Which Path?

[ithildin]

I'm stealing this from one of my own emails, with some additional stuff.

Say that 10-15 years from now they revisit Highlander as a TV series. Would you like to see them take the original TV series and remix it like they did with Battlestar Galactica, or would you prefer the Star Trek route, using the universe and the history, but with new characters? Or something else entirely?

Same question for fellow fans of a few of my other main fandoms:

Blake's 7?

Forever Knight?

I'm just odd question girl the last few days :)

Comments

[lilliew.livejournal.com]

I think they already did this with Forever Knight. It was called "Buffy" and "Angel" :P

[darthhellokitty.livejournal.com]

They did it with Dr Who, too!

It's so hard to say what I'd want them to do with HL... re-doing the original seems pointless, but then the same universe with new characters - hey, wasn't that HL: The Raven?

I'm not sure I'd trust them to improve on the original. ;-)

[black-op.livejournal.com]

Currently watching the old Buck Rogers series on DVD. The best acting in most episodes was Mel Blank as the voice of Twiki. Some things can't be redone.

My answer

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

I'll admit, I thought I was going to hate the new BSG. Was sure of it [g]. But I was so wrong. So, if Highlander were done in that sort of way, and that well, and with enough time having passed between the new one and the original, I'd give it a go. Now, what if like Starbuck, they made Methos female? Or Duncan for that matter? Hmmm.... Duncan and Richie female, Tessa male.

[dracschick.livejournal.com]

FK, same characters, new stories.

[steelvictory.livejournal.com]

Dammit, you were my friend first, I'm gonna comment on this! *grin*

I would hate to see Highlander remixed, as much as I adore the new BSG. I would much prefer the Star Trek route. Unfortunately, since Immortality doesn't exist, you can't just have Mac or Methos show up a la Spock or Sarek, but the possibilities for the universe (as evidenced by the endless amounts of fanfic) are endless.

Just don't make it like that horrid animated series. *shudders*

[unovis-lj.livejournal.com]

I'd hate to see Highlander redone in any way -- the current characters are part and parcel with the universe in my heart. Take away these characters as portrayed by these actors and my fannishness evaporates.

Honestly, though I like a good gender-switch story (along with good death stories and the occasional good AU) *in fanfic*, a female Methos in a remixed canon just wouldn't be Methos to me.