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#603718
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Schwarzenegger - "The Legend of Conan"
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Thanks for the comments.

I understand that they could use the older King Conan story line based on the original story as written by the creator. No matter what I like or dislike about the idea, it's going to happen, and I will most likely see it at some point.  

I just hope they are not trying to mimic the other Arnold films from the 80's to the point of it just turning out to be an uncomfortable parody. All they have is Arnold. The creative team of the original film most likely will not be involved, so I just don't get the marketing angel.

You know how in Superman Returns, the film makers used some of the retro old school Donner era film production elements, changed some locations (The Daily Planet) to fit in more with the comic style, and yet had a modern movie style at the same time? That did not work too well, and that is what I am afraid will happen with this Conan film.  It would be nice if this film would use traditional 1980's era production tools and methods.   There are a few old model makers out there that I personally know that would love the work.

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#603705
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Schwarzenegger - "The Legend of Conan"
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Arnold Schwarzenegger is coming back — as Conan the Barbarian.

Universal Pictures says California’s former governor will star in ‘‘The Legend of Conan,’’ an action film being developed for the actor. Deadline Hollywood was the first to report the news Friday.

The 65-year-old Schwarzenegger starred in two previous films about the mythic hero: 1982’s ‘‘Conan the Barbarian’’ and 1984’s ‘‘Conan the Destroyer.’’

Schwarzenegger told Deadline he loves the character and is ‘‘honored’’ to play him again.end of story marker

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I hate to be negative, but this is a very bad idea.  Why would anyone want to pay to see a two hour vanity project by this guy? Schwarzenegger can't act, and he is way too old for this. I'm having flashbacks of Roger Moore as Bond in the 80's. This is going to be truly pathetic with no John Milius involvement. Are they going to make it a retro homage to the original? If so, they can't use CGI. You would need to have the huge grand De Lerentis style sets, puppets, recognizable stable of lovable character actors, etc. It's most likely going to be in 3-D.  They could do the TRON CGI style youth treatment on Arnold, but then why not just make it an animated film with his voice? What do you people think about this one? 

 

"What, you haven't peeked yet?"

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#603636
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Movies that actually scare/scared you!
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I was reminded of something by another thread about Rod Serling's anthology series. There was also this, and it was scary folks.

 

In 1973 there was an anthology type movie shown on T.V. that scared the living daylights out of me.  The film presents three allegedly true stories of the supernatural. The film was "Rod Serling’s Encounters with the Unknown".  The part that sacred me the most was the second story of the film called "The Hole". I have seen other people my age (I was 7 in 1973) comment on how they had a similar reaction to it.  

Full movie at http://youtu.be/eKtxfwTQwOg

 

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#600814
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PROMETHEUS was (Alien 0?) NOW NO LONGER SPOILER FREE.
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Now that I have seen it, I can say that I very much enjoyed the film for what it was.  Some of the deleted scenes should have been included, but some should not have.  The intro to the film was fine with only one engineer, the Shaw / Holloway extra cabin scene dialog was poorly delivered, The Fifield rampage looked too much like WETA was testing out their Planet of the Apes CGI software. The Vickers / Weyland deleted scene gave away the secret reveal a bit too blatantly, yet it was still no big surprise in the released version ether. The final fight was better in the final film in my opinion.  It looked forced and silly her taking on "The Monster", in a "B" movie sort of way. All the other stuff could have been left in. The little character interaction moments could have helped. I look forward to the next installment.