I remember in the show Duncan was never married he said so. Some gypsy lady told him that he would never ever marry and when he proposed to Tessa she got killed. So having him be married to Kate was lame and just freakishly obvious to anyone that's watched the show...also, I didn't catch how Kate was still alive at the end of the show, I thought that guy killed her when he killed all of his other thugs.
Cake or death?
The marriage with Kate happened before he met the gypsy so that shows how much the gypsy knew. In the theatrical cut we saw Kate's necklace fall to the ground, in the producers cut we only saw the guys meet their fate and we were left wondering about Kate until the end where we see her and Dunky-boy meet up.
shareIf that was the case then why didn't he just tell the gypsy...Well I was already married once so you don't know what you're talking about.
Cake or death?
Because they hadn't shot The Source yet, silly.
shareHee hee! I just rented that last night! I plan on watching it tonight. LAST night I watched Pineapple Express, it was okay.
Cake or death?
Okay, I watched The Source and it didn't mention anything about the gypsy. Also, I thought it was kinda lame...very...weird and non Highlandery.
Cake or death?
Yes Endgame acts as a continuation of the Series but they really needed to do their homework. They messed up heaps of things already established from the Series and I only take from Endgame for entertainment purposes only. It was good seeing Duncan and Connor again, it was good seeing a badass villain again, it was dramatic to see the death of Connor. But other than that, I ignore everything else and don't consider it part of the Series Canon...
And yes, Duncan NEVER married. He will NEVER marry. And The Source was total crap. So who cares if he gets married in that or not...It doesnt count.
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I never realized his pointless bit of fluff in the Source was actually his wife. Just another of the many crimes against fandom that piece of fetid monkey pooh is guilty of.
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Yep, it's his wife...the second wife he was supposedly never to have...
Highlander The Source = Movie Fail
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I'm glad I'm not the only one who has a problem with this. I realized this mistake, when I actually saw it in the theatre. It still bugs me when I watch Engame, everytime.
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Give me a break. A marriage that ends on the wedding night barely counts as a marriage. I don't remember Duncan ever saying he was never married, but if he did, he might have deliberately left out Kate because he was ashamed of what happened, or maybe he didn't consider it a marriage since it was annulled right afterwards.
So, we're just supposed to take one crazy gypsy's word for it that Duncan is not allowed to be married ever? That girl was an idiot. Duncan wanted to marry her, but when she supposedly read in his palm that he was destined never to take a wife, she got angry and rejected him, making it a self-fulfilling prophecy on her end. If she had kept her mouth shut, they would have gotten married and her prediction would have been proven to be nonsense. in my opinion, Duncan was lucky to avoid marriage to such a mentally unstable woman.
Seriously? You people are arguing about what a f*(king senile gypsy woman supposedly saw in his palm by the dim light of a campfire? In what bizarro reality are you people living in where fortune tellers & "psychics" are ALWAYS 100% correct? And, palm-reading is NOT an exact science, folks. According to the lines in my hand, I should've died 10 years ago, been married already & had 2 kids. 0 for 3...
Oh, how I wish there was a "rolleyes" icon to use here...
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but Duncan married Kate before he met the gypsy. while the gypsy said that he would never marry. as in the future tense. that he would never marry a woman from that point on.
which in a way i think was kinda messed up. since Duncan was to marry that gypsy girl. but since she freaked out and told the whole family. they wound up just sending Duncan away.
so makes u wonder if Duncan would have married her in the first place or if he had intended to just leave her after awhile and move on to explore.
so as i interpreted it. it doesnt conflict with Duncan having been married in the past tense. since he didnt meet the gypsy girl till long after that.
The annoying gypsy said Duncan "will" never marry. The scene isn't dated. It could easily have occured after 1715.
As for what Duncan told Richie, well, Duncan would understandably not want to bring something like that up.
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Duncan was never married. They actually made a pretty big deal about it in the show, it wasn't a passing line of dialog. It was huge moment that killed Tess and led to Ritchie becoming immortal. This firmly makes this entire a movie a work of fan fiction for me, and as such, reasonably entertaining.
"I said no camels, that's five camels, can't you count?"
I have to agree that that flashback was full of idiocy. Why tell your lover that he's a liar before he breaks his promise? And, if he really meant it, break his promise just because her brother demands him to prove her reading wrong?
Moreover, if she had the ability to read his palm, why not do it BEFORE giving up her chastity? Even for non-psychics, playful palm analysis is respectable foreplay. In my day, playing with someone's palm was a way to introduce physical intimacy in an innocuous way. If their touch made you tingle, then there was a good chance that person would get much farther. If the person being touched pulls away, or worse cringes, any chance of fooling around was dead in the water.