Conan - Part 1

[Wolvieboy17]

Visually, it was very much like the recent Conan comic adaptations of the Robert E. Howard tales, which is a great thing. Also like the Conan game.

 

[Doctor Jones]

I don't know which voice was worse, the narrator or Conan.

That line is fine, it's just the delivery. Yeesh.

 

[Wolvieboy17]

Yeah, I think it sounded kinda corny just because they didn't wrap any context around it. I mean, lets be honest, if Arnie had ever said that line, it would have been ridiculous. It's not the line itself thats great, but the character who says it.

 

[Thebumwhowalks]

Visually, it was very much like the recent Conan comic adaptations of the Robert E. Howard tales, which is a great thing. Also like the Conan game.

I would have liked to have seen what some of the locales looked like, I was expecting a series of quick images from the movie from different places.

 

[rogue trooper]

I don't know which voice was worse, the narrator or Conan.

That line is fine, it's just the delivery. Yeesh.

Say what you will of the narrator, but Momoa's voice is spot-on for Conan. Probably the best Conan voice to date.

 

[Doctor Jones]

I know it's out of context, but based on that, does it need to be that hardcore sounding over such a short line like that? I hope he doesn't sound like that delivering all of his lines. It shouldn't be "sound my manliest" with every delivery.

 

[Shawn Wayne]

I was hoping for the best but this 'teaser' has cheap red flags all over it

 

[Wolvieboy17]

Personally, I still think Ron Perlman in the Conan video game was spot on.

 

[Iron_Stark]

Momoa sound great. I don't see what the problem is.

 

[Midnyte_Sun]

Nauseating teaser. Like the big Inception sounds though.

 

[Doc Ock]

The teaser could of been better....the narrator was kinda annoying.

 

[Donut]

Momoa sound great. I don't see what the problem is.

People are complaining about the bad narrator not Jason

 

[Doctor Jones]

Say what you will of the narrator, but Momoa's voice is spot-on for Conan. Probably the best Conan voice to date.

Meh, it's not that good to me. It sounds like he's trying too hard.

 

[zanos]

Maybe it was a typo and he meant cromy? Ach, you need to hear cheeseball lines like that in contaxt.

But, i would have preffered a trailer that showed us quick scenes, other than that smokey candle crap or whatever it was.

Teasers are mostly about teasing the audience. What you want is a full on trailer, which alot of studios are doing nowadays.

heh his voice reminded me of this-

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That line is straight from REH's Conan himself.

"I have known many gods. He who denies them is as blind as he who trusts them too deeply. I seek not beyond death. It may be the blackness averred by the Nemedian skeptics, or Crom's realm of ice and cloud, or the snowy plains and vaulted halls of the Nordheimer's Valhalla. I know not, nor do I care. Let me live deep while I live; let me know the rich juices of red meat and stinging wine on my palate, the hot embrace of white arms, the mad exultation of battle when the blue blades flame and crimson, and I am content. Let teachers and philosophers brood over questions of reality and illusion. I know this: if life is illusion, then I am no less an illusion, and being thus, the illusion is real to me. I live, I burn with life, I love, I slay, and am content."

I think this teaser sucks hard but I remain cautiously optimistic. I want this to at least be a good sword & sorcery flick, if not a good Conan one.

Good find, I really liked the teaser, but by now I just want to see a trailer.

 

[Iron_Stark]

People are complaining about the bad narrator not Jason

Ah ok, its too bad the voice over guy died a few years ago he would've done a better job.

Oh well, this movie is going to kick all sorts of ass with or without bad voice overs, can't wait.

 

[Eelectro 2]

i thought it was cool. its a teaser and im just thrilled they actually are rebooting a movie that deserves to be redone. its not the only one i back up, but films (aside from spider-man and hulk) that we around less than 5-10 years prior just dont deserve a reboot.

 

[Project862006]

jason has a very natural deep voice tho i think thats just his natural low voice

 

[Thebumwhowalks]

Teasers are mostly about teasing the audience. What you want is a full on trailer, which alot of studios are doing nowadays.

No, I know the difference, it's just that most teasers at least show you some quick scenes of locales, the Batman Begins teaser for example. Very short, but it still showed you a couple of locations, even though it did not show you actual footage of Batman, only showing two photos of Batman at the end.

 

[Fanticon]

that was one of the worst teasers ever...it gave me a Kull the Conqueror vibe...*shudders*

 

[Project862006]

its rated r buddy

momoa actually looks like conan and looks bigger than your guy

oh and did i mention momoa is 6'4 and Manu Bennet is 5'10

 

[ChickenScratch]

I'm sorry but those pictures of Bennett and of all those other depictions of Conan that seem one step removed from Frazetta don't work for me. He was a great artist and I respect what he did, but like in any "heroic art" things are made larger than life. There's a reason Charles Atlas was used as the model for statues of George Washington among others, Washington was not that big ... but it makes for an awesome image.

I love the Conan books, heck, I'm reading through the REH canon right now for the umpteenth time. Jason strikes me as much closer to what I imagined Conan as in my head. Jason's voice matches the "deep rumble of millstones" voice Conan should have. He's big, but still believable as a man who grew up on the steppes rock climbing, horseback riding, sword swinging and practicing archery. Conan's built, but not that big, he is dwarfed by other people in the books both by REH and subsequent authors.

We are all entitled to what we think Conan "should" be. But at this point I'm happy with what I'm seeing. I hate to put myself into my posts but I am a martial artist, with 25 years of experience (I started at 5, I'm not that old) and I teach Karate. As a lifelong physical culturist there's a huge difference between functional muscle and muscle for looks. There are just certain looks and builds that look more functional fit but still are impressive, and truth be told Arnold's form when using the sword showed many deficiencies from my standpoint. But again, I'm coming from a Japanese slant where I learned to use the sword in Kendo class.

 

[Paroxysm]

The dude looks like Conan.

 

[MadVillainy]

whats the budget on this?

 

[Wolvieboy17]

Superboy, Conan existed well before the comics, so using that comic as a guide for how he's supposed to look is just wrong. Momoa looks more like the REH Conan than any depiction i've seen, with the exception of the Kurk Busiek/Cary Nord recent graphic Novel, which was based on the REH depiction.

 

[Hurm...]

What a poopy teaser trailer.