If he had lived

[Vince W]

I don't think he could have done a multi-book epic fantasy. Not the way they do them now at least. I could see an 80s style trilogy with each book coming in under 300 pages, but a WoT type saga would have irritated Howard, I think.

 

[KGeo777]

I can't see him being hired to work on the 1982 Conan. If he had not mellowed, he would be saying "that's not Conan."

He would have been more at home in Italy with their peplums and 80s sword and sorcery films.
Yor is closer to Conan than the 1982 movie is.
Hundra would have been a film he liked, I suspect.

The restriction on male heroic characters would have drove him nuts, I'm sure.
He would have liked some of the 60s spy movies like the ones starring Ken Clark.
Special Mission, Lady Chaplin. I think he would have liked that one.

 

[BAYLOR]

I can't see him being hired to work on the 1982 Conan. If he had not mellowed, he would be saying "that's not Conan."

He would have been more at home in Italy with their peplums and 80s sword and sorcery films.
Yor is closer to Conan than the 1982 movie is.
Hundra would have been a film he liked, I suspect.

The restriction on male heroic characters would have drove him nuts, I'm sure.
He would have liked some of the 60s spy movies like the ones starring Ken Clark.
Special Mission, Lady Chaplin. I think he would have liked that one.

Howard probably could have tolerated John Milious but , he have would absolutely hated Oliver Stone . I think he would have liked Arnold in the role of Conan but , likely would have objected to the using Thulsa Doom as the main villain and would have preferred Thoth Amon to be the main bad guy. I think he would liked James Earl Jones in that role Amon . As for Valeria , he would liked Sandahl Bergman, but wouldn't have approved the use of the character Valeria a Conan film unless the film was adaptation of Red Nails. He would liked the all the henchmen and would liked Subotigh as Conan sidekick and Mako as his chronicler. If Howard was making the decisions, the 1982 film in number aspects.

 

[BAYLOR]

I don't think he could have done a multi-book epic fantasy. Not the way they do them now at least. I could see an 80s style trilogy with each book coming in under 300 pages, but a WoT type saga would have irritated Howard, I think.

One gets the sense that he would disliked GOT and Wheel of Time type sages because the story would be bogged down by too many things . Howard liked to keep thing simple.

Though I think he would liked The Hobbit snd LOTR . I think Tolkien and his worlds building and literary quality of his work would fascinated Howard but not enough to emulate it.

 

[BAYLOR]

He would have liked Jack Vance , Gene Wolfe , Tanith Lee , Karl Edward Wager and he would enjoyed Micheal Moorcocks Eternal Champion books.

 

[Vince W]

I'm not sure a Texican like Howard would have gotten on all that well with Moorcock's English drug using princely sorcerer.

 

[KGeo777]

I suspect he would not have been into the "riddle of steel" philosophy stuff at all. Because I don't get the impression that he was so obsessed with weapon technology. Despite Howard's relationship with guns, Conan was not defined by his sword in the stories. His substance defines him. He adapts to whatever he has access to. Doesn't he beat someone with a beef bone in one story?
I think he would have considered Mako's character too involved in Conan's life. Conan was more independent. When he encountered sorcerers, he was suspicious or kept them on watch. Why is that character there?
Because Stone and Milius could not accept or understand the idea of the lone warrior wanderer. It was alien to their thinking.

That's why I think he would have liked the peplums because they often had the lone warrior problem-solver plot.

He would not have liked John McTiernan's movie philosophy as shown in Predator and Die Hard. McTiernan has said he hates the idea of a warrior character--that's why Predator ends with Arnie defeated and miserable. There's a message there.


Now if Andrew V McLaglen had made Conan, I think Howard would have had more in common with him and his depiction of warrior characters.

 

[Randy M.]

Now if Andrew V McLaglen had made Conan, I think Howard would have had more in common with him and his depiction of warrior characters.

But ...with McLaglen ... he'd a had a ... strange way a talkin' ... pilgrim.

 

[BAYLOR]

I'm not sure a Texican like Howard would have gotten on all that well with Moorcock's English drug using princely sorcerer.

Then he wouldn't have liked the1973 Comic in which Conan meets Elric.

But I do think he would liked the brooding Erekose, or Corium and Dorian Hawkmoon I think storewide he would found things to admire Moorcocks hero Multiverse.

 

[BAYLOR]

I suspect he would not have been into the "riddle of steel" philosophy stuff at all. Because I don't get the impression that he was so obsessed with weapon technology. Despite Howard's relationship with guns, Conan was not defined by his sword in the stories. His substance defines him. He adapts to whatever he has access to. Doesn't he beat someone with a beef bone in one story?
I think he would have considered Mako's character too involved in Conan's life. Conan was more independent. When he encountered sorcerers, he was suspicious or kept them on watch. Why is that character there?
Because Stone and Milius could not accept or understand the idea of the lone warrior wanderer. It was alien to their thinking.

That's why I think he would have liked the peplums because they often had the lone warrior problem-solver plot.

He would not have liked John McTiernan's movie philosophy as shown in Predator and Die Hard. McTiernan has said he hates the idea of a warrior character--that's why Predator ends with Arnie defeated and miserable. There's a message there.


Now if Andrew V McLaglen had made Conan, I think Howard would have had more in common with him and his depiction of warrior characters.

He would disliked the the Toth Amon in Conan The Destroyer, that much is certain.