PrinceThrakhath
Spaceman
Reading any WC forum since the movie came out makes one thing clear. There's a lot of people who have the opinion that the movie is not WC- the games are.
Others say, if it's called WC, then it IS WC.
Well.. I personally am one of those who don't think WC is the game WC, nor that it is not WC at all.
Since it obviously has WC's story but collides with several facts from the games/novels I approach it like the Highlander saga.
The original Highlander movie had 3 sequels if I remember it correctly and one series.
All sequels kinda altered the ending of the original movie and the sequels themselves didn't work together but all had a different timeline.
But they're all Highlander nevertheless.. I see it that way.. the movie doesn't have to be in the same timeline as the novels and the games.. for me it is an alternative one to the timelines described in the animated series or the novels.
I think saying that WC is WC and everything is equally true is as much making a mistake as saying that everything that alters the games is not 'real' WC.
I say they can exist parallel and don't have to be seen as either being one huge WC, not as one real and one copy WC.
One shoulds approach it like Star Trek, although even STar Trek had some movies or episodes even Gene Roddenberry said about that they were not really Star Trek and didn't fit into the rest.
If one is trying to construct a consistent universe I'd say one has to decide which sources to include.. some always have to be let out.. either the story as it happened in the WC4Novel is true.. or the one of the game is true.
But which sources are chosen is up to every single one and is a matter of taste. That doesn't disqualify any of the other sources.
Any opinions?
Others say, if it's called WC, then it IS WC.
Well.. I personally am one of those who don't think WC is the game WC, nor that it is not WC at all.
Since it obviously has WC's story but collides with several facts from the games/novels I approach it like the Highlander saga.
The original Highlander movie had 3 sequels if I remember it correctly and one series.
All sequels kinda altered the ending of the original movie and the sequels themselves didn't work together but all had a different timeline.
But they're all Highlander nevertheless.. I see it that way.. the movie doesn't have to be in the same timeline as the novels and the games.. for me it is an alternative one to the timelines described in the animated series or the novels.
I think saying that WC is WC and everything is equally true is as much making a mistake as saying that everything that alters the games is not 'real' WC.
I say they can exist parallel and don't have to be seen as either being one huge WC, not as one real and one copy WC.
One shoulds approach it like Star Trek, although even STar Trek had some movies or episodes even Gene Roddenberry said about that they were not really Star Trek and didn't fit into the rest.
If one is trying to construct a consistent universe I'd say one has to decide which sources to include.. some always have to be let out.. either the story as it happened in the WC4Novel is true.. or the one of the game is true.
But which sources are chosen is up to every single one and is a matter of taste. That doesn't disqualify any of the other sources.
Any opinions?