Arnold Schwarzenegger Returning for The Legend of Conan

[Treadwell]

As I indicated, I would prefer a Milius-headed version, but I'm not opposed to this. A Conan in his late 60s isn't going to look like he just won Mr. Universe. Whatever Arnold can manage fitnesswise in time for filming is okay with me. If he needs to keep his shirt on, so be it. There can be a young trusted lieutenant to supply the beefcake.

 

[GeneralFROSTY]

I think it can work so long as they don't try and pretend he's the same man he was back in his prime.
This worked well for Rocky Balboa and if they take a cue from that movie, it will be allright.

 

[nick daring]

Grizzled is good.

And Milius for the win!

Too bad De Laurentis isn't still around too.

 

[EyeofSauron]

im just guessing of course, but with HGH, loads of training, and airbrushing, im pretty sure he could still pull of the shirtless look. of course he is old, but it would be a really cool story seeing him as an old king, recognizing that he has done everything he wanted, and wants to go down in his final battle, therefor going to war or something. he doesnt have to look like in the conan movie, because thats not the point of this story.

i like ahnuld, and i would support this movie, and act like the momoa movie never happened
i mean, we are talking about this guy:

 

[WolframCreative]

I am a lifelong Conan fan, and I'm very disappointed that we do not get a sequel to the source material true(r) reboot from last year, but instead we will get the camp Viking-Spartacus Milnus bastardization sequel. I still don't know how Universal got the rights from Lionsgate and the REH estate, but as of now, I would rather see Jason Momoa continue with his truer take on the character than Arnolds garbled Austrian accented Steroid ape mess. I can only hope it fall through, and he does another sequel to Predator or another of his past glories.

 

[IBCW]

I am a lifelong Conan fan, and I'm very disappointed that we do not get a sequel to the source material true(r) reboot from last year, but instead we will get the camp Viking-Spartacus Milnus bastardization sequel. I still don't know how Universal got the rights from Lionsgate and the REH estate, but as of now, I would rather see Jason Momoa continue with his truer take on the character than Arnolds garbled Austrian accented Steroid ape mess. I can only hope it fall through, and he does another sequel to Predator or another of his past glories.

The Momoa version flopped terribly....don't hold your breath about a sequel
ever happening. I did not think the movie was that bad, but IMO the Milius-viking-spartacus-camp version as you describe it was much better. Arnold will always be Conan to me and I look forward to this movie coming to fruition.

 

[Nexus6]

The Momoa version flopped terribly....don't hold your breath about a sequel
ever happening. I did not think the movie was that bad, but IMO the Milius-viking-spartacus-camp version as you describe it was much better. Arnold will always be Conan to me and I look forward to this movie coming to fruition.

BOOM. :thumbsup

 

[Warpaint]

"So, did Conan return the wayward daughter of King Osric to her home. And having no further concern, he and his companions sought adventure in the West. Many wars and feuds did Conan fight. Honor and fear were heaped upon his name and, in time, he became a king by his own hand... And this story shall also be told."

 

[Jedi2016]

The problem with the 2011 film was that hardly anyone knows what Conan is anymore. The general moviegoing public thought the film was a remake of the Arnold film, and not a return to something much older, so it was killed by comparisons to something that was actually completely unrelated.

Marketing wise, I think the worst thing they did was give it the exact same title as the 1982 film. That just furthered the idea that it was supposed to be a remake.

 

[WolframCreative]

The problem with the 2011 film was that hardly anyone knows what Conan is anymore. The general moviegoing public thought the film was a remake of the Arnold film, and not a return to something much older, so it was killed by comparisons to something that was actually completely unrelated.

Marketing wise, I think the worst thing they did was give it the exact same title as the 1982 film. That just furthered the idea that it was supposed to be a remake.

Truth. I cannot tell you how many ignorant jerkwads I read comments from that said Momoa wasn't big enough to be Conan, like Arnolds tan, hairless steroid ape with thick accent was what the character was to them. It's like people complaining they Prefer Adam Wests batman to Christian Bales. To be honest it was really frustrating to have so many people be ignorant of the rich literary history of the character in books and comics, and prefer a mishmash "in name only" adoption of the character from 30 years ago.

Also, I'm convinced Lionsgate cannot promote good films. They failed with Conan, and just did it again with the awesome Judge Dredd film this past summer. Expendables was their only recent hit, and I believe that's because they had every action hero name in it.

 

[CessnaDriver]

I treasure deeply 1982 Conan. For it's time it worked well and I still love it and it introduced me to that world.
However I was young and not familiar with the source materials very much and on top of that I have visions of the Frazetta Conan seared into my brain now as what Conan should appear as, the "unconquerable primordial". Cimmerian, that fought their way back tooth and nail from a beastlike existance and conquered back onto the map of human affairs.

Arnold was a fresh face back then, the unusual accent, he looked even barbarian like with the brow ridges he has.

He is now a very very familiar face, tons of movies since, and the fact he was my Governor for two terms doesn't help much. Basically I don't see the barbarian anymore in him. So I have no idea if a another Conan film is something I even want to see him in. I think the best time for it was back when they were talking about Crown of Steel.

Anyways, I'd love to see a Frazetta style Conan done, with prosthetics and make up FX these days it is so possible.

THE CONAN THAT COULD HAVE BEEN | CHUD.com

 

[IBCW]

like Arnolds tan, hairless steroid ape with thick accent was what the character was to them.

Very obvious that your dislike of Arnold is making you very
biased against this film. As for Arnold not meeting your specific
view of Conan....when has Hollywood ever cast or scripted a movie
exactly by the source material? They cast the most popular actor, actress they can get and then change the material to suit the broadest audience they can reach to bring in the money. Gasp....could this be true? The movie industry cares more about the bottom line then pleasing die hard fans?
Yep....fraid so. Would I watch a film based word for word on a Robert E. Howard story with a perfectly casted actor? Sure....but I'm realistic enough to know that is never going to happen. So, as a fan of Conan...I will be more than happy to watch Arnold reprise the role that he made famous.....who other than a select few had even heard of Conan up until the 1982 film?

 

[Zombie_61]

...I cannot tell you how many ignorant jerkwads I read comments from that said Momoa wasn't big enough to be Conan, like Arnolds tan, hairless steroid ape with thick accent was what the character was to them...

...who other than a select few had even heard of Conan up until the 1982 film?

And there you have it. The fact is that Arnold Schwarzenegger was the introduction to Conan for most people born after the late "baby boomer" era, and the majority of those people don't realize Robert E. Howard's stories even exist (and likely wouldn't seek them out if they learned of them).

I'm in the other group. After seeing Conan the Barbarian in 1982 I sought out Howard's stories and found a book that was essentially a collection of his first three or four Conan stories. I enjoyed it well enough, but found it to be too similar to, and somewhat derivative of, Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan novels, which predated Howard's Conan stories by two decades and (in my opinion) were better written; no offense intended towards fans of Howard's work, I'm merely stating my preference.

Regardless, in the same way that Sean Connery is James Bond for many people, Arnold Schwarzenegger is Conan.

 

[Rotwang]

The 1982 film was great, but it's not really REH's Conan. Doubt there is an actor alive today who can embody a good Conan.

 

[WolframCreative]

Very obvious that your dislike of Arnold is making you very biased against this film.

I have no problem with Arnold, and as I stated I loved it as a little kid before I found the books and comics. it's just that in his film he is a character who is an amalgamation of some REH story elements, and Milnus vision of what he thought Conan was. And because Arnold became a huge star and celebrity politician, some people put waaaaayyyy to much on the Conan film and his performance than they should. I mean, Mamoa looked and moved much more like the character as he was described. Arnold in '82 was far from Panther-like and agile like a parkour athlete to be able to climb sheer walls.

BTW, that "CHUD" pic sucks, I hate it when people ask me about it because they think it's cool, but I think it looks like a Roid' Hobo than Conan. the sculptor copied the Frazetta painting, but didn't even get the eyes and detail right. They say it's a make-up, but it's obviously some wax figure type bust with an incredibly generous amount of Photo retouching.

 

[Jedi Dade]

I am not a Conan fan from the books etc.

I've seen the Arnold, and the Mamoa movies.

As a movie Arnold Conan the Barbarian was a far superior movie.

As for how close it followed the source material etc etc... I have not a clue.

But to the real topic of this thread - a older Conan as king... My Gut feel is Arnold could get "buff enough", but I'd really am not hopeful that an appropraite story would be (not could be) written, and that it would suck just like the Arnold Conan sequel sucked.

For the record I very much like Mamoa as an actor - but that movie was not very good.

Jedi Dade

 

[Warpaint]

Writer-Producer Chris Morgan Talks The Legend of Conan | Superhero Hype

“He’s not going out and fighting battles, but he ends up getting drawn into something and he has to access the barbarian he was in his youth. I love that Conan has been many things in his life, notably a pirate, a major tactician and a commander of men. In this movie, we’re going to tap into some of those things – things you haven’t seen on screen yet.

“I want the warrior whose joints have started to fuse together, who has to crack the cartilage so he can pick up a sword again. I want the guy who’s not necessarily lost a step, but there’s some rust he has to shake off. I want to embrace that. It makes it a greater hero story.

“Conan needs to be faced with challenges. The greatest challenge to him isn’t the armies that are set before him. It’s, on some level, self-doubt, a little bit of slowing down and forcing yourself to be heroic beyond what people expect of you. What I don’t want is for him to step back in and look the same. That would defeat the purpose of our story.”

 

[IBCW]

Writer-Producer Chris Morgan Talks The Legend of Conan | Superhero Hype

“He’s not going out and fighting battles, but he ends up getting drawn into something and he has to access the barbarian he was in his youth. I love that Conan has been many things in his life, notably a pirate, a major tactician and a commander of men. In this movie, we’re going to tap into some of those things – things you haven’t seen on screen yet.

“I want the warrior whose joints have started to fuse together, who has to crack the cartilage so he can pick up a sword again. I want the guy who’s not necessarily lost a step, but there’s some rust he has to shake off. I want to embrace that. It makes it a greater hero story.

“Conan needs to be faced with challenges. The greatest challenge to him isn’t the armies that are set before him. It’s, on some level, self-doubt, a little bit of slowing down and forcing yourself to be heroic beyond what people expect of you. What I don’t want is for him to step back in and look the same. That would defeat the purpose of our story.”

I like! Still excited and looking forward to this movie!

 

[Jedi2016]

Heroic? See, they've already lost it.. Conan was never a hero, he was an a**hole. It's true that he went after the bad guys more often than most because they were more likely to p*ss him off.

I know what the problem is, though.. they can't actually make a film about the Conan of the books, because you can't have a protagonist who doesn't actually care about anything. It makes for a good read in a REH short story, not so much for a feature film.

I know, I know.. this isn't the Conan of the books. But the Conan of the original film didn't really give a crap about much, either.

 

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I wanna see it! With all CGI work they can do nowadays, it can be a good film!

I don't know any bad movie where uncle Arnie participates!