"Conan The Barbarian" (1982) Talkback (Spoilers)

[Lord Dalek]

Out of an age undreamed of comes the most extraordinary adventurer of all time!




"Fire and wind come from the sky, from the gods of the sky. But Crom is your god, Crom and he lives in the earth. Once, giants lived in the Earth, Conan. And in the darkness of chaos, they fooled Crom, and they took from him the enigma of steel. Crom was angered. And the Earth shook. Fire and wind struck down these giants, and they threw their bodies into the waters, but in their rage, the gods forgot the secret of steel and left it on the battlefield. We who found it are just men. Not gods. Not giants. Just men. The secret of steel has always carried with it a mystery. You must learn its riddle, Conan. You must learn its discipline. For no one - no one in this world can you trust. Not men, not women, not beasts. This (points to sword) this you can trust."

Release Date: 5/28/82
Studio: Universal/Dino De Laurentiis
Director: John Milius
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1 (Todd AO-35)
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones, Sandahl Bergman, Ben Davidson, Gerry Lopez, Mako, Max Von Sydow

Plot Summary: When his mother and father are killed in a raid by the evil sorcerer Thulsa Doom, Conan is sent to a slave camp. As the years pass, he develops into a powerfully-built man, still determined to get revenge for his parents' death and solve the riddle of steel. He learns that Thulsa Doom is the head of a mysterious snake cult and in his attempts to get closer to the evil sorceror Conan makes some powerful friends and many deadly enemies.

COMMENTS?

LD Talkback #95.

Another repost.

[Avaitor]

Far from perfect, but still the closest thing to a good Conan movie we're going to get. Another 80's gem.

[Kiddington]

With a certain eye-poppingly bad reboot already in theaters (for which I am bound to see, at some point... and bound to hate), I'd say it's high time for me to buy the DVD of a real Conan flick.

Not the greatest film in the world... but in comparison to the one we're getting right now, it's practically a work of art. Good movie, I say.

[Lord Dalek]

One of these days I need to make a video comparison of the endings of Conan and Apocalypse Now since Milius virtually xeroxed himself for that.

[Lord Dalek]

I'm scared.

[Avaitor]

Huh.

You'd think that it would be too soon to do another Conan reboot, after the recent one bombed so hard. I'd also say that Arnold is too old to play the hero again, but by Crom, there are plenty of fine stories starring an older Conan, so it could possibly work.

Or it could totally blow, like Destroyer and the remake. We'll just have to wait and see.