Oh MAN I LOVE him.............When I was 6 years old the kURGAN automatically became my very FIRST celebrity crush..........or more like (character in a film crush)...........Robocop came right after.HAHAHAHA................FUCKING KURGAN!!!!!!!
Just on a Technical Point. IF AFTER you kill another you "Know what they Know, Learn what they Learn" wouldn't Kurgen already KNOW that the women he raped was not Rameriz's ?
AND
After Kurgen delivers the "Raped his woman" line. Did anyone notice the Priest hustling off the choir boys ?
Like
oh hey. THAT is an idea there, I could USE as a Priest
@SuperChuckRaney I don't think anyone ever really gained the knowledge of the slain immortal, it seems to havebeen totally ignored. Kurgan should have been ultra powerful and godlike smart if he killed so many over the course of thousands of years.
@SuperChuckRaney the film and the series differed a bit i think. cant remember that well , but maybe that was the prize, you get all the knowledge of all the imortals you killed at the end, there can be only one!
We need Doc brown from the back to the future movies do explain the continuity issues of all four movies and the TV shows and why characters went on different tangents in the time lines in each case lol
From IMDB: The church scene involving Kurgan (Clancy Brown) was filmed at night time with the permission of the priests in charge. Still, Brown's lines were ad-libbed and were reportedly considered so sacrilegious that the priests off-camera were making the sign of the cross as he said them.
Kurgan is right that the christian doctrine of vicarious redemption cannot absolve us of our responsibilities. It is in fact an immoral doctrine and should be christianity's undoing.
LOLZ, so the Kurgan is in disguise and no-one would recognize him! In THAT? Ahahahaha - the humour in this film is waaaay twisted - there's so many levels here
this is a classic movie. But the one thing I could not bear was Lambert's crap scottish accent. He sounded welsh, for christ sake. Not to mention Connery's egyptian character having the scottish one.
Aside from that, it's classic.
PS after hundreds of years even an immortal would have lost the accent and sounded more european. Lets hope all this is more realistic in the remake.
@Apollo5600 Oh yeah. And where does he actually say that in the movie? It can't be because he meets Connor in Scotland. He just goes there to find him. Connery is an actor who just can't change his accent.
@SuperBailey2009 Welsh v. Scottish accent?....who cares? nobody from the U.S. noticed, that's for sure, you think people know what Welsh is or know it when they hear it? dream on
@SuperBailey2009 Well, they chose a French guy to play a Scotsman, a Scotsman to play an Egyptian and an American to play a Russian XD No wonder they all sound weird! XD
All of Clancy Brown's lines were ad-libbed in this scene and they were considered so sacrilegious that the priests off-camera were making the sign of the cross as he said them.
@TwistedWithin Yup...Clancy Brown really got wrapped up in the character of the Kurgan & it shows in this scene. Plus it's nice to see an actor embrace their character way he did in this movie.
So is it just a moral code that they can't fight on holy ground or is it literally impossible for them to even try due to some kind of divine law?
Based on the Kurgan's character I would have thought it was the latter but here he says remeber was Remeraiz told you which I am to take it means fighting on holy ground or does he mean something else?
@joker777x Interesting - the type of wider mythology that these films tied into: the Blood of Kings, the Silver Cup sync, religion, the Immortals who came through a Portal... Thing is, the Kurgan doesn't realize the Prize means becoming mortal too, haha. He thinks it's some sort of great power to destroy, but it just means a connection to everyone's dreams and hopes. It would mean absolutely nothing to him and he would "fade away"
@floooooooooooooooood It's a moral code. In the series, Duncan happens to fight on holy grounds several times. I think the Kurgan only enjoyed taunting McLeod knowing that the latter couldn't fight back since they were on a holy ground XD.
So did this moment take anyone else by surprise? I mean for the first half of the movie the Kurgan is fairly reserved and stoic, if a bit manical when he fights Ramirez.
I guess Clancy Brown took a lunch break one day, had a ham and cheese sandwich and decided to 180 the character completely.
They just don't make Movies this good anymore. My nomination for the best classic movie ever made. Good vs Evil over the centuries...and the Kurgan was so bad ass as a villain.
@DiamondDavev2 I disagree, he was pretty good as the sadistic prison guard. But this definitely was his most MEMORABLE role. I just think Hollywood never fully utilized Clancy Brown because they didn't appreciate his acting ability. Why else didn't he even get a nomination for this one? It's an injustice, really.
One of the BEST villains of all time! I miss when movies where this good without all the "state of the art" CGI and shit. Made the movies seem more real without all that shit...
@Geemonster69 That's what I do now! So many good Japanese, Italian, German and even French films out there. Some places like Norway, Greece and India are making stellar films too!
@emeraldweapon85 ITS Bbetter to burn out than to fade away.. hey hey my my rockenroll will never die... its a song from the 70's i guest being a rockstar he quoted this song
Clancy Brown (The Kurgan) also voices Mr Crabs from Spongebob Square Pants - Since I found that out I have never been able to watch it in the same way again !!!!
What I just love about this scene is the concept of these two characters who under normal circumstances would be trying to kill each other every waking moment, just talking to each other.
To have a place where for one moment, the war does not happen, and discuss their sides.
Such a agreat concept.
Shame the Kurgan doesn't behave very subtley that often.
@nomibe2911 -- No. He just didn't tell Kurgan that the girl was Connor's because he knew Connor would have immediately gone after Kurgan and he didn't think he would have been a match for him at that time.
Clearly, it takes a very special kind of actor for a role like the Kurgan's. A character with such a bombastic and goofy disposition must be incredibly hard to pull off while simultaneously keeping him menacing. Else, you get the Guardian from the last Highlander movie.
@TKA001 You hit the nail on the head, he is by turns menacing and goofy. Look at how he switches in this very scene let alone the whole movie. Kurgan is a good humoured badass and clancy made the role his own. Can u believe there is talk of vinnie jones playing the kurgan in the remake. What a joke.
@TheChuckk definately, i always thought connor seemed like a creep. Kurgan is just awesome, intelligent, powerful, handsome and charismatic and lets not forget he should have won. He was thwarted so many times when he tried to kill connor. Even in the end battle he had connor at his mercy and only lost cos brenda interfered and bashed him over the head with a pole allowing connor to regroup.
Not sure about a comic. I never got into the tv series or the other films. Thought it was just a piss take really. How they could manage to drag one sequel, nevermind four, is beyond me because the film ended it to suggest that it was all over. This is the one and only film that counts.
@tracygonecrazy1 haha ok, that makes sense. I was only able to answer it with certainty because I'd been listening to it quite a bit in the last month. Really wish I had the vinyl edition though - that must sound amazing.
@romcaname Yeah, it's the original LP, no scratches either. Nobody these days remembers how much deeper analog music sounded played up loud with a good stylus and speakers, 1979 was a different world in every way.
There's a book out there with the full Highlander story that actually gives a little more insight into the Kurgans character and how he became so mad after the constant killing and centuries of being alive. It portrays him as not actually caring if he lived to the end because he, like the rest, had had enough of it all. I think the last clip in the film shows it when he'd been cut open so many times. That last look on his face tells it all. Kinda disbelief but relief at the same time.
Kurt Cobain was famously quoted saying this line: "It's better to burn out than fade away.".. I think Kurt quoted Kurgan when he killed himself in the 90s...
Oh MAN I LOVE him.............When I was 6 years old the kURGAN automatically became my very FIRST celebrity crush..........or more like (character in a film crush)...........Robocop came right after.HAHAHAHA................FUCKING KURGAN!!!!!!!
13rebelistas 2 weeks ago
he died for our sins.....that shall be his undoing
Rinkul 3 weeks ago
best scene exit EVER!
Attentionseekingnoob 4 weeks ago 2
dont ya love it??? Mr Krabs!!!
MoltenGoodness 4 weeks ago 2
hard to believe that spongebob squarepants works for him
dylan697 1 month ago
Better to burn out than to fade away. Exactly why Jesus has more appeal than Buddha.
ReX342 1 month ago
And think about this, Clancy Brown also does voice for Mr. Crabs and a whole host of other great voices.
sivist420 1 month ago 2
This is the stuff!!! love it!!!!
sivist420 1 month ago
4:50 - HowTo: Exit a Church
aeopmusic 1 month ago
you know who would have been a good kurgan as well? Peter Steele.
ieatgreenfleas 1 month ago
Just on a Technical Point. IF AFTER you kill another you "Know what they Know, Learn what they Learn" wouldn't Kurgen already KNOW that the women he raped was not Rameriz's ?
AND
After Kurgen delivers the "Raped his woman" line. Did anyone notice the Priest hustling off the choir boys ?
Like
oh hey. THAT is an idea there, I could USE as a Priest
SuperChuckRaney 1 month ago
@SuperChuckRaney I don't think anyone ever really gained the knowledge of the slain immortal, it seems to havebeen totally ignored. Kurgan should have been ultra powerful and godlike smart if he killed so many over the course of thousands of years.
Gales99 1 month ago
@SuperChuckRaney the film and the series differed a bit i think. cant remember that well , but maybe that was the prize, you get all the knowledge of all the imortals you killed at the end, there can be only one!
stevieb6966 1 week ago
Oh dear lord its Mr Krabs!
boypisces12 2 months ago
always been fucking epic that the kurgan was a Neil Young fan
jimdove 2 months ago
Clancy brown's voice, look, and tall frame.....christopher lambert....both immortals? this could totally be Raiden and Shao Kahn.
ieatgreenfleas 2 months ago
@ieatgreenfleas I agree.
oktoberK 1 month ago
he also did the voice over for Hades character in God of War 3 video game
heavyDuty113 2 months ago
What is that worm-like thread on the Kurgan's fully gloved hand?
FractalBolt 2 months ago
Happy halloween Ladies hahaha
rainbirdeleven 2 months ago in playlist Liked videos
the kurgan sux. he could have totally got raiden's head at 1:22 then he could have been the one
drmephistoscane 3 months ago
@drmephistoscane In case you're not just a troll, the Immortals can't fight on holy ground.
Awakeandalive1 2 months ago
The kurgan is my role model!
MrWiLDAPEMAN 3 months ago
can you believe hes voice of mr krabs also
rumneyexclusive 3 months ago
There can BE ONLY ONE!!!!
Theshark15z 3 months ago
We need Doc brown from the back to the future movies do explain the continuity issues of all four movies and the TV shows and why characters went on different tangents in the time lines in each case lol
pimpprimetime21 3 months ago
I know his voice!
Baron Praxis from Jak II!
jeebateeba56 3 months ago
This sounds when he grab second one make me laught.
blackjohnny0 3 months ago
In case anybody doesn't know, that line at the end is the beginning of the song "Rock of Ages" by Def Leppard.
eddmario 3 months ago
@eddmario or,,"into the blue..." by Neil Young...far before Def Lep...although I am a fan.
Loopster88 1 month ago
You put it out well my friend!
steelshoes2004 3 months ago
one of the best movie scenes of all time... pity the sequels had to be so screwed up...
MrSureshkumar69 3 months ago
From IMDB: The church scene involving Kurgan (Clancy Brown) was filmed at night time with the permission of the priests in charge. Still, Brown's lines were ad-libbed and were reportedly considered so sacrilegious that the priests off-camera were making the sign of the cross as he said them.
jculver1674 3 months ago
Disabled by request........WHAT A CUNT!!
Geemonster69 3 months ago
I wanted to be the 616th person to like this..the original number of the beast.
Geemonster69 3 months ago
32 people are Christians. Wait..that doesn't sound accurate!? :D
leapingfury 3 months ago
best scene??? BEST MOVIE!
ohwhatacereal 4 months ago
classic scene.DOPE
tojo148 4 months ago
Kurgan is right that the christian doctrine of vicarious redemption cannot absolve us of our responsibilities. It is in fact an immoral doctrine and should be christianity's undoing.
Analfracture 4 months ago
love that scene
prac2 4 months ago
I can see why they wanted him to be on Spongebob.
Awesome movie, btw.
TheAtticus19 4 months ago
WHY ARE THEY WHISPERING
Orcling 4 months ago
@Orcling They are in a church everyone whispers there
bennyenglish 4 months ago
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Diamhea 4 months ago
Great dialogue ! 2.28 "Ramirez was an effete snob !"
effete /ɪˈfi:t/ ▶ adjective affected, over-refined, and ineffectual: • no longer capable of effective action: unmasculine, unmanly; womanish, girlish, feminine, weak, soft, timid, timorous, fearful, cowardly, lily-livered, limp-wristed, spineless, craven, milksoppish, chicken-hearted, weak-kneed; informal sissy, wimpish, wimpy, pansy-like.
Marsteef 4 months ago 4
@Marsteef Great dialogue and have you noticed, the kurgan always speaks gramatically perfect english.
EltonChong75 2 months ago
@Marsteef Well he did dress like a gay musketeer
georgekostaras 1 month ago
PS Scottish Egyptians were very common weren't they? It's as realistic as getting a scottish taliban. The lengths people can go to for an excuse.
SuperBailey2009 4 months ago
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SuperBailey2009 4 months ago
The Wadsworth Constant applies
SevenSane 4 months ago
LOLZ, so the Kurgan is in disguise and no-one would recognize him! In THAT? Ahahahaha - the humour in this film is waaaay twisted - there's so many levels here
slendersail 5 months ago 7
The Kurgan forgot one other immortal.......Duncan MacLeod.
yethboth 5 months ago
@yethboth At the time I think the director and the screenwriter forgot him too! XD
TwistedWithin 4 months ago
this is a classic movie. But the one thing I could not bear was Lambert's crap scottish accent. He sounded welsh, for christ sake. Not to mention Connery's egyptian character having the scottish one.
Aside from that, it's classic.
PS after hundreds of years even an immortal would have lost the accent and sounded more european. Lets hope all this is more realistic in the remake.
SuperBailey2009 5 months ago
@SuperBailey2009 Connery was a Scottish Egyptian. Duh.
Apollo5600 4 months ago
@Apollo5600 Oh yeah. And where does he actually say that in the movie? It can't be because he meets Connor in Scotland. He just goes there to find him. Connery is an actor who just can't change his accent.
SuperBailey2009 4 months ago
@SuperBailey2009 I think Apollo5600 was just joking around...
ShiningNow 4 months ago
@SuperBailey2009 Welsh v. Scottish accent?....who cares? nobody from the U.S. noticed, that's for sure, you think people know what Welsh is or know it when they hear it? dream on
ashalchi 4 months ago
@SuperBailey2009 Well, they chose a French guy to play a Scotsman, a Scotsman to play an Egyptian and an American to play a Russian XD No wonder they all sound weird! XD
TwistedWithin 4 months ago
Who know when I can download this movie?
MeTaLiZoPo 5 months ago
A little triva for everyone.
All of Clancy Brown's lines were ad-libbed in this scene and they were considered so sacrilegious that the priests off-camera were making the sign of the cross as he said them.
SuperKick85 5 months ago 19
@SuperKick85 So once more, the priests don't get it.
slendersail 5 months ago
@SuperKick85 Really? I didn't know that XD It's really funny, when you know how reserved, kind and shy Brown is in real life XD
TwistedWithin 4 months ago
@TwistedWithin Yup...Clancy Brown really got wrapped up in the character of the Kurgan & it shows in this scene. Plus it's nice to see an actor embrace their character way he did in this movie.
SuperKick85 4 months ago
@SuperKick85
Also Clancy said his own silent prayers before these candles to absolve himself for the scene he was about to do.
Awesome scene!!
astclair 3 months ago
@SuperKick85 nahh they wouldn't use real priests for a movie like this
TheTallnative1 2 months ago
@TheTallnative1 Actually that was a real priest!
nwo51501 2 months ago
So is it just a moral code that they can't fight on holy ground or is it literally impossible for them to even try due to some kind of divine law?
Based on the Kurgan's character I would have thought it was the latter but here he says remeber was Remeraiz told you which I am to take it means fighting on holy ground or does he mean something else?
floooooooooooooooood 5 months ago
@floooooooooooooooood The "quickening" won't work on holy ground so if thay killed eatch other there then no one would get the prize.
joker777x 5 months ago
@joker777x Interesting - the type of wider mythology that these films tied into: the Blood of Kings, the Silver Cup sync, religion, the Immortals who came through a Portal... Thing is, the Kurgan doesn't realize the Prize means becoming mortal too, haha. He thinks it's some sort of great power to destroy, but it just means a connection to everyone's dreams and hopes. It would mean absolutely nothing to him and he would "fade away"
slendersail 5 months ago 2
@floooooooooooooooood It's a moral code. In the series, Duncan happens to fight on holy grounds several times. I think the Kurgan only enjoyed taunting McLeod knowing that the latter couldn't fight back since they were on a holy ground XD.
TwistedWithin 4 months ago
30 people just lost their heads for disliking this scene.
immortalinterlude 5 months ago
So did this moment take anyone else by surprise? I mean for the first half of the movie the Kurgan is fairly reserved and stoic, if a bit manical when he fights Ramirez.
I guess Clancy Brown took a lunch break one day, had a ham and cheese sandwich and decided to 180 the character completely.
gonotgentleman 5 months ago
They just don't make Movies this good anymore. My nomination for the best classic movie ever made. Good vs Evil over the centuries...and the Kurgan was so bad ass as a villain.
jjgbmw323 5 months ago
A French pansy playing a Scottish immortal. Why????
Kurgan is my favorite movie villain ever.
cripsyfrenchflies 5 months ago
Love that shot where the Kurgan thumps his hand down on Connor's shoulder from behind, and Connor's already wearing his "Fuck you" expression.
TKA001 5 months ago
@electricblue7 I totally agree with you. 80's movies effects may be cheesy, but they have their own personality - most CGI is so bland now...
SuzieGuru 5 months ago
Lex Luthor!!
Joecbg100 5 months ago
badass indeed
LimeGirl08 5 months ago
"Nuns... no sense of humor"
Makrozon 5 months ago
2:39 the priest is gathering his altar boys for a little "hide the crucifix" if you get my drift.
ThePersianIncursion 5 months ago
what a FILM
scottaner500 5 months ago
ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST MOVIE EVER MADE!
lymonz 5 months ago 75
@lymonz lol Will Ferrell
fohawk871 5 months ago
@lymonz its an entertaining movie, but it takes corniness to other levels.
mrdanni 5 months ago
@lymonz Shake and Bake Ricky! Shake...and Bake! That just happened!
OldMusicFan83 4 months ago
I think that guy kurgan talked to was Rayden from the Mortal Kombat movie
Sloane67665 5 months ago
@Sloane67665
Funny thing is that Clany Brown (the actor of Kurgan) voiced Raiden in the animated TV show Mortal Kombat: Defenders of Earth Realm.
SLPIFan 5 months ago 3
@Sloane67665 Yes he was talking to Raiden
starkiller20293 5 months ago
why does the bad guy have all that shit on his neck?
KaosEspada 5 months ago
@KaosEspada Sean Connery's Character slit his throat causing his voice to change and end up with a weakness so he stitched and stapled it back.
Sibster45678 5 months ago
Mesmerizing performance. Far better than anything else that actor ever did, including Shawshank and Bad Boys.
DiamondDavev2 5 months ago
@DiamondDavev2 I disagree, he was pretty good as the sadistic prison guard. But this definitely was his most MEMORABLE role. I just think Hollywood never fully utilized Clancy Brown because they didn't appreciate his acting ability. Why else didn't he even get a nomination for this one? It's an injustice, really.
sigmaK9 5 months ago 3
@sigmaK9 Don't forget about his part as Career Sergeant Zim from Starship Troopers.
Elthenar 5 months ago
is krugan the good guy???
2submit 6 months ago
@2submit Nope he is the ULTIMATE bad guy!The Kurgan
55556360 5 months ago
The best baddie ever! He scared me as a kid, and he still scares me now, nobody else comes close.
TheFunkyKettle 6 months ago
"I....am a WORRMM!"
IrreveRANT100 6 months ago 3
KURGAN IS *THE* BADASS!
thelaptopguyoz 6 months ago
Christopher Lambert looks like a pumped up John Constantine in some scenes of this film
doctorHOUSE 6 months ago
"I have something to say......it's better to burn out than to fade away!!!!"
It's hilarious to think this is the guy who does the voice of Mr. Krabs now - LOL!
muffmaster71 6 months ago
Helz YES!!!
DavidFullam 6 months ago
God damn, its Lex Luthor!!
VagrantNoName 6 months ago
And ti think he is the voice of Mr. Krab.
Cyclonus84 6 months ago
One of the BEST villains of all time! I miss when movies where this good without all the "state of the art" CGI and shit. Made the movies seem more real without all that shit...
rang3r34 6 months ago 30
@rang3r34 Your So So Right!!!!!!!!
cashforyoursoul 5 months ago
@rang3r34 ...and shit
gunnari14 3 months ago
@rang3r34 Hollywood sux these days mate i agree.
Geemonster69 3 months ago
@Geemonster69 Totally sucks! I wanna write my own movies. Just like stuff from the 70s and 80s! NO CGI!!!
rang3r34 3 months ago
@rang3r34 Yeah! Im into foreign films too if you can deal with subs they're bloody cool.
Geemonster69 3 months ago
@Geemonster69 That's what I do now! So many good Japanese, Italian, German and even French films out there. Some places like Norway, Greece and India are making stellar films too!
rang3r34 3 months ago
Yes; a definite classic :)
ADenny12 6 months ago
2:40 Look at the priest taking the altar boys in the back so he can rape them later :)
scarface132001ca 6 months ago
I keep telling ppl that Jurt Cobain's famous last words in his suicide letter were used from this movie.
I don't have the passion anymore, and so remember, it's better to burn out than to fade away.
Peace, love, empathy. Kurt Cobain
Frances and Courtney, I'll be at your alter.
Please keep going Courtney, for Frances
For her life, which will be so much happier without me. I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU!
emeraldweapon85 6 months ago
@emeraldweapon85 ITS Bbetter to burn out than to fade away.. hey hey my my rockenroll will never die... its a song from the 70's i guest being a rockstar he quoted this song
2submit 6 months ago
Kurgan vs Kronos...........
nightmanady 6 months ago
Hey, he played one of the guards in "The Shawshank Redemption". He's UGLY !!!
rebeccaBGroup 6 months ago
Mr. Krabbs
kuyaoyster 6 months ago
Imagine having the Kurgan as your best man at your wedding lol
elcap22 6 months ago 5
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hes sick....DAMN I GOTTA WATCH THIS MOVIE
BCete 6 months ago
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Clancy Brown plays a preacher in COWBOYS AND ALIENS .
roachmantt 7 months ago
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roachmantt 7 months ago
What church wa this scene shot in ?
kellysheroe 7 months ago
@kellysheroe Augustines C of E in Kilburn, London
Sokar2488 6 months ago
why leave a comment when you dont like it? you are fucking dumb ass
davchelle04 7 months ago
That was retarded. You're retarded. waste of my time
dionkar336 7 months ago
Clancy Brown (The Kurgan) also voices Mr Crabs from Spongebob Square Pants - Since I found that out I have never been able to watch it in the same way again !!!!
ScienceFantasyBoy 7 months ago 5
badass scene? In fact I was looking to this scen because I like it a lot!!
Rodrigusificacionn 7 months ago
Nuns, no sense of humour....
PeterKuypers 7 months ago 2
Clancy Brown totally outplayed both Sean Connery and Christopher Lambert! =D
BobTheCherub 7 months ago 3
best film ever best sound track ever.... classic 80's
theodopolopodus 7 months ago 3
Just saw this on Blu-ray for the 1rst time. This shit was aaaaaaaaawesome!
louie000007 7 months ago
27 people faded away
wwwNooBcom 7 months ago
come along children it's time to go now
ThePBerry 7 months ago
In case you guys didn't know, the guy who played the Kurgan is Clancy Brown. Better known as the voice of Mr. Krabs.
cartmammainia 7 months ago 5
@cartmammainia lol, that's pretty funny
HarmKnight 7 months ago
best scene ever
annise77 8 months ago
1:00 TROLL!
SunShinesToday 8 months ago
That guy always plays a bastard, remember shawshank redemption.
WarBob56565 8 months ago
Connor MacLeod is pussy
neolightening 8 months ago
What I just love about this scene is the concept of these two characters who under normal circumstances would be trying to kill each other every waking moment, just talking to each other.
To have a place where for one moment, the war does not happen, and discuss their sides.
Such a agreat concept.
Shame the Kurgan doesn't behave very subtley that often.
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Kurgan was my idol growing up...now I'm a heroin addict.
mackles 8 months ago
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mackles 8 months ago
Was ramirez having sex with Connor's girl?
nomibe2911 8 months ago
@nomibe2911 -- No. He just didn't tell Kurgan that the girl was Connor's because he knew Connor would have immediately gone after Kurgan and he didn't think he would have been a match for him at that time.
jacksaccount 8 months ago 3
I loved this movie and the series. I remember being young and thinking there were people who were immortal for real.
nomibe2911 8 months ago
Awww great. The Kurgan's pissing in the holy water again!
nervmeister 8 months ago
Clearly, it takes a very special kind of actor for a role like the Kurgan's. A character with such a bombastic and goofy disposition must be incredibly hard to pull off while simultaneously keeping him menacing. Else, you get the Guardian from the last Highlander movie.
TKA001 8 months ago
@TKA001 You hit the nail on the head, he is by turns menacing and goofy. Look at how he switches in this very scene let alone the whole movie. Kurgan is a good humoured badass and clancy made the role his own. Can u believe there is talk of vinnie jones playing the kurgan in the remake. What a joke.
EltonChong75 8 months ago
Clancy Brown should have at least been nominated for best supporting actor in his roll....But such is life.
poochickenone 8 months ago
@TheChuckk definately, i always thought connor seemed like a creep. Kurgan is just awesome, intelligent, powerful, handsome and charismatic and lets not forget he should have won. He was thwarted so many times when he tried to kill connor. Even in the end battle he had connor at his mercy and only lost cos brenda interfered and bashed him over the head with a pole allowing connor to regroup.
EltonChong75 9 months ago
@EltonChong75 Yeah, but he was unlucky. And that was his undoing.
tracygonecrazy1 8 months ago
"I am in....disguise...this way no-one will recognize me." LOL...
0Serf0 9 months ago
uhUhuhuhuhuHuhuh *mashing candles*
nineinchtaint 9 months ago
@spcmn77
Not sure about a comic. I never got into the tv series or the other films. Thought it was just a piss take really. How they could manage to drag one sequel, nevermind four, is beyond me because the film ended it to suggest that it was all over. This is the one and only film that counts.
ursulafinallyhastits 9 months ago
@spcmn77
No problem. Neil Young does mention Johnny Rotten in the song, so I don't think you were far off in relating it to the Sex Pistols.
romcaname 9 months ago
@spcmn77
It was Neil Young in Hey Hey, My My
romcaname 9 months ago
@romcaname The song title was "Rust never sleeps".
tracygonecrazy1 8 months ago
@tracygonecrazy1 no, Rust Never Sleeps is the title of the album the song belongs to. You can check the wikipedia article on it.
romcaname 8 months ago
@romcaname Turns out you're right. I have the original LP and I just looked at it for like the first time in 30 years. (-:
tracygonecrazy1 8 months ago
@tracygonecrazy1 haha ok, that makes sense. I was only able to answer it with certainty because I'd been listening to it quite a bit in the last month. Really wish I had the vinyl edition though - that must sound amazing.
romcaname 8 months ago
@romcaname Yeah, it's the original LP, no scratches either. Nobody these days remembers how much deeper analog music sounded played up loud with a good stylus and speakers, 1979 was a different world in every way.
tracygonecrazy1 8 months ago
"happy birthday" - this voice... i'm crying.
MsCaitline 9 months ago
Holy Crap, It's Lex Luthor!
Psycho1386 9 months ago
There's a book out there with the full Highlander story that actually gives a little more insight into the Kurgans character and how he became so mad after the constant killing and centuries of being alive. It portrays him as not actually caring if he lived to the end because he, like the rest, had had enough of it all. I think the last clip in the film shows it when he'd been cut open so many times. That last look on his face tells it all. Kinda disbelief but relief at the same time.
ursulafinallyhastits 9 months ago
0:00 to 0:30 WOW...!
SL1999 9 months ago
@SL1999 it's beautiful.
MsCaitline 9 months ago
2:05 and on... fucking crazy, but great acting. funny too.
OverHe11sAshes 9 months ago
man, this first highlander is just classic
setpunk12 9 months ago 27
@setpunk12 The best one. The kurgan would make duncan mclaod his bitch.
remsensor 6 months ago
makes you really wonder how something like Highlander 2 can happen..this is awesome
bloodsling 9 months ago
Kurt Cobain was famously quoted saying this line: "It's better to burn out than fade away.".. I think Kurt quoted Kurgan when he killed himself in the 90s...
wyvernjulz 9 months ago
@wyvernjulz I think the Kurgan chopped Kurt's head off for stealing his line and passing it off as his own!!
thedeterminator01 9 months ago