Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you:
No adverts like this in the forums anymore.
Times and dates in your local timezone.
Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance.
Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely.
Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net.
If you are already a member then feel free to login now.
Ok, for serious then? I'd love to see Joseph Gordon-Leavitt as Dekard. I like Hugh Jackman a lot but he's not thin or broody enough, IMO. I don't know who I'd like for the other parts - maybe Ellen Page for Sean Young's part.
lord_blackfang wrote: Respect to the guy who subscribed just to post a massive ASCII dong in the chat and immediately get banned.
Flinty wrote: The benefit of slate is that its.actually a.rock with rock like properties. The downside is that it's a rock
kronk wrote:Arnold is Conan! Plus it had that awesome score. And those chicks with the boobs...
See, I read the Conan novels before I ever saw the original movies.
And I'm not talking about the reprints where the artists tried to constantly show Ahnald on the covers. I'm talking about this kind of cover:
Spoiler:
Frank Frazetta defined Conan for me. He was muscular, but not bulky. "Lithe" is the word for it.
Arnold is muscular, but bulky. He ain't lithe by anyone's definition.
Ouze wrote:
Ok, for serious then? I'd love to see Joseph Gordon-Leavitt as Dekard.
Seconded!
I don't know who I'd like for the other parts - maybe Ellen Page for Sean Young's part.
I dunno. Sean Young kinda defined her role quite well; I don't think Ellen Page can do it anywhere near as well.
Ouze wrote:I don't know who I'd like for the other parts - maybe Ellen Page for Sean Young's part.
But the character is female, not a young boy.
I read all the Howard stories as well, and while I agree that Ahnold's character is not the Conan from the books, it still is a great movie on it's own terms.
This message was edited 2 times. Last update was at 2012/03/30 18:55:14
Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
Kanluwen wrote:"Remake of a good movie" is what people said about the recent Conan movie; and Jason Momoa was a better Conan than Arnie ever was.
Of course the remake both sucked and bombed.
Automatically Appended Next Post:
Johnny-Crass wrote:
Kanluwen wrote:"Remake of a good movie" is what people said about the recent Conan movie; and Jason Momoa was a better Conan than Arnie ever was.
Better start runnin... Because I am coming after you
I'll harness up the wiener dogs in case he's gone to ground. Get Him TBone! Gum his foot! Thats a good dog!
(oh yea and Rusty rip his throat out..)
This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2012/03/30 19:09:38
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
Kanluwen wrote:"Remake of a good movie" is what people said about the recent Conan movie; and Jason Momoa was a better Conan than Arnie ever was.
Whether or not Momoa was a closer Conan to the books does not make him a better Conan. If you read Agatha Christie's Poirot books, Peter Ustinov's representation is physically nothing at all like him and he plays a comic element to the character that was not there in the books, he is however, totally brilliant and his character is, to my mind, a superior Poirot to watch.
Ahrnold's Conan is iconic and integrated into the public psyche, if Momoa was physically more like Conan, he was also even more wooden than the Governator. That entire movie was so rubbish that until I read this thread, I'd forgotten I'd watched it.
Automatically Appended Next Post:
Ahtman wrote:
MeanGreenStompa wrote:
Manchu wrote:Man, I wish they'd remake Bladerunner.
Me too, I hope they give Deckard a wisecracking CGI alien sidekick this time to add some much needed comedy.
You have doomed us all.
Call your damnable hunt. We shall see whom I drag screaming to hell with me...
This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2012/03/30 19:18:54
@MGS. Same. Although I saw the Conan remake I can't recall a single thing about that, except the in-utero stabbing. I'm actively trying now, and coming up empty. It's funny because I didn't remember it as being bad, but it clearly wasn't very memorable either.
lord_blackfang wrote: Respect to the guy who subscribed just to post a massive ASCII dong in the chat and immediately get banned.
Flinty wrote: The benefit of slate is that its.actually a.rock with rock like properties. The downside is that it's a rock
Ouze wrote:@MGS. Same. Although I saw the Conan remake I can't recall a single thing about that, except the in-utero stabbing. I'm actively trying now, and coming up empty. It's funny because I didn't remember it as being bad, but it clearly wasn't very memorable either.
Kanluwen wrote:I didn't really find him to be that "wooden" personally...but I dunno.
That said, you hit upon the biggest reason why the movie was a flop. Ahnald's Conan is iconic and ingrained into the public psyche.
And because this:
Was nothing compared to this:
The only... only thing I found vaguely interesting in that movie was the witch, Rose Mcgowan's character, who would have made a far more interesting principal baddie, she had a very iconic look and played it up well.
The central villain was forgettable and tepid. Some old dude with a sword. Even when he put on the evil crown and I was expecting a daemonic rebirth into a decent monster, all we got was still him, now running around with a silly hat.
The film felt hollow because the film had no soul.
Kanluwen wrote:I didn't really find him to be that "wooden" personally...but I dunno.
That said, you hit upon the biggest reason why the movie was a flop. Ahnald's Conan is iconic and ingrained into the public psyche.
Because it didn't have the Teutonic themes and Uber perfect soundtrack...and James Earl Jones baby!
This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2012/03/30 19:52:44
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
Mannahnin wrote:Always need more movies based on PK Dick stories. Does anyone else come close to how many of his have been made into movies?
Stephen King by a country mile, 86 of his stories have been adapted to film.
John Hemminway clocks in with about 29
As a fun fact JK Rowling is the only novelist known to have every one of her books turned to film, then again she's not exactly as prolific a writer as say Isaac Asimov.
So in answer to your question not only does someone come close, the surpass him by a great deal.
OTOH I personally like all of the films based on PKDs work. The same can't be said about King or Grisham...who also had ten books adapted to film.
Avatar 720 wrote: You see, to Auston, everyone is a Death Star; there's only one way you can take it and that's through a small gap at the back.
Powder Burns wrote:what they need to make is a fullsize leatherman, like 14" long folded, with a bone saw, notches for bowstring, signaling flare, electrical hand crank generator, bolt cutters..
One can hope this version is closer to the source material.
PKD liked to feth with people's heads (or just write when he was head-fethed himself, whatever). Just watching some of the movies based on his work will tell you that (especially 'A scanner, darkly', paycheck and Impostor and Cypher).
The device on mars is not supposed to have an alien hand fit it.
It's a perfect match to Quaid's hand. It was MADE to fit his hand alone. By aliens in the far distant past.
I'm OVER 50 (and so far over everyone's BS, too).
Old enough to know better, young enough to not give a ****.
That is not dead which can eternal lie ...
... and yet, with strange aeons, even death may die.
chromedog wrote:One can hope this version is closer to the source material.
PKD liked to feth with people's heads (or just write when he was head-fethed himself, whatever). Just watching some of the movies based on his work will tell you that (especially 'A scanner, darkly', paycheck and Impostor and Cypher).
The device on mars is not supposed to have an alien hand fit it.
It's a perfect match to Quaid's hand. It was MADE to fit his hand alone. By aliens in the far distant past.
That's what we all hoped about the Conan remake and look how well that turned out.
Disney did that horrible Black Cauldron film back in the '80s, but no one even remembers it anyway.
I need to rewatch that one of these days. There's one scene/image I'm sure is from that movie that pops into my head every so often and will then stick there tormenting me because I can't remember it's context.
I think it would be possible to pull off a decent Chronicles of Prydain series since the major characters are adults.
Pulling off a good series with child characters is very difficult, the Narnia movies have not impressed me much and Voyage of the Dawn Treader strayed too far from the source material.
5000pts 
6000pts 
3000pts
Hive Fleet Acridus - 1,500pts
