Podcast appearances and mentions of jonathan melville

Co-hosts Maurice Bursztynski and Jonathan Melville join Mike to take on a Patreon request from listener John Atom—Nevil Shute's On the Beach. They dive into both the 1959 Stanley Kramer film and the 2000 TV mini-series directed by Russell Mulcahy. Set in the aftermath of a nuclear holocaust, the story centers on a U.S. submarine that finds refuge in Melbourne, Australia, where residents face the grim reality that the fallout is heading their way.The episode explores the emotional depth and existential dread of both adaptations, from the restrained melancholy of Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner to the more modern approach with Armand Assante and Rachel Ward. With perspectives shaped by different eras, the hosts unpack how each version captures the quiet devastation of waiting for the end.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support.

Co-hosts Maurice Bursztynski and Jonathan Melville join Mike to take on a Patreon request from listener John Atom—Nevil Shute's On the Beach. They dive into both the 1959 Stanley Kramer film and the 2000 TV mini-series directed by Russell Mulcahy. Set in the aftermath of a nuclear holocaust, the story centers on a U.S. submarine that finds refuge in Melbourne, Australia, where residents face the grim reality that the fallout is heading their way.The episode explores the emotional depth and existential dread of both adaptations, from the restrained melancholy of Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner to the more modern approach with Armand Assante and Rachel Ward. With perspectives shaped by different eras, the hosts unpack how each version captures the quiet devastation of waiting for the end.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support.

We've asked author and journalist Jonathan Melville - a man who *literally* wrote the book on Local Hero - five fast questions about Scottish film. Here's what we cover:Local Hero is a great standard-bearer for Scottish film, but if you had to pick one other film to represent Scotland on the global stage, what would it be?The role of James Bond is currently vacant - which Scottish actor would be your pick to fill it?What is the most iconic Scottish film performance of all time?Where should a tourist visit in Scotland to get a better appreciation of Scottish film history and culture?Is there a definitive book on Scottish film?Have thoughts? Connect with 63 Percent Scottish on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram or contact us at 63percentscottish.com.Music by RomanSenykMusic from Pixabay.

We've talked about everything from baking to whiskey to history, but 63 Percent Scottish explores a new frontier in our newest episode: film. We've chosen the film "Local Hero" which has been called the "definitive" Scottish film to discuss. Why is it a definitive representation of Scottish culture?To answer, we have journalist and author Jonathan Melville on the show. He's the author of "Local Hero: Making a Scottish Classic" - the definitive account of how this film was made, which is available in the USA and Canada. We cover:What makes "Local Hero" the definitive Scottish film?The non-stereotypical depiction of rural Scottish lifeThe message Bill Forsyth was trying to communicate with the filmThe soundtrack contributions of Glaswegian Mark KnopflerHave thoughts? Connect with 63 Percent Scottish on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram or contact us at 63percentscottish.com.Music by RomanSenykMusic from Pixabay.

In Episode 105 of "Just Get A Real Job", Jamie is thrilled to welcome back Scottish Author, Writer, and Journalist Jonathan Melville. They have a great conversation about a wide range of topics, including Jonathan's latest book, 'Local Hero: The Making of a Scottish Classic', embracing creative opportunities, and unexpected career paths. They also discuss the current state of the screen industry, delve into Jonathan's writing process, and much more.   Jonathan Melville: 'Local Hero' on Polaris Publishing: https://www.polarispublishing.com/book/local-hero  'Local Hero' on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Local-Hero-Making-Scottish-Classic/dp/1913538869  Reel Scotland: https://reelscotland.substack.com/    Check out our website!: https://www.justgetarealjob.com  Donate to our Patreon page ☺️: www.patreon.com/justgetarealjob  Follow us on... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justgetarealjob  Twitter: https://twitter.com/justgetarealjob   

This episode sees all three of us recording in the same room for the first time. We commentate on the 1986 movie Highlander as we watch it through. Of course every Queen fan knows that band do the soundtrack for the movie with Michael Kamen doing the orchestral score. So get the VHS/DVD/Blu Ray/4K/Stream sorted and watch along with us!A Kind of Magic: Making the Original Highlander by Jonathan Melville https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kind-Magic-Making-Original-Highlander/dp/1913538052|| Talk to us on Twitter @LapPods || Get more content at lappods.scot || Donate via Paypal at paypal.me/lappods ||Thanks for listening and please subscribe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode two hundred thirty nine - part one Jenn chats with film historian Jonathan Melville about his books on TREMORS, HIGHLANDER, and LOCAL HERO, and a coming history about Jim Henson.

Blood Of Kings HIGHLANDER Podcast EP.169: Highlander (1986) 4K Blu-ray (2022) Review w/ Author Jonathan Melville. Watch the video version of this Blood Of Kings episode on the Fandom Podcast Network YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@FandomPodcastNetwork On this episode we discuss and review the recent new video release of Highlander (1986) 4K Blu-ray (2022). Your Blood of Kings Highlander Podcast hosts Kevin Reitzel and Lee Fillingsness welcome guest Jonathan Melville, author of A KIND OF MAGIC: MAKING THE ORIGINAL HIGHLANDER. Jonathan Melville contributed to the new Highlander (1986) 4K Blu-ray edition his an exclusive new audio commentary for the movie. The new Highlander (1986) 4K Blu-ray (2022) Special Features include:  4K UHD Disc includes: - Highlander Feature Length Movie - The Immortal Attraction of Highlander – Looking back at four decades of Highlander magic - A Kind of Magic: Music of The Immortals – A featurette on the soundtrack - There can only be one Kurgan – Clancy Brown remembers Highlander - Capturing Immortality: Interview with photographer David James - Audio Commentary with author Jon Melville - Audio Commentary with Russell Mulcahy - Audio Commentary with Russell Mulcahy, Peter S. Davis and William N. Panzer (Two Disc Version includes Blu-ray Disc) - Blu-ray Disc includes: - Highlander Feature Length Movie - Audio Commentary with Russell Mulcahy - Interview with Director Russell Mulcahy - Interview with Christopher Lambert - The Making of Highlander - Deleted Scenes - Archival Interview with Christopher Lambert - Trailer Jonathan's book 'A Kind of Magic: Making The Original Highlander' is still available to order. It was released  September of 2020 in the United Kingdom from Polaris publishing. Your Blood of Kings Highlander Podcast hosts Kevin and Lee want to thank Jonathan for coming on Blood of Kings to share his review and personal experiences working on the Highlander (1986) 4K Blu-ray (2022) new audio commentary.   Jonathan Melville on Social Media  - Jonathan Melville on Twitter: @jon_melville  - Jonathan Melville on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathanmelville - A Kind of Magic: Making The Original Highlander Twitter: @kindofmagicbook - Jonathan Melville's Book Facebook Page: A Kind of Magic: Making The Original Highlander Book Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/akindofmagicbook - Order Jonathan Melville's Book here: http://www.polarispublishing.com/book/a-kind-of-magic - A Kind of Magic: Making The Original Highlander on Twitter: @akindofmagicbook Blood of Kings - Highlander Podcast Contact Info: Please follow Blood of Kings and the Fandom Podcast Network on YouTube! Please subscribe to the Fandom Podcast Network YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@FandomPodcastNetwork   - Blood of Kings Podcast Master Feed:  fpnet.podbean.com/category/blood-of-kings/ - Twitter: @BloodOfKingsPod / https://twitter.com/BloodOfKingsPod - Instagram: BloodOfKingsPod / https://www.instagram.com/bloodofkingspod/ - Facebook: Blood of Kings: A Highlander Fandom Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1551389528504825 - Facebook: Blood of Kings: A Highlander CCG Collectible Card Game & Gaming Discussion Group Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/273198053027339 Blood of Kings Host & Guest Contact Info: - Email: BloodOfKingsPodcast@gmail.com - Kevin Reitzel on Twitter & Instagram: @spartan_phoenix - Lee Fillingsness on Twitter: @TheWayOfTheWay / Instagram: @the_way_of_the_way TeePublic / Blood of Kings Store: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirts?query=fandom-podcast-network-blood-of-ki…

It's the 600th episode of The Projection Booth and we're celebrating with a special episode all about Bill Forsyth's Local Hero. Released in 1983, the film stars Peter Riegert as MacIntyre, a corporate exec who's really more of a Telex man but gets sent to Scotland by his boss, Felix Happer (Burt Lancaster), to secure needed land for the Knox oil corporation.Rob St. Mary and Jonathan Melville (author of Local Hero: Making a Scottish Classic) join Mike to discuss the film while Peter Riegert talks about his role in the film. 

It's the 600th episode of The Projection Booth and we're celebrating with a special episode all about Bill Forsyth's Local Hero. Released in 1983, the film stars Peter Riegert as MacIntyre, a corporate exec who's really more of a Telex man but gets sent to Scotland by his boss, Felix Happer (Burt Lancaster), to secure needed land for the Knox oil corporation.Rob St. Mary and Jonathan Melville (author of Local Hero: Making a Scottish Classic) join Mike to discuss the film while Peter Riegert talks about his role in the film. 

We look back at the much loved film, Local Hero, 40 years after it was filmed.

In which Stuart Mulrain and guest Jonathan Melville talk giant killer worms...For episode two, Stuart is joined by Jonathan Melville (author of Seeking Perfection: The Unofficial Guide To Tremors) to talk about his love of the 1990 Ron Underwood film Tremors, his memories of watching it, what it means to him and the journey it led him on to write his book.This episode was originally published as part of the Nerds Who Haunted Themselves Podcast feed on 24th July 2019, and may feature references to forthcoming shows on that network.LINKS:SEEKING PERFECTION - Twitter - @TremorsGuide - Facebook - AmazonJONATHAN - Twitter @jon_melville - Website - FacebookSTUART - Twitter @TokenNerdNERDS - FacebookTREMORS - IMDBRECOMMENDATIONS:Michael Gross on Twitter - Tremors Fan PageTitle music - Storytelling Man by Ruth's Curtain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John Bleasdale talks to Jonathan Melville author of A Kind of Magic: Making the Original Highlander. When two American producers took a chance on a college student's script, they set in motion a chain of events involving an imploding British film studio, an experimental music video director still finding his filmmaking feet, a former James Bond with a spiralling salary, and the unexpected arrival of low-budget production company, Cannon Films.Author Jonathan Melville looks back at the creation of Highlander with the help of more than 60 cast and crew, including stars Christopher Lambert and Clancy Brown, as they talk candidly about the gruelling shoot that took them from the back alleys of London, to the far reaches of the Scottish Highlands, and onto the mean streets of 1980s New York City.With insights from Queen's Brian May and Roger Taylor on the film's iconic music, exclusive screenwriter commentary on unmade scripts, never-before-seen photos from private collections, and a glimpse into the promotional campaign that never was, if there can be only one book on Highlander then this is it!Visit the Writers on Film bookshop Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/writers-on-film. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Noirvember 2021 continues with a look at Wendell B. Harris's Chameleon Street. After winning the Sundance film festival in 1990 the film took too long to come out theatrically and died a quick death after it did. It's the story of Douglas Street played by Harris. He's a man who goes from installing burglar alarms to extorting a Detroit Tiger to impersonating a doctor, student, lawyer, and more.Jay Jackson and Jonathan Melville join Mike to discuss this thought-provoking film. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Noirvember 2021 continues with a look at Wendell B. Harris's Chameleon Street. After winning the Sundance film festival in 1990 the film took too long to come out theatrically and died a quick death after it did. It's the story of Douglas Street played by Harris. He's a man who goes from installing burglar alarms to extorting a Detroit Tiger to impersonating a doctor, student, lawyer, and more. Jay Jackson and Jonathan Melville join Mike to discuss this thought-provoking film.

Noirvember 2021 kicks off with a look at Daryl Duke's The Silent Partner. Released in 1978, it was from a screenplay by Curtis Hanson and based on the book Think of a Number by Anders Bodelsen. The film stars Elliott Gould as Miles Cullen, a rather mild mannered bank teller -- and keeper of the vault -- who figures out that his bank has been targeted for a robbery. With this piece of information he decides to rob the bank himself and let the robber (Christopher Plummer) take the fall.Jonathan Melville and Cullen Gallagher join Mike to discuss the film while Elliott Gould talks about his role as Miles Cullen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Noirvember 2021 kicks off with a look at Daryl Duke's The Silent Partner. Released in 1978, it was from a screenplay by Curtis Hanson and based on the book Think of a Number by Anders Bodelsen. The film stars Elliott Gould as Miles Cullen, a rather mild mannered bank teller -- and keeper of the vault -- who figures out that his bank has been targeted for a robbery. With this piece of information he decides to rob the bank himself and let the robber (Christopher Plummer) take the fall. Jonathan Melville and Cullen Gallagher join Mike to discuss the film while Elliott Gould talks about his role as Miles Cullen.

Welcome to episode 047 of Choose Film: A Reel Retrospective podcast. Grab your sword, jump to the 80s and get ready to live forever. Rebecca and Gary are joined by Arts Journalist and Author Jonathan Melville to discuss Highlander. SynopsisWhen the mystical Russell Nash (Christopher Lambert) kills a man in a sword fight in a New York City parking lot, he leaves a sliver of an ancient weapon lodged in a car in the process. After brilliant forensics specialist Brenda Wyatt (Roxanne Hart) recovers evidence of the mysterious weapon, she and her partner, Lt. Frank Moran (Alan North), embark on an investigation Of Nash that will land them in the middle of a dangerous, centuries-old feud between powerful immortals. Links in conversationTwitter - @jon_melvilleInsta - @jonmelvilleCreative recommendationEvolution Of Horror Podcast https://www.evolutionofhorror.com/Tea For Twohttps://klipist.com/title/tea-for-two/?fbclid=IwAR2_xnk_Pfw-dukpUSwYqUGpq_pWY3egvGRDPIucPZSnNOQ35dfSGNo5JkYDetectoristshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b06l51nr/detectoristsJonathan's BioJonathan is a freelance arts journalist whose first book, 2015's Seeking Perfection: The Unofficial Guide to Tremors, was called ‘Informative, entertaining and, above all, a joy to read‘ by Starburst. His 2020 book A Kind of Magic: The Making of the Original Highlander, a comprehensive and all-encompassing look at the film which began the franchise, was described by Total Film as ‘An engrossing read with plenty of on-set anecdotes and insight‘. He has contributed to The Guardian, The Scotsman, SFX and BBC Radio Scotland.

Welcome back to On The Fly with Jon Gill – the first ever sponsored edition no less. Polaris Publishing have sponsored this episode – they are the publisher of this episode's guest Jonathan Melville who has a new book out, A Kind of Magic [“an engrossing read” – Total Film], a behind the scenes look at the '85 sci-fi classic Highlander. I first met Jonathan 10 years ago – and the great thing about him is that he simply writes about things he loves… he's a full on genuine fan who has managed to turn his hobby into a job. Based in Edinburgh, has written for the Guardian, The Scotsman, SFX magazine and Radio Scotland. He's currently working on another Polaris book, a behind the scene look at another 80s classic, Bill Forsyth's Local Hero. In this pod we talk about the book and writing in general – the challenges of getting interviews with the likes of Clancy Brown and Chris Lambert – not to mention what it took to get Brian May and Roger Taylor of Queen who worked on the soundtrack. We also touch on his previous book Seeking Perfection an unofficial guide to the 80's comedy monster movie Tremors – as well as Jim Henson and the Muppets and other properties Jonathan has in mind to cover in the future. Find Jonathan on Twitter Giveaway! Polaris Publishing are developing a fantastic line of movie-related books from Jonathan's A Kind of Magic to Nige Tassell's And It's a Beautiful Day a companion to the Coen Brothers Fargo – John Rain's hilarious look at Bond in Thunderbook and 80s action movies in Explodobook. Coming in 2022 is AJ Black's A Cinematic Connery; a revised and updated edition of Brian J Robb's Screams and Nightmares and Jonathan Melville's new book on the making of Bill Forsyth's Local Hero. You can these an a whole raft of other titles at www.polarispublishing.com Follow Polaris on Twitter However, if you have an aversion to paying for books – 1. Please get that looked at, but 2. Indulge yourself with the first OnTheFly giveaway courtesy of Polaris Publishing: To win a limited, signed, hardback copy of A Kind of Magic, all you need to do is share a link to this podcast on Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn. One lucky winner will be picked from each platform. Remember and tag me @OnTheSuperfly and hashtags #OnTheFlyPodcast and #Giveaway I may not see your entry. Feel free to share on all platforms, but you will only win once ;) Deadline for the competition is 18 September 2021. Thanks to Pete at Polaris for making this happen and sponsoring this episode – follow Pete on Twitter

Blood Of Kings HIGHLANDER Podcast EP.150: Highlander 35th Anniversary Super Show Celebration w/ Highlander Heart & Highlander Rewatched! Highlander (1986) 35th Anniversary Celebration! Its been 35 years since the debut of the original Highlander Cult Classic movie that debuted in theaters on March 7th 1986. Highlander fans have enjoyed the original movie, its sequels and TV series that brought us immortals dueling for thousands of years. To help celebrate this special anniversary of the original Highlander movie theatrical debut, we present the three biggest Highlander podcast, Facebook and Highlander YouTube fan groups for one huge event! The hosts from Highlander Rewatched, Highlander Heart and Blood of Kings Highlander podcasts united together for one Highlander 35th Anniversary Super Show Celebration! This show also included special guests, Highlander book authors John Mosby and Jonathan Melville! A special thanks to Highlander Rewatched for organizing this event, and to Grant Kempster for the video and audio production. This podcast is the audio of the original video released in April of 2021. To view the original video please visit this link: https://www.facebook.com/11185035907/videos/529128021410164 Blood of Kings Highlander Podcast Contact Information: - FANDOM PODCAST NETWORK YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/FandomPodcastNetwork - Blood of Kings Podcast Master Feed:  fpnet.podbean.com/category/blood-of-kings/ - Twitter: @BloodOfKingsPod / https://twitter.com/BloodOfKingsPod - Instagram: BloodOfKingsPod / https://www.instagram.com/bloodofkingspod/ - Facebook: Blood of Kings: A Highlander Fandom Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1551389528504825 - Facebook: Blood of Kings: A Highlander CCG Collectible Card Game & Gaming Discussion Group Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/273198053027339   Blood of Kings Host & Guest Contact Info: - Email: BloodOfKingsPodcast@gmail.com - Kevin Reitzel on Twitter & Instagram: @spartan_phoenix - Lee Fillingsness on Twitter: @TheWayOfTheWay / Instagram: @the_way_of_the_way - Kyle Wagner on Twitter: @akylew / Instagram: @akylefandom   - Highlander Rewatched on Twitter: @TheRewatchers / Instagram: highlander_rewatched - Highlander Rewatched on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HighlanderRewatched - Highlander Rewatched on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfzcG3NS8spZqGg-Ub4xJ8w   - Highlander Heart on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/120891714654089 - Highlander Heart on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/grantkempsterdotcom/featured   TeePublic / Blood of Kings Store: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirts?query=fandom-podcast-network-blood-of-ki…

There can be only one, but Highlander's had a surprising number of media adaptations and spin-offs over the years. We take a look at all of them and even get some behind-the-scenes gossip about the infamous comic book tie-in: Highlander 3030. ----more---- Episode Transcript   Episode 05 [00:00:00] Mike: It's fine. It's fine. I'm not bitter. Mike: Welcome to Tencent Takes, the podcast where we make comics trivia rain like dollar bills on Magic Mike night. My name is Mike Thompson and I am joined by my cohost, the mistress of mayhem herself, Jessika Frazer. Jessika: Muahahaha! It is I hello, Mike. Mike: Hello. If you're new to the podcast, we like to look at comic books in ways that are both fun and informative. We want to check out their coolest, weirdest and silliest moments, as well as examine how they've been woven into the larger fabric of pop culture and history. Today, we are traveling through time and talking about the 35 year legacy of one of the strongest cult franchises around, Highlander. But [00:01:00] before we do that, Jessika, what is one cool thing that you've watched or read lately? Jessika: My brother has some copies of classic Peanuts Comics, and it's so much fun. It's good, wholesome, fun. And Snoopy- related media always makes me nostalgic. And Mike you've mentioned before that we're in California in the San Francisco Bay area, but fun fact, I live right near Santa Rosa, which is the home of the Peanuts creator Charles Schultz when he was alive. So there's a museum there and an ice skating rink. Mike: Yeah. Jessika: Which is super awesome And Snoopy on ice was huge when I was a kid. And that is definitely the place I also learned to ice skate. By the way, they throw a mean birthday party, just saying, not right this second. Not this second. [00:02:00] We should do it is what I'm saying. Mike: We should do it for ourselves. Jessika: No, that's what I'm saying. Oh, I don't have children. Mike: But we do. Jessika: Yes, they can come with us, like they're invited. Mike: I mean, are they? Jessika: Look at you hesitating. Mike: We took the kids to the Peanuts museum right before the lockdowns happened. that really Jessika: That's really lovely that's nice got to do that. Mike: There’s a lot of cool stuff to do. It's really interactive. It's also just a really fascinating experience because there's so much about the Peanuts during their, what 50 year run give or take. It may not have been that long. It may have been 30 or 40, but it was a long time, and I really dug it, like there was a lot of cool stuff, so yeah . And also the cool thing about Santa Rosa is they've also got all those Snoopy statues all over town too. Jessika: They do. Yeah. All the [00:03:00] Peanuts characters actually. Cause they, the Charlie Browns and the Lucy's now and the Woodstocks. Yeah they're all over the place. But that used to be something fun we could do as a scavenger hunt, and actually that's something you guys could still do even with the lockdown. Cause most of them are outside is just find that list of where all the Snoopy's or whatever character is and go find them all. Cause we did that at one point, like as an adult, obviously. Well, what about you, Mike? Mike: The complete opposite of something wholesome. Jessika: Perfect. Mike: We didn't actually have the kids for a few days. They were with their dad and we couldn't find anything new to watch. So, we wound up bingeing the entire series of Harley Quinn on HBO Max. Jessika: Oh, you’re ahead of me then. Damn you. Mike: This is my third time going through the series. We've just gotten to the point where we turned it on when we want to watch something that's kind of soothing in a way, even though it is not a soothing TV show. But I still am [00:04:00] having these full on belly laughs where I'm breathless at the end and it's just, it's so smart and funny and absolutely filthy with the violence. And then there are these moments of sweetness or genuine reflection, and it's just so damn refreshing. I was never much of a Harley fan, but this show and then the Birds of Prey movie really made me fall in love with that character. Also side note, Michael Ironside who played General Katana and Highlander II. Jessika: Yeah. Mike: He shows up in Harley Quinn doing the voice of Darkseid, which is a character he's been voicing since the nineties when he first started doing it for the Superman animated series. Jessika: Oh, damn. Mike: So, just a little bit of symmetry there. Mike: All right. So before we begin, I have to say that this episode wound up being a rabbit hole full of other rabbit holes that I kept going down. So, I want to give a little credit where it's due for a ton of my research. I really wound up leaning on two books: John Mosby's Fearful Symmetry [00:05:00]; and A Kind of Magic: The Making of Highlander by Jonathan Melville. Likewise, there's a YouTube series called Highlander heart hosted by Grant Kempster and Joe Dilworthand, and an associated Facebook community with the same name that were just invaluable for my crash course. And finally, I want to give special, thanks to Clinton Rawls, who runs Comics Royale, and Matt Kelly for taking the time to chat with me because they didn't have to, and they provided me with some really useful information for this episode. Jessika: Yeah, I'm super excited about what lies in store. What's really funny is I've actually, I feel like a kid before it test. Mike: Right? Jessika: like I'm a little nervous because I've been cramming so hard for this Mike: We both have. Jessika: No, you, especially you, especially like you should be much more nervous than me, Mike. No, I’m just kidding, please don't take that on. Oh, but yeah, no I'm super excited and really ready to talk about all of this stuff and learn more because I've just been consuming the media and the [00:06:00] comic books. But, you’re going to give me some back knowledge that's gonna blow my brain and I'm excited. Mike: Oh, well, I'll try to live up to that high expectation. Let's assume that you didn't know what the topic of this episode was. And if someone asked you what cult property from the 1980s. Spawned five movies, two TV series, a Saturday morning cartoon, an anime film, several video games, multiple tabletop games, audio plays, roughly a dozen novels, and four okay, technically six different comic books. What would your first answer be? Jessika: Oh, goodness. What's funny is probably not Highlander. I'd probably I would say like Batman, honestly, Mike: Yeah I would've gone with something along the lines of G.I. Joe. Jessika: Oh, yeah. Mike: Or some weird Saturday morning cartoon, something like that. I never would have guessed Highlander. I never would have assumed that. but it's just, it's really surprising to see how [00:07:00] much has been generated out of this initial movie. Were you fan of the movies or the show before we started bingeing everything for this episode? Jessika: So I was actually a fan of the show via my dad who had it on hadn't watched the films before, because I was born in 1986 fun fact. Mike: Right. Jessika: I was born when this thing was sent into the world. We both were at the same time, apparently. I didn't have that exact experience of growing up watching it, but he definitely had the TV show on in the nineties Mike: Okay. Jessika: So that was what I was familiar with and I loved it and I would run around chopping things; I'd be at work, I was actually like when I got older I'd be like, there can only be one, and I’d like have to like swipe at someone. Mike: It’s such an iconic line. Jessika: iIt is! it transcends. Absolutely. Mike: Yeah. I was pretty young when the movie came out and the show was how I became aware of it. And then when the show was airing, I was in high school. And then I became [00:08:00] aware that there was a movie that had inspired it. And so I was able to rent that when I was old enough to be trusted, to go rent movies on my own by my parents. Back when we couldn’t stream everything. Jessika: Oh my gosh. Mike: And there were rewind fees, Jessika: Oh, my gosh. Be kind rewind. Mike: Speaking of things from the eighties: it’s funny we'll talk about it later on, but the show really brought in, I think a lot of people that otherwise wouldn't have been fans. Before we start talking about the comic books, I really want to take a few minutes to talk about all the media and content that spun out of Highlander because it's a lot. And it was honestly in a couple of cases, really surprising. I didn't know about half of this stuff before I began researching for the episode, and then. Like I said, it was just constant rabbit holes that kept on leading me down more and more research paths. And it was really fun. But I want to talk about all this now. Jessika: Perfect. This is exactly what we're here for, and I think that people want to hear it too. [00:09:00] Mike: I hope so. Okay. So why don't you summarize Highlander? If you had to give an elevator pitch, Jessika: The film follows the past and present of Connor MacLeod, an immortal who is just one of many vying to be the sole victor in an age old battle, where in the end, there can only be one. Like very simply a lot more to it, but like how much of an elevator pitch. Mike: I think that's pretty simple. It's about an immortal who basically keeps on fighting his way through history and there's these really wonderful catch phrases that get us hooked. The movies got actually a really interesting origin story of its own. It was written by this guy named Gregory Widen when he was in his early twenties. That was when he wrote the initial screenplay. But he had already had a really interesting life up until then. He was one of the youngest paramedics in Laguna Beach at that point in [00:10:00] time. And then he went on to become a firefighter while he was still a teenager. By 1981, he'd also worked as a DJ and a broadcast engineer. And then he signed up for a screenwriting course at UCLA and he wrote this feature length script called Shadow Clan. And it would go through a number of changes before it became Highlander. But the core theme of an immortal warrior named Connor MacLeod wandering across the centuries is there. He wound up getting introduced to producers Bill Panzer, and Peter Davis who decided to option the film. And then they hired the screenwriters, Larry Ferguson and Peter Bellwood to rework the script into what we eventually had wind up in theaters. And once the movie was green-lit, they brought in Russell Mulcahey to direct it. And I vaguely knew that Mulcahey had been doing music videos before this, for the most part, he had one other cult movie ahead of time. It was a horror movie, I think, called Razorback. But I didn't realize which music videos he'd been making until I started doing all [00:11:00] this research. So I'm going to give you a small sampling and you're going to tell me if you've heard of these. Jessika: Okay. Sure sure sure. Mike: Okay. The Vapors “Turning Japanese”. Jessika: Uh, yeah. Mike: Yeah, okay. The Buggles “Video Killed the Radio Star”. Jessika: Wow. Yes. Mike: Duran Duran Duran’s “Rio”. Jessika: Wow. Mike: And Elton John's “I'm Still Standing”. Jessika: Yeahwow. That's actually a variety of characters. Mike: Right? But also those all really iconic music videos. Like not only songs, but music, videos cause those were all in the very early days. And the dude's entire portfolio is just iconic. If you think about the music videos that really defined the genre Jessika: Yeah, sometimes you just got it, I guess. Huh? Mike: He has a lot of those music video elements. A lot of times in the movie, it feels like a music video, like when Brenda's being chased down the hall by the Kurgan and it's got all that dramatic lighting, or that opening shot where they're in the [00:12:00] wrestling match and you see the camera flying through everything. Jessika: Yes! Mike: That was wild. That was really unusual to see camera work like that back then. The movie was distributed by 20th century Fox. And I think at this point, We'd be more surprised of 20th century Fox did a good job of marketing weird and cool, because they really botched it. They wound up forcing cuts to the movie that created really weird plot holes because they didn't feel that audiences needed it or what would understand it, and they wanted to make it simpler, but it really made things more confusing. European audiences on the other hand, really embraced the film because they got a much better version. So case in point, I'm going to show you the two main posters for it. This is the American poster for the movie. Jessika: Mmhmm. Oh, wow, he’s scary. Wow wow wow, okay. Before I even say any of the words, what you first see is Connor [00:13:00] MacLeod, but it's this awful grainy picture of him. He looks like there's something wrong with his face, which he shouldn't necessarily. And he looks like he's about to murder someone. He's like glaring off into the distance. And at the top it says, Oh, it's in black and white, by the way. at the top it says, He fought his first battle on the Scottish Highlands in 1536, he will fight his greatest battle on the streets of New York city in 1986. His name is Connor MacLeod. He is immortal Highlander! Credits at the bottom, rated R, absolutely rated R. Mike: Also, I feel like featuring original songs by Queen does not get the billing that it should. Jessika: I agree. I jammed my way through that film and this just the whole series, [00:14:00] actually the whole franchise I jammed my way through. Mike: Yeah. And if you listen to the kind of Magic album that is basically the unofficial soundtrack to the movie, and it's so good I don't know how they got those perpetual rights to Princes of the Universe, did. Every time I hear that song, I get a little thrill up my spine. All right. So here's the poster though for the European release. Jessika: All right. So, Ooh, this is totally different. This is Whoa. This is way more exciting. Okay. First of all, it's full Color, my friends, right in the middle in red it says Highlander right under it “There can only be one” in yellow. Oh it's amazing. There's a little sticker at the bottom that says featuring original songs by queen. Look it, trying to sell it, I love it. And then there's Connor MacLeod in the center of the screen [00:15:00] dramatically head back eyes closed screaming his sword thrusts forward and behind him is the Kurgan, oh my gosh so good. It's so - Oh, and a backdrop of New York city. All in lights. It's beautiful. Mike: Yeah. It’s one of those things where basically, that documentary that we watched seduced by Argentina, they talk about that where they're just like 20th century Fox fucked us. Jessika: And I didn't realize how much until, because I did watch that as well. And I'm like how bad could it be? But I that's pretty bad. It's a pretty big difference. It's like watching, that'd be like going, expecting to see like psycho or something. Mike: Honestly, I keep on thinking of Firefly and Fox and how they just totally botched the marketing for that show and then the release, and issues with Joss Wheden aside. Jessika: Yeah. Mike: It’s one of those [00:16:00] things where again, it's a really beloved cult property with a really devoted fan base, even, 5 years after it was released, shit, almost 20. Jessika: And I do love Firefly, again, Whedon aside. Mike: I do too. Jessika: And it makes me a little sad think about it because it had so much potential. Mike: Yeah. Jessika: Oh, it's so rough. It's rough to see. Mike: Yeah. What were your overall thoughts on the movie now that you've seen it because you hadn't seen it before this, correct? Jessika: No. I had only seen the TV show and probably rightfully so, because that was much less violent. I mean, much less graphically violent. They were still beheading motherfucker every episode, but, versus the film, which is like blood and like half a head and wow, there, it goes the head. But I actually really liked the movie. It was adventurous, it was thrilling and told a fairly cohesive and interesting storyline which unfortunately had an ending. But it still took us on an emotional journey. [00:17:00] Mike: Yeah, and I feel the same way. Jessika:: And how all the camp that I love from the 1980s and the special effects are just chefs, kiss love it. Mike: There is something so wonderful about the special effects from the 1980s, because they're so earnest all the time. And at the same time they look so cheesy by comparison now. Jessika: But you can tell they were trying so hard. It's almost like a little kid who's just learning to finger paint and they walk up and they're like, I did this thing. It's so good. You're like, it is really good. It's really good for where you're at. Mike: Yeah, exactly. Highlander is very much a quintessential eighties film to me, and there's both that nostalgia factor, but also it's a pretty tight little film. It doesn't really try to do anything too grandiose or too world-building because I don't think they expected to really make the sequels that they wound up doing. Which speaking of which we should discuss the sequels. [00:18:00] Mike: Like, I feel like you can’t discussion without talking about the sequels. And honestly the first time I ever heard of Highlander as a brand really was when I was visiting family in Texas And we were watching a Siskel & Ebert episode where they were thrashing Highlander II. Jessika: Dude, Siskel and Ebert I'm sure hated this. This does not surprise me in the least. Mike: I don't remember much about it, I just remember being like, oh Sean Connery's in a movie, well that's cool. Because my parents had raised me on all of the Sean Connery James Bond movies. Jessika: Yeah casting, come on. Why? Why? They had a French dude playing a Scottish guy and a Scottish guy playing a Spanish Egyptian guy. It's. Mike: I believe label was a Hispaniola Egyptian. They kinda darkened up Sean Connery a little bit too. I'm not sure. Jessika: It felt that way. I was just hoping he had just been under the tanning beds, but no, I think you're right. [00:19:00] Mike: Highlander II was definitely the most infamous of the sequels. And I mean a huge part of that is because it had such a batshit production and there’d been so many different versions of it. It was so bad that Russell Mulcahey reportedly walked out of the film premiere after only 15 minutes. There's this great documentary that you and I both watched on YouTube, it's split up into a bunch parts, but it was a documentary they made for the special edition of Highlander II. Jessika: Yeah. Mike: It was the third release of the movie that they put out because the first one was basically the bonding company for the films. Investors took over the production and assembly of the movie due to the fact that Argentina, where they were filming. And they had gone to Argentina because a, it was gorgeous, but B because it was supposedly going to be a third of the cost Jessika: Yeah. Mike: To make a movie there than it would elsewhere. Argentina’s economy collapsed and went through hyperinflation. And as a result, everything just went haywire. But they went back years later and they not only recut the [00:20:00] movie, but they refilled or added in certain scenes I think four or five years later. And then on top of that, they did the special edition a few years after that, where they redid the special effects. And I don't know it's kind of funny because it's not a bad movie now. It's not terrible. I feel it's an enjoyable film in its own way. But it's also funny where you watch that documentary and they're talking about the stuff that they're so proud of. Russell Mulcahey was talking about how proud he was of that love scene. I'm using this in quotes, love scene between Virginia Madsen and and Christopher Lambert where they just decided to do it up against the wall of an alley? Jessika: That’s always an interesting choice to me. Like you really cannot wait. Mike: Yeah. And then he was like, I thought that was a really hot scene. And I got to sit there and I'm like, I don't, I can't view this through the lens of, a 20 something guy in the 1990s. I don't know what my interpretation of it would have been then, [00:21:00] but watching it now watching it for the first time when I was in my twenties and the, in the early aughts, I just was like, this is weird and sorta dumb. And also they don't really have a lot of chemistry, but okay. Jessika: Yeah, it just kind of happens. They're just like, Oh, here you are. Mike: Yeah Right I don't know. At the same time it was cool to see they did all those really practical, special effects where they actually had them whipping around on the wires on like the weird flying skateboards and stuff. I thought that was cool. Jessika: I thought that was neat too. And how he was like, yeah, I actually got on top of the elevator and he was excited. Now he got on top of the elevator. Mike: And then they basically just dropped it down, like that's wild. So how about Highlander three? Jessika: Ahhh… Mike: Yeah, that’s kinda where I am Jessika: It’s very forgettable in my book. Mike: I feel like you could wipe it from the timeline and no one would care. Really, it felt like a retread of the first movie, but with the shittier villain in a way less interesting love story. honestly, it was a bummer because Mario [00:22:00] Van Peebles, the guy who plays that the illusionist I can't even remember his name. It was that forgettable. Jessika: Yeah, no, I can't either. Mike: Mario van Peebles is a really good actor and he's done a lot of really cool stuff. And it just, it felt like he was the NutraSweet version of the Kurgan Jessika: I like that. Yes. Yes. Mike: All of the mustache twirling, none of the substance. Jessika: It leaves a little bit of a weird taste in your mouth. Mike: Right. Splenda Kurgan! Moving on Highlander, Endgame. Jessika: What I do like about this film is that in both the TV series, as well as the film, there is the actual crossover. Connor shows up in Duncan's world and Duncan shows up in Connor's world and there is that continuity, which is good. And I do appreciate that because, before I got into this, I assumed that the character was interchangeable and we were just seeing different actors James [00:23:00] Bond situation. And when I went back and realized like, Oh no, he's his own character, they're blah, you know. Mike: I dunno I saw this in theaters I love the show and I appreciated that it felt like an attempt to merge the movies in the series and of the movies, I feel like this actually has the strongest action scenes. There's that bit where Adrian Paul faces off against Donnie Yen. And I was like, that's gotta be really cool to be able to sit there and show your kids much later in life: hey, I got to do a martial arts scene with Donnie Yen and he didn't kill me in the movie. that's pretty dope. Jessika: Yeah. Mike: Again, it felt underwhelming. It just wasn't all that interesting. And also I spent years being mad at that movie because the trailer brought me into the theater expecting something way different than what we were going to get Jessika: Okay. And I don't know that I saw the trailer. Mike: It has, it has a bunch of scenes with Magic where Connor and Duncan jumped through a portal [00:24:00]. Jessika: What? Mike: And a sword gets thrown at Jacob Kell and he catches it midair. And then he does something else where he's holding a sphere where you see Connor's face screaming and then it shatters. Jessika: What’s with all this weird, extra scene stuff in these trailers. I don't understand. Mike: Yeah, it turns out that this hasn't, this has never really been officially confirmed, but reading between the lines yeah, it’s been confirmed. They basically filmed extra scenes just to make it more appealing for people. So they would show up to the theaters. Like they filmed scenes, effectively they filmed scenes just for the trailer the director when he was asked about it in Fearful Symmetry. He basically said, yeah, I know there was some stuff that they filmed for marketing afterwards, and I wasn't involved with that. And then I think it was Peter Davis that was asked about this for the book. And he basically said, Oh, this is a really standard practice. People, or accompanies [00:25:00] film stuff for for marketing purposes all the time. And that's where he left it. Jessika: Oh, okay. to know. Mike: I was really grumpy about that, but that said I've softened a little since then. Do we even want to talk about the Source? Cause I feel like that's something that we shouldn't talk about in polite company. Jessika: No pass. Mike: Okay. Jessika: It happened? Mike: It happened, it was a thing that happened that was going to be a trilogy. They were planning to make that into a trilogy of movies. Jessika: Ohh rough times. Mike: Oh it's real bad. I don't think you were able to watch this, but Highlander, the search for vengeance. It's the anime. Jessika: No, I couldn't find it. Mike: Yeah. It's not available for streaming and it really it's really a bummer because it's actually pretty good. I'm not quite sure how to qualify it because it's not a live action movie and it doesn't star Duncan or Connor, but it's a full length anime. It's a full length movie in its own right. It focuses on Colin MacLeod who he’s [00:26:00] an immortal, who's technically part of the MacLeod clan. He's born as a Roman Britain and then he's adopted into the MacLeod clan after he fights alongside them later on. They keep on doing this. They keep on going back to dystopian SciFutures, which I kinda like, Jessika: I love, bless their little hearts. Mike: Yeah. A lot of the story actually takes place in this post-apocalyptic 22nd century, New York. And I haven't seen this in about a decade because it's not available on streaming. I don't have the DVD anymore. I really should pick it up before it goes out of print. But the movie fucking slaps. It was directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri, he was really big in the nineties. He did Ninja Scroll and Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust. He's known for really cool looking movies that are also really violent at the same time. Like you look at his characters and you're like, Oh yeah, no, they all look interchangeable because they're also similar one movie to another, Jessika: Oh, I see. Mike: But they're really cool. And the movie was written by David Abramowitz, who was the head writer [00:27:00] for the TV show. So it felt like a pretty legit Highlander story. Honestly, if we had to talk about this and ask which of these movies or the sequels were our favorites, I would probably say the Search for Vengeance. Because I loved it so much, but since that wasn't a theatrical release, we'll exclude that and you didn't get to watch it. Of the sequels, which did you enjoy most? Jessika: Mike, why don’t you go first. Mike: Okay. I'm a little torn, I guess I enjoyed Endgame mainly because it feels like part of he in quotes, real Highlander story, I guess it's the least terrible of the sequels. And it brought in my favorite characters. The final version of Highlander II, is I don't know. I don't hate it. It honestly feels like a cool dystopian cyberpunk story with some bizarre Highlander lore shoehorned in, but at the same time, it's not the worst thing I've ever watched. How about you? Jessika: Funny [00:28:00] enough, I was going to say Highlander II, but maybe just a bit more so if it were its own standalone movie and not try to be a part of the Highlander franchise. The idea of the shield is super interesting and I think they could have elaborated more on the lead-up and the resolution of that issue rather than having to also make it about the Immortals in their forever game. Mike: Yeah, I agree. How do you feel about moving onto the TV series? Jessika: Oh, I am pro. Mike: Okay. I personally feel like this is the property that sucks all the air out of the room when you're talking about Highlander. Jessika: Oh no. Mike: Yeah, I mentioned that this is how I really got introduced to the brand. I started watching it in high school, around season three, which was when it was really starting to get good. The first two seasons I feel were kind of when they were ironing out all the rough spots. But I wound up watching it through the end. So if you're listening to this podcast and you have never seen the [00:29:00] show Highlander, the series ran for six seasons, which is a good length of time for any TV show. And it followed the adventures of Duncan, who was another member of the MacLeod clan. He was a distant cousin of Connor. And the show bounced between Seacouver, which is a fictionalized version of Vancouver in Paris. And it basically retcon things so that the original movie didn't end with The Quickening, but that the battle between the Kurgan and Connor was it's implied, it was the start of The Gathering. That's my interpretation of it. Jessika: That was what I got too. Mike: Yeah. And Christopher Lambert, he shows up in the pilot to help set things up and get them moving. But I think that's the only time we ever really seen him on the show. Jessika: Correct. He's really just an intro. He's in that first episode only. Mike: You have rewatched it as a have I . We haven't watched the entire series all the way through, but we've watched a lot of episodes. Jessika: Correct. Mike: How do you feel [00:30:00] it measures up today? compared to that nostalgic view that we had before, Jessika: I had a lot of fun watching it, actually. definitely super cheesy. I don't love all of the characters I watched a lot of the first season, then I bounced around I think I did the top, like 25 on a list that you sent me. But Duncan’s just so codependent sometimes with his characters and it's like the one time the Tessa goes on a hike by herself, she gets kidnapped by an, a mortal and it’s like, oh my God, she can't even go on a fucking hike, are you joking me? And the one time he goes to the store by himself, he gets kidnapped and it's like, oh, come the fuck on you guys. Mike: Yeah, I feel like it generally holds up pretty well. It's a little uneven, but when it hits , it really hits. And it's a lot of fun. And considering that it was a relatively low budget show on basic cable in the early to mid-nineties, there's a lot of stuff that has aged way worse. [00:31:00] Jessika:: Absolutely. It exceeded my expectations on the rewatch, for sure. Mike: Yeah, and I have to say that one really cool thing about Highlander is it's got a really large female fan base. And I suspect that the show is really responsible for that. Jessika: I would agree. There's a few reasons. Mike: Are six of those reasons. Duncan's abs? Jessika: Like 10 of those reasons are all the times he gets surprised in a bathtub. I know I messaged you while I was watching them, because I was like Duncan got surprised in a bathtub again. Mike: I don't remember which episode it was, but there's one where he is surprised while he's in a bathrobe and he's got, it's not even tighty whities, it’s like a bikini brief, and watching that, I was just sitting there going, thank you for this gift. Thank you. Thank you for this visual treat that you have given us in the middle of my very boring work day. Jessika: It’s [00:32:00] also that there are such a wide variety of female characters. I would say, Iit’s not just the other female person he seeing or whatever, the love interest, there are other female Immortals and they a lot more frequently than they do in the films. I can't recall if they have any female immortals in the films. Mike: They do in Endgame. Jessika: Okay. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. I thought there was, there were some in there, but that’s tailing into, I mean yeah. Mike: Yeah. And the Source had them too, but meh. Jessika: Oh yeah. Mike: I will say that the show was pretty good about writing pretty strong female characters, I felt. Jessika: Yeah. Mike: And we'll talk about Amanda in a little bit, but I have to say that I really liked how she was written and how Elizabeth Grayson played her through the original series and then her own afterwards. I dunno. I, what do you think is the sexiest thing about Duncan MacLeod? I'm curious. Jessika: He seems [00:33:00] really like trustworthy, but like and sexy trustworthy. It's like, he'd be the dude. I called if some guys were fucking with me. Mike: Yeah. Jessika: Yeah. Mike: I kept on thinking about how there's this Tumblr post that's been going around the internet, regularly, and it's this discussion about which Disney men women find the sexiest guys always thinks it's Gaston. Jessika: Oh lord, why? Mike: It’s that male power fantasy thing where they're just like, oh no, like he's like really charming. And he's really muscly. And the counterargument from women is usually A no Gaston sucks and B we all like Roger from 101 Dalmatians. Jessika: Oh yeah. Roger. Mike: Which, Roger is very much my personal role model. The dude's a talented musician, he loves animals and he's got that great, a snark where he literally is trolling the villain when she comes to his house with a motherfucking trombone from upstairs [00:34:00]. And I think Duncan's a little like that. Like he's cultured and he's worldly and he's got this wicked sense of humor. And he's also the type of dude who has no problem reciting poetry in public or making his partner breakfast in bed. Jessika: Yeah, absolutely. Mike: So it just it was something that came to mind while I was rewatching all this stuff. Jessika: Yeah. just as like a wholesome guy. Mike: Right? Jessika: He always has good intentions. So that's actually what it feels like. He's always coming at things with good intentions. Mike: Yeah, and he's not perfect, but he's always trying to do the right thing, which I really appreciate. Jessika: Yeah. Mike: What was your favorite episode? Jessika: I went back and forth. I really like the Homeland episode, and like I said, I've really only watched a good chunk of most of season what I would say, and then so kind of bounced around, but season four, episode one. It was really sweet to see [00:35:00] Duncan take the obligatory trip back to his Homeland to pay respects. And it also had a good lesson in not judging a book by its cover as the main character assumes that Duncan is just an ancestry tourist, which was super interesting. She was super hating on it but I was like this is interesting instead of visiting what once was literally his home during formative years. So it was just such a wild thing to see her be like, what are you doing near those graves? And he can't really be like, they were my parents because you cannot even read them. They are so old. Mike: The funny thing is I didn't rewatch that episode during our refresher, but I remember watching that episode when I was about 15 or so. Because it's stuck out to me. Jessika: It’s really good. And of course, Duncan, he always has a good intention. The whole reason he went back was because he figured out that somebody had been [00:36:00] pilfering graves Mike: Yeah. Jessika: And he had to return what was in this grave. Mike: I know he's making the rest of us look bad. So mine is, it's unusual suspects. It's from season six, which I feel is actually pretty weak season overall. And it's this really silly one-off episode, starring Roger Daltry of the Who fame. He plays Hugh Fitzcairn, which is a character that he shows up in plays a couple of times throughout the series. And at this point in time in the story, he was dead, but it's a flashback to the 19 teens or 1920s. 1920s, because it ends with the stock market crash, but it's a take on the British country, house murder, mystery genre, and it's really fun. And it was just this really refreshing moment of levity after what I felt our run of really heavy, and in my opinion, not very good episodes. The end of season five and the beginning of season [00:37:00] six are all about Duncan confronting this demon named Aramon and it's weird and it's not very good. And I really don't enjoy it. This is all my opinion. I'm sure that I'm insulting some Highlander fan who absolutely loves this, but it's a fun episode in its own. And then it's a good moment after one that I didn't really enjoy. And so it's got that extra refreshing bonus. I just, I want to note, it's really funny to me how intertwined Highlander has always been with rock and roll and music in general, because they had Mulcahey who do it, doing all these music videos and stuff. And then they kept on having musicians show up as guest stars. I think it was there's a character named Xavier St. Cloud, I think who was played by one of the guys from, again, I think, Fine Young Cannibals? Jessika: Yeah, I think I actually watched that episode. Mike: I think he was using nerve gas to kill people. Jessika: Yes I did watch that episode. That was a wild one. Yeah. Mike: Yeah, and I think he shows up later on too. [00:38:00] I can't remember but anyway, I really appreciate that they gave Roger Daltry of all people, this character, and he just really had fun with it and they kept bringing him back. Jessika: Yeah. He was a good character every episode he was in my other favorites was the one where they had Mary Shelley and he was in that one too. I believe. Mike: I think so. Yeah. No, it was, the series was really fun, and I liked that we can sit there and pull all these episodes just from memory that we really liked. Jessika: Absolutely. Mike: So season six , they were trying to find a new actress who could carry her own Highlander show. And so they tested out a bunch of different actresses in season six and gave them either really strong guest appearances, or they were basically the main character for episodes. But they wound up not going with any of them. They went with Elizabeth Grayson and gave her the Raven where she reprised her roles Amanda. Did you watch any of that? Did you get a chance to? Jessika: I watched the [00:39:00] first and the last episode of season one, I can only find the first season. Is there only one? Mike: There’s only one season, it didn’t get picked up again. Jessika: Oh then there you go. Then I could have only, I know I was scratching my head. Worried about where else do I find this? Mike: Well, and it ends on a cliff-hanger. Jessika: Yeah, exactly. That's where I was like, let's go. Mike: It ends with Nick becoming immortal. Jessika: Oh, see, I didn't quite finish it. Cause I was hurriedly setting it up in the background. Mike: Yeah it was fine. I thought Elizabeth Grayson is really charming in that role, but at the same time, there wasn't a lot of chemistry initially between Amanda and Nick, I felt at the very beginning. Jessika: I agree, not in the first episode. Mike: By the end of the season, it was there, and I think they were also, as is the case with most shows first seasons, they were trying really hard to figure out what they wanted to do. And so originally it was a cop show with an immortal, which there are certainly worse pitches that I've heard. Jessika: Yeah. No, I agree. Mike: But yeah. sad that it didn't get to go further [00:40:00] Jessika: I'm tempted to go back and watch all of these things. I may have to do a pallet cleanse of something different. I may have to go back to my Marvel watching. Mike: On top of this, there was a Saturday morning cartoon called Highlander, the series or Highlander, the animated series, and it was set in the future. It's in a weird alternate timeline. It stars another MacLeod. It's fine It's a Saturday morning cartoon. I didn't even care enough to really go back and watch it because being that great. They did some interesting stuff. Like they brought Ramirez back if I remember, right. And then they also had a thing where instead of beheading other Immortals, the main character had an ability where he could be voluntarily given their power. Jessika: Oh. Mike: So he had all of their knowledge and power. And again, it’s again in a dystopian future where another immortal has taken over the world. Jessika: Wow. They just love their dystopian future. Mike: They really do. But yeah, it's fine. I think it's streaming on Amazon prime. I was just so focused on everything else that I didn't get a chance to go and [00:41:00] rewatch it. Jessika: Huh, good to know. Mike: We're going to go over all the other various pieces of media real quick. and then we've got one side tangent and then we're going to go through comic books, but. Jessika: I'm so excited. Mike: Books, Highlander wound up having a pretty substantial literary footprint. The original movie had the official novelization. There wasn't really anything after that until the show came out and then the show had 10 novels and an anthology and an official behind the scenes kind of book called the Watchers Guide and it's full of essays and interviews and photos. And since then, there've been a couple of non-fiction books, like Fearful Symmetry, which is about everything Highlander related. And it's almost like a textbook, but it's pretty good. And then there's also A Kind of Magic, which is more focused on making of the original movie. And those are both actually really good. I liked them a lot. They were really easy to read. [00:42:00] There were audio plays, which I keep on forgetting audio plays are a thing at this point, but it's by this company called Big Finish in the UK. They do tie-in audio dramas for television properties. Most famously they do Dr Who. They wound up doing two seasons of audio plays. The first had Adrian Paul reprise his role as Duncan and they take place after the series ended. And then also after the events of Endgame, you can't really find them anymore. Because they just, the license expired so they aren't selling them as far as I'm aware. Jessika: That's super interesting though. Dang. Mike: Yeah. And then the second season focuses on the four horsemen Immortals, remember Jessika: Okay. Mike: Do you remember them? Jessika: I sure do. Mike: Because we were talking about this a little bit, but it was all about Methos and the other guys that he hung out with when he was effectively, a comic book villain who would've if he’d had a mustache to twirl, he would have done it. Jessika: So quickly. Yes. Mike: I thought that was really interesting. There were a couple of people in the Highlander Heart [00:43:00] group who talked about it and they seem to really like them. I can't comment, but it was really neat. Games, this is the one that's really interesting. Highlander actually has been turned into a number of games over the years. There's a couple of tabletop games we're going to breeze through. So there was two different card games in a board game. One of the card games was released back in the nineties, it was a collectible card game. And this was right when Magic: The Gathering was really hot and everybody was trying to get in on that action. And then recently there's a new one called Highlander: The Duel. And it's a deck-building game where you play as Connor or the Kurgan going up against each other. And just a couple of years ago, there was a board game that got kick-started, it was in 2018 and it's this fast paced game for two to six players. The reviews across the web were pretty positive. And again, it's one of those things where it's Immortals battling for that mysterious prize. Jessika: Yeah. Mike: But it's cool. Jessika: Nice. Mike: I’m actually pretty surprised [00:44:00] we never got like a tabletop RPG because they are not precious about applying the license for Highlander to stuff. I'm amazed that nobody went to them and said, Hey, we can make this cool historical RPG where we sorta start having players wake up and then they have flashbacks or whatever. And Jessika: Yeah Oh that would have been cool Yeah Mike: Right? But yeah we never got anything like that which I was really I actually that was the one thing I expected and was surprised to see that we never got. Okay. So we're going to go into mini tangent with video games even though they aren't technically related to comics. The first game for Highlander was a 1986 tie-in release for home computers. It was a really simple fighting title. It wasn't well received. It was apparently pretty bad. So after that the animated series had a tie in called Highlander: Last of the MacLeods. It was released on the Atari Jaguar CD console. If you remember that. Do you remember the Atari Jaguar? Jessika: Oh my god, no. I don't. [00:45:00] Mike: It kinda got lost in the shuffle in the early to mid nineties of all the different consoles that were coming out. But you can find footage of this on YouTube and it's one of those early 3d games. And so it got a lot of praise for his exploration elements and animated video sequences, but it also got a lot of criticism for its controls in combat. After that there was actually going to be an MMO called Highlander, The Gathering. And it was in development by a French studio called Kalisto entertainment, which was honestly weird because Kalisto's catalog up until now were mostly middling single-player games. They'd gotten famous for a series called Nightmare Creatures, but they also did a Fifth Element racing game on PS2 that I had and was actually pretty fun. Anyway, Kalisto went bankrupt before the MMO could come out. Jessika: Oh! Mike: And none of the folks who, yeah, that's video games. Jessika: Fair enough. Mike: So they went bankrupt. The MMO hadn't come out yet. And the folks who wound up with the rights afterwards just decided to kill the project. There's [00:46:00] one other game. That's become the source of a lot of speculation. And it's only known as Highlander: The Game it basically came about because Davis Panzer productions that's, the guys who own the rights to Highlander, and SCI, which was this holding company that owned a bunch of video game groups. They decided to ink a deal, to make a Highlander game. They announced that they basically had done a partnership back in like 2004, 2005. And at the time SCI owned Eidos who was the publisher that gave us Tomb Raider. So they were a pretty big name. The game itself was formally announced by Eidos in 2008 and the development was being handled by another French developer called Widescreen Games. It was going to be an action role-playing game. It would star a new Immortal named Owen MacLeod. The story was going to be written again by David Abramowitz and that added some [00:47:00] serious legitimacy to the project for fans. Actually, why don’t you read the summary. Jessika: Would love to my pleasure. Summary: Owen is captured and enslaved by Romans who force him to compete as a gladiator. During this time, Owen dies only to come back to life. Methos, the oldest living immortal approaches Owen to be his mentor. He teaches Owen about the game and how he and other Immortals can only be slain by beheading. As with other immortal MacLeods Owen is pursued throughout his life by a nemesis. This enemy proves to be extremely powerful. One that Owen is unable to defeat Owen learns of a magical stone, fragments of which are scattered all over the world. Throughout the game, Owen embarks upon a quest to recover these fragments and restore the stone in an attempt to gain the power to overcome his foe. [00:48:00] So dramatic. I love it. Mike: What's Highlander without any drama? But that sounds rad right? Jessika: Oh, it sounds amazing. Mike: The game was announced with a trailer in 2008 that really only showed some of the environments from different eras and then it ended with an image of Owen, but it looked promising. And then there wasn't much else after a couple of years of pretty much nothing but radio silence, Eidos wound up canceling the game and that's where a lot of the speculation has started. There's not a lot of information on Highlander: The Game. I keep waiting for one of those gaming history YouTubers to get ahold of an old dev kit and then do a video with a build, but that hasn't happened yet. So really it's all kind of speculation and wishful thinking about what could have been. And it also seems like some of the details are getting muddied as time goes on. Like Fearful Symmetry talks about the game of it but they [00:49:00] have the segment. And again I want you to read this. Jessika: Sure sure. The gam was so far along in its development stages that segments including backdrops and some of the gameplay options were presented at a Highlander Worldwide event in Los Angeles 2006 and got a very positive reaction. The beautifully rendered backdrops were almost movie quality and included the likes of Pompei, a dark forest in the Highlands, New York, and Japan as gameplay locations and introduced us to another MacLeod, Owen, the same surname but a much earlier vintage. Mike: Yeah, so, I think Mosby is a little overly enthusiastic about all of this, and this is because I think Mosby doesn't have much familiarity with how game development works. It sounds like they had concept art on display and were discussing gameplay [00:50:00] rather than showcasing a build of the game. Concept art and design discussions are things that happen very early in game development. But if you're an outsider, looking in this stuff could easily be interpreted as things being much further along than they were. Jessika: Ah. Mike: Yeah. Now that said, I did work in video games for almost a decade, and a few of my coworkers were actually involved with Highlander the game. Jessika: What? Mike: Every one of them over the years has told me the cancellation was a mercy killing. And again, this is from multiple sources, so I'm not going to name or identify because, I don't want to make things awkward for them. But basically the game was garbage . It's not really surprising to hear cause widescreen never really made a good game, the best reception that any of their titles got was just kinda mixed. But earlier this week, I actually called one of my friends. Who'd been [00:51:00] attached to the project because I wanted to get more information about this game before we recorded. Jessika: We need to get you a new shovel, you dug so deep for this. Mike: With both hands. But, they confirmed what I've been hearing from other people the gameplay itself wasn't just bad. It was boring. The biggest problem was it didn't know what kind of a game it wanted to be. Basically, it was trying to do everything all at once. There were a bunch of traversal elements, which didn't really make a lot of sense. Like why would you climb a Manhattan skyscraper when you're a roided out dude with a sword? Couldn't you just take the elevator? Or I don't know the stairs? There was going to be a bunch of Magic elements in the gameplay, which, isn't really, that's not really a thing in Highlander. There's that fantasy element because we're talking about Immortals who can't die unless you cut off their heads, but generally Magic isn't a part of the accepted Canon. And then the combat, what they were aiming to do something like [00:52:00] God of war, which was really big at the time. But, it wasn't great. My friend also pointed out that Owen looked like a bodybuilder, but his fashion sense was from that industrial metal scene of the late nineties, which neither of those things really fits with the Highlander aesthetic because Adrian Paul was arguably the most in shape of the Highlander actors. But even that was, he was a dude who was like, yeah, I could achieve that if I was really good about my diet and then just worked out aggressively but not like Hugh Jackman does for his Wolverine roles. Jessika: Yeah, yeah. Mike: So I'm going to send you a screenshot of what Owen looked like in the key art the initial title it does. Jessika: What? It looks like Criss Angel. Mike: Right. And they're trying to recreate that iconic pose of The Quickening from the first movie that Connor does at the very end where he's getting raised up and, by the rails of Lightning, or the wires [00:53:00] of lightning. Jessika: Yeah, I get what they were trying to do. Mike: Yeah,I wanna know, what the fuck is up with those weird straps with rings that are going down his legs. Jessika: I don't really know, I was trying to figure that out myself. So just so that everyone can really get the picture that we're getting here and you'll, you might understand why it's taken me so long to describe it. I had to take it all in first. Mike: Yeah, it’s a ride. Jessika: It’s all very monochromatic. And the background is of course, a cut of the statue of Liberty, the backdrop of parts of New York that I'm sure aren't even next to each other, which is always funny. And then what is this? Is this the new guy, or is this supposed to be Duncan? Mike: Yeah, this is the new guy, Jessika: It’s Owen. Mike: Yeah. It's Owen. And then Connor and Duncan were supposed to appear, supposedly. I know Peter Wingfield was recording his lines for Methos. Jessika: Well, if they haven't killed off Methos that makes sense. And I don't know in the series if they have, and maybe Duncan makes [00:54:00] sense if he hasn't died yet, but. Mike: Yeah they can't kill off Methos, Methos was my first gay crush. Jessika: Yeah. He's. Slightly problematic in a couple episodes, but he's a great character overall. But he's very Chriss Angel, he's wearing like a trench coat and that has to be some sort of a lace undershirt or something. Mike: lAnd he’s got like a weird really, like baggy leather pants. Jessika: Yes. Which cannot be comfortable. It's doing this weird pooching thing in the front. Mike: Yeah, and then I think I saw another screenshot where it looks like he's wearing skater shoes tennis shoes as well. Jessika: Oh, Vans Off the Wall, man. Mike: Just once I want to see a MacLeod in the movies with a good fashion sense. Jessika: Yeah, I mentioned that I wanted to cosplay as Duncan, which overall would be a great idea. But then I was looking through his outfits and I'm like, what do I wear? Do I wear this weird white tank top with these like acid wash jeans [00:55:00] and a belt? Or is this the one where I'm wearing like five shirts and a long jacket? Is it that day? Mike: You know who he looks like that guy, Canus. Jessika: Yes! Yes, does. He has the lace shirt and everything. Mike: And the dog collar. Jessika: Oh my god, it was so funny. I told you, I think it was trying to be edgy. Mike: Yeah, and instead it comes off as really queer-coded. Jessika: It really does though. I know, my little queer brain was like bling. Mike: Yeah, It feels like they weren't really getting the essence of what Highlander actually was and who these guys were, because usually the Highlander characters are a little bit more believable and ordinary because that's the whole idea is that they're walking among us and we have no idea unless they tell us. Okay. On top of all this. So remember how I mentioned that trailer was just showcasing environments for the [00:56:00] game. Jessika: Yeah. Mike: There was a reason for that. The reason was that they couldn’t get the character models to work. Jessika: Oh! Mike: So the shot of Owen at the end it's actually just animated key art it's the same it's the same art that you just saw. It's that image. It was just slightly animated. And then they released a couple of screenshots for the game, but apparently they were really heavily photo-shopped well, beyond industry standards. So, it was one of those things where, this was a turd and it needed to be flushed. And it finally did. But Widescreen went under about a year after the game was formally announced. They were working on another big project and apparently that got taken away, and as a result, it just caused the studio to implode. By this point in time Square Enix the guys do all the final fantasy games had bought Eidos and they formally canceled it. We're not sure why exactly, my guess is that it was probably, they just looked at cost it would take to finish this game and then the [00:57:00] amount that it would need to sell in order to be profitable or to meet their sales expectations for it and they just thought it wasn't worth it. But yeah, my friend actually said they were embarrassed to work on it and they would have been fine even if it had been an average game, but it was just bad. Even one of those kind of middling average games, I think that would have been fine, that would have lived up to the Highlander bar. Finally, there's that Highlander game that spark unlimited was working on. I never even heard a whisper about this until. We watched that episode of Highlander Heart focusing on video games, and they brought Craig Allen on to talk about the project. Based on what we know now, I think this might be why Square Enix was holding onto the rights for another year after they shut down Highlander, the game, just because they had this other title, theoretically in development or very early development. Based on the footage that they have, it looks like they had at least done enough development work to put together a vertical slice that they could show for pitch [00:58:00] purposes and at conventions. But I thought it was really promising looking overall. What did you think? Jessika: I thought it did look really interesting the game play itself I did like the idea of having a female Highlander. That being said, they had this whole concept about what Craig Allen was calling beautiful damage. Mike: Yeah. Jessika: And it was this whole thing about, oh it was the first female Highlander and her looks go when she gets damaged, and that's her whole motivation is to stay pretty. And I just, that gave me a huge headache, and it of course was super male-gazey I mean, the game itself seemed that way. Mike: It was weird because I would love to see women and Highlander being built a little bit more like warriors, like a little bit more muscly, which would be in keeping with people who battle across the centuries. [00:59:00] They don't need to be super jacked like the Amazons in Wonder Woman, but making them look like stick thin suicide girl, punk rock chick from the late aughts. Didn't quite gel with me. I understood what he was talking about though, because that was the thing where they were starting to do permanent cosmetic damage in video games. That was something that was really big in the Batman Arkham games. Every time that you got knocked out, you'd come back and you'd have a little bit more of your outfit chipped apart. So, after a while Batman's looking pretty ragged and you realize maybe I'm not as good at this game as I think I am. Jessika: Yeah And the concept itself is really interesting It just I guess was the way it was phrased by this person. And it very much was he was so proud of the fact that it was the first Highlander female in a video game. And then everything was just like so incredibly sexist. I was excited that I wasn't Mike: We're also viewing it, with the lens of 2021 at this point. At that time, [01:00:00] that was before they had relaunched Tomb Raider, in 2013, 2014, where they made her much more realistic. She was still very fit, but she wasn't the Lara Croft that had generated a lot of criticism. I think possibly, I don't know, but I hope that it would have been marketed a bit differently if it had been done today. That said we also don't know exactly what it would look like as a final product. Jessika: Oh absolutely, yeah. Mike: It’s, I agree. It's a little bit problematic viewed through the current lens. At the same time, like a lot of the Highlander properties when it was being done, I think it was kind of just par for the course. Jessika: Yeah, fair enough. But, I did like the idea of having a female Highlander and having her have a whole story regardless of whether it's the first one to be completely [01:01:00] tragedy laden which was the other comment like her experience a ton of loss because she's female and experiences empathy unlike the male characters. Mike: I really didn't like that. Actually. I thought that was. I mean the, the whole thing where they were saying we wanted to focus on lifetimes of tragedy as opposed to enjoying multiple lives. And I'm like, that's the whole purpose of Highlander. That's what I really like is when you sit there and you watch them having fun and doing all this interesting stuff. Jessika: Women aren't allowed to have fun, Mike. Mike: Apparently. Jessika: We just have to have lives full of tragedy and pining for people that we've lost in our lives. Mike: Well, yeah. And we all know that the dudes don't have feelings, so we just, you know, go on and enjoy things. Jessika: That does suck that Hugh they don't give men the ability to have that capacity or give them the the credit to have that capacity. Mike: I will say, I am sorry that this one didn't get further along the development [01:02:00] stages, because it certainly seemed like it had a lot more promise than the title that was canceled right before it. Jessika: Yes, the gameplay itself looked more interesting, it looks more complex, it easier to navigate. What they were showing us was really intense. Mike: I really liked that whole idea of being able to view the environments in two different eras. It reminded me a lot of another Eidos game called legacy of Cain soul river, where there was a spiritual world and then a physical world. And you could flip back and forth between them, which was kind of cool. Jessika: Oh, that’s neat Mike: Yeah. I dug that. I liked the idea of exploring the same environment in two different areas. I thought that was really neat. Jessika: Yeah. Mike: Let's move on to Comics. Jessika: Sounds great. Mike: Okay, so, I’m curious. When do you think that Highlander got big enough to get a comic book? Jessika: I don't know maybe late nineties Mike: 2006. Jessika: Wow [01:03:00] That's later than I had expected. Mike: Yeah. There wasn't a comic adaptation of the movie when it came out, which is weird, there wasn't one here in the States. Highlander Heart, in their YouTube podcast, noted there was a series of five newspaper comic strips that were published as part marketing promotion. The hosts weren't entirely certain if they're exclusive to Europe or not. I don't know. I haven't been able to really find much reference to it. After the movie came out, though there was a two-part comic adaptation in Argentina. It was published through El Tony Todo Color and El Tony Supercolor they were sibling comic anthology magazines, and here's the weird twist. It looks like this was an unlicensed adaptation. Jessika: Mmhm, interesting. Mike: So now we're going to take another side tangent. The important thing that you need to know is that Argentina had just come out of a brutal military dictatorship that came about as part of Operation Condor, which is this horrific program the United States was involved in. And it isn't really taught about in high school history, at least it [01:04:00] wasn't when I was going through high school and I went to a pretty good one. did you ever learn about that? I'm curious. Jessika: No, I did not. Mike: Okay I'm giving you an extremely TLDR read of this, but basically this was a program in the seventies and eighties when the US backed military dictatorships across South America. So our country helped these groups, kidnap, torture, rape murder, thousands of political opponents, like Argentina was especially brutal. There were literally death squads, hunting down political distance across the country. It was a really horrific time. I want you to read this summary of what was going on during that time, actually. Jessika: Give me the really fun stuff I see. Mike: Sorry. Jessika: No you're good. It is estimated that between - 9,000 and 30,000 that's a huge span. Mike: I know, it’s such a margin of error I don't understand. Jessika: Lack of record taking will get you there quick, I think. I'm going to start over, but we’ll leave that in. It is estimated that between [01:05:00] 9,000 and 30,000 people were killed or disappeared, many of whom were impossible to formally report due to the nature of state terrorism. The primary target, like in many other South American countries participating in Operation Condor, were communist guerrillas and sympathizers, but the target of Operation Condor also included students, militants trade, unionists, writers, journalists, I don't love this, artists, and any other citizens suspected of being left-wing activists - well take me the goddamn way away. Mike: Right. Jessika: Including Peronist guerillas. I don't love that. Mike: No it's really awful. And based on that list of targets, it's not surprising that there was a lot of media suppression during this time. Democracy returned to the country in ’83, and there was this explosion of art across the mediums. Argentine Comics [01:06:00] saw this Renaissance period. A lot of them though, weren't really licensed and let's be honest. It's not like there's an internet where IP owners could monitor stuff like this and shut it down when they learned about it. There was also this drastic comics increase in the area due to create or publishing Zines because the eighties was the decade where personal computers suddenly became commonplace and all of a sudden pe

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Full disclosure - this film is not our geek niche, though we give full and due respect to that niche (at least until the sequel). In fact - this turned out to be Matt's first viewing of the film. So, to balance the scales, we've got a guest, Jonathan Meville, who has fully immersed himself in the making of this cult classic. He recently published a fantastic book, "A Kind of Magic: The Making of the Original HIghlander," on that very topic and you should hit up this US Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/Kind-Magic-Making-Original-Highlander/dp/1913538052/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=melville+kind+of+magic&qid=1609577883&sr=8-1 Or this UK one: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kind-Magic-Making-Original-Highlander/dp/1913538052/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=kind+of+magic+melville&qid=1609577988&sr=8-1 Please do like, subscribe, and rate on all the things like Facebook, Twitter, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. Wherever you happen to be hearing us, really. Luke is getting back into extensively talking about monsters, and you will want to hear him here - especially if you are into Monster Hunter: https://gintendo-namer.squarespace.com/monster-mash And for more of the music you're hearing here, you heard Matt's sounds at the end of this link: https://rovingsagemedia.bandcamp.com/album/underground-sound

In Episode 7, Jamie speaks to Author, Screenwriter and Journalist Jonathan Melville about his earliest creative influences, the current state of the Scottish creative sector, his books 'Seeking Perfection: The Unofficial Guide to Tremors' and 'A Kind of Magic: Making the Original Highlander', his more recent ventures into screenwriting and much more.    Jonathan Melville: 'A Kind of Magic: Making the Original Highlander' Publishers: http://www.polarispublishing.com/book/a-kind-of-magic#:~:text=The%20story%20of%20an%20immortal,to%20become%20a%20cult%20classic. 'A Kind of Magic: Making the Original Highlander' on Amazon:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kind-Magic-Making-Original-Highlander-ebook/dp/B08GFJRL8C 'Seeking Perfection: The Unofficial Guide to Tremors' on Amazon:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Seeking-Perfection-Unofficial-Guide-Tremors/dp/099332150X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Seeking+Perfection%3A+The+Unofficial+Guide+to+Tremors&qid=1607995589&sr=8-1 ReelScotland: https://reelscotland.substack.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jon_melville Introduction to Screenwriting Course @ Screen Academy Scotland:  https://www.screenacademyscotland.ac.uk/content/introduction-screenwriting   Follow us on... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/justgetarealjob/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justgetarealjob/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/justgetarealjob  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5jhVdYlNMU8jrFUQxShMit  Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/just-get-a-real-job/id1540434153    Artwork by Aimee Dinsdale: https://www.instagram.com/artbyaimeead/    Like and Subscribe ❤

Couch Potato Theater: Tremors (1990) w/ Jonathan Melville, Author of "Seeking Perfection: The Unofficial Guide to Tremors".Welcome to Couch Potato Theater here on the Fandom Podcast Network. On Couch Potato Theater we celebrate our favorite movies! You may own your favorite movies digitally, or on physical media. However when they air on your cable TV, you love what you are watching so much, you don't get off the couch! And that's the definition of what Couch Potato Theater is all about.Couch Potato Theater: Tremors (1990)2020 marks the 30th Anniversary of Tremors (1990). Tremors is a cult horror comedy directed by Ron Underwood, produced by Gale Anne Hurd, Brent Maddock, and S. S. Wilson, and written by Maddock, Wilson, and Underwood. Tremors was released by Universal Pictures and stars Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter, Michael Gross, and Reba McEntire. Your Couch Potato Theater Hosts Kevin R. and Kyle W. welcome special guest Jonathan Melville, author of "Seeking Perfection: The Unofficial Guide to Tremors".Tremors (1990) holds a special place in fandom for many reasons. Kevin Kyle and Jonathan discuss the popular cult fandom that Tremors as become of the last 30 years, and why it may have broke new ground in the Horror Comedy genre. This movie has a high re-watchability and represents everything that Couch Potato Theater is all about. Sit back and relax on the couch and enjoy this special presentation of Couch Potato Theater: Tremors (1990). Tremors (1990) Plot Synopsis:  Tired of their dull lives in the small desert town of Perfection, Nevada, repairmen Val McKee (Bacon) and Earl Bassett (Ward) try to skip town. However, they happen upon a series of mysterious deaths and a concerned seismologist Rhonda (Carter) studying unnatural readings below the ground. With the help of an eccentric survivalist couple Burt and Heather Gummer (Gross and McEntire), the group fights for survival against giant, worm-like monsters hungry for human flesh.   Fandom Podcast Network, FPNet Host and Guest Contact Info: The FANDOM PODCAST NETWORK is now on YouTube! PLEASE SUBCRIBE to our YouTube channel to receive notifications of new podcast episodes and live events. All audio podcasts on the Fandom Podcast Network will be on our YouTube Channel.  Link: https://www.youtube.com/c/fandompodcastnetwork   - Master Feed: fpnet.podbean.com / The Fandom Podcast Network is on the Podbean app- Fandom Podcast Network is on: Apple Podcasts / iTunes and all other major podcast platforms.- Facebook: Fandom Podcast Network- Email: fandompodcastnetwork@gmail.com- Instagram: @FandomPodcastNetwork - Twitter: @fanpodnetwork- Kevin on Twitter & Instagram: @spartan_phoenix- Kyle on Twitter: @AKyleW / Instagram: @Akylefandom- Jonathan Melville on Social Media & How to order his books: Jonathan Melville on Twitter: @jon_melville  Jonathan Melville on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathanmelville/?ref=br_rs   Order Jonathan Melville's Tremors Book Here: "Seeking Perfection - The Unofficial Guide To Tremors": Amazon UK:https://www.amazon.co.uk/Seeking-Perfection-Unofficial-Guide-Tremors/dp/099…Amazon US:https://www.amazon.com/Seeking-Perfection-Unofficial-Guide-Tremors/dp/09933…   The new Tremors Blu-Ray Limited Editions go on sale December 15, 2020. Arrow in the UK on Blu-ray, order here:https://arrowfilms.com/product-detail/tremors-limited-edition-blu-ray/FCD20…https://arrowfilms.com/product-detail/tremors-limited-edition-uhd/FCD2089?f…Amazon in the US on Blu-ray, order here:https://www.amazon.com/Tremors-2-Disc-Limited-Blu-ray-Kevin/dp/B08K3YSFJ8?f…https://www.amazon.com/Tremors-2-Disc-Limited-Ultra-Blu-ray/dp/B08K3YSFJC/r…   Follow Jonathan Melville and order is Highlander Book: A Kind of Magic: Making The Original Highlander Twitter: @kindofmagicbook A Kind of Magic: Making The Original Highlander Book Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/akindofmagicbook Order Jonathan Melville's Highlander Book here: http://www.polarispublishing.com/book/a-kind-of-magic   Podcast Reviews: Please help support the Fandom Podcast Network with reviews on your favorite podcast providers including Apple Podcasts / iTunes. Please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts / iTunes and your other podcast providers so new fans can find us easier. Please search Fandom Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts / iTunes, and leave a rated review for Couch Potato Theater. We LOVE 5 star reviews of course, but we love feedback in general! Couch Potato Theater Direct Podcast Link:http://fpnet.podbean.com/category/couch-potato-theater/Please listen to our other awesome podcasts on the Fandom Podcast Network:Master Feed: https://fpnet.podbean.com/ 

Dallas welcomes author Jonathan Melville to discuss his latest book which is a behind the scenes look at 1986's Highlander featuring over 60 new cast and crew interviews - A Kind of Magic: Making The Original Highlander.

Dallas welcomes author Jonathan Melville to discuss his latest book which is a behind the scenes look at 1986's Highlander featuring over 60 new cast and crew interviews - A Kind of Magic: Making The Original Highlander.

Jonathan Melville returns to podcast to discuss his latest book, A Kind of Magic: The Making of the Original 'Highlander'. It's an exhaustive book about Russell Mulcahey's 1986 film.Buy the book here: https://amzn.to/2HbC1xBLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jonathan Melville returns to podcast to discuss his latest book, A Kind of Magic: The Making of the Original 'Highlander'. It's an exhaustive book about Russell Mulcahey's 1986 film. Buy the book here: https://amzn.to/2HbC1xB

Blood Of Kings: Sean Connery Tribute Part 2 - w/ Special Guests: Grant Kempster & Jonathan Melville. "From the dawn of time we came; moving silently down through the centuries, living many secret lives, struggling to reach the time of the Gathering; when the few who remain will battle to the last. No one has ever known we were among you... until now." - Ramirez (Sean Connery) in Highlander (1986).Welcome Highlander Fans to Blood of Kings: A Highlander Podcast, here on the Fandom Podcast Network. On this show, we cover everything from the Highlander Universe. However, Highlander fans are mourning the loss of not only a film legend, but also a legend in the Highlander universe. Sir Sean Connery who portrayed Ramirez in Highlander (1986) and Highlander 2 (1991) past away on Saturday October 31st, 2020.In this episode of Blood of Kings: A Highlander Podcast, your co-hosts Kevin and Lee welcome back special guests Grant Kempster & Jonathan Melville, both from the United Kingdom. Grant Kempster is the proprietor of the longest running and largest Highlander Facebook fan group - "Highlander Heart". Author Jonathan Melville's new book "A Kind of Magic - Making The Original Highlander", has just been released in 2020, and now is available for purchase. Kevin, Lee, Grant Kempster and Jonathan Melville pay tribute to Sean Connery as they look back and discuss Sean's distinguished life, movie career and his iconic character of Juan Sánchez-Villalobos Ramírez who he portrayed in the Highlander universe. With both Grant & Jonathan being from the United Kingdom, they have a very interesting perspective on the legendary and iconic actor, Sean Connery.   Blood of Kings - Highlander Podcast Contact Info: Please follow the Fandom Podcast Network and Blood of Kings on YouTube! Please subscribe to the Fandom Podcast Network YouTube Channel here:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCib-kbKfAagsxrWlJU01RcgBlood of Kings: A Highlander Podcast Direct Link: http://fpnet.podbean.com/category/blood-of-kings/ • Kevin Reitzel on Twitter & Instagram: @spartan_phoenix• Lee Fillingsness on Twitter: @TheWayOfTheWay / Instagram: @the_way_of_the_way • Grant Kempster on Twitter & Instagram: @TheKempster Highlander Heart: https://www.facebook.com/groups/highlanderheart/• Jonathan Melville on Twitter: @jon_melville  - Jonathan Melville on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathanmelville/?ref=br_rs (His Author Page) Please like his page. - A Kind of Magic: Making The Original Highlander Twitter: @kindofmagicbook - Jonathan Melville's Book Facebook Page: A Kind of Magic: Making The Original Highlander Book Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/akindofmagicbook   Order Jonathan Melville's Book here: - Polaris Publishing: (Direct from the publisher) http://www.polarispublishing.com/book/a-kind-of-magic - Amazon:  https://www.amazon.com/Kind-Magic-Making-Original-Highlander/dp/1913538052/… You can contact Blood of Kings directly here:Email: BloodOfKingsPodcast@gmail.comTwitter: @BloodOfKingsPodInstagram: @BloodOfKingsPodcastBlood of Kings Highlander Fandom Facebook Group:https://www.facebook.com/groups/1551389528504825/You can always find the Blood of Kings Podcast on the Fandom Podcast Network:• Fandom Podcast Network Master Feed: Fpnet.podbean.com • Blood Of Kings Master Feed: http://fpnet.podbean.com/category/blood-of-kings/• Fandom Podcast Network is on all main podcast platforms including: Apple Podcasts & iTunes.• Twitter & Instagram: @BloodOfKingsPod • Facebook: Blood of Kings: A Highlander Fandom Group• Facebook: Blood of Kings: A Highlander CCG (Collectible Card Game) PageTee Public Store:To get your own Blood of Kings T-shirts and other apparel, please visit our Blood of Kings store on Tee Public by searching "Fandom Podcast Network" or "Blood of Kings". Link: https://www.teepublic.com/user/fandompodcastnetworkApple Podcasts / iTunes Reviews:Please leave us a rated review on your podcast providers including Apple Podcasts / iTunes so new fans can find us easier. Search "FANDOM PODCAST NETWORK" on Apple Podcasts / iTunes, and leave a review for Blood of Kings. We LOVE 5 star reviews of course, but we love feedback in general! Please listen to our other awesome podcasts on the Fandom Podcast Network: Master Feed: https://fpnet.podbean.com/   

BONUS EPISODE ALERT! - The Rewatchers have 2 copies of A Kind Of Magic: Making the Original Highlander by Jonathan Melville to give away, we read through your submissions to discover what Connor's favorite book is, and reveal who wins the PRIZE!!!! THERE CAN BE ONLY 2! Author Jonathan Melville and The Rewatchers congratulate our lucky winners. Thank you to all of our contestants, be sure to order your copy today! http://www.polarispublishing.com/book/a-kind-of-magic Buy a signed copy! https://linktr.ee/akindofmagicbook

Blood Of Kings Highlander Podcast 137: A KIND OF MAGIC: MAKING THE ORIGINAL HIGHLANDER Book w/ Author Jonathan Melville! Welcome Highlander Fans to Episode 137 of Blood of Kings: A Highlander Podcast, here on the Fandom Podcast Network. On this show, we cover everything from the Highlander Universe: Including the movies, the TV series, guest interviews, novels, audio books, comics, special events... and… a new Blood Of Kings Highlander Podcast Interview: A KIND OF MAGIC: MAKING THE ORIGINAL HIGHLANDER Book w/ Author Jonathan Melville!In this episode of Blood of Kings: A Highlander Podcast, hosts Kevin and Lee interview author Jonathan Melville. Jonathan lives in Edinburg Scotland and has finished his book about the making of the original 1986 Highlander movie called 'A Kind of Magic: Making The Original Highlander'. Kevin and Lee interview Jonathan about years of painstaking work, investigation and preparation which includes over 60 interviews with the cast and crew members of the original 1986 Highlander film. Jonathan discusses his interviews for his book which shed a lot of light and history on this iconic film that Highlander fans love dearly. Many of the interviews that Jonathan includes in this book are with Christopher Lambert, Clancy Brown, director Russell Mulcahy, and Brain May and Rodger Taylor of Queen.Jonathan's new book 'A Kind of Magic: Making The Original Highlander' is available to order now. It released in September of 2020 in the United Kingdom from Polaris publishing. Order details are listed below. Your Blood of Kings Highlander Podcast hosts Kevin and Lee want to thank Jonathan for coming on Blood of kings to share his personal experiences and great stories that went into making the one of a kind book. There Can Be Only One... 'A Kind of Magic: Making The Original Highlander' book!   Jonathan Melville on Social Media & How to order his book:  Jonathan Melville on Twitter: @jon_melville  Jonathan Melville on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathanmelville/?ref=br_rs (His Author Page) Please like his page. A Kind of Magic: Making The Original Highlander Twitter: @kindofmagicbook Jonathan Melville's Book Facebook Page: A Kind of Magic: Making The Original Highlander Book Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/akindofmagicbook Order Jonathan Melville's Book here: A Kind of Magic: Making The Original Highlander on Twitter: @akindofmagicbook http://www.polarispublishing.com/book/a-kind-of-magic   Blood of Kings - Highlander Podcast Contact Info:   Please follow the Fandom Podcast Network and Blood of Kings on YouTube! 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Mac and his fencing buddy make a lunch date, only to be interrupted by an assassination attempt by arrow...or is it crossbow bolt? The Rewatchers talk hairstyles, get into some marriage drama, and discuss what true justice really looks like...heavy! Don’t forget to get us your contest entries for Jonathan Melville’s book, "A Kind of Magic: Making the Original Highlander!"

We are joined by film historian and author Jonathan Melville as we discuss his book A Kind of Magic: Making the Original Highlander. Jonathan talks with us about the book, the film and of course the music, including his chats with Brian May and Roger Taylor. As ever, join the chat on Twitter @lappods. Order Jonathan's book through @Polaris_books.There can be only one!Thanks for listening and enjoy! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Rewatchers continue the Chronicles with Jonathan Melville, author of A Kind of Magic: Making the Original Highlander! The man who literally wrote the book on Highlander drops some behind the scenes tidbits, discusses meeting Sean Connery’s family, and shows off some sweet bonus photos. Plus! The team debuts an exciting contest that can get YOU a copy of the book. Tune in for details! http://www.polarispublishing.com/book/a-kind-of-magic Buy a signed copy! https://linktr.ee/akindofmagicbook

TYPE 40: A Doctor Who Podcast Episode 62: The Seventh Doctor Collection – Season 26 on Blu Ray 1989 was an exciting time in popular culture! But as Batman was on the big screen showing off his wonderful toys? The smaller was about to lose our very favourite Time Traveller! You’re in safe hands here on Type 40: A Doctor Who Podcast. Because whilst revisiting this final season in the classic era of the television series brings some angst flooding back for some of us? It’s sweetened considerably by the Blu Ray remastering treatment lavished on those 14 episodes as they’re re-released as a box set… The tea’s piping hot and so is the nostalgia, whenever regular host Dan Hadley is joined by Simon Horton. Plus, there’s a dedicated Seventh Doctor era fan, as is customary on these deep dives: producer and genre writer Jonathan Melville returns to the show to guarantee everybody has an “Ace” time! Stream or download our conversation on The Fandom Podcast Network’s Time and Space companion, here… You can always find TYPE 40: A Doctor Who Podcast on: • The FPNet Master Feed @Fpnet.podbean.com • FPNet on Podbean app • Fandom Podcast Network on: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher & Google Play • Instagram: FandomPodcastNetwork & type40drwho • Facebook: TYPE 40: A Doctor Who Fandom Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1628050400840643/?ref=bookmarks If you would like to contact us directly you can: • Email: type40drwho@gmail.com • Twitter: @type40drwho • Instagram: @type40drwho • Explore Jonathan Melville’s work in print here: http://jonathanmelville.co.uk/ • Dan Hadley on Instagram and Twitter: @The_spacebook • Simon Horton @The Whonatics on Facebook TeePublic Store: Help support the Fandom Podcast Network and wear some of their fantastic original designs and logos on t-shirts, mugs, hats and more from Tee Public Go to: https://www.teepublic.com/user/fandompodcastnetwork or just search Fandom Podcast Network to find our storefront. The FANDOM PODCAST NETWORK is now on YouTube! Join us!Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCib-kbKfAagsxrWlJU01RcgPLEASE SUBCRIBE to our YouTube channel to receive notifications of new podcast episodes and live events. Apple Podcasts:  Please search Fandom Podcast Network on Apple Podasts and leave us a review so new fans can find us easier. We LOVE 5 star reviews of course, but we love feedback in general!  Please listen to our other awesome podcasts on the Fandom Podcast Network: Master Feed: https://fpnet.podbean.com/ Blood of Kings: A Highlander Podcast http://fpnet.podbean.com/category/blood-of-kings/ Culture Clash: The FPN Weekly Pop Culture Podcast http://fpnet.podbean.com/category/culture-clash/ Couch Potato Theater: The Guilty Pleasure Favorites Podcast http://fpnet.podbean.com/category/couch-potato-theater/ Time Warp: The Fandom Flashback Podcast http://fpnet.podbean.com/category/time-warp/ The Endzone: An (Unofficial) NFL Podcast http://fpnet.podbean.com/category/the-endzone/ Good Evening: An Alfred Hitchcock Podcast http://fpnet.podbean.com/category/good-evening-an-alfred-hitchcock-podcast/ DiscoVille: A Star Trek Discovery and The Orville Podcast https://fpnet.podbean.com/category/discoville Hair Metal: The Hair Metal Podcast https://fpnet.podbean.com/category/hair-metal/

Blood Of Kings 132: 1986 HIGHLANDER History On Home Video w/ Special Guest: Jonathan Melville! Welcome Highlander Fans to Episode 132 of Blood of Kings: A Highlander Podcast - here on the Fandom Podcast Network. On this show, we cover everything from the Highlander Universe: Including the movies, the TV series, guest interviews, novels, audio books, comics, special events... and…Blood Of Kings 132: 1986 HIGHLANDER History On Home Video w/ Special Guest: Jonathan Melville!In this episode of Blood of Kings: A Highlander Podcast, hosts Kevin and Lee interview author Jonathan Melville. Jonathan lives in Edinburg Scotland and is currently working on a book about the original 1986 Highlander movie. Kevin and Lee ask Jonathan to update his work on the book including interviews with cast and crew members of the original 1986 Highlander film.For the main podcast topic "1986 HIGHLANDER History On Home Video", Kevin and Lee discuss with guest Jonathan the very interesting history that the original Highlander movie has had on home video. Including the first release of the original European cut and edited USA version on VHS. We also discuss the original releases on laserdiscs, DVD and Blu-ray, including the original 10th Anniversary edition on laserdisc, VHS and DVD to the newest 30th Anniversary on Blu-Ray. There are many versions of the original 1986 Highlander on home video, Kevin, Lee and Jonathan do their best to cover most of them!     Blood of Kings Contact Info: Kevin Reitzel on Twitter & Instagram: @spartan_phoenix Lee Fillingsness Social Media Contact Info:Twitter & Instagram: @the_way_of_the_wayJonathan Melville on Social Media: Twitter: @jon_melville   You can contact us directly here:Email: BloodOfKingsPodcast@gmail.comTwitter: @BloodOfKingsPodInstagram: @BloodOfKingsPodcastBlood of Kings Highlander Fandom Facebook Group:https://www.facebook.com/groups/1551389528504825/You can always find the Blood of Kings Podcast on the Fandom Podcast Network:• Fandom Podcast Network Master Feed: Fpnet.podbean.com • Blood Of Kings Master Feed: http://fpnet.podbean.com/category/blood-of-kings/• FPNet is on the Podbean app• Fandom Podcast Network is on: iTunes, Stitcher, Podbean, Google Play, Spotify and I Heart Radio.• Twitter & Instagram: @BloodOfKingsPod • Facebook: Blood of Kings: A Highlander Fandom Group• Facebook: Blood of Kings: A Highlander CCG (Collectible Card Game) PageTee Public Store:To get your own Blood of Kings T-shirts and other apparel, please visit our Blood of Kings store on Tee Public by searching "Fandom Podcast Network" or "Blood of Kings". Link: https://www.teepublic.com/user/fandompodcastnetworkApple Podcasts / iTunes Reviews:Please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts so new fans can find us easier. Search "FANDOM PODCAST NETWORK" on Apple Podcasts, and leave a review for Blood of Kings. We LOVE 5 star reviews of course, but we love feedback in general! Please listen to our other awesome podcasts on the Fandom Podcast Network: Master Feed: https://fpnet.podbean.com/  Blood of Kings: A Highlander Podcast http://fpnet.podbean.com/category/blood-of-kings/ Culture Clash: The FPN Weekly Pop Culture Podcasthttp://fpnet.podbean.com/category/culture-clash/Couch Potato Theater: Celebrating our Favorite Movies Podcasthttp://fpnet.podbean.com/category/couch-potato-theater/Time Warp: The Fandom Flashback Podcasthttp://fpnet.podbean.com/category/time-warp/The Endzone: An (Unofficial) NFL Podcasthttp://fpnet.podbean.com/category/the-endzone/Good Evening: An Alfred Hitchcock Podcasthttp://fpnet.podbean.com/…/good-evening-an-alfred-hitchcoc…/Union Federation: A Star Trek and The Orville Podcasthttps://fpnet.podbean.com/category/union-federationHair Metal: The 1980's Hair Metal Podcasthttps://fpnet.podbean.com/category/hair-metal/TYPE 40: A Doctor Who Podcasthttp://fpnet.podbean.com/category/type-40-the-fpnet-doctor-who-podcast/ Lethal Mullet: A 1980's Action Film Podcasthttp://fpnet.podbean.com/category/lethal-mullet What A Piece Of Junk: A Star Wars Podcasthttps://fpnet.podbean.com/category/what-a-piece-of-junk-a-star-wars-podcast…   Making Treks: A Star Trek Podcast https://fpnet.podbean.com/category/Making-treks

There can be only one!! Your hosts Justin, Eliz, and Tyler embark on a fantastical journey through the Highlander series with the 1986 original that started it all. Author Jonathan Melville returns to talk about his upcoming book on the film. Star ratings help us build our audience! Please rate/review/subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen, and share us with your Spanish Peacock!! Email us at sequelrights@gmail.com with feedback or suggestions on future franchises! Special Guest: Jonathan Melville.

This week, we thought we could quit Tremors, but we just can't quite let it go yet. There's a whole TV series to talk about! Special guest Jonathan Melville, author of Seeking Perfection: The Unofficial Guide to Tremors, joins your hosts Justin, Eliz and Tyler to discuss the short-lived Tremors: The Series. Star ratings help us build our audience! Please rate/review/subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen, and share us with your fellow monster hunters. Email us at sequelrights@gmail.com with feedback or suggestions on future franchises! Special Guest: Jonathan Melville.

Craft Commerce expert Jonathan Melville discusses the impact his personal life has on his business goals, his work on the Barefoot Contessa site, and navigating the tricky issue of ecommerce shipping. Through experience and recent personal hardships Jonathan has developed a set of lifestyle-based goals for his solo business that include prioritizing time with family and scaling in a way that supports these goals. Listen for an insightful conversation that covers the business side of ecommerce--and why Jonathan thinks the key to successful, profitable projects is finding the right clients. Key takeaways Jonathan has overcome personal hardships that have shaped the way he structures his solo business. Choose goals based on a desired lifestyle rather than a number. Jonathan chose ShipStation for the Barefoot Contessa site’s shipping fulfillment. Dealing with the issues of ecommerce shipping can be tricky, but the key is not surprising your customers. Why choosing your clients wisely is essential. Resources: Jonathan Melville Barefoot Contessa Case Study The story of Wesley and Elizabeth Melville Pia Silva Profit First Web Developer Support & Maintenance Retainers Apartment One ShipStation

ReelScotland Blethers is both a new and old podcast - here ReelScotland.com's Jonathan Melville tries to explain what's going on with this feed...

ReelScotland Blethers is both a new and old podcast - here ReelScotland.com's Jonathan Melville tries to explain what's going on with this feed... This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit reelscotland.substack.com

Mark 8:27-38 1Cor 2:6-16 Eph 3:20 2 Cor 2:9

Sermon by Pastor Jonathan Melville on November 15th, 2015 from Mark 4, exploring Jesus vision of transformation. Listen in for insights into how we can understand the parables of Jesus.

Sermon by Pastor Jonathan Melville on October 18, 2015 from Mark 1, exploring the spiritual disciplines of both John the Baptist and Jesus. Listen in for insights into how we can practically follow their examples in our own lives today.

Sermon by Pastor Jonathan Melville on August 30th, 2015 from Nehemiah 8:1-12, exploring what spiritual restoration looks like and our part within this. Part nine of a series in Nehemiah looking at How God Brings Change to a Community.

Sermon by Pastor Jonathan Melville on June 28th, 2015 from Luke 2:51-52 and Luke 3: 21-22 on the process Jesus went through between the ages of 12 and 30 and we can apply this to our lives.

Jonathan Melville talks to Storyteller Andy Cannon about his new silent cinema event, The Lost Art of the Film Explainer. Read the review http://www.reelscotland.com/event-review-the-lost-art-of-the-film-explainer/ #silentcinema #scotland #edinburgh #film #cinema

Jonathan Melville talks to Storyteller Andy Cannon about his new silent cinema event, The Lost Art of the Film Explainer. Read the review http://www.reelscotland.com/event-review-the-lost-art-of-the-film-explainer/ #silentcinema #scotland #edinburgh #film #cinema This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit reelscotland.substack.com

Allan Brown, author of Inside The Wicker Man, talks to Jonathan Melville at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, 14 August 2010. Apologies for the audio quality of this mini-episode.

Allan Brown, author of Inside The Wicker Man, talks to Jonathan Melville at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, 14 August 2010. Apologies for the audio quality of this mini-episode. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit reelscotland.substack.com