Highlander
Was I half-asleep or was it never adequately explained why “There can only be one?”
Highlander was a complete pile of nonsense, with a barely anglophone Belgian, Christopher Lambert, playing a Scotsman and Sean Connery playing a Spanish-Egyptian swordfighting dandy. Lots of latent sadomasochistic homosexuality and some utterly unreal lighting, including gutter-level strobe lights.
It was showing on ITV, so there were frequent advert breaks, but oddly there were no real adverts, just solicitations to watch other programmes on ITV. Has the credit crunch killed TV advertising?
Wow. Was this the first time you’ve seen it. Why not add to your horror by watching the second one. The third seems like a work of genius by comparison. And if you’re really a glutton for punishment, watch another Lambert offering – Knight Moves. It’s about chess.
ITV – are you back in Blighty? We’re still in Hastings if you’re in the neighbourhood. Getting married this month in the delightful registry office that seems to be based in some kind of portakabin behind the police station. Not quite as nice as the museum we had booked for the summer, but it does have the positive aspect of being utterly crap :)
Be well, Maz