HIGHLA-L Digest - 30 Sep 2005 to 8 Oct 2005 (#2005-114)
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1. HL books
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Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2005 14:04:41 -0700
From: FKMel <sgt_buck_frobisher@yahoo.com>
Subject: HL books
Just my thoughts, now that I've finally read 'em all.
Element of Fire: The only one I really didn't
like...seems more like something out of Buffy/Angel
than HL.
Scmitar: One of my two favorites, a good read
Scotland the Brave: Another one I liked, and now I
can't hear a mention of MacBeth without thinking of it
lol
Captive Soul: Good flashback writing...wish we'd have
seen more Methos back-stuff
Zealot: Pretty good. Hard to imagine Methos as a slave
in that one mention but like they said, anything's
possible. Wonder if anyone ever wrote about that. And
'Drucilla the Emasculator' got a laugh. Doesn't sound
like what usually comes to mind with that name, which
is Buffy-related. The main plot still resonates now
'cause things haven't changed much since it was
written.
The Path: Pretty good read, but it can't be canon,
Duncan said onscreen twice that he only told Tessa
about his immortality.
Shadow of Obsession: Love it, loved the Darius
backstory.
Measure of a Man: another good read; Nancy Holder's
usually a good author. I felt sorry for Joe about
midway through. Ouch.
White Silence: I like Canada-related stuff so it was
kinda cool. And a good introspective on what kinds of
things can affect Immie minds.
I just wish they hadn't gone and avertised Barricades,
then dropped it. I know the books probably weren't
selling...happens a lot with TV shows when they go off
the air, Star Trek and Buffy being exceptions. FK also
had books they requested but never printed, but at
least they didn't advertise them before they dumped
them.
I like the way some of the books used minor
pre-existing characters (Annie Devlin, Constatine,
ect) in their plots.
It's confusing though on the DVDs and the Watcher
Chronicles, that the books are canon. I got the S1
DVDs from the library, or some of them, still a couple
to get, and they have about Grayson dying in Shadow of
Obsession and the events in Scmitar are on the
Chronicles disk. I remember us saying they weren't
canon, but apparently the PTBs say yes. Wierd.
Highlander: The movie novelization-Of course it has
the same contradictions as the film. I liked how they
added backstory with Kastagir, although that comment
Connor made about "can two immies come from the same
tribe" was really ironic, considering later, we know
he would already have know that, because of Duncan.
Hmm, was the Kastagir Africa scene cut from the script
due to legnth? And one small bit, that last scene with
Racheal is moved closer to the end, AFTER the final
fight with the Kurgan.
I think it shows how much HL canon's changed...I don't
even think the First Death concept was thought up
until later...the Kurgan's backstory is totally
confusing. His father bashed his head in on a rock
trying to kill him but instead of becoming Kenny Jr so
to speak, he grows up and then becomes immortal in his
20s, without any mention of a First Death.
The Kurgan is said to be the oldest Immortal but tha't
a simple one...everyone thought Methos was a myth
until Duncan stumbled onto him. And even then, only a
few knew: Duncan, Joe, Richie and Amanda. I think that
was it. Well, and a few Watchers who outed his secret
in Methuselah's Gift.
I also find it interesting that in the Chronicles,
Horton was said to have been the Kurgan's
watcher...watching him was one of the things that
drove him insane, along with whoever did the amusement
park massacre.
You can probably tell I stink at picking up subtleties
for reviews...I know when something is wildly OOC but
little minor OOC things I miss a lot. So I just said
what I liked and didn't like about the books.
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