Italian. He has an English accent but he can do others. He was on beauty and the beast as,a doomed,Russian sailor.

LarryC213. You are a Genius, because you are Absolutely correct! I agree like 1,000%

Fans of movies period, should never speak of the second movie. I think the CIA should interrogate terrorists by having them watch Highlander 2 repeatedly.

What second movie? There... I proved your point.

Or Third.... There can only be one!!!

Yes! You are so right my friend. Real, True, fans do not speak of such things!!!

What are you talking about? There was no second movie.

Who Wants to Live Forever.

YOU feel old for watching the TV show as a kid? I watched the original movie with my wife!

@@millwaterpublishing1387 I was in diapers back then.

Me too, Andrew. I'm 27 and I watched this since I was like 10. I even used it in a performance.

Be happy you were a KID when you watched it. 😂 🤣

As he says when questioned about where his accent comes from: "Lots of different places."

Exactly, right? I don't know why the video makes into such a mystery

They did the same in the series (on purpose this time) he had a weird, not quite, American accent.

It wasn't weird for that reason it was because neither of the actors could do Scottish a accent. I've never seen a film with someone doing a Scottish accent that sounds Scottish.

Exactly......I was thinking the same thing.

Nah. the series was great. Methos brought a philosophical dimension. Amanda was fun. the Watchers were a good addition.

@@tnndll4294 No

@@tnndll4294 yeah I liked the series. Conner and Duncan were both cool. Better than the movies... besides the first.

@@scrotesukesackamura8369 Duncan > Connor.

I watched and liked the series, but the original movie, there's nothing like it. And the story works best as a one time movie. The romantic origin story is the best part of the movie.

Def

Kevin Sorbo > Dwayne Johnson.

Fax

@Somewon Yuno couldn't have said it better

Highlander 2: The Sickening. or Highlander 2: There Should Have Only Been One. Both were popular taglines in the online board community back then. :)

@Somewon Yuno Seriously. Does anyone know what the hell happened with that movie? How does that even happen?!

The third one wasn't much of an apology but rather a shitting on your face while you're already down.

No no. There was HIGHLANDER. Then HIGHLANDER II: THE SICKENING. Then HIGHLANDER III: THE APOLOGY

You can watch the series on Hulu, good sir. I have been slowly going through the series on there myself. It is still very enjoyable.

You can buy the complete series on Amazon and Ebay

The TV series SUCKED!!!!!

We obviously have a difference of opinion. No worries. To his his or her own. Peace.

Christopher was in the pilot to "pass on the torch". I really enjoyed the series till S6 but the films were iffy. I love the first. Hate 2. Enjoy 3. Enjoyed 4 but noticed too many issues with production. Loathed part 5 more than 2.

That soundtrack was magnificent. So many amazing songs.

Agreed! The Kergan will always be up there.... You must respect his ability to follow the rules, though...."Holey Ground Highlander"

Yea... I can't imagine anyone else yelling "I've got something to say... it's better to burn out, than to fade away!!!" while in the middle of a cathedral. Well, that and trying to imagine the missing scene with "...Candy."

"Nuns, no sense of humour"

"Hello Pretty..."

the kurgen my favorite, Clancy Brown nailed it

Shhh There is only one ;)

LOL. Seven Crux. You should put that on a t-shirt. Nice one! I very much doubt the remake will stop at only one either.

And my it be Duncan MacLeod.

CONNOR! F**k Duncan, lameass poser wannabe. don't tell him i said that.

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and we all heard why.

Yeah well he sure did enough of them tho

But did you watch the Renegade version? 🤔

@@alm2187 Renegade version is still shit. There was no point to any sequels and series unless you forget the first film happened in the first place. Connor MacLeod won the Prize. Even if we ignore Highlander 2 and jump straight to 3, the excuse of Kane being sealed in a freaking cave for centuries is contrived at best. And then we have the series where there's so many immortals that it's become a complete joke, but I was a teenager when it aired and it was fun (if cheesy) so I watched it. And then you had Highlander:Endgame where they killed off Connor MacLeod with the ridiculous excuse of some massively powerful immortal who's killed hundreds more immortals than either Connor or Duncan (who've also killed hundreds...damn, how did they ever maintain secrecy?) and that Connor sacrifices himself to allow Duncan the power to win. Urrgh! I found out there's a fifth movie, but screw it - that franchise is dead to me.

Any movie sequel. Yes, stay away. Even the movies about the series. stay away from those. Only highlander 1 and the Series are good.

@Kenneth Boyer The franchise should have done what Lucas did with Star Wars - prequels. Focus on Connor / Kurgan clashes and Immortal plotlines (including Methos, Duncan, Ramirez, etc) that lead up to Highlander film and the final clash between Connor and Kurgan

The original writer started it but was completely disgusted with all the weird shit they wanted to add and jumped ship. Met Peter Bellwood by accident in Hollywood at his home while he was having a yard sale. Very interesting man.

So called "the oldest Immortal" but in truth one of 4 oldest...

Yess! Also my favourite!

pfft the tv show was AMAZING - Adrian Paul started off with some rough acting but improved greatly throughout the series. There were some great characters. I would totally watch it now.

The series has a many cool characters.

the spinoff tv show shouldn't have been about Amanda, should've been about Methos....sooooo many flashbacks could've been done!

"By the way, Ricky, I watched the Highlander movie. It was shit!" - Jean Girard

tell me a movie of this genre that is not shit for you

areasevenpro, that is 100% true! I think you will also find Queen also won the Academy award for best sound track ever made.

no it was best movie for that year not ever made

According to Terry Gascay, HighLander wins every movie Award. This is my #1 movie, even have fantasy dreams about it.

Ýùp

Endgame was nice. Plus, we got duncan and connar together in that one. Really, that should've been the bookend movie. But we know how hollywood is about franchises. Throw out stuff in attempts at cash-grabs on the series name.

Terri, I wish they had the whole thing on HD. Especially the episode "Homeland" which is the best one in my opinion. The Kallas Arc of episodes (which introduced Methos) would be the 2nd best.

@@tnndll4294 "Terri, I wish they had the whole thing on HD." Unfortunately this will likely never happen. A lot of work actually has to be done to remaster old shows and movies in HD. Much of the special effects have to actually be redone (The HD remaster for buffy the vampire slayer TV show is universally panned for the shortcuts they took in remastering it). Maybe if the remake comes out and regenerates popularity, I just don't the investment would be justified with the potential return.

Loved the Neil young quote by the kurgen.

yeah they should have listened to him too! maybe he should have taken over soundtrack duties after Queen!

Though it's odd now that the years have passed to think of "Mr. Crabs" from Spongebob saying the line. XD

twomindz79: The Kurgan's gone, but he's not forgotten....

It was also a nice ref to Rock of ages by Def Leppard. ;)

Geek Mate got old almost as soon as it started

Dane Martin that.. or he had a phone in every room of his house(s), from the boatloads of money he made from the Bond movies, and other films.. but mostly the bond movies..

I thought that at the time. Why they making this Raven thing when Methos is easily the most interesting character?

Amanda was a good choice, too. It just failed on bad execution - certainly not due to EW Gracen.

bad ass line ever😀

...And his name is Methos.

But WHY can there be only one anyway? I hate to chose and cannot decide :C

It worked for me because he was re-animated so many times in so many cultures, he'd pick up the local language and an accent. And he drank the same unique brand of malt scotch as I do, because it's distilled 5 km from my relatives' village.

Zirconium Arthiritis I just saw SPLIT and James Mcavoy was awesome in that. I don't know how I don't remember having seen him before. I have to agree with you I think he would make a great Connor MacLeod

Nope, Sam Heughan from Outlander needs to be the new Connor Mc cloud

...Gerard Butler would be better.

I would likely prefer a "unknown"...by that, I mean someone who is not known in cinema, but is well known on stage...and of course, is well known for their skill in acting and have done a decent range in parts, from the madman to the joker to the lover to the cad...and shades in between. And let a new face carry on the legacy. Kind of like they do with the Bond series of movies. Yes, some were bad choices...but the latest is awesome IMO (yeah, he was well known by that point)... Something like Patrick Stewart, who became Jean Luc Picarde...a "Frenchmen with an English accent"....Yeah, doesn't compute.... But he was a great actor for that part, the series itself proof of the way he played the character overall, despite obvious accent issues going on there. Jonathan Franks spoke better French in that series, which makes it even more perturbing when I think about it. Damnit! Still good actors...and that's what I really want...and a decent story that can arc over a few movies. And of course, doesn't F**K with cannon. Star Trek remake, putting a Chinese dude in the part of what was a Japanese part and think the audience wouldn't care. I did. I hated that. Good actor, but I hated that they could not find an actual Japanese actor to play that part. Still bugs me. Well, the whole "reboot" still bugs me to be honest. Added bonus, they have to have real skills with the sword...Something like Episode 1 of Star Wars, the saber choreography was well done. Episode 4? Obi Wan and Vader sure had a serious case of old age arthritis I think. Please do not mention EP 7 and 8...I am still trying to process how much that stunned me...in a bad way...that I don't want to talk about.... Anyway...yeah...unknown good actor, can do the moves of someone capable of wielding a Claymore in the early years to his signature Katana in modern time. Be proficient in both, and be able to look and play the part of a Scotsman from that period. Gotta be a bunch of those in Scotland to fit that part.

Panthror I Loved Roger Daltrey's part in Highlander! I loved most of the movies and TV shows! I envy you your collection! Enjoy! 😉

FYC's Roland Gift says hi

And Superman is not Superman without John Williams.

Nothing is anything without john williams

You got that right, brother.

I don't know. Michael Giacchino does a pretty damn good job as replacement.

@@StudioArtFX good point!...

Myopia is ALSO known as NEARSIGHTEDNESS

Paul Gee. You, I agree with. There could NOT be in, Noway, form or fashion that this series (HIGHLANDER) was Anything like xena warrior princess or Hercules the legendary journeys! Hercules and Xena were sorry mistakes of a horrible series Adventure/Action series ever made in my years of watching television and I watch alot of television, so I know what I am saying! I sometimes even critic some of the movies and the television series my self at all times, I just like watching movies and then criticism them when I'm done!!!

I think you mean "abominations" as they fucked up the story pretty badly, if they were "abortions" they would have never happened.

you never met my drill Sgt at Swinderby, this is a f@@@ing abortion was his favourite expletive

Series got GOOD starting with season 3. Watch it if you can.

I think the intro of The Watchers is what gave the show some needed depth.

Yeah, sorry, but the Adrian Paul series is the best version of Highlander... and maybe the movie, Endgame, that came out of it.

bob croft Right On, so sick of crap remakes.

All you people who keep harping on Lambert's myopia being "only" nearsightedness; at that time, severe myopia was NOT correctable by contacts(I should know, being legally blind in the right eye without corrective lenses, having attempted to get contacts back then, and being told I couldn't). Not everyone can wear contacts, even now. The man didn't say he wouldn't wear them, he said he COULDN'T wear them; drop the bullshit and let the matter rest

truee

bfg2600 what year was it in

came out in 2007 it is based on tv series

Well said. I got rid of my pre-ordered DVD copy of The Source on eBay as fast as I could. Absolutely awful movie that should not have been made.

Unfortunately I have to agree 😭😭

Highlander 2 sucked. How can they change the lore after the first one? It would be like superman 2 but superman wasn’t from krypton they decide to make him be from the future.

It was the only time I've ever contemplated being one of those idiots that yells abuse at the cinema screen...

I saw it once. When it came out. All I remember fully is Connery's "going out like a badass" scene.

thus why the rest of the franchise does not acknowledge it. lol. Just pretend the third is the second movie.

Agreed. I saw it in the theater (I was, maybe, 17?) and left feeling like I'd just dropped acid. Thank God tickets were about $2.50 back then! Ahhh, the good old days...

Vention1MGTOW Did you watch Highlander 5? I'm yet to decide which one's the worst.

I really liked the anime even though there was some mystical aspects to it I still feel like it was a good addition to the series

They had phones back then

Jack Bits Lol, I don't think a lot of young people realize that there was phones in a time before cell phones.

neoasura in fact land lines were a hell of a lot clearer

Bathrooms very very common to record vocals due to the natural echoe chamber . Many classic albums have been recorded there . The doors classic album la woman was done in 1970 with jim morrison singing in the bathroom .

It was recorded on a telephone, not an iphone. The telephone was invented in the 1800's. What is there to doubt?