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

[BAYLOR]

This is a paraphrase of lines attributed to Ghengis Khan. Depending on the translation you choose, the Conan version is spicd up a little.

I liked Arnold's version.

 

[paranoid marvin]

I liked Arnold's version.

His delivery of the line is perfect too. No excitement , no emotion in fact; just a deadpan matter-of-fact statement.

 

[Vince W]

He said it by rote, much like a slave would just to please his owner. Of course, we all know Conan was never a slave.

 

[Narkalui]

Of course, we all know Conan was never a slave.

Exactly, he was just waiting...

 

[BAYLOR]

Exactly, he was just waiting...

He did fight as a Gladiator .

 

[Vince W]

That's the thing. Gladiators were not necessarily slaves. Many fought because it was a good living. I'm sure Conan was a gladiator in The Savage Sword of Conan but he was never a slave.

 

[Dave Vicks]

CONAN 3 was ok. I picked up the SF film MAGGIE with Ahrnold, it's an indie.

 

[BAYLOR]

There were two animated Cona tv series , both pretty wretched. There was live action series and it too was pretty dire, ;hasted one season. The people doing that series didn't know what to do with Conan and the the writing was pretty dire. I think that live action series might have fared far better had it been produced by the same people that did Hercules and Xena.

 

[Dave Vicks]

Most of the Howard ,Conan stories Conan was alone. Leiber used two characters for his Sword and Sorcery story's.

 

[Dave Vicks]

I would like to read Howard's boxing Story's someday.

 

[BAYLOR]

Most of the Howard ,Conan stories Conan was alone. Leiber used two characters for his Sword and Sorcery story's.

Ive read Fafherd and the Great Mouser by Leiber Top notch stuff.Howard is one of the two writers that got me interested in reading.


Karl Edward Wagner as a writer is about the closet thing to Howard that ive found. Wagner wrote a very good Conan pastiche. Conan the Road of Kings and even better Bran Mak More Pastiche. Bran Mak Morn Legion From the Shadows which in own right, is a pretty good fantasy novel.

 

[Dave Vicks]

Conan 3 ,Conan is alone in the film.Its ok.

 

[Dave Vicks]

Bread over head .is a good humorous story by
Fritz Leiber.

 

[BAYLOR]

Bread over head .is a good humorous story by
Fritz Leiber.

I would love to see Fafherd and the Grey Mouser on the big or small screen.

 

[Vince W]

I would love to see Fafherd and the Grey Mouser on the big or small screen.

They deserve a big-screen treatment surely. Any other medium wouldn't do them justice.

 

[BAYLOR]

They deserve a big-screen treatment surely. Any other medium wouldn't do them justice.

I would like to see Sam Rami and Robert Tappert do the feature film.

 

[Vince W]

It's difficult. Fafherd and the Grey Mouser need the same sort of treatment that Jackson gave Lord of the Ring. I can't think of anyone that would do this today.

 

[BAYLOR]

It's difficult. Fafherd and the Grey Mouser need the same sort of treatment that Jackson gave Lord of the Ring. I can't think of anyone that would do this today.

What about Guillermo Del Toro ?

 

[Vince W]

What about Guillermo Del Toro ?

Meh.

 

[BAYLOR]

Meh.

I liked his Hellboy films and Pan's Labyrinth. Well, Im thinking that maybe he might be the right choice .