naphta Wrote:erbanta Wrote:robert e. howard's... very current at these present times.
what do you mean by this?
i used to like conan (when i was 14), and although the many subsequent 80s-style imitations have since been revealed for the torrid shit they were, i still dig the atmosphere of the concept in its original re howard form (which i think the first conan movie actually did some justice to btw)
anyway, explain please
it's midsummer's eve today and right now i should be fondling with (preferably large breasted) girls in the bushes, but okay
police state, multinational corporations driving countries into war for purely financial reasons, mind control, empty cultural imperialism, mindless dogmas = thulsa doom
modern activists, orwell's 1984 and other works of course, and even that ghastly v for vendetta movie (no, haven't read the comic) deal with the exact same problem as howard. whereas it is in today's zeitgeist to call for universal humane values, compassion and tolerance, preferably flavored with some sort of socialism, as the solution for the increasing and all-surrounding emptiness and hypocrisy, conan's reaction to this gnostic awakening is that of a warrior. he decides to hack and smash all the lies, false idols, the misleading illusions and those who follow them out from his way while searching god from within himself. conan isn't too bright even though he's definitely not an idiot either, and doesn't understand many of the things happening to him and around him, but he doesn't have to. by carrying out the (god's/gods') will he will receive all the answers for the questions his quest, his fate will teach him to ask.
for more information, please consult bathory's definitive viking metal records "hammerheart" and "twilight of the gods" :d hagakure would also be an excellent choice
and yes the first conan film is very adept
arnie, james earl jones, decently enough directed, arnie, superb soundtrack and arnie 
martsman Wrote:...storywise it's all the same tho: champion, weapon, nemesis, blood, gore and girls
i liked the bits about gods, sorcery, fate, races and multiverses more
will have a look one day