Thoughts on the 1982 Conan Film and all things Conan and Conan Related.

Vince W said:
Actually, as novelisations and L. Sprague De Camp in general go, Conan the Barbarian is one of the best I've read.
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Ive not read the novelization of the film . But have read L Sprague De Camps other Conan Stories and , in generally , they were pretty good. Ive also read some of his tother books stories , he is a very good writer and so is Lin Carter.
 
In contrast to all the praise everyone is heaping on the film, my wife is not a fan and she nearly ruined the whole film for me. During Thulsa Doom's monologue urging his followers to take the flame in the eye of Set and burn their way to paradise, my wife piped up with, "He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"

I was both upset and highly amused, all at once.
 
CTRandall said:
In contrast to all the praise everyone is heaping on the film, my wife is not a fan and she nearly ruined the whole film for me. During Thulsa Doom's monologue urging his followers to take the flame in the eye of Set and burn their way to paradise, my wife piped up with, "He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"

I was both upset and highly amused, all at once.
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Then there the scene in where Thulsa Doom demonstrated to Conan that there are things stronger than steel.
 
I came across the sound track before seeing the movie and loved it (only ten years ago-ish), and because of that rented the movie then ended up buying it. I also particularly like there is almost zero dialogue for so long and the musical score carries us through the story.

At the time I didn't know the character had come from a series, and I've still never seen or read anything else apart from the movie sequel which for me wasn't as powerful as the first. Not seen the latest movie yet, maybe as I'm worried I'll end up disappointed.
 
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StevenF said:
I came across the sound track before seeing the movie and loved it (only ten years ago-ish), and because of that rented the movie then ended up buying it. I also particularly like there is almost zero dialogue for so long and the musical score carries us through the story.

At the time I didn't know the character had come from a series, and I've still never seen or read anything else apart from the movie sequel which for me wasn't as powerful as the first. Not seen the latest movie yet, maybe as I'm worried I'll end up disappointed.
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The 2011 film is not very good though I did like Jason Momoa as Conan.

In all Robert E Howard wrote 21 Conan stories one of which a full length Novel , Conan the Hour of the Dragon, which is considered one the best fantasy novels ever written. Chronologically Howard write the Conan stories out of order. The first Conan story The Phoenix and the Sword , had Conan when he was already King of Aquilonia . Interestingly, The Phoenix and the Sword didn't start out as a Conan Tale . Originally , it was King Kull story . Kull was an Atlantean barbarian lived 100,000 years before Conan . The Kull series was not successful and Howard only wrote a handful of these stories. which is unfortunate because, the Kull Stories are very good among of his best work. My favorite Kull story which is also a Bran Man Morn story is Kings of the Night In this story , the Pictish Barbarian Chief Bran Man Morn with the help of enigmatic sorcerer named Gonar(who may be many thousands of years old ) summons King Kull from out of the past to help Bran defeat the Romans who, are invading his land. It's a pretty good story and in it, you have three of Howard heroes together , King Kull , Bran Man Morn and Cormac art. I also recommend his Solomon Kane stories . I recommend all of Howards stories. :cool: And if you can find it, I recommend Bran man Morn Legion From the Shadows by Karl Edward Wagner , I'ts pastiche but in its own right is a terrific fantasy novel. Also by Karl Edward Wagner Conan the Road of Kings is also quite good. And Conan The Liberator by Poul Anderson which is a prequel to Howard's story Queen of the Black Coast.:cool:
 
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CTRandall said:
First fantasy movie ever? Have you never seen the Sinbad films? There are at least two of them and they're always on TV. The stop-action effects may be dated but, even so, they're great films.
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1. The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
2. The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
3. Sinbad the Eyes of the Tiger

All great films and ive rewatched them many times over the year , I have them on dvd. :cool:(y)
 
Conan's greatest enemy was the wizard Thoth Amon of Stygia . In the ace 12 volume Ace books L Spargue De Camp and Lin Carter gave him a far bigger role then Howards original stories. If they ever do another film, He need's to be the main villain.
 
Vince W said:
Thoth Amon was a wonderful villain. It's a shame they went with Thulsa Doom in CtB. Jones could have played Thoth very well.
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I have no doubt that John Millius and Oliver Stone had some familiarity with Howards stories and characters. They likely knew that Thoth Amon was Conan's main villain , but chose Thulsa doom because they liked his name better. It could be as simple as that. And I agree James Earl Jones could have easily played Thoth Amon.

Another actor that would have also been good choice to play Thoth Amon is Amrish Lal Puri . He played Mola Ram in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. He's was a great actor and he would have been perfect for the role of Thoth Amon ! :cool:
 
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