Cool News
Schwarzenegger Is CONAN Once More!!
The Kidd here...
You can forget about Jason Momoa as Conan, because the original is back.
Today Universal Pictures set themselves up for THE LEGEND OF CONAN, which would return Arnold Schwarzenegger to the role he originated back in 1982, with an eye on Summer 2014 to get the film into theatres.
Deadline reports that Chris Morgan, who came up with the story, is set to produce and may wind up penning the script as well, if he can manage to fit it into his schedule, which also includes writing the screenplay for FAST SEVEN (he's written the last four).
As for where it would place in the Conan timeline, Morgan said that, for him, it's as if the Momoa reboot and CONAN THE DESTROYER never happened, preferring to link THE LEGEND OF CONAN to the original CONAN THE BARBARIAN.
So what's the story of THE LEGEND OF CONAN? Producer Fredrik Malmberg explains it quite simply as such: "The original ended with Arnold on the throne as a seasoned warrior, and this is the take of the film we will make. It’s that Nordic Viking mythic guy who has played the role of king, warrior, soldier and mercenary, and who has bedded more women than anyone, nearing the last cycle of his life. He knows he’ll be going to Valhalla, and wants to go out with a good battle.”
You wanted Arnold back in some of his classic roles? You got it... although there's no telling how this might affect that planned TERMINATOR 5 Schwarzenegger was originally packaged in. After all, Arnold's been busy accumulating projects... but so many movies, so little time. Eventually something's got to give... and go.
-Billy Donnelly
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Oct. 25, 2012, 8:12 p.m. CST
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
by KinjoAlcoholicNinja
FUCK YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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He's going to pump himself so full of steroids his heart is going to explode....wait and see!
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i came to the conan movies relatively late in my life, but i have been rectifying that by watching conan the barbarian every thanksgiving, or feast of crom as i call it...
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Dust the old guy off.
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I hope they go dark, brooding, and ultra violent. I want to see a Conan who tires of life and goes to seek death.
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*cUE THE THEME MUSIC!!!!!!
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As for the rest, wait and see. Revisiting franchises hasn't worked out so well lately.
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Oct. 25, 2012, 8:14 p.m. CST
Awesome!!! But I bet it gets pushed back or the director drops out :P
by Steve Lamarre
sorry, just negative today....But that's awesome!!
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Oct. 25, 2012, 8:15 p.m. CST
make it rated R and all i have to say is YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
by len
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Oct. 25, 2012, 8:15 p.m. CST
ARNOLD YOUR THE MAN! R RATED GLORY ALL THE WAY DO IT DO IT DO IT
by len
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...was seduced by the chunky witch who warmed him in the guest house of his throne.
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Oct. 25, 2012, 8:18 p.m. CST
Wow, this story just broke and we're already hearing the lamentations of many women on this site...
by Squinty CGI Flynn
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Oct. 25, 2012, 8:21 p.m. CST
Thank you god, now just give me a Predator sequel with Arnold as Dutch in it.
by Eric
Do not make this pt-13 or you will f it up!
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Even though we seldom pray to him.
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Oct. 25, 2012, 8:21 p.m. CST
terrible idea... a flabby old Conan? I agree the Momoa film was a shitstain but come on.
by uberfreak
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Oct. 25, 2012, 8:23 p.m. CST
the_credible_hulk is correct. Arnold's old age, vanity, and upcoming steroid use for this film is a terrible combination.
by HateThaNet
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Flabby or not uberfreak. lmao.
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Oct. 25, 2012, 8:25 p.m. CST
Fuck the Republican governor and his maid-banging cock! Why would ANYONE want to watch this ass-hat again?
by R Howell
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Oct. 25, 2012, 8:27 p.m. CST
A pre-emptive punch to the gonads of all the "he's too old" commenters to come
by wcolbert
I always love a story about rising to greatness once again later in life. So tired of this youth-centric society which seems to think once you have any wrinkles or grey hair you should just roll over and die and can't defend yourself in a battle. Like to see any of you fight Arnie. his forearm is still bigger than your thigh. Anywho....THAT is what I call cool news. Keep more of THAT kind of news coming. Less on reboots. Especially shitty pointless ones. And I really love, for the record, when a movie like this comes along, with the original actor, and just completely ignores that some reboot was even made.
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Oct. 25, 2012, 8:29 p.m. CST
CROM LAUGHS AT YOUR CONAN REBOOTS, LAUGHS FROM HIS MOUNTAIN!
by Stereotypical Evil Archer
I hope Milius is involved! He can get you a toe.
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Oct. 25, 2012, 8:33 p.m. CST
Milius should at least produce in some compacity,awesome if he could direct.
by DrPain
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Wow. I never thought in a million years this day would come. Now that it has... I'm wondering has it really? There are some prerequisites that must fall into place for this film to succeed. One, it must be R. A hard R. It must be scored in a way worthy of Poledouris' legacy. Impossible yes - CTB might be the greatest score ever. But might someone be able to land in the ballpark? They must. Thirdly, the story must be epic but not in an overly cgi crap-tastic way most action movies made today are. I want a grit to this movie. I don't want a digitally clean movie. CGI is cool but the way in which it is used will determine a lot about this movie, especially in regards to tone. Fourth, the script must be good. We need someone who knows Conan as I hope the screenwriters do. I don't want a generic and lazy action film. Shoot for the stars! And rewrite, rewrite, and rewrite. Five, bring in Milius and Stone. They must be involved in some way, especially Milius. Six, don't hire a hack director. PLEASE!! PLEASE!! PLEASE!!! Seven, Arnold better bring his A game. His performance in Expendables 2 ain't gonna cut it. Hopefully by the time we go to filming he will have shaken out the rust. So those are my initial 7 thoughts / keys to success for this flick. Let me close by saying this is great news. I had a tough day (RIP Manny Steward by the way). News of a new Conan with Arnold brightened it up considerably. This is great.
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may I say this fills my heart with delight. please don't fuck it up
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I loved the idea of an older Indiana Jones too. I also loved the idea of a return to the Alien universe. Arnold's participation means little to how this will ultimately turn out.
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DAAA DAAA DAA DAAAAAAA DAA DAA, DAA DAA, DAA DAA
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If Milius is not on board, with THAT script...then this is dust.
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Its so fucking on
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Oct. 25, 2012, 8:46 p.m. CST
I like Conan the Destroyer. It looks really nice, it's jjst more of a fantasy film. This is fantastic news!
by DarthBlart
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I reiterate the theme tune that someone has already sang.
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Oct. 25, 2012, 8:53 p.m. CST
This is truly cool news. I just hope they don't PLAN a trilogy and forget to nail this film...
by ThulsaBoom
...they need to fulfill the expectations of that final shot in Conan the Barbarian. If there's room for more after that, so be it. But none of this Terminator Salvation-style holding back for sequels that will never exist. Get it done in one.
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I just hope they realize that the reason the first one was so good is because it took it's time. Balls-to-the-wall is not the only way to create a strong movie. The remake tried showing us Conan was always a badass, even as a child. The original took the time to show us WHY he's a badass. He was a normal kid. But then his village was massacred, he was enslaved, made to do hard labor his whole childhood, thrown into the fighting pits, trained, educated, and so on... Arnie didn't say much, but you really understood Conan by the end of the movie. I hope this new entry doesn't turn into an energy drink induced blood craze.
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Crom laughs at your four winds!
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Oct. 25, 2012, 9:06 p.m. CST
FUCK FUCK FUCK YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by ATARI
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Oct. 25, 2012, 9:08 p.m. CST
I always wanted Destroyer to end with Conan fucking that blond virgin
by ATARI
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And she might have loved it! lol.
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Until I see that nailed down, I'm not going to get too enthusiastic. I might go bum-ba-ba-bum-bum-bum-bababa-bum for a minute, but that's it...
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Well that's a sure fire way for me to avoid the Conan movie at all costs.
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Seriously, have they seen Arnold without a shirt lately?
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Oct. 25, 2012, 9:30 p.m. CST
Atari, backstage Arnie was giving the shocker to d'Abo and violated her pretty face with a river of Austrian cum.
by uberfreak
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Oct. 25, 2012, 9:30 p.m. CST
All they have to do is adapt The Hour Of The Dragon and you'd have the PERFECT King Conan tale
by sonnyfern
That's got King Conan losing his crown, having to get it back, reclaim his kingdom and at the end there's a HUGE war. That'd be great, but they just can't seem to do this right. Starting to piss me off.
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Oct. 25, 2012, 9:30 p.m. CST
All they have to do is adapt The Hour Of The Dragon and you'd have the PERFECT King Conan tale
by sonnyfern
That's got King Conan losing his crown, having to get it back, reclaim his kingdom and at the end there's a HUGE war. That'd be great, but they just can't seem to do this right. Starting to piss me off.
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Hopefully Milius has one more left in him But I would also pull for Cameron Ed Zwick Aronofsky And my dark horse pick would be Mel Gibson. Say what you will about his personal issues but the dude can direct; he has experience in epic battle-scenes and can relate to Arnie easy enough being they're the same age.
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Oct. 25, 2012, 9:33 p.m. CST
So Conan see a CGI fight with his young self on TV and decides to return?
by Ricardo
Is that the plot?
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Let's hope it goes R rated violence and enough already with the one liner bullshit. Get a solid story and this can rock
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nipple high pants and economy sized tubes of Bengay
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*All the gods, they cannot sever us. If I were dead and you were still fighting for life, I'd come back from the darkness. Back from the pit of hell to fight at your side.* I loved this movie and WORSHIPPED her as an idol growing up. It started me on a lifetime of sword fighter training. Don't screw this up, powers-that-be. No stupid modern music cues. No stupid passing-fad camera work. No stupid decompression for unneeded sequels. No stupid meta irony winking. No stupid empty eye-candy fake-empowerment female characters. Give us something worthy of bookending the first.
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Oct. 25, 2012, 9:36 p.m. CST
Grant me revenge! And if you do not listen, then...
by baldalienprobeinhighheels
AHHHHH! maheeee fahhhhkin baaach!
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The Arnold Conan movies sucked. Period. Turgid, tame and neutered for maximum box-office appeal. Faux-epic, muscle-bound horseshit, hardly a step up from Italian sword-&-sandal gladiator movies. None of their few-and-far-between "best moments" belonged to Schwarzenegger, and none of them dared tackle Howard's deep cynicism towards the human race. To think that geeks piss themselves at the mere idea that a man with as little integrity -or talent - as Arnold would be making one last flaccid stab at playing a character like Conan, who at least had a kind of brutish, dumb-animal integrity, would be depressing, if I had any expectations for them to begin with.
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Oct. 25, 2012, 9:39 p.m. CST
I am still hoping that the DUTCH character from PREDATOR is living in a cave on the planet from PREDATORS.
by the Green Gargantua
waiting for a proper sequel.
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Good for Arnold. Let's see some titties and blood, fuck PG13.
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That one's just been bled dry. Are they going to make old men Terminators now? Play Dutch again, play Conan, hell, play John Matrix...but Terminator has run its course.
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I have wanted this for a long time.
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Oct. 25, 2012, 9:53 p.m. CST
"In time, he became a king by his own hand. This story shall also be told..." -- Mako
by _V_
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Oct. 25, 2012, 9:57 p.m. CST
Let's see a grizzled old Subotai show up to warn Conan of a coming threat.
by MCVamp
Gerry Lopez!
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No, won't happen, because according to big smart film studios, "AUDIENCES ARE EASILY CONFUSED."
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Oct. 25, 2012, 10:05 p.m. CST
I was really excited for about five minutes, then I realized that the story is by the FAST & FURIOUS and WANTED guy.
by FlickaPoo
You never know, but expectations are now set to zero.
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"Legend of Conan" sounds terrible. Crown of Iron or go home. Crom laughs at your 'new script'
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What's a pennis?
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You're just fucking lucky we seem to be avoiding "THE RISE OF KING CONAN."
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No need to make something new when that great script has been kicking around for years.
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Oct. 25, 2012, 10:09 p.m. CST
He knows he’ll be going to Valhalla, and wants to go out with a good nanny.
by vulturess
and plenty of depends.
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Oct. 25, 2012, 10:11 p.m. CST
no no, you got the news wrong. It's COHEN the barbarian.
by Hardboiled Wonderland
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Yes!!! Oh hell yes!!!
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Great news. But, can we not just bring Milius back too?
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And kill him off at the end. Basically make the second half of Beowulf, with Conan as the weary old king who has seen many battles and slain many enemies, but as old age catches up with him, he must gather what's left of his strength to face his final foe and fight his final battle.
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Oct. 25, 2012, 10:15 p.m. CST
Let's see Conan climb the Mountain of Crom to reach the gates of Valhalla.
by MCVamp
Vhat is da riddle uf steel? Hah. Da King of Zamunda told me dat a long time ago.
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Make it happen!
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Just kidding! ;)
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Was the Conan remake great? No However it was no where near as bad as people made out and Ronan Dex was a good Conan. I'd rather see more of that, going into new area's, new stories. Than another attempt to just cash in on an old franchise with an aging star. What's the bet they don't think they need to worry on making the best film they can because Arnie is the draw as Conan. Not the actual films quality.
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Oct. 25, 2012, 10:27 p.m. CST
I've been dreaming about this film for the vast majority of my life! KING CONAN will crush his enemies.
by Ed Travis
A few thoughts: 1) Harry says that a script by John Milius exists and is amazing. Anyone know anything about that? If it exists, I'd love to see it incorporated here. 2) Arnold can still play King Conan. The script can be written to an older, wiser Barbarian king. His age works in this case. If he did nothing else in this "comeback tour", this would be the movie I want to see. Whereas there is absolutely no reason to ever have Arnold play TERMINATOR ever again because the concept of a Terminator model aging doesn't really make much sense at all. And that franchise doesn't exclusively need him. But this role? This is just fantastic news. 3) Mel Gibson for Director. Milius' script as basis for an updated screenplay. Those are some of my initial thoughts. I'm almost certain the final product won't live up to my almost 30 years of dreaming and anticipation. But a man can dream, can't he? And I'm Out. Terry Malloy aka Ed Travis
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...I'm going to guess it's a tiny penis. For example, if you pulled down your pants, I'd burst out with uncontrollable laughter (while failing to hide it with my hands over my mouth), and then I'd say, 'Look! It's just like penis, only smaller!'
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I have to agree that Momoa's CONAN was a pleasant surprise. All I heard leading up to the Blu-Ray rental was "piece of shit, don't waste your money." We got tits, blood, Conan on the high seas, sorcery, and Ron Perlman. Was it RETURN OF THE KING-quality? No. Was it Conan? Hummmm...I gotta say "YES." People (not necessarily everyone here) say they want a real Conan film; lots of them really just want Arnold with a sword saying "Crom" a lot, which isn't necessarily all you need (see DESTROYER, CONAN THE.)
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Nicely done!
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Oct. 25, 2012, 10:33 p.m. CST
it was john millius and basil paledoris that made CTB awesome.
by Warcraft
Not arnold. If you were to link up that director and music composer with Jason Momoa, you'd have a damn near perfect Conan movie. The new one with Arnold will be shit because it doesn't have the great director and legendary music composer that CTB had.
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Sandahl Bergman, Gerry Lopez, and Mako also made CTB awesome. 4 more factors this new movie will be missing.
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Oct. 25, 2012, 10:45 p.m. CST
If you don't like the idea of Arnold reprising his role as Conan...
by Prometheus_VaJayJay_snake
...then you deserve torment! PLEASE GOD, let them get an A-list director, and a fawking good script. Make this shit an R-rated bbuster it deserves to be.
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Unless, of course, he's dead.
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Oct. 25, 2012, 10:48 p.m. CST
With a Fast & Furious guy attached, I expect a lot of lazy callbacks to the original film.
by MCVamp
Bring your checklist.
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Oct. 25, 2012, 10:53 p.m. CST
I hope Arnold is Conan and the King and The Rock plays his son Kahn.
by Orionsangels
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Oct. 25, 2012, 11:03 p.m. CST
Ahnold jumped the shark when he stuck his dick in that maid
by BigTuna
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Oct. 25, 2012, 11:08 p.m. CST
I like the idea, but written by the guy who wrote a series of incomprehensible garbage films?
by kevred
How many more Conan films have to be made before someone thinks of using actual Conan source material? There's plenty of it, and it's great!
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Oct. 25, 2012, 11:08 p.m. CST
What's funny is Momoa was trying to write a sequel to his crappy movie - poor guy
by FrodoFraggins
He was so excited about Conan and making a bunch of films. He was just terribly miscast.
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Lets get all the aging actors back in their iconic roles one last time. Seriously, I kinda feel bad for the kids of today. You got nothin' of your own, it's all remakes and retreads of entertainment from several decades ago. The best you can get is seeing a retirement age Van Halen live, hoping for one more Led Zeppelin reunion, a new Alien spin off, Blade Runner sequels and remakes, old muscleheads like Stallone and Arnie putting on girdles to squeeze their grotesque man-boobs into one more by-the-numbers action flick. The arts are nearly dead. Enjoy your Korn 25th Anniversary reunion tour and Justin Bieber Matrix trilogy remakes.
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Oct. 25, 2012, 11:18 p.m. CST
Sounds cool! but only if it's done 13th Warrior, wet, muddy, atmospheric and real
by cgih8r
but i think it's more likely it will be another 300 wannabe with CGI blood and lots of slo-mo. Fuck you MTV!!!!!
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Oct. 25, 2012, 11:20 p.m. CST
Vahalla Rising would be another good example of the proper direction
by cgih8r
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Oct. 25, 2012, 11:29 p.m. CST
Arnold in a two part Terminator conclusion that "Ray Bradburizes" the series...
by even9
is how i would spend Arnold's retirement! The first of the sequels is in the 'future' when John Conner has united the survivors & established a self contained civilisation with a city against the machines. The machines, all different models - later & ealier including the arnold model, have set up their own city also. The combat has reached a stalemate, and no side can establish the upper hand. The Machine A.I. has had a chance to develop and diversify due to the stalemate, & it is now factionalized between the purely killer A.I. and the more ulitility systems type of A.I. This second kind of A.I. has some developed some kind of parity with the killer A.I. & there is some questioning as to the wisdom of wiping out all the humans & their where to from there? What is the nature of their own civilisation & what is it for after the humans? John Connor is meeting with a delegation of this machine A.I. secretly, in a machine city area with the time machines, when they get raided by a patrol of all different kinds of terminator models, new models and older models, including Arnold. In the meelee that follows, both Connor & Arnold get transported back in time to a Dinosaur age. Connor is wounded, and quickly gets tracked down and beaten by the Arnold terminator, who then is about to kill him. This gets interrupted by a possy of herbivore Dinosaurs..... The Terminator coming face to face with the Dinosaurs, totally messes with it's concept of reality, due to the linearity programming inherent to it's A.I. not being able to assimilate Dinosaurs, due to some cosmic fabric of time construct stuff as relates to man. The Terminator finds it is not able to kill Connor & also that is suddenly has no purpose or is out of place in the construct of reality. Connor and the Terminator become friends, get to grips with this new factor in the equation, & hatch a plan to transport Dinosaurs back into the Machine civilization, destroying their linear existential sense of being & surrendering to the Dinosaur rampaging and destruction of their civilisation voluntarily. Thus John Connor beats the machines.....but wait.... As the remnants of the human earth civilisation start with a new destiny, the war over & the Terminators gone, a new Arnold Terminator turns up........Second sequel: It appears that they are not in the future, but actual in the past. & the use of the time machines, has put them all into a cosmic time loop, repeating itself over and over again, man and machine. The machines have worked this out, & sent back one, after many time loop attempts, to this place in time to meet with John Connor. They have calculated, that the way to fix this, is for John Connor and the Arnold Terminator, to time machine, into the future, to both respectively stop their now future selfs from using the time machines in sending back the initial two from the first Terminator film, as well as destroying the time machines. Connor goes back to battle the resistence & himself to do this ( they think he is a terminator) as does the Arnold Terminator go back to battle the machines to stop their side of the equation. Both eventually do this and perish together ( as friends). The series then ends in a relatively present day setting, with a person who looks like John Connor meeting an friendly A.I. utility, with the look of the Terminator Arnold, in a modern civilisation confidently going about it's future. Also, this way, you could watch the series sequels with only 1 & 3(my favs) or 1 & 2 & 3 & with possibly 4.
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Oct. 25, 2012, 11:31 p.m. CST
AMAZING-- if this don't get you excited, then kill yerself!
by where_are_quints_hobbit_set_reports
Fuck, so stoked!!! Gonna celebrate by 1.) smoking a bowl, 2.) putting on Manilla Road (great band for fans of Conan) 3.) rereading the awesome 2003-4 Del Rey collections of the original Conan stories as Howard wrote them & intended them
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Oct. 25, 2012, 11:34 p.m. CST
Holy shit did you guys hear Matthew Vaughn isn't going to direct the next X-Men movie??
by Fries Against
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Why the fuck can't anyone realize this character on film the way he's written? Arnold's Conan cried like a little bitch. CONAN DOES NOT CRY!!!!!!!!!!
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Oct. 25, 2012, 11:40 p.m. CST
bobo_vision don't hate on pro wrestlers
by where_are_quints_hobbit_set_reports
some are good actors, some not so good. Are you suggesting THEY LIVE shouldn't have used Rowdy Roddy Piper? Are you suggesting Jesse Ventura shouldn't have been in PREDATOR? Should Macho Man not have been BONESAW in Spider-Man?? Arnold's hardly a great thespian himself. As with his role in the first TERMINATOR, it's all a question of the proper casting. I think (of WWE's current roster) Sheamus, Damien Sandow, and maybe Tyler Reks could all be good, although I'd keep Reks in the background.
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Oct. 25, 2012, 11:42 p.m. CST
I hope this has a clean, Game of Thrones "realism" to it
by where_are_quints_hobbit_set_reports
Although I'll buy a ticket regardless, I feel like this kind of sword & sorcery high fantasy is best when played relatively straight-- not a bunch of weirdo camera-movement crap or cartoony digital filters
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I would have preferred a proper-funded reboot over Arnold returning to a series that will cast no doubt that he's past action hero prime. We're getting into Roger Moore's A View to a Kill territory in terms of Arnold's age. Or Shatner and company in Star Trek V and VI. Star Trek VI was a great movie, but my god, the cast regulars were practically moving around with canes and walkers.
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As for wrestlers, the ones you mentioned Daddy Long Head like Roddy Piper, was good, and a lot of that has to do with his personality. But Jesse Ventura was passable. Luckily he was killed early in Predator, and was a joke in the Running Man. But this new generation of wrestling actors like The Rock or Stone Cold, are just atrocious. There's one in the Expendables too (i think) and he is awful, too. If they need actors with muscles to fight with, go with unknowns whose agents won't fight for them to have dialogue or big scenes, and whose egos won't prevent them from being killed off. As for Arnold, true, he's not the best actor, but he has gravitas. He's larger than life and that has always come through on screen.
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LOL RIP Mako.
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Oct. 25, 2012, 11:59 p.m. CST
Re: I hope this has a clean, Game of Thrones "realism" to it
by Nautilus_nrm1
That's not bad at all. Maybe a true and proper Conan reboot needs to occur via HBO, Cinemax, or another cable venue. As long as it can be gritty, have a sense of realism, yet hint and the dark subterfuge and magic that Robert E. Howard envisioned. Conan as a television series, especially with time jumps along the way, could be very, very awesome.
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Oct. 26, 2012, 12:13 a.m. CST
Seen the first Conan a thousand times,but never knew how when Conan chopped off heads that would fly in the air that high.GOD I LOVE THE 80's LOGIC
by frank
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Oct. 26, 2012, 12:16 a.m. CST
Mako died of cancer.He fought Bruce Lee in the Green Hornet back in 60's...
by frank
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Oct. 26, 2012, 12:18 a.m. CST
King Conan or Conan the King would be a better title.
by Bedknobs and Boomsticks
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Oct. 26, 2012, 12:27 a.m. CST
It seems I've heard more outcry for this to be made than ANY other film in the last 10 years
by wcolbert
Seriously. I cant even count the number of "Arnold should do king conan" comments I've heard/read... granted they're going with a different title, but it may be the same film in the end.
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Oct. 26, 2012, 12:28 a.m. CST
dragon_lee76 - how many heads have YOU chopped off with a sword?
by wcolbert
how do you know how high they fly? huh? huh? j/k :P
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Come on...do it!
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No, really, I mean it. Anybody pumped by this idea needs to get pumped - with shotgun shells.
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Westworld? Good idea. That would work for me.
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nor is he a Viking or a believer in Valhalla. He is (like most of Howard's barbarian warrior characters) CELTIC. Conan is an Irish name. Crom is an Irish god. The Cimmerians were believed in Howard's day, rightly or wrongly, to be cognate with the Welsh Cymru. And Howard explicitly makes Conan's people the ancestors of the Celts, not of the Teutons or the Norse. Conan encounters tribes called Aesir and Vanir, ancestors of the Norse, but he isn't one of them. How can they get something this basic wrong?
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Oct. 26, 2012, 12:48 a.m. CST
"What is the riddle of steel?" If I don't know it, he will cast me out of Valhalla and laugh at me. That's Crom, strong on his mountain!
by xbagboy
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Oct. 26, 2012, 12:48 a.m. CST
Queefer, anyone excited about this needs to be killed? Really?
by Bobo_Vision
Your trolling needs work my friend. You overshot the mark.
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That would require the hacks and suits to actually read books. You know that ain't gonna happen. They're too lazy to even read the comics and cartoons that they're aping.
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after the disappointments of sequels such as T4, Predators and prequel like Prometheus....got to temper any excitement with a lot of caution. Also really not sure how a pretty old Arnie will work, will mean having a younger character (yeah Son of Conan or whatever) which could distract. Also Momoa was not the problem in the Conan remake. It was the shitty shitty so shit script. With a decent script, Momoa would have been fine.
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the eventual appearance of the promised follow up to The Sword And The Sorcerer did not go at all well.
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Oct. 26, 2012, 1:23 a.m. CST
Yeah, but.. who will fill Basil Poledouris' shoes? Part of what made Conan was the theme song.
by CodeName
No current Hollywood composers will be able to carry the weight of Poledouris' genius score. Prove me wrong Talkback.
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Oct. 26, 2012, 1:41 a.m. CST
Crom! I had never prayed to you before. I had no tongue for it. All that matters is that today, Arnold is back. That's what's important! Finally you have listened!!!
by Bradly Durant
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Arnold is down and out. When I saw him in "EXPENDABLES 2" he had one thing in common with Stallone and Van Damme: wrinkly skin. Seems like the typical "I don't have yet realized that I'm old" reaction from an aged movie star. I hope he doesn't die from a heart attack on the set.
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I have one single word for you, my friend: *BWAAAAAAAAAAAM!!!!* Scores kick all kind of ass now.
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SOMETIMES FAN BOYS WIN!
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Oct. 26, 2012, 2:04 a.m. CST
berserkr's right, Conan/Cimmerians are CELTIC/BRITON, not Norse.
by Hardboiled Wonderland
In the books, the Aesir and Vanir were the Nordic Vikings!
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Oct. 26, 2012, 2:06 a.m. CST
Note to everyone fapping over this news -- be careful what you wish for
by Hardboiled Wonderland
Arnie is 65. By the time the film is made, he'll be pushing 70. This sequel is TWENTY FUCKING YEARS TOO LATE.
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Oct. 26, 2012, 2:07 a.m. CST
It's hilarious that most of the talkbackers loving this news are the ones who said Ford's too old to play Indy again
by Hardboiled Wonderland
Hypocrisy, much?
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Oct. 26, 2012, 2:09 a.m. CST
BREAKING NEWS: Mickey Rooney reprising his role as Down Syndrome Bill!
by Hardboiled Wonderland
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Arnold King Conan YES!!!
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Oct. 26, 2012, 2:18 a.m. CST
Hard Boiled, Conan's character in King Conan was supposed to be an older version of the first one
by Bobo_Vision
A grizzled older Conan with a beard who had seen many battles. While I would have loved for Arnold to have done this a decade ago instead of choosing politics, it's a role that can still be doable at his current age....if done right.
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Oct. 26, 2012, 2:23 a.m. CST
hardboiled wonderland, lame jokes aside, the casting is amazing and very age appropriate as King Conan is supposed to be an old man.
by Bradly Durant
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Oct. 26, 2012, 2:24 a.m. CST
The only thing that scares me is the hack scripting this thing. The reason the last Conan movie failed wasn't because of the lead, but the fact that the film sucked beyond reproach.
by Bradly Durant
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Oct. 26, 2012, 2:26 a.m. CST
bobo_vision keep out of my head you mind reading mutant freak!!!
by Bradly Durant
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Oct. 26, 2012, 2:28 a.m. CST
Feel so sorry for Jason Moma though, it wasn't his fault his Conan movie bombed. In fact he was the only good thing about that piece of shit. Shame. I hope he gets work soon.
by Bradly Durant
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What made the original work so well was that Conan rarely spoke. The scenic panoramic environments. A great villain. A great soundtrack. Real action. I do not want an over bloated Hollywood CGI turd fest with one liners. Arnold should not speak much in this and his lines should be memorable and potent. Somehow I think we will get the shit fest that Hollywood is known for. I guess my expectations are low until proven otherwise.
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Is this story true??!?!? HOLY FUCK!!!!!!!!! I'll believe it will really happen... a bit further down the line. Camels of the world watch out.
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Let us hope and pray that the Zimmerman factory stay far away from this film.
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Now the big question is, will John Milius return to the director chair? I hope that happens so, Crom's willing. Yes, this is happy tiddings. But really, bring Milius back. And if not, the hell with you!
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Or Tír na nÓg if you gave him an Irish flair.
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I agree with you, i love stories about grandpas and grandmoms kicking asses. And i think there's a market for that, or else how to explain the sucess of the RED movie? Also, a movie about Conan in his old age as a king facing a final adversary is not only good story, but it's also mythical. We see that stuff in legends of old like in Bewulf and how King Arthur met his end, as old kings having a last moment of glory. I say, bring this on. And if Arnold is now an old man, that's the point! Bring it on!
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Oct. 26, 2012, 3:15 a.m. CST
This news makes me start to believe that there is a true god after all, and His name is CROM!!!
by albert comin
Praise Crom!
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-"Let us hope and pray that the Zimmerman (Zimmer) factory stay far away from this film"- Pray Crom he hears your prays. i know Crom is not much to listen to prays, but i hope he answers this one. It would be justice.
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let this happen and let it be good.
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Oct. 26, 2012, 3:34 a.m. CST
The very first Conan story that Robert E. Howard created was with Conan already as a King of Aquilonia and in middle age, bored out of his skull and aching for adventure.
by albert comin
All the stories that Howard wrote after Conan's first story, "The Phoenix On The Sword", were in fact prequels.
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You killed my fadda you killed my mudda you killed my PEOPLE
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You know, in England, the word 'chopper' is slang for a gentlemen's weapon. And I don't mean the one you use for cutting down trees...
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The original Conan stories are already heavily inspired by celtic myths (Conan's own name, for example, reflects such influences), as Howard himself was a major geek on such celtic myth subjects, due to the great pride he had on his scotish and irish roots.
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Conan I figure must be a Thrace a legendary race of barbarians. As for the title Legend of Conan sounds like Mask of Zorro. I knew when they dropped Robert Rodrigez and went from "Mark of Zorro" to "Mask of Zorro" it was a movie franchise than had lost its balls. I hope it's not the same with Conan.
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Don't think it'll work. Milius' Conan was already removed from Howard's vision, which is why Arnold worked in that vision of the character and the world. We're too cynical these days for an old-school, Milius style Conan film, especially if Milius isn't involved.
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although you know it will suck. Fact!!!
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Oct. 26, 2012, 4:20 a.m. CST
You want to know the riddle of steel? It's the least i can do for you.
by albert comin
Steel is not strong. Flesh is stronger. What's steel compared to the hand that helds it?
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Looks more like a sequel then a reboot, if the news are correct. The writer/producer himself says it's a direct sequel to the first movie.
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-"We're too cynical these days for an old-school, Milius style Conan film, especially if Milius isn't involved."- Speak for yourself, my friend. The Milus movie itself is not some lighthearted, all-family rosy adventure movie, it's gritty, dark, full of violence and a good dose of cynicism as well toward the human condition. What made Conan The Barbarian stand out from the other fantasy stuff of the day was indeed how darker it was compared to the rest. If anything, the 1982's "Conan The Barbarian" works ever better this days, when such darker fantasy shows like Game Of Thrones have proved so popular.
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Oct. 26, 2012, 5:10 a.m. CST
The original Conan is so metal. Nobody writes lines like that anymore.
by David Cloverfield
What is best in life, the riddle of steel, that ridiculous/awesome Crom prayer (to hell with you). Soooo good.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBGOQ7SsJrw
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Give us the real Robert E. Howard Conan on the big screen for once!
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I would give Arnie a shot at an ageing Conan; it is more plausible than watching him resurrect the T-800. We need a more prolific writer who has a deft hand in this kind of genre - and not the writer of the "Fast" movies; you might as well invite Marcus Nispel back while your at it. I remember The Wachowski's seeking an interest in persuing a Conan movie: Better late than never. Although i would like to see the reformation of one, Millius and Stone...Wishful thinking.
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Oct. 26, 2012, 6:32 a.m. CST
ABSOLUTE REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS TO WORK: 1) KEEP POLEDOURIS' MAIN THEME, 2) MILIUS AS CONSULTANT/DIALOGUE TOUCHUPS, 3) SHOOT THIS SHIT ON LOCATION. NO FUCKING CGI.
by Darth Busey
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Oct. 26, 2012, 6:35 a.m. CST
Today is a good day. Conan's such a badass, he has someone else cry for him.
by Mark Jones
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Oct. 26, 2012, 6:43 a.m. CST
darth busey - HOLD THE FUCKING PHONE! What about Ronn Cobb? The Thulsa Doom Two Snakes in Equilibrium facing each other is an Illuminati symbol. Do we get more of this in the new one?...
by Darth_Kong
There's a lot of really cool OCCULT symbols in Conan the Barbarian and it's MY OPINION that this new one needs to take it to the next level. I mean this thing needs symbols from OCCULT FREEMASONRY, BABYLONIAN, SUMERIAN, thrown in everything. Make the three Abrahamic faiths cringe. That's what this movie needs.
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"Executive Consultant" is the mosten awesomest credit of all time.
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those are the exact same demands you guys made of the failed Mamoa/Nispel project.. and they listened to you--and made an ugly, sloppy, grotesque mess of a film where the story served the violence instead of the other way around. No thanks. Get someone like Roy Thomas or one of the dark horse guys to write this first and make sure you've got a solid story and the action scenes will just naturally fall into place. Shame about Jason, though. He really was the ideal Conan come to life, but in the wrong film.
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Oct. 26, 2012, 7:38 a.m. CST
When I was a kid I remember Conan The Destroyer fondly. But getting a King Conan story fires me up
by Wcwlkr
I actually saw Conan the Destroyer as a kid even before I actually saw Conan The Barbarian seeing how I wasn't born when either of those came out LOL. But when I saw them I freaking loved them as a kid. I didn't hate Momoa's Conan though I thought it was decent. But to see The Governator back as Conan that's GOOD NEWS.
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I am happy to hear that there is another film. I do wonder if he is a bit to old for the role, unless the story features a elder Conan brooding on his past glories with a younger stand in.
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WTF?
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Oct. 26, 2012, 7:59 a.m. CST
Just got to work and saw this. This will surely BREAK the internets today.
by Dogmatic
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Oct. 26, 2012, 8 a.m. CST
I don't pray to you much Crom, but this day I ask one thing of you. Grant me a KING CONAN film! And if you do not listen...then to hell with you!
by Dogmatic
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I mean let's face facts here, the Schwarzenegger Conan is not the Conan from Robert E. Howard's books in the slightest. It is, instead, Milius' own distinct take on Conan, as filtered through his own uniquely twisted vision, and so without him on board to steer this ship, I have no reason to think that this will turn out any different or any better than the watered down, Conan-lite effort that we got with Conan the Destroyer. I love the idea of a King Conan movie with Milius at the helm, but this, I'm nowhere near as sold on. Plus which, Arnold seems so desperate to recapture his filmic relevance that it looks like he'll sign on to make anything that even remotely sounds like an 80's era Arnie movie, good idea or no. I don't exactly trust his judgement right now, nor will I until he proves himself...and we won't know that until these films start coming out. But right now it looks very much like a desperate tilt at recapturing past glories, which frankly has me a little wary. And I say that as someone who is a fan of the guy.
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Oct. 26, 2012, 8:17 a.m. CST
Robert E. Howard's Conan is SHIT compared to Milius/Schwarzenegger!!! FACT!!!
by Dogmatic
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Oct. 26, 2012, 8:25 a.m. CST
That's exactly what I wanted to hear about Conan 3, except for the lack of Milius.
by Mr Nicholas
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John Milius involvment please. With an extra does of no CGI anywhere.
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...news of a sixty-five year-old man signing on to play in a barbarian movie gets all of your pants a-tentin'... It's OVER, for God's sake. OVER. He and Stallone are desperately trying to hold onto something that they need to just let go. EXPENDABLES worked because, whether it was intended to be or not, it was a parody of the 80's-era action film (haven't seen the sequel yet so I can't say). So here's what's going to happen: IF the film gets made, the first images will begin to pop up here and you'll all say how horrible lit looks...then the trailer will debut and you'll all bitch and moan about one thing or another and add the word FACT! to the end of your posts...the movie will come out and you'll bitch about how it's going to be (inevitably) PG-13 and you just CAN'T Have a decent action movie if it isn't rated R but you'll all go see it anyway and bitch about how much it sucked until it comes out on DVD and you buy it the day it comes out.
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Oct. 26, 2012, 9:04 a.m. CST
Get Milius and the wachowskis back on board and we might have something. Or Cameron. Ya gotta remember that it takes an artist to get a
by UltraTron
performance out of Arnold. He needs to be directed almost frame by frame to ensure he doesn't suck shit. He can still pull off old Conan with the beard and armor so I'm in. Just needs steady hands behind the production. And no poledouris already sucks so hopefully they can rehash his themes and weave them into this.
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Oct. 26, 2012, 9:08 a.m. CST
Oh and..... Fuck fuck fuck a thousand times FUCK YEAH! Bring it you old bag o bones mutherfucker!
by UltraTron
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Destroyer and the reboot did not happen. Fuck yeeeeaaaaaahhhh!!!!!! CROOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!
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This is an interesting idea though not likely to come to fruition in my opinion. The original is one of Arnold's best movies. It played perfectly to his strengths i.e. limited dialogue, gratuitous display of physique, etc. The pattern thus far is clear: these things are doomed to fail. We've built the originals up so much in our minds that they ultimately prove to disappoint. We'll never be satisfied. Don't bother.
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Oct. 26, 2012, 9:27 a.m. CST
ANYONE, WHAT IS GREATEST IN LIFE? First answer gets my eternal respect. haha
by Dogmatic
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Huge Howard/Conan fan here. I have mixed feelings about this. I loved Milius film,but reading Howards original stories soured me on it a bit. Its a great sword and sorcery yarn but not a great Conan film. The biggest problem w/ the Mamoa version was the horrible script, I liked him in the role. Its too bad they killed a potential franchise w/ such a shitty film. I'd like to see Mamoa give it another shot with a creative team that doesn't suck.
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this. He isn't Nordic. He isn't a VIKING. He doesn't give a shit about Valhalla. and evidently the producers don't give a shit about the source material. Damn. You guys enjoy your geriatric Arnold. I'll be reading the real Conan instead as he was originally conceived, that is until Hollywood can finally get it's head out of it's ass and do Conan justice.
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Robert E. Howard's Conan IS Conan - Arnold is just wearing furry panties - deal with it.
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Oct. 26, 2012, 9:41 a.m. CST
They need to get the Mako impersonator from the Avatar cartoon (airbender) to do voice-over
by j
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according to... http://www.freewebs.com/irukafeihung/hyboriangods.htm Surprised me. I read most every story as a kid and dont really remember much other than he used to curse by a few of the gods and hated magic. I dont think the pantheon and details were fleshed out much in any of the tales.
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Have him wade into the thick of war and fade from the shot.
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Oct. 26, 2012, 9:53 a.m. CST
Arnie must use whatever clout he has to bring Milius on board
by CliffG368
Milius has made it clear in the past that he wants to do a proper Conan sequel. This much is made clear in the DVD commentary he did with Arnold, and the fact that he took the time to write his own treatment for a sequel years ago. If Arnold truly wants to make the film the best it could be, then he should DEMAND that Milius be involved somehow. Of course, I would like to see Milius back in the director's chair for this one, but if in the end it is something less involved, then that will have to do. Milius should at the very least be consulted about the overarching arc of the story to be told. And while we are at it, why not throw in at least a cameo by Gerry Lopez as Subotai?
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Ego over art seems to be Hollywood's attitude with this rehash trend lately. I would love to see some real old hands get a grip on this production. This has the potential to be Arnold's swan song and cap his career off with something awe-inspiring. ... Or the opposite. It's gonna be an exciting build up as production notes begin to trickle down to the public though.
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He might be able to get away with looking beefy and tough under a Terminator T-shirt, but with Conan, he's got to have his shirt off and physique on display.
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Seriously, he only died in a scene cut from the movie. Perhaps Conan could seek his help in preparing for the final battle/war. After all, he owes Conan for the return of his "wayward daughter". King Osric, even more old and sotted!
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Everyone wants a true sequel to that all-time classic Conan.
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Oct. 26, 2012, 10:52 a.m. CST
He needs to go to Valhalla at the end with Sandahl Bergman waiting for him.
by Dogmatic
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Too excited for words
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In the novelization by Robert Jordan Conan banging the blond chick was why everything went wrong with the ceremony at the end. It definitely took the story from Destroyer and made it more Conan-esque.
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Oct. 26, 2012, 11:39 a.m. CST
Isn't this like getting a lifevest tossed to you after you've already drowned?
by Darth Macchio
If this was 1998 or something, I'd be flipping out but Arnold is like what...a few years away from 70? There's only one angle to play here and that's the same angle they played with Max Von Sydow in 'Conan the Barbarian'. Arnold is now over 10 years older than Von Sydow was in Conan back in '82 (Sydow was 53 at the time and Arnie is currently 65) The old, warrior king on his throne. Hiring mercenary warriors to fight for him because he recognizes his age has deprived him the necessary strength to carry that steel to any effect any longer. But will we get this? Or some half-assed version of a semi-geriatric Arnold lugging around a sword? *Still* able to kick ass as an old barbarian? Really? as a king too? why? I love the idea of an Unforgiven-esque treatment of the character...altho the true Conan wouldn't likely be that overly reflective over the people and monsters he had killed over the years ("Enough talk!" and all that), many of which were far more vile and evil than anyone William Munny may have killed. While Arnold doesn't remotely resemble the literary Conan in physical form, much less characterization, I'd welcome Arnie back as Conan but they have to realize that cgi-mapping Arnie faces on a younger guy so he can still be a bastard-sword slinging barbarian stretches all credibility to thin to believe. This did this with Christopher Lee in the new star wars trilogy and it looked stupid to me (sorry). now, lee fightinig McKellan as Sarumon and Gandalf was excellent but they're wizards, depending on their guile and intelligence, not sword-fighters depending on their strength and agility. And these ain't handguns folks...Clint may be able to pull a little of that old gunslinger in his elder years and still be believable as William Munny in Unforgiven but a heavy ass bastard sword in the hands of an almost 70 year old "Barbarian"? i don't think so. but then, i would love nothing more than to be completely wrong about this. conan the barbarian is a lifelong favorite of mine (dragged me poor pops to the theater more than once back in the day to see it). but please, please, for the love of Crom himself...find the strength to resist the creatively bankrupt temptation to give Conan a son to continue to franchise (ala Indy, Beverly Hills Cop, Die Hard(?), etc) don't try to be clever and make it a twist by making it a daughter either. better he has no children and, thus, no one to inherent his throne (he didn't inherit his kingdom in the book anyway, he took it for himself, as a true Cimmerian would).
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Oct. 26, 2012, 11:42 a.m. CST
Having read Arnie's recent autobiography, I trust his judgment....
by Turd_Is_Floating_Underneath_The_Gravy
He expressed a lot of regrets about the PG-13 Conan the Destroyer (hell, he seemed to be wary about making any of his action movies anything but 'R'). Now that could all be sales talk, but I think he really knows what the fans want to see and will ensure it'll happen. And to hell with all the bashing fuckers here: Arnie's too old, he's too flabby, he's not Howard's Conan, derp derp derp.... First of all, Arnold is age-appropriate for this role, since it is Conan as an older ruler, so that isn't an issue at all. His tenure as Governor gives him a lot of real-life gravitas that will feed into the part. Secondly, he's not flabby. Anyone who has seen recent stills will know that he's starting to get in great shape and putting on a lot of muscle mass. By the time this rolls into production he will be fit and ready. And thirdly, some of these idiots thought Momoa was more accurate to Howard's Conan, which was complete crap. Conan is not a pretty boy Hawaiian surfer. So their judgment of what constitutes an 'accurate' portrayal of Conan is ignorant. Now, my concerns are not with Arnold, but with the director and the script. Why not use Millius' old script, since it is excellent? There's no need to write a new one. Maybe they can touch up a few things in Millius' draft, but that's all. As for director, if not Millius, they need a director with gravitas, like Ridley Scott or Peter Weir or Zhang Yimou. Not an MTV inspired hack. The new Conan needs to be a combination between LOTR, Gladiator, and Game of Thrones, that kind of tone and seriousness. It needs to be a hard R. It does NOT need to be a flashy piece of shit for teens like the failed reboot, inspired by 300 or Immortals or any of that junk. Crom wills it so!!
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Oct. 26, 2012, 12:02 p.m. CST
Robert E. Howard's Conan is SHIT compared to Milius/Schwarzenegger!!! FACT!!!
by Stegman84
Anyone who thinks that is a complete fucking moron with absolutely no taste whatsoever. Complete, unquestionable fact. I love the Milius film, but some statements are just so monumentally wrong that they must not be let stand unchallenged. That bullshit was one of them.
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I second what you said. Great points. They also need a brilliant film composer and not the hack that is coming out of recent films today. At this point, I can't list anyone off the top of my head that would give the new Conan film a distinct soundtrack. Nothing sticks out anymore in the Hollywood soundscape.
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Oct. 26, 2012, 12:26 p.m. CST
Neither Mamoa nor Schwarzenegger "look" like the literary Conan
by Darth Macchio
Sorry but I, like many others, have read the books and Conan was never the muscle bound swordsman portrayed in the movies. Howard (no need to go to Robert Jordan here - Howard invented the character and the world of Hyborea) described Conan, in more than one instance, as being powerful and sleek like a "panther", not massive and 'weight-lifter' like as portrayed in the films. So, think more like a modern runner (more muscular than lithe but not bulky) or track athlete as opposed to a bulky weight lifter. Conan was always more "Bruce Lee" than he was "Hulk Hogan"...at least until Hollywood came along and turned him into a giant muscleman. Don't take my word for it - read Robert Howard's original work for Conan.
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Those of us who appreciate his portrayal (excluding the admittedly awful film he happened to be in) have read Howard and know that Conan is tall, dark, has a low forehead and a deep "gravelly" voice, is fast and mobile instead of lumbering and musclebound, and a rather agnostic view towards Gods and the afterlife. Anyone claiming Mamoa wasn't a good fit for the role is clearly judging him against the comics or the previous films as opposed to the original literary works. With that said, Arnie is an amazing screen presence and it should be interesting to see him reprise the role (should this film actually ever get made).
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Oct. 26, 2012, 12:37 p.m. CST
Look, Schwarzenegger's Conan came out in 1982 and separated from the strict Howard characterization of Conan back then
by Bobo_Vision
So send your gripes to 1982.
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Seriously...I was completely unsold on him in Conan and Game of Thrones...completely unsold. Guy was a fashion model right? I mean holy shit, right? Now he's an actor? Why? Weightlifting? But then I saw that season 2 episode with Mamoa and I completely changed my tune. As Khal Drogo, and after a failed assassination attempt on his wife (the crazy beautiful and superb Emilia Clark as Daenerys Targaryan 'Khalishi'), he goes on this verbal rant, stalking around a fire and slowly building his words for revenge. Words in a completely made up foreign language, mind you. And he's all but roaring at the end at how he will take the throne...I was freaking out...guy was so good and so perfect as Drogo that it gave me chills. He wasn't some fashion model with eyeliner...he was Khal Drogo swearing revenge at those who would kill his wife and turn down his people - it was a perfect scene and a perfect casting. it was a brilliant performance and i was thrilled to be proven so utterly wrong in my initial convictions. Mamoa may not have the proper look for Conan but, to me, he more than has the skill to portray any character remotely like Conan, including Conan himself of course...no question at all on that.
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Oct. 26, 2012, 12:58 p.m. CST
"He knows he’ll be going to Valhalla, and wants to go out with a good battle.".....FUCK YEAH!
by The_guy_in_the_rated_R_movie
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I love the '82 film. Hell I even love "Destroyer". All I'm saying is Mamoa came a lot closer to the characters original literary roots, both physically and characteristically, and that his portrayal is usually given a lot more credit by those of us who have actually read Howard.
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I like Howard's stories, but have not read many of them. I own a few anthologies but haven't had time to finish them. The original Conan is my favorite movie of all time. If they incorporate more elements from the books, that'd be cool, but really, I hope they make a film that meshes with the world Oliver Stone and John Milius created back in 1982. That would make me really happy.
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is distinctly unique, and if 2011 Conan was the best they can do with the literary version, than maybe the monosyllabic, viking oaf of the eighties films is the best way to go. 'Got love for that Conan too---and frankly, would never have been introduced to the character without him!
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Oct. 26, 2012, 1:51 p.m. CST
lames ass news. senior citizens playing macho barbarian kings is a shit stain of an idea
by james
This will suck so very much and I await the "X raped my childhood" rage to follow this inevitable pile of shit.
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I've only read a couple of the books, a handful of the comics, and seen the three movies. CONAN THE BARBARIAN ('82) was awesome. CONAN THE DESTROYER was terrible. Even when I was a kid, I knew it was terrible. But the recent CONAN was enjoyable. Momoa was great in the role. More what I pictured Conan as looking and acting like. Why all the hate? What was so wrong with it?
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you are spot on about Momoa in GOT. That scene you mentioned gave me chills...I think I stood up and yelled "FUCK YEAH" (may have had a few drinks). It was then I thought Momoa was a legit actor.
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I agree with everything you say... Barbarian was a classic, Destroyer was total and utter fucking shit, reboot was pretty good I thought. I can't understand why it was torn apart. The only reason why the reboot bombed was because Schwartzenegger wasn't in it. ... Just because he's in a new sequel doesn't guarantee that it will be good. This could go either way. I think Damon Lindhoff should script it. JOKE!!! How about some new fucking ideas?
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If done correctly, Conan could be a franchise on the scale of James Bond. There are that many good stories about him, written by Howard and Jordan both. It would be refreshing to see Conan THINK himself out of a jam. Tragically, that won't happen.
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Howards stories are full of Conan performing extraordinary feats of strength. They would require the man to be of extreme strength and size. I had no problem with Mamoas build as a younger Conan fresh from the hills of Cimmeria. But "Bruce Lee type". Hell no. Howard is pretty clear about Conans freakishly large size even when standing amoung other powerful warriors.
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The one and only true Conan..... This movie will be a fucking epic masterpiece if done right.....It needs to handle with love and care like the LOR trilogys were. FUCK YEAH!!!! A THOUSAND FUCK YEAH's!!!!!!!
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Oct. 26, 2012, 9:37 p.m. CST
darth machio, it's a battle you won't win, people want the muscle-bound Conan
by chien_sale
It's an image ingrained into people's head. He has to be the badass of badasses, big mother fucker that slice people with an axe. Forget ever having ever mentioned that panther thing and go back to bed.
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Oct. 27, 2012, 11:04 a.m. CST
2011 Conan was unwatchable I turned off the blu ray after 30 minutes
by Autodidact
Hey we got Rose McGowan in our movie lets give her makeup that makes her hard to look at. And tell our lead actor he needs to constantly mean-mug because that's what really tough guys do.
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Oct. 27, 2012, 9:12 p.m. CST
I will say this, it's better him playing Conan again than the Terminator.
by Charlie
All the talk of him still being in another terminator movie... oh god no. At this stage he'd have to be the character it's based on or something. Or a terminator made to look old. Or something else which makes no total fucking sense. What I think kills film franchises is the inability to move on.
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Oct. 29, 2012, 1:05 p.m. CST
i havent read any of the original howard, but i like savage sword and shit
by Stephen
Conan never really got correctly adapted IMO. Schwarzenegger films never got the attitude of the character right. Momoa film was good but too originy and the ending was weak. kurt busiek did good, but that was comics where they can afford to do things like be good. planning on read the howard originals soon. Bought a collection and everything.
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