wtf are you talking about?

Khal Drago

It's hard to get into Jason Momoa when you know he is from Stargate.

Is that who he is... he's got zero personality on that show.

Is it wrong to be attracted to Rose McGowan when she's all witchlike?

I don't think you guys ever actually saw an Asylum movie. While this still doesn't look great, it looks far from Asylum-bad.

I've seen an Asylum flick but I've know what they are and have seen some trailers. This doesn't look like an Asylum flick. The trailer isn't exactly hot..seems very average almost. Interesting things going on but not engaging for me to be enticed.

Fixed.

It doesn't look that bad. It doesn't look great either. Anyone know what the rating is?

R allegedly, from Conanmovieblog

Well, since Arnold is a little old to be doing Conan these days, they had to pick someone. I think they could've done alot worse than Jason Momoa for the part. He does the "I'm mad (and crazy) as hell and I'm not gonna take it anymore" look pretty well, so I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. I liked him as Ronon Dex in SGA, he was a pretty imposing figure in that series, I'll wait and see how he does as Conan The Barbarian.

I'm assuming the general public won't be quite as critical as the critics in this thread are, so maybe the movie will get its chance in the theaters. -kd5-

It doesn't look Asylum bad. It jusy looks like a SyFy Original with a better budget. There's more good there (a few shots here and there) than I expected but the scales still tip towards shit (whenever anyone speaks).

I thought it looked relatively decent. Nothing earth-shattering, but fun enough in a DVD rental sorta way.

Curious if you all have read the RAH stories or are only familiar with the character through the ONE Schwartzenegger movie (there was never a Conan The Destroyer... don't kid yourself).

I can sort of see myself watching it as a lazy weekend rental.

Never read any of REH, but was pretty much into the Roy Thomas version from Savage Sword of Conan.

Hahahahaha... is Nispel serious? This looks like a fucking joke. Momoa has all the personality and screen charisma of Channing Tatum's taint.

so.....I'm assuming you've had the pleasure of seeing that...taint? You always rang me as a queer fella, son.

Only way to save this movie is to have Arnold decapitate the main character at the end for impersonating the real Conan...

Oh man, this doesnt look good... Rose McGowan was about the only thing tolerable in the trailer imo.

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Conan the Barbarian (1982) - trailer by mamouang

The REAL Conan trailer

I read all the Frazetta cover books back in the 70s when they came out. I saw a picture of Conan standing on a cliff looking down at a bunch of guys coming up a trail in a mag and thought it looked cool. Did some research and found out that the Lancer books were out and started buying them. I used to go to a comic book store once a month just to see if the latest was out yet. I have since read all the REH originals as well as new stories by Robert Jordan and some others. I also used to buy the Conan and Savage Sword comics. My image of Conan is a mix of the REHs descriptions and Frazetta's art. The guy in this movie is not massive enough and Conan was no berserker, he was a smart fighter. I'll go see the movie but I have low expectations.

This from the guy who talks about titty fucking Christ in every thread... ?

One of the important things about Conan as he's portrayed in the books that's just so hard to do in a movie is the way he's so much like a wild animal, all razor-sharp instincts, nerves of steel, and utter fearlessness. He has to move like a panther to match that portrayal. Schwarzenegger didn't have that quality in the movies he did. It's simply not the kind of strength he had. If they could have found someone with the right size and the kinds of movements that Bruce Lee was capable of, that might have worked. The only actor I thought would have worked, had the first film been made ten or so years earlier, was William Smith, who played Conan's father in the film. He had close to the right size and generally the right kinds of movement. Oh, well...we will always have the books.

Nothing wrong with that. She was hot on "Charmed."

I thought the trailer looked cool and I wasn't into the original Conan.

Looks pretty boring to me.