For seven centuries the world has been living in ignorance, since a meteorite destroyed almost everything the human race had built throughout the milleniums. For seven centuries the world has been dominated by Kortan, the evil Immortal who rules from his fortress city of Mogonda. The other Immortals have renounced fighting among themselves and sworn to preserve the knowledge lost to humanity; they are called the Jettators. The Immortals have always lived alongside humans on Earth. They are like them but not of them. As they hide from Kortan they await the arrival of the Last of the MacLeods, the one who will one day come to confront the evil tyrant, the one with whom they will share their knowledge and who will use it to free the human race. For seven centuries Ramirez, the oldest and noblest of the Immortals, has waited for the arrival of the hero he must initiate, protect and guide until he is ready to meet Kortan. Finally the day is at hand! After seven centuries, he has come.. His name is Quentin MacLeod. He is the Highlander… In the post-apocalyptic medieval 27th century, Ramirez mentors young Quentin MacLeod who must seek pacified Immortals, gain their knowledge through a non-lethal form of Quickening, and free the land from the evil Immortal overlord Kortan. Once upon a time, it was popular to make everything made for adults a kid friendly version. This extended to Conan, Beetlejuice, Robocop, Police Academy, even Highlander.<br/><br/>While hardly the worst kid friendly adaption of a movie for adults, this one was a tedious series to get through with adding an obnoxious forerunner for Jade Chan from Jackie Chan adventures, a stereotypical teacher character who looks like a younger knock off Sean Connery and a villain who looks like he is on his way to some kind of renaissance fair.<br/><br/>The show removes most of the epic fighting and all of the decapitation and mostly replaces with ultra preachy lessons the protagonist is supposed to learn.<br/><br/>If you don't mind how boring it is or whiny little girl characters who serve no other purpose then to be annoying, this show may be for you. theres a load of Highlander fans who see this series as a travesty but I found it kinda fun. In its own right it introduced the highlander mythos to an audience who might not know about the highlander movies. If you look at it as a seperate body its quite enjoyable and I was amused to see the main villain followed the formula of the main bad guy's name starting with K. All things being equal if yer a fan of the mythos then the series is at least worth a look tho HL purists my find it sort of lacking
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