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Message: <blockquote data-quote="barsoomcore" data-source="post: 2220609" data-attributes="member: 812">Count me in as a fan of Milius' film. Conan The Barbarian is a GREAT film. True to Howard? Well, who cares? It moves fast, the story is good and satisfying and the action is great.And the girl who plays Valerian or whatever her name is rocks. And Arnold's got great presence even if he can't swordfight much. It's cheesy and silly but never winks at you, never fails to play it straight, and it goes full-out from opening sequence to closing credits.My favourite two moments in the commentary are 1. Right at the beginning when Thulsa Doom confronts Conan's mother and Arnold gets all excited and says, "Oh, now he's hypmotizing her. She's completely hypmotized." Man that makes me laugh. "Hypmotized" Hee. 2. When Conan lights the fire under Valerian's body and you can hear Milius, apparently overcome with emotion, cry out "Pyre!". Hee.It's one of the best commentaries I ever heard. Two guys with big heads and big egos talking about a big obnoxious movie they both obviously love and had huge amounts of fun making, getting themselves so excited about the whole thing that at the end they're vowing to make another together.I'm sorry to hear that Milius is being taken off King Conan. He would have made a great film.</blockquote>