Well, yeah, but that's one of the defining differences between the film
and the television series. In the movie(s), immortals Just Don't
Die--Period--unless you remove their heads. They fall down, they're
wounded, they're stunned, maybe. But they never actually _die_. Even
temporarily.
In the tv show, they die and then get better.
Okay....well....in the first film, we see Connor get run through by the
Kurgan. To my eye, it looks like he dies in that hut.
I see a man who is lying on his deathbed, expecting to die (and expected
to die by those around him), but who doesn't.
In the extended version, we see Connor machinegunned by a Nazi and fall
to the floor...only to wink at the little girl and tell her "it's a kind
of magic" before he ambushes and kills the bad guy. He doesn't look
like a man dying or dead. (Ditto the Kurgan getting hosed down by the
survivalist after capped Castagir inthe alley. He's on his feet and
strong enough to lift the guy on his word literally moments after being
blasted with multiple rounds. I don't think he died. I think he was
shocked, stunned, knocked off his feeet--but nothing more.)
The Kurgan falls and is buried by stone after the staircase collapses, where
he lays montionless for a few moments. He could easily have died.
I see a man stunned by being buried under enough rubble to kill any
normal human being, who then shakes himself and climbs to his feet.
Connor doesn't die when he stabs himself, but it probably wasn't a fatal
wound.
I agree.
In HL2, Connor and Ramirez both die when they are gunned down trying to get
into the Shield Corporation, only to revive in the medical center.
What is this "HL2" of which you speak?
In HL 3 it looked like Connor died when he was gunned down in that alleyway,
only to revive in the hospital.
In HL 4, Kell's Immortals die when they get shot by the Watchers at the
Sanctuary.
As far as I'm concerned, there was only ever one Highlander film. But
in a world where other films _were_ made, I'd suspect that immortals
dying in the later films are evidence of influence on the process from
the television series.
In any case, I _like_ the idea of immortals not dying. I sometimes toy with
how differently many series episodes would have turned out if that were
the case in the series. It would make changing identities a lot harder,
for one thing. As it stands, Carl Robinson can be gunned down by the
police, verified dead, and then his "body" vanishes--but nobody suspects
he got up and walked away. If being gunned down only leaves him "dying"
and gets him an ambulance ride...that ain't gonna happen. He's going to
be listed as a fugitive when he disappears. It also makes it a lot
harder for anything _but_ an immortal (or a mortal hunter) who knows the
secret of beheading to be a real physical threat.