Amph And Unto This, Conan: Destined to Bear the Jeweled Crown of Aquilonia Upon a Troubled Brow...

Damn. Baddest-looking elderly policeman I've ever seen.

Edit: I do wonder why he keeps acting, though. I mean, surely he's financially set-even if he's blown every last dollar he made in the 80s and 90s he was the governor of Ca. I'm assuming he gets a tidy pension now.

 

Because he enjoys it?

 

I donno. I put on stuff like that at work pretty frequently and I certainly don't enjoy it a great deal. Time to retire and stuff, arnold.

 

Why does anyone who is mega rich keep acting? Because they like it and make even more money. Old boxers fight to losing streaks because they identify themselves as boxers, actors do the same.

His Ten look in that picture is like Badass Howdy Doody.

 

Yeah. That haircut. Sheesh. Just stick him with the tried and true flattop crew cut and he'll be fine. That or have him borrow a page from his pal Bruce Willis and just go bald.

 

It bears noting here that Howard's first two Conan stories, The Phoenix on the Sword and The Scarlet Citadel, were tales of a middle-aged and older King Conan. In a later published prequel, Conan the Conqueror (the only Conan novel Howard wrote), Conan married Zenobia when he was about 45. So to have a grown son (as was planned in Milius's aborted Crown of Iron) he would have to be in his 60s.

In short, the character was conceived and first published as middle aged and old. Arnold is the perfect age for Howard's original vision. And judging from the pictures from the upcoming Ten, the Schwarz is well capable of slimming down and bulking up in all the right places. I expect to see a fit and well-muscled King Conan in the Legend of Conan.

 

My problem when I made that comment was Arnold's appearance. In Howard's stories even in old age Conan was as fit as he had ever been in his youth and I did not think Arnold would look the part enough. But it appears he his getting in shape enough given my last link post.

 

Thanks for the support, man.

 

I do think Arnold is trying to make a lasting impression as he is at this point someone who can get senior discounts. I am ok with this. I do not want a fake lookin cgi festival. I want brutal badass Conan.

 

Awesome prospect, but it won't be the same without Mako, his KWONICLER, who ALONE CAN TELL THEE OF HIS SAGA!

 

Ya know, I scrolled down to that just as the music for Whiterun from Skyrim came up on Shuffle. Fits like a damned glove.

 

Indeed - without Mako who will tell us OF THE DAYS OF HIGH ADVENTURE?

 

DUM-DUM-DUM-DUM DUM TA-DUM DUM DUM DUM...

 

"The idea is that this takes place AFTER Conan has been king. But this is the legend of Conan where he has been gone and people say, 'do you remember the good ol' days when Conan was around?' And now it's time for him to come back.

Key team members behind the "Fast and Furious" franchise are involved in the "Conan" relaunch and...

I'm scared.

 

It's got a writer

Andrea Berloff, World Trade Center?

 

Schwarzie's Ray Owens character in Last Stand was surprisingly charming. I'd rather see that guy in armor on horseback than Conan.

 

Arnold talking about Conan the Destroyer, Andre, Wilt, and paying for dinner.

 

The thing I find interesting is a wrasslin reveal here. Wilt Chamberlain was 7'1.5" tall. Andre the giant was always said to be 7' 4" or 7'5" while he wrestled. Nope. He's either an even 7 or slightly under.

 

Yeah the 7'4 was discounted years ago. Maybe an even 7' given that it looks like Wilt's wearing a bit of a slightly heeled boot in that picture.