Conan the Destroyer is so fucken crap

[JayKeeley]

Arnie's acting in it is unbelievably bad, especially in that scene where he's acting drunk.

Great music though.

 

[NAD]

Is this the one with Grace Jones shaking the water off her butt?

It blows I haven't seen any Conan movies in like 15 years because Netshitz dun't have ze DVDs. P'oh.

 

[JayKeeley]

Yep, it sucks. And that guy in his party, I forget his name, but the wimpy guy who is supposed to be COMEDIC RELIEF practically destroys any part of the movie that has to potential to not suck. Christ he's an annoying twat

Yeah he is awful, especially with the whispered voice.

Even the action scenes are dull, you don't really see any fighting or killing -- it all happend "off camera".

And that monster in the end (with the horn in its head) looks crap. They did a better job with the giant python in Barbarian.

Thulsa Doom rules all.

P.S. Did anyone notice the earing the young blonde girl wears in her right ear? It's the symbol of Thulsa Doom. I thought it was going to be a cool touch / twist with her being somehow involved in the cult, but alas, this was just a 'made for tv' movie with no real script.

 

[JayKeeley]

Destroyer is SO bad, it makes Red Sonja look good.

 

[Papa Josh]

My little brother loved this movie growing up, so I was forced to see it over 223,657 times, ad nauseum.....

I do own both on VHS though.

 

[NAD]

Destroyer is SO bad, it makes Red Sonja look good.

YO SISTUH IS DY-INK.

Oh man I could never make it past the first 15 minutes of Red Suckya. So terrible. So awesome.

 

[JayKeeley]

Red Sonja is so bad, it's good, in that midnight-movie kinda way.

Conan the Destroyer is just bad no matter what. No amount of alcohol can save it.

Gotta say though, Basil Pouledoris is an amazing composer.

 

[NAD]

So which one has Grace Jones and which one has the GREAT HORN-ED BEAST at the end? Both were appealing on some bizarre watch-it-on-channel-5-on-a-Sunday-afternoon level.

 

[JayKeeley]

So which one has Grace Jones and which one has the GREAT HORN-ED BEAST at the end? Both were appealing on some bizarre watch-it-on-channel-5-on-a-Sunday-afternoon level.

It's one and the same -- Conan the Destroyer.

 

[NAD]

Right. Pretty bad, but worth watching on a day where you walk around the place naked drinking whisky because it's hot and you're bored, you can catch it in several 5 minute snippets and be just fine.

 

[JayKeeley]

You know, compared to the quality of what came first (Barbarian is SO good it's unreal), Destroyer could be the worst sequel ever (not including the Star Wars prequels).

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

wow, it is not crap. Not great, but still awesome.

 

[dorian gray]

This thread completely rules.

 

[J.]

and wilt chamberlain as one of the bad guys. you all do know who wilt chamberlain is, right?

 

[Lies and Perfidy]

JayKeeley, what is best in life?

 

[Climb Thar Hill]

You guys are full of shit, Conan owns your wimmenz

 

[Dark One]

When they took the seriousness out of it, it failed miserably. Conan the Barbarian is 10 times the movie that Destroyer is. Of course, James Earl Jones lends class to almost anything he's involved in, hell, even Best of the Best.

Unfortunately, the best Conan story of them all, Conan the Conquerer, will probably never be made.

 

[NAD]

James Earl Jones lends class to almost anything he's involved in, hell, even those lame Verizon commercials

Fixed.

 

[Dark One]

Hey, I said almost everything. LOL

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

Theres a conan computer game coming out or some shit.