tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742120057018942091.post5978136774986353279..comments2024-01-26T23:26:03.116-08:00Comments on CROM!: The Legend of Conan, How Excited should we be?N. Scott Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12679534084615371584noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742120057018942091.post-76630936609280332842012-12-01T14:44:10.530-08:002012-12-01T14:44:10.530-08:00Nothing wrong with ending the Arnie cycle with a K...Nothing wrong with ending the Arnie cycle with a King conan movie, , even if it's about Milius' "Clonan".<br />I hope it will wash away all memories from the so-called reboot junk.<br /><br />It's weird that the officials said that Legend would "ignore" the Destroyer movie. Destroyer stands on it's own or could perfectly follow the first movie, it's story doesn't affect Milius' Conan in any manner<br />The only case where I see the obligation to ignore the DEstroyer would be that in 2014, Legend of Conan sees the cimmerian fight a cetain Toth-Amon.<br />Anyways, who gives a damn, the names are already all mixed up, Belit and Valeria form the original stories are blended together and remodeled into one blond thief with the name "Valeria" , Conan who was never enslaved becomes a child slave who finally gained freedom around his 20s, Thulsa Doom the skull headed villain from the Kull stories becomes a fat black sorcerer seeking the secret of steel in the Hyborian age and with Fleischer, Toth-amon becomes an old one-eyed wizard dwelleing in a crystal castle guarding some sort of...crystal artifact, his only power being to transmute into a monstruous ape and voilà.<br />So naming the new villain Toth Amon whether it sticks to the original stories or not may be all that' this is about, since in conan fans' minds Toth Amon is the ultimate foe of the cimmerian king.<br /><br />Why else would the studios give this message about ignoring Destroyer? Because it was a flop?<br /><br />(flop or not, it was more fun than the 2011 remake, that's for sure)Yo ho ho and a bottle of zingaran fine winenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742120057018942091.post-81347705315281504352012-11-24T21:30:30.520-08:002012-11-24T21:30:30.520-08:00Savage Sword was also my introduction to Conan (a ...Savage Sword was also my introduction to Conan (a few years before CTB was released) and seeing CTB as a teen was an utter delight – swords, blood, boobies, kick-ass soundtrack, it was a teenage boy’s fantasy. Gotta say I’m pretty stoked to see a sequel, and Arnie will undoubtedly be center stage…maybe less in the action department (although I’m sure he can get ripped in short order and can participate in a fair share of it) and more as a leader of men.<br /> <br />We’ve certainly seen his acting chops improve immensely over the last decade during his run in the long running sitcom, “The Governator”. :)<br /><br />And son or no son, there is no reason why there can’t be a lot of bloodshed and mayhem, be it from his troops, concubines, enemies (given the path of destruction he left in CTB, I’m sure there’s a lot of Thulsa Doom’s allies and family wanting Conan’s head), supposed friends, usurpers, etc.<br /><br />Fingers crossed for something stellar!<br />Cromsbloodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04613381965390653549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742120057018942091.post-38199901506869816352012-11-24T19:37:45.466-08:002012-11-24T19:37:45.466-08:00Any new news and updates are indeed a welcome even...Any new news and updates are indeed a welcome event. Thank you...too bad we have yet to see any new images of Arnie as ConanMike D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11814827714980192042noreply@blogger.com