Of all the ’80s treasures currently in line to be remade, Conan The Barbarian would seem one of the less obvious choices. An extremely camp Dungeons And Dragons-style romp, it’s the sort of pumped-up action fare that seems entirely a product of its time. Put simply, it’s an ‘80s film through and through.
However, Millennium Studios clearly saw the potential in bringing glistening pecs and shimmering broadswords to the modern market, and announced that a Conan The Barbarian remake would be the latest nostalgia-fest to arrive in cinemas. Naming the new film Conan, the studio decided that the character was due a total refresh as opposed to directly remaking of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s interpretation.
Instead, inspiration would be drawn from the original pulp stories written by creator Robert E Howard in the ’30s, with a view to completely reinventing the character for a new audience.
“Fans expect [these types of movies] to be more true to the source material,” explains producer Fredrick Malmberg. "There's no reason there couldn't be a Conan movie every two years. He's almost like Batman - he's a dark hero. He's a hard hero. He has to be badass, but we also have to like him.”
"It was obvious we had to make a remake or reboot the franchise,” he continues, “because it was 30-35 years since the old movie really got to millions of people. Conan as a character has really classic themes, but we just felt we had to go for a new generation. But that’s not an easy thing to do because it needs to be a big movie and it has to be R-rated. It’s a big task to make a movie like this, and that’s why we approached Millennium, and Millennium helped us to realize the vision."
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shero
Aug 23rd 2011, 13:15
Remember Remember what I wrote in 5th May 2011 : http://www.totalfilm.com/news/full-conan-the-barbarian-trailer-brawls-online shero May 5th 2011, 11:00 The trailer is not that good .. because I am sure they chose the best they have in the movie and there are nothing ells left to be seen for sure .. just to make the hype and I think they did a good job to make people fooled by it .. The CGI is not good ... and the prove for it .. watch 0:30 - 0:33 where they pull the big ship ... not realistic in any way .. ( They even couldn't make a good lightning for the 3D ship ).. And for the human dust .. you can see they are becoming real human being with make up over them ... that mean again they are not good in continuing with the CGI dust ... and all the other mattepainting are again not realistic as movies we watched almost 10 years ago ... ( Lord of the Rings as an example ) .. The tentacles are not original and we saw stuff like this before too and they looked much better ... And all these take me to the next point : Non of what I saw in the trailer is original .. and it is the main problem when some one is making a movie in a low budget in Bulgaria with Bulgarian crew ... I heard once : Movies are all been made and there are nothing left to be original ! ... I am kind a agree ! .. but the point is how you use the same old (seen before) elements : Scenes .. Story .. CGI ..etc and show it in a new way ... it is not about being old .. it is about the way you show it to the audience .. And this trailer and latter the movie it self is a big duplication and ripoff from other movies but not in a good way ... but in a wrong lame way ... things we saw years ago you will see it again in a worst look ... ;-) (Example : did you see the lame jump of Conan with his sword 01:06 .. Ok I remember seeing that been done by Brad Pitt in Troy 2004 and it was much better ) .. "The stunt coordinator in Conan The Barbarian was a stuntman in the movie Troy and he is stealing the stuff from there and suing it now here in the wrong way " ;-) I know movie making is an industry and business .. But I believe good movie must be an art too ... making good art to win good money ... But in the case of such movies that been made in the the poorest place in Europe "Bulgaria" using the cheapest human beings in Europe "Bulgarians" * .. Is big prove that it is all about making money and not showing a good art .. and as I said before there is nothing to be seen in 3D in this movie ... and the only reason it is in 3D is to take more money from you ... In the end I just hope you take my critiques as an advice for you .. everyone have the right to spend their money in what they like ... But remember by doing that you are helping companies like Millennium Films "Who finally changed their logo" ;-) and Nu Image Films "Who they were ashamed to show their lame logo" to continue making movies just for money .. Not Art .
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shero
Aug 23rd 2011, 13:19
My review for the movie was based not just on the trailer but on real experience and the history of both companies ... And as you see now after almost 4 months from my post : I was right ... Hope you will take my opinion as an advice to not spend your money on " movies " been made by Nu Images and Millennium Films ... because by buying the ticket you will motivate them to make more stuff like that ... and all what they care about is your money .. not your eyes and your time and your love for art and wish for seeing something new . Thanks
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akgirl78
Aug 25th 2011, 3:00
shero you are putting way to much thought into this and its a little sad. I saw the movie, I enjoyed the movie. The End
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shero
Aug 25th 2011, 14:07
There is nothing sad about some one who want the good for others and advising them to not spend their money and times watching a cheap non sense movie . It looks you have a problem with sadness even before reading my posts .. Maybe you began to feel sad when you watched the movie ;-) Smile and go back spend your money and time watching this movie ! Maybe this will make you feel good ... ;-) Best wishes
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