Conan the Barbarian [2011]

[Ajdaho]

Jason Momoa as Conan? WTF were they thinking!!!??

IRC, Conan's favorite weapon was a battle-axe if they want to stay true to the stories. "Join the Barbarian Army", shouldn't that be "Join the Barbarian Horde"?

Anyway looks like it is going to be another failed attempt at a remake or redo or whatever the fuck you wanna call it.

Personally I didn't think the original Conan the Barbarian was bad. Now that is a different story for Destroyer. It was over the top silly.

One of my favorite lines

Mongol General: Conan! What is best in life?
Conan: To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women.

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[anon]

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[IdolEyes787]

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Jason Momoa as Conan? WTF were they thinking!!!??

IRC, Conan's favorite weapon was a battle-axe if they want to stay true to the stories. "Join the Barbarian Army", shouldn't that be "Join the Barbarian Horde"?

Ok, then what was Conan’s favourite weapon in the Howard stories?
There was none. Conan’s favourite weapon was the one in his hand in that story, and that varied from location to location. In “The Tower of the Elephant,” it was a simple dagger; in “Queen of the Black Coast” it was an Aquilonian broadsword; in “The People of the Black Circle,” it was a tulwar; in “Beyond the Black River,” it was an axe; in The Hour of the Dragon, goes through a dozen weapons.
The idea of Conan being partnered to a particular weapon subtly ties Conan to other hero/sword combos in history, mythology and myth, to the point where the two are inseparable. Bring up Excalibur, and one immediately thinks of King Arthur; a mention of Stormbringer conjures Elric; Anduril recalls Aragorn, Hrunting evokes Beowulf. There was no such duality in the original Howard stories: there, swords and other weapons were tools to be used, not symbols to be venerated or scrutinized.

Anyway looks like it is going to be another failed attempt at a remake or redo or whatever the fuck you wanna call it.

Money grab conceived by those apparently devoid of original thought Reimagininging ing

[sandman_1]

Jason Momoa as Conan? WTF were they thinking!!!??

IRC, Conan's favorite weapon was a battle-axe if they want to stay true to the stories. "Join the Barbarian Army", shouldn't that be "Join the Barbarian Horde"?

Ok, then what was Conan’s favourite weapon in the Howard stories?
There was none. Conan’s favourite weapon was the one in his hand in that story, and that varied from location to location. In “The Tower of the Elephant,” it was a simple dagger; in “Queen of the Black Coast” it was an Aquilonian broadsword; in “The People of the Black Circle,” it was a tulwar; in “Beyond the Black River,” it was an axe; in The Hour of the Dragon, goes through a dozen weapons.
The idea of Conan being partnered to a particular weapon subtly ties Conan to other hero/sword combos in history, mythology and myth, to the point where the two are inseparable. Bring up Excalibur, and one immediately thinks of King Arthur; a mention of Stormbringer conjures Elric; Anduril recalls Aragorn, Hrunting evokes Beowulf. There was no such duality in the original Howard stories: there, swords and other weapons were tools to be used, not symbols to be venerated or scrutinized.

Anyway looks like it is going to be another failed attempt at a remake or redo or whatever the fuck you wanna call it.

Thanks for the info, I stand corrected.

[IdolEyes787]

Not really I merely Googled one person's opinion and with no substantiating evidence have absolutely no idea if anything he wrote is true or not.

[clocker]

Given the subject matter matter, how much verification is required?

[megabyteme]

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When people throw lines like, "Get a life my 15k poster." You can always save face by explaining that only 37 of those were any good.

[IdolEyes787]

Given the subject matter matter, how much verification is required?

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Post14999

When people throw lines like, "Get a life my 15k poster." You can always save face by explaining that only 37 of those were any good.

Obviously you have low standards if you thought 37 were good.

Btw please stay on topic and keep the discussion about whether Arnold and Maria were only staying married the last few years to maintain proper image while he was still Governator.

[IdolEyes787]

I don't know what to make of this.Clearly the producers are going the hardcore route. The acting is atrocious but that didn't seem to hurt the original.
I guess,as with the original, the movie's fate lies squarely on the appeal of it's star and in that respect Jason Momoa doesn't seem able to fill Arnold's shoes.

[brightsid]

After watching his performance as Khal Drogo there are hopes although he can't beat mr olympia in muscles