My adolescence in one frame.

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Muggi@reddit

Amazing (to me) aspect of Highlander: Lambert spoke virtually no English during filming. He MEMORIZED the sounds of his lines.

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kjbrandon75@reddit (OP)

Lol he was also blind as a bat. That why he had that far off look all the time.

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dascott@reddit

... how the heck did he even get cast?

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StellaEtoile1@reddit

Ummm....did you even look at him???!!! 😍

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The director saw a photo of him from the movie Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan a couple years prior IIRC (a role Lambert got specifically because he couldn't speak English and his severe near-sightedness gave him an "always looking to the horizon" feel when he took his glasses off) and thought he looked perfect for the role.

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ndgirl524@reddit

Dunno, but this really explains a LOT.

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ssshield@reddit

“Lods of diveren plazes.”

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Muggi@reddit

lol that was far and away the worst

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Sweet-Consequence773@reddit

With Henry Cavill as McLeod for the remake, I wonder who will be Kurgan

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brngckn@reddit

I vote Tom Hardy for Kurgan

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Sweet-Consequence773@reddit

Nice choice but I think it has to be someone bigger and more physically imposing than Henry to keep the dynamic of the original

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0ctober31@reddit

A Kind of Magic album, the unofficial soundtrack to Highlander

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kjbrandon75@reddit (OP)

Just like AC DCs who made who being the unofficial soundtrack to Maximum Overdrive.

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astral-dwarf@reddit

But it plays through the whole movie. Doesn't that literally make it the sound track? Who made you?

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sobuffalo@reddit

Ya the title track was written for the movie, the rest is a “Best of” with songs from previous albums.

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astral-dwarf@reddit

Interesting. I thought DT was also in it.

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SojuSeed@reddit

What’s great about Highlander is they never tried to make sequels. Nope. They let it stand on its own, didn’t try to retcon stories about aliens or turn the franchise into some sort of speech about environmentalism, nor did they follow that up with some weird Japanese shit. They were smart enough not to do those things.

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kjbrandon75@reddit (OP)

Lol I can always tell when someone isn't a true highlander fan. Me and my brother went and saw highlander 2 in the theater and loved every discombobulated minute of it. Because we understood that the narrative concluded at the end of the first movie. The sequels don't make sense... and that's the point. This movie was so spectacularly bad that Sean Connery would flat out deny his involvement. It was glorious.

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IronheddAxioma@reddit

Seen Highlander so many times I memorized it. And I still order glenmorangie at bars

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SojuSeed@reddit

I always look for it but I don’t drink it as I can’t stand whiskey.

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SojuSeed@reddit

Last week someone posed the question in r/music of songs that had a great opening but then went to shit in the end. My pick was Princes of the Universe. The opening goes so damn hard and then the second half almost becomes an operatic dance tune. But that first half is a face melter.

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BaronNeutron@reddit

Just your adolescence?

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kjbrandon75@reddit (OP)

I've been a Highlander fan all my life. It just happened to come to me during my adolescent years.

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BaronNeutron@reddit

As it did for the rest of us

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brngckn@reddit

My spouse and I walked the West Highland Way in September. I powered up Devil's Staircase by blasting Who Wants to Live Forever through my earphones.

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MonachopsisEternal@reddit

I was trying to explain Highlander to my 12 YO. Explained the background then said cast actors, a French man as a Scottish man and a Scot who can’t move past his accent as a Spaniard. Yet it was still exceptional

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Grave_Girl@reddit

What, y'all don't watch it on an annual basis?

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DynastyZealot@reddit

Not since my VCR died

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DynastyZealot@reddit

Not since my VCR died

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MonachopsisEternal@reddit

Sadly no, but I do need to rewatch it

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Simple-Purpose-899@reddit

And the lead singer for a one hit wonder 80s band.

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Puzzled-End-3259@reddit

One hit wonder?! Nice try, Gen Z, wrong sub.

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Simple-Purpose-899@reddit

Imagine thinking you have me here. Xavier from the show was the lead singer for Fine Young Cannibals.

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Grave_Girl@reddit

This discussion is clearly of the movie, though, not the show.

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Simple-Purpose-899@reddit

And yet the actor was in both, so it's still valid.

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SirkutBored@reddit

I remember Xavier but didn't catch he was the lead singer. makes me wonder how they got so many musicians as guest stars because Roger Daltry was in more than a couple episodes and those flashbacks were always some of my favorites.

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srgh207@reddit

Am I misinterpreting or are you seriously referring to Queen as a one hit wonder?

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Simple-Purpose-899@reddit

Why the fuck would I do that? Fine Young Cannibals lead singer Roland Lee Gift was in multiple episodes as Xavier.

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KickstandSF@reddit

Christopher Lambert had a song? Because you clearly can’t be referring to Freddie Fucking Mercury!?!

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7LeagueBoots@reddit

A Scot who is an Egyptian most recently from Spain.

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MonachopsisEternal@reddit

I stand corrected, still brilliant

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RG1527@reddit

I didnt realize that Freddy and Brian May traded off vocals on this. Brian has a great voice as well.

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RikB666@reddit

I love that Mr Krabs is the Kurgan.

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jenorama_CA@reddit

Mother of Pearl!

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Grave_Girl@reddit

I keep the One Vision CD in my car stereo. (It's an '07, and I bought the CD just to listen to it in the car.) Also have a son named Duncan for the obvious reason.

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xerxespoon@reddit

Who is Freddy signing to? At? Looks like Rutger Hauer's brother the insurance salesman.

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kjbrandon75@reddit (OP)

That's none other than Connor McCloud of the clan McCloud.

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Grave_Girl@reddit

*MacLeod

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KickstandSF@reddit

There can be only one, and it’s Freddy fucking Mercury!

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kjbrandon75@reddit (OP)

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root_fifth_octave@reddit

Christopher Lambert, no?

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errie_tholluxe@reddit

Yes.

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root_fifth_octave@reddit

‘There can only be one’

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ndgirl524@reddit

I have something to say! It's better to burn out than to fade away!"

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ZebraBorgata@reddit

That’s Mr. Nash. He’s an antiques collector.

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Boomslang505@reddit

“I know his name”

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Puzzled-End-3259@reddit

"I AM IMMORAL.."

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americancolt45@reddit

Thanks to the Highlander movies and show , I spent a lot of time practicing sword play with my plastic sword in my backyard. There was nothing cooler than a sword fight while being topless in jeans at that time.

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LegitimateEmu3745@reddit

Whoever did this, I’m sending you a virtual hug! I love it! ❤️

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LibertyMike@reddit

One of my favorite movies of all time, and Queen's "soundtrack" for the movie was excellent as well!

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DooDooCat@reddit

There can be only one

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Ok_Award4343@reddit

Who wants to live forever?

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xtiaaneubaten@reddit

like did they trot Lambert out on stage at shows? lol

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kjbrandon75@reddit (OP)

Nah. That was a video shoot. Not sure if it was for Princes of the Universe or One Vision.

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felicitous_blue@reddit

The video is for Princes. Interestingly, One Vision was used in a movie, but not Highlander - it was used in Iron Eagle (teenager flies fighter jet to rescue his dad, peak 80s action film).

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kjbrandon75@reddit (OP)

Yes I know. With Louis Gossett Jr. There was a tape deck on his leg and could only concentrate when he was listening to tunes.

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feder_online@reddit

Fried Chicken!!

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kjbrandon75@reddit (OP)

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kjbrandon75@reddit (OP)

Noooooo oooone!

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