Comments on: Russell Mulcahy, “Highlander 2: Renegade Version” (1991).

By: Benito Vergara

Benito Vergara — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:44:51 +0000

Barb, I’m repeating myself here, but yeah, life’s too short to catch up on more Highlander. =) I’ll totally watch the Justin Lin reboot though.

Glad you pointed out that line about immortality being a burden — if only the writers actually thought more seriously about that aspect, then it would have been far more interesting. As it stands, the Immortals aren’t particularly immortal anyhow.

By: Benito Vergara

Benito Vergara — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:40:26 +0000

Ah, but did you see Quickening or Renegade though? Not that it matters, really. Life’s too short!

Despite the occasional blog entry on Godard or Antonioni, I actually watch an awful lot of crap.

By: BJR

BJR — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:55:04 +0000

PS: Indeed, it’s listed as “In Development” @ IMDB which is and isn’t reliable news:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0510912/

By: BJR

BJR — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:54:20 +0000

Ha! This is a great write-up on Mulcahy’s great music video career!

As far as Highlander actually spawning a franchise, who knows how this happened? One of the insightful things the producers of H2 said in the otherwise offputting, I’m not buyin’ this DVD documentary was this: that our immortals’ immortality is not a gift but a heavy burden. I wonder if this is the appeal to audiences? Or am I being too deep?

Anyway, I am game for subsequent Highlander series viewings, esp. since at least one of them includes the other McLeod of the Clan McLeod. what is THAT showdown like: Connor vs. Duncan?

And in other news, there is talk of restarting the series with Justin Lin as the possible director.

By: wcsminorcircuit

wcsminorcircuit — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:54:03 +0000

One of the more amusing reviews you’ve done, albeit a little outside of the realm of the usual films you write of (though of course you did review “Mega-Shark vs. Giant Octopus” some time ago). I remember watching this Highlander movie on SyFy when it was still Sci-Fi and being throughly impressed with it all. Of course I was about ten years old and would watch Dragonball Z movies all day long. I might just watch this again, after so many years, just for old time’s sake. Instead of following it with “Gigli” or “Meet the Spartans”, though, I’ll just find anything by Uwe Boll and give that the test of courage.