Never even knew this show even existed, was the anime based off of this?

Yes, the anime was based off the concept, and seemed to be most connected in sprirt to the original movie. Loved the anime, by the way. Best Highlander movie since the original!

I have to admit that I kind of figured Connor would get the 1st place spot of the best. As you said it was the Final Quikening and it was perfection. And I'm not at all surprised that Duncan had taken up the all the spots of the worst since he did have some pretty bad ones.
I would contest that the Duncan killing Connor one should be higher on the list for the reasons you said but the ones you put on top really were much worse than that.

Just want to add that the anime was pretty awesome.

The anime was awesome. Much better than the god awful cartoon series back in the mid 90's. It makes me nauseous just thinking about it.

cool list of a cool show. though wound have had endgame higher like behind the messenger which is the stupidest episode with the dumbest quikening ever. for no wonder Richie did not stay till series end. as for the good list would have had five and one switched around

Yeah, they killed off Connor in the godawful 1990's cartoon series, too. And even that death was better than the one in Highlander: Endgame.

Man, number three was pretty cool, and the dress did seem to make his saddlehorn larger...

This is blasphemy. There was only ONE Highlander movie, and there was NEVER a TV show, anime, or any sequels. NEVER. I REFUSE TO ACCEPT IT!

One movie, dammit. (sobs)

I remember when the Highlander TV show came out, Widen (the writer of the original) back-pedalled and claimed that Connor didn't win THE PRIZE but had only become the most powerful Immortal and thus gained bonus powers. Apparently the PRIZE was near-impossible to win because new Immortals were being born every day.

doczoom, that's pretty much the issue I had with the original film, given the circumstances of the following shows/movies. How could MacLeod be the final immortal when there probably five different others that had been born that very day?

To say nothing of all the immortals who don't even know they're immortal yet.

How about the one from higlander 2 as the worst, the one were he suddenly becomes young again, or Sean Connery lifting that weird mechanism using the power of the quickening, that was pretty awful.

I have long contended that Highlander should have paid more attention to the first movie, and heeded that mantra as if it was a warning....There should have been only one.

LOL, Sean, good point. Although the Series was overall very good, all the the movie sequels and other spin-offs have been dreadful.

In the first film, I think it was implied that Immortals were much more rare than they were in the TV series. And events were set so that once the Gathering began, those that were left would battle to the last. So, I think no more were being born at that point.

And Widen can backpedal all he wants - the first movie was meant as a complete story and dialog (and events) make it clear that Connor won the Prize. Everything else that followed just chose to ignore that or detract from it.

Puh-leeeze. I can't find a link for it but one of the best quickening of them all is the one where the Kurgan kills Kastigir in the the alley.

I did almost include Kastagir's Quickening. Was tough to narrow it down.

I just saw Highlander on AMC yesterday for the first time in forever. I never quite got the appeal, perhaps because the first time I saw Highlander was about 15 years after it was released. I think it's one of those nostalgia things like Goonies where you only love it if you saw it as a youngster in the 80's.

I mean Christopher Lambert is horrible in everything, and makes for a weenie hero. Clancy Brown is ridiculously over the top evil to the point where it's almost unbelievable (heckling the clergy is a bit on the nose). And while I love Queen, the All-Queen soundtrack just doesn't do it for me. Even the sword battles are kind of clunky and dull.

Everyone loves the original so much, I can see why they'd expand the franchise. But I have a hard time understanding why the first one is held in such high regard.

JPyke: You had to see it around the time it actually came out. I mean the effects were astounding for the 80s. I personally think Queen's music for that movie REALLY set the atmosphere beautifully, but to each his own. Chris Lambert, well he's not a great actor, but his voice and attitude are entertaining enough. Clancy Brown was just win. If you think he's over-the-top, watch the Horsemen from the tv series. That said, it has lots of corniness to it... and the Quickening is never well-explained... which the tv series fortunately made way more clearer later on. But there's just so many different fun and just "new" things that came out in that movie.

I had an urge to rewatch the tv series for the first time in like a decade... but damn I had forgotten how corny the quickenings were. Hell, I even laughed at the "Coolest" ones, excluding super-awesome #1.

You're missing the double quickening from Revelation 6:8.

I'm gonna be honest. I don't see a lot of difference between the best kills and the worst kills. They all look pretty silly for the most part. I don't really see the appeal of this show but more power to you if you like it.

Wasn't Edge from the WWE in one of these movies?

The Double Quickening was pretty cool, but the swirling thing went a little overboard, I thought.

And yes, Edge was in Endgame. Which led to the line, "Looks like you've lost your edge, lad." *sigh*

Never understood why the TV series wasn't simply treated like a long prequel. You could have just had the whole damn thing take place in the past with another Highlander. They could have made the movie the finish line and never crossed it. Instead they pissed all over with lameness. Idiots.

I loved the falling off the bridge Quickening from that two parter ep which also featured the double swirly lightening quickening. It starts as Duncan is being chased by a second Immortal and it continues following him (the lightening not the immortal) as he falls into the water below. Also, and I know fans will rip me a new one because the film sucked A$$, but the first (and really only) Quickening from HL: The Source was really good.

Oh, and I liked the Quickenings of HL: Endgame, it was a decent low-bud. action flick to boot. I think the Connor quick. scene was edited down poorly, I seem to recall it being longer in the theater version.