Highlander (The Reboot)

[Big s]

4 hours ago, Mog said:

I’ll have to see the sword fights before saying one way or another.

And just pay the royalties to Queen already.  Can’t be a Highlander movie without them in the soundtrack.

It’s a really tough one for me there. The original was so great partly because of the soundtrack, but if they are trying to make a total reboot, maybe something else epic would work a bit better just because after seeing a new movie with such a similar soundtrack is kinda just gonna be a cheap copy rather than a total reboot. Problem is that there’s really no one as epic in the pop rock category these days, I think there are quite a few musically, but not vocally to carry that legacy and be able to write a rockin soundtrack. 
That being said Prnces of the Universe is still my favorite Queen song even if it has a big slice of cheese in the full version . It’s probably also my favorite movie theme song followed closely by Who Made Who and Danger Zone. The 80’s had great theme music

[Graham]

I love the original Highlander movie and it's Queen Soundtrack.

Hated Highlander 2. Thought the live action TV series was OK. Can't remember any of the other movies or cartoons.

I'm not generally a fan of reboots, but willing to be cautiously optimistic for this as it's Chad Stahelski directing and I'm a huge fan of the John Wick movies.

[Mog]

Slightly off topic:  but the animated film Highlander:  The Search for Vengeance is good little flick.

It’s tropey as hell, but has enough fun action and an interesting enough story to make for an entertaining watch.

Definitely far more entertaining than the live-action sequel films.  A low bar, I know.  But I wouldn’t mind watching it again. . . if I could find the damn thing for free on a streaming service.

[Big s]

1 hour ago, Mog said:

Slightly off topic:  but the animated film Highlander:  The Search for Vengeance is good little flick.

It’s tropey as hell, but has enough fun action and an interesting enough story to make for an entertaining watch.

Definitely far more entertaining than the live-action sequel films.  A low bar, I know.  But I wouldn’t mind watching it again. . . if I could find the damn thing for free on a streaming service.

Definitely a different take on the story, but I liked it as well

[mikeszekely]

4 hours ago, Graham said:

Hated Highlander 2. Thought the live action TV series was OK. Can't remember any of the other movies or cartoons.

I remember seeing Highlander 3 in the theater and really liking it.  But it's got an abysmal Rotten Tomatoes score, so maybe 15yo me was just happy it wasn't as bad as Highlander 2.

As for the live action show, I remember it starting off pretty good but after the second season each season got progressively worse.  Then the other two movies were sequels to the shows, not the first three movies.  The first, Endgame, was not great, it sort of played out like a long episode of the show who's entire point was to get rid of Connor and replace him with Duncan, the show's main character.  The second, The Source, was Highlander 2 levels of bad.  Despite starting Duncan again, the creators of the show refuse to acknowledge the film as part of the show's canon.