Highlander Complete Series 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 Box Set [European Import / Region 2]

The Highlander story is about immortal beings. They look just like everyone else, except that they don't die, from natural causes at least. They can be killed by decapitation, however. How and why would they be killed? Well, there is this thing they call "the gathering" which draws immortals together, and then they battle. They usually fight to the death and the winner inherits the "quickening" of his beaten foe. The quickening is best described as the energy or power of the immortals. It contains their strength, their wisdom, and other neat things like apparently a proximity alarm which lets immortals know when one of their own are around. It may sound a little silly at times, and a lot of the aspects are still up for debate, but I find it to be a fascinating universe to visit.The television series is basically an alternate universe of the Highlander mythos. Conner is not 'the one' and the 'game' didn't end with him killing the Kurgan. Adrian Paul plays another MacLeod, Duncan, who is younger than Conner, but, as we see throughout the series, seems to be a much more well rounded immortal. (I guess there was something in the water over there in Scotland?) Any way you slice it, the television series really allowed the Highlander universe to be explored. In the movie, we caught a mere glimpse of Conner's hundreds of years of living. Throughout the life of the Highlander television series, not only did we get to see a lot more of Duncan's experiences, but other immortals as well.Season One of Highlander is where a lot of the fun was had with the series. It is painfully obvious early on that the group was trying to flesh things out and find their creative groove. Adrian Paul was pretty stiff in the earlier episodes but really comes into his own soon enough through the first season, and really gives a lot for people to like. The series was out pretty much when I was starting college, and I remember a lot of people watching the series for various reasons. You had the Highlander junkies like me, the guys who just liked action series and apparently Adrian Paul attracted a lot of female fans as well. Whatever the reasons for people watching, most of them were having fun.The first episode tries really hard to lure in the fans. They throw in Christopher Lambert as Conner MacLeod, and Richard Moll (Bull from Night Court) as an over the top bad guy immortal. Throwing Lambert into the mix may have been a good idea for the fans, but it hurt Duncan's character early on. His character just wasn't there yet and Adrian Paul obviously wasn't as comfortable with the character. Lambert blew him away in that first episode. Aside from the weak dialog and banter, the action wasn't bad and the groundwork was laid for the series. Some of the rules were explained that the immortals adhere to and we received some story cornerstones such as Duncan and Tessa's relationship.The sound in the series is really crisp and vibrant. They did an excellent job with the sound effects in the series overall and these discs show that. The fights feature a lot of 'whooshing' of blades as well as clanging and electricity crackles. Add to that a lot of Queen music and your speakers are in for a treat. Unless of course you hate Queen music, then I might suggest you not even look at this series since Queen comes along with the Highlander franchise as a package deal.I highly recommend it.

Complete series plus bonus features issued in 2005. The only downside is that, being a German edition, all the episode titles and menues are in german.Both English and German audio available, but no subtitles. The video commentaries have the german subtitles option.No other languages available.

Following on from the films this introduces Duncan Mcleod, Connor's kinsman, who gets to carry the torch, or should that be katana? for the good immortals. A great series (except the last series which lost focus) & some of Britains best known musicians & singers lining up to play good & bad guys throughout. Highly recommended.

I have been looking for this collection for a number of years and it is great to be finally able to get hold of a copy. Although it is the German version (as the DVD's were never released in the UK) converting to the English language version is easy. It is only a bit disconcerting to see German in any subtitles and in the Main titles. An essential purchase for any Highlander fan.

This item comes from Germany, has all German writing on boxes and disc's and on the first frame of the videoAudio is in German and English

Exactly what my friend wanted

enjoyed it

was so disappointed that it was in german