I read one of the trivia thingies on this site that said a writer got on a message board to find out what fans wanted in the next Highlander movie, but either that version did not get made, or someone was not listening. The Highlander fandom has a large fan base, and it is still there, but time and again they seem to ignore us and do what they want anyway.
Clearly, historically, the story lines that have totally tanked with the fans were the ones that took the Immortals out of the realm of quasi-reality and thrown them into something supernatural. HL2. The Zoroastrian baloney. Real Highlander fans not only dislike this, they PRETEND it never HAPPENED. Get a clue - if your fans are acting that way, they do not want more.
The Source goes into the future (which, I understand, they had wanted to do at the end of the series. We all loved that last season, right? That's why we called it "Season Sux"?), but not so far into the future because Joe Dawson (a mortal) is still alive. Still, everything has gone to hell in a hand basket pretty quickly, and some of the Immortals are looking for something called the Source. Some believe it exists, some do not. Duncan MacLeod, one who does not, has finally married but has lost the woman because she wants children (he did not tell her this when, after 400 plus years he finally marries someone? Every other time he tells his sweetie what she is getting). Wifey does believe in it, and is getting visions, leading her there. This does not even sound good on paper! What were they thinking? Sorry. This is just such a waste of a great fandom! Personally, if it were me, I would have done the Methos Chronicles. The best part of Highlander was the flashbacks (this one has flashbacks - to Duncan and wife, with no background, so they are just floating in front of a white screen. Trust me, it is awful). The belief that Immortals lived with us, and have done since who knows when is, IMO, one of the things that makes it such a great series. Taking it out of that mode has always been a mistake. And having them move in superhuman speed is just silly. It is also dark and depressing, like almost all movies nowadays. I like watching the "making of"s because the filter or whatever they put on it is not there, and you can see people in color and clearly.
I don't blame the actors - this was just misconceived from the start, and the wonderful Highlander universe was wasted on it. I give it a three only because Methos is in it, and one can never have too much Methos.
Clearly, historically, the story lines that have totally tanked with the fans were the ones that took the Immortals out of the realm of quasi-reality and thrown them into something supernatural. HL2. The Zoroastrian baloney. Real Highlander fans not only dislike this, they PRETEND it never HAPPENED. Get a clue - if your fans are acting that way, they do not want more.
The Source goes into the future (which, I understand, they had wanted to do at the end of the series. We all loved that last season, right? That's why we called it "Season Sux"?), but not so far into the future because Joe Dawson (a mortal) is still alive. Still, everything has gone to hell in a hand basket pretty quickly, and some of the Immortals are looking for something called the Source. Some believe it exists, some do not. Duncan MacLeod, one who does not, has finally married but has lost the woman because she wants children (he did not tell her this when, after 400 plus years he finally marries someone? Every other time he tells his sweetie what she is getting). Wifey does believe in it, and is getting visions, leading her there. This does not even sound good on paper! What were they thinking? Sorry. This is just such a waste of a great fandom! Personally, if it were me, I would have done the Methos Chronicles. The best part of Highlander was the flashbacks (this one has flashbacks - to Duncan and wife, with no background, so they are just floating in front of a white screen. Trust me, it is awful). The belief that Immortals lived with us, and have done since who knows when is, IMO, one of the things that makes it such a great series. Taking it out of that mode has always been a mistake. And having them move in superhuman speed is just silly. It is also dark and depressing, like almost all movies nowadays. I like watching the "making of"s because the filter or whatever they put on it is not there, and you can see people in color and clearly.
I don't blame the actors - this was just misconceived from the start, and the wonderful Highlander universe was wasted on it. I give it a three only because Methos is in it, and one can never have too much Methos.