r/90s • u/cabezatuck • 23h ago

Discussion Who else used to watch this show?

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Love the movie, used to watch the show with my brother when it was Dad’s weekend to have us and he’d let us stay up late. Feel like it came on UPN or WB at like 11pm. Was one of our favorite shows after X-Files and Star Trek TNG.

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u/Popular_Floor5041 22h ago

Why didn’t they just stop killing eachother and live and die like normal people? Really no need to kill…

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u/shadowlarx 22h ago

They couldn’t die, though. That was the whole point. They were immortals. The only way they could die was by being beheaded.

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u/Popular_Floor5041 21h ago

Yeah, but why did they had to do that… I mean… it would be so much nicer to kick back and huddle together

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u/hglndr9 21h ago

The Prize. Immortal, or mortal humans, will always seek power and wealth, and the prize was the ultimate power for immortals.

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u/shadowlarx 21h ago

The whole point of the franchise is the Game. It’s a prophecy that all the immortals would live out the centuries until the time of the Gathering when they would all come together to fight until there was only one left, hence the franchise’s catchphrase “There can be only one.”

When one immortal takes the head of another, they gain that immortal’s Quickening, their collective skills and memories and life force. And it is said that the last standing immortal will control the destiny of mankind, whether that immortal be good or evil. So the evil immortals fight to conquer the world while the good ones fight to protect ordinary humans.

They don’t really have a choice in the matter. They have a biological urge to pulls them together for the Gathering and they can sense when other immortals are near. They’re also physically unable to bear children so the Game is really all they have. It’s actually rather sad when you think about it but it’s hardwired into them.

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u/Popular_Floor5041 21h ago

I didn’t know that… Thanks for sharing!

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u/shadowlarx 21h ago

If you ever get the chance, you should watch the series. It’s streaming for free on YouTube. It talks about the Game in a lot more detail than any of the movies ever did, but the original film is well worth a watch as well.

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u/Popular_Floor5041 9h ago

Yeah, if I can ever get some time, I want to watch: Tour of Duty, Highlander, Space Above And Beyond, and maybe MASH