[School of Movies 2019]
"Transcending history and the world, a tale of souls and swords, eternally retold"... No wait,
"There can only be one!"
A good question would of course then be "Why was there more than one?" Because the answer certainly isn't "Money!"
The original Highlander is a sci-fi fantasy that awkwardly mashes together slightly-too-serious delivery with crazy camp ostentatiousness and a kickass Queen soundtrack. Nowhere near enough people have seen it, and we want to help remedy that.
Back in 2016 we recorded a pair of shows on Highlander which sat in raw form for three years, waiting to be released. Recently, when I began the edit I found myself disappointed by the general lack of energy and meandering nature of the show on the first film (mainly down to me rushing everyone through a running synopsis) yet my guests still said some fascinating things.
So a week ago I brought them back for a gathering and we did a show on Highlander again. This time for the edit I seamlessly interwove the best bits of the old show with the main body of the new version. Next week you'll get to hear our 2016 episode on Highlander II: The Quickening, which was much more on-point because that film is utterly bananas.
Guests:
Nikki Taylor of TheKidDogg
Jesse Ferguson of Recorded Tomorrow
The Battle of the Five Armies
The Desolation of Smaug
An Unexpected Journey
Troll + Troll 2
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Transformers
The Transformers: The Movie
The Iron Giant
The Lego Movie
Guardians of the Galaxy
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Planet of the Apes (2001)
Escape + Conquest + Battle For the Planet of the Apes
Planet of the Apes + Beneath the Planet of the Apes
X-Men: Days of Future Past
The Wolverine
X-Men: First Class
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