Just watched Conan the Barbarrian

[BeBMan]

Conan was too intellectual for me.

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Originally posted by child of Thor
The movie was based on a book that LeSprague de Camp and Lin Carter collaborated on, called Conan the Barbarian. So it wasn't an origonal Howard creation, but it takes parts from many of conans other stories to create the film/book version.

Wrong

While L. Sprague de Camp was the technical advisor on the film... the actual screenplay was written by John Milius and Olver Stone. The opening credits state "Based on the Character created by Robert E. Howard. There is no book titled "Conan the Barbarian"

L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter (and many others), did create many original stories. But the early books were just them cleaning up the original short stories that Howard had published, and filling in some of the gaps. Only much later after the series became famous, did they actually write original novels...


The theft of the tower in Zamora is from "The Tower of the Elephant."

The speech King Osric gives about the throne room becoming a prison echoes a similar passage in "The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune," a King Kull story.

The scene where Conan is crucified and kills a vulture with his teeth is from "A Witch Shall Be Born."

The scene where Valeria vows to come back from the dead to save Conan and then does so is from "Queen of the Black Coast."

Like the rerelease of his stories in novel form by de Camp and Carter, the movie is just a collection of short stories tied together with a Bunch of original material just for the movie

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As a side note, I happen to own many of the old pulp magazines that his original stories appeared in, and I also own all the Lancer First Edition mass market releases that de Camp and Carter put together based on his original short stories and notes he left behind before he killed himself

Too bad that Howard became famous for his work long after his death.

[LDiCesare]

Talking about de Camp and Lin Carter, anyone read the Thongor stories? Are they 'copies' of Conan or were they written before the movie gave Conan his renown?

[Lancer]

"Lancer First Edition"

Catchy title.

The flick didn't do much for me. His later movies were much better. I would not have voted for him based on this movie.

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Originally posted by LDiCesare
Talking about de Camp and Lin Carter, anyone read the Thongor stories? Are they 'copies' of Conan or were they written before the movie gave Conan his renown?

Carter wrote the Thongor Novels in the mid and late 60's, but most of the writers back then were doing some kind of sword and sorcrey to pay the bills. The movie didn't come out until 1982. However, the Conan short stories by Howard were some of the early works that helped define this genre of work. The rerelease of his stuff in novel form helped revitalize sales of the entire category.

I happen to own the early Thongor books, as well as most of the other Sword and Sorcery stuff from that era.

[Dis]

Originally posted by JohnT
So, did you wake up yesterday thinking: "My goal for the day is to completely waste 2 hours with absolutely no benefit to me, society, or the Universe at large"?

says the person posting at Apolyton

[Jon Miller]

I probably read the novelizations of hie work..

not sure, they were old books, not magazines..

JM

[Hueij]

Anyone knows the Frazetta paintings and drawings of Conan? Too bad I can't post them here, they are gorgeous...

[VetLegion]

Originally posted by BeBro
Conan was too intellectual for me.

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Originally posted by Hueij
Anyone knows the Frazetta paintings and drawings of Conan? Too bad I can't post them here, they are gorgeous...

He's one of my favorite artists... He did the cover art for many of the Conan novels, and many other sword and sorcery books...

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