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5.0 out of 5 stars
A surprisingly great transition from film to TV, January 16, 2000
This review is from: Highlander: Volume 1 [VHS] (VHS Tape)
I was determined to hate this show. I mean, the Gathering was over, almost all of the immortals had been slain, and suddenly there was another Gathering? Whatever. Still, though, the very first episode of this series won me over (and I'm not just saying that because Adrian Paul looks good!). This TV series based on the cult Highlander films does justice to the movies, by including Connor MacLeod in the first episode and continuing on with a very fascinating story. This time, the focus is on Connor's kinsman Duncan Macleod (Adrian Paul), a fellow immortal who has come out of "retirement" to re-join the "game." Duncan spends most of this first season battling various immortals, but at the heart of it is his various relationships with the people he cares about, both mortal and immortal. It displays the problems that immortals must face once they choose to love a mortal, in this case, his relationship with his girlfriend Tessa. They live and grow together as time moves on, proving that "Just one year of love is better than a lifetime alone." In addition to the great cast, there is also the fact that the original music written for the movie by Queen is kept in. That really adds to the authenticity of the piece. I love the TV show and miss watching it, so I'm glad that it's out on video. It's worth buying, trust me.
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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
There Can Be Only One.... Remember that rule?, March 15, 2000
This review is from: Highlander: Volume 1 [VHS] (VHS Tape)
This first episode of the great TV serie, is by far one the bset episodes of the series, not only because Connor McLeod (the original Highlander, played greatfully by Christopher Lambert) is in it, making with his brief -but welcomed- appearence, a linkage the movies with the series (unlike others television shows, that they are just take the basic theme of the film, and transfered to the series, making with that a GREAT bastardisation of the film), and provides the Immortal universe to the next step. However, this episode (as the whole series does) is centered to Duncan McLeod, a clansmen and student of Connor McLeod, who was out of the Game, and with the help of Connor, he returns in it. Adrian Paul is wonderfull as Duncan McLeod, a character verry different to Connors. Richard Moll is just good, but could be better. This episode, one of the best of the series (along with "Watchers" "The End of Innocense" and others), can be easily called as "The Other Highlander 2", because is verry much better than this AWFULL movie. It has more story, and the developments of the characters are just great. Its easily a better sequel of the original movie than the "Highlander 2: The Quickening"
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Two Highlanders are better than one!, September 30, 1999
This review is from: Highlander: Volume 1 [VHS] (VHS Tape)
The very first episode of Highlander: The Series featured the passing of the torch from Connor MacLeod to his younger kinsman, Duncan MacLeod. Adrian Paul plays an excellent Scottish immortal and Christopher Lambert is as cool as ever. This episode is easily better than the last two Highlander films.
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