This is the new Conan of Cimmeria. Someone's gonna bleed...
Hmmm…
I’ve heard a lot of bitching about what the makers of the new CONAN movie are doing wrong, but based on some photos from the set it looks they are doing some things very right. The costuming, the casting, the sets…they all look fantastic. Here’s a pic of the new Conan (as played by actor Jason Momoa)…you couldn’t ask for someone closer to Barry Windsor Smith’s “young Conan” from the 70s Marvel Comics…which of course were based on Howard’s original tales.
I’ve also heard this movie will be Rated R. That bodes well for this being more along the lines of the original John Milius CONAN THE BARBARIAN movie, rather than its incredibly lame sequel.
You can’t judge a film by set photos…but you can get a rough idea of what it will look like. And this new Conan looks very cool to me. Let’s just hope the script is good, the directing is solid, and the special effects aren’t overdone.
Peace,
John
I’ll be in line opening day to see it. Not ecstatic but hopeful.
I’m not anticipating much. THE EXPENDABLES looked great for a moment, then turned out to be plotless and pointless. The SOLOMON KANE film wasn’t bad… it’s just that the character was nothing like Howard’s SOLOMON KANE. And KULL THE CONQUEROR was a train wreck on a scale worse than CONAN THE DESTROYER.
Given the track record, I’d only trust a film based on a Howard franchise in the hands of John Milius and Oliver Stone. They originally had great plans for a trilogy of films, but De Laurentiis & Co. screwed things up when Milius was unavailable to guide the sequel.
I’ll go and see this new CONAN flick. But I don’t expect much.
I think hopeful is the right word and I too will be there in the theatre when it comes out. I was pleasantly surprised by the Solomon Kane movie. Although it was not perfect it was a step in the right direction and have a feeling this movie will be the same.