Customer Reviews

Immortal: Complete Series

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4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

Why do you Highlander goons want to take shots at Lorenzo? Everyone knows that the lead character in "The Immortal," Raphael Cain, is not based on any Highlander character from the movies, TV show or Animated Series. Nope, Cain is based on Soldier Kelly from the "Snakeeater" trilogy, possibly the greatest action movie trilogy ever. In "The Immortal," you have all the elements that made "Snakeeater" great: the sidekick (Goodwin, the squire, played by Steve Braun), the "he's just misunderstood" psychologist (played by April Telek) and of course, Mr. L2 himself beating and slicing the crud out of everything in sight. Throw in a little demon-slaying action and you've got a new, re-vamped and upgraded "Snakeeater" ready for the jungle that is 21st century syndicated television. Why didn't they let me pitch this idea?

Well, anyway, the series was cancelled before all the episodes were shown (on WGN in my neck of the woods), so if you are a fan of the show, this dvd set is a dream come true. I found the series enjoyable and my only complaint about it was the huge number of commercials. Of course, that complaint is addressed with the dvd collection. I'm looking forward to this, and collectors better snap it up as I doubt there will be many copies made. Looking for the dvd equivalent of the fabled "Mystery Meat" Vinyl LP that sold for thousands of dollars on eBay a couple years back? You may be looking at it!

I was a huge fan of this show. I thought it was a different kind of show with a lot of promise. I never missed an episode nor did I ever think it was like Highlander (One of my all time favorites). The two shows are so different; how people keep comparing the two is beyond me.

In this show you have the honorable hero(Raphael Cain), his wisecracking sidekick who always gets in trouble(Goodwin), and a parapsychologist who invented a demon-summoning machine(Dr. Sara Beckman). Each episode is filled with action, awesome effects, great writing, and excellent acting. You also get to watch the big storyline (Rafe trying to find his daughter, Kiyomi) unravel with each episode.

A Review in two parts (1) "THE IMMORTAL" TV series pilot movie released by Spartan Home Entertainment in 2002. Amazon's specs for this movie are incorrect--this movie is in WIDESCREEN format--NOT Full Screen! Also, since Amazon neglected to provide a plot summary, I'll quote from the DVD package: FRONT: "He cannot die. He cannot forget. He will not forgive." BACK: Earth has become a playground for Demons, and only one man, the man who has walked their world for four hundred years, can detect and destroy them. That man is Keane Emerald. As a master warrior, Keane is Samurai, soldier, gunfighter and martial artist. His immortal strength feeds him with the powers of bullet dodging speed and wound healing mystery. But his mortal enemies are always on the prowl for new and inventive ways to destroy him...". NOTE: Inexplicably, the box artwork says that Lorenzo Lamas' character is named "Keane Emerald"--when in fact his character is named Raphael "Rafe" Cain! Perhaps the "Keane Emerald" name came from an early draft of the pilot script??? This is a fun movie and a great pilot! (2) THE IMMORTAL (22 episode series) released by Image Entertainment in 2007. This series is very underated and originally aired with little fanfare in most U.S. cities at 3:00 a.m. This is a very lively and engaging TV series with rousing action and great characters and situations. If you're a fan of shows featuring immortal heroes ("Forever Knight", "Highlander", "Angel", "Reaper", etc.), than don't hesitate to add "THE IMMORTAL" to your DVD collection. Guest stars in the series (and the pilot movie) include Dominic Keating ("Star Trek: Enterprise")--who steals every scene he is in!--and the beautiful Grace Park ("Battlestar Galactica"). Other fun/campy fantasy/action TV series that I recommend are BLACK SCORPION, CLEOPATRA 2525, JACK OF ALL TRADES and SHE-WOLF OF LONDON/LOVE & CURSES.
The following is a list of episode titles for THE IMMORTAL:
1) "Demons of the Night" (pilot, part 1)
2) "Demons of the Night" (pilot, part 2)
3) "Halfway"
4) "Not So Dead"
5) "Wicked Wicked West"
6) "Prime Location"
7) "Studio D" (Guest Starring Tyler Labine)
8) "Flight 666"
9) "Bride's Kiss"
10) "The Hunted"
11) "Forest for the Trees"
12) "The Asylum"
13) "Learning Curve" (Guest Starring Jewel Staite)
14) "The Good Squire"
15) "Wired"
16) "Replay"
17) "Spy vs. Spa"
18) "Happily Ever After"
19) "Deja Vu"
20) "Reckoning" (part 1)
21) "Reckoning" (part 2)
22) "Kiyomi"

I just received my Dvd today and have watched the first Disc and so far like what I see.. Its a pretty good show.. really have to have a open mind on this.. its no Renegade, but its good it in own right. I remember when It came out in 2000, I watched a few episodes..

Its not a "knock off" of Highlander.. for all those "Highlander goons" who bash this.. get out and find a girl and get laid.. you spend too much time comparing tv shows.

Its well worth the $35 I spent and can't wait to finish the rest of the DVD.

I would recommend this to a Lamas fan.. Its all good fun..

Just like in Life.. don't take it too seriously...

This show used to come on at 3am in the morning while I was working in my home office and I found myself actually looking forward to it.

Yeah, it's corny, yeah it's light weight, yeah it's kinda dumb, yeah it's a rip-off and yeah it looked like it was made on a budget of $200.00 an episode - but who cares. It was not unlike a lot of those series that ran at the time "Cleopatra 2525", "Xena Warrior Princess". Come on, those are great works of art??? All these shows are wonderful cheezy TV. And, every once in awhile they actually turned in a really good episode. They tried hard and I lovem' for it.

There are worse things. Check it out!

this DVD has been long awaited. I don't have cable and never saw the Highlander TV show, so I didn't have any prejudices about ripoffs. Lorenzo Lamas is not hard to look at and the demon slaying storylines were appealing to this Buffy/Angel fan. Bret "The Hit Man" Hart was a guest star and I was really hoping he would be a recurring character. And then the show was cancelled. Well, now I'll get to see every episode I missed.

The Immortal is a pretty obscure, fairly mundane TV show that doesn't really stand out from a half dozen others it blatantly rip off. In fact, the Highlander series is probably superior in many ways, and very similar I might add. I never thought I'd catch myself paying a backhanded compliment to the syndicated Highlander series. I honestly don't know why I bought this - I really have no excuse. It basically follows the "monster of the week" format, and naturally features Lorenzo Lamas beating them up and then eventually stabbing them with a samurai sword. Lamas, by the way, is still basically the same character he was in "Renegade", only now he is immortal and brandishes a sword. However, if you're a fan of mindless entertainment and enjoy decent, "syndicated TV show" action - then the Immortal fits the bill.

This is obviously the pilot of the series. It really wasn't bad at all, though obviously totally based on the Highlander series. The special effects could have been better but there was a lot of humor and I liked the characters.
Unfortunately this is only the pilot movie, the series itself doesn't seem to have been released on dvd yet, which is disapointing.
You will not find anything scary in this movie at all, and I don't think you are meant to. There is some action, some angst, and some humor though.

NO CC or Subtitles!!! I loved this show and couldn't wait to get it. Before opening it, I noticed the companies name and sure enough no CC or subtitles. So am returning it. Why do these companies not provide CC's for the hearing impaired? Do they think we don't like these shows or do they just not care because it less expensive to produce? Am keeping a much closer look before buying from the several companies that do not take into account disabled people. 5 stars for the show no stars for the company.

This has to be one of the worst films ever made, but if you sit down to watch it knowing that and ready to laugh, it's worth your time.

Imagine Highlander made by a freshman film student, with some of his friends and/or random people off the street reading lines they have never read before, with a budget that consists solely of change found in said freshman's furniture, and you'll have scratched the surface of how amateurish, campy, and unintentionally hilarious this movie is.

Lorenzo Lamas's hair alone demands viewing, as does the opening scene, wherein a guy (ostensibly a "demon") is standing on a wall, straight out from a wall... and there, as clear as the agony on your face, is the wire holding him up. I hated this movie the first time my roommate made me watch it, but after the sixth or seventh, Stockholm syndrome set in and I started to... well, not like, but appreciate how gloriously bad this movie is. I offer my highest recommendations, if only for the cringing laughs and laughing cringes this steaming pile is bound to elicit, from the aforementioned opening to the ending credits.

You owe it to every decent film in existence to see this, so you can appreciate how much better every other movie ever made is. It makes Leonard Part Six look like Citizen Kane, Gigli look like Seven Samurai, Showgirls look like Casablanca, and Episode II look like Episode V. It's that bad, and revels in it.

God bless you, Lorenzo Lamas. Never give up, and never change your hair.