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**Ahtman**

First the jab...
[url=http://www.avclub.com/articles/blade-runner-screenwriter-returns-for-sequel-which,75334/]
Blade Runner movie now officially a sequel to the original and not a remake.[/url]*

then the straight...

Ryan Reynolds offered part of of Connor McCloud in Highlander remake.

**Bromsy**

Should be Tom Jane, since he looks identical anyways. But I don't totally hate Ryan Reynolds.

**purplefood**

I was named after that character...
Could have been worse I guess...

**Bromsy**

I am not a fan of remakes and reboots, generally, but I have long been on the record as saying Highlander deserves/needs one. Get rid of all the nonsense, and create a tight, cohesive background. And use the Queen intro.

**George Spiggott**

Meh, IMO all three Highlander films were pretty poor.

A Bladerunner sequel is disappointing. I would have liked to see another reworking of the book.

**Bromsy**

George Spiggott wrote:Meh, IMO all three Highlander films were pretty poor.

A Bladerunner sequel is disappointing. I would have liked to see another reworking of the book.

You need to watch your tone talking about the first one. And the series.

**alarmingrick**

Bromsy wrote:
George Spiggott wrote:Meh, IMO all three Highlander films were pretty poor.

A Bladerunner sequel is disappointing. I would have liked to see another reworking of the book.

You need to watch your tone talking about the first one. And the series.

Not really. The first movie was the hottness. Everything after that, including the series, was pretty craptastic.

**Bromsy**

alarmingrick wrote:
Bromsy wrote:
George Spiggott wrote:Meh, IMO all three Highlander films were pretty poor.

A Bladerunner sequel is disappointing. I would have liked to see another reworking of the book.

You need to watch your tone talking about the first one. And the series.

Not really. The first movie was the hottness. Everything after that, including the series, was pretty craptastic.

Raaaaaage.

**LoneLictor**

Well, hot damn. This sure gives my potato a swift kick to the jewels.

**AustonT**

George Spiggott wrote:Meh, IMO all three Highlander films were pretty poor.

Just 3...you thought Endgame was better? (I refuse to acknowledge the 5th movie at all).
Plus Sean Connery. S E A N C O N N E R Y.

**alarmingrick**

LoneLictor wrote:Well, hot damn. This sure gives my potato a swift kick to the jewels.

Awwww, you buy your potatoes jewels...

**azazel the cat**

Bromsy wrote:I am not a fan of remakes and reboots, generally, but I have long been on the record as saying Highlander deserves/needs one. Get rid of all the nonsense, and create a tight, cohesive background. And use the Queen intro.

The original Highlander from Russell Mulcahy does not need a reboot; it stands the test of time, and Clancy Brown's performance is timeless. Anything beyond that, however... yeah, that's fine. Reboot it from there.

George Spiggott wrote:Meh, IMO all three Highlander films were pretty poor.

There'a actually 5.

The 4th one killed off Connor MacLeod as a way to pass the torch to Duncan McLeod (Adrian Paul, from the TV show), and the 5th one took place in an alternate future from the future presented in part 2, and somehow actually made the story even dumber.

**Kid_Kyoto**

But what about General Katana of Planet Zeist?

He's still in continunity right?

**treadhead1944**

As long as the Scottish actor plays an Egypto/Spaniard, and a Belgian/Frankish dude plays the Scottsman, I'm all for the reboot of Highlander

**Kid_Kyoto**

treadhead1944 wrote:As long as the Scottish actor plays an Egypto/Spaniard, and a Belgian/Frankish dude plays the Scottsman, I'm all for the reboot of Highlander

This!

We must preserve the spirit that made the one (and to the best of my memory only, ever) Highlander movie great.

**rubiksnoob**

Highlander was awful. You people are crazy.

**feeder**

rubiksnoob wrote:Highlander was awful. You people are crazy.

Agreed. Even at the time, my fifteen year old fantasy nerd self gave it a solid "meh." Once Queen stops playing, you may as well turn it off.

**sirlynchmob**

rubiksnoob wrote:Highlander was awful. You people are crazy.

No Highlander was awesome, but like they said in the movie, "there can be only one" so highlander is just 1 movie, everything after that just blew chunks

**azazel the cat**

treadhead1944 wrote:As long as the Scottish actor plays an Egypto/Spaniard, and a Belgian/Frankish dude plays the Scottsman, I'm all for the reboot of Highlander

I thought Lambert was Swiss?

**Bran Dawri**

There is, and only ever shall be, one Highlander movie. There can be only one!

**Palindrome**

The Highlander films were atrocious. Not only that but as an actual Highlander I found that the terrible accents and idiotic setting made the films even worse. Its also spelled MacLeod, not McCloud.

All in all I really couldn't care less about a Highlander remake and a Blade Runner sequel can be safely ignored.

**treadhead1944**

azazel the cat wrote:
treadhead1944 wrote:As long as the Scottish actor plays an Egypto/Spaniard, and a Belgian/Frankish dude plays the Scottsman, I'm all for the reboot of Highlander

I thought Lambert was Swiss?

My bad...

Lambert was born in Great Neck, New York. His father was a French diplomat in the UN. Lambert grew up in Geneva, Switzerland, where his family had moved when he was two. He moved to Paris when he was 16. He first gained an interest in acting after participating in a school play at the age of twelve. His parents however wanted him to have a job with security and saw acting as unsafe, so to please his parents he took a job with the London Stock Exchange, but after about six months he left the L.S.E. to help a friend run a shop in Paris. He also served in the French military at his father's insistence.

**Bromsy**

Palindrome wrote:The Highlander films were atrocious. Not only that but as an actual Highlander I found that the terrible accents and idiotic setting made the films even worse. Its also spelled MacLeod, not McCloud.

All in all I really couldn't care less about a Highlander remake and a Blade Runner sequel can be safely ignored.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connor_macleod

**rubiksnoob**

feeder wrote:
rubiksnoob wrote:Highlander was awful. You people are crazy.

Agreed. Even at the time, my fifteen year old fantasy nerd self gave it a solid "meh." Once Queen stops playing, you may as well turn it off.

Same here. You don't just need a healthy suspension of disbelief to enjoy it, you need a suspension of good taste and higher intellectual function.

**azazel the cat**

Palindrome wrote:The Highlander films were atrocious. Not only that but as an actual Highlander I found that the terrible accents and idiotic setting made the films even worse. Its also spelled MacLeod, not McCloud.

All in all I really couldn't care less about a Highlander remake and a Blade Runner sequel can be safely ignored.

MacLeod:

McCloud:

**George Spiggott**

azazel the cat wrote:
George Spiggott wrote:Meh, IMO all three Highlander films were pretty poor.

There'a actually 5.

I stopped taking notice after the fist three. Looks like I wasn't missing much.

AustinT wrote:Just 3...you thought Endgame was better? (I refuse to acknowledge the 5th movie at all).
Plus Sean Connery. S E A N C O N N E R Y.

How come nobody says "S E A N C O N N E R Y" when Zardoz gets mentioned?

**azazel the cat**

Palindrome wrote:The Highlander films were atrocious. Not only that but as an actual Highlander...

So, do you mean you just hail from a geologically miserable part of Scotland, or do you actually duel people as part of an existentialist game?

**Palindrome**

Isn't that an ironic thing for a Canadian to say?

**KingCracker**

So whos playing the Kurgan?

Im pretty saddened to hear about Renolds playing the highlander........

**Ahtman**

KingCracker wrote:Im pretty saddened to hear about Renolds playing the highlander........

He has been offered the role, but has yet to accept it. There is still time.