New Conan Jason Momoa Revealed

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[quote]lewhitehurst wrote:

[quote]Sloth wrote:
Last post. None of this is going to feed the hungry, or cure cancer. So I didn’t want to make some big deal out of it. But as a fan of the original works, I thought I’d stop in and share my own view. [/quote]

Sloth, I grew up reading REH and I have made similar statements and arguments as yours in reference to this subject. Unfortunately, most people don’t read and get so locked into a certain view they can’t think outside the box. Ironically, thinking outside the box in this case means making the world the author originally imagined.[/quote]

I understand what you are saying if they wanted to base this movie solely on the REH books, but the masses are most likely going to associate Conan with the comic books. Or at least I would think so.

So if you take that in to account maybe my posts make more sense as to how I would see the Conan character portrayed.

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[quote]OctoberGirl wrote:
I understand what you are saying if they wanted to base this movie solely on the REH books, but the masses are most likely going to associate Conan with the comic books. Or at least I would think so.

So if you take that in to account maybe my posts make more sense as to how I would see the Conan character portrayed.[/quote]

Surely most people will think of the original Conan movie, which sets the tone for any remake.

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[quote]Rational Gaze wrote:

[quote]OctoberGirl wrote:
I understand what you are saying if they wanted to base this movie solely on the REH books, but the masses are most likely going to associate Conan with the comic books. Or at least I would think so.

So if you take that in to account maybe my posts make more sense as to how I would see the Conan character portrayed.[/quote]

Surely most people will think of the original Conan movie, which sets the tone for any remake.[/quote]

Oh, well I didn’t so that is a good point.

I will have to wait for WolBarret and AngryVader to see the movie before I decide if I want to spend money at the theater or rent it when it comes out on DVD.

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I didn’t know the Conan saga to works of literary greatness so I haven’t read them. I’ll pick up the series this weekend on amazon. However, if most people are similar to myself, I didn’t even know there was a saga to read. I’d only ever known of the movie and the comic books.

At least the camera will add 10lbs to his frame. Maybe if they cast all skinny guys around him he’ll look bigger.

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[quote]Sloth wrote:
Nope. Look at the Wiki post above. Howard himself stated the Conan was the physical double of 6’2 210 .lbs Cormac Fitzgeoffrey, another one of his Characters. Guys, get the books. You’ll realize how terrible the movies were.[/quote]

Reading comprehension eludes you still.
From the WIKI article:
Howard never gave a strict height or weight for Conan in a story, only describing him in loose terms like “giant” and “massive”, he did once state that Conan and another of Howard’s characters, the crusader Cormac Fitzgeoffrey, were “physical doubles” at 6’2" and 210 lb (188 cm and 95 kg, a description of Howard’s own height and weight).

Howard was 188cm at 95kg or 6’2", 209lbs. Hard to fault a guy for modeling a character after himself in his own stories. But growing up boxing and competing in martial arts light heavy to heavy weight was the classes I fought in.

I just don’t see Conan as someone my size. He’s bigger. I have read all of Howard’s Conan stories, the Marvel comics, and the Dark Horse comics. When I imagine Conan its the Dark Horse images that ring most true. Anything less than that is simply unacceptable.

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[quote]Bujo wrote:

[quote]Sloth wrote:
Nope. Look at the Wiki post above. Howard himself stated the Conan was the physical double of 6’2 210 .lbs Cormac Fitzgeoffrey, another one of his Characters. Guys, get the books. You’ll realize how terrible the movies were.[/quote]

Reading comprehension eludes you still.
From the WIKI article:
Howard never gave a strict height or weight for Conan in a story, only describing him in loose terms like “giant” and “massive”, he did once state that Conan and another of Howard’s characters, the crusader Cormac Fitzgeoffrey, were “physical doubles” at 6’2" and 210 lb (188 cm and 95 kg, a description of Howard’s own height and weight).

Howard was 188cm at 95kg or 6’2", 209lbs. Hard to fault a guy for modeling a character after himself in his own stories. But growing up boxing and competing in martial arts light heavy to heavy weight was the classes I fought in. I just don’t see Conan as someone my size. He’s bigger.

I have read all of Howard’s Conan stories, the Marvel comics, and the Dark Horse comics. When I imagine Conan its the Dark Horse images that ring most true. Anything less than that is simply unacceptable.[/quote]

K, one more post. Reading comprehension eludes me?

“…he did once state that Conan and another of Howard’s characters, the crusader Cormac Fitzgeoffrey, were “physical doubles” at 6’2" and 210 lb (188 cm and 95 kg, a description of Howard’s own height and weight).”

That’s exactly what I’ve claimed. I specifically mentioned Cormac. And, that they, Conan and Cormac, shared the same build…

6’2 210 lbs. As I’ve said throughout the thread.

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[quote]Sloth wrote:

From the WIKI article:
Howard never gave a strict height or weight for Conan in a story, only describing him in loose terms like “giant” and “massive”, he did once state that Conan and another of Howard’s characters, the crusader Cormac Fitzgeoffrey, were “physical doubles” at 6’2" and 210 lb (188 cm and 95 kg, a description of Howard’s own height and weight).

Howard was 188cm at 95kg or 6’2", 209lbs. Hard to fault a guy for modeling a character after himself in his own stories. But growing up boxing and competing in martial arts light heavy to heavy weight was the classes I fought in. I just don’t see Conan as someone my size. He’s bigger.

I have read all of Howard’s Conan stories, the Marvel comics, and the Dark Horse comics. When I imagine Conan its the Dark Horse images that ring most true. Anything less than that is simply unacceptable.[/quote]

K, one more post. Reading comprehension eludes me?

“…he did once state that Conan and another of Howard’s characters, the crusader Cormac Fitzgeoffrey, were “physical doubles” at 6’2" and 210 lb (188 cm and 95 kg, a description of Howard’s own height and weight).”

That’s exactly what I’ve claimed. I specifically mentioned Cormac. And, that they, Conan and Cormac, shared the same build…

6’2 210 lbs. As I’ve said throughout the thread.[/quote]

I don’t think anyone is arguing the size measurements given by Howard. What most people are saying is that Jason Momoa does not look like he is physically big enough to be Conan at this time.

I looked at Wikipedia, which has his (Jason Momoa’s) height at 6’5- so maybe compared to other actors he will look physically like what the average person associates with Conan, which is the Arnold Conan image. Lets wait until a trailer comes out, showing the size difference before we really start all having nerdrage attacks. (I am coming to this decision after my previous statements after finding out his height.)

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Conan should look like me just less sexy, it’s a curse. And I can’t stress this enough Rated fuckin “R”.

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From the depths of Hell I summon thee…‘New’ Conan Thread 2!’

I am not one for bumping old threads, but this is a GAL topic I like a lot, as I am a huge reader, and REH’s Conan is among my perennial rereads…

I say, that first Momoa does not bother me that much.

Sure he fails to be REH’s Conan some, and he obviously fails ‘Conan of the T-Masses’, more so.

However ‘Arnold Conan’ failed the source material just as much as this guy only in different ways…

The ‘original’ Conans’ ( yes PLURAL ), are fascinating, and I think a lot of people miss much of the depth of REH’s original ideas…

REH Conan, was MANY men, not one constant, persona, he was many kinds of powerful men, physical AND mental, at varying points of his life, which one only sees in their entirety upon reading all of the original shorts, and the ONE original novel.

Note this quote from REH’s original writings in Weird Tales :

'Was it the real Conan who sat upon the throne or was it the real Conan who had scaled the hills of Atlantis, harried the far isles of the sunset, and laughed upon the green roaring tides of the Atlantean sea? How could a man be so many different men in a lifetime?

FOR CONAN KNEW THAT THERE WERE MANY CONANS AND HE WONDERED WHICH ONE WAS THE REAL CONAN. After all, the priests of the Serpent went a step further in their magic, for all men wore masks, and many a different mask with each different man or woman; and Conan wondered if a serpent did not lurk under every mask.’

The above is actually from ‘The Shadow Kingdom’, the first Kull story, I just subbed the name Kull for Conan, but you people get the point right?

REH, knew that people are many things, at many times, people are not STATIC, neither was Kull or Conan, this idea was more subtle in the Conan ‘saga’, but it IS in there, and fills in the ‘contradictions.’

Which is the ‘real Conan?’

Comics Conan? Arnold Conan, REH Conans’, or Momoa Conan?

They all CAN BE, a Conan, for Conan, is many men.

Now just enjoy the fucking ride people…

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First the pussification of Eddie Brock now Conan no f’ing way

Judging by the recent trend of pussifying characters we will soon be looking forward to the The Meterosexual Hulk.

Instead of turning green and messing fools up when Bruce Banner gets pissed off he’ll turn green spike his hair go hang out with she-hulk while they go shopping at the gap, then go to a spinning class, followed by manicure at the spa, then get a tub of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream and watch will and grace.

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I’m going to add some fuel to the fire by saying that Batman debuted just seven years after Conan. This is how he was drawn then…

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This is his first TV appearance in 1943…

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The above pic is pretty faithful to the comic Batman, but it would be ridiculous if we put that guy in The Dark Knight. He was faithful to the original vision of Batman too, but it doesn’t cut it nowadays… That’s what it would be like putting Howard’s original Conan directly into a movie.

Times and attitudes have changed. BTW, Conan’s stats at 6’2" and 210 lb are more or less equal to Billy Zane…draw your own conclusions.

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I am just happy for all the movies. More movies means more money for my Marvel stocks.

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I am a huge REH fan read all the Conan stories multiple times and I have to disagree that Momoa represents Howard’s vision at all where is the black hair, blue eyes and square cut mane. Even if Momoa is supposed to be the 16 year old Conan at Venarium he is still doesn’t look anything like the Conan of the books.

This is especially disappointing as they could have cast Paul Telfer(crappy picture attached) who with 20 lbs extra mass could have at least attempted to do Conan justice. Despite the fact that I am a huge Conan fan I will probably end up pretending this movie doesn’t exist.

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[quote]mharmar wrote:
I am a huge REH fan read all the Conan stories multiple times and I have to disagree that Momoa represents Howard’s vision at all where is the black hair, blue eyes and square cut mane. Even if Momoa is supposed to be the 16 year old Conan at Venarium he is still doesn’t look anything like the Conan of the books.

This is especially disappointing as they could have cast Paul Telfer(crappy picture attached) who with 20 lbs extra mass could have at least attempted to do Conan justice. Despite the fact that I am a huge Conan fan I will probably end up pretending this movie doesn’t exist.[/quote]

dude

Conan is a monster with the strength of ten men.

and despite what some of the folks on here say, he seems to be faithful to one woman, such as Belit.

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[quote]Akuma01 wrote:
Im still saying no. This is equivalent to remaking Rocky I with one of those d bags from highschool musical.[/quote]

best comment ever

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I don’t give a shit what he looks like, they’ve got the dude who directed Pathfinder directing it ffs. It’s gonna suck even if he looks like X.

Hollywood decisions continue to baffle me.

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I shall fling shit at the Hollywood sign…

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[quote]worzel wrote:
Ah for fuck sake!

We had another thread on this a while back speculating whether he would turn out good or not? It looks like he failed!

That ‘skirt’ is bloody ridiculous![/quote]

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