I kind of envy you if you've never seen the sequels. I suggest you don't. I've never seen any of the Matrix sequels and I don't plan to.
To answer your question though, both. Highlander III is the only one that is not an insult to the original, but it's cheap fun at best. Still, it was nice that they showed Connor training with another mentor after Ramirez and explained why he sounds French by have a backstory of Connor in France. Back story in France didn't add much else but showed Connor forced into a situation of having to change identities and the people and life he had to leave to do it. Something just alluded to in the original with his long list of identities. I thought that was pretty cool.
End Game and The Source actually follow the tv series, which is another continuity all together. They are bad, in fact, The Source is worse than Highlander II. The show itself is good, but uses a retconn of Connor winning the Prize and their ever being a low count of immortals in the first movie to continue the story.
Highlander II is campy fun, once you get over the awfulness of it. It's interesting that it takes place in the post-Prize world but the retcon of aliens/time travelers is ridiculous. Still, not a horrible idea that the "Dawn of Time" was an actual time and place, just done horribly like Flash Gordon or something, just stupid.
The idea was toyed with again in The Source, only made even more ludicrous, if that can be believed.
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tb-sch
8 years ago
Sounds a lot like the Hellraiser franchise.
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Times_Up
8 years ago
O yea, how so? I stopped watching after Bloodline, though I saw Hellseeker since it was the return of Kirsty and Barker said he did uncredited rewrites. Thought it was alright. Haven't seen any new ones since.
We’re trying to pretend as if these comic books don’t exist. - David Goyer on the DCEU
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tb-sch
8 years ago
The first part creates a universe with strange rules one just experiences on an intuitive level. With the second film, those rules get formalized and make it feel like an awkward party game. Pretty much like the Highlander franchise took this not exactly explained idea of who gets immortal and why and overexplains it to the degree that the lack of room for imagination makes it impossible to enjoy for someone older than 12.
Hellraiser indeed has this anomaly that is does not get worse in a linear manner, but has extraordinary bad sequels and some which are just normally bad. But compared to the first part everything is still crap, just like Highlander.
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Herreken
8 years ago
End Game and The Source actually follow the tv series, which is another continuity all together. They are bad, in fact, The Source is worse than Highlander II.
I don't think I've even made it 30 minutes past The Source. I still have it on my hard drive. I've made a few attempts to watch the whole thing but I always fail. I think I'd rather watch the theatrical cut of Highlander II again than try to finish The Source.
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cockroachcharlie
8 years ago
Watch Spoonys review of the source. It covers all you need to know. Seriously, the first 30 minutes are bad, and it only goes downhill from there.
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Times_Up
8 years ago
You might as well watch it at least once just for the so bad it's good laughs. The Guardian and Methos and particularly atrocious in the film. I recommend the so-called Moscow cut.
We’re trying to pretend as if these comic books don’t exist. - David Goyer on the DCEU
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