{"id":1239,"date":"2006-05-16T16:16:00","date_gmt":"2006-05-16T20:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=1239"},"modified":"2006-05-16T16:16:00","modified_gmt":"2006-05-16T20:16:00","slug":"highlander-there-can-be-only-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=1239","title":{"rendered":"Highlander: There Can Be Only One?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stallonezone.com\/z051605highlander_ban.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stallonezone.com\/z051605highlander_ban.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">The original <\/span><em style=\"font-family: arial;\">Highlander<\/em><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"> is one of my favorite movies. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">I can remember seeing it in a theater for the first time and just loving everything about it. The classic tale of good vs evil, the blessing\/curse of living forever, the coolness in being immortal and the sadness of losing a true love who isn&#8217;t. Then there was the great direction by <\/span><strong style=\"font-family: arial;\">Russell Mulcahy<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">, the soundtrack by <\/span><strong style=\"font-family: arial;\">Queen<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">, <\/span><strong style=\"font-family: arial;\">Christopher Lambert <\/strong><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">in a role that he owned, <\/span><strong style=\"font-family: arial;\">Sean Connery <\/strong><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">as his mentor and <\/span><strong style=\"font-family: arial;\">Clancy Brown <\/strong><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">as the <\/span><strong style=\"font-family: arial;\">Kurgan<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">. Everything came together to create a movie that was magical.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-family: arial;\"><em>Highlander II <\/em><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">took everything that was cool from the original and trashed it. Literally. <\/span><strong style=\"font-family: arial;\"><em>Highlander II<\/em><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"> is without a doubt the worst sequel in history. I actually left the theater angry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em style=\"font-family: arial;\"><strong>Highlander III <\/strong><\/em><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">was almost as bad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">I never even gave the tv series a single viewing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">In <\/span><strong style=\"font-family: arial;\">July<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">, <\/span><strong style=\"font-family: arial;\">Dynamite Entertainment <\/strong><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">is releasing <\/span><strong style=\"font-family: arial;\">Highlander #0<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"> which will jump start the <\/span><strong style=\"font-family: arial;\">Highlander<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"> comic book series. Written by <\/span><strong style=\"font-family: arial;\">Brandon<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"> (<\/span><em style=\"font-family: arial;\">Battlestar Galactica<\/em><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">) <\/span><strong style=\"font-family: arial;\">Jerwa<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"> with <\/span><strong style=\"font-family: arial;\">Michael<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"> (<\/span><em style=\"font-family: arial;\">Red Sonja<\/em><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">) <\/span><strong style=\"font-family: arial;\">Oeming<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">, and art by <\/span><strong style=\"font-family: arial;\">Lee<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"> (<\/span><em style=\"font-family: arial;\">Red Sonja<\/em><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">) <\/span><strong style=\"font-family: arial;\">Moder<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"> and will set you back just a quarter! 50% of the covers will feature a photo from the movie with the other half sporting a painted cover by <\/span><strong style=\"font-family: arial;\">Gabriele Dell&#8217;Otto<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">I&#8217;m going to pre-order a copy, but I have a feeling that it might still boil down to: There can only be one! [And if that&#8217;s the case, for me it will be the original movie!]<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The original Highlander is one of my favorite movies. 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