Highlander's on tonight on ITV4
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DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
If I were to be pretentious, which I will be in a minute, Highlander represents the tropes of humankinds desire for longevity an historical relevance but also mocks it at the same time. Connor Mcloed is not the everyman we want to be but Ramirez surely is.
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Dear god...
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Don't fucking dear god me, oh film lord. Either the decapitation of those who stand in the way of apotheosis is a metaphor for the cynical recyclical nature of capitalism or it isn't.
It's on again tomorrow night at 11.25 according to this rather handy page http://www.tvguide.co.uk/upcomingfilms.asp
Why isn't there an app which tells you when your fave films are coming up?
Why isn't there an app which tells you when your fave films are coming up?
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Jesus wept...you've been reading too much Sight & Sound my friend...
ginger_syn
Her Insanity laughs under pressure...👾
Highlander is one of my favourite films, love its simplicty and crazy campness Freddy's version of New York New York is the best one i've heard and the instrumental of Who wants to live forever is beautiful, though i'm biased being a Queen fan, which is why i watched the film in the first place.
However i wish that somehow i could scrape the memory of the sequels from my mind ,they are wrong.
However i wish that somehow i could scrape the memory of the sequels from my mind ,they are wrong.
lol.
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
The effects are terrible you can clearly see the wires holding him up at the end...so bad...
Gingerman
Is a great bunch of lads.....
Highlander is def on my guilty pleasure list,Clancy Brown's Kurgan is 
http://i2.listal.com/image/982265/600full-clancy-brown.jpg
http://i2.listal.com/image/982265/600full-clancy-brown.jpg
jakethesnake
In bed for Britain
Highlander blew me away when I was a kid, seeing it at the cinema... and it was this film more than any other that taught me to cope with the bitter disappointments that life can deal us; Barry Norman (remember that prick?) said in his film review programme that if you liked Highlander than you would like Highlander 2 as well...
gaijingirl
Well-Known Member
oh FFS.. it was on over Christmas and we missed it and now we've missed it again.
gaijinboy has never seen it and it was a big film for me as a teenager... he really wants to see what the fuss is all about.
Redeyes
Ptooff!
Can't see the link myself, what do you mean? I always thought it referred to Connor's turmoil about being immortal.
Because it's a line from Flash Gordon.
What did you feel about that?
teuchter
je suis teuchter
I felt that it lent the song some poignancy.
Redeyes
Ptooff!
So it is. Never thought about that before. Don't think it's got anything to do with the song in Highlander though. Happy accident?
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
Caught a bit of it last night, it really is quite poor! 
Still, turns out Connor is from Glenfinnan, and some of the film (particularly on the lake, when Connor 'drowns') was shot there, so when I go in March I'll be prancing around declaring "THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!"
Still, turns out Connor is from Glenfinnan, and some of the film (particularly on the lake, when Connor 'drowns') was shot there, so when I go in March I'll be prancing around declaring "THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!"
