Highlander Rewatch
Sep. 23rd, 2014 03:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
emma_in_dreamI've been participating in Killabeez' *Highlander* rematch, both the complete stream and the Methos only stream.
1.07 Mountain Men
Synopsis: While photographing petroglyphs in the mountains, Tessa is abducted by mountain men led by Immortal Caleb Cole, who wants to marry her. MacLeod pursues Cole and his henchmen on foot.
Aside from the introduction, this was the first episode of the season one rewatch that has really gripped me. I think it was partly the beautiful scenery and the fact that they invested some time in setting up the shots. The crane shot from above of MacLeod lying broken at the bottom of the ravine was great.
Also, we got to see him regenerate – and it looked genuinely painful and it took time for his broken bones to heal. I liked the symbolism of landing on the human remains. I liked his feral, Rambo outfit which fitted his crazy mood as he rampaged up the mountain looking for Tess.
Tess was super clever, pitting the sons against each other and the father against the sons. It’s a shame her plan backfired slightly when Caleb killed his son. What a shock for her to see her first quickening. That, along with being kidnapped, must have brought home the Game to her. (First official kidnapping, though once held prisoner in her own home and once attacked there).
On an emotional level, it makes total sense to me that some Immortals would retreat for decades or centuries and avoid contact with others. (Look at that hermit they just found in Maine who had spent 27 years in the woods on his own).
On a practical level, I am full of doubts. Has he been kidnapping wives every few decades? If so, has no one noticed? Arguably not if he was moving up and down a mountain range that covered hundreds of miles and if some of the women left voluntarily. But if he is also kidnapping children, then who are the kids marrying when they grow up? Surely there would be a tribe of them by now? Or, if not, are the kids moving back into the real world? Surely this would be difficult if you didn’t have ID and schooling? Though possibly not prior to WWII at least.
Apparently they also kill off any law enforcement who come too close. Would this tip people off? Maybe not, if the remains aren’t found. I guess people do go missing in the hills periodically.
But they are wearing bought clothes and using weapons that require bought bullets. How? Perhaps trading in skins? Perhaps theft? This was the undoing of the Maine hermit – eventually someone fitted their house with a motion detector because there had been so many robberies in the area.
I am overthinking this – because – fiction! Otherwise I am pretty sure the Police would want to look under the cairn and would notice that Caleb had been beheaded.
1.07 Mountain Men
Synopsis: While photographing petroglyphs in the mountains, Tessa is abducted by mountain men led by Immortal Caleb Cole, who wants to marry her. MacLeod pursues Cole and his henchmen on foot.
Aside from the introduction, this was the first episode of the season one rewatch that has really gripped me. I think it was partly the beautiful scenery and the fact that they invested some time in setting up the shots. The crane shot from above of MacLeod lying broken at the bottom of the ravine was great.
Also, we got to see him regenerate – and it looked genuinely painful and it took time for his broken bones to heal. I liked the symbolism of landing on the human remains. I liked his feral, Rambo outfit which fitted his crazy mood as he rampaged up the mountain looking for Tess.
Tess was super clever, pitting the sons against each other and the father against the sons. It’s a shame her plan backfired slightly when Caleb killed his son. What a shock for her to see her first quickening. That, along with being kidnapped, must have brought home the Game to her. (First official kidnapping, though once held prisoner in her own home and once attacked there).
On an emotional level, it makes total sense to me that some Immortals would retreat for decades or centuries and avoid contact with others. (Look at that hermit they just found in Maine who had spent 27 years in the woods on his own).
On a practical level, I am full of doubts. Has he been kidnapping wives every few decades? If so, has no one noticed? Arguably not if he was moving up and down a mountain range that covered hundreds of miles and if some of the women left voluntarily. But if he is also kidnapping children, then who are the kids marrying when they grow up? Surely there would be a tribe of them by now? Or, if not, are the kids moving back into the real world? Surely this would be difficult if you didn’t have ID and schooling? Though possibly not prior to WWII at least.
Apparently they also kill off any law enforcement who come too close. Would this tip people off? Maybe not, if the remains aren’t found. I guess people do go missing in the hills periodically.
But they are wearing bought clothes and using weapons that require bought bullets. How? Perhaps trading in skins? Perhaps theft? This was the undoing of the Maine hermit – eventually someone fitted their house with a motion detector because there had been so many robberies in the area.
I am overthinking this – because – fiction! Otherwise I am pretty sure the Police would want to look under the cairn and would notice that Caleb had been beheaded.
