HIGHLA-L Digest - 22 Jun 2005 to 23 Jun 2005 (#2005-77)
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Topics of the day:
1. Season Six DVD Commentary: Black Tower (5)
2. Highlander 5 is a "go" (5)
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Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 22:56:38 -0400
From: Wendy <Immortals_Incorporated@cox.net>
Subject: Re: Season Six DVD Commentary: Black Tower
I said:
> >man who was Valedictorian of the Watcher Academy didn't
> recognize Duncan MacLeod when he walked in? You can't tell
> me that DMOTCM isn't required reading at the Academy.
MacG clarifies:
> I didn't include the date, which was misleading. They
> recruited him as a Watcher after the Black Tower episode.
I have a hard time keeping the dates straight - Season 6 seems like it
should be later than 1997. Having him made a Watcher after the events
shown makes more sense- although he didn't really strike me as the
Watcher type. Does the Watcher Chronicle mention if his disciplinary
action included getting shot at dawn?
> >>MY COMMENTARY: Well, it wasn’t awful.
> >Oh yes, it was <eg>
> I disagree. There's a difference between awful and just
> poor. This was just poor.
Well, I think I'll stick with "awful". If it had been a first season
episode, I'd join you at "poor" but this was Season 6. The fact that it
played just like a Season One episode lowers it into the awful range.
Nina adds:
>& DM would never let a mortal answer a 3AM knock at the barge door
True - unless he was hoping she'd get killed? Easier than trying to get
rid of her in the morning when he realized what a terrible mistake she
had been? His decision to bring her back to the barge after the opera
struck me as being parallel to the reporter he brought back to the barge
after the opera in "Warmonger"- not his type but useful for reducing
fluid levels. Is there something about the Paris opera that drives
Duncan into the arms of unsuitable women?
Wendy (I think Season 6 should have consisted of 13 episodes of Duncan
sitting in his boxers eating ice cream and watching Judge Judy.)(He
saved the world)( He deserves a few decades off)(Each week a new
Immortal would arrive ready to take Duncan's head but would end up
seduced by the power of the ice cream and TV.)(By Episode 13, the ice
cream is being delivered by the truckload each day and Duncan weighs 347
pounds.)(The final shot would have been Duncan waddling down the Quai
muttering "never again" as he tosses an empty ice cream container into
the Seine.)
Immortals Inc.
immortals_incorporated@cox.net
"Weasels for Eternity"
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Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 23:27:14 EDT
From: Dotiran@aol.com
Subject: Highlander 5 is a "go"
from Carmel
>>I have just had official confirmation that Highlander 5 is
definitely happening and that the script is safely in the
hands of our beloved David Abramowitz who is re-writing it
as I type :-). Everyone is very excited and rearing to
go...
Be still my beating heart...
More info as further roles are locked down and and we get
the official nod for release. Just let me say that, I am
*very* excited....that's a clue...
Feel free to distribute to other lists.
Carmel Macpherson
President
HLWW
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Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 17:36:15 -1000
From: MacWestie <mac.westie@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: Season Six DVD Commentary: Black Tower
> Wendy (I think Season 6 should have consisted of 13 episodes of Duncan
> sitting in his boxers eating ice cream
Nope. That runs afoul of one of the 3 big problems TPTB had in season
6--Paris is hot in summer, remember.
Nina (DM sittiing in a pool of melted ice cream just isn't good drama)
mac.westie@verizon.net
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Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 07:00:10 +0200
From: T'Mar <tmar@sifl.iid.co.za>
Subject: Re: Season Six DVD Commentary: Black Tower
>(DM sittiing in a pool of melted ice cream just isn't good drama)
Hmmm... Duncan, naked, in a pool of melted ice cream... I'd watch!
If a Kimmie came by they could, you know, *wrestle* in it!
- Marina.
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"We all have our little faults. Mine's in California!" - Lex Luthor;
Superman The Movie
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Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 08:33:41 -0400
From: Wendy <Immortals_Incorporated@cox.net>
Subject: Re: Highlander 5 is a "go"
> >>I have just had official confirmation that Highlander 5 is
> definitely happening and that the script is safely in the
> hands of our beloved David Abramowitz who is re-writing it
> as I type :-). Everyone is very excited and rearing to
> go...
>
> Be still my beating heart...
>
> More info as further roles are locked down and and we get
> the official nod for release. Just let me say that, I am
> *very* excited....that's a clue...
Haven't we been down this road before? Let's as our resident "expert".
John! John, John....are you there?
Does this mean that the $$$$ is firmly in place? Or in place if the
script is good and gets written within a set timeframe? I seem to recall
that the last attempt at "The Source" disappeared when the whole process
took too long and the money people walked away. Are any actors actually
signed on or are we still in the "hoping they sign" stage? If DA is
re-writing the script now, when would production start?
Then, on to the real fun..speculating about the plot!
Is this still the "three cute young Immortals look for the meaning of it
all" plot? Will all of the new Immortals be named MacLeod - causing
Duncan to come out of retirement to whack them just on principle? What
new tricks will the Watchers be up to now? Maybe they've formed a true
alliance with the Immortals and each Watcher now actively promotes his
"guy" including supplying intelligence data and cool electronic gadgets
ala James Bond and Q. Will there be nekkid headboard rattling?
Aliens...will they be aliens? Please..please...I liked Zeist! (Or was
that "I licked Silas"?)
You can tell I'm all atwitter <eg>
Wendy ( My passing reference to James Bond is not intended to start a
discussion of whether Adrian should be the next Bond.)(He
shouldn't.)('nough said.)
Immortals Inc.
immortals_incorporated@cox.net
"Weasels for Eternity"
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Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 13:52:59 +0100
From: "a.j.mosby" <a.j.mosby@btinternet.com>
Subject: Re: Highlander 5 is a "go"
> Haven't we been down this road before? Let's as our resident "expert".
> John! John, John....are you there?
In this case, Carmel and I are on the same page. Things are progressing and
I've been reliably informed that everything seems good to go in the
Autumn/Fall. Could it all go the shape of a pear? Yes. This isn't just
Highlander, this is Hollywood and bigger franchises have been stalled by
smaller things, but what is happening now is that serious momentum is being
generated, schedules are being decided upon, the people actively involved in
it are talking potential start-dates. The people who I trust are telling me
it looks good to go.
Details? Not much yet as contracts are being finalised. I suspect you'll be
hearing more on that within a couple of months. Script - again, as we all
know it's been in flux. It will be called The Source though that doesn't
necessary mean what evryone assumes it does. Bwahahaha
We're not there yet...like you I won't be happy or satisfied or believable
until I actually see it start to appear on a cinema screen / DVD screen or
whatever, but this is solid good news. It's not the final, final step, but
it's an important one which should lead us to a new movie before the year
wraps.
Hmmm. I wonder if that means there'll be a trailer by March 10th? :)
John
(No Stargates this time, please)
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Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 17:23:01 -0400
From: Sandy Fields <diamonique@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: Season Six DVD Commentary: Black Tower
I'm trying to remember this episode. Was that the MacGyver/James Bond ep?
-- Sandy
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Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 18:14:42 -0400
From: kageorge <kageorge1@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: Season Six DVD Commentary: Black Tower
Sandy Fields wrote:
> I'm trying to remember this episode. Was that the MacGyver/James Bond
> ep?
>
> -- Sandy
>
The original message contains a full description of the episode, plus
commentaries from the episode's director, and commentaries from me.
MacGeorge
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Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 14:30:42 -1000
From: MacWestie <mac.westie@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: Highlander 5 is a "go"
John--
> Things are progressing and I've been reliably informed that everything
> seems good to go in the Autumn/Fall. Could it all go the shape of a pear?
> Yes. This isn't just Highlander, this is Hollywood and bigger franchises
> have been stalled by smaller things, but what is happening now is that
> serious momentum is being generated, schedules are being decided upon, the
> people actively involved in it are talking potential start-dates. The
> people who I trust are telling me it looks good to go.
Could you maybe vague that up a bit?
So--no script, no director, no stars, no start date. Is the caterer at
least inked? And where IS the rock-bottom cheapest country to shoot these
days?
Nina (no wrestling mania this time, please)
mac.westie@verizon.net
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Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 01:57:04 +0100
From: "a.j.mosby" <a.j.mosby@btinternet.com>
Subject: Re: Highlander 5 is a "go"
> Could you maybe vague that up a bit?
>
> So--no script, no director, no stars, no start date. Is the caterer at
> least inked? And where IS the rock-bottom cheapest country to shoot these
> days?
>
Okay. Let's recap for those who were paying attention recently.
Director: Brett Leonard
Script: David Abramowitz already penned one. Some changes needed, he's
taking another swing.
Start date: Autumn. Haven't got the exact hour as it will depend on the
availability of certain locations.
Starring: Contracts currently being signed so can't be officially stated
until then, but safe to say various main TV faces, rather than all-new ones.
Status: Getting there (hopefully)
More to follow.
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