WATCH > 'Conan the Barbarian' Trailer: First Thoughts?

by SodaHead Film Posted 2011/05/05 18:00:00

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Another hero franchise is hitting the big screen this summer, but "Conan the Barbarian" will be fending off evil without the help of superpowers.

Yahoo! released the film's first trailer on Thursday, and it looks like "Conan" is trying to find a spot between "Lord of the Rings" and "300."

The reboot stars Jason Momoa, an appropriately Cro-Magnon looking Hawaiian with muscles-to-spare, as the badass from Cimmeria, "black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth."

We're not as excited about this as, say, "The Green Lantern," but it looks like it has potential. What do you think?

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My2cents4HeIsPreator 2011/05/05 18:52:16

Looks good!

+8
Can never replace the original though.

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SteveCrawford 2011/05/08 18:56:12

Looks good!

Thats Ronin of " stargate atlantis " I remember when he first joined the show i said " he would make for a believable " Conan the barbarian " ( not too bulkilly muscular, more what a warrior from the era would look and act like ), then a few months later i heard one of the other " atlantis " carachters ( rodney ) refer to Ronin and Teyla as " Zena & Conan ". Now, I have to add casting agent to my list of ' professions i've missed my calling for . lol

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AmericanVirus 2011/05/08 00:23:34

Not impressed

I dunno, man

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Redneck 2011/05/07 05:08:40

Not impressed

Can't hollywood have an origional thought?

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zbacku to Redneck 2011/05/07 19:39:12

Nope

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Sexuallobster 2011/05/07 00:53:33

Not impressed

Good action movie, yea.
Good movie? Far from it.

good to see the gy from stargate atlantis get a big role though.

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FluffyCupcakespanker~PWCM~JLA 2011/05/06 16:53:43

Not impressed

+1
Sorry I loved Arnold as Conan

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gossip girl 2011/05/06 12:58:14

Looks good!

looks funny!

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amanuel 2011/05/06 12:53:44

Looks good!

he look like hero

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keliffa 2011/05/06 12:27:35

Looks good!

Jason Momoa looks F.I.N.E.

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Fallout 2011/05/06 12:27:22

Not impressed

It looks like a made for TV movie. I expect something like this to be darker.
It's way to polished and lacks believability. I'll wait till it's free on TV.

The original series was Tailor made for Mystery Science Theater 3000.

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luke-jones 2011/05/06 11:41:15

Not impressed

+1
No Arnold? Count 'me out.'

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Torchmanner ~PWCM~JLA 2011/05/06 11:38:29

Not impressed

Will have to wait and see if it holds a candle to the original.

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Meng 2011/05/06 09:47:46

Looks good!

+1
Way better than the crappy version Arnold was in. I read the Ron. E Howard novels growing up and this looks just like I'd imagined, channeling the whole Frank Frazetta vibe. Jason Momoa really looks like Conan--swarthy and grimy. Arnold gave a terrible portrayal of Conan, he was just Arnold with a sword. The world itself looks wild and violent, not the crusty wasteland we saw before.

I'm going to give a quick anecdote and then I'm done--

Ron E. Howard created Conan in the middle of a psychotic break. After drinking heavily during a vacation in Fredericksburg, Texas, he stayed awake for 4-5 days, sitting at his typewriter. Because of sleep deprivation psychosis and imagined that Conan the Cimmerian was standing over him with a battle axe, commanding, "Write my story."

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sundance to Meng 2011/05/06 12:20:17

+1
Just to interject. His name is Robert E. Howard (yea, I was a fan four plus decades ago). He actually failed to write the complete saga of Conan before he committed suicide. His friend ( I use that term loosely), and fellow pulp fiction writer L Spraig De Camp stole his idea and ran with it for quite some time. It was actually not until the Conan franchise resurfaced with a furry that the real truth of Howard's genius was to become known. I agree that with your description of Conan, and I also agree that Arnie wasn't it. This guy is closer to Frazetta's rendition, which in my mind is Conan the barbarian...Just a thought...

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Meng to sundance 2011/05/07 02:21:29

Did I really write "Ron"? LOL. I must have written that late at night (12 hour time difference here in China). Like you, I read the novels growing up, although that was three decades ago for me, not four :P. I read a little of De Camp's stuff and it really didn't measure up to Howard's. Howard really tapped into something primal and exotic that the original film didn't touch at all. I remember seeing an interview with Oliver Stone, who wrote the original screenplay that was later destroyed and turned into the Arnoldified-cheese. He said that he'd pictured Conan taking on hordes of orcs and such.

Like you said, Frazetta's Conan is really what has stuck with me through the years. There have been so many depictions of him (Savage Sword of Conan had some pretty decent attempts) but those novel covers, with Conan standing over his prey, a half-naked maiden curled around his leg, really got it.

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KingdomNow 2011/05/06 09:13:12

Looks good!

+3
Robert E. Howard wrote Conan to be a tough human being who didn't rely on magical crutches to win the day. The series of books, written during the 1930s, was a rejection of superheroes and science fiction with the theme that conjured a time where muscle and steel was all a man truly needed.

The Conan series was made up of a collection of short stories and full novels that covered Conan's youth all the way to his 60s where he sailed off to the unknown so there's plenty of room to cover in movies without telling the same story twice.

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MOMMA THOMAS 2011/05/06 08:43:35

Not impressed

NOT INTO CONAN...

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carlton999 2011/05/06 07:36:59
The Dude 2011/05/06 07:02:48

Not impressed

+1
Really?!? They're remaking Conan??? WTF FOR????? I swear that there is no originality left in Hollywood...

This is CONAN...

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Nam Era Vet #1 DNA TLC 2011/05/06 05:15:13

Not impressed

+2
I liked the original better.

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cmdrbnd007 2011/05/06 05:07:17

Looks good!

Looks pretty good but he's nowhere near as big as Arnold. Let's hope he's a better actor.

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siQwithaQ 2011/05/06 05:05:29
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some idiot who thinks he kn... 2011/05/06 03:44:17

Not impressed

+1
Movies are getting so bad and unoriginal these days, who cares. I'm waiting for SUPER 8.

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BlackwinterG36C 2011/05/06 03:33:25

Looks good!

+1
But it better be rated R and have lots of blood and nudity!!! That and there's only ONE Conan in my book!!!

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y so serious 2011/05/06 03:33:23

Not impressed

+1
Its mummy with the Kracken, next....

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Fallout to y so se... 2011/05/06 12:30:18

+1
Pin point accuracy.

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Redskin 2011/05/06 03:28:01

Looks good!

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ih8uf 2011/05/06 03:27:47

Looks good!

interesting, and much better special effects than the original (obviously)...still more excited about "Green Lantern" though...

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Flamingo Flame Gem *AFCL* 2011/05/06 03:13:24

Looks good!

The original Conan was not even good...this trailer view looks better.....Now this new Conan is a hunk.

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Mike W 2011/05/06 03:05:23

Looks good!

+1
But nothing compares to reading the original robert E Howard books

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bluelady 2011/05/06 02:32:27

Looks good!

+1
Arnold si still the best, but looks good

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AnonRanGER 2011/05/06 02:25:32

Looks good!

Hell yeah!

CROM, COUNT THE DEAD!

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Happy 2011/05/06 01:50:57 (edited)

Looks good!

it was okay but some of it seemed kind of bad quality to me for some reason and cheesy lines like "i will follow you to hell" i mean that is kinda pathetic.

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mae 2011/05/06 01:30:59

Looks good!

Cro-magnon-looking Hawaiian? Jason Momoa is gorgeous!

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jrtmanmd 2011/05/06 01:23:11

Looks good!

I'll give it a shot, but the original will remain my favorite! ;-)

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Jaiheena Star 2011/05/06 00:25:46

Looks good!

Looks good. He looking good like Arnaold. I hope he can live up to Conan.

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tikiteek 2011/05/06 00:01:05

Looks good!

That might be a good movie!

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Tau_Seti 2011/05/05 23:56:22

Looks good!

Love a good story, magic, action, muscle and the will to use it.

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