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Subject: Re: Highlander Questions
From: obie@hirama.hiram.edu
Date: 4 Jan 93 12:18:43 -0500
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Some comments:
In article <1993Jan3.174653.2834@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu>, 
spice@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu writes in reponse to:
>> <C09M7n.2zK@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, tara@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Lady Johanna 
>>Constantine) 
>> The explanation of the people who make Highlander:The Series is that
>> it takes place after the 1st Highlander movie but before Highlander 2:
>> The Quickening (aka the Sickening). This explanation, given in an interview
>> in Starlog magazine by one of the producers of the Highlander TV series 
>> a few months ago, has huge problems as you've outlined above.
	One really wonders if the producer mentioned ever read the
scripts or saw the movies! He was associated with both of them. The 
inconsistencies between the first and second movies and the TV series are 
incredible. (Your aka is excellent!) 

>> And Felice isnt dead. Duncan didnt kill her in
>> consideration of Richie and his own chivarous (sp?) impulses. Big mistake
>> in my opinion. Felice Martin is not the kind of person you just wound and
>> then leave alone. She's not the kind of person for whom the shock of nearly
>> losing her life will cause her to take stock of her life and turn 
>> over a new leaf. She's the kind of person who will take a show of mercy as
>> as a sign of weakness and will brood, plot and plan to get revenge. And Duncan
>> may not be so lucky as to beat her next time. 
	Yes, I worry about her being the one that removes Duncan at the end.
After all, he trained her thinking initially that she was new to the immortal
life and The Game.

In response to Lady Johanna Constantine's question,"Does anyone else find 
Richie totally annoying? 
>> Many people agree with this, including me. Richie is irritating enough
>> that some Highlander: The Series fans are starting to feel towards him
>> the way many ST-TNG fans feel towards Wesley Crusher, though I havent 
>> anyone send out a alt.richie.die.die.die newgroup message yet. 
	Yes, he's irritating, but in a different way than Wesley was. I think
the writers intend for him to be irritating- he's a streetwise punk who has
suddenly been moved into a totally different environment. He acts as a nice
counterpoint to Tessa's and Duncan's worldliness and sophistication. He also
is essential for the development of some of the story lines (in particular,
in "Family Tree" and "Free Fall"). Wesley was supposed to be a bright kid, 
but the writers really got carried away with him saving the Enterprise when 
no one else seemed to havea brain in their head (despite the fact the officers
were the cream of StarFleet on the fleet's flagship!)
	As a result, I find Ritchie irritating, but interesting. But, when
did he go to live with Duncan? I thought I had missed an episode where this
was explained. But apparently, "Innocent Man" followed "The Gathering" and
there's a big gap there. In the one, Connor tells Duncan to look after "The
boy"; in the next one, Ritchie is settled in. I would love to see Duncan 
explain to Ritchie what Ritchie saw in "The Gathering"!

Glad to see there are other fans out there!! Despite the inconsistencies, I
really love the series. I've heard it is established for 22 episodes. I
wonder whether it will have a shot at more than a year run.
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