Conan (2011 film)

[Neil]

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Roland-Kickinger-To-Be-The-New-Conan-13632.html

[bassman]

The same guy that played Arnold in a biographical film and was his body double for Terminator Salvation? Are they trying to make the same film over again or something? Try something different!

[axlish]

There aren't too many beefy actors around that are worth a shit these days. I draw a blank when I try to cast this one.

[krakenslayer]

Fuck reboots. A reboot usually means that either a studio is too pussy to invest in an pre-existing fanbase and wants to pitch to the goldfish-brained teenie-market, or a writer is too lazy to bother doing his research for continuity so ignores it altogether and calls it a "reboot".

If they'd've brought back Milius, Stone, Arnold and Gerry Lopez (yes, fucking Subotei, where was he in Destroyer?), and made a movie about the latter days of King Conan (as promised in the previous films, dammit), the existing base of Conan fans would have gone nuts. Remember, a large portion of Robert E. Howard's original stories were set when Conan was King of Aquilonia in his older years. They could have brought in a youthful actor to play Conan's young protege and satisfy the younger crowd.

But no - REBOOT - they shit on everything and start again.

A well-loved movie franchise should not be treated like a broken computer, IMO. :mad:

[capncnut]

Jeez, what a no brainer.

http://a6.vox.com/6a00c2252999c6f21900e398cc95fe0005-500pi

Why not just give the guy on the far right a call? :lol:

[bassman]

The thing that gets me about that picture is the Jurassic Park logos in the background.:rockbrow:

[krakenslayer]

:eek: Photoshopped?

[clanglee]

Why the FUCK are they remaking Conan the Barbarian?!?!??! There are so many other Conan stories to tell. Jesus jumped up Christ that is just fucking stupid. . . .

[MoonSylver]

Hurm. All the Howard purists I know are going to be screaming blue murder (again), but those that are only familiar w/ the films will be ok w/ it.

I just hope they do it kinda as a sequel, picking up somewhere after the 1st do & don't do a LITERAL remake...been there, seen it, done it. 1st one was awesome. Doesn't need a remake.

[clanglee]

Hurm. All the Howard purists I know are going to be screaming blue murder (again), but those that are only familiar w/ the films will be ok w/ it.

I just hope they do it kinda as a sequel, picking up somewhere after the 1st do & don't do a LITERAL remake...been there, seen it, done it. 1st one was awesome. Doesn't need a remake.

Exactly!!

[EvilNed]

They're not remaking anything. They're making another Conan film.

[Cody]

Fuck reboots. A reboot usually means that either a studio is too pussy to invest in an pre-existing fanbase and wants to pitch to the goldfish-brained teenie-market, or a writer is too lazy to bother doing his research for continuity so ignores it altogether and calls it a "reboot".

If they'd've brought back Milius, Stone, Arnold and Gerry Lopez (yes, fucking Subotei, where was he in Destroyer?), and made a movie about the latter days of King Conan (as promised in the previous films, dammit), the existing base of Conan fans would have gone nuts. Remember, a large portion of Robert E. Howard's original stories were set when Conan was King of Aquilonia in his older years. They could have brought in a youthful actor to play Conan's young protege and satisfy the younger crowd.

*claps*:D

[Mike70]

Hurm. All the Howard purists I know are going to be screaming blue murder (again), but those that are only familiar w/ the films will be ok w/ it.

I just hope they do it kinda as a sequel, picking up somewhere after the 1st do & don't do a LITERAL remake...been there, seen it, done it. 1st one was awesome. Doesn't need a remake.

what the frak ever happened to the "red nails" anime flick? what i saw of that looked pretty cool. ron perlman was gonna do the voice of conan.

[ProfessorChaos]

isn't that one dude from the queers of war game?

[clanglee]

isn't that one dude from the queers of war game?

This sentence is possibly one of the most confusing and intruiging sentences that I have ever read.

All I have to say to it is. . .huh?

[ProfessorChaos]

in that doctored pic, the dude on the far right is about the same physique as the video-game characters for the "gears of war" game, and since he's the same ethnicity as one of the characters, that's what i was gettin' at...and among those who aren't exactly big fans of the game, "queers of war" is an appropriate and commonly used moniker. here's a pic of the 'roid-head i was referring to:
http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/477/457300-coletrain_super.jpg

[clanglee]

Ahhhhhhh. . . . the light of understanding has dawned upon my furrowed brow. I am now content.


:D

[bassman]

Actually...THIS GUY (http://www.joblo.com/jason-momoa-is-conan-and-mickey-rourke-is-his-dad) is the new Conan.

And Mickey Rourke is being pursued to play his father....

[SymphonicX]

Jeez, what a no brainer.


Why not just give the guy on the far right a call? :lol:

Genghis isn't available....

[Neil]

Actually...THIS GUY (http://www.joblo.com/jason-momoa-is-conan-and-mickey-rourke-is-his-dad) is the new Conan.

And Mickey Rourke is being pursued to play his father....

A 100lb pencil is Conan? Maybe they'll CGI muscles onto him?

[bassman]

Not every incarnation of the Conan character has been an unusually large man....

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/36/Tales_of_Conan.jpg

I'm sure this guy will be hitting the weights every day until shooting, but I don't think they're going for another arnold-sized warrior.

[Neil]

Not every incarnation of the Conan character has been an unusually large man....

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/36/Tales_of_Conan.jpg

I'm sure this guy will be hitting the weights every day until shooting, but I don't think they're going for another arnold-sized warrior.

Sorry, muscle bound conan always comes to mind rather than pencil pip-squeak! You'll be telling me there's no boobies next!

http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/B&B52.jpg

[bassman]

Here's the new Conan (http://www.joblo.com/look-upon-him-with-lust-and-fury-jason-momoa-as-conan).

http://www.joblo.com/newsimages1/conan02momoasm.jpg

He's definitely beefed up, but as I had assumed he won't appear to be a freak of nature like Arnold.

[fulci fan]

Ugh. Frank Frazetta will be pissed. They are probably going to have chicken butt girls too. I bet this movie will be full of CG monsters. :annoyed:

Edit: Frank just died. So I guess he will be rolling in his grave... :(

[Terran]

Damn it all to hell....

I would have loved to see a dirty, gritty, bloody Conan movie....Full of carnage, nudity, and assorted awesomeness...

But it looks like we are going to get some sort of crap like the Scorpion King or Prince of Persia....

Conan the Barbarian was one of my favorite movies as a child...that and Platoon

Wont someone just think of the goddamn children!:mad: And make a great Conan movie...

[clanglee]

Jason Mamoa? yeah. . .he's also playing Khal Drogo in the upcomming Game of Thrones adaption for HBO. I don't really dig him for Conan, but he's great for Drogo

[EvilNed]

Looks kinda like a Hallmark special, judging from those pics.

[Neil]

Sorry, when I think Conan the Barbarian, I think the hulking comic character, or Arni who basically perfectly fitted the film role...

http://www.rehupa.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/conan_the_barbarian_1.jpghttp://blogs.amctv.com/scifi-scanner/conan.jpg


But 'new Conan' looks like a wimp! Christ, I'm bigger than him! http://www.cinemablend.com/new/First-Set-Images-Of-Jason-Momoa-As-Conan-The-Barbarian-18510.html

[Publius]

A 100lb pencil is Conan? Maybe they'll CGI muscles onto him?

Hey, these days we're lucky they didn't cast Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, or one of the Jonas Brothers.

[AcesandEights]

Sorry, when I think Conan the Barbarian, I think the hulking comic character, or Arni who basically perfectly fitted the film role...

http://www.rehupa.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/conan_the_barbarian_1.jpghttp://blogs.amctv.com/scifi-scanner/conan.jpg


But 'new Conan' looks like a wimp! Christ, I'm bigger than him! http://www.cinemablend.com/new/First-Set-Images-Of-Jason-Momoa-As-Conan-The-Barbarian-18510.html

When you look at how Howard described Conan and his other corresponding protagonists, along with the real world contemporaries he compared them with, you get a real buff, strong, decently sized man (by modern day standards), usually a bit over 6 feet tall with sinewy muscles. Conan is noted as being built like a panther. So heavy muscles and long relatively heavy limbs, but maybe not the pituitary freakazoids of Arnold and his ilk.

[darth los]

Not every incarnation of the Conan character has been an unusually large man....

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/36/Tales_of_Conan.jpg

Judging from the pic (pre 1960's?) that guy qualified as a musclebound freak in that era. :lol:

:cool:

[AcesandEights]

Judging from the pic (pre 1960's?) that guy qualified as a musclebound freak in that era. :lol:

:cool:

In some respects that's true. And REH was writing the early part of last century, so often he refers to men as huge and hulking and then we come to find out in a few instances they were like 6 feet or a shade over. Tall, but not to an excessive degree in modern terms.

Of course, if people want to say that Conan is meant to be a larger than life character with a larger than life physique and any modern day interpretation would be justified in ratcheting up the steroid level, I can't say their opinion is wrong. I do however disagree that strong and powerful need to equal square shaped and so oafishly overbuilt as to make movement difficult. Conan was supposed to be possessed of a grace that belied his strength and impressive physique, built like a jungle cat. Simple as.

I've read a lot of REH, by the way :D

[rongravy]

Ugh, I'd rather have a kickass Elric movie...

[AcesandEights]

Ugh, I'd rather have a kickass Elric movie...

That could be epic if done properly. I thought I heard a rumor that there was a project in the works. Way early stages though.

[rongravy]

That could be epic if done properly. I thought I heard a rumor that there was a project in the works. Way early stages though.
You know, I'd even be happy with a really good ADULT animated movie. Put it in 3D like Beowulf, I'd go.
I'll believe in a movie when I finally see it. Somewhere I saw a clip from what they said was an Elric movie already done in the past, and it looked terrible. I can't find it now.
I used to love playing the role playing game back in the day. If they make a trilogy like I read, it better be epic. Or else!!!

[AcesandEights]

You know, I'd even be happy with a really good ADULT animated movie. Put it in 3D like Beowulf, I'd go.

Well, I know someone tried to make an animated version of it in the 80s, but couldn't pull it off. She ended up writing a book about the project.


I used to love playing the role playing game back in the day.
By Chaosium? I've never tried it, which makes it one of the few Chaosium RPG lines, I have yet to try out.

[rongravy]

Well, I know someone tried to make an animated version of it in the 80s, but couldn't pull it off. She ended up writing a book about the project.


By Chaosium? I've never tried it, which makes it one of the few Chaosium RPG lines, I have yet to try out.
I still break out the only manual I have left: Sorceror's of Pan Tang, which I thumb through on the toilet often enough. Lots of kickass art in there and they go into greater depth about the gods. I wish people still played AD&D, instead of stupid XBOX. Fun times...
I guess rolling some dice, and a few doobies to help stir the imagination, is too much for these kids today.

[BillyRay]

Here's the new Conan (http://www.joblo.com/look-upon-him-with-lust-and-fury-jason-momoa-as-conan).

http://www.joblo.com/newsimages1/conan02momoasm.jpg

He's definitely beefed up, but as I had assumed he won't appear to be a freak of nature like Arnold.


At least they're getting some use out of all the leftover props and costumes from Legend of the Seeker...

[bassman]

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[Neil]

Looks interesting and pretty, but this 'Conan' just doesn't appear to be the force-of-nature Arnold was!

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New poster - http://www.aintitcool.com/node/49581

http://s3.amazonaws.com/coolproduction/ckeditor_assets/pictures/1627/original/cp2.jpg?1305033911

[Neil]

New trailer... Still not sold on this new guy...

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[CoinReturn]

Khal Drogo has proven he can kick ass. He ripped that dude's tongue out through his throat!

[blind2d]

Um... Okay... Saw the trailer for it in the theater. Looks like... Well, a typical modern fantasy actioner. Not impressed, but surprised.
We still need a Xena movie, dammit! Where the hell are the hot, kick-ass chicks?! And as the main protagonist, I mean!

[Neil]

Um... Okay... Saw the trailer for it in the theater. Looks like... Well, a typical modern fantasy actioner. Not impressed, but surprised.
We still need a Xena movie, dammit! Where the hell are the hot, kick-ass chicks?! And as the main protagonist, I mean!

Ummm - http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/114/1148986p1.html

Not sure she has the physical presence though TBH!

[blind2d]

Link doesn't work!!
Why not just say what you mean, and let me research it on my own? I can do that, y'know.

[Neil]

Link doesn't work!!
Why not just say what you mean, and let me research it on my own? I can do that, y'know.
Works for me - Amber Heard as Red Sonja

[blind2d]

Who is that, though? Red Sonja? Who is that?

[Neil]

Who is that, though? Red Sonja? Who is that?

O.M.G.?

Conan?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Sonja_%281985_film%29
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089893/

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kP91g-nV6QE/TbZHQ_kPr6I/AAAAAAAABGo/PJTj_EsaYD8/s1600/Red+Sonja+and+teacher.jpghttp://liveforfilms.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/redsonja3.jpg

ps: My other half looks a bit like Brigitte Nielsen from back then, and is 6 foot tall as well, so maybe that's why Red Sonja is a bit of a guilty pleasure for me :)

[blind2d]

Oh, duh, what was I thinking?! Sorry about that...
Xena's better, though.
Just saying.
Possible lesbians are hot.
And brunettes. I'm crazy about brunettes.

[bassman]

"At the end of the neck snap; ask yourself this question: Do I enjoy seeing brutal and plasma heavy violence splashing the screen non-stop for nearly two hours? If your answer is yes, then let Conan be your pimp, he’ll hook your ass up" - Joblo.com review

Currently sitting just under 70% with only a handful of ratings on rottentomatoes. Not too shabby.

[clanglee]

Yeah, after seeing Momoa on Game of Thrones, I have changed my tune and actually become rather excited about this one. Probably check it out this weekend.

[Neil]

Very mixed reviews for it...

Here's a -ve one:-

There have been plenty of bad movies this year, but at least you feel that people were trying with, say, “Battle: Los Angeles” or “Sucker Punch”—they didn’t actually set out to make a bad movie. “Conan The Barbarian” just comes across as half-assed; a quick, cheap, cash-grab with nothing but contempt for its audience, something that would look shoddy even if it were the direct-to-DVD movie it so often resembles. And you should stay away from it like it was a horde of bandits coming to burn down your village.

[AcesandEights]

The flat commercials scream flop, but there are some positive reviews...gonna have to give it a look eventually no matter what.

[Neil]

Watched this last night...

All very average stuff really. One or two good moments, but generally very average, with one or two particularly poor aspects...

ps: Why were they travelling on a ship across land? Please help me understand!?

[shootemindehead]

Absolutely non-plussed about this. Can tell from the trailers it's going to be yet another pale immitation that will damage the original classic.

why-oh-why.....

[blind2d]

*watches 'Time Bandits'* Dang... Why the hell don't they make COOL movies anymore?!

[Neil]

This sentence is possibly one of the most confusing and intruiging sentences that I have ever read.

All I have to say to it is. . .huh?

Is he referring to Game Of Thrones?

[rongravy]

*watches 'Time Bandits'* Dang... Why the hell don't they make COOL movies anymore?!
They did. It's called Your Highness...
On the commentary they talk about the movies that influenced them making this, one of them being Time Bandits.
Dood, if you haven't already: Give this a chance.
The effects in this are superb, especially for the money they were given, especially the minotaur and the hydra. You can also tell in the commentary just how much they all love the kick ass Sword and Sorcery stuff of the 80's.
However...
Eff this new Conan schnizz. I don't even think the stickiest of the icky could save it from sucking dragon balls.

[Mike70]

the new conan is very average and very disappointing. that is about all i can bring myself to say about it. it was a not the sword and sandal fun i was hoping it would be.

[zombieking]

Only good thing happened while watching it is i was glad i *borrowed it* and didn't go to the theater :D

[rongravy]

Well, in all honesty, the only bad thing about it to me was the guy playing Conan. I pretty much liked the creepy bad guys he had to get through to take down the big cheese. The way he would look up vengefully at the camera with dark circles around his eyes was very Crow-ish.
He also lacked Arnie's charm, or lack thereof.
No Red Sonja either. I kept looking for Amber Heard. Cheated, I tell ya...
It wasn't horrible, but Conan should've been alot more than what they put forth. I'm still praying for the day when someone gives Elric his royal due. That's some sword and sorcery I'd like to see on the big screen.
Either way, I'm guessing there won't be any Conan sequels. I just saw it for $2.50.

[Neil]

Well, in all honesty, the only bad thing about it to me was the guy playing Conan. I pretty much liked the creepy bad guys he had to get through to take down the big cheese. The way he would look up vengefully at the camera with dark circles around his eyes was very Crow-ish.
He also lacked Arnie's charm, or lack thereof.
No Red Sonja either. I kept looking for Amber Heard. Cheated, I tell ya...
It wasn't horrible, but Conan should've been alot more than what they put forth. I'm still praying for the day when someone gives Elric his royal due. That's some sword and sorcery I'd like to see on the big screen.
Either way, I'm guessing there won't be any Conan sequels. I just saw it for $2.50.

And is anyone the wiser as regards the need for a ship on elephants? :)