I kinda feel the accent suited him, because as he said he is from lots of places, and when you travel and live in many areas it screws with the accent you develop. Stay in one place long enough and your accent will start adapting to where you are. This isn't just out of habit, but by copying the locals way of saying things it makes it easier to communicate with them.
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.
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.
@@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.
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.
I was an extra in the first 'Highlander' feature film. Didn't make the theatrical release, but I was in the Director's Cut...for all of a second! Still, it was a great experience, a lot of hard work and a we had a some good laughs along the way. We filmed at Jacob Street studios, South London. I'm curious to see what they'll do with the remake, but I doubt they'll leave it at just the one film, which they should have done with the original. There was no need to make any sequels as the original story was complete in itself.
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.
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.
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... :)
@@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.
Thanks for doing this one you guys. The first Highlander movie and Total Recall or two of my absolute favorite movies as a kid, and I was fortunate to be able to see both at the theater.
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.
I cannot watch a video about Highlander w/o recalling my fury in the theater when watching "The Quickening". I will repeat now what I said then, when "discovering" they were aliens sent to earth as punishment for participating in a rebellion: "did these assholes even SEE the first movie?!?!?" am I to believe that Connor MacLeod's parents just thought they raised him from a baby when in fact he arrived on earth as an adult ? and if they were all banished at the same time, how has Ramirez been around for centuries before meeting MacLeod ? enough. I'm getting angry all over again.
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.
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!
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.
@@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.
@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.
The TV series actually had some pretty good moments, and I actually enjoyed Endgame, which made it so mystifying to me that The Source could be the piece of garbage that it was. The closer they stayed to the original concept, the better, but they kept insisting on doing weird science-fiction crap instead of low-key urban fantasy.
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.
The Series picks up from season 3, to be one of the best-written shows on TV, exploring incredibly deep themes about Honour and Loyalty. It's sad that Adrian's spin-off films were warped so badly by producers.
While Clancy Brown's portrayal of The Kurgan is hailed as one of the greatest villains of all time, he nearly didn't accept the role due to an allergic reaction to makeup.
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."
I rewatched Highlander (the original movie) for the first time in a long time. It's cheesier than I remembered, but still good overall. It's particular scenes that excel to the point where they cancel out all the bad elements. Pretty much everything with Connery was a joy to watch. The brief, yet somehow touching lifetime spent with Heather is perfectly backed by one of my all-time favourite songs ("Who wants to live forever"). The love scene shot as a sensual silhouette, is very memorable (is that coined from another film, or did the director have a stroke of brilliance? - I would love to know).
I loved the 1st movie and used to really enjoy the TV series with Adrian Paul. Gotta love a good sword fight!!!! Also having Christopher Lambert drop in for a guest star role every now and again was a bonus. Wish I could find it on DVD to watch it again just for fun!!!
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.
actually the random accent goes really well with the role because he has adapted to so many..either he would take the time to learn them all and be able to switch between them, or not take the time, in which case he would have an accent you won't hear anywhere else...a combination of all of them. It's not unusual for a person with a unique age to have a unique accent
I was always amazed that almost every episode of the tv series was better than ALL of the movies, except for the first movie. And yet the movies were given more time and a bigger budget. I always thought that Adrian Paul would have made a very good James Bond. He had the Scottish accent and he looked like he could have been Sean Connery's son. Just my opinion.
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.
The first Highlander was Saturday afternoon fun, especially with Clancy Brown raging through as the Kurgan. The second and third sequels were just difficult to understand. Even fantasy worlds have to have some order. The fourth one with Mario Van Peebles wasn't too bad.
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.
When I first saw the sequel, I was sure it had been made by someone who hadn't seen the original. The change in the characters' background was unacceptably ridiculous.
Original film was a great concept. The sequel makes me want to vomit still. What I have wished for ever since that rancid cheesy dick of a Quickening was for someone (please!) to make the back story to 2000 years of Ramirez' life. There is such vast scope for a picaresque historical romp with deep human issues as seen through the immortal eyes of the Spanish Peacock - kind of like how Flashman used to dovetail in a way. The Kyrgan
The highlander quest for vengeance anime is excellent, and has a lot of interesting metophors (bad guy represents centralized empires and the main character individual freedom, just to name one), about human society and how to uplift it. The only part that I feel is weak is the added layer of spirituality and reincarnation, but on the other hand it's about immortals doing battle, so whatever. Great movie, great animation, probably even my favorite out of all the highlander movies and series out there.
Highlander 2 was the absolute most god awful horrible movie I've ever seen in all 52 of my years. I can't even describe how horrible it was. I felt insulted and betrayed when it started and it got worse all the way to the end.
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...
Highlander was never meant to have sequels, yet as is the trend, they tried to milk it for all it was worth. Still one of my top movies of all time, and I completely dismiss the sequels.
Went with my late dad, Pace in Requiem, to see the Highlander II sequel in the theatre opening Friday night. We were megafan's of the first movie. This was back when movie theaters had tiny mini-viewing "home theatre" sized cubby hole venues in shopping malls. Like suddenly three "big" cinemas turned into like... twelve... Anyhoo, we're watching all the opening stuff with the outer space stuff - it's like me and my dad and like only four other people - and we had noooo ideal what was happening! Like, it was so cray, the original theatrical cut - so like honest to God, two minutes in, my dad, he goes - "Son? Are we in the right show? Go OUTSIDE - and check if we're in the RIGHT CINEMA!" - I had to actually go out and confirm that the poster was indeed there outside our theatre room. Some guy was sweeping popcorn in the foyer and he smiled and nodded knowingly - like as if to say um I wasn't like the first one that day who'd asked him if it was *really* the movie playing that we'd actually paid to see! We stayed of course, hoping against hope that something half-decent would somehow magically appear on the screen at some point. We're driving home and my dad's shaking his head - "Son! There AIN'T gonna be no Highlander III! Let me tell ya!" LOL I know my Dad is up in Heaven somewhere, breakin' Connery's balls over resorting to playing in this debacle. Zardoz was epic compared to this drivel, like WTF
I think Highlander the source was the worst thing I have ever seen in my life. Words can not explain how bad this movie is. You think Highlander 2 is bad, the source makes Highlander 2 seem like a freaking masterpiece of cinema. I have to go drink a bunch to kill some brain cells to help forget the horrible memories of watching Highlander the source, I feel dirty just mentioning it.
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.
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
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.
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!!!
The original Highlander was a classic absolute grateful. I remember seeing it on a huge screen with first came out in San Francisco in 1986. One of my favorite films ever.
Love the first Highlander movie, and the music of Queen; However, this narrator needs to stop misleading people that they're is still unreleased music from the movie that are COMPLETE songs; " A kind of Magic, " the movie version, finally got it's official release in 2011 on the album remaster of the same name; Extended versions of " Don't lose your head " are also now available. The snippet of Queen performing New York, New York is just that, and only that. The Band NEVER finished a full version as it was a spontaneous moment in the studio. The only piece of music, or in this case, an alternate version, is " Who wants to live forever," which in the movie, Freddie sings the entire song, as opposed to the " A kind of Magic version, " Which has it's composer, Brian May, singing the first verse and other counter-point vocals. That's all folks.
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.
Ugh, those clips from "The Source" are so painful. Who at the time would have guessed that "Highlander 2: The Quickening" wasn't even the worst potential offering from the franchise?!
The Renegade version of Highlander 2 is the true directors cut. He did it against the wishes of the studio because he hated how their interference fucked the movie up.
I'm for a reboot of the concept..... Although Highlander is Holey Ground, there is enough room in history to do some amazing shit without rehashing the same story. I think Net Flicks would be a good rout for a series.
I always thought the unusual accent suited him as an immortal... some of the things he says do sound French, some Scottish, and a lot of it you just can't nail down, when Lambert speaks in person he does sound very French, but his on screen accent has always been a little more unique. It's also a myth that he spoke almost no English during the first Highlander...he actually spoke quite well just with a thick accent and he generally spoke slower not because he didn't know but because he didn't use much until his career took off in the States. He did a TV interview with an American journalist right after Tarzan and before Highlander in which he speaks English just as good as in Highlander.
I would like to see a Watchers chronicle series. Story lines could go back to the first recordings of immortals showcasing different characters in different eras of time.
Lol, "Connery is holding the script in one hand and the phone in the other". We didn't have smartphones back when Highlander was released. So unless you're suggesting he called in the recording, then there's no way that happened. He likely used a tape recorder.
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..
The guy couldn’t speak English and they tried to get him to do a Scottish accent....this isn’t charming or unusual....it was ludicrous and jarring and they were just lucky that the plot gave them an out for it. Highlander just makes me sad. The premise could have been wonderful, the original movie....and yeah even the tv series had some great ingredients....great actors(no I am NOT counting Sean “pay it into my on call account” Connery in that-that performance was phoned in in more than one way!) Clancy Brown ate the scenery in the BEST way as the Kurgan, a great plot device- they couldn’t be killed except by beheading with swords, and they absorbed their victims power via the “quickening”, AND they were killing each other in a “great game” for some “prize” but none of them knew what it meant...what this “great prize” was!! (The tv series got to explore this a little more with different characters- Methos for example....the “eldest” who had gotten tired of running and fighting for some undefined goal and who just said, “enough” and walked away from it all-and building more of a world, however hamfistedly), they had QUEEN ffs!.........and what did they do? They produced a mishmash of almost unintelligible dialogue and lots of cool sword fights. A Scotsman played a Portuguese nobleman who was born in Egypt.....and frankly, still sounded Scottish....a damn sight more than the lead did anyway! I like “Highlander” but in a weird way, it’s not this Highlander....it’s the Highlander that COULD have been, that they could so easily have made with the resources they had.
Clancy Brown was amazing as the Kurgan. When you think about it, that character shouldn't have worked because he's just a very cliched pure evil villain who only does bad things to be evil. But Clancy Brown put so much personality and joy in his performance that made him so fun to watch that you didn't care if he was two dimensional.
I have all 5 movies, the TV series including "The Raven" and animated series, and the anime, can't wait for the next one. Another celebrity who had a recurring guest role was The Who's Roger Daltrey as Hugh Fitzcairn, one of the funniest characters on the show.
I collected the whole 6 seasons of The Highlander with Adrian Paul on VHS. It made me a member of the Fan Club and I got tons of stuff from them like Swords, clothes, posters, mugs, etc.
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.
"I am Connor MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod. I was born in 1518 in the village of Glenfinnan on the shores of Loch Shiel. And I am immortal." "A-hahaha, what a story, Connor."
"I am Connor MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod. I was born in 1518 in the village of Glenfinnan on the shores of Loch Shiel. And I am immortal - Oh hi, Mark!"
"If your head comes away from your neck, it's all over." "Seems to me that you're the EXPERT, Ramirez!" "Anyway, how's your sex life?" "ETERNAL!" "I got my test results from the doctor today. I'm definitely immortal!"
solokom One only seen pieces of that "film" but if you already watched "The Room", them may I suggest the Rifftrax version where the original MST3K guys poke fun at it?
probably the worst moment of the TV series for me was when Duncan Macleod had a cold, and he "admitted" to his love interest at the time that he could get sick... he just wouldn't die from it. so all this time of him hopping from bed to bed, we unconsciously gave him a pass because we thought his little immortal was perfectly sterile, but now it turns out he's probably responsible for spreading more std's than (fill in name of sexual athlete here). did the writers consider that? Adrian just probably showed up one day with the sniffles and they couldn't hold up production, but... wow
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
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 .
I actually always liked Highlander 2. Also Lambert's myopia actually helped to give him a cold detached creepy look in his eyes. Third, I watched the 2 films before the tv series which I also loved at the time and Lambert will always be THE ONE for me
thanks for the video. i loved the highlander movies and the series. When the series aired i was in my early twenties at home staying up, partying like crazy,. Some nights i would be home and watch the series along with other cheesy series in late night hours. Good times.
There were two more live action movies that you completely neglected to mention. One featured both Adrian Paul (Duncan Macleod) and Christopher Lambert (Connor Macleod) who team up, so to speak, against an immensely powerful and insanely evil Immortal. The other revolved around Duncan Macleod and and a small group of Immortals in a semi-apocalyptic futuristic setting and was a conclusion to the series. The 'mystery' of the Immortals was solved, along with the reasoning behind why "There can be only one."
Myopia? That just means he's near-sighted. Lots of us are! And (as the animated bit proved) he pronounces his last name *"Lam-BEAR"* as any Frenchman would. 5:37 "wild celebrity cameos"? Like the recurring part of Immortal *Xavier St. Cloud* played by *Fine Young Cannibals' lead singer Roland Gift?* How could you ignore him?
this never should have been a franchise, everything at the end of the first movie was screaming no sequel, everything else after that was just a rehash, there can only one and actually mean it.
Sheena Easton is Scottish and weirdly can't manage to do a Scottish accent. I remember everyone mercilessly taking the piss out of her terrible Mid-Atlantic accent, (rightly so), but then when required to actually sound Scottish, she could not do it. Incredible!!
If there can be only one... who would you cast as the next Highlander?
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.
I kinda feel the accent suited him, because as he said he is from lots of places, and when you travel and live in many areas it screws with the accent you develop. Stay in one place long enough and your accent will start adapting to where you are. This isn't just out of habit, but by copying the locals way of saying things it makes it easier to communicate with them.
Yes, makes perfect sense.
Exactly !
Thank you ! !
Highlander is a great example of what happens when you milk a single complete story into spin offs and sequels. And, oh yeah; THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!
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!!
True fans of the Highlander franchise do not speak of the second movie lol
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.
The weird, impossible to place accent totally fits the character.
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.
Only Hollywood could cast the most famous Scot in the world as a Spanish-Egyptian and then pass a Frenchman off as a MacLeod.
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?
I was an extra in the first 'Highlander' feature film. Didn't make the theatrical release, but I was in the Director's Cut...for all of a second! Still, it was a great experience, a lot of hard work and a we had a some good laughs along the way. We filmed at Jacob Street studios, South London. I'm curious to see what they'll do with the remake, but I doubt they'll leave it at just the one film, which they should have done with the original. There was no need to make any sequels as the original story was complete in itself.
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.
The original Highlander is one of the top ten greatest movies ever...
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... :)
Queen made that movie! The original Highlander was great but the soundtrack put it over the top. The same goes for Flash Gordon.
That soundtrack was magnificent. So many amazing songs.
Hard to ever replace Clancy as The Kurgan!
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
I love the original movie. Hate the sequels. Love the TV show with Adrian Paul.
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.
Thanks for doing this one you guys. The first Highlander movie and Total Recall or two of my absolute favorite movies as a kid, and I was fortunate to be able to see both at the theater.
There is only one Highlander film. No sequels, no series. Just 'Highlander'.
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.
There should have only been One
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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I cannot watch a video about Highlander w/o recalling my fury in the theater when watching "The Quickening".
I will repeat now what I said then, when "discovering" they were aliens sent to earth as punishment for participating in a rebellion:
"did these assholes even SEE the first movie?!?!?"
am I to believe that Connor MacLeod's parents just thought they raised him from a baby when in fact he arrived on earth as an adult ?
and if they were all banished at the same time, how has Ramirez been around for centuries before meeting MacLeod ?
enough. I'm getting angry all over again.
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!
If you've been alive for as long as MacLeoud has, its entirely possible to pick up a completely unplaceable mishmash of accents.
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.
Man Hercules and Xena were precious memories from my childhood! I love the damn 90s. Cheesy? FAR FROM IT! lol
Def
Kevin Sorbo > Dwayne Johnson.
Fax
There is only one Highlander, nothing more, there are a lot of " abortions " with the same name, but only one movie was ever done. ( Thats my fact )
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.
All I can say about the Highlander movie is "There can be only one!" DON'T go messing with it and rebooting it! It is good to go as it is!
god, i feel old. i remember watching the tv show when i was a kid. i still get pumped when i hear princes of the universe to this day.
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. 😂 🤣
Highlander, Highlander 2:The Mistake, and Highlander 3:The Apology
@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
The Series is one of my favorite shows of all time. Adrian Paul was (and still is) one of my favorite actors.
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?
For years and years and years I was told to never watch Highlander 2.
I watched it.
Please, never watch it!
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.
The TV series actually had some pretty good moments, and I actually enjoyed Endgame, which made it so mystifying to me that The Source could be the piece of garbage that it was. The closer they stayed to the original concept, the better, but they kept insisting on doing weird science-fiction crap instead of low-key urban fantasy.
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.
Just watch the epic original from 1986 and forget the rest. Who wants to live forever still gives me goosebumps after all these years.
The Series picks up from season 3, to be one of the best-written shows on TV, exploring incredibly deep themes about Honour and Loyalty. It's sad that Adrian's spin-off films were warped so badly by producers.
While Clancy Brown's portrayal of The Kurgan is hailed as one of the greatest villains of all time, he nearly didn't accept the role due to an allergic reaction to makeup.
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
I rewatched Highlander (the original movie) for the first time in a long time. It's cheesier than I remembered, but still good overall. It's particular scenes that excel to the point where they cancel out all the bad elements. Pretty much everything with Connery was a joy to watch. The brief, yet somehow touching lifetime spent with Heather is perfectly backed by one of my all-time favourite songs ("Who wants to live forever"). The love scene shot as a sensual silhouette, is very memorable (is that coined from another film, or did the director have a stroke of brilliance? - I would love to know).
I loved the 1st movie and used to really enjoy the TV series with Adrian Paul. Gotta love a good sword fight!!!! Also having Christopher Lambert drop in for a guest star role every now and again was a bonus. Wish I could find it on DVD to watch it again just for fun!!!
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.
actually the random accent goes really well with the role because he has adapted to so many..either he would take the time to learn them all and be able to switch between them, or not take the time, in which case he would have an accent you won't hear anywhere else...a combination of all of them. It's not unusual for a person with a unique age to have a unique accent
I was always amazed that almost every episode of the tv series was better than ALL of the movies, except for the first movie. And yet the movies were given more time and a bigger budget. I always thought that Adrian Paul would have made a very good James Bond. He had the Scottish accent and he looked like he could have been Sean Connery's son. Just my opinion.
@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%
The first Highlander was Saturday afternoon fun, especially with Clancy Brown raging through as the Kurgan. The second and third sequels were just difficult to understand. Even fantasy worlds have to have some order. The fourth one with Mario Van Peebles wasn't too bad.
Methos was the best thing about the tv show.
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!
When I first saw the sequel, I was sure it had been made by someone who hadn't seen the original. The change in the characters' background was unacceptably ridiculous.
Original film was a great concept. The sequel makes me want to vomit still. What I have wished for ever since that rancid cheesy dick of a Quickening was for someone (please!) to make the back story to 2000 years of Ramirez' life. There is such vast scope for a picaresque historical romp with deep human issues as seen through the immortal eyes of the Spanish Peacock - kind of like how Flashman used to dovetail in a way. The Kyrgan
Always enjoyed Adrian Paul in the series, which was a pretty big hit. 6 seasons ain't no joke.
According to Ricky Bobby, Highlander won the Academy Award for Best Movie Ever Made.
"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.
Highlander: Watch the first movie, forget everything else.
Ýùp
"i got something to say….it's better to burn out than to fade away"! (guess they should have listened to the kurgan and not milked this thing dry!!!)
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. ;)
"Father, forgive me, I am a worm." Dam the Kurgen was awesome. This movie cannot be remade. Its perfect in every way.
The highlander quest for vengeance anime is excellent, and has a lot of interesting metophors (bad guy represents centralized empires and the main character individual freedom, just to name one), about human society and how to uplift it. The only part that I feel is weak is the added layer of spirituality and reincarnation, but on the other hand it's about immortals doing battle, so whatever. Great movie, great animation, probably even my favorite out of all the highlander movies and series out there.
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE
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
wait...they are remaking highlander.......oh good god :(
why cant they just leave the classics alone!
bob croft Right On, so sick of crap remakes.
Highlander 2 was the absolute most god awful horrible movie I've ever seen in all 52 of my years. I can't even describe how horrible it was. I felt insulted and betrayed when it started and it got worse all the way to the end.
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.
But will the sequel feature Queen? Highlander is not Highlander without Queen, just like Star Wars is not Star Wars without John Williams.
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!...
This was the 1st movie that I saw that took its subject matter this serious. What w/d a man's life be as he lives through the last 5 centuries.
so that's it huh....we some kind of HIGHLANDER???? it never gets old
Geek Mate got old almost as soon as it started
Freddie Mercury was against Queen recording covers of any kind. He was even hesitant to coverThe Great Pretender as a solo artist.
and we all heard why.
Yeah well he sure did enough of them tho
Highlander final deminsion was a OK film had a sex scene that was memoriable
Highlander was never meant to have sequels, yet as is the trend, they tried to milk it for all it was worth. Still one of my top movies of all time, and I completely dismiss the sequels.
How is this the "untold" story about Highlander. Any mundane fan of Highlander knows all this by now.
Yaye someone's talking about Highlander!!!
Had they managed to make the "Methos series with peter wigfield", it would have been legendary! pitty he was already spoken for.
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.
As far a I'm concerned there is only one Highlander film.
Went with my late dad, Pace in Requiem, to see the Highlander II sequel in the theatre opening Friday night. We were megafan's of the first movie. This was back when movie theaters had tiny mini-viewing "home theatre" sized cubby hole venues in shopping malls. Like suddenly three "big" cinemas turned into like... twelve... Anyhoo, we're watching all the opening stuff with the outer space stuff - it's like me and my dad and like only four other people - and we had noooo ideal what was happening! Like, it was so cray, the original theatrical cut - so like honest to God, two minutes in, my dad, he goes - "Son? Are we in the right show? Go OUTSIDE - and check if we're in the RIGHT CINEMA!" - I had to actually go out and confirm that the poster was indeed there outside our theatre room. Some guy was sweeping popcorn in the foyer and he smiled and nodded knowingly - like as if to say um I wasn't like the first one that day who'd asked him if it was *really* the movie playing that we'd actually paid to see!
We stayed of course, hoping against hope that something half-decent would somehow magically appear on the screen at some point.
We're driving home and my dad's shaking his head - "Son! There AIN'T gonna be no Highlander III! Let me tell ya!" LOL
I know my Dad is up in Heaven somewhere, breakin' Connery's balls over resorting to playing in this debacle. Zardoz was epic compared to this drivel, like WTF
The original movie was great, everything else sucked balls.
Highlander 2 is probably one of the worse most franchise-anihilating movie I've seen in my life.
The TV series was flawless
@@dominon929 I liked the series. Duncan was cool. And the way they put them together was nice. Raven ruined it imo
I think Highlander the source was the worst thing I have ever seen in my life. Words can not explain how bad this movie is. You think Highlander 2 is bad, the source makes Highlander 2 seem like a freaking masterpiece of cinema. I have to go drink a bunch to kill some brain cells to help forget the horrible memories of watching Highlander the source, I feel dirty just mentioning it.
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.
If they did a remake of the original James McAvoy would be the best IMO, He's scottish so he has the accent and He's a good actor.
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.
The "Highlander" TV series was NOT like "Xena: Warrior Princess" OR Hercules: The Legendary Journeys".
Not even CLOSE.
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!!!
The original Highlander was a classic absolute grateful. I remember seeing it on a huge screen with first came out in San Francisco in 1986. One of my favorite films ever.
It sucks that Highlander 2 was so bad, because Michael Ironside was one of the best evil immortals of all time.
lol I loved the Highlander series. And Xena AND HERCULES. God I'm a nerd.
Love the first Highlander movie, and the music of Queen; However, this narrator needs to stop misleading people that they're is still unreleased music from the movie that are COMPLETE songs; " A kind of Magic, " the movie version, finally got it's official release in 2011 on the album remaster of the same name; Extended versions of " Don't lose your head " are also now available. The snippet of Queen performing New York, New York is just that, and only that. The Band NEVER finished a full version as it was a spontaneous moment in the studio. The only piece of music, or in this case, an alternate version, is " Who wants to live forever," which in the movie, Freddie sings the entire song, as opposed to the " A kind of Magic version, " Which has it's composer, Brian May, singing the first verse and other counter-point vocals. That's all folks.
I love the series with Adrian Paul. One of my top three series of all time
You talk funny Nash, where you from?
Lots of different places! Love it!
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.
Ugh, those clips from "The Source" are so painful. Who at the time would have guessed that "Highlander 2: The Quickening" wasn't even the worst potential offering from the franchise?!
The Renegade version of Highlander 2 is the true directors cut. He did it against the wishes of the studio because he hated how their interference fucked the movie up.
for highlander fans even if you hate anime just check out that anime movie...its just plain gorgeous and a pleasure to watch.
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
I'm for a reboot of the concept..... Although Highlander is Holey Ground, there is enough room in history to do some amazing shit without rehashing the same story. I think Net Flicks would be a good rout for a series.
I always thought the unusual accent suited him as an immortal... some of the things he says do sound French, some Scottish, and a lot of it you just can't nail down, when Lambert speaks in person he does sound very French, but his on screen accent has always been a little more unique.
It's also a myth that he spoke almost no English during the first Highlander...he actually spoke quite well just with a thick accent and he generally spoke slower not because he didn't know but because he didn't use much until his career took off in the States.
He did a TV interview with an American journalist right after Tarzan and before Highlander in which he speaks English just as good as in Highlander.
I would like to see a Watchers chronicle series. Story lines could go back to the first recordings of immortals showcasing different characters in different eras of time.
The first Highlander was awesome...everything else was, shall we say, not up to par. Though, admittedly, I did enjoy the TV series on occasions.
This was my favorite show as a kid and it still lays a special place in my heart (and queen does too)
Lol, "Connery is holding the script in one hand and the phone in the other".
We didn't have smartphones back when Highlander was released. So unless you're suggesting he called in the recording, then there's no way that happened. He likely used a tape recorder.
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..
The guy couldn’t speak English and they tried to get him to do a Scottish accent....this isn’t charming or unusual....it was ludicrous and jarring and they were just lucky that the plot gave them an out for it. Highlander just makes me sad. The premise could have been wonderful, the original movie....and yeah even the tv series had some great ingredients....great actors(no I am NOT counting Sean “pay it into my on call account” Connery in that-that performance was phoned in in more than one way!) Clancy Brown ate the scenery in the BEST way as the Kurgan, a great plot device- they couldn’t be killed except by beheading with swords, and they absorbed their victims power via the “quickening”, AND they were killing each other in a “great game” for some “prize” but none of them knew what it meant...what this “great prize” was!! (The tv series got to explore this a little more with different characters- Methos for example....the “eldest” who had gotten tired of running and fighting for some undefined goal and who just said, “enough” and walked away from it all-and building more of a world, however hamfistedly), they had QUEEN ffs!.........and what did they do? They produced a mishmash of almost unintelligible dialogue and lots of cool sword fights. A Scotsman played a Portuguese nobleman who was born in Egypt.....and frankly, still sounded Scottish....a damn sight more than the lead did anyway! I like “Highlander” but in a weird way, it’s not this Highlander....it’s the Highlander that COULD have been, that they could so easily have made with the resources they had.
Clancy Brown was amazing as the Kurgan. When you think about it, that character shouldn't have worked because he's just a very cliched pure evil villain who only does bad things to be evil. But Clancy Brown put so much personality and joy in his performance that made him so fun to watch that you didn't care if he was two dimensional.
I have all 5 movies, the TV series including "The Raven" and animated series, and the anime, can't wait for the next one.
Another celebrity who had a recurring guest role was The Who's Roger Daltrey as Hugh Fitzcairn, one of the funniest characters on the show.
Panthror I Loved Roger Daltrey's part in Highlander! I loved most of the movies and TV shows! I envy you your collection! Enjoy! 😉
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I collected the whole 6 seasons of The Highlander with Adrian Paul on VHS. It made me a member of the Fan Club and I got tons of stuff from them like Swords, clothes, posters, mugs, etc.
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.
So you think it can`t get any weirder? Leave it to Tommy Wiseau.
"I am Connor MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod. I was born in 1518 in the village of Glenfinnan on the shores of Loch Shiel. And I am immortal."
"A-hahaha, what a story, Connor."
"I am Connor MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod. I was born in 1518 in the
village of Glenfinnan on the shores of Loch Shiel. And I am immortal - Oh hi, Mark!"
"I did not hit Heather, I did nawwt, oh hi Ramirez"
"If your head comes away from your neck, it's all over."
"Seems to me that you're the EXPERT, Ramirez!"
"Anyway, how's your sex life?"
"ETERNAL!"
"I got my test results from the doctor today. I'm definitely immortal!"
solokom One only seen pieces of that "film" but if you already watched "The Room", them may I suggest the Rifftrax version where the original MST3K guys poke fun at it?
Queen album "a kind of magic" release in 1989, while "prince of the universe" is from "the works" 1986
probably the worst moment of the TV series for me was when Duncan Macleod had a cold, and he "admitted" to his love interest at the time that he could get sick... he just wouldn't die from it. so all this time of him hopping from bed to bed, we unconsciously gave him a pass because we thought his little immortal was perfectly sterile, but now it turns out he's probably responsible for spreading more std's than (fill in name of sexual athlete here). did the writers consider that? Adrian just probably showed up one day with the sniffles and they couldn't hold up production, but... wow
"...Lambert suffers from myopia..." or, in layman's terms, he's nearsighted.
Well, so is Johnny Depp !
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
i can say this and it is true.. THEY SHOULD NEVER HAVE MADE ANOTHER MOVIE!!!
"Myopia, a disorder that blurs the vision."
What a bizarre choice of wording. You think we need 'needing glasses' explaining to us?
Myopia is ALSO known as NEARSIGHTEDNESS
Highlander 2 was fucking weird. But as a highlander fan when it came out I had to see it.😭😭😭😞🤢🤢🤢
Paul Phillips Hot a free ticket from a radio show. Was I disappointed!
It always blows my mind that the guy who played The Kurgan, Clancy Brown, also voiced Mr Krabbs.
Christopher Lambert is still pretty damn hot.
Hey, It's a kinda magic...
thedys70 cute
in Subway too : a french movie.
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If you like that slick melted skin sliding off the face look, yeah, sure, why not?
i very much doubt sean connery recorded that intro on a phone in 1986
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?
now I need to go watch the highlander series opening theme
I actually always liked Highlander 2. Also Lambert's myopia actually helped to give him a cold detached creepy look in his eyes. Third, I watched the 2 films before the tv series which I also loved at the time and Lambert will always be THE ONE for me
thanks for the video. i loved the highlander movies and the series. When the series aired i was in my early twenties at home staying up, partying like crazy,. Some nights i would be home and watch the series along with other cheesy series in late night hours. Good times.
Suffers from myopia.... as if it's some form of rare affliction.... scraping the barrel...
GO TEAM VENTURE!
There were two more live action movies that you completely neglected to mention. One featured both Adrian Paul (Duncan Macleod) and Christopher Lambert (Connor Macleod) who team up, so to speak, against an immensely powerful and insanely evil Immortal. The other revolved around Duncan Macleod and and a small group of Immortals in a semi-apocalyptic futuristic setting and was a conclusion to the series. The 'mystery' of the Immortals was solved, along with the reasoning behind why "There can be only one."
The Kurgan was not an evil scotsman...he was russian...or from that area of ancient days...whatever Russia was called in ancient days
Shout out to Ryan Macklin's Katanas & Trenchcoats RPG. Inspired by this kind of 90s kitch
Myopia? That just means he's near-sighted. Lots of us are! And (as the animated bit proved) he pronounces his last name *"Lam-BEAR"* as any Frenchman would.
5:37 "wild celebrity cameos"? Like the recurring part of Immortal *Xavier St. Cloud* played by *Fine Young Cannibals' lead singer Roland Gift?* How could you ignore him?
Or freaking Roger "The Who" Daltry in a recurring role?
The tv series had one of the best intros of all time
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this never should have been a franchise, everything at the end of the first movie was screaming no sequel, everything else after that was just a rehash, there can only one and actually mean it.
yes
Sheena Easton is Scottish and weirdly can't manage to do a Scottish accent. I remember everyone mercilessly taking the piss out of her terrible Mid-Atlantic accent, (rightly so), but then when required to actually sound Scottish, she could not do it. Incredible!!