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Hey guys I need cover art for these titles.

Highlander II - Special Zeist Edition

Highlander II - Extended Zeist Version

I have posted them on a demon place - And people are asking for cover art, I have none.

Please help! Thanks IM me

I've got a few high-res pics. I'll give it a go when I get my PC up and running again.

klokwerk said:

I've got a few high-res pics. I'll give it a go when I get my PC up and running again.

Thanks man!

edskizzorhands said:Do you have any High rez images?

Some Hi Res pics - Here is a site that has a few for the back! and I like this cover - something like this would be cool.   I don't know have fun but make it cool.. lol!!!1  

I owe you big time - ;-)

http://www.cinemapassion.com/coverstemp5/Highlander_II___SLIM-17403314082005.jpg

http://gooberzilla.wordpress.com/2007/05/29/time-traveling-alien-virtual-reality-alternative-dimensional-scotsmen/

 I got to have some great cover art  for it, lol! I have had about 50 emails alone in the last two days asking for some sort of cover art, lol!!!!

 Here is the info for the Extended Zeist Version

tagline: More Zeist

original film name: Highlander II - The Quickening
new film name : Highlander II - The Quickening - The Extended Zeist Version
film studio name : Repbulic Pictures
edit crew name : Phineasbg and Nighthawks
Date Original Film Was Released : 1990
Date Edit Was Released : August 2008
Original Runtime : 89 Mins
New Runtime : 120
Amount of time Cut/Added : 31 mins added
Fanedit details : This cut is about 11 minutes longer than the Renegade release and a full 31 Minutes longer than the original American theatrical version. It has elements of the American Version, The Renegade Version, and the European Version.
It has the original special effects with orange shield, and contains the fairytale ending. It retains the references to planet Zeist. In many scenes it contains different and/or longer dialogue and in many places, different music.

Your intention for this fanedit: Was to create longest possible Highlander II.
This is the MOST COMPLETE version of Highlander II: The Quickening you will ever have!

DVD EDITION DETAILS:
Running time: 120 Minutes
Aspect Ration: 2:35.1 NTSC 16:9
Audio Specifications: Dolby Digital 5.1
Spoken languages: English
Subtitles: None

DVD EXTRAS:
Static Menus
Chapter Menus

Theatrical Trailer

Enhanced Deleted Scenes

Alternate Ending

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and for the

Special Zeist Edition

tagline: Zeistians’ Rise!

original film name:HIGHLANDER II: The Quickening
new film name :HIGHLANDER II: The Quickening - The Special Zeist Edition -V-2.0
film studio name :It’s time for a new kind of magic
edit crew name :Phineasbg and Nighthawks (oldbiff85)
Date Original Film Was Released : 1 November 1991 (USA)
Date Edit Was Released : 19 April 2007
Original Runtime : 89 Minutes
New Runtime : 113 Minutes
Amount of time Cut/Added : 24 Minutes

Cuts removed/added/extended :

*Twenty-Four minutes have been added to the “original theatrical” runtime.

*The gun fight between MacLeod and the guards at the shield corporation near the end of the film has been restored and color corrected. Why this particular sequence was taken out is bizarre. Now the flow of the movie is restored and not effected: Now we no longer just go from being on a mountain top looking down onto the shield straight into the shield core chamber where Macleod fights Katana. Anyone who may have not seen previous versions of this movie may have wondered ( by viewing the 2004 Special Edition) just how the hell they got back into the core chamber so easily in the first place.
Fanedit details :

DVD EDITION DETAILS:
Running time: 113 Minutes
Aspect Ration: 2:35.1 NTSC 16:9
Audio Specifications: Dolby Digital 5.1
Spoken languages: English
Subtitles: None

DVD EXTRAS:
Static Menus
Chapter Menus

Theatrical Trailer

Hello. I firstly want to say thankyou very much for the hard work in bringing us these edits- they truly are amazing. I`ve been looking for a 'proper' version of highlander II since the original video release. And now i have three. The first time i watched the movie was a greek pirate vhs when it was still in theatres, and absolutely loved it. When they released the official version.. well, i couldn`t believe what they had done to it. Of course, i had a ray of hope in the renegade version, bought it, and was disappointed again. Not the version i wanted. So seriously, thank you very much.

Anyway, i don`t know if they`ll be any use to you, but i thought i might post the covers that i created when i downloaded the torrents. Some links:

preview (Special Zeist Edition)- [IMG]http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/3936/coverfinalszezm7.th.jpg[/IMG]

pack of files- http://rapidshare.com/files/134789151/HighlanderIIFinal.zip.html

The zip pack contains the covers in bitmap form, the original Paint Shop projects plus all the assets used. I have to say, there are no logos or details or anything in way of a description on the covers, which is why i have included the projects and assets. Should anyone wish to adapt the covers, they are more than welcome, but i really really like the way they look (these are, after all, the covers i have on my own versions). There is also a blank disc cover- i created it, but never finished it with logos or titles because the layout never worked. Since i don`t use labels on discs, i just gave up, but it`s there for anyone that wants to use it.

Personally, i could never get the cover layout to work with dvd logos- it always either looked too cramped, or just plain rubbish (of course, i do have an internal argument with myself quite often that they`re a bit sparse without them). It is, however, very easy to adapt the captions on the back to a description, i just never bothered. I`m currently working on a 'super duper boxset of all the versions' cover to fit wider dvd boxes, and will post that when finished.

Once again, thank you very much for gifting the world with these films. The extended zeist version is just awesome.

They look fricken awesome! The one your really interested in is the " The Restored Early European Version"

This is the 100 International ( British) restored cut - here is the specs for that one also.

what kind of fanedit (true fanedit = TF, extended edition = EE, special collection & preservation = SP): SP
tagline: More Zeist
original film name: Highlander II - The Quickening
new film name : Highlander II - The Quickening - The Restored Early European Version ( Restored International Cut) 

film studio name : Republic Pictures
edit crew name : Phineasbg and Nighthawks
Date Original Film Was Released : 1990
Date Edit Was Released : August 4, 2008
Original Runtime : 101 Mins (International Version)
New Runtime : 101
Amount of time Cut/Added : Restored
Fanedit details (please add here details about DVD contents as well as video and audio information):  A different version of HIGHLANDER II : THE QUICKENING appeared in Britain around the same time as the American versions debut in 1990. This version contained different editing (than the one released in America) and was funded by Nigel Green of Entertainment Productions along with Panzer and Davis. The British version had the input of the director and producers and is much truer to the original script. The film contains the original ending where Conner returns to Zeist as he had promised and this is the only place that you'll ever see it. Ten minutes of additional footage were also added which helps the story immensely (including what happened to Brenda, Conner's girlfriend from the first film) and the narrative was edited together much better than the American version. This version of HIGHLANDER II has only been seen in America on a poor quality bootleg so most fans are not aware of its existence.

Phineasbg and Nighthawks Entertainment present an all new presentation of the film, digitally enhanced for superior sound and picture quality.

Now sit back and enjoy Highlander II: The Quickening the way it was shown internationally.

Hardware and software information (what did you use to create your fanedit): N/A

Time needed for the edition: 6 months
persons involved: Phineasbg and Oldbiff

Here is the trailer for Highlander II- The Extended Zeist Version

http://www.youtube.com/user/Rareanduncutvideos

I can't wait to see some of the covers ;-) The ones I have saw earlier are awesome -

Wow!! The one with the fire is awesome!   Thanks man!!! Can't wait to see the back!

Can you add the plot summary also to make it offical looking? Thanks

I wrote this, what do you think?

In this sequel to the 1986 film Highlander, Christopher Lambert returns as a member of an ancient alien race known as "Immortals," that are banished to Earth from a planet known as Zeist some 500 years ago. Now in the year 2024,  Connor Macleod has retired from a corporation known as TSC which created a shield that protects the Earth from radiation due to the depletion of the ozone layer. The corporation  now owned by an evil cartel is under attack from environmental terrorists which is led by Louise Marcus (Virginia Madsen) a scientist with the belief that the ozone has repaired itself. Its up to MacLeod who calls upon the spirit of Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez (Sean Connery) to save the earth or watch it slowly parish in a shroud of darkness and corruption.

I've just started work on my cover. After seeing edskizzorhands' work though... well I'm going to lean towards a 3-disc cover to store all 3 cuts. I think ed's got the singles down perfectly. They do look awesome. Nice and simple too.

How about a four discs BOX SET cover -  SINCE ITS ALL ZEIST -

We've also restored the U.S. theatrical edition to all it's glory and have done a few other things.

Called it the

Restored American Cut

So now we have -

Extended Zeist Version

Special Zeist Edition

Restored European Version

Restored American Cut

*We have enhanced and restored the ENGLISH audio track on the U.S. American release of the film which had been originally offered in France on TFI video (now OOP).
Note: The french DVD ENGLISH audio track was restored due to  hissing noises evident during the film as well as an out of sync English soundtrack transfer. We have now replaced this soundtrack with a 2.0 Dolby Digital Stereo soundtrack which was used from several other existing/ various releases. Several attempts were made to create a 5.1 English soundtrack but failed due to the sync problems with various versions. In the end the poor French DVDs English soundtrack was unable to be remastered due to the poor transfer, hissing and sync problems. Sadly, a 5.1 un-corrupted, synced or clean soundtrack does not exist in any form for this U.S. version of Highlander II. Someday we can hope a 5.1 soundtrack that is not corrupt can be found.

In this edition:

*Now for the first time you can view this film with an enhanced 16:9 Widescreen view for your pleasure.

*Also, because of the saturation and horrible transfer on the French DVD we have color corrected, cleaned and digitally enhanced some areas of the film.

This film no more has hissing noise and no more is it out of sync due to the horrible  French DVD English soundtrack transfer.

For those that own that the FRENCH DVD pop that French disc in you DVD player an see and hear the difference for yourself. I think you'll see and hear the difference. Hope you like it! I don't think we will ever get an official release of the film other than that one French DVD that was released in TF1

Thanks so much guys - the covers look great and people will be very happy with your art.

Hell Yes!! This rocks............. This is gonna be a killer box set -

Zeistians Rise!!!

Hey buddy,

Well we are working on the menus as I type. The TEMP DVD had a temporary menu becuase it was used only for the editing of the other versions.

All of these versions had to be created in order to create the Extended Zeist Version - EZV -

We decided to create a box set of some sorts (thanks to my friends /above/ who are creating covers for the film)so that the work can be seen in a whole set.

So this is sort of a Ultimate Zeist Box Set Edition - for those who love the original.

Anyways, it will be up on that demon place probably next week.  

Nice to see ya! man!!

edskizzorhands said:

Ok, well I think I found a usable picture of Connor for the 4th cover. I'm busy with work today and tomorrow, but on weds I should be able to finish these up. Mitch, please PM me your email addy so I can send them to you.

I'm glad everyone liked my artwork, This is a very cool project. Do you need Disc art aswell?

 Disc art would be wonderful - thanks man!!!! Glad someones interested in these films. Most people give it the WORST film ever award. Personally, I do not think it's that bad as it is truely the only sequel to Highlander I - IMNO.

That is awesome!

Amazing Art - love it!