tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post5548406134490371016..comments2024-03-19T03:02:38.228-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: Another Conan PicJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-65387946768573570112010-06-26T12:26:48.747-04:002010-06-26T12:26:48.747-04:00I want a more savage, dirty looking Conan. Just m...I want a more savage, dirty looking Conan. Just my 2 cents.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04132556436493370782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-14981724299424460262010-06-25T17:24:37.502-04:002010-06-25T17:24:37.502-04:00> a departure from the way Conan was portrayed ...> a departure from the way Conan was portrayed in the John Milius film<br /><br />I fail to see what's so different between that Conan and <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_T3COvm-9K_w/SV2OkeCwcxI/AAAAAAAAADw/QgFN6pO0Xl0/s1600-h/Conan-TheBarbarian.jpg" rel="nofollow">this one</a>?Norman J. Harman Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01319655075997712313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-7784527575677512102010-06-25T17:22:25.874-04:002010-06-25T17:22:25.874-04:00Conan with curly hair...Conan with curly hair...Aaron E. Steelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789462075611254929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-59705973630217313522010-06-25T10:43:19.599-04:002010-06-25T10:43:19.599-04:00Note that in your lifetime you've probably nev...Note that in your lifetime you've probably never laid eyes on a contemporary movie poster that wasn't heavily 'photo-manipulated.' If you're holding out for 'Errol Morris's Conan,' the time to start changing your expectations is right...now. ;v)Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12215651059418273961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-70296169526647119932010-06-25T09:49:19.687-04:002010-06-25T09:49:19.687-04:00it's clearly heavily photo-manipulated
What&#...<i>it's clearly heavily photo-manipulated</i><br /><br />What's ironic is that the manipulated colours are obviously designed to resemble "photo-realistic" airbrush fantasy art of the Frazetta school.Leo Richard Comerfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13824237190916037661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-25203029443007703742010-06-25T09:39:33.881-04:002010-06-25T09:39:33.881-04:00I dig Momoa but at the risk of sounding euro-centr...<i>I dig Momoa but at the risk of sounding euro-centric he does look a little... I dunno, Assyrian or something. still hard to see him as the big C.</i><br /><br />From the point of view of the filmmakers this is a feature, not a bug; a way to distance themselves, and their film, discreetly from Howard's Aryan-myth hokum racism.Leo Richard Comerfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13824237190916037661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-24424401029163771182010-06-25T08:10:04.856-04:002010-06-25T08:10:04.856-04:00Not good form. EITHER he's taking a high guard...Not good form. EITHER he's taking a high guard on the wrong shoulder, OR he's caught throwing a cut, leading with the hands. Even my novice students would cut him down like a dog.M Harold Pagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08949772130509527838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-31993816882935956272010-06-25T08:07:23.090-04:002010-06-25T08:07:23.090-04:00"Gaah! A loose thread on my skirt!"
(ok,..."Gaah! A loose thread on my skirt!"<br />(ok, I'll stop now;)Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01682401446176099294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-85816699053381295352010-06-25T08:05:50.633-04:002010-06-25T08:05:50.633-04:00"I'll hack my own leg off at the knee, by..."I'll hack my own leg off at the knee, by Crom!"Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01682401446176099294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-85523812244982785202010-06-25T08:04:32.017-04:002010-06-25T08:04:32.017-04:00"Take that, foul cloud of Stygia!""Take that, foul cloud of Stygia!"Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01682401446176099294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-9509025117977543972010-06-25T02:06:31.636-04:002010-06-25T02:06:31.636-04:00Ugh.Ugh.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00862556389958594140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-13287610667424194452010-06-25T01:20:35.236-04:002010-06-25T01:20:35.236-04:00I dig Momoa but at the risk of sounding euro-centr...I dig Momoa but at the risk of sounding euro-centric he does look a little... I dunno, Assyrian or something. still hard to see him as the big C. <br /><br />willing to give the filmmakers the benefit of the doubt but with the spate of recent awfulness (clash of the titans coughcough) lately no high expectations here.JDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07468586709952502011noreply@blogger.com