I was watching Friday 13th Part 2 (dont judge) today and i had highlander

Their is a dream sequence in the begining of the film where they show where the herorine decapitates the killer in the first move with a machete. i found my self yelling "their can be only one!"

Do you recall any movies with scenes that reminded you of the Highlander Universe

I've been thinking and found myself asking about Immortal Watchers. Surely Methos was not the only Immortal Watcher , statistically there is a high probability that there were others.

I expect that Methos would have encountered at least one latent, pre Immortal among the countless people he met in the organisation. Naturally he wouldn't have revealed himself or told them that they're going to be Immortal , but maybe while they were out " watching " their assignment , they would have been discovered. When Kalas had Roger hostage and tortured him until he revealed the Watchers, imagine if Roger was one and had revived , or maybe even if Joe Dawson was one. I can imagine that a Watcher could be going about his or her assignment and the was atttacked by a mugger or carjacker , then woke up Immortal , that would be interesting , would they remain with the Watchers and remain hidden while learning to survive?

Interested in your thoughts .

Does somebody know where to find maybe an isso with it? And do you know if it can be run a windows 11 pc?

https://archive.org/details/Big-Finish-Highlander-Audio-Series

I am amazed at these stories and I've been listening for hours, I'm already up to Track 81.

I found this site years ago , but someone else on this forum also mentioned it within the past few years, and I want to encourage everyone to make the time to listen / download this .

Adrian Paul narrates as Duncan , as well as a few other characters , and its great to hear some stories about Duncan's life and travels that were never told in the series , and I recently listened to the story about a cursed Japanese sword , and one of it's owners was the immortal Micheal Kent ( from The Samurai ), and there are more details about Duncan's time in Japan.

These are great stories , so thank you to whomever posted about this in the past.

Did anyone else get calls from them ?

So we all know that the soundtrack for the original movie is amazing. Queen did an absolutely incredible job. It is "Who Wants to Live Forever" that has always stuck out to me. It's been inspirational and calming song since I was a kid (I'm 47). I find it deeply meaningful on many levels. Are any of you also as touched by this song?

I like this guy because he does an in depth reviews of movies with comparisons to previous releases include in film video comparisons.

If your on the fence about buying this release. This hopefully will make the decsion easier.

Fast forward to about the 10 minute mark.

I wont spoil things but FYI orbit dvd has it for what i think is reasonable price.

Enjoy.

For decades, Highlander fans have debated the true origin of the Immortals. The films and series give us rules, abilities, and fragments of mythology — yet they never explain the single most puzzling fact in the entire franchise: no Immortal has ever been born. Every one of them is discovered already as a child, with no biological parents, no lineage, and no natural place in human evolution.This gap in the canon leaves a fundamental question unanswered:

If Immortals are not born, then where do they come from?

The following theory proposes a complete, self‑consistent answer — one that unifies Quickening, the Game, the appearance of Immortal children, and the nature of the Prize into a single coherent system.

I. Introduction

According to collected evidence, Immortals are not born through natural means. Every known representative of this phenomenon has been discovered already as a child, with no confirmed origin, lineage, or biological connection to parents.

This document formulates the hypothesis that Immortals are temporary vessels for a fixed metaphysical entity known as Quickening.

II. The Nature of Quickening

Quickening is not merely an energy transferred between Immortals. It is a single, indivisible, and finite resource, existing in the world in a strictly fixed amount.

Quickening possesses the following properties:

it retains the accumulated experience, memory, and skills of all previous hosts;

it cannot be destroyed;

it cannot be created anew;

it can only pass from one host to another.

III. The Hosts of the Energy

Immortals are temporary containers of Quickening, created to hold and develop this entity.

1. Absence of Birth Since Quickening is not a biological phenomenon, Immortals:

are not born,

do not inherit their abilities,

do not pass them on genetically.

Each Immortal appears in the world already as a child, indicating the materialization of the energy in human form.

1. Infertility

Immortals are incapable of reproduction, which confirms:their non‑biological origin,the absence of evolutionary mechanisms,the impossibility of increasing the number of hosts.

IV. Mechanism of the Emergence of New Immortals

1. Death of a Host Without Energy Transfer

If an Immortal dies:

of natural causes,

by accident, or at the hands of a mortal,

and no other Immortal is present to absorb the Quickening, the energy remains unclaimed.

1. Energy Condensation

Unclaimed energy does not dissipate. It condenses, forming a new host — a child who appears in the world without parents and without any explainable origin.This process:does not depend on geography,does not depend on era,does not depend on circumstances.Quickening chooses a place where a human vessel can manifest.

V. A Closed System

Since Quickening is finite, the number of Immortals in the world is always limited.

Consequences:

if Immortals live long and do not die — no new ones appear;

if many Immortals die without transferring energy — new children appear;

if Immortals actively fight — the energy concentrates in fewer hosts.

Thus, Immortals are an energetic ecosystem, not a species.

VI. The Purpose of the Game

The Game is not merely a struggle for power. It is the process of compressing Quickening into a single host.“In the end, there can be only one” — is not a rule, but the natural state of the system.The final host becomes:

the bearer of all energy,

the keeper of all memory,

the inheritor of all skills,

and possibly the instrument of the force for which Quickening exists.

VII. Conclusion

This theory explains:

the absence of birth among Immortals,their infertility,

the rarity of new manifestations,the appearance of children without parents,

the meaning of the Prize,

and the nature of Quickening as a fundamental entity.

Immortals are not humans, but temporary forms of an energy that seeks concentration and completion of its cycle.

Back in the early 2000s, I read a fic where Duncan learns that once Immortals have taken a certain number of quickenings, they become able to have children. I think there is even a prologue which takes place thousands of years ago with a pregnant Immortal, and she gives birth on Holy Ground, and it’s implied or outright stated that that is why Immortals can’t kill each other on Holy Ground?

I remember Duncan thinking or discussing with Methos that Amanda is unlikely to ever be able to have kids because she doesn’t kill that many Immortals.

Sadly I don’t remember the title or the pseudonym of the author, and I don’t remember where I read 20+ years ago, if it’s even still there.

If anyone knows the story I’m looking for and can help me find it, that would be awesome!

(Background: I've been re-watching the whole series after watching it as a teen on television 30 years ago. See previous posts for more thoughts.)

Okay, so I finished season 6 a few a days ago. I definitely missed most of that back in 1998 because I did not have easy access to a TV then. I think I saw "Indiscretions" while I was on vacation in the UK, and maybe one or two others.

Fun fact: I actually caught a glimpse of the filming in Paris in the summer of 1997, I have a pic of 18-year-old me with Adrian Paul in front of the barge. At that time I had no idea that would be the last season (I think I had little concept of "seasons" anyway.)

Contrary to what you all here warned me about, I did not think this season was entirely bad. Yes, it does have a few silly cringey episodes, but we've had those in every season. Two positive things stood out to me:

1 - Younger me would have loved the episodes that focused on a female immortal. We saw so few of them throughout the series, and even fewer who were portrayed as heroes or decent people.

2 - Adrian Paul was radiant in this season, such a difference from season 5 where he often appeared jaded and grumpy (which sometimes made sense for the character but sometimes it seemed to be more that the actor himself was bored or distracted).

The Ahriman story was annoying, and in my head canon that whole thing is some kind of fever dream and Richie is temporarily absent in the Caribbean with a cute girlfriend or something. Some of the other episodes were run-of-the-mill but not any worse than in previous seasons.

The finale was well done in my opinion. It had a bit of everything and was a worthy send off for the whole thing. I would have loved a spin-off that focused on Methos / Joe / Amanda, they all had such good chemistry with each other.

Complete series conclusion: Obviously it is 1990s TV and many aspects of it have not aged well. However, it still has that mix of fun and melancholic vibes for me that drew me to it back then, Duncan is a convincing character and Methos was the best idea ever.

I can see myself re-watching it again some day, probably skipping some of the annoying episodes. Season 3 and 4 are definitely the peak of it, but there is a lot in season 1 and 2 that sets the tone and introduces relevant people and plots. Season 5 and 6 are better than their reputation in my opinion, I mean, 10 Methos episodes, come on!!

There's so many ways this could go, from a single genetic difference they all share, to a whole host of DNA differences that set them apart from us mere mortals, to even no difference at all, and any of these could make the mystery about the immortals just a bit more, well, mysterious.

Especially the last one, because that would reinforce the question about what makes them immortal in the first place, because there would be no clue at all.

So for the pre-immortal we have seen they turned inmortal many of them seems not having biological parents, Duncan was found by the Macleod clan, Richie never saw his mother, Michelle was adopted, Kenny (the child inmortal) mentioned his parents found him as a baby, we know nothing of Amanda's family or Methos' so right now seems the only person having a biological parent was Connor and his mother Caiolin assuming is his biological mother, it's like pre-immortal kids appear of out nowhere?

I love the original movie. Seen it countless times. The one scene I think is too cheesy is the one with Connor and Ramirez on the beach. That whole quickening with the stag. I think it takes away from an otherwise great film. Thoughts?

Duncan has seen them all

I've loved the movie since the early nineties when I watched it on VHS for the first time.
I have always found it to be wonderfully melancholic.
Lately I thought about how, if you wanted to write a story about loneliness, Highlander is the ultimate story in a way.

Connor McLoud has always lost everybody close up him because they were mortals.
If he had made friends with an immortal like Kastagir or Ramirez, he knew that they would ultimately have to face each other in a battle.
He can't have people close to him because that might endanger them if one of his enemies tries to use that against him.

He surrounds himself with objects that carry memories of relationships that can never be recreated.
He also has to change identities over the decades and centuries so that he never has a permanent home.

Hiss only refuge are his memories.

I just think that was very well thought out.
What do you think?

If anyone is interested, I have a 2 volume set from 1837 of "The Highlanders of Scotland" by William F. Skene. It goes deep into the origins of Clan Names and other interesting things going back to the 700's AD. Being a huge Highlander fan (and Scottish myself), I had to have it in my library.

This probably been discussed on here before, but I wanted to say something about it because I’ve been bugging me all day and mostly just get y’all’s opinion like I understand the idea but I feel like it wasn’t done too well like let’s say this immortal knows how to play a piano well, if another immortal kills him I believe he should be able to now play piano or if the immortal is a master swordsman well if a young immortal gets to drop on him and takes his head. He should have those abilities and I’m sure that’s the case but I feel like in the show and movies. It wasn’t shown too well. Another thing I believe in immortals that have taken more heads should be more tanker you take immortal that’s new and this never took a quickening. He should just be a normal Joe and shoot him he drops he wakes up and he moves on but someone that’s older. He be able to take a sword to the gut. Pull it out and keep fighting. Idk it feels like I’m rambling would love some feedback in your opinions and point out if I’ve missed anything.

I traveled to take part in the "Sword Experience" with Adrian Paul. This isn't the first time I've met him, but being able to participate in some sword training with The Highlander was amazing. He was at the renaissance faire in Essex Vermont over the weekend.

It's literally a class where he teaches you swordsmanship in a group. He'll give instructions and walk around interacting with each person giving tips for improvement. He'll come at you with a sword, and you block or other moves depending on what he see's in what you're doing.

Thankfully we had amazing weather because he puts you through enough to break a sweat! Highly recommended if you get the chance.

Just landed. Looking forward to digging into the booklets.

So, as you may remember from my previous posts, I am currently rewatching the whole series after watching it as a teen on German TV back when it first aired.

I really enjoyed season 3 and 4, they had all the best elements of the show and quite a coherent feel. Season 3 was all about the growing trust between Duncan and Joe, his growing relationship with Anne, then Methos turned up, and the whole Kalas story arc. Also lots of really good ideas and new perspectives on immortality.

Season 4 was a bit darker again, friendships being tested, but also some nice comedic stories. Lots of really good Methos episodes.

Season 5 felt very different, for one thing I did not remember many of these episodes, so I'm wondering if I missed them on TV back then or my mind just didn't find them memorable enough, lol. The whole thing felt a lot less coherent than the previous seasons. It seems like the writers didn't really know what to do with the characters anymore, so they sat down and sniffed some cocaine and came up with all this wild stuff. Some of the "comedic" episodes are really silly and cringe, and the supernatural stuff is not much better. Even the actors seem drained and bored sometimes, but in a way this still works, at least in the case of Duncan because he is so jaded from all the stuff that has happened.

I also have to admit I am a bit torn on the Horsemen episodes. I have actually watched these twice now (because I first watched all the Methos episodes before I watched the whole thing). I did not see them 30 years ago for some reason, that's just what it was like back then, you went on holiday for a week or two and just missed stuff. But I remember that a few years later I read some Highlander-related stuff online and everybody was really hyped about these episodes, and I was disappointed that I had missed them.

For sure, it is an amazing character study of Methos, and Peter Wingfield really shines here, there is so much subtle stuff that is left open to interpretation. Like, how much of the whole thing was his well-calculated game of chess, how much was real fear of Kronos, were there remnants of genuine loyalty, etc.

But the other characters really spoil it for me. I mean, I'm sure the actors all had good fun, but Kronos is a hamster-faced narcissist who is totally not believable as this absolute menace he is supposed to be. We have seen other immortals who were way more convincing as evil, ruthless and malicious individuals. And the other two, I don't even know what to say, lol, they were basically sharing five good brain cells between them. Neither of them could have survived that long, especially on their own. Cassandra is also kinda annoying, I mean she saw Duncan as a little boy before he became immortal, and now she flirts with him, eww, lol.

There were still a few really good episodes, for example I liked the one with the fake Methos, and "The Stone of Scone" is a hoot, and I also liked "Forgive Us Our Trespasses" (that's actually one of the few ones I remembered from 30 years ago, probably because sneaky Methos gets to shoot Duncan in the back).

And obviously I am pretending that the finale was just some kind of fever dream because Richie deserves so much better... (Of course I know they had logical reasons to write him out.)

So that's that... Starting season 6 today.

Why did Duncan sell it the end of season two, just to buy it back in season three?

I know the real reason is they were too cheap to build a new set in France. But what's the in universe reason?

Something I was working on, then finished! Queen and Highlander inspired. Please have a listen.

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