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<blockquote data-quote="Steel_Wind" data-source="post: 2809253" data-attributes="member: 20741"><p><em>Conan the Destroyer</em> was a fun film and I admit to liking it without even a hint of shame. If you are some Robert Howard cult follower - ok. But as a movie it worked just fine - and frankly - I don't know why you are talking about it as if it was <em>Red Sonja</em>.</p><p></p><p>To compare it to <em>Highlander 2</em> is nutty. <em>Conan The Destroyer </em> was a box office hit and solidifed Arnold as an A list star. <em>Highlander 2</em> was so disastrously conceived the bond company was called in to finish it.</p><p></p><p>As for no S&S movies - I do think you are all forgetting the <em>Scorpion King</em> - which was certainly in the genre, made use of CGI effects and is as close as we have got in the 21st century to this tradition. (To say nothing of D&D1 and D&D 2. As bad as D&D 1 was - I'd take it over a half-dozen bad 80s S&S films any day.)</p><p></p><p><em>LotR</em> as a fantasy genre film series has obviously done phenomenally well - in the Star Wars zone. If anything, the quality of LotR has spoiled us and intimidated would be imitators. <em>Harry Potter </em> remains a box office machine. <em>Narnia</em> (which I have not seen) is another attempt at making "classical fantasy" to tap into that market success. Whether it suceeds or not - I have no idea.</p><p></p><p>You are also all forgetting a slew of fantasy genre TV in the 90s which approximated the 80s S&S: <em>Hercules</em>, <em>Xena</em>, <em>Conan</em>,<em> Sinbad</em> and <em>Robin Hood </em> have all had their run.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steel_Wind, post: 2809253, member: 20741"] [I]Conan the Destroyer[/I] was a fun film and I admit to liking it without even a hint of shame. If you are some Robert Howard cult follower - ok. But as a movie it worked just fine - and frankly - I don't know why you are talking about it as if it was [I]Red Sonja[/I]. To compare it to [I]Highlander 2[/I] is nutty. [I]Conan The Destroyer [/I] was a box office hit and solidifed Arnold as an A list star. [I]Highlander 2[/I] was so disastrously conceived the bond company was called in to finish it. As for no S&S movies - I do think you are all forgetting the [I]Scorpion King[/I] - which was certainly in the genre, made use of CGI effects and is as close as we have got in the 21st century to this tradition. (To say nothing of D&D1 and D&D 2. As bad as D&D 1 was - I'd take it over a half-dozen bad 80s S&S films any day.) [I]LotR[/I] as a fantasy genre film series has obviously done phenomenally well - in the Star Wars zone. If anything, the quality of LotR has spoiled us and intimidated would be imitators. [I]Harry Potter [/I] remains a box office machine. [I]Narnia[/I] (which I have not seen) is another attempt at making "classical fantasy" to tap into that market success. Whether it suceeds or not - I have no idea. You are also all forgetting a slew of fantasy genre TV in the 90s which approximated the 80s S&S: [I]Hercules[/I], [I]Xena[/I], [I]Conan[/I],[I] Sinbad[/I] and [I]Robin Hood [/I] have all had their run. [/QUOTE]
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