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[lesbiassparrow]

I may or may not have ordered season 2 and 3 of Highlander. How can you not love a show with

1. Mountain men who MOVE LIKE COUGARS

2. Evil mimes

3. Joan Jett drowning helpless women in ornamental ponds and then killing off a baby for good measure

4. Highway men and many (so many!) bad wigs and even more terrifying accents.

But, God, I loathe Boy Wonder. I understand he's here for the duration too. I also spend a long time wondering whether immortals are born smug and (mainly) bonkers and homicidal or if they get that way after years of living on the whole really pointless lives. They're not really very bright either: no one ever seems to wonder why there 'Can be only one' or who made the rules in the first place. Instead, they just whip out the swords and start chopping. As a strategy developed over milennia it seems somewhat lacking.

ETA: Man, Amanda is irritating. Didn't she get her own show? That strikes me as a bad decision.

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[namastenancy.livejournal.com]

I'd forgotten about "The Raven." A pretty lame show that proved that Liz Gracen, while pretty and looking good in skimpy outfits, didn't have enough charisma to pull in an audience. I think that it's a toss up for me which one I disliked more, Amanda, Anne (a future girlfiend of Duncan who is both self-righteous and clueless) or Cassandra, the only woman in the Bronze Age with Max Factor makeup, false eyelashes and press on mails. With all of that, you'd think she would have also invented hair conditioner, but no.

Highlander - ah, good times, good times. That was such a fun show and had such a great fanbase. Lots and lots of good writing, both het and slash.

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

None of this makes me look forward to further encounters with Duncan's women. I do like Tessa, though, so it is disappointing that apparently apart from her he has zero taste.

Cassandra, the only woman in the Bronze Age with Max Factor makeup, false eyelashes and press on mails. With all of that, you'd think she would have also invented hair conditioner, but no.

Immortals seem surprisingly crap at inventing anything people would actually want. In the bronze age I imagine having press on nails was not something they yearned for on a regular basis.