Oh, and in before rumours of Will Smith playing Conan surface and the defenders of that move, too.

SubJones, that was some funny shit.

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFuuuuuuuuuck me.

waited 20 years for another conan movie. hoped for a real REH movie. and they've already fucked up the movie before its been cast.

^$#^$&^%*^&&(*&(^(*&%!

And considering he had to pick up X-Men 3 only weeks before filming-he didn't do to bad of job. In fact, he outgrossed Singers Superman Returns.

If he's given enough time, I think he will do a good job on Conan. Nothing can be worse than Conan the Destroyer

As for the other Ratner haters around here:

BAAAAAAAHHHHHH. Go eat some grass.

Lukecash and Playkins: I owned your asses about 5 posts before you fucking retards showed up. gtfo.

So by your rationale, if I predict that you'll come back with "Ratner sucks, bullshitbullshitbullshit", you GAWT PWNED!!!!!

Fucking moron. Suck my cock.

Conan: *Cuts Carters head off*

One word: Titanic. Douche.

Also "NU" Image, tell me something, was it too expensive to write the NEW? or are you trying to capture the Zeitgeist of the texting generation, you know, the retards.

There seriously isn't a bigger hack in hollywood. Even Bay accidentally had a pretty good flick one upon a time.

He would still be a bad choice I think.

However, this thing will sink or swim on the story they choose to tell and the casting of Conan. Failing that they will need a truly great director to elevate proceedings.

Make a move no one saw coming...like PJ with LOTR.

Titanic is shit. It being the biggest moneymaker of all time does not prove any kind of quality. It probably won some oscars, too. Who fucking cares.

Though yes, lol, I agree, Peterson yelling out loud was funny as hell, my ex-gf(oops, i mean bf) and I watched that scene like 5 times in a row and were laughing out asses off.

Saw the film once when I was a kid and thought it was boring THEN, now I'd rather watch Junior. Well, not really but I wanted to make a point...and that point is YAAAAAAWWWWWWWWNNNNNN!

First Rush Hour was mildly entertaining, 2 was shit and never saw 3 on principle due to Tucker managing to nab $20 million. Enjoyed Red Dragon, and while I have a man crush on Brian Cox, Hopkins is Lecter, plain and simple.

Xmen 3? meh! Did the best he could under the circumstances, studio ruined that shit. Ratner's shit quota far exceeds his minor successes though, so expect this to be crap.

Oh, and cast Dwayne Johnson in the title role...kay?

I want some of what you're smoking my friend, 2 1/2 hours of mawkish, cloying bullshit about a pair of fuckers no-one cares about, fucking cinematic gold right there. It's top of the list because millions of hormonal and pre-pubescent women and girls saw the thing a bout eleventy billion times each for a glimps of that little ladyboy DiCaprio...no other reason.

Be honest, you're just a drunk fratboy, aren't you?

Of course he's better than Bay. But that's like saying regular explosive diarrhea is better than dysentery.

Anyway you slice it, Ratner is shit.

And WWZ.

Instead we'll get John Cho.

I hope he proves you all wrong...that he takes the time and effort to make a kick ass Conan movie.

I think an Arnold commentary on the DVD would save it, though.
"Heeauuw. You see, hees eyes, they get all beeg because they are doeeng eet."

Proof?

Hollywoo d hasn't hired Ratner for X-Men 4.

Proof #2: Hank Moody insulted Ratner's existence with cultural relevance, and Hank Moody is a fictional character. Even the characters of Hollywood think and know that Ratner is a bad choice.

And I can't believe that there are some fools up there that think Red Dragon is better than Manhunter because Manhunter is dated.

Are you 12?

Verhoeven woud be great though, but I still say Twohy.

David Twohy is by far the best choice at the moment if we're to judge by looking at genre output over the past few years. Say what you want about Chronicles of Riddick, but it's great-looking and Twohy's a terrific action director. He has a perfect eye for Hyborian opulence and good sense when it comes to staging and shooting hand-to-hand combat.

Seriously, you guys downplaying this Ratner news by saying "he's just been interviewed, along with others", you're part of the problem. If you can't see something inherently wrong with NuImage's attitude towards the project when they even CONSIDER talking to a hack like Ratner, then you're part of the problem.

Oh, and leobloom is a cunt.

The way you guys have your bitch meters on high alert here, you would have thought they announced Rob Zombie, Uwe Boll, and Paul WS Anderson as co-directors.

Give the guy a break. He may surprise us. The bigger question is who is writing this movie. And who is starring as Conan. And if its will stay the fuck away from the foolish looking Red Sonja movie in development.

BRETT RATNER'S THE HOBBIT

Any reaction?

And as for taking my words too literally, yes the look of a film accounts for a lot. I believe that. X2 cost 135 million dollars and it looked dull and fuck visually.

P.S. Is he suggesting that X-men 3 looked better than X2? That would be silly, wouldn't it?

Hackery thrives on "no big deal".

Seriously, this thread is only 2 Hours old and has already passed 210 posts.

Also, as I was watching that movie I thought that Carl Urban would make a good Elric if he dropped a lot of weight and had long white hair. Twohy could direct, too. Just a thought. Urban just has mean eyes.

And while I have your attention. Do Dutch seriously fuck that much? Like multiple partners, multiple times a day, every day of the year (holidays included/ do you have holidays? Fuck holidays maybe...) ?

Its very easy to make a successful Conan film. The list of necessary elements are pretty similar to my list for Lethal Weapon 5 -- its gotta have a shitload of violence, a shitload of tits, Joe Pesci yucking it the fuck up non-stop with one-liner after one-liner, Danny Glover slobbering the fuck all over himself, full frontal, a torture scene, and at least six beheadings. Fuck visual flair. You can lock the fucking camera down the entire movie for all I care. Bring the goods-- you put asses in the fucking seats!!

Fuck Guillermo Del Toro.....Paul Verhoeven SHOW US SOME TITS!!

When shining kingdoms lay spread across the world like blue mantles beneath the stars..."

Seriously, the guy could write. Say what you will about the "pulpiness" of it all, but his stories were like dreams.

I'm serious though. Not hardcore fuck scenes...I know that ain't happening. I'm talking love between a beast and a woman?

PURE AND SIMPLE.

Everyone--the public, the studio execs, maybe even him--know that he is the quintessential studio hack. And he doesn't give a shit. He knows the only reason he has a career is because he helped Russell Simmons get chicks back in his NYU days.

If you don't want him attached to a dozen different projects, THEN DON'T WATCH HIS MOVIES. As soon as he has a couple (more) bombs like Rush Hour III his star will, thankfully, fade.

Then hire a decent director. Fuck, ANYBODY'd do a better job than Ratner, but Peter Berg springs to mind. I'm not a fan of Eli Roth but HE'D be better than Ratner for this. John McTiernan. Fuckin' GUY MADDIN would make a better Conan than fucking Ratner.

Then hire a production designer and have them actually look at the old Frazetta paintings. Better yet, hire Frazetta.

Make sure everyone involves reads the old Howard stories.

This ain't rocket science. THERE IS A LOT OF MONEY TO BE MADE IF THEY DO THIS RIGHT. But I'm gonna have to quote Gungan Slayer here: "We need a real fucking Conan movie, not some half ass shitty piece of shit."

McTeigue, Rodriguez, and I think, especially Fresnadillo are ALL WAY BETTER and far more inspired choices than Ratner, and those choices in particular show that Nu Image may very well be using their heads in this.

They need someone who can direct big, involving action scenes that actually hurt to watch. Being able to tell a story would be a good bonus. All these other directors fit the bill there.

My money is on Fresnadillo -- and Javier Bardem.

And I'm all for Twohy or Verhoeven doing it.

But, in essence, I agree. FAMILY MAN was waaaaaaay better back when it was MR DESTINY and starred James Belushi, Linda Hamilton (back when she was hot!) and Michael Caine as Michael Caine.

Let's drop Gibson into the middle of a fantasy film where he doesn't have to make racist movies about Jews and Mayans.

Brett Ratner is the studio whore. He has not a single trace of artistic merit and exists only to be the studio's puppet. He shows up, collects his paycheck and would never dream of doing anything remotely challenging that might anger his bosses. He is a cunt, plain and simple.

I'd rather have McG, McRib or whatever the fuck that pathetic tweaker is calling himself this week than THAT.

CGI could not have been utilised better in that movie - STARSHIP TROOPERS is the textbook example of a movie's narrative leading the SFX instead of the other way around (known colloquially as "the Lucas gambit"), and is yet another reason why Verhoeven should do the next CONAN movie. Because he's fucking AWESOME, that's why!

And Doomsday was lots better than LXG.