After my parents put the kabosh on comics when I was a kid, it was a couple of decades before I decided to give 'em a try again. One of the first things I picked up was some trades of the really old Conan stuff and I've been hooked since (although some of the art is truly terrible and gets better later). I also picked a collection of Howard's original stories. The guy just knew how to weave a good fantasy story. Conan is just a proto-man, who does what he wants and has the smarts and brawn to back it up.
I liked the Arnold movies, but in some ways they just haven't aged well, especially the special effects. Plus, there just wasn't nearly enough blood. This new movie promises to deliver on the necessary level of gore if dudes are going to be hacking and slashing each other to pieces. This story deserves to be told in an R rated format. I'm glad the movie studios aren't being pussies about it this time around.
I really like that they're using Mamoa cause Howard was a big 'ole racist with his buttbuddy Lovecraft
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Howard lived in the same area of Texas I kind of grew up in, so when he writes about scenery a lot of it is exactly what I grew up in. I can drive through the Hill Country or the lakes of the Brownwood area and see the wilderness of Cimmeria.
Pretty stoked about the casting decision. That guy's awesome. He was one of the few things I actually liked about SG: Atlantis.
However, from watching the trailers, it doesn't feel like the original Conan. I'm not exactly sure how to describe it, but I hope that all the dialogue I've heard from him is no less than 2/3 the character's dialogue in the whole film. One of the things I really liked about the original was how literally it seemed to take the whole "show, don't tell" rule.
I remember watching Conan the Barbarian with the director's commentary on, John Milius had a great big ole hard-on for nailing down the style and feel of what the Cimmerian Camelpuncher was really like. One thing that stuck out during the whole movie was where Milius described Conan as a thinker, not a philospher, but the kind of person who looks at a situation and turns it over and over and tries to imagine where it will take him in a year, a decade or the rest of his life. Because of that, he didn't feel the need for extensive exponential dialogue from the character; Conan did what he wanted, but he actually thought about what he wanted.
This scene here was deleted from the film entirely; some of it is forced, some of it is straight-up Bad Arnold Acting, but there's a genuine and earnest quality to it when you take it in context with the rest of the film:
When I watched this scene for the first time, I was kind of amazed that it got cut at all; it nails down the gravity and weight of this man's existence, that thing that's been in the back of your head the whole movie, but never really gets mentioned.
Pretty stoked about the casting decision. That guy's awesome. He was one of the few things I actually liked about SG: Atlantis.
However, from watching the trailers, it doesn't feel like the original Conan. I'm not exactly sure how to describe it, but I hope that all the dialogue I've heard from him is no less than 2/3 the character's dialogue in the whole film. One of the things I really liked about the original was how literally it seemed to take the whole "show, don't tell" rule.
I remember watching Conan the Barbarian with the director's commentary on, John Milius had a great big ole hard-on for nailing down the style and feel of what the Cimmerian Camelpuncher was really like. One thing that stuck out during the whole movie was where Milius described Conan as a thinker, not a philospher, but the kind of person who looks at a situation and turns it over and over and tries to imagine where it will take him in a year, a decade or the rest of his life. Because of that, he didn't feel the need for extensive exponential dialogue from the character; Conan did what he wanted, but he actually thought about what he wanted.
This scene here was deleted from the film entirely; some of it is forced, some of it is straight-up Bad Arnold Acting, but there's a genuine and earnest quality to it when you take it in context with the rest of the film:
When I watched this scene for the first time, I was kind of amazed that it got cut at all; it nails down the gravity and weight of this man's existence, that thing that's been in the back of your head the whole movie, but never really gets mentioned.
That is actually a rather nice scene, I agree
But I can see why it was cut
The rest of the movie has so little dialogue from Conan, to hear him reminisce and lament his situation out of nowhere would be a little jarring
It's a good moment, but you'd need at least one other like it in the film for it to not seem out of place, I think
It's too early to be freaking out about the music in the trailer. Trailers usually have music that's never used in the film. The film could still suck balls, but stop complaining about the music until we actually know what's in the film.
It's too early to be freaking out about the music in the trailer. Trailers usually have music that's never used in the film. The film could still suck balls, but stop complaining about the music until we actually know what's in the film.
You are right, but it's less funny when you are the voice of reason in a thread because I can't possibly make an old man joke out of this post.
I, for one, am fucking riveted to hear what the composer of Army of Two: 40th Day has created for this obviously very original and exciting take on the Conan the Barbarian.
It's too early to be freaking out about the music in the trailer. Trailers usually have music that's never used in the film. The film could still suck balls, but stop complaining about the music until we actually know what's in the film.
There was a period quite a few years ago where it seemed like every other movie was using Stargate music in the trailer.
The various stories of Conan the Barbarian occur in the fictional "Hyborian Age", set after the destruction of Atlantis and before the rise of the known ancient civilizations. This is a specific epoch in a fictional timeline created by Howard for many of the low fantasy tales of his artificial legendary.
Ah, right. I knew it was the end of something. Probably thinking of Thundar.
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I liked the Arnold movies, but in some ways they just haven't aged well, especially the special effects. Plus, there just wasn't nearly enough blood. This new movie promises to deliver on the necessary level of gore if dudes are going to be hacking and slashing each other to pieces. This story deserves to be told in an R rated format. I'm glad the movie studios aren't being pussies about it this time around.
Me too
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The original script for the movie had it set in the distant future, so maybe that's what some of you were thinking of
I remember watching Conan the Barbarian with the director's commentary on, John Milius had a great big ole hard-on for nailing down the style and feel of what the Cimmerian Camelpuncher was really like. One thing that stuck out during the whole movie was where Milius described Conan as a thinker, not a philospher, but the kind of person who looks at a situation and turns it over and over and tries to imagine where it will take him in a year, a decade or the rest of his life. Because of that, he didn't feel the need for extensive exponential dialogue from the character; Conan did what he wanted, but he actually thought about what he wanted.
This scene here was deleted from the film entirely; some of it is forced, some of it is straight-up Bad Arnold Acting, but there's a genuine and earnest quality to it when you take it in context with the rest of the film:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okpByy-F_WA
When I watched this scene for the first time, I was kind of amazed that it got cut at all; it nails down the gravity and weight of this man's existence, that thing that's been in the back of your head the whole movie, but never really gets mentioned.
edit: and the Conan the Barbarian soundtrack is one of my favorite albums ever, that music fit that movie so well
No, that's the not-too-distant future.
DUH.
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Word. That's really all there is to say about it.
I hope the music in the movie is better than in the trailer.
Edit: Some guy named Tyler Bates is doing the music it seems. His IMDB page doesn't give me much hope.
Yes, 2000 was not-too-distant then.
Never mind that Clash was still a bad movie
That is actually a rather nice scene, I agree
But I can see why it was cut
The rest of the movie has so little dialogue from Conan, to hear him reminisce and lament his situation out of nowhere would be a little jarring
It's a good moment, but you'd need at least one other like it in the film for it to not seem out of place, I think
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You are right, but it's less funny when you are the voice of reason in a thread because I can't possibly make an old man joke out of this post.
I'm actually getting quite old by the standards of these boards myself
Hopefully I don't go on a swords and sorcery rampage in the middle of Disneyworld.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86-vveE9DI4
Also, those musicals are pretty great.
There was a period quite a few years ago where it seemed like every other movie was using Stargate music in the trailer.
Ah, right. I knew it was the end of something. Probably thinking of Thundar.
Are you talking about this movie or the original? I read that Stone had written the original as set in the future as well.
I think that's silly honestly. I prefer the low fantasy setting in our fictional past tangled up with his Kull stuff and Lovecraft shit.
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You probably mean up to this point, though.
The original, sorry
And yeah, I much prefer the past setting
Mostly because they already did a movie like that and it was called Yor: Hunter of the Future.
It is the worst.
Maybe he just finds the head of an important statue, like on the beach or something.
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