Conan the Destroyer is so fucken crap

[Krigloch the Furious]

yep. a buddy of mine said it looked pretty cool too.
www.conanrednails.com/ looks pretty cool too.

 

[JayKeeley]

JayKeeley, what is best in life?

TO KERUSHH YOUR ENUMY
TO ZEE DEM DRRIVEN BEFOWER YOO
AND TO HEEYAR DE LAMENTATION OF DE VIMMEN!

 

[JayKeeley]

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

What's that one about then? Is it novel or comic?

 

[Jim LotFP]

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.

The giant python was all animatronics or whatever the technical term would have been when they made it. Completely artificial.

Dagoth was simply Andre the Giant in a costume.

If there is a story called Conan the Conqueror, Robert E. Howard didn't write it. Remember that most of the Conan stories were published in magazines (he and Lovecraft and others had something of a shared universe, actually), and when they reached book form in the 60s, they were heavily edited and fucked up by well-meaning prats like L. Sprague de Camp.

Robert E. Howards Conan stories, as originally written, are currently in print and I believe have only been available for a couple years now. (The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian, The Conquering Sword of Conan, and The Bloody Crown of Conan are the editions I have, The Complete Chronicles of Conan has the contents of all of those in one book but I don't know if it's out in the States, I've seen it here though, and I think hardcovers are available in England).

Conan stories have also been written by many authors many decades after the death of Howard. Some of the Savage Sword of Conan comic magazine adaptations of the original Howard stories are magnificent, actually, but little else is.

Get the real Howard stuff, and fuck anything else with the Conan name on it. It's the only way to be sure.

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

yep, I have two of those.. the coming, and the bloody crown. Havent read it all, but fuck they are good

 

[Dark One]

What's that one about then? Is it novel or comic?

Ultimately a novel, but first appeared as a long series in the magazine Weird Tales, which my Dad owns about a billion installments of. Yes Jim, it was indeed written by Robert E. Howard - the reason you may not recognize it, is because it originally appreard in Weird Tales under the title The Hour of the Dragon.

Anyway, it's about Conan's fight to save his Kingdom of Aquilonia (where he's still ruling without a queen) from the Kingdom of Nemedia - who want to conquer Aquilonia for their own, if not by force then by dark sorcery. Throughout the story, Conan keeps his own concubine of women, but is a little more seasoned in his mid 40's by this point and the maturity level makes him a much more effective leader than the days of the Barbarian era stories.

Edit - you've read it Jim, it's in The Bloody Crown of Conan collection

Great, great stuff.

 

[MFJ]

JayKeeley, what is best in life?

HEAR THE LAMENTATIONS OF THE WOMENSS

 

[Jim LotFP]

Ultimately a novel, but first appeared as a long series in the magazine Weird Tales, which my Dad owns about a billion installments of.

Your father is the coolest person on Earth.

Yes Jim, it was indeed written by Robert E. Howard - the reason you may not recognize it, is because it originally appreard in Weird Tales under the title The Hour of the Dragon.

Ah ha!

 

[Dark One]

Your father is the coolest person on Earth.

Agreed. :Spin: