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Wheat Loaf posted:Sort of like the Highlander TV series, except with decapitation instead of finding true love. Well, the Highlander show kind of had to retcon a lot of stuff because the first movie ended with literally one Immortal left, making the shtick hard to do. (I may be biased because I watched the whole series on Netflix last year and like it. It's not... great, or anything, but it's probably the best part of the franchise after the first film.)
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The series is fun in a kind of campy nineties way. I'm into that sort of thing.
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Apr 29, 2015 16:50
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And drat it if that scene of the demon offering Joe his legs wasn't loving heartbreaking. 
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Apr 29, 2015 16:53
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Highlander was the first TV show to make me cry. (The episode with the mentally handicapped Highlander.) Granted, I was like 10 or 11, but still.
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Apr 29, 2015 17:45
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It also had an episode where MacLeod stared angrily at Joan Jett while it occasionally cut to two people in their clothes having a sword fight.
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Apr 29, 2015 17:59
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The things I remember the most about Highlander TV are the pilot having Connor (Conner?), the villain being Richard Moll from Night Court and having a sword where the pommel (?) was a surprise projectile, and how Duncan's apprentice ( Ricky or whatever) was loving annoying. I guess Amanda was cool. (And Methos?) At some point 15 years ago my friends and I played the Highlander card game and I remember being very proud that I had that pommel projectile in card form. Memories...
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Apr 29, 2015 18:42
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Longbaugh01 posted:The things I remember the most about Highlander TV are the pilot having Connor (Conner?), the villain being Richard Moll from Night Court and having a sword where the pommel (?) was a surprise projectile, and how Duncan's apprentice ( Ricky or whatever) was loving annoying. I guess Amanda was cool. (And Methos?) Roger Daltrey was also awesome. That show was like a showcase for musicians trying to act. On the plus side, it was fun watching the guy from Fine Young Cannibals chew scenery. It wasn't bad as long as you didn't take it too seriously.
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Apr 29, 2015 20:04
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Longbaugh01 posted:The things I remember the most about Highlander TV are the pilot having Connor (Conner?), the villain being Richard Moll from Night Court and having a sword where the pommel (?) was a surprise projectile, and how Duncan's apprentice ( Ricky or whatever) was loving annoying. I guess Amanda was cool. (And Methos?) Methos is the best. Peter Wingfield needs to be in comics related things.
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Apr 29, 2015 20:08
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The second half of each season was shot in Paris, so they'd have appearances from British and European actors who weren't yet well known. There's one episode in season one where Marion Cotillard appears as the daughter of an Immortal mafia boss; the same episode also features Anthony Stewart Head doing an American accent ( ) while the first Amanda episode had Jason Isaacs playing the evil Immortal of the week.I also enjoyed: the episode where Geraint Wyn Davies played an Immortal who had a girlfriend called Janette during the First World War (because it was a Forever Knight referece); and the one where the flashbacks revolve around Amanda and Nicholas Lea's character playing an Immortal Bonnie and Clyde in the 1920s, with MacLeod having to dig them up every time they were shot dead by the police so they could start over.
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Apr 29, 2015 20:11
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Wheat Loaf posted:The second half of each season was shot in Paris. Wait. Why was this? Oh god. Forever Knight. I forgot about Daltrey and the guy from FYC. That's amazing.
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Apr 29, 2015 20:48
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Longbaugh01 posted:Wait. Why was this? Joint production with a French company run by a guy who was friends with Christopher Lambert, I believe. quote:Oh god. Forever Knight. Hey, Forever Knight was great. It was cheap, but it was great.
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Apr 29, 2015 20:50
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Wheat Loaf posted:Joint production with a French company run by a guy who was friends with Christopher Lambert, I believe. Ah. Re: the French thing. Now that I think about it, Forever Knight was a progenitor of Twilight, but I doubt Meyer ever saw it. Edit: Wasn't part of the Methos plot that he was one of the four horseman? That was cool. I apologize if this was a significant derail, but I doubt there's a Highlander thread, though I wouldn't be surprised.. Longbaugh01 fucked around with this message at 21:30 on Apr 29, 2015 |
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Apr 29, 2015 21:24
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Yeah, Methos was one of the Four Horsemen; Kronos (one of his partners) was the main villain in season four. As for Forever Knight, there's an interview on DVD sets in which James D. Parriott (the creator) and Geraint Wyn Davies (the lead) say the series was aiming for a kind of Anne Rice idea; that was the main influence, and the Lestat series has obviously been an enduring influence on a lot of subsequent vampire fiction one way or another (whether it's Buffy, Twilight, The Vampire Diaries, True Blood, whatever), probably second only to Dracula. You can probably put all this stuff in the same continuum of genre television as superhero shows. 
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Apr 29, 2015 21:58
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The best thing about Forever Knight is the original pilot starred none other than Rick Springfield
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Apr 29, 2015 22:05
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Ryan Phillipe as Danny Rand?
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Apr 29, 2015 22:39
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I've seen that guy's butt more times than I'd care to admit. Which...I'm admitting. Shouldn't they get someone with a martial arts background, even with all the stunt doubles they could use? Also: blah blah ew white guy yada yada ugh. Well, it's just speculation at this point anyway. Still...meh.
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Apr 29, 2015 22:50
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I think he has a black belt in taekwando per the Daredevil thread.
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Apr 29, 2015 22:51
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I'll still hold out hope for Dan Stevens. But this is fine.
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Apr 29, 2015 22:55
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They just need to be careful with the stunts. I've been concerned about Ryan since Heath Ledger and Paul Walker passed.
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Apr 29, 2015 22:58
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Apparently there's a rumor going around that the Supergirl and Flash/Arrow Spinoff traiers are going to drop on May 14
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Apr 29, 2015 23:02
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Scyantific posted:Apparently there's a rumor going around that the Supergirl and Flash/Arrow Spinoff traiers are going to drop on May 14 It's not so much a rumor as it is a fact. The CBS and CW upfronts are on that day. That's when they show trailers for all the new shows next year. EDIT: Actually CBS is on 5/13 so expect Supergirl then.
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Apr 29, 2015 23:04
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mikeraskol posted:I think he has a black belt in taekwando per the Daredevil thread. Not just per the thread, per the wiki that exists for this sort of thing!
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Apr 29, 2015 23:04
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Deadpool posted:It's not so much a rumor as it is a fact. The CBS and CW upfronts are on that day. That's when they show trailers for all the new shows next year. Yeah I was just getting home and checking my feeds when I saw that. Checked again and yep, poo poo's official. So hyped now 
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Apr 29, 2015 23:13
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As far as the spinoff, I'm not sure they've actually shot anything for that yet have they? I know they've cast several parts but I never heard about a pilot filming. I'd guess if it's just a straight order and didn't go through pilot season they probably won't shoot anything for a few months.
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Apr 29, 2015 23:38
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They may have shot some Hawkgirl stuff for the Flash finale, and they can splice together some shots of the rest of the cast with a generic voiceover or chyrons to do the rest.
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Apr 29, 2015 23:41
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He's kind of old for the part.
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Apr 29, 2015 23:52
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The spinoff trailer could just be a teaser with Atom/Cold/Canary/Stein.
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Apr 29, 2015 23:57
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Jeremy Renner's 44. It's weird, but not too weird. I'd be more concerned about his chemistry with Luke Cage. I don't think Phillippe's a bad actor or anything but he always seemed more like a gruff 'n tuff mumblin' sort of guy and not a "wacky adventures with his bros" kind of guy. Like...y'know, an unfunny Channing Tatum, basically.  Of course I could be wrong. I mean, Charlie Cox was in Stardust. And, again, all speculation so far anyway.
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Apr 30, 2015 00:00
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Iron Fist shouldn't just be white, he should be friggin' superwhite. Starbucks-drinking, bro-hanging, Prius-driving, Ivy League popped collar sandy blond WASP as all gently caress. Let's break the tumblrnet here.
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Apr 30, 2015 00:14
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Welp, Arrow just stopped being subtle with the HIVE references and Batman comparisons now. Ra's literally giving his daughter away for marriage.
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Scyantific posted:Welp, Arrow just stopped being subtle with the HIVE references and Batman comparisons now. Ra's literally giving his daughter away for marriage. You might want to mention what your spoiler is actually for so people don't have to get spoiled to find out
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Apr 30, 2015 03:39
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Yeah, that has to be one of the worst examples of using spoiler tags I've ever seen. I mean I've seen posts completely in tags before, but usually that's in the middle of an ongoing conversation or when quoting someone.
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Apr 30, 2015 03:48
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For everyone else: it's a spoiler about tonight's episode of Arrow.
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Deadpool posted:I'll still hold out hope for Dan Stevens. But this is fine. Why would you say this Now I won't be able to accept anyone else.(Though Stevens would be a great evil 50's Cap too)
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Apr 30, 2015 08:36
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If they have to go with a Caucasian actor for Danny, I've been thinking either Stevens or Ben Foster, who is an incredible, underrated actor. But it would be a great opportunity to cast an Asian or even biracial actor.
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Apr 30, 2015 13:07
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That doesn't make it better and might actually be a little worse.
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Apr 30, 2015 13:35
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If they really wanted to do something different they should cast a woman as Iron Fist, because man, erudite millionairess turning into kung fu master has literally never been done before to my knowledge.
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Apr 30, 2015 13:50
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Jaime King in Bulletproof Monk.
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Apr 30, 2015 14:07
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Dan Stevens probably wouldn't want to have to beat off a bunch more American actors for the part.
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:But it would be a great opportunity to cast an Asian or even biracial actor. A big part of Danny Rand's character is he's a spoiled rich white kid who is viewed as an outsider and told that he doesn't belong in the places he frequents most: K'un-Lun and Harlem.
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