HIGHLA-L Digest - 4 May 2004 to 5 May 2004 (#2004-85)
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1. Highlander TV Movies (10)
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Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 06:26:09 -0700
From: Prodipto Roy <proy@microsoft.com>
Subject: Highlander TV Movies
I just received the Highlander store's e-mail newsletter. They've
announced the release of the TV movies on DVD. Coming May 25th are
"Counterfeit," "Finale," and remarkably, one I've never heard of:
"Unholy Alien."
I think that last one guest stars Sigourney Weaver...
--Pro
proy@microsoft.com
CFW for Ursa "There can be only...ooh, pretty..."
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Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 09:44:30 EDT
From: Dotiran@aol.com
Subject: Re: Highlander TV Movies
In a message dated 5/5/2004 8:27:12 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
proy@microsoft.com writes:
Coming May 25th are
"Counterfeit," "Finale," and remarkably, one I've never heard of:
"Unholy Alien."
I think that last one guest stars Sigourney Weaver...
And what alternate universe has that been spawned from?
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Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 10:04:39 -0400
From: Wendy Tillis <immortals_incorporated@cox.net>
Subject: Re: Highlander TV Movies
Pro wrote:
>I just received the Highlander store's e-mail newsletter. They've
>announced the release of the TV movies on DVD. Coming May 25th are
>"Counterfeit," "Finale," and remarkably, one I've never heard of:
>"Unholy Alien."
>
>I think that last one guest stars Sigourney Weaver...
You don't remember "Unholy Alien"? That was one of my favorites!
There are aliens living in Paris. They are under the control of the Immortal Nostromo. He is using the aliens to capture other Immortals, whom he then uses as incubators for more aliens (because the Immortals can survive the "birth" of the little alien when it bursts out of their chests.)(That healing ability can be a bitch) Nostromo plans to breed an army of aliens which he will eventually use to kill all the other Immortals and set himself up as ultimate ruler of the world.
Duncan hears about these nasty buggers who bleed acid and are plucking hapless Immortals off the streets, leaving gaping holes in the sidewalks and bloody shreds of by-standers everywhere.
Duncan tracks the aliens to a cave under Paris. The cave may or may not be holy ground (depending on your view of what constitutes HG.) The aliens are clearly worshiping something at their makeshift altar- it looks like a bobblehead of Joss Wheadon. (Who are we to say their religion isn't valid?) Duncan is forced to fight the aliens one by one in a narrow tunnel. He is victorious when he discovers that his oilskin trenchcoat is acid repellent and his katana will slice through alien flesh like, well, a katana through alien flesh.
Having defeated the aliens, Duncan goes after Nostromo. Cornered on the roof of the Louvre, Mac discovers that Nostromo can fly (because, why not?) The last we see of our villain is him wafting over the spire of Notre Dame. Duncan know he will have to face Nostromo again someday but until then, Paris is safe once more. He returns to the cave to free the imprisoned Immortals, only to find them all missing. All he finds are empty chains and a used syringe that contains a tiny residue of funky blue liquid.
Now that I've refreshed your memory, I'm sure you remember this.
Wendy(Oops!)(I just spoiled the plot for the mini-series<EFG>)
Immortals Inc.
immortals_incorporated@cox.net
"Weasels for Eternity"
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Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 16:55:57 +0200
From: T'Mar <tmar@sifl.iid.co.za>
Subject: Re: Highlander TV Movies
Wendy wrote:
>You don't remember "Unholy Alien"? That was one of my favorites!
Oh, mine too!!
>Now that I've refreshed your memory, I'm sure you remember this.
You forgot to mention the part where Nostromo kidnaps Richie and takes
him underground and implants him with an alien. We get close-up shots
of poor Richie in agony as the alien bursts out of his chest. I was
glad that TPTB chose an Immortal with whom we could empathize to show
just how painful it can be having a creature burst from your chest
like that. Also, Nostromo assumed that because Richie was young he
was harmless and didn't secure him properly, so Richie actually
escaped and told Duncan where the bad guy was! That was an important
plot development that you left out!
>(Oops!)(I just spoiled the plot for the mini-series<EFG>)
Heh. Now we just need a Methos fan to tell us what Methos was doing
at the time and we'll have ourselves a par-tay. :)
- Marina. (Who still has Highlander: The Cyber-Movie up at her website.)
\\"You can spend precious time marching in your prefect lines,//
// but I don't hear that drum; I'm looking for something else.\\
\\ And if you don't like what you see, you don't have to look //
// at me." - Melissa Etheridge ||=====tmar@sifl.iid.co.za=====\\
\\==========Chief Flag Waver and Defender of Richie===========//
"You know, Kent, it's always been my policy to back my reporters one
thousand percent. I mean, if you went up there and opened those
windows and told me that you could fly, I'd back you up. I'd miss
you, but I'd back you up." - Perry White; Lois & Clark.
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Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 11:28:44 -0400
From: Wendy Tillis <immortals_incorporated@cox.net>
Subject: Re: Highlander TV Movies
I wrote:
<snip insightful, amusing description of "Unholy Alien">
I have no idea why that post came through twice.
I wonder if this will come through twice.
If it does, I apologize.
In fact, if it does, I apologize twice.
Whether I want to or not.
Wendy (Richie was in that episode?)(Really?)(I didn't notice.)(Of course, I taped it and fast forwarded through all the boring parts)(:::snicker::::)
Immortals Inc.
immortals_incorporated@cox.net
"Weasels for Eternity"
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Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 12:41:06 -0400
From: Gregory Mate <gmate@rogers.com>
Subject: Re: Highlander TV Movies
Wendy:
>You don't remember "Unholy Alien"? That was one of my favorites!
Not many people know this, but the original title was, "Holy Moley Aliens, Mac!"
Marina:
> Heh. Now we just need a Methos fan to tell us what Methos was doing
> at the time and we'll have ourselves a par-tay. :)
Methos only had a small bit of exposition where the viewers found out that, several thousand years ago on his journey from the planet Zeist with the rest of the Four Horsemen, he brought an Alien egg along the way and brought it to earth. So it was actually Methos' fault that the whole Alien race started breeding. After his sordid past with Cassandra and the Horsemen came out, he was too afraid to also admit this last little bit, which is why it was never mentioned in the other episodes. (Alien eggs were actually considered a delicacy on Zeist, and Methos planned to start an Alien Egg Farm with Silas, but was too distracted by liking him or licking him or whatever, so he misplaced the egg and, well, the rest is history).
....Greg....
gmate@rogers.com
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Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 13:45:36 -0400
From: Bizarro7@aol.com
Subject: Re: Highlander TV Movies
Oooh, I can play this marketing game. I just got a call from the Highlander Store, and the telemarketer informed me that Donald MacLeod would be returning for the made-for-TV HIGHLANDER return movie, "Twinkies at Twilight." The music score will be by Donnie Osmond and John Lennon, with guest starring appearances by Brad Pitt, Mel Gibson, Don Rickles, Denzel Washington, Debbie Boone and Orlando Bloom.
Leah
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Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 13:48:14 -0400
From: Bizarro7@aol.com
Subject: Re: Highlander TV Movies
Wendy, I gotta admit I would have enjoyed your movie more than some of the recent HL movie scripts...
Leah
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Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 14:08:15 -0400
From: Heidi <heidi@bronze.lcs.mit.edu>
Subject: Re: Highlander TV Movies
From: Gregory Mate <gmate@rogers.com>
Methos only had a small bit of exposition where the viewers found out
that, several thousand years ago on his journey from the planet
Zeist with the rest of the Four Horsemen, he brought an Alien egg
along the way and brought it to earth.
And he doesn't know that the real reason Duncan went after the other
Horsemen is because Duncan is also an alien who sometimes goes by
the name of Cole. (if we're talking about aliens, Tracker was bound
to turn up at some point.)
=}{=
(heidi@bronze.lcs.mit.edu)
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Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 21:37:32 +0200
From: T'Mar <tmar@sifl.iid.co.za>
Subject: Re: Highlander TV Movies
Greg wrote:
>Methos planned to start an Alien Egg Farm with Silas, but was too distracted
>by liking him or licking him or whatever, so he misplaced the egg and, well,
>the rest is history.
Ah, and we have Amanda to thank for Nostromo getting his hands on the egg.
She saw it in a rich merchant's house in France in the 1700s, 'appropriated'
it and sold it to a collector who thought he was buying a rare delicacy.
She skipped out on him before he figured out that trying to cut the egg
open actually released acid and made holes in things... taking his
gemstone collection with her, of course. She forgot about the egg
altogether, until Duncan needed her help to break the new security
system the municipality of Paris have put on the underground tunnels
to keep those pesky Immortals from running around down there...
- Marina.
\\ "Good girls go to heaven. ||>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> //
// Bad girls go to Smallville." || R I C H I E >> \\
\\ - 'Sorority Boys' wallpaper ||>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> //
//=======tmar@sifl.iid.co.za========|| \\
\\=======Chief Flag Waver and Defender of Richie=======//
"What about the fact they thought we were gay?"
"Adds mystery." - Wesley and Angel; "Expecting" (Angel)
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