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What is best in life? To crush The Behind the Scenes Pic of the Day, to see it driven before you and to hear the lamentations of its women!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with today’s Behind the Scenes Pic!
With the Summer of ’82 thing that Mondo and the Drafthouse are putting together this summer I felt it appropriate to get in the mood early with this shot from Conan the Barbarian. In fact, I think I have a shot from most of the summer of ’82 movies, so you may see some themed BTSing going on this summer.
Here we have Arnie getting hammered on the set. Movie stars, am I right? (Also, an after-posting shoutout to longtime Schwarzenegger body-builder pal, stuntman and cinema presence Sven-Ole Thorsen who is swinging the ban hammer)
It’s a great, silly picture and much thanks to Erik Estner for sending it along. Click to (slightly) enlargen!
If you have a behind the scenes shot you’d like to submit to this column, you can email me at quint@aintitcool.com.
Tomorrow’s pic doesn’t understand money.
-Eric Vespe
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Can't wait for good Arnie film
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Fucking awesome, lightning in a bottle.
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saw it out of the corner my eye and it looked like the dude with the hammer's dick was hanging out of his pants. Thank God my eyes deceived me.
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Yeah, that actually looks like a dick on Arnie's head.
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Sorry, but that year, Ricardo was my hero. Too bad it won't be shown.
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April 18, 2012, 4:21 p.m. CST
Great soundtrack too! I often find myself mumbling as the voice of Akiro to my dog...
by obijuanmartinez
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And yet how many fucking times has she caught SEX AND THE CITY 2 ON HBO??? Argh. Consider that a divorce.
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April 18, 2012, 4:21 p.m. CST
Quint, did you forget who that IS hitting Arnie with the hammer?
by D.Vader
Its Sven-Ole Thorsen! He was in this, The Running Man, Predator, The Hunt for Red October... he was in Gladiator as the aged Gladiator with the crying facemask helmet during the tiger fight. I'm surprised you didn't mention him in your story. Come on! Geek cred is on the table!
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You'd look good in those boots!
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LOVE Conan the Barbarian! Few movies make you feel truly transported to another time and place like this film. Brilliantly written, directed and scored. Great pic too.
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Madness, but terribly cool!!
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Raw Deal Red Sonja Red Heat Twins Last Action Hero Eraser Batman and Robin (stunts) Jingle All the Way (stunts) End of Days Collateral Damage He and Arnie are buddies. And Fuck, his last name is THOR'S SON! RESPECT.
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You've never failed us (not counting residents of California)
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Now stuff is badly written, unoriginal, and TOO cgi'd for my taste. Rather watch movie that were made before 2000. At least there were ideas up until than.
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From iron madien.
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April 18, 2012, 4:27 p.m. CST
"Crom, I ask you to grant me revenge! And if you don't listen...then to HELL with you!" Best on-screen pagan prayer ever.
by Dogmatic
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...in a lil' TV show called CAPTAIN POWER AND THE SOLDIERS OF THE FUTURE as Tank. That show had J. Michael Straczynski as writer of a bunch of episodes. In one of 'em Thorsen's Tank mentions that he was born someplace called "Babylon 5". Years before THAT show aired, JMS had Thorsen as the very first person to tell us about it. I don't know how the hell I remember that tidbit of geek lore...
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I think I'll stick this on tonight. Crom would be pleased.
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April 18, 2012, 4:40 p.m. CST
OMG....one of the best BTS pics ever.....and my favorite movie
by Bobo_Vision
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April 18, 2012, 4:42 p.m. CST
klytusnotdead i also thought that Sven-Ole Thorsen looked....
by sonnyhooper
....a lot like Bruce Dickenson, the lead singer of Iron Maiden. if fact when i was a kid and first saw the movie i just assumed he was Dickenson, it seemed perfectly logical in my 9 year old brain that the lead singer from Iron Maiden would get all kinds of acting gigs just because his bands album covers kicked so much ass.
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April 18, 2012, 4:43 p.m. CST
he said What is BEST in life, not GREAT... sorry to be picky, man. Details. Great pic.
by Squinty CGI Flynn
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He was in the scene where Dutch and his men raid that military/commando camp.
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I know he has been in countless movies but Hard Target is the 2nd movie I remember him most...idk y?
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I feel such geek-shame.
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I mentioned that in my first post to Quint, whom I hope will amend his story to mention Sven by name alongside Schwarzenegger.
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Does that redeem me?
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Didn't mean to snub Sven-Ole, just thought it'd be funnier to leave it as "arnie gets hammered," but then again nobody every accused me of having the most mature sense of humor.
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I just wanted to see Ole Sven get some love in the story too!
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April 18, 2012, 5:01 p.m. CST
I love what Arnold has to say about Sven's character in the DVD commentary
by Bobo_Vision
Sven sulking with his head down next to Thulsa doom saying, "Sorry I kood nawt masturbate you, master..."
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April 18, 2012, 5:04 p.m. CST
okay So Arnold's hair was real, James Earl was a wig...
by ufoclub1977
but I guess I didn't think about Sven-ole... a wig!
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April 18, 2012, 5:05 p.m. CST
Sven has one of the worst line deliveries ever at the end of The Running Man
by Bobo_Vision
"i guess it's all the steroids.". Then gives a nod and smile to Arnold before walking away.
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After Killian said that steroids made him deaf, in the end he comes back with "I've got to score some steroids" and walks away, leaving Killian to Ben Richards. Great. He was awful in Abraxas, though. But then again so was everyone else in that film, so it doesn't really count.
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That made me chuckle.
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Uh-oh...you might be right...
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One of the best designed movies ever. Ron Cobb and William Stout are geniuses. Brilliant use of foreground miniatures. And brilliant use of Cassandra Gaviola's ass. That primitive, low-tech clapper is so cool. Nowadays all I see are the ones with the digital numbers counting down.
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Kill me!! I'm Heeeaaa!!
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April 18, 2012, 5:39 p.m. CST
Whew! Okay. Funny. Cringing there for a sec; if you
by Bedknobs and Boomsticks
regularly read Warren Ellis's blog, you'll know what I'm talking about.
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I met Ben Davidson, the actor who played "Rexxor" in Conan, at a convention last year. and he told me a funny story. Apparently, Milius had hired a bunch of real Spanish horsemen for the opening scene of the film. Davidson spoke fluent Spanish, so he learned a lot and got along with them. Thorsen on the other hand kept calling them "Mexicans", which they obviously didn't care for, and ended up falling off his horse quite a bit with no help from the Spaniards!
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I think we can take Olaf
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April 18, 2012, 5:47 p.m. CST
Ahhhglaackiiieeee!!!! Jew hit me wit duh hammahh dere in mah head!!!
by UltraTron
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April 18, 2012, 5:51 p.m. CST
Daht remine me uv duh tiime daht ah goht dish tink stuck in muh noze.
by UltraTron
I try tew puhll it owt uv muh noze dere.
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Ohhhhhh!
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you asshole
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April 18, 2012, 6:48 p.m. CST
Okay, that was one of the best damn BTS pics in the history of AICN
by Al
Heh, that rocked. Props to the guy above who posted, "That, boy, is true power!"
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I just watched this on AMC last night. Such a good movie. Takes me right back to Junior High.
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I'm sorry! It's a sight that can't be unseen!
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April 18, 2012, 7:15 p.m. CST
Crap governor and all around asshole but still ya gotta like the big galoot. He's the Republican Bill Clinton
by mdk
It's called charisma.
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I can play all Poledouris tracks in a loop before bed and dream of days of high adventure...
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April 18, 2012, 7:44 p.m. CST
something has always bothered me about this movie
by WINONA_RYDERS_PUSSY_JUICE
Conan's girlfriend kinda looks like a dude. I agree nowadays movies are too slick and polished and CGI'd and action oriented, leaving important elements like mood and atmosphere fallen by the wayside. When was the last time you heard a soundtrack like that? Soundtracks today sound like corporatized pop music.
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Never tire of this movie. Great to see there was some levity involved in the making of it. Because, for the most part, it's not a very "light" movie.
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April 18, 2012, 7:58 p.m. CST
The last time I heard a soundtrack like Conan the Barbarian's was...
by Jaka
...Conan the Barbarian. It's not just a great soundtrack, it's a great suite of music.
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April 18, 2012, 8:01 p.m. CST
My bad d.vader I appearntly missed your entire first post.
by MRJONZ72
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...but her face wasn't exactly what you'd call gorgeous, either. Her dancer's body was pretty ridiculous, though. <p> Completely off topic; it always bothered me that she played Queen Gedren in Red Sojna. I mean, I know Sandahl Bergman gotta eat. But it's always seemed like a bad casting job to have her play Valeria and Queen Gedren. Thankfully I have no plans to EVER watch Red Sonja again, so it bothers me less as time goes on.
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That's somehow more terrifying than anything he's done
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...never speak ill of Sandahl Bergman. Sandahl was not only Valeria and Gedren. Sandahl was the immortal She and the sexiest dancer by far in All That Jazz. She still looked good in her forties starring in low budget Jim Wynorski and Fred Olen Ray movies. Plus she helped bring Hell to Frogtown!
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...first saw this at a test screening and it had the ending where Conan walks off with King Osric's daughter at the end. We all protested on our little card thingies and when the movie was released the princess wasn't included. But she came back on the first DVD of the movie I bought.
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Anyone...ANYONE that gives love to Hell Comes to Frogtown gets much respect from me. I love Sandahl Bergman btw. Which began with my love of Conan.
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YOU TAKE THAT BACK!
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loved the way he narrated this film, his work as Iroh in Avatar was great also.
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Was the book noirish fiction?
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April 18, 2012, 9:40 p.m. CST
Royston Lodge, I concur, Star Trek IV tomorrow.
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
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Conan (the original, not that recent crapola) is a very underrated movie. Real advanture, great story and great soundtrack music (and no CGI). I still love the scene where Conan stumbles upon the decaying tomb of Crom. A great flick.
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This has to be one of the, if not the best all around suite of music ever produced for a movie.
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April 18, 2012, 10:42 p.m. CST
Did I read that correctly? Conan's woman looks like a dude? That is the goddess Sandahl you're talking about.
by MiggsFacial
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April 18, 2012, 10:43 p.m. CST
Have to say, and I'm sure many agree, one of the best commentaries EVER.
by MiggsFacial
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Thought the dude had a monster weenie that flopped out.
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April 18, 2012, 11:33 p.m. CST
i am also a fan of the sequel. Compared to the first it don't seem so good, but it has real nice cinematography and a good director
by wattos new hat
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And that pic is priceless but i'm still waiting for *my* Conan movie I'm old enough to be most your father Hell, probably grandfather Read all the books when I was a kid That movie totally disrespected Belet The Queen Of The Black Coast I know a lot of folks love that movie.... And I'm still waiting for my Conan movie
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The soundtrack is permanently on my playlist.
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all you touching yourselves over this movi3
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I refuse to admit that there is a sequel, because the movie that pretended to be such a thing was THAT BAD. Awful in every way imaginable. Everything that was great about The Barbarian was completely opposite in that non-existent sequel. Almost like it was parody of the first one. It was that bad. <p> For me, anyway.
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I love that too much
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I have never seen this one before. My top 5 fav movies of all time .
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I laughed at that one. My (ex) wife hated the movie so much i made her watch it a second time. If you want ur wife to leave you alone for a week or so, make her watch the film back to back while reciting most of the lines.
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April 19, 2012, 3:28 a.m. CST
Crom laughs at your four winds, and your utterly shit remake.
by Fortunesfool
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True, true, true. Arnie's commentary had me in hysterics, "now ve are runnink"...
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April 19, 2012, 8:10 a.m. CST
Can't even bring myself to watch the remake. Really, why bother?
by Roger Moon
Interesting how Conan is a timeless classic now (deservedly so) but one would think that in the intervening 30 years they could create a worthy successor, a genuine Conan film based on Howard's stories, with plenty of sword slashing, blood spraying, supernatural monsters and scantily clad babes (better yet, Belit). Nope. Couldn't be done. Hollywood just isn't good enough. Not up to the task. Sad. The character is certainly good enough.
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...which is worse, in the group opinion? The sequel or the remake? When I went to see the remake I very confidently said to my wife that of course it wouldn't be as good as Conan but I'd be all right because it would still be better than The Destroyer. Yeah. I was pretty sure about that. And yeah, the soundtrack is also on my box that makes song. A lot of soundtracks there, really, but Paledouris' is one of my favorites.
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Honestly, I watch this movie all the time. My absolute favorite.
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...but she loves Conan. Of course, she loves fantasy in general. It's westerns where we run into our problems.
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...well met, sir.
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Would be a BTS of the giant snake or of Jones' severed head!
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April 19, 2012, 9:07 a.m. CST
Quite possibly the greatest example of the power of a film score
by I_Snake_Plissken
If Conan had a crappy score, it would not have worked nearly as well. Basil Poledouris did a fantastic job at bringing a truly epic feel to the film. Think about Conan praying as the Riders of Doom begins to swell and the horses are charging, it elevates the entire sequence immensely - that's some damn powerful music.
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April 19, 2012, 9:53 a.m. CST
Big sven's been in Gladiator and Sum of all Fears too, he should be in expendahblz toh fight arnhold again!
by cameron
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Didn't he play the Swede, too?
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April 19, 2012, 10:31 a.m. CST
Vun tiime da guy dere in da pickcha. He clock me on da head wit da hammah. Ooowch. It hurtz tew dish day
by UltraTron
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You're absolutely right. There's a completely different movie there where the shark is more of a metaphor about the seedy underbelly of... pretty much everything. It was GENIUS to strip all of those elements out and streamline everything, but there can also be a way to go MORE in that direction and make a film that is it's own thing. The end of the film should be Brody, leaving Ellen in the middle of the night having found out about her dalliance with Hooper, the shark is now dead, a heavy fog over the water, and he's at the back of the ferry watching the island fade into the distance while smokin' a cig. No music for a good two minutes and then you get a swell like something out of Chinatown. Then you see a fin break the surface of the water, very faintly in the background. Just kidding about that part, btw. Also, LOVED Conan as a kid, but haven't seen it since. A travesty, I know. Must revisit this week.
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April 19, 2012, 3:48 p.m. CST
Sandahl Bergman is the weak link in Conan
by WINONA_RYDERS_PUSSY_JUICE
Wikipedia lists her as an American Dancer, stuntwoman, and actress. So she is credited as an actress thirdly. There's a reason for this! She's not extremely talented. Nor is Arnold, true, but he has his unique onscreen charisma and persona working for him. Her personality has a distinctive masculine quality. If I were Conan I would toss her aside and seek female companionship elsewhere.
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Didn't he sue the EPA for not having high enough standards for clean air mandates in California? And doesn't the government in California have some quasi-parliament bullshit going on where for anything to pass a whole room of intolerant jackasses who hate each other are supposed to talk to each other and actually...gasp..agree on something? Also - the cut scenes featured one scene where Arnie was climbing up on that rock (which was the entrance to that underground tomb) to escape the feral dogs and fell..yelping out, in the awesome Arnie accent, "god dammit"...tho it was more like "ga dam et!" with the accent on the "dam"...hilarious stuff. Love love love this movie...odd tho..when I was a kid it was all Valeria..now as an oldfart, it's more the princess and the stygian witch chick (when in witch mode too - minus the chompy teeth fangs, etc)...
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April 19, 2012, 6:18 p.m. CST
Red Ned Lynch- the remake of Conan is by far worse than the sequel
by D.Vader
My Crom in heaven, that was terrible.
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...two-thirds of the film is without dialogue. The music plays the part of exposition, mood and tone, basically telling a story on it's own. The extended two-disc version in particular does a great job showing just how much music was used to move that film along. The fact that nearly every scene that does have dialogue is quotable doesn't hurt it one bit, though.
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I never had any desire to see it. Not ever. If it had turned out to be a huge success with incredibly positive word of mouth I definitely would have. What it turned out to be is exactly what I was expecting, though. So I'll never watch it. <p> The Destroyer is just laughably bad. Like, you can laugh at how bad it is pretty much from beginning to end. Where as The Barbarian sets you in (imo) the most believable fantasy world ever captured on film, The Destroyer feels fake from frame one. The Barbarian has believable effects, even now, whereas The Destroyer effects looked cheap and outdated upon it's release. The acting in The Barbarian is EPIC from every character, the acting in The Destroyer is some of the worst I've ever had the misfortune of watching. Grace Jones and Wilt Chamberlain? Really!? Whose bright idea was that? Most importantly, the fight scenes in The Barbarian look and FEEL like those people were beating the shit out of each other. There are scene in The Destroyer where you can SEE that they're pulling their blows, not making contact. Plus, the fight choreography is all over the place - badly paced, staged and filmed. But best of all is that there is actually a shot in The Destroyer where Arnold is hold a BENT ALUMINUM SWORD! I shit you not. Watch for it and you'll see it. Maaan, the swords he's wielding in The Barbarian, whether they were or not, make it look like he was actually using the big ass muscles to move them around. And I could go on... <p> ...but I won't. I wanted The Destroyer to be the best sequel ever made. I wanted it to be so good that we had a Conan franchise. Because after the brilliance of The Barbarian, that's what SHOULD have happened. So clearly, IMO, The Destroyer is worse that the new version. Which isn't really a remake at all - it's another take on the source material. I understand what is different from the source material in both films and I KNOW, without any doubt, that the 1982 The Barbarian is the film for me.
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He's the captain of the queens guards, isn't he? The ones that she sends out to kill Conan? On top of everything else that was bad about that film, I remember having a huge disconnect when I saw "Thorgrim" alive and well again (well, until he's killed) fighting against Conan. Like they could find NO one else for that role. And, yeah, he IS the Swede in "Quick and the Dead." As I recall, he begs to live. Ugh. Go out with dignity, Sven! ... Heh, I used the word "dignity" when writing about something from "The Quick and the Dead." That's funny right there.
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