The Original "Conan the barbarian" was meant to be the beginning of a series. But for whatever reason only 2 films were ever made starring 80's action star Arnold Schwarzenegger. I don't know why they felt he was irreplaceable as the lead character (Although I like Arnold, I'm sure he was chosen for his muscles over his acting skills) seeing as the character had been around long before he ever was. This is what happened however, and so production on further "Conan" films stopped.
Too me, it really feels like another Conan film is long over-due. The Only complaint I really have is that they chose to do a remake or reboot or whatever you want to call it when I'd off preferred them to do something different from every other franchise, and maybe just do another sequel. They'd have got away with that I think. Either way I guess this is intended to be the restart of a series they hope to get right this time, and from what I've heard, fans of the original "Conan" stories (who were less than thrilled by Schwarzeneggers efforts) are loving this so who am I to judge?
As a stand alone movie I can honestly say that it REALLY didn't want me to be bored by it, but it kind off did get boring in parts because of its constant action and noise. The story was about as straight forward as they come, but some of the action was pretty cool and I was surprised by its violence and nudity. Not that these are good things but it made it all slightly different from other PG-13 Sword and sorcery films I've seen, and apparently reflects the style of the source material so it was all good.
Too me, it really feels like another Conan film is long over-due. The Only complaint I really have is that they chose to do a remake or reboot or whatever you want to call it when I'd off preferred them to do something different from every other franchise, and maybe just do another sequel. They'd have got away with that I think. Either way I guess this is intended to be the restart of a series they hope to get right this time, and from what I've heard, fans of the original "Conan" stories (who were less than thrilled by Schwarzeneggers efforts) are loving this so who am I to judge?
As a stand alone movie I can honestly say that it REALLY didn't want me to be bored by it, but it kind off did get boring in parts because of its constant action and noise. The story was about as straight forward as they come, but some of the action was pretty cool and I was surprised by its violence and nudity. Not that these are good things but it made it all slightly different from other PG-13 Sword and sorcery films I've seen, and apparently reflects the style of the source material so it was all good.