OFF: That one obscure album.. Conan

[Andrew Apold]

At 11:56 AM 3/27/99 -0500, you wrote:
>>On fre 26 mar 1999 20.43 -0600 "Laj Waldner" <erebus7 at DLCWEST.COM> wrote:
>>> 1. Conan the Barbarian
>>
>>     Superb!  Really captured the feel of the written stuff on
>>film, IMO.
>
>Captured the feel? I cannot possible disagree more.  I thoroughly enjoyed
>the movie, don't get me wrong.  But it was just a mosaic of scenes cut from
>about 10 different Conan novels, primarily the follow-up novels by Lin
>Carter and L. Sprague deCamp.  There were certainly portions that were
>loyal.  But Conan was no-where near as nice a guy as Arnold portrayed.   And
>that whole Thulsa-Doom hippie
>thing was embarrassing as hell!  ;)

Ah, I didn't mind it.  I thought all the non-Arnold actors did a great job.
Even Sven Ole Thorsen...

I love Basil Poledouris' soundtrack, I have the CD and use it now and then....

Ever notice who wrote the script for Conan?  John Milius (the director) has
co-credit, but the other name is fascinating..... Oliver Stone.

When you look at the genre, there's not that much else out there that is done
with that level of production values....  I'd rate Excalibur as my top pick
in the genre... after that I'm not sure I can think of one done better than
the first Conan movie.    (don't even mention the second one around me,
though...)


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Andrew Apold