Fannish Fifty #34: Highlander (reboot yay!)
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elaynaI loved Highlander the first time I saw it. I won't claim it's great cinema, but it's an solid B action movie with a fabulous soundtrack. And the Queen album Some Kind of Magic is one of my favorites.
The follow-up movies, some good, some incredibly painful and horrible. It's a franchise that's always had my affection, despite its missteps.
I really enjoyed the TV series until the last season. Adrian Paul, so hot. All the various takes on immortality and what it would mean to live so long, very interesting. Stan Kirsch killing himself, still so heartbreaking.
Eh, less thrilled about The Raven spinoff. There might have been an animated series? I didn't see it.
I was definitely fannish about the franchise, though I never read a lot of the fanfic. Now I wonder why I didn't fall into Duncan/Methos, because they were definitely appealing.
The reboot is in pre-production. I saw first that Henry Cavill would play Connor, seems an excellent choice. Looking today at the rest of the cast... Russell Crowe in the Sean Connery role of Ramirez. I assume he will do a better Spanish accent, since he can't do worse. (Though Sean being a Spaniard with a Scottish accent is one of the movie's charms imo.) Karen Gillan as Connor's love Heather, she can nail a Scottish accent. Dave Bautista filling Clancy Brown's role as the Kurgan. Hmmm. He's certainly big and powerful, will he be as good being evil? Can anyone be as good at evil as Clancy?
My biggest hope is that they decide to keep the level of 'cut away as the sword is raised and of course, there's no blood afterwards.' Highlander 2 had to show those rolling heads, one of the reasons it was horrible.
And I hope some nod to the original music, everyone should watch Freddie being the consummate showman he was.
I don't know when it's coming out, but unless there's something incredibly weird about the trailer, I will be there first week.
The follow-up movies, some good, some incredibly painful and horrible. It's a franchise that's always had my affection, despite its missteps.
I really enjoyed the TV series until the last season. Adrian Paul, so hot. All the various takes on immortality and what it would mean to live so long, very interesting. Stan Kirsch killing himself, still so heartbreaking.
Eh, less thrilled about The Raven spinoff. There might have been an animated series? I didn't see it.
I was definitely fannish about the franchise, though I never read a lot of the fanfic. Now I wonder why I didn't fall into Duncan/Methos, because they were definitely appealing.
The reboot is in pre-production. I saw first that Henry Cavill would play Connor, seems an excellent choice. Looking today at the rest of the cast... Russell Crowe in the Sean Connery role of Ramirez. I assume he will do a better Spanish accent, since he can't do worse. (Though Sean being a Spaniard with a Scottish accent is one of the movie's charms imo.) Karen Gillan as Connor's love Heather, she can nail a Scottish accent. Dave Bautista filling Clancy Brown's role as the Kurgan. Hmmm. He's certainly big and powerful, will he be as good being evil? Can anyone be as good at evil as Clancy?
My biggest hope is that they decide to keep the level of 'cut away as the sword is raised and of course, there's no blood afterwards.' Highlander 2 had to show those rolling heads, one of the reasons it was horrible.
And I hope some nod to the original music, everyone should watch Freddie being the consummate showman he was.
I don't know when it's coming out, but unless there's something incredibly weird about the trailer, I will be there first week.
