tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-460474552118769771.post2757134736381914218..comments2024-02-28T09:34:58.074-08:00Comments on NATURALISTIC! UNCANNY! MARVELOUS!: CONAN THE DESTROYER (1984), KULL THE CONQUEROR (1997)Gene Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11495562795211277146noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-460474552118769771.post-56938922406184214222021-08-07T11:16:14.484-07:002021-08-07T11:16:14.484-07:00It's true that a movie made from the same scri...It's true that a movie made from the same script with all the Conan-references elided wouldn't come in for all the same comparisons. Yet the shadow of Conan spreads over almost everything in the sword and sorcery genre, so I might've still made a few negative comparisons. I did like the final dragon-fight, so an un-Conanized version of the movie might have still been better than the real bottom of the barrel, the ultra cheap TIME BARBARIANS.Gene Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11495562795211277146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-460474552118769771.post-6147765400889366282021-08-07T01:49:39.580-07:002021-08-07T01:49:39.580-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ybyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09649656689839445870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-460474552118769771.post-32360367154691164062021-08-06T13:04:37.883-07:002021-08-06T13:04:37.883-07:00Sometimes I'm OK with a movie doing its own ta...Sometimes I'm OK with a movie doing its own take on a famous character, as long as it seems to me like the makers have really thought out their concept. Given that DESTROYER was a major shot for Thomas and Conway to write for movies, I'm puzzled that they offered up nothing more than a standard potboiler. Last I heard Conway did manage to carve out a scripting career in Hollywood, but Thomas is apparently out of the writing game once the New Young Turks took over Marvel and DC.Gene Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11495562795211277146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-460474552118769771.post-63710614083336389762021-08-06T02:04:14.084-07:002021-08-06T02:04:14.084-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ybyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09649656689839445870noreply@blogger.com