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This film offers an alternative origin for the Immortals, who are depicted as aliens exiled to Earth from Zeist.

In direct contradiction to the original film, Ramírez and MacLeod were friends before their exile from Zeist.

In the original, they first met in Scotland in 1541, with no mention of Zeist whatsoever.

This was a primary reason the movie immediately met with harsh criticism.