07-25-2012, 09:11 PM
I am in exorbitant agreement with El Dingo. Maybe not that the original Conan was an A movie, but it's got that whole cult thing going for it. Or maybe it's not quite cultish. But when I catch it being replayed on TV, I am hypnotized by the bad acting combined with the bigger-than-life people doing it, and somehow it all comes together. It's like watching a Godzilla movie and you can see the effing zipper, but slowly there forms in your head the belief that Godzilla is real, and that belief extends beyond the end of the movie. There's a weird chemistry at work in the original Conan and its sequel.
And I also despairingly agree with ED that there are countless science fiction and fantasy story gems just begging to be made into movies, but producers don't want to deal with unproven formulas, they would rather milk the same storyline time and again until the masses march up the mountainside with torches, shouting, "Enough is enough!"
Errr. Sorry about jumping in the ring without an invite. Tag back to ED.
And I also despairingly agree with ED that there are countless science fiction and fantasy story gems just begging to be made into movies, but producers don't want to deal with unproven formulas, they would rather milk the same storyline time and again until the masses march up the mountainside with torches, shouting, "Enough is enough!"
Errr. Sorry about jumping in the ring without an invite. Tag back to ED.