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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: WrikaWrek on April 15, 2009, 12:39:10 PM

Title: Who wants to live forever
Post by: WrikaWrek on April 15, 2009, 12:39:10 PM: Is Highlander like one of the most fucking badass movies ever? Christopher Lambert kicked ass, and his sword is like omg jesus lord take me take me now take me take me!!!

And the soundtrack by Queen? Like what? Is this my pubic hair on fire? Unbelievable, from Princes of the Universe to Who wants to live forever.

And the premise, the premise is just amazing, how come weird shit, and just borderline dubious stuff gets made in Hollywood, big time, and then something like Highlander doesn't get the break it deserves.

I wish they rebooted the property, told it properly, shit you can make all kinds of cool stuff with it, and gave it a good budget and attached some good talent, because it would just become the greatest thing ever.

You have all the ingredients, space for amazing love stories, space for amazing action, multiple time periods if you want, whatever.

(http://vampirerpg.free.fr/Rules/Highlander/images/highlander2.jpg)
Title: Re: Who wants to live forever
Post by: Ganhyun on April 15, 2009, 02:00:18 PM: There can be only one.
Title: Re: Who wants to live forever
Post by: Madrun Badrun on April 15, 2009, 02:02:10 PM: when love must diiiiiie!
Title: Re: Who wants to live forever
Post by: Tieno on April 15, 2009, 02:09:19 PM: Thought you were actually asking that question (my answer would be 'yes') and I'd be able to mention the movie "The Man From Earth (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njU5CsrYfKM)" :(
Title: Re: Who wants to live forever
Post by: ManaByte on April 15, 2009, 02:09:31 PM: [youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnrXiaPVeHY[/youtube]
Title: Re: Who wants to live forever
Post by: HyperZoneWasAwesome on April 15, 2009, 02:10:07 PM: Boy, I'm glad they never fucked up a good thing and made some unbelievably shitty sequels.

What's that? I can't hear you.
(http://www.hollywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/hulk-hogan-fingers-in-ears.jpg)
Title: Re: Who wants to live forever
Post by: ManaByte on April 15, 2009, 02:30:20 PM: OOP now, but this is the best version of Highlander you can get on DVD:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41QMXT4DN7L._SS500_.jpg)

International cut of the movie in decent anamorphic video.
All three Queen music videos anamorphic.
Bonus music CD with the three main Queen songs from the movie.
Title: Re: Who wants to live forever
Post by: Ganhyun on April 15, 2009, 02:40:02 PM: Quote from: dcharlie on April 15, 2009, 02:28:07 PM
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There can be only one.

they didn't listen and made multiple shitty movies after the first :(

to use another poster's post:

Quote from: HyperZoneWasAwesome on April 15, 2009, 02:10:07 PM
Boy, I'm glad they never fucked up a good thing and made some unbelievably shitty sequels.

What's that? I can't hear you.
(http://www.hollywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/hulk-hogan-fingers-in-ears.jpg)
Title: Re: Who wants to live forever
Post by: Madrun Badrun on April 15, 2009, 02:45:34 PM: well I liked endgame too...and the tv show :'( :'( :'(
Title: Re: Who wants to live forever
Post by: Ganhyun on April 15, 2009, 02:47:57 PM: Quote from: Father_Mike on April 15, 2009, 02:45:34 PM
well I liked endgame too...and the tv show :'( :'( :'(

TV show was decent.
Title: Re: Who wants to live forever
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on April 15, 2009, 02:52:14 PM: One of my favourite movies ever. I love it so much.
Title: Re: Who wants to live forever
Post by: ManaByte on April 15, 2009, 03:50:40 PM: Quote from: Green Man on April 15, 2009, 03:36:10 PM
Are they still making a Highlander game? Or did that already come out and sucked so bad I forgot it did?

(https://moeroshop.net/bmz_cache/5/5fa2c301c9f557656695f4a03cac21ed.image.154x225.jpg)
Title: Re: Who wants to live forever
Post by: Veidt on April 15, 2009, 04:19:53 PM: Quote from: HyperZoneWasAwesome on April 15, 2009, 02:10:07 PM
Boy, I'm glad they never fucked up a good thing and made some unbelievably shitty sequels.

What's that? I can't hear you.
(http://www.hollywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/hulk-hogan-fingers-in-ears.jpg)

(http://i41.tinypic.com/15ev78n.jpg)

:(
Title: Re: Who wants to live forever
Post by: Tauntaun on April 15, 2009, 04:22:44 PM: His abdomen looks like Ackbar. :-X
Title: Re: Who wants to live forever
Post by: Ganhyun on April 15, 2009, 04:28:28 PM: Quote from: Tauntaun on April 15, 2009, 04:22:44 PM
His abdomen looks like Ackbar. :-X

Its a trap!
Title: Re: Who wants to live forever
Post by: Powerslave on April 15, 2009, 05:13:13 PM: I want to die forever.
Title: Re: Who wants to live forever
Post by: Veidt on April 15, 2009, 05:16:04 PM: Don't worry, that's one we all get. For free!
Title: Re: Who wants to live forever
Post by: ShogunOfFear on April 15, 2009, 05:47:19 PM: Well they've run out of shitty sequel ideas so now they're remaking this movie. :S
I actually liked the TV series better. Maybe it was the fact that we got hours of story instead of just two. This movie still kicks ass though.
Title: Re: Who wants to live forever
Post by: Oblivion on April 15, 2009, 05:52:40 PM: Damn, funny you mentioned this. Just yesterday I saw that Hulu has the series up. Gonna start watching it soon.
Title: Re: Who wants to live forever
Post by: ShogunOfFear on April 15, 2009, 05:57:15 PM: Here's a bit of info on the new movie, it's a reboot not a remake. Being written by the writers of Ironman.

http://www.joblo.com/highlander-remake
Title: Re: Who wants to live forever
Post by: Phoenix Dark on April 15, 2009, 06:04:59 PM: The cartoon was pretty badass
Title: Re: Who wants to live forever
Post by: Reb on April 15, 2009, 06:59:00 PM: I have inside me blood of kings.

spoiler (click to show/hide)
No man can be my rival. :shh
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Title: Re: Who wants to live forever
Post by: Diunx on April 15, 2009, 07:04:31 PM: Best soundtrack ever! (yes even better than Rocky 4)
Title: Re: Who wants to live forever
Post by: bud on April 15, 2009, 07:06:54 PM: Quote from: HyperZoneWasAwesome on April 15, 2009, 02:10:07 PM
Boy, I'm glad they never fucked up a good thing and made some unbelievably shitty sequels.

What's that? I can't hear you.
(http://www.hollywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/hulk-hogan-fingers-in-ears.jpg)

that sad belly face is cracking me up
Title: Re: Who wants to live forever
Post by: Joe Molotov on April 15, 2009, 07:42:25 PM: Highlander is awesome. :rock

And I'll even watch the sequels for the lulz. Highlander II is more unintentionally entertaining than most movies are on purpose.
Title: Re: Who wants to live forever
Post by: ManaByte on April 15, 2009, 08:09:45 PM: Quote from: Joe Molotov on April 15, 2009, 07:42:25 PM
Highlander is awesome. :rock

And I'll even watch the sequels for the lulz. Highlander II is more unintentionally entertaining than most movies are on purpose.

The Renegade edition of Highlander II is slightly more watchable since they cut out all that Zeist bullshit. I still LOL at the part with Ramirez on the airplane.

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In 1995, Mulcahy made a Director’s Cut version known as Highlander II: The Renegade Version. The film was reconstructed largely from scratch, with certain scenes removed and others added back in, and the entire sequence of events changed. All references to the Immortals being aliens from another planet were eliminated; instead, this cut reveals that the Immortals are from an unspecified, distant past on Earth, banished by priests into random locations in the future to keep the Prize from being won in their lifetime (the option to return to the past is an option offered in addition to the mystical Prize and mortality of the first film).

Highlander III is basically a remake of the first movie, but in a shitty direct-to-video way. Endgame is like they ignored the first two sequels and tried to do a sequel to the first movie, but failed. And The Source needs to be erased from existence.
Title: Re: Who wants to live forever
Post by: Madrun Badrun on April 15, 2009, 09:13:37 PM: Isn't HL3 the one with the wizard that was burred alive and then gets unearthed?
Title: Re: Who wants to live forever
Post by: Kara on April 15, 2009, 09:31:50 PM: Xavier St. Cloud FTW
Title: Re: Who wants to live forever
Post by: Joe Molotov on April 15, 2009, 11:00:06 PM: Quote from: Father_Mike on April 15, 2009, 09:13:37 PM
Isn't HL3 the one with the wizard that was burred alive and then gets unearthed?

Yes, a magic cave that somehow blocked him from being included in the original Gathering, thus explaining how Connor became The One without there being only one.

Highlander continuity FTW :spin
Title: Re: Who wants to live forever
Post by: Robo on April 16, 2009, 12:08:19 AM: I think I might rather choose to live finitely than risk having my head chopped off by some douche with a broadsword at some point.
Title: Re: Who wants to live forever
Post by: cool breeze on April 16, 2009, 01:05:03 AM: Highlander is both awesome and crappy. The premise and soundtrack are fucking awesome, but most of the actual movie is kinda lame. Still, the whole scene with "IT'S BETTER TO BURN OUT THAN TO FADE AWAY!" was cool.
Title: Re: Who wants to live forever
Post by: Dickie Dee on April 16, 2009, 04:42:25 AM: Quote from: Tauntaun on April 15, 2009, 04:22:44 PM
His abdomen looks like Ackbar. :-X

Oh god, I kinda see it
Title: Re: Who wants to live forever
Post by: TEEEPO on April 16, 2009, 05:06:54 AM: my 9th grade biology teacher would bump every students test score to the next nearest letter grade if they answered the extra credit question correctly. the answer was the same each and every time and the two i remember from uptop of my head are "what is the greatest film ever made" and "what movie has the famous line "there can only be one". guess what film it was :teehee

thank god for highschool football coaches teaching biology.