Yeah, same here. The early fights aren't that good either--even those with
McLeod. But I cut them a break because the show was new and needed time to
grow. And, back then, the kind of hyper realistic exciting martial arts work
we're used to now wasn't that common. It was a little while yet before the men
who trained Keanu and company for "The Matrix", Jet Li, and others took the
stage.
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From: "Martin Baxter" <truthseeker...@lycos.com>
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2009 3:04:23 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] "Highlander" Marathon on SciFi/SyFy
Keith, that's the only downside of this, the decision to air these
weaker eps. I've still been in this since nine (busy catching up on news
between 7 and then).
The Watcher intoduction ep really came across as a lot cheesier than I
initially remembered it (hadn't seen it since it first aired). Found myself
looking away many a time.
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Subject : [scifinoir2] "Highlander" Marathon on SciFi/SyFy
Date : Thu, 2 Apr 2009 18:22:29 +0000 (UTC)
>From : Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>
To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Well, this is something good on SciFi. They're running an all-day marathon of
the "Highlander" TV series. It started this morning and runs until after
midnight EST. Unfortunately, since it's only one day, they're only going to get
through season two, which is in my opinion the weakest overall season in the
series. That's when they killed Tessa, and for a long time Duncan started doing
good deeds and fighting petty problems like some kind of immortal "Renegade".
After Tessa's death, for example, is an ep where Duncan fights a druglord in
the 'hood, liberating all the scared black folk...one where he helps a black
immortal who was a slave back in the day learn to get over his hatred of white
people...and an ep where Sheena Easton guests stars as a terrorist immortal
from Duncan's past. Easton tries to kill newly immortal Richie in the show, and
the actors are so terribly bad with a sword it's laughable. Ugh! It was obvious
the creators lost fo! cus for a while, as the pedestrian wandering hero angle
overshadowing the mystical aspects of the Immortals. There's a couple of bright
spots, such as the return of Amanda later tonight, but too bad they won't be
showing anything after season two.
Oh--they are airing the movie "Highlander: The Source" in the middle of the
marathon tonight. Trust me: don't bother watching. It stinks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
