Conan the Barbarian (1982) First Time Watching Reaction & Review
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Why do you feel like every fantasy opening is the village being slaughtered? Because every fantasy movie is trying to be Conan!
That is an excellent point!
@@alexachipman often times I will watch a reaction of someone watching an old film and the reactor will say something is stereotypical... The reason it is stereotypical is because the movie they're watching set the standard!
Infelizmente a história humana está cheia de casos de vilas e pequenas cidades que foram dizimadas por saqueadores
@@alexachipman, we all sometimes need lessons. Now Genghis Khan was riding horses at three years old (some say before he could walk) and at ten a man stole a horse so Genghis Khan chased the man down and slew him at ten years old. The men watching him do this were so impressed that they decided to follow Genghis Khan when he was only ten years old. About those easier ways to seduce. Do you need any followers here on You Tube.
The character of Valeria I feel is the way a strong female should be portrayed. In todays climate, script writers seem to feel that a female characters strength relies on either ridiculing / dismissing men or having to overcome "The Patriarchy". Valeria shows that the real strength of a character is in how they interact with others, and allowing yourself to share your vulnerabilities as well as your strengths. She knew what she was capable of, and did it incredibly well, she didn't feel the need to prove her worth to anyone.
So true!
Also the fact this was shot with real weapons, amazing, but dangerous... the actress playing Valeria literally had her finger cut off during the scene where she beheaded the guy. They stopped filming and rushed to the hospital having it reattached, they went back, and she finished the scene. She's literally a badass.
Whoah!
Also, she hated doing the love scene with Arnold, as he was too muscular for her tastes.
Valeria is the best
That’s a bit of an exaggeration. Her finger wasn’t cut off, but it was cut very badly. Like right to the bone kind of bad. But yeah, she went and got stitched up and then went right back to work. And she never got hurt that bad again, because the director told her “Valeria would never make that mistake twice.”
@@Thundarr100 idk where u got ur info. I saw it in a few interviews and a documentary about the making of the movie. 🤷
The skeleton in the tomb was an Atlantean general or king….also a giant….his sword could be considered a gift from Crom.
I read somewhere that the skeleton was supposed to be Kull the Conqueror, who was Atlantean and died thousands of years before Conan. If so, it ties together Robert E. Howard's two creations, Conan and Kull. Literally a passing of the sword from one creation to another.
In the novel, the skeleton came to life and Conan had to defeat the undead king as a test to see if Conan was worthy of his blessing. Crom was guiding Conan the whole film, if it wasn't apparent.
Warlord: "What is best in life?"
Conan: "To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women."
how can she skipped those great lines is beyond me...
@@karelmarkvart1517 probably copyright reasons.
The movie’s metaphor of the Riddle of Steel isn’t commonly solved. The forged sword isn’t strong, as Conan breaks his father’s sword in the hands of Thulsa Doom’s goons. Flesh isn’t strong, as Conan proves by killing Thulsa Doom and so many others that their servants’ loyalty can’t protect them.
At the end, it is Conan’s integrity and determination that is stronger than steel or flesh (hence the quote at the beginning of the film).
I also look back to his fathers speech. No one you can trust. Not man not woman nor beast.
But steel didn't save him from the tree of woe. It was his friends. A man and a woman not steel.
As a bit of a sword freak the sword making scene disturbed me the most. That sword wasn't forged it was cast which is how bronze swords were made not steel. Steel is made when a crucible ingot, with a certain content of carbon is beaten into a sword. That is forging.
This movies score makes half of the movie. Because there's so little dialogue, it's the music that carries the movie way more than an average score to a movie would. This score by itself is considered a masterpiece in its own right. Anvil of Crom, Riddle of Steel/Riders Of Doom, The Search, Wifeing, Atlantean Sword, Theology/Civilization, Funeral Pyre....all are stand out tracks.
I really don't know which I love most, the movie or the soundtrack. It really is a fantastic soundtrack, I've had the cd in my collection for 20years and I listen to it before I go to the gym. The movie itself has been one of my favourite movies since I watched it when my old man rented it out back when we first got a vhs back in about 1983 with one of my other all time favourites First blood.
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"Hello, random gorgeous woman, standing artfully in your doorway."
Alexa...you have an admirable way with words.
Thank you!
It’s worth noting that in the original Conan story where he goes into the tomb and takes the Atlantean king’s sword, the dead king DOES come to life and attack him!
That makes so much more sense!
@nicholasbielik7156 Which story was that? I own the three volume Del Rey collection but my mind is a little hazy about whether I read that or not.
@@aletheia358 it’s not actually a Robert E. Howard story apparently! It a story called “The Thing in the Crypt”, and it is by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp. It was the first story in the first volume of the old Lancer/Ace Conan paperbacks. That series mixed together Howard stories with the Carter / de Camp stories. There was a real outcry to decouple Howard’s original tales from the inferior stories by other authors which is what lead to the Del Rey editions that you have.
@@nicholasbielik7156 Ah, that explains it then! In truth, I'm more a fan of Kull and of Howard's horror/ weird stories, so I wasn't sure if I'd misremembered.
This is one of those movies that breaks the rule of dialogue.
There's this strange rule that says that you must have *so many* lines of dialogue per pages of script... Or vise versa.
This movie has almost no dialogue and is told in either narration or scene.
More filmmakers need to watch this film.
So true - I've seen films with hardly any dialogue and they were fantastic!
@@alexachipman Considering the movie has comparably little dialogue it is amazing how much of it became quoted classics. They made some effort to make those lines stick!
Most is told with music.
@@alexachipman Eastwood's "man with no name" trilogy is an example.
Same with Robocop and Terminator 1
@@TheCastellan Let us not forget Mad Max: Fury Road as a prime example of telling a story with almost no dialog.
This movie was shot in Spain. The Spanish boy who plays Conan is an actor named Jorge Sanz. Conan's mother is Nadiuska, an actress who acted in many films in Spain
That's awesome!
You wouldn't have D&D without Conan. Robert E Howard created Conan in the 1930s and in doing so created the Sword and Sorcery Genre.
D&D was inspired by The Lord of the Rings.
The sword and sorcery genre was around before Robert Howard. But it was Howard who helped to codify it.
AND you couldn't have Conan without Tolkien, as he created the genre.
@@gawainethefirst That's as much true as Moorcock's Elric is.
The truth is D&D had many inspiratiions. Tolkien, Howard, Moorcock, Myths and Legends from dozens of cultures and more authors I can't think of now. Like the creator of Fafhard and Grey Mouser. Oh, lets not forget H.P. Lovecraft.
They filmed the entire film in several locations in my country, Spain.
It is absolutely beautiful!
i love how it didn't seem like Conan was listening to his friends when they were telling him they needed him focused on the princess rescue, but then he stays on mission
I totally thought he was going to go rogue during the mission, but he didn't!
@@alexachipman tree of woe makes one question his actions...
I agree that Valeria was a great character. I thought her sword fighting in the underground lair (shortly before her demise) was awesome. Great choreography too. Apparently, they couldn't get a suitable stunt woman / double for her because the actress (Sandahl Bergman) was so tall.
It's interesting that actresses who are very good at sword work often come from a dance background. Sandahl Bergman was a well regarded dancer prior to making the move to acting and getting the role in Conan.
It wasn't budget they filmed the princesses father being murdered for ordering her rescue...but they decided a happier ending of not showing what happened.
Yeah, I'm glad they left us with a little hope instead.
It is no mistake that this film opens with an Nistzschean quote about what does not kill us makes us stronger. There's so much allegory and metaphor used throughout this tail and a lot of substrata of deeper meanings and philosophical questions that are flirted with throughout the narrative. For all intents and purposes Conan's life is not unlike the forging of his father's sword being pounded and shaped in fire, Caustic and each subsequent strike of the hammer hardening the blade and hardening Conan's resolve. When that sword is quenched in the snow bank and the blade contains the passion and craftsmanship and Artistry and history of his people it is not unlike the story The Wizard is telling us of Conan's life and the overwhelming odds that shaped and hardened him. When you consider the literary subject matter of this movie is practically the prototype for sword-and-sorcery as it would become known subsequently after Robert E Howard's death in the 19 30s... I find it remarkable that there is so much love and attention to detail that was poured into this seemingly simple tale of Revenge and endurance in the face of overwhelming odds. That the Conan stories would Inspire so much love in these filmmakers who did it all with practical effects in real time, and brought the world of hybria to life so many years before all things geek became mainstream pop culture this film was an underdog back then and it still holds up today. I think at its core it is about human feelings and relations... and well some of the characters are more archetype then individual and fully flushed out characterizations, they serve nobly as the linchpins that tie the humanity of the story together. That Bond of love and loyalty between these people in a Savage world that does not care if they live or die is still heartwarming to me. For all the epic battles for all the gore and hints of Arcane sorcery hiding in the Darkness waiting to pray on the human heart good still triumphs. Not good in the vanilla, cliche Knights and Shining Armor Renaissance Faire shenanigans that is so prevalent in tabletop RPGs currently but good as a strength of character and spirit. The pantheon of gods all intermingling and as you nailed it the perception of what the gods represent as a reflection of humanity in their intentions is ever-present and even in the midst of an pulp cheese storyline. They allocate time for the characters should actually discuss the different fields as it could change to their day-to-day lives... and you see that they find a common ground even through their differences. Chrome, odin, lilith, the four winds.. all are present in the high borian Mythos because it is supposedly predates the world that would become different continents eventually. I could go on and on and I've already blathered way too long, but I did want to say that I found your reaction and your thoughts along the way truly insightful, and the things you appreciated about this film even with its shortcomings here and there.. were really wonderful to see. By and large reaction videos don't do much for me as I just don't usually find a great deal of intriguing depth Within other people's thoughts on things that I've grown up loving for the entirety of my life such as fantasy, music Etc but for some reason I just wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed this. Cheers. M.
If I ever watch Conan with a girl I'm dating and she sheds a tear at Valeria's funeral, I'll know she's the one. Thanks for your reactions to movies that mean so much to me. You come off as very invested and genuine. Subscribed :)
Thank you - I was surprised by how moving the film was- so beautiful!
This is such an amazing movie. I saw it several times before I realized Conan never says a word to Valeria after their first meeting. How they managed to convey so much depth and emotion with so little dialogue is astonishing.
Actually there's a deleted scene that you can see in the Blu-ray that shows the death of the Princess' father. He gets killed on his throne by some guards. That's why she doesn't get to reunite with him at the end
Whoah, why didn't they put that in?
@@alexachipman Unfortunately they don't explain it. But it would have been a good thing to see. Especially that it was all done and shot. It's also a very violent and bloody scene from what I remember.
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Here's the link of the deleted scenes if you are interested. They're pretty nice imo
@@justus10s Thank you - no idea why they cut that!
L. Sprague de Camp's novelization of this film is a good read... Robert E. Howard, the creator and original writer of Conan claimed that the only and best way to write a Conan story was to imagine that Conan stood next to him and was dictating the story to the writer... In D&D, most interpretations of Conan would be a multi-class of Barbarian, Fighter, and Rogue.
I love the idea of the characters dictating the story. That sometimes happens when I'm writing, but more as corrections. I'll write that they are doing something, but the character tells me "no, I wouldn't do that, do this". It sounds weird when trying to explain it, but I totally get where Howard was coming from!
@@alexachipman Frank Miller admitted that he used the same technique when he'd write a story about Elektra Natchios.
Somehow the stone temple catches fire...just proves how badass Conan is.
I've always said the second Valeria steps on the screen, it's her movie. Same thing happens in "Batman Returns". It's really Catwoman's movie, and Batman's kinda just along for the ride.
That is so true!
If not already in the comments I think it’s well worth pointing out that Mako, who plays the friendly sorcerer and narrator is the man who provides the fabulous voice of Aku in Samurai Jack
The score for this is beloved. I've seen ice skaters skate to it, Olympic synchronized swimmers do their thing to it, its popped up in a Zelda game ad, it gets around.
Same composer did Robocop, BTW.
This is an amazing movie for me. Loved it growing up and the soundtrack is one of those that just make the movie phenomenal. I forget the term but it's when you watch something and it is almost the same watched in reverse... opens with riders of doom, beheading a Parental figure, enslaved then set free, fighting, enslaved upon the tree of woe then set free, riders of doom, beheading of a Parental figure (Thulsa Doom claiming to be his new father, that he created him).
There's a series on amazon prime called "Wayne," which the character Wayne can be seen reading a Conan comic...leading to an amazing homage paid to Conan and Robert E. Howard in the last episode i think it is.
In the original script king Olric is assassinated right after he hires Conan. There is a deleted scene where it takes place so the scene of the princess and her father reunited isn't there. Also the story isn't about the princess. She's really just a mcguffin. This is Conan stories.
Good point!
Valeria's love for Conan, and the love of Conan's father for his son helped win the battle....his father willed his sword to shatter, I always felt.
"Thus us like Home Alone: Cemetery Edition". Literally cause me to bust up gut-laughing. Love it!
Red Cliff is an epic story about the largest land battle that has been recorded in history, and it's also an excellent movie
Loved the 'procurement of arrows' part.
They did film the princess being returned to her father but was never used. Probably because of time.
The sword master show training Conan was the real sword master who trained Arnold.
Good ups.
Excalibur (1981, lots of familiar faces, little muddy with the story, great costumes and sets, full fantasy King Arthur retelling)
That is a fun story! The glowing lightsaberesque sword was a bit off-putting, though!
Great reaction! Especially at the Valeria/Valkyrie reveal, but your D&D perspective throughout.
Thanks!
John Milius really captured the whole feel and authenticity of a mythical Earth, between the sinking of Atlantis and the dawn of Modern History, the Hyborean Age. The Giant Skeleton in the Tomb was inferred to be the King of Atlantis, and the sword Conan took from his grip was the only one in the World to be made of Atlantean steel, which is why at the End, Conan was able to cut through his Father's sword, wielded by Thorgrim. The King seemed to bow, acknowledgement that a worthy successor had come to wield a Royal Sword, and Conan bowed back.So many scenes I like from this, the background music at the Temple of Set during the sacrifice (minus the female choir), was an excerpt from a genuine piece of medieval music, forget its name?
Arnold Schwarzenegger as Conan and Sandahl Bergman (Valeria-but we never heard her name spoken once in the movie), definitely had a chemistry, and together with Gerry Lopez (the Mongol, Subotai), all convinced me they were super skilled in sword fighting, thanks to the intense training the actors went through.
I thought James Earl Jones was miscast as Thulsa Doom, he just didn't project enough gravitas and menace for me, as the Villain. Did you spot Set Designer Ron Cobb in a small cameo as the Black Lotus dealer?
And Basil Poledouris composed such a Powerful and Emotive score, totally fits the "Feel" of the movie, and the Age it was set in, its one of my favourites. Glad you enjoyed it 😊
I appreciate ppl with some knowledge reviewing films I love. Thank you!
Glad you liked it and your reactions were cool. However the 17 year old boy in me who saw this when it came out remembers leaving the theater almost despondent, because I knew that I would never again see something that equaled the greatness of this movie. And 36 years later, it is still true! "...BEST IN LIFE". ;-)
My favorite line from this movie, “do you want to live forever”.
I need a shirt with that line - such a fun one!
It's actually a famous line from WWI when U.S. Marines fought German troops.
"Come on you sons of bitches, do you want to live forever?" -Dan Daly, U.S. Marines
Yeah, that WW1 marine's quote has been used in multiple later stories. I also recall it in 'Starship Troopers'. Both the book and the movie - one of the very few things shared between the two.
It's a classic of Fantasy movies as the effects are top notch even for today and the music really help the storytelling. It is on many top 5 'D&D' movies before LotR came along!
I was blown away by how good this was! It's going in my top D&D style movies!
6:56 - King Osric...that's Max Von Sydow, The Three Eyed Raven himself!!
the original He-Man was actually designed closely to Conan, they even made a concept figure, Vikor, in 2011 for the Masters of the Universe Classics line, and Teela originally looked a LOT like Valeria, and a concept figure of her was made as well.
:13 "Now would be a good time to try praying to Crumb" Ah yes Crumb, the son of the great bread god.
Crumb is the god to the upper crust, no matter how you slice it.
I love how much it took for Conan to come back... often times if someone is brought back to life in a movie it's depicted as something all powerful just wills it... In this there is a sophisticated ritual and they had to fight for his spirit to comeback
I think the story takes place during the bronze age, hence why steel is so rare and valuable. Steel tools and some weapons DID exist at least parts of the bronze age, but it was rare and surely a well-kept secret. Of course yeah, if Thulsa Doom captured the blacksmiths, that would have been better for him... assuming they would work for him.
it's aproximatly 10;000 yrs ago, in pre-history
I always remember that Conan helped inspire the creation of He-Man.
When Mattel was coming up with the concept of He-Man they actually had the name, but several different settings in mind... He could have been a modern soldier, for instance. In the end a fantasy setting won out.
A fond memory of table top RPG as a kid, when I listened to the soundtrack for hours while the DM struggled to introduce the other characters to the campaign in separate. We were all big fans of the movie.
You have to watch more Arnold movies! There are so much great Schwarzenegger films like "Terminator" 1+2, "True Lies", "Predator", "Commando", "Twins", "Kindergarten Cop" and many many more....!
Kindergarten Cop? That one I haven’t heard of! Nice!
@@alexachipman KINDERGARTEN COP is great!
Couple of my favorite parts of the movie seem to be missed here.
Akiro- “ Why do you cry?”
Subotai- “ He is Conan. Cimmerian. He will not cry, so I cry for him.”
And later when Conan and Subotai talk about winds that smell of summer that blow in the north of each man’s heart.
Another great thing about this movie is that he doesnt have "sidekicks" (as in Destroyer), but companions. Both are proud and strong in their own way, director is not using them to emphasize Conans strenghts and abilities...
This is the best fantasy movie ever made! I miss the part where Conan eventually prey for Crom!
2:15 In those days, steel was VERY precious, and rulers wanted to get as many steel weapons for his or her army, such a thing actually in real history. Steel was a fairly new invention, way back when.
I can't watch Thulsa Doom's head bounce down the stairs without hearing the Nostalgia Critic's 'Ow. .ow....ow ow ow ow ow ow.' From his review of it years ago.
It always bothered me in the theatrical release how Conan was able to just appear at the top of the mountain at the end without encountering any resistance. Then I saw the deleted scenes where the princess shows Conan a hidden way to the top the mountain to kill Thulsa Doom and even helps distract the few guards they encounter allowing Conan to kill them without raising any alarms. She then willing left with Conan to return to her father's Kingdom proving that she has been fully 'deprogrammed'. Dunno why they didn't keep that in the film.
You're right..Valaria is one of a kind. This is the best sword and sorcery movie ..for multiple reasons.
Big Conan fan since the60s. It never occurred to me that his last name was Smith cause of his fathers profession. But Conan Smith don’t quit have the same ring to it
This movie is well written masterpiece. It took me years to solve the riddle of steel and it is all there between the lines.
Both men were wrong. In steel you can't trust, and flesh isn't stronger than steel. The greatest is the will that drives you through anything.
Love it!
Will is an excellent answer the the riddle of steel as it pertains to Conan himself. Another possibility is love, not in its cheesy sense, but in terms of the bonds between Conan and his companions - whether it be his comrade Subotai who saves him from crucifixion, or his lover Valeria who twice saves him from death, even coming back "from the pit of hell" to fight at his side.
This is still one of the best movie soundtracks of all time. The sequel Destroyer is a big step down, and they never made a third, although there has been talk of Conan the King for many years. I do love this movie though and think it is one of Arnold's better roles.
Ya Destroyer is okay-ish but it isn't near the quality of the first Conan.
Conan wouldn’t have returned the Princess to her father, even if they had filmed that. There’s an unfinished scene where the king’s guards murder him, as they too had secretly joined the snake cult. They couldn’t get the blood packs to work correctly, so they just abandoned the scene. In any case, Conan brought the princess home to discover that she was now the queen.
He didn't come for the sword he was just passing through, nice reaction 👍
Things get super muddled with Conan's mythology, partly because Robert E Howard wanted some flexibility.. there are some Norse like elements mixed in with the name of a Celtic god Crom worshipped by Conan's people the Cimmerians who were an IRL Celtic people. Fun trivia Conan was a very popular name in Brittany at least four of the ruling Dukes had the name.... and since fictional Conan later goes on to rule Aquilonia (IRL that is the name of the Western Kingdom, but am fuzzy on that at the moment), which is located in what is our France.. it has always given me a nerd giggle.
That’s fantastic! I need to go back and reread some of it.
I really appreciate that your reaction playlist does not overlap with other reactors that much, you do a lot of less-reacted-to movies.
The soundtrack is epic in this movie and one of the best in my opinion!
This film was great not only for Conan, but for such compelling characters of Valeria and Subotai, and the awesome villain Thulsa Doom, acted superbly by James Earl Jones. The dialogue is so sparse, and yet the film says a lot.
In many ways, I've felt this film is as close as could be to a Wagnerian opera, with its epic soundtrack and saga-like ambience.
Valeria was my favorite character in Conan The Barbarian. Sad what happened to her, But at least she died heroically, and she did save Conan at the end.
There's unused scene you can find here on youtube where the king Osric is killed by his own men secretly belonging to the snake cult of Thulsa Doom so the princess wouldn't have reunited with her father.
The Asian sword trainer is the film's actual trainer
That’s awesome! He did a fantastic job.
2:10 They don't save the sword maker because they did not know the sword looked so good before they attacked. Besides, How good is he that they need to recruit him if his swords don't defeat them. Go with what works. And they might lose more of their forces to ask around if the swordmaker is really good, Be-Fore the surprise raid. And if they don't kill enough of the right people before interviewing.-Ernie Moore Jr.
Valeria is one of the most powerful female characters I've seen in cinema in like... forever. "Do you want to live forever"? Also, it's KrOm
the shirtless guy who was on the rock, before the troops came in the beginning, that was arnold's friend, Franko Colombo, who also was the invading Terminator, who slaughtered the rebel camp, with the HUGE gun, in the first Terminator movie.
I feel Home Alone would have been a very different movie if Kevin defended his home the way Conan defended the burial mounds lol
In the stories that I remember, she was his first partner that meant something to him, he remained single until he met his second girlfriend...
Great commentary. It was well done wasn’t it. Great cinematography . And James Earl Jones and Arnie, together.
Hope you end up doing Conan the Destroyer next if you haven't seen it, Its a very fun film.
Thanks! I've added your vote for it!
Love seeing your reactions to one of my all time favorite movies
10:37 Difference, though, is that eastern fighters don't use HEAVY BROAD SWORDS. I handled a replica of Conan's sword, it is HEAVY.
Did you know: The word "barbarians" was originally a name the romans called all the other peoples who lived elsewhere, because that's how they talked: all they could say was "bar bar bar.."
Goes back to the Greeks, even! The word "Barbaroi."
@@Don-ol8ze 'Propaly me misremembered. ..it was a long time ago. - Thanks for straightening it out.
Nice to see a reaction on this great classic film....I hope there can be more conan reactions..there is the movie Conan the destroyer too..
The soundtrack helped to make this film epic.
Definitely!
The gorgeous scenery was from Spain.
Love it, someday I want to go there!
Yes the film IS a Classic and a Milestone in this Gendre there is very rarely anything else apart from the Tolkien Movies that came decades later has come close to this in Epic Fantasy.Also the Music Themes of the Movie are Incredible you could watch the Whole MOVIE without hardly any dialogue or Subs just by Listening to the Movie !
The Temple probably was burned as a tribute, but also, to purge/wipe clean the land.
I believe that Valeria's soul went into the Amulet as his protection, which is why it sparkles at the funeral pyre,
in this film (as in GLADIATOR) preyers ARE answered, as unlikely as it may seem, these are quite holy times.
Wow I didn't realize Valeria was a Valkyrie till years later. Good eye
Great reaction and you have great insight , you get a sub and hopefully you get many more to come , keep it up !
Thank you!
You may want to watch a film called "The Whole Wide World". It is about Ron E. Howard, the man who created Conan. Vincent D'Onofrio plays the lead.
Was gonna recommend this movie also
What’s even more fun is when your rage ends and that was the only thing keeping you above zero hit points.
I snuck in this movie in 82 when I was nine years old..no other sword and dragon movie comes close to this one
Great knowledgeable review. Thanks. Will seek more your videos.
I like how you took this in game-terms.
This story is primarily about one thing... REVENGE!
It was the driving force.
It's been said by many that neither Conans father nor Thulsa Doom were correct with their answers for the riddle of steel.
I think it's implied that the answer is the will of the warrior. The synergy of both flesh and steel.
I get a kick out of how you couldn't help but relate everything in the movie to D&D.
Nerd.
Best scene in the film is when Doom stays back away from the battle and tries to kill the princess with a snake-arrow.
This shows how he fears Conan and is ultimately a traitor to his own followers.
he told Conan ,,, my GOD is the Ever Lasting Sky
Valeria is super cool! Conan would be nothing without Valeria: Queen of Thieves!
This movie is a masterpiece of filmmaking. 😊
In the "Weird" Al Yankovic movie, "UHF", there are many programming trailer spoofs. One of which is for, "Connan The Librarian." lol ✌❤🌹
That sounds hilarious, I’ll check that out!
It has a lot of stars casted and a cameo appearance of the man who exposed "Weird" Al to the world, Dr. Demento. He is sitting in the audience during one of kids television show when they pan the stands. ✌❤🌹
13:07 This guy, one of Doom's lieutenants, he was a good friend of Arnold, and was the best man at Arnold's wedding. Also, Arnold helped him get a role on the 1987 sci fi series, "Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future", a GOOD series...I HIGHLY recommend you watch it. Also, his death scream when he gets impaled in the spike trap, it's used as the death scream when you kill the bosses in the classic arcade game "Golden Axe", which is VERY Conan-eque.
@@bhodili-3396 Where was he in Destroyer?
@@TheCastellan He's the Soldier who tries to kidnap the Princess in the middle of the Movie, Then he has a Duel with Conan.
3:05 classic pro wrestler, Classy Freddie Blassie, actually has his teeth sharpened like fangs when he was still wrestling.
2:13 good point!
Such an amazing soundtrack! It was so much fun driving to work, weaving through mountain road, twisting and turning as this soundtrack blared. An old Camaro weaving fast through the turns with this soundtrack! So much fun!
Love this idea!
Thank you for a great review 🙏
Hi I havent seen you since CLASH OF THE TITANS
You know your historic mythology it seems, I would say the themes of CONAN THE BARBARIAN are- survival and revenge, plus the connection between the two, of course. this is definitely a VIKING film & NOT so much a savage fantasy (which is more the themes of the comics & novels) BUT taken as a stand alone film, this works brilliantly, here we have a melding of- Medieval, Mongolian & Arab culture, very well put together.
The Princess was never central to the story, we don't even see her until half way in (unlike in routine fairy tales) therefore we didnt need any visual closure to her story aspect, instead we have an epilogue scene of King Conan sat upon his throne.
the Directing of this film, is near perfect for the material it is, there are plenty of story layers, but they come in symbolism (something most first time viewers will fail to notice probably) the Sword play, hmm it looked fine to my eye, had it have been in something like MASK OF ZORRO where it's all light weight Aluminium swords and bombastic fight scenes it probably wouldnt have worked, you could tell they didnt want everything to look too perfect, if 10,000 yrs ago they even had swords they would be heavy especially belonging to Kings, therefore fights would look crude but powerful, which is what we have here.
Did you like Basil Polidouris great music score? who did an equally good a job on ROBOCOP
The music was great!
I THINK I read that Conan's dad figured out a great way to make swords and Thulsa-Doom gave him an ultimatum of working for him or be killed. Don't know how much of that is true, you would be right about having Conan's dad at your side making more swords would be optimal and would make sense as T.D. is treated as wise as he is evil