"Why wouldn't you use James Earl Jones' voice?" Because they've already got Mako's voice for the narration, our ears can only handle so much greatness

@Unpainted_Huffhines

2 жыл бұрын

And James Earl Jones was already Thulsa Doom; would've been a bit confusing if the primary antagonist narrated the protagonist's story.

@ElChalupacabra710

2 жыл бұрын

also it makes more sense that someone on conans side that knew him well would be telling his tale. the fact that Mako also happens to play Akiro makes it even better

@psyrixx

2 жыл бұрын

Mako == Uncle Iroh just in case anyone doesn't know... among many others. Acting LEGEND.

@russellward4624

2 жыл бұрын

You can't have the bad guy as the narrator, especially since he's dead.

@sabrecatsmiladon7380

2 жыл бұрын

Mako was still a star back then

The sword was not rusty, it had a crust of centuries of dust and cobwebs on it. It was Atlantean steel and superior to other steels, no rust.

@goldenageofdinosaurs7192

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I thought it looked like lime.

@leisurecide9478

2 жыл бұрын

well actually....its probably the decomposed scabbard, like you said the steel underneath is good.

@JayM409

2 жыл бұрын

@@leisurecide9478 - Yes, it was the scabbard. A steel Sword was recently found in China. When removed from its scabbard, it was still shiny.

@williammatthews693

2 жыл бұрын

And no writer of fantasy fiction ever used the idea of superior steel ever again...

@mmsizzlak

2 жыл бұрын

In the director's cut they show Conan using some ancient wd-40 and metal polish to get the sword new again, but because I made that up no one's ever seen it

Fun Fact: The actor who played the wizard is Mako, original voice of Aku from Samurai Jack and Uncle Iroh from Avatar: The Last Airbender.

@jean-paulaudette9246

2 жыл бұрын

LOL Simone: That shiz iz played out George: It is? fans: WhAT!?

Younger people don't realize how impactful "Conan" was. The novels were reprinted in the 60s-70s and the sales went through the roof because of the groundbreaking cover art of painter Frank Frazzetta. Frazzetta's breathtaking art was unlike anything the world had seen before. In many ways it could be said he IS responsible for the fantasy genre. No doubt D & D was heavily influenced by Conan. The Novels were quickly adapted into comic books and then eventually into this movie. This was Arnold Schwarzenegger's first major lead role and it rocketed him to stardom. Every Tom Dick and Harry was throwing money at Arnold after this. The lead Female lost a finger during the filming of this movie.

@terrylandess6072

2 жыл бұрын

Trying not to spoil anything in the 'sequel', I appreciated the dual wielding back-stab move early on as another D&D reference to 'Thief skills'.

@jonhenry8268

2 жыл бұрын

Frazzetta's artwork was also used by Molly Hatchet on their album covers.

@worstcaseofcrabsever5510

2 жыл бұрын

@@ThreadBomb Just to Clarify, Frazzetta was an artist. not a writer. Frazzetta is the father of Fantasy ART. You wont find much good fantasy art before Frank Frazzetta because there was no real market for it. After his art was proven to sell comics/albums/novels/ect., the genre exploded .Many other artists would soon follow Frank's basic example as the demand continued to grow.

@JulioLeonFandinho

2 жыл бұрын

@@ThreadBomb Tolkien wrote his "thing" after Robert E. Howard... but no, those aren't responsible for the "fantasy" genre, that should be a guy called Homer like 2000 years ago. And the genre archetypes and stylems are still based, to this day, on the Ilyad and the Odissey... just saying in case that somebody think that after 2000 years we went much further from that, because the answer is NO

@xxJOKeR75xx

2 жыл бұрын

@@JulioLeonFandinho There have always been fantasy stories but i think Thread Bomb is right about the MODERN fantasy genre being founded by Tolkien. Wizards, Elves, Dwarves, Hobbits, Trolls and Orks are so universal in high fantasy today and Tolkien created the archetypes of all of them.

Basil Poledouris' score really elevates this movie into epic territory. The film was made 40 years ago and has really aged well, due to its music and its magnificent practical effects.

@yrenekurtz5268

4 ай бұрын

The first Conan was lighting in a bottle, a thermodinamic miracle that is not possible to repeat. It's a movie that by all means should have been a shchlocky cheesefest at best, but somehow the right people converged to make it happen.

In my opinion this is still one of the best fantasy films ever!

@davidking498

2 жыл бұрын

without question

@simonfernandes6809

2 жыл бұрын

Conan the Barbarian and Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Are there any other fantasy films (just kidding)?

@MaikKellerhals

2 жыл бұрын

@@simonfernandes6809 I agree, although i would also count the star wars trilogy (there were only three star wars films) and The Matrix (there was only one) as fantasy rather than science fiction

@MaikKellerhals

2 жыл бұрын

@@simonfernandes6809 I always liked the Neverending Story (especiallly as a child)

@MaikKellerhals

2 жыл бұрын

sadly there aren't too many good ones...

Not only is this movie so singularly unique and awesome, but the score is imo one of the best classical suites for film every recorded.

@almall4042

2 жыл бұрын

Also the main theme of the sequel is epic as f###.

@GorgeousRandyFlamethrower-

2 жыл бұрын

Even today, some film productions use pieces of Poledouris' score as placeholders (in lieu of the still to be finished score for the film itself) in different scenes during the editing process

@andreraymond6860

2 жыл бұрын

The City Of Prague Orchestra is unequalled in their recording of the Riddle Of steel Riders Of Doom cue. Other orchestras have tried to reproduce its greatness but all have failed. Cudos in particular to the percussion section. Amazing.

@lodoss118

2 жыл бұрын

Yes the score is amazing as some people said some studios have uses the score in their trailers

@moses9512

Жыл бұрын

The score is a classic..the movie wouldn't be such a classic without thys classic sound track .

I believe the ending when Conan drops the sword and Thulsa Dooms head on the stairs leaving him alone atop the stairs is the answer to the riddle of steel as was hinted at by the opening Nietzsche quote. 1. His dad wrongly believed the strength of steel was the answer, but as we saw that can be broken when Conan broke his father's sword. 2. Thulsa Doom wrongly believed the answer was the strength of flesh, but as we saw his flesh failed with his beheading and his followers leaving. 3. It was Conan's strength of will that could not be broken the whole movie and is why he is left standing at the top of the stairs. edit: reading comments 98th emperor stated this!

@Ezekielepharcelis

2 жыл бұрын

Thulsa Doom, not James Earl Jones 😉

@SleepingGiant77

5 ай бұрын

It's never explicit but I really do think that this is the true answer to the Riddle of Steel. The Nietsche quote at the beginning kind of confirms this, IMO.

@indiajohnson

Ай бұрын

Oh, that does make sense 👍🏾.

Subotai- “He is Conan, Cimarian. He will not cry. So I cry for him.” Subotai is a Ride or Die Bro.

@jameswoodard4304

2 күн бұрын

*Cimmerian

"To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the women" is actually based on a real quote by the Great Khan: "The greatest happiness is to scatter your enemy, to drive him before you, to see his cities reduced to ashes, to see those who love him shrouded in tears, and to gather into your bosom his wives and daughters."

@GlennWH26

2 жыл бұрын

Because we must have 'de lahmendashuns ov de vimmin.'

@susah135

2 жыл бұрын

@@GlennWH26 Ahh the most iconic language in the world. Arnoldese.

@KthulhuXxx

2 жыл бұрын

@@radbarij An even better quote comes from Robert E. Howard's Conan: "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.” Of course, that wouldn't quite have worked with dull-witted Conan presented in the film.

@PetrPechar1975

2 жыл бұрын

@@KthulhuXxx Well, the best one is from Pratchett's Cohen the Barbarian: "Hot water, good dentishtry and shoft lavatory paper."

@jakedee4117

2 жыл бұрын

@@PetrPechar1975 Cohen the Barbarian, a lifetime in his own legend.

Gary Gygax (dnd's central creator) was so into Conan he actually created multiple character sheets for Conan tracking what he thought his stats were at various ages. There are photos of them available online.

@BarryHart-xo1oy

8 ай бұрын

Good to know.

FYI: I did a video conference with the Governors Office in California when Arnold was Governor. And, he gave us (three K-8 school classes) a virtual tour of his office. Guess what was over the mantle in the California Governors office? THAT Sword... The staff were all excited to see it... the kids didn't know who "Conan" was... made us feel old.

The final shot of King Conan on the throne was actually the FIRST thing they shot. This was the first of a planned trilogy chronicling his rise to power. The one sequel they did make abandoned that plan and went in a different direction, adding more VFX and comedy relief and toning it down to a PG-13

@iantellam9970

2 жыл бұрын

I tend to count Red Sonja as part of the Conan 'Trilogy' too, as it's only 'not' Conan for licensing reasons.

@Mortigantoj

2 жыл бұрын

@@iantellam9970 I like the theory that Kalidor is an older Conan in disguise, who wants more adventures but doesn't want anybody to know he is the king

@Avocado11

2 жыл бұрын

And "The Legend of Conan" has been sitting on Arnold's IMDB for a while if they ever get that into production.

@chrisleebowers

2 жыл бұрын

@@iantellam9970 It's crazy that she's actually a Conan spin-off character and they couldn't get Conan in the movie. Also I believe that makes it the true first Marvel movie, preceding Howard the Duck by a couple years.

@andrewphillips5323

2 жыл бұрын

Destroyer is rated PG, PG-13 didn't exist yet.

Thorgrim, the guy who gets killed by the spike to the stomach, is Svend-Ole Thorsen. He is a bodybuilder from Denmark and was at one point the strongest man in Denmark. He became a very good friend of Arnold in the 70s through the bodybuilding community. He is the stuntman/actor to have been in most Arnold movies than any other actor. He has been in almost any movie Arnold made in the 70s, 80s and 90s. But I think he is mostly known as La Fours in "Mallrats" and most of all Tigris of Gaul in "Gladiator".

@Zunderfeuer

Жыл бұрын

Didn't he also do stuntwork for Danny Devito in Junior?

I like the pacing. They really take the time to fully occupy a scene and create an atmosphere, like a painting almost, rather then just jumping from one random thing to the next like a hummingbird on speed.

@maxxxmodelz4061

7 ай бұрын

I like the pacing too, although I do understand how people who grew up in a more modern movie era would be bored by some of the longer scenes. I personally feel like they take their time on purpose, to allow the viewer to think about things a little bit and get lost in that world. It also allows the incredible music to add more gravity to each scene.

The "Barbarian" class was definitely an attempt to make Conan "playable" in the game, waaaay back in the day. The flavor of the class changed a bit in the intervening editions, but its origins are definitely here, and the pulp books, and probably the Marvel comic series... plus Frank Frazetta and Boris Vallejo's art, of course

@lordofchaosinc.261

2 жыл бұрын

God thanks I've been looking for ages who was the guy who draw all the fantasy pictures with woman and snakes.

@AbenZin1

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Les Edwards! Look at the Muscularity!

@phillipribbink6903

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnabbottphotography The first proper character I ever played in D&D was a Barbarian who was basically a Conan rip-off.

@CYB3R2K

Жыл бұрын

Like the berserker in final fantasy?

Basil Poledouris, imo, is right up there with John Williams when it comes to composing epic scores

@PrimeCircuit

2 жыл бұрын

One of my favourite sountracks of all time. Without it the movie would only be half as great. In fact, imo, Basil Poledouris saved it.

@nenorii3234

2 жыл бұрын

@@PrimeCircuit and hans zimmer. that dune score is epic. 3 of my favorite composers

@alesksander

2 жыл бұрын

@@nenorii3234 i concur greatly with that. Same for Interstellar. Average screenplay but saved in score and edit. Also similar for J Williams in ep 1, 2 and 3. Composers that elevated average movies a bit higher and in some sense save it.

@roskelld

2 жыл бұрын

Also did the soundtrack to Robocop!

@MichaelScheele

2 жыл бұрын

The Conan the Barbarian soundtrack is Poledouris' master work. One of the best of all time.

I was 14 years old when this movie came out, and the only thing I knew about Schwarzenegger at that point was that he was a bodybuilder who couldn’t speak English very well. My older brother took me to see this and it instantly became one of my all-time favorite movies. Outside of T2 this is my favorite Arnold movie to date.

@moses9512

Жыл бұрын

I like thys movie

I love how Simone completely wrong footed George, by doing a 'normal' introduction for a change.

This is set in a mythical time known as the Hyborian Age. Robert E. Howard created the basic lore that involved influences of a lot of diferent ancient civilizations, from european, african and asian. Also, from what little I know, Tulsa Doom was one of the last of a tribe of snake men that could hypnotize people with a stare.

@VadulTharys

2 жыл бұрын

He was an Atlantean, but a corrupted one from the far south. Hence the magic and ability to change into a snake.

@paullamb3109

2 жыл бұрын

Robert E Howard was also highly influenced by HP Lovecraft and incorporated many Mythos themes without actually copying them straight into his own works.

@amstrad00

2 жыл бұрын

@@paullamb3109 My understanding was that Lovecraft kept up a correspondence with Howard as well as a number of different authors of the same generation/era and they all more or less decided they liked the idea of incorporating elements of Lovecraft's mythos into their own works to help give Lovecraft's mythos a boost in terms of seeming like the sort of real myths created by ancient religions and civilizations.

@paullamb3109

2 жыл бұрын

@@amstrad00 You’re quite wright, WOW what a group of writers!!!

@chrisleebowers

2 жыл бұрын

Conan's lifetime was supposed to be 12,000 years ago - The idea is that iron-age civilizations actually developed before existing recorded history, but a massive global cataclysm knocked everyone back to the stone age in 9500 BC, wiping out all archaeological evidence of prior development.

Milius had explained in a commentary that the orgy and cannibalism scene in the Tulsa Doom's throne room was a sign of the level of sensory and immoral excess Doom's followers had surrendered themselves to.

@IggyStardust1967

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe.... but I like to call that "Tuesday Night". 😁

@jp3813

2 жыл бұрын

@@IggyStardust1967 "Of course!" - Bison

George is right after a good theory right away. Robert E Howard and his work are arguably the second most influential set of works on D&D and all of its tropes and lore, after the amazing work of our favorite man Tolkien of course.

@chiefsteps-in-poo8447

2 жыл бұрын

Robert E. Howard was a nut. He'd lock himself in his house, go into his basement and write his stories. He believed Conan was standing behind him with an axe threatening to kill him if he stopped. Shat bit crazy.

@goldenageofdinosaurs7192

2 жыл бұрын

Howard, Tolkien, Leiber & Moorcock are probably (in my opinion) the biggest influences on the original, 1970’s D&D. Leiber for all the city adventures, roofwalking, tower climbing, thieves guild fighting & going on adventures. Moorcock for enchanted swords & fighter/magic user combos. Howard for 18/00 strength, beast fighting, tower climbing & countless saves versus spells/illusion etc. Tolkien for epic adventure, elves, dwarves, dragons, orcs & too many other things to count.

@knightofnii4659

2 жыл бұрын

No D and D is much more influenced by Conan than Tolkien. Indeed the creators of D and D have tried as much a possible to distance themselves from Tolkien as they can. Tolkien is very low magic and very much good v evil. D and D is very much high magic and everybody is evil/chaotic. One of the reasons I am quite anti D and D.

@Painocus

2 жыл бұрын

I'd say Robert E. Howard is definitivly a bigger inspiration than Tolkien. The entire structure of early D&D is inspired by his series of short episodic quests rather than Tolkiens grand war novel format. The cosmology is mainly Michael Moorcock and Poul Anderson. The magic system is directly based on Jack Vance's. Sure there are a bunch of Tolkien monsters, but Gygax and Arneson pulled those from everywhere. There is about as much inspiration there from authors no one knows about anymore like Margaret St. Clair. Tolkien's main inspiration on D&D is the races, but the Tolkienesque races in early D&D were almost activly discouraged and treated like just a class, nothing like race has become in newer D&D. I think Gygax even said somewhere that he only included the option to play those because he knew people would be asking for it anyways because LotR is popular. So while Tolkien's contribution to the creation of the game is not insignificant, I'd place him far from the top of that list.

@galadballcrusher8182

2 жыл бұрын

@@knightofnii4659 where the hell do u base that "everyone is evil/chaotic"? Most dnd at least in forgotten realms case is not, maybe in ravenloft or dark sun

This is actually one of my favorite movies. Not even a "guilty pleasure" but genuinely I love this move. And yes Conan is not only a big inspiration for the Barbarian class in D&D, but the sword and sorcery genre was a Huge influence on Gary Gaygax when him and his friends were creating D&D.

@maxxxmodelz4061

7 ай бұрын

Absolutely. This film was the gold standard for sword and sandal movies and games going forward. It inspired a huge resurgence in D&D popularity in the early 80s. TSR owed a huge amount of gratitude to this movie in the 80s.

I love the conversation about their gods. They laugh and accept the different opinions.

@stanmann356

2 жыл бұрын

I always interpreted the little look Conan gave Subutai as wondering if he should be pissed or not then deciding it wasn't worth it

@majuli8420

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, if you don't have "one true God", things are more chill.

@Drforrester31

2 жыл бұрын

It is a really great and simple conversation that enhances their relationship and gives them further characterization

Simone's "This is what i wanted.... yes.... yes...." was the best part

Conan has everything to do with D&D! The original Conan books were one of the key inspirations for fantasy gaming as we know it. In fact without Robert E Howard and Conan, we probably wouldn’t have D&D. So excited to watch the reaction!

@amstrad00

2 жыл бұрын

I'm certain we would have gotten something like D&D, it just wouldn't have contained those specific elements that Howard inspired. What would have made D&D really less recognizable than what we've have today is if Tolkien never wrote the LOTR books.

@Immoralsalvage

2 жыл бұрын

@@amstrad00 Considering Gary Gygax stated Robert E. Howard was a bigger influence on him then Tolkien. Yeah without the tales of Conan, Krull, Solomon Kane, Bran Mak Morn, Red Sonja we are looking at D&D being a very different game.

@matthewdunham1689

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed

@Zamrod

2 жыл бұрын

The original version of Barbarian in 1e a way more heavily inspired by Conan than later editions. His hatred of magic was written into the class before being removed later.

@AnonEyeMouse

2 жыл бұрын

The origins of D&D come from table top war gaming and group psychotherapy treatments. I forget the specifics but only the details of the setting come from Howard, Tolkien et al. The actual practice of tabletop, pen and paper role-playing groups would still have been a thing, though who knows if it would have been as successful.

Interestingly enough, horse wranglers say horses love to tumble and role in the dirt. I have seen them do it, just this aggressively.

@gutz1981

2 жыл бұрын

@@ryanjacobson2508 There was an inquiry into one scene where the horse tumbled down the hill into wooden spikes. The producers showed the footage and said "Did you not also see a man on the horse roll down those same spikes? Do you think he is dead too?" And they were right and won.

You might not be aware, but the story takes place in the Hyborian Age or about 10,000 BCE. In the stories there are often references to Atlantis, but which was just as legendary to them as it is to us. So the cultures represented here are proto-versions of ancient civilizations. Stygia, for example, is proto-Egyptian. Cimmeria is a cross between early Scottish and Norse. Howard, much like Tolkien, went to a lot of effort to create these fictional cultures that would later become more familiar to us. I'll also add that the movie (and its sequel) is based on a combination of stories from Conan's early life (like 16 to 20?).

The director of this movie, John Milius, was the inspiration for Walter in The Big Lebowski.

It was nice seeing Uncle Iroh when he was young. 😄

No, that's not how rust works. I think for the story, it was some magical Atlantean steel that didn't rust, just accumulated layers of dust. You also cannot cast carbon steel into a sword like they did in the opening credits. You can cast cast iron, but it would be extremely brittle and break the first time you hit something.

Sandahl Bergman always said that her height was 5'9" because "no woman should be over 6' tall," ( she was 6'1") All the backup actors were friends from Golds Gym... The witch was a fellow competitor from the Mr./Miss. World competition. The two goons of Tulsa Doom were former football linemen and Subati was Jerry Garcia, a pro surfer. Arnie actually bit the neck off a dead vulture!. Arnie had to lose about 30 lbs off his training weight to actually be able to properly weld the sword safely.

18:40 that Recovery Kata scene is amazing. It shows how Conan grew from thinking that Steel was powerful when the strength of his Will was powerful the whole time. And the music is so haunting and beautiful!

I loved this film (easily the best of the Conan films). The fanzines said that the production staff had to ask Sandahl Bergman to 'slow/tone it down' for the fight sequences (she was a professional dancer and her speed and grace made Arnie look bad).

_"What is best in life?"_ _"To binge de movies, see them unblocked before you, and to hear the lamentation of the comments"_

Growing up, I used to watch both Conan the barbarian and the Destroyer in german. Watched it in English in the Patreon version for the first time and it's crazy how heavy Arnie's German accent is (Then the hell with you!). I love this dude so much. P.S - Simone, Conan indeed influenced the DnD warrior/barbarian class - Hail Vex'ahlia!

@flatebo1

2 жыл бұрын

It fits, though. Howard's map of the Hyborean Age places Cimmeria basically around Germany, with Asgard and Vanaheim (Scandinavia) to the north and Aquilonia (France) to the south.

@koalabrownie

2 жыл бұрын

Destroyer's a tough watch. Grace Jones is the real highlight of the film but it suffers from being aimed at a younger audience.

If you ever read the Evil Overlord List, a lot of the entries in there are inspired by this movie, specifically "No.34 I will not turn into a snake. It never helps"

@GrumpyOldGuyPlaysGames

2 жыл бұрын

I wrote that entry.... and most of the Evil Overlord List, in fact. And yeah, a *lot* of that list is based on this movie.

@Fluffykeith

2 жыл бұрын

@@GrumpyOldGuyPlaysGames For real? nice!

This is such an epic movie! You should definitely watch "Excalibur" (1981), about the legend of King Arthur. It's fantastic.

@BarryHart-xo1oy

8 ай бұрын

Very true-“Excalibur “ is a superb movie.

The 80's had a lot of Sword & Sorcery films. I grew up watching them. Some that come to mind are,..Ladyhawke(1985) starring Rutger Hauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Matthew Broderick. Other movies I remember are, Beast Master(1982), and Dragonslayer(1981).

@iron-thorne

6 ай бұрын

Ladyhawke is seriously underrated. It's soundtrack practically invented Dungeon Synth.

In Spain they wear hoods for penance. Just because it looks similar to the, you know what, doesn’t mean it was at all inspired by it

A remarkably well written movie if you look closely at the dialogue, storyline, etc.

@rabbitandcrow

2 жыл бұрын

John Milius - one of Hollywood’s great writers

@gnomeandgarden6157

2 жыл бұрын

@@rabbitandcrow Also Oliver Stone

The D&D Barbarian class was based on Conan. Mako, the actor that played the Wizard, is also the voice actor for Uncle Iroh in Avatar the Last Air Bender.

@jeffreymorgan8687

2 жыл бұрын

I knew his voice sounded familiar

I had the vinyl soundtrack album for this and pretty much played it into dust. One of the most iconic scores of all time.

Arnold had to lose muscle mass for the role, because his bodybuilding arms were too big to do all the swordwork.

Please watch the Schwarzenegger movie "TRUE LIES"!

@erikholmes644

2 жыл бұрын

Oh YEAH, definitely. 👍👍👍

"What're they missing? A Sorceror?" You called it

Well done to George for Simonan the Barbarian in the thumbnail.

This movie is a masterpiece. You don't need tons of lazy dialogue when you can set the scene like this. Its an art that has been forgotten for the most part... Also King Conan the ending showed Has yet to madam. Arnold has been pushing for it to be made in recent years but the owner of the rights to conan Has yet to agree. However Conan the Destroyer is the sequel And Red Sonya after that. Enjoy them as well

@lordofchaosinc.261

2 жыл бұрын

They forgot the "show don't tell"-part. That's why there are large parts of explainium in modern movies.

@Argumemnon

2 жыл бұрын

It would've helped if they hadn't talked that much, a problem I have with movie reactors. The flick has little dialogue but you have to pay attention.

@IggyStardust1967

2 жыл бұрын

@@Argumemnon Kinda hard to pay attention when the sight of movie-gore makes you turn your head and wince....

Please watch "Twins"! Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito!

@jesusgallardo9998

2 жыл бұрын

I second on this

@richieb7692

2 жыл бұрын

Oh Yes.!!! You Must watch Twins.!!!

@mormacil

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, that will be fun

One other fun fact: Robert E Howard and HP Lovecraft were contemporaries, and it is acknowledged that Conan is set in the same universe as Lovecraft's work.

When I was very young and my dad was still alive he took me to watch this and American Werewolf in London at the drive-in as a double feature. I was a huge Conan fan from the books and comics and I loved werewolves so it was a good night. One of few we had. 🐾🍻🐾

The metallurgy in this film is as inaccurate as it is visually brilliant - ie totally! You can’t make a sword by pouring molten iron into a mould, but the image is so iconic that loads of blacksmiths cite the film as the beginning of their careers.

@sike2399

2 жыл бұрын

I think Lindybeige said that for shooting "molten iron" scenes they actually used tin since it's melting point is low enough to give it that fiery red glow. The melting point of iron is so high that to liquefy the metal you'd have to heat it until it turned white. Then there was the rust-scene and no, you can't just shake rust off of metal by banging it against the ground a few times. If memory serves, what the blade was really covered in were the decayed and desiccated remains of a scabbard. The steel itself just had this mystical aspect to it that made it immune to the ravages of time.

This movie has a few bits added from what I originally saw when it came out. Conan doesn't take the princess with him when he goes to kill Thulsa Doom, and he's not seen carrying her off after burning down the cult temple. The added scenes don't seem necessary, or work that well in my opinion. The final line after the narration at the end was originally "But that is another story". I think it was meant as a homage to ancient storytellers, who were paid "by the story", and thus would always end with the storyteller leaving his audience wanting more.

Arnie single-handedly created the "big dumb barbarian" trope with this film, but it's worth remembering that the version of Conan he plays here is nothing like the character in the original stories. Howard's Conan is a physical specimen and a formidable fighter, yes, but he's also highly intelligent, extremely cunning, and even something of an amateur philosopher at times.

The sequel, _Conan the Destroyer,_ is more campy but just as enjoyable and probably more re-watchable.

@SuprousOxide

2 жыл бұрын

Saw Conan the Destroyer a lot more, because taped it off TV once, so that's the movie I had.

@jamesrawlins735

2 жыл бұрын

It's actually closer to what a Conan movie should be. I remember one critic called Barbarian the Conan battles the Flower Children who own snakes movie.

@MrGlobbits

2 жыл бұрын

Was gutted Arnie did not make more Conan films. He was perfect for the role.

@iantellam9970

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrGlobbits Red Sonja is also a Conan movie - just they couldn't use the name for licensing reasons. It's basically 'Conan goes incognito for a bit' in my head cannon, lol.

@jamesrawlins735

2 жыл бұрын

@@iantellam9970 Red Sonja also basically killed this type of movie for awhile - it was a big box office bomb. Also Arnie wanted to get away from this stereotype and wanted better paying movies - he did Terminator the same year as Red Sonja and became a much bigger star.

My favorite Conan O'Brien story is how he was talking about being teased as a kid about his name. The other kids would ask, "Hey, Conan... where's your sword?"

@frankkolton1780

Жыл бұрын

My reply would of been "I carry it in my pants of course".

You need to watch Conan The Destroyer, it's a lot cheesier, but it's a lot of fun and has Sarah Douglas as one of the best evil queens ever.

@dongilleo9743

2 жыл бұрын

A lot of Conan fans don't like Conan The Destroyer. It's obviously a different level of movie, but it's a fun watch. I've always felt like it was almost a movie version of a D & D campaign. Conan and his different variety of friends with different skill sets go on a quest. Along the way they have to accomplish intermediate goals as they work towards the end of their adventure, with plenty of surprises as they go.

@Fluffykeith

2 жыл бұрын

@@dongilleo9743 It has a much more generic adventure story feel to it, doesn't it? I love it tho...(I love Conan The Barbarian too). Queen Tarramiss is one of my favourite movie villains. It also...in a weird way...touches more on the Lovecraftian horror that got mixed into the original stories, Howard being a writing pal of old HPL.

@danielleeskelton

2 жыл бұрын

I know a lot of people don't like the sequel, but I enjoy it.

Subotai is such a bro. The best friend Conan can ask for "He's Conan. Summerian. He wont cry. So I cry for him!" Thats a ride-or-die for life man!

@jameswoodard4304

2 күн бұрын

*Cimmerian Sumerians are a different thing.

To answer some of your questions - It was not uncommon for slaves to earn their freedom after long and profitable servants to their masters. The wheel of pain was just a common method to break them, or make them stronger, determining which were best for servitude and which were best for battle. For the sword, no, you can't just beat the rust off them like that, but the implication here is that Conan found an enchanted blade, which was a common thing in the comics. Like you originally suspected, Conan was very much an early inspiration for D&D, so enspelled steel, and even mythical metals like star metal from fallen meteorites, were mentioned in the Conan lore. Sorcery and magic were prevalent, though often subtle, things in the world of Conan, and he personally had a distrust for it. The cult ate people because Set was a god of indulgence and greed, as well as serpents and poison. The priests usually used corruption and deception like a venom, and would ply people with religion, harems, drug dens, or other forms of exploitable vices like metaphorical snakes coiling around their prey. Thulsa Doom was able to enjoy several profane miracles as a reward for his devotion to Set, including shapeshifting, the serpentine arrows, but more subtle was his serpent gaze, which could mesmerize people. That's what he used on Conan's mother at the start of the movie to disarm and kill her, and its what he tried on Conan at the end before Conan resisted it and killed him.

The witch who sent him to Zamora was a follower of the old ones. She appears in other Robert E Howard stories, not just Conan.

@MultiRedskull

2 жыл бұрын

What's her name? I read the short stories, but I don't remember her.🤔😕

@craigfurness5278

2 жыл бұрын

@@MultiRedskull she was mentioned in the story "Worms of the Earth". That's the only one I can remember at the moment, as it has been years since reading the old series.

The sword was supposedly the sword of Kull the Conqueror a being very much like Conan, born ages before. It wasn't official I believe, but it was implied that the tomb was of the ancient king Kull. That sword is amazing.

Fun facts: John Milius, the director & co-writer of this film, was an avid surfer. He was auditioning actors for the part of Subotai, and couldn't find the right person for the job. He was looking for somebody like his friend and fellow surfer, Gerry Lopez. Somebody suggested "Why not just cast Gerry?". So, the Mongolian archer is played by a surfer from Hawaii. Sandahl Bergman, who played Valeria, is a classically trained dancer, which was used by the fight choreographer to make her fighting moves more fluid and smooth, rather than chop-chop. Also fun fact: John Milius wrote an uncredited draft of Dirty Harry and co-wrote Apocalypse Now (which he got an Oscar nomination). He was one of the founding members of American Zoetrope Studio, along with Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas.

@ericifune5543

2 жыл бұрын

Gerry Garcia was one of the greatest pro surfers of all time.

One of the most epic movies EVER. The score is awesome, the action is epic and Arnold never looked better. If you are wanting a great 80’s sword and sorcerer movie, I highly recommend “Dragon Slayer” from 1981 and “Krull”.

@gibbletronic5139

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget about "The Sword and the Sorcerer."

@GlennWH26

2 жыл бұрын

@@gibbletronic5139 Source of one of the greatest disses in movie history: "What's going on here?" "We're going to rape this bitch!" "That's a small threat. (glances down) That's a very small threat."

@IggyStardust1967

2 жыл бұрын

And you guys better not forget Excalibur. Also, "Dragonheart", and "Deathstalker" (1983). You're not a true sword and sorcery fan if you don't know that latter one. A "B" movie, to be sure, but a damned good, if obscure, title that belongs in any collection of that type of movie.

@McPh1741

2 жыл бұрын

@@gibbletronic5139 Isn't that the one with the sword with 3 blades and it can shoot them?

@McPh1741

2 жыл бұрын

@@IggyStardust1967 If you want to see someone react to movies like "Deathstalker", check out ReelReviewsWithJen. She is always watching 80s B-movies. Now, if you klnow Deathstalker, can assume you have seen "The Barbarians"?

The Director/Writer John Milius always wanted to do a trilogy. Sadly it never got to happen. Milus and Schwarzenegger have been trying for years to get Conan: Crown of Iron made to no avail. But it would be about an aging Conan taking the throne of Aquilonia and his son Prince Conn. In fact Arnold is the perfect age for the character from those tales. Its a shame this hasn't been made. It seems like modern Hollywood just can't make a good decision.

"Conan O'Brien the Barbarian!" I want this movie now

@Paul_Waller

2 жыл бұрын

Set in Ireland?

@Madbandit77

2 жыл бұрын

There were a bunch of jokes about that when Conan O'Brien replaced David Letterman.

Hey, Simone and George! Robert E. Howard created an iconic noble savage character whose exploits were chronicled in 28 completed and incomplete tales, poems and essays. Conan exists in a prehistoric period of our world called the Hyborian Age. He descends from the mountains of Cimmeria as a youth seeking adventure and, over his long career, he works as a thief, a soldier, a mercenary, a bandit, a pirate, a scout and ultimately becomes a wise and just king of the greatest nation of his day, Aquilonia. Unlike monosyllabic Arnie, Conan is quite thoughtful and eloquent in much the same way Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan is. One of my favorite Conan quotes has him answering what the nature of reality is: "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." Howard was a master wordsmith from Texas who tried his hand at many different pulp genres of the '30s and mastered them all. He was never considered a serious writer by the establishment yet his work is beloved to this day. He maintained a long-standing correspondence relationship with horror maestro H.P. Lovecraft. He was emotionally disturbed and committed suicide after the death of his mother in 1936 at the age of thirty. Every Conan collection begins with this evocative preamble as if a Vizier were instructing a pampered Prince to learn from an ancient chronicle of a legendary figure: "Know, O Prince, that between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities, and the years of the rise of the Sons of Aryas, there was an Age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world like blue mantles beneath the stars. Nemedia, Ophir, Brythunia, Hyperborea. Zamora with its dark-haired women and towers of spider-haunted mystery, Zingara with its chivalry, Koth that bordered on the pastoral lands of Shem, Stygia with its shadow-guarded tombs, Hyrkania whose riders wore steel and silk and gold. But the proudest kingdom of the world was Aquilonia, reigning supreme in the dreaming West. Hither came Conan the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandaled feet." The Milius-Stone movie is a successful pastiche of King Kull and Conan stories blended together. The rousing score by Basil Poledouris provides an operatic sweep and captures the blood and thunder ethos of the characters. The early biographical montage of slave to gladiator to wanderer is the backstory of Howard's Atlantean character, King Kull, whose nemesis is Thulsa Doom and the cult of snake men who are trying to revive an earlier period of prehistory when snake-people ruled supreme in a global empire called Acheron. Conan's Hyborian Age occurs after a Great Cataclysm that reshapes the continents. It is implied that Kull is a blood ancestor millennia-removed. Sequences in the film are loosely based on Conan stories. The giant snake is from "The God in the Bowl", teaming up with fellow thieves to infiltrate an impenetrable temple is from "The Tower of the Elephant", rescuing a princess from a cult is from "The People of the Black Circle", surviving the crucifixion by ripping out a vulture's throat with his teeth is from "A Witch Shall Be Born". Sandahl Bergman's Valeria is a blend of two of Conan's great loves: Valeria and Belit. Valeria is a vagabond adventurer with a lust for excitement like him from the tale "Red Nails". Belit is a pirate queen and Conan's first true love. Belit vows to return from death to defend her lover and she does in a moment of great need in "Queen of the Black Coast" just as Valeria does in the movie. Absolutely see "Conan the Destroyer"! It's fantastic pulpy fun with a few authentic Howard references although its mostly pastiche. Filmmakers have never adapted Conan faithfully and it's a terrible shame because Howard was an extraordinary writer. Arnold is the perfect age to return and do Howard's trilogy of King Conan tales: "The Phoenix on the Sword", "The Scarlet Citadel" and "The Hour of the Dragon". Schwarzenegger has eagerly expressed interest in doing it and doing it right! All they'd have to do is follow the books. The last line of the Conan saga is surprisingly romantic! Earlier in "Hour of the Dragon", the slave girl Zenobia, who was quite taken with the bachelor king during his visit to her country, freed him from the dungeons of Nemedia. He escapes to go on a quest and returns to defeat his enemies. He could by rights annex the Nemedian king's entire country expanding Aquilonian territory but he only asks for one thing: Zenobia. Baffled, the Nemedian monarch asks why this one slave girl? Conan answers, "In Nemedia, she was a slave but she will be Queen of Aquilonia." If you haven't seen Arnold in "Collateral Damage", check it out. It's one of his better films. If you want to see amazing sword-and-planet pulp fiction based on Edgar Rice Burroughs Martian stories, see "JOHN CARTER" (2012). If you want to see animated blood-and-thunder, see Ralph Bakshi's "FIRE AND ICE" based on the paintings of Frank Frazetta!

Conan pushes that wheel so long he has the strength of 20 children! The DM of the next adventure (Conan The Destroyer) takes a different tone, and some new players join the party. I hope you both watch it.

Great reaction you two! Not only one of my absolute favourite movies(also my favourite versionof the movie) but the absolute joy on your faces during some of the great moments was fantastic. Valaria = greatest warrior woman EVER! She just straight up starts off giving the orders and the other two recognize the skills.

Amazing film very classic Conan the Barbarian starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones, Max Von Sydow and Jorge Sanz as young Conan. Today Jorge Sanz is one of the greatest spanish actors ever. Thanks guys great reaction excellent😊👍👍👍👍

19:48 -- George, the whole soundtrack is worth owning.

"We've got a barbarian, thief and warrior, what are we missing?" A spellcaster, he shows up the halfway mark Also, the narration is based on the original stories. Conan does eventually become a king but only after many, many adventures in the novels and then the comics.

I loved to read the Conan stories - there is just violence. Conan solves anything with his sword. And as a fellow Austrian I´m pretty proud of Arnold and how he improved his English skills :)

@jahrolo

2 жыл бұрын

@Alexander Winterborn I'm a big fan of Bill Burr for years now, I've seen all his specials so far and I'm regularly listening to his podcast ;)

Seeing Sandahl Bergman in this reminds me that you guys need to watch Hell Comes To Frogtown.

Turn up the volume on the epic score of Conan and hear the lamentations of the neighbours

That might be the first time I’ve not skipped an ad for sponsored content. Well done.

The Hyborean Age has a ton of cool lore behind it, the "lost era" of history that has all kinds of very cool tales and adventures. And yes, the Riddle of Steel soundtrack is super epic :D

Robert E Howard has been credited with making the Sword & Sorcery popular. So in a way, he influenced the creation of Dungeons and Dragons.

@GrumpyOldGuyPlaysGames

2 жыл бұрын

Probably the second most influential author in regard to D&D, after Tolkein.

@darkhorse1127

2 жыл бұрын

​@@GrumpyOldGuyPlaysGames You could add Lovecraft to the inspiration list too. Howard and Lovecraft where pen pals so to speak.

@timmeyer9191

2 жыл бұрын

@@GrumpyOldGuyPlaysGames maybe, but Howard predates Tolkien.

@NefariousKoel

2 жыл бұрын

Howard's works are listed in Gygax' famous D&D Appendix N inspirational reference, along with many others of the era.

Robert E Howard's stories are amazing, and none better than the Conan tales.

Congratulations on watching the greatest movie ever made, this was the first movie I ever watched with my dad, it’s one of my few favourite memories. I name my first born son after Conan, he was born long and strong.

The stories on which this franchise were based are worth a read, if one's so inclined. The author built a lot of history and lore for Conan, including maps and such.

Back then all it took was a great composer and a couple of dozen extras to achieve epicness. Today you just throw in a couple of thousand CGI soldiers and call it epic.

Something you might have missed, a lot of people do, the guy Conan dueling with when Valeria appears to aid him is wielding the sword they took from Conan’s father. The one he breaks with his Atlantean sword.

My brother and I talked our grandfather into taking us to see this movie in the theater back then, so glad we did. One of my favorite movies! Great reaction from you two.

Yes, D&D was inspired by RE Howard's Conan stories, among other classic sword & sorcery fantasy authors from that period. More so than Tolkien, although that was obviously included.

Honestly, Age Of Conan was one of my favourite MMOs. It was just different enough from the other games of the time to be really interesting, and I kind of miss it at times.

@jamesrawlins735

2 жыл бұрын

Wasn't that the game Penny got hooked on in TBBT?

@Lannisen

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesrawlins735 yep!

@CaesiusX

2 жыл бұрын

And Knute Avenstroup Haugen's music was a worthy successor to that of Poledouris IMO.

@NefariousKoel

2 жыл бұрын

Fun MMO but sweet baby Crom, the bugs! Especially on launch. Nevertheless, those gory fights were quite impressive. Blood 'N Bewbs!

In the end, Conan wields his father's broken sword and Falsa Doom's head symbolizing neither had the answer to the riddle of steel. It is the strength of a man's will that determines the strength of the steel and flesh.

The “all jaw” guy was a former professional football player. He was an NFL Commissioner for years and acted as the doorman in “Behind the Green Door.” 😊

The ending is the original version. As I saw in theater. My all-time favorite movie this is. There are SO many details in there you didn’t see on first viewing. Rexor’a blade that breaks at the end, is none other than Conan’s father’s blade. It’s just an awesome movie with the absolute best soundtrack EVER. Also dont waste your time with the sequel, nor the reboot. THIS is the one to see. ÉDIT: I need to add something. There was a third Conan movie after the botched sequel. Though due to movie licensing rights issue, was never called Conan, nor is his character ever called by name. They movie is OK, wee bit cheesy but still good: Red Sonya. A must see in the genre.

@BandOfHarjaps

2 жыл бұрын

the reboot, everything BUT the story was good, a wasted opportunity. The second Arnie film was ... cheap.

@theendistheend123

2 жыл бұрын

This has to be an extended version. I have seen the movie 10 times but have NEVER seen the parts at the end with the princess. Ive only seen Conan go to the temple alone

@mglmouser

2 жыл бұрын

@@theendistheend123 nope. It’s there on the original vhs release that I also have.

@TheMsLourdes

2 жыл бұрын

I actually like Conan the destroyer. Miriam D'Abo is a bit of a pain but Grace Jones kicks ass and Sarah Douglas is... amazing ;) The story needs alot of work and was lackluster, but they acted well ;)

former blacksmith here. no you can't just smack rust of like that. but I always just imagened the Atlantean sword to be a magic weapon, so it works out

@JayM409

2 жыл бұрын

He's knocking the rotting remains of the scabbard off.

@cthrion_uroniziir

2 жыл бұрын

@@JayM409 that works too

Dear Cinebinge - new to your channel but as a longtime Conan the Barbarian pulp reader- I can answer your question about the epilogue. It is well known that Conan becomes King of Aquilonia, the most powerful kingdom one day. This return of Osric’s daughter foreshadowed his ventures into politics and his notoriety.

Fun Fact: The pit fighter that Conan goes up against first, is now a Prop Master in Hollywood. He worked in the Mr. Freeze outfit that Arnold wore in Batman & Robin.

R. Howards Conan books inspired so much fantasy stuff in pop culture, certainly also D+D . some Conan storys is like reading an D+D adventure. then ending Conan sitting on the throne and then the music kicks in is just epic.

One of *the best* scores _ever!_ 🗡️ The version you saw was slightly different than the original release. It has added dialogue as they prepare for war at the end, and originally we didn't see the princess after the snake arrow attempt. It was assumed that they took her back, so they didn't have to include it. And the scroll at the end was slightly different as well. Again, not needing to mention the princess. Save that added dialog as they set up the traps, I prefer the orignal. I never took the sword in the cave to be rusty. Just one that was covered in some kind of corrosion (lime residue?) which protected it from the harsher elements. 🤷🏼‍♂️ But that's just my take.

@IggyStardust1967

2 жыл бұрын

@@ThreadBomb I respect your opinion, but I have to disagree. It depends on the movie itself. Lethal Weapon, for example, the "school shooting" scene near the beginning added some depth to Riggs' character. Also, with Terminator 2, removing the chip from Arnold's head and switching on "learning" mode added to the story. Other movies, yeah, the additions don't make sense story wise, or just don't look right (looking hard at several things in Star Wars: A New Hope).

"How can hurting something make it stronger?" - the Riddle of Steel

As far as the ending goes: what you have to understand is that Conan is taken from a series of twelve books (13 if you include Hour of the Dragon) by Robert E. Howard (some were unfinished at the time of his suicide and were completed by L. Sprague De Camp, Lin Howard, and other writers who wanted Howard's legacy preserved). The books cover Conan's entire lifespan up until about age 67, at which time he IS King of Aquilonia, has for decades been married to his queen, Zenobia, but is eventually widowed. . The filmmakers knew they couldn't cover his entire lifespan, so they took bits and pieces of adventures mainly from the first three books and wove together the film's story from them. They knew fans of the books would know that Conan's adventures kept on going, so they put in the epilogue to reflect that.

The sword Conan is swinging around like it's plastic weighs 100 lbs. The buzzard Conan bites and kills on the tree of woe was a real roadkill buzzard. The filmmakers found on side of the road and decided to use it. Arnold had doctors standing ready to give him mouthwash and water after every take. The wheel of pain that all of the kids were pushing around in the beginning was so perfectly balanced that when Arnold pushed the least little bit, it would fly around so fast and so easy that it would hit him in the back of his head. He'd have people off camera pushing against him to make it look right.

@JayM409

2 жыл бұрын

Broad swords typically weigh about 1.5 to 2 lbs. This one weighted about 6 lb, making it unusually heavy, but it wasn't 100 lbs.

@chiefsteps-in-poo8447

2 жыл бұрын

@@JayM409 I had watched the documentary on the DVD and thought it said it weighed 100 lbs. I could be wrong and probably am, but I'm almost positive because hearing something like that makes an impression on your mind that you don't forget. I'll check it out again and get back with you.

When he hit the Atlantian sword at the beginning he wasn't smashing rust off he was smashing the old rotten scabbard off the sword. Also while the film use Norse mythology, in the original stories Conan was a cimerian which according to Howard was based on the Brythonic Celts aka Welsh

@jonnycanning4516

Жыл бұрын

Well, Howard intended the Cimmerians to be proto-Gaels, so Irish. Howard was obsessed with Irish history, culture and mythology. Conan has an Irish name (Conan means 'little wolf in Irish), Crom was an Irish god worshiped at harvest festivals on two mountains in the centre and west of the country, and he swears by Irish gods (Nemain, Macha and Mananann Mac Lir). According to Howard's essay, the Brythunians gave rise to the Brythonic peoples, although the Cimmerians did leave their name on a part of Britain (Cymru).

'He is Conan, Cimmerian. He will not cry so I cry for him.' Subatai defining best bud since 1982.

Fun fact: The buzzard, that Arnold bit was not a prop. His mouth was rinced with antiseptic, after the scene. It was REAL.🤯 Also, no horses were harmed in the making of this film. The wooden spikes were made out of rubber.

I thought this movie was so silly the first time I watched it. It reminded me of going to Medieval Times. But like with Medieval Times, I quickly grew to think it was awesome. The soundtrack is also fantastic.