[jumpy]

oooooh.....


this could be really good, or really baaaaad.

Last I heard conan was going to be played by some eastern european guy? But that was a while back... not sure how momoa will fit the part, or how faithfull to the stories the film could be....


As a long time fan or the REH character (I have all of the manuscript/original unedited stories as they were published, in one fantastic volume) I have a particular fondness for arnold in his portrayal of conan. The original casting could not have been much better - arnie has always been the epitome of a movie conan. And lets not forget the superb supporting cast on Conan the Barbarian - granted the screenplay is a bit of a bastardisation of several themes from the original REH compositions, but set the central themes for the characters and the 'hyborian age'.



Not to mention Basil Poledouris' sublime score.

This has an awful lot to live up to.

And like the original star wars trilogy, sometimes the originals are the best - what comes after somehow fails to make the grade.

I'm not sure of the addition of the 3D gimmick either - it could be spectacular, or it could be a case of 'looks nice, but has FA content'... Though at least the trailer quotes one of the lines from the books - Queen of the Black Coast.