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The Kate thing seems just written for the sake of drama. Also, "Oh noes, if they don't suffer a violent death they won't become Immortal!" being long known by most folks was just too out of the blue.
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Originally posted by LizzyB View Post
Yeah, Duncan killing Kate is a problem for me too, it just seems so out of character. It's one of the two big faults I see with Endgame (the other is the death of Connor. I felt like that was done purely for shock value - "Ooh I know, let's kill off the main character of the series! No one will see it coming!" I once attempted to rewrite Endgame so Connor didn't die, but I didn't get very far. Might go back to it one day if I can get the file back). The other things are smaller issues - I'd have incapacitated Rachel, rather than killing her outright and Methos could have had a bigger part, stuff like that - but the two big ones for me are Connor and Kate's deaths at Duncan's hands.
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Originally posted by Aleander View PostWell, Culloden makes sense enough, as he's left Scotland, but visits Ireland because of how it reminds him of his home... I'd argue killing Kate is the breaking point for him, the point where he abandons even his Scots accent after this, and truly becomes a man of the world like his mentor.
But yeah, Duncan killing Kate out of the blue is still very uncharacteristic of him. At any age.
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Giggling. Andrew's Connor & Duncan show addresses that. Connor introduces himself, and the women fall all over him. Duncan introduces himself, and the women are iffy. Methos introduces himself and can't get a word out before the women adore him. Or am I remembering that that quite correctly? Probably not...
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Another continuity error introduced by this film: when the elder Highlander introduces himself to Duncan in the flashback by saying, "I'm Connor MacLeod of the clan MacLeod," we don't immediately cut to a passionate blue-lit love scene. That's a basic failure to stick to the franchise formula up to that point. The Power of Seduction is an essential part of Connor's character in the first three films.
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Not really. He was more shocked Duncan jumped with the precision he did.
God, I hate that moment.
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Originally posted by Aleander View PostYeah, Kane's the best in the entire franchise, although Katana's in 2 is a close second.
But I was refering more to the finish move. Duncan just jumps over Kell, who's stunned for some reason? Come on!
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Hahahah I almost said that, but you beat me to it days ago.
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Highlander and Endgame have the better final Quickenings though.
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^ Absolutely love those beheadings in H3 -- very brutal and "juicy" (if that makes sense).
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Yeah, Kane's the best in the entire franchise, although Katana's in 2 is a close second.
But I was refering more to the finish move. Duncan just jumps over Kell, who's stunned for some reason? Come on!
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Originally posted by Aleander View PostSpeaking of which, Duncan's decap of Kell... man, that is AWFUL. The whole jump was just ineptly done.
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...which is why he should have tried it on Bull from Night Court.
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Speaking of which, Duncan's decap of Kell... man, that is AWFUL. The whole jump was just ineptly done.
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No, the "dupe your opponent into charging at you like an idiot, then turn around and cut off his head as he passes by" technique.
Properly executed, that move is surprisingly effective.
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Originally posted by Tootsie Bee View PostConnor should've taught him the move he used to kill Kurgan
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That finishing move in 1 and 3? Yeah, that'd have been real useful. After all, he won the Prize with that move.
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Connor should've taught him the move he used to kill Kurgan and Kell instead, methinks.
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At least the original line was "almost unstoppable." Meaning that there COULD have been a reason not to use it all the time. But make it unstoppable so that when Kell blocks it, he's CLEVER! But... but.. was there ever gonna be a single reason for that move to exist other than to force Duncan's hand and actually kill Connor? Cause we ALL know, he really never would otherwise, under any circumstances.
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Yet another complaint: "Properly executed, this move is unstoppable." Which is why neither Connor nor Duncan ever use it in any film or episode until this point...?
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Originally posted by Wilusa View PostThis isn't exactly something "wrong," but it's an oddity I - for some reason - never thought of till yesterday. In the original version of the film - the one released to theaters (and the one I choose to think of as canon) - the Sanctuary is said to be on holy ground. Kell's taking all those heads, with no shocking consequences, proves the holy ground beliefs were a myth. A very understandable myth, invented so long ago that even Methos presumably heard it from others before he could learn from experience that nothing out of the ordinary would happen.
When Connor is about to fight Kell in Endgame, Duncan - instinctively? - reminds him that he's on holy ground, and he carefully steps away from it. Even though, by then, all of them know holy ground wouldn't cause a problem!
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