Re: Is it time for a COMPLETE relaunch of Highlander?

"It's just me..." <Ivory@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> I can see it remade but no time soon.  It should lie dormant at least
> 20 years before anyone tries to retell or reinvent it.  At the very
> least this would remove much of the bad that is associated with the
> Highlander name.  It would be playing to a new generation who doesn't
> know of the sins of the past and it would also play to the nostalgia
> of any original fans who were still kicking in the old folks home.
> Unfortunately the people involved don't seem to want to let things
> lie.  It would seem to be their sole means of making a living and they
> seem willing to whore it out to who or whatever to make a few more
> bucks.  Perhaps it's the pressure from the remaining fans that keep
> it going on autopilot?  Are the fans so enamoured of HL that they'd
> rather see turd after turd just to get more HL than let it die and
> maybe be reborn at a future date with some regained dignity?
> 
> Ivory
> 

Sadly, you hit the nail on the head. The problem has been that, even if 
they put cheap crap together, there is enough of a core audience that 
will see it (regardless of how good it is) so that they never feel 
pressured enough to produce quality.

Again, going back to the Star trek comparison, it was the same thing.  
They really put out crap the last several times they went to the well, 
and Paramount never forked over the kind of production money and acquired 
the top-notch talent for any Star Trek production, until now.  This new 
Star Trek has a major push from Paramount with hot producer/director JJ 
Abrams and an amazingly larger production budget than any previous Star 
Trek movie. Highlander deserves the same consideration.


James