Comments on: Will Arnold Schwarzenegger play a part in the upcoming Conan Movie? http://www.conanmovieblog.com/2009/12/11/arnold-schwarzenegger-playing-a-part-in-the-upcoming-conan-movie/ News about the cinematic explorations of our most beloved Cimmerian Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Empire Dualogy: Conan 2 Greenlit, and upcoming Conan article | Conan The Movie Blog http://www.conanmovieblog.com/2009/12/11/arnold-schwarzenegger-playing-a-part-in-the-upcoming-conan-movie/#comment-6199 Empire Dualogy: Conan 2 Greenlit, and upcoming Conan article | Conan The Movie Blog Fri, 11 Feb 2011 11:05:07 +0000 http://www.conanmovieblog.com/?p=304#comment-6199 [...] the sequel getting out of the stables. Now, given that Avi Lerner seemed determined to get Arnold Schwarzenegger for a cameo despite his term as governor ending half a year after principal photography ended, one should take [...] [...] the sequel getting out of the stables. Now, given that Avi Lerner seemed determined to get Arnold Schwarzenegger for a cameo despite his term as governor ending half a year after principal photography ended, one should take [...]

]]> By: Spartacus http://www.conanmovieblog.com/2009/12/11/arnold-schwarzenegger-playing-a-part-in-the-upcoming-conan-movie/#comment-2097 Spartacus Tue, 01 Jun 2010 11:34:40 +0000 http://www.conanmovieblog.com/?p=304#comment-2097 My opiniioon, they should finish the old story out. At the end of the first two they are aklways talking about how he eventually becomes king by his own hand, but tht is another story. They should do that story, that way asrnold can come back but he is older now cause he is now king, he should play a big part, but i feel he shud have a son who is the main character. i would pay to see the story finished, and from that a new line of films may come out about his son. snd my opinion arnold is a grweat actyor, i dont knw the real conan, but who cares, he played the part the way he felt it shud be played and i thought he did a great job. conan the barbarien sounds like a great big kinda dumb brute. but honorable. watch conan the barbarien aGAIN, HIS AXTING IS PERFECT. THRWO AWAY WHAT U KNW ABOUT CONAN IN SOME COMIC BOOK, AND SEE THE WAY HE PLAYS HIM. LIKE WHEN HE'S IN THE CAGE WITH HIS FIRST WOMAN, HE ACTS JUST LIKE AN ANIMAL, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT HIS INTINCTS ARE TOWARDS A WOMAN BECAUSE HE HAD NEVER EVERN SEEN ONE BEFORE. My opiniioon, they should finish the old story out. At the end of the first two they are aklways talking about how he eventually becomes king by his own hand, but tht is another story. They should do that story, that way asrnold can come back but he is older now cause he is now king, he should play a big part, but i feel he shud have a son who is the main character. i would pay to see the story finished, and from that a new line of films may come out about his son. snd my opinion arnold is a grweat actyor, i dont knw the real conan, but who cares, he played the part the way he felt it shud be played and i thought he did a great job. conan the barbarien sounds like a great big kinda dumb brute. but honorable. watch conan the barbarien aGAIN, HIS AXTING IS PERFECT. THRWO AWAY WHAT U KNW ABOUT CONAN IN SOME COMIC BOOK, AND SEE THE WAY HE PLAYS HIM. LIKE WHEN HE’S IN THE CAGE WITH HIS FIRST WOMAN, HE ACTS JUST LIKE AN ANIMAL, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT HIS INTINCTS ARE TOWARDS A WOMAN BECAUSE HE HAD NEVER EVERN SEEN ONE BEFORE.

]]> By: Eddie http://www.conanmovieblog.com/2009/12/11/arnold-schwarzenegger-playing-a-part-in-the-upcoming-conan-movie/#comment-901 Eddie Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:07:54 +0000 http://www.conanmovieblog.com/?p=304#comment-901 Sorry, after just reading my post. it didn't say what I wanted it to so this is me trying to ask it correctly :). I believe they are filming expendables now and I believe Arnie himself said he was doing something on that movie. So couldn't he still be capable of making an appearance on Conan? Sorry, after just reading my post. it didn’t say what I wanted it to so this is me trying to ask it correctly :) . I believe they are filming expendables now and I believe Arnie himself said he was doing something on that movie. So couldn’t he still be capable of making an appearance on Conan?

]]> By: Eddie http://www.conanmovieblog.com/2009/12/11/arnold-schwarzenegger-playing-a-part-in-the-upcoming-conan-movie/#comment-892 Eddie Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:15:08 +0000 http://www.conanmovieblog.com/?p=304#comment-892 Is Arnie also said to appear in Stallones "Expendables"? and isn't suppose to happen when he is govenator? Is Arnie also said to appear in Stallones “Expendables”? and isn’t suppose to happen when he is govenator?

]]> By: SirTranceAlot http://www.conanmovieblog.com/2009/12/11/arnold-schwarzenegger-playing-a-part-in-the-upcoming-conan-movie/#comment-874 SirTranceAlot Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:20:07 +0000 http://www.conanmovieblog.com/?p=304#comment-874 arnold isnt playing in the new conan,thats for sure,its some austrian guy,forgot the name,looks like arnold tho,same brick arnold isnt playing in the new conan,thats for sure,its some austrian guy,forgot the name,looks like arnold tho,same brick

]]> By: Waldgeist http://www.conanmovieblog.com/2009/12/11/arnold-schwarzenegger-playing-a-part-in-the-upcoming-conan-movie/#comment-843 Waldgeist Sat, 12 Dec 2009 05:43:24 +0000 http://www.conanmovieblog.com/?p=304#comment-843 @Gonar thanks for the additional info. @Gonar thanks for the additional info.

]]> By: Gonar http://www.conanmovieblog.com/2009/12/11/arnold-schwarzenegger-playing-a-part-in-the-upcoming-conan-movie/#comment-841 Gonar Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:28:33 +0000 http://www.conanmovieblog.com/?p=304#comment-841 Arnold Schwarzenegger's term doesn't end until Jan, 2011. Source: http://www.statelawyers.com/Governors/Governor_Detail.cfm/StateID:5 Arnold Schwarzenegger’s term doesn’t end until Jan, 2011.

Source:
http://www.statelawyers.com/Governors/Governor_Detail.cfm/StateID:5

]]> By: Kortoso http://www.conanmovieblog.com/2009/12/11/arnold-schwarzenegger-playing-a-part-in-the-upcoming-conan-movie/#comment-840 Kortoso Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:31:49 +0000 http://www.conanmovieblog.com/?p=304#comment-840 Sounds like they are trying to leverage star power by making the mayor think he's going to meet Arnold. Sounds like they are trying to leverage star power by making the mayor think he’s going to meet Arnold.

]]> By: Hobie http://www.conanmovieblog.com/2009/12/11/arnold-schwarzenegger-playing-a-part-in-the-upcoming-conan-movie/#comment-839 Hobie Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:32:08 +0000 http://www.conanmovieblog.com/?p=304#comment-839 Arnie isn't Conan. The makers stated they would have to take some liberties to appeal to a wider audience. I'd bet that this is one of their concessions, or "liberties'. I'd rather a reboot so clean that we forget that horrible 80's movie was ever made. But I get it. There's a bunch of people out there who never knew Conan existed before the movie and now associate Arnie with it. For those, listen: I know you like or love the movie. But Arnie did not come close to portraying Conan. I like Arnold, don't get me wrong. But he can barely be called an actor of with any skill even now after all these years. But particularly back then, he couldn't act. Now this Conan character is of course, fictional. But one can't just throw all of what made the fictional character so beloved out the window and still have the name as Conan. If they did, just rename the character. 1. Conan was smart: Arnie and the script did not portray that. 2. Conan was surprisingly articulate: Arnie did not portray that. The movie-makers wisely gave him few lines so as to hide his lack of acting skills. 3. Conan was famously callous and stubborn. Arnie did not portray that. Remember when he was on Thulsa's steps, bloodied? They stepped on his hand to get an answer from him and he screams in pain and even cries. THAT is not Conan, and if Arnie would have been a better actor and studied the source material to understand Conan he would have known not to howl like a girl. Conan would not show pain. He would pass out first. There is precedent for this. Ya know, the Spartans trained their warriors from childhood to adult. One contest (to toughen them up) was to tie a bunch of the ten and eleven year old trainees to poles. Men would lash them with whips to see who could stay silent the longest and not pass out. Whoever did won. And the Spartans were REAL, not fictional. I could go on, but if they use Arnie I just really hope the cameo is as quick as Ferrigno in the Hulk. Arnie isn’t Conan. The makers stated they would have to take some liberties to appeal to a wider audience. I’d bet that this is one of their concessions, or “liberties’. I’d rather a reboot so clean that we forget that horrible 80′s movie was ever made.

But I get it. There’s a bunch of people out there who never knew Conan existed before the movie and now associate Arnie with it.

For those, listen: I know you like or love the movie. But Arnie did not come close to portraying Conan. I like Arnold, don’t get me wrong. But he can barely be called an actor of with any skill even now after all these years. But particularly back then, he couldn’t act.

Now this Conan character is of course, fictional. But one can’t just throw all of what made the fictional character so beloved out the window and still have the name as Conan. If they did, just rename the character.

1. Conan was smart: Arnie and the script did not portray that.

2. Conan was surprisingly articulate: Arnie did not portray that. The movie-makers wisely gave him few lines so as to hide his lack of acting skills.

3. Conan was famously callous and stubborn. Arnie did not portray that. Remember when he was on Thulsa’s steps, bloodied? They stepped on his hand to get an answer from him and he screams in pain and even cries. THAT is not Conan, and if Arnie would have been a better actor and studied the source material to understand Conan he would have known not to howl like a girl. Conan would not show pain. He would pass out first. There is precedent for this. Ya know, the Spartans trained their warriors from childhood to adult. One contest (to toughen them up) was to tie a bunch of the ten and eleven year old trainees to poles. Men would lash them with whips to see who could stay silent the longest and not pass out. Whoever did won. And the Spartans were REAL, not fictional.

I could go on, but if they use Arnie I just really hope the cameo is as quick as Ferrigno in the Hulk.

]]> By: Adtje http://www.conanmovieblog.com/2009/12/11/arnold-schwarzenegger-playing-a-part-in-the-upcoming-conan-movie/#comment-838 Adtje Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:35:37 +0000 http://www.conanmovieblog.com/?p=304#comment-838 Hell Jeah!! Arnold should have a cameo in the upcoming movie. I would pay to see him... Hell Jeah!!

Arnold should have a cameo in the upcoming movie.
I would pay to see him…

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