I have just signed up to here after reading all these posts on Highlander 2 and thought I'd chip in my experiences of this film.
When I first saw this film I hadnt seen the first one so was not aware of the "highlander Legend" so took it at face value and actually enjoyed it. Having now seen all of the films I can understand people frustration about it. Looking back I reckon it would be a good B movie if the highlander aspects of it were removed and just played as a sci fi / action film.
My first experience of Highlander 2 was a bootleg of the now legendary workprint on VHS back in the early 90's. It ran like the Quickening version but had all the extra footage including the "fairytale ending", going above the shield, brenda's death etc and ran over 100 minutes. Then I saw the official version of the Quickening released here in the uk and thought "hang on a minute...theres sh*tloads missing".
To make things worse i have possessed the workprint TWICE and i so wish now i had kept at least one of them. I even scoured through my mums loft recently in a vain hope of finding it.....But im sorry to say....no joy!!!!! If anyone has a copy of this i would happily pay good money for it!!!!!!
So since learning of the different versions i have tried to get hold of as many as possible. So far i have 3. The Quickening version, The renegade version and the new "special edition". So when i came across this thread my ears pricked up and i became very excited. So I am certainly looking forward to seeing these new versions and adding them to my collection so i have been checking in everyday to see the progress. Also i look forward to chatting to some of you about this.
Bring them on!!!!!!!
Nightblade FV