Hayko de Boer
21-12-2008, 13:37
Een van mijn favoriete films is Highlander.
Nu is het eerste deel onovertroffen en hebben de vervolgfilms niet de beste kritieken gekregen. Toch vind ik de hele gedachte, zeg maar het "Highlander-universum" fascinerend.
Om die reden heb ik alle films (waarvan ik de meeste delen goed te kijken vind), de gehele tv-serie (deze moet je los kunnen schakelen van de film, maar dan is het op zich een goede serie). Zelfs van de tekenfilm heb ik afleveringen liggen.
Er zijn ook diverse boeken verschenen, met name tv tie-in's van de serie (losstaande verhalen die voortborduren op de karakters in de serie.
Een opsomming:
Highlander (Gary Kilworth) FILM http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n2/n13402.jpg
Dit boek vertelt vrij letterlijk het verhaal van de film, maar voegt er een paar dingen aan toe, er wordt dieper ingegaan op de gedachten van The Kurgan en McLeod.
De tv-serie heeft diverse boeken opgeleverd, die los van elkaar gelezen kunnen worden (soms wordt er wel ingegaan op gebeurtenissen uit de serie): <bron : wikepedia>
Highlander: The Element of Fire, by Jason Henderson — The chronicles of Duncan's training days with Connor MacLeod; the friendship between the two Highlanders through the centuries. A bloodthirsty and immortal pirate Khordas vows to kill the Highlander, making up for a fearsome enemy that haunts them for hundreds of years.
Highlander: Scimitar, by Ashley McConnell - When Joe Dawson receives an ancient sword, it triggers Duncan's remembrance of his involvement in the Arab Revolt in 1916.
Highlander: Scotland the Brave, by Jennifer Roberson - Annie Devlin returns to draw Duncan into a new quest to win independence for Ireland. He is reluctant, given his history with failed attempts to free his homeland, including his culpability in the fate of the Stone of Scone.
Highlander: Measure of a Man by Nancy Holder - In Venice, Italy 1655, Duncan meets legendary manipulator - and, apparently, Immortal - Niccolò Machiavelli. Duncan only narrowly escaped Machiavelli's machinations once; he may not be so lucky when the Prince of Lies resurfaces in 20th century North America.
Highlander: The Path by Rebecca Neason - In 1781 Duncan meets a different kind of Immortal - the Dalai Lama. Soon the Highlander embarks on the path to enlightenment and peace. But that peace may be short-lived when the Immortal Nasiradeen invades Tibet.
Highlander: Zealot by Donna Lettow - Duncan MacLeod was there when Avram Mordecai fought the enemies of his Jewish people in World War II, as he has for two thousand years. Now he finds himself trapped between his honor and his loyalties when he protects a Palestinian diplomat from his old friend.
Highlander: Shadow of Obsession by Rebecca Neason - Once Darius was a man of war, laying siege to Rome. Centuries later, as a man of God, Darius touched the life of Duncan MacLeod. Now a spurned lover from Darius' warrior days returns for revenge against all he called friend.
Highlander: The Captive Soul by Josepha Sherman - Three millennia past, Methos aided the Ancient Egyptian pharaohs when the Hyksos invaded. He reluctantly becomes a spy inside the Hyksos royal house, when he meets the Immortal - and thoroughly insane - Prince Khyan. Methos misses his chance to take the madman's head, a mistake that returns to haunt him as the Oldest Immortal in New York when Khyan returns to find his sword, killing all in his path.
Highlander: White Silence by Ginjer Buchanan - MacLeod, Hugh Fitzcairn and his young apprentice get trapped in the frozen Yukon. There they face their deaths... over and over and over again.
<bron : wikipedia>
http://www.jasonhenderson.com/Highla.gif
Ik heb zelf deze novels allemaal op de plank staan. Door de verschillende schrijvers verschilt de stijl nogal, maar voor de fans zitten er enkele aanraders bij.
1 boek mis ik nog, daar is vrij lastig aan te komen. Staat nog wel eens op eBay, maar dan alleen voor US verzending:
Highlander: An Evening at Joe's - An anthology written by the cast and crew of Highlander: The Series. http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/t0/t2383.jpg
Ook zijn er enkele Highlander-comics uitgekomen.
Weet iemand nog andere boeken over de films of serie / spinoffs of iets dergelijks?
Nu is het eerste deel onovertroffen en hebben de vervolgfilms niet de beste kritieken gekregen. Toch vind ik de hele gedachte, zeg maar het "Highlander-universum" fascinerend.
Om die reden heb ik alle films (waarvan ik de meeste delen goed te kijken vind), de gehele tv-serie (deze moet je los kunnen schakelen van de film, maar dan is het op zich een goede serie). Zelfs van de tekenfilm heb ik afleveringen liggen.
Er zijn ook diverse boeken verschenen, met name tv tie-in's van de serie (losstaande verhalen die voortborduren op de karakters in de serie.
Een opsomming:
Highlander (Gary Kilworth) FILM http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n2/n13402.jpg
Dit boek vertelt vrij letterlijk het verhaal van de film, maar voegt er een paar dingen aan toe, er wordt dieper ingegaan op de gedachten van The Kurgan en McLeod.
De tv-serie heeft diverse boeken opgeleverd, die los van elkaar gelezen kunnen worden (soms wordt er wel ingegaan op gebeurtenissen uit de serie): <bron : wikepedia>
Highlander: The Element of Fire, by Jason Henderson — The chronicles of Duncan's training days with Connor MacLeod; the friendship between the two Highlanders through the centuries. A bloodthirsty and immortal pirate Khordas vows to kill the Highlander, making up for a fearsome enemy that haunts them for hundreds of years.
Highlander: Scimitar, by Ashley McConnell - When Joe Dawson receives an ancient sword, it triggers Duncan's remembrance of his involvement in the Arab Revolt in 1916.
Highlander: Scotland the Brave, by Jennifer Roberson - Annie Devlin returns to draw Duncan into a new quest to win independence for Ireland. He is reluctant, given his history with failed attempts to free his homeland, including his culpability in the fate of the Stone of Scone.
Highlander: Measure of a Man by Nancy Holder - In Venice, Italy 1655, Duncan meets legendary manipulator - and, apparently, Immortal - Niccolò Machiavelli. Duncan only narrowly escaped Machiavelli's machinations once; he may not be so lucky when the Prince of Lies resurfaces in 20th century North America.
Highlander: The Path by Rebecca Neason - In 1781 Duncan meets a different kind of Immortal - the Dalai Lama. Soon the Highlander embarks on the path to enlightenment and peace. But that peace may be short-lived when the Immortal Nasiradeen invades Tibet.
Highlander: Zealot by Donna Lettow - Duncan MacLeod was there when Avram Mordecai fought the enemies of his Jewish people in World War II, as he has for two thousand years. Now he finds himself trapped between his honor and his loyalties when he protects a Palestinian diplomat from his old friend.
Highlander: Shadow of Obsession by Rebecca Neason - Once Darius was a man of war, laying siege to Rome. Centuries later, as a man of God, Darius touched the life of Duncan MacLeod. Now a spurned lover from Darius' warrior days returns for revenge against all he called friend.
Highlander: The Captive Soul by Josepha Sherman - Three millennia past, Methos aided the Ancient Egyptian pharaohs when the Hyksos invaded. He reluctantly becomes a spy inside the Hyksos royal house, when he meets the Immortal - and thoroughly insane - Prince Khyan. Methos misses his chance to take the madman's head, a mistake that returns to haunt him as the Oldest Immortal in New York when Khyan returns to find his sword, killing all in his path.
Highlander: White Silence by Ginjer Buchanan - MacLeod, Hugh Fitzcairn and his young apprentice get trapped in the frozen Yukon. There they face their deaths... over and over and over again.
<bron : wikipedia>
http://www.jasonhenderson.com/Highla.gif
Ik heb zelf deze novels allemaal op de plank staan. Door de verschillende schrijvers verschilt de stijl nogal, maar voor de fans zitten er enkele aanraders bij.
1 boek mis ik nog, daar is vrij lastig aan te komen. Staat nog wel eens op eBay, maar dan alleen voor US verzending:
Highlander: An Evening at Joe's - An anthology written by the cast and crew of Highlander: The Series. http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/t0/t2383.jpg
Ook zijn er enkele Highlander-comics uitgekomen.
Weet iemand nog andere boeken over de films of serie / spinoffs of iets dergelijks?