tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post1267730733498881089..comments2024-03-25T11:17:18.130-07:00Comments on Davy Crockett's Almanack of Mystery, Adventure and The Wild West: Conan of HollywoodiaEvan Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-56911420229938268612011-02-17T09:56:53.698-08:002011-02-17T09:56:53.698-08:00Very few writers can successful emulate Robert E. ...Very few writers can successful emulate Robert E. Howard's writing. I have mixed experiences with Robert Jordan's work. I admire his vision in The Wheel of Time series, but he needed a good editor to cut out the hundreds of pages of padding.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-83913027478887276752011-02-16T09:56:18.414-08:002011-02-16T09:56:18.414-08:00One very good thing about the first movie: the mus...One very good thing about the first movie: the music was great. Sometimes I watch the opening credits when it comes on tv<br /><br />Dan LuftAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-69514413687305551022011-02-16T06:48:34.874-08:002011-02-16T06:48:34.874-08:00Jordan's Conan books were of a much more manag...Jordan's Conan books were of a much more managable length than his wheel of time tomes. I actually enjoyed a couple of them.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-37041969827101107302011-02-16T05:46:22.520-08:002011-02-16T05:46:22.520-08:00Good guess, Dan. The Jordan book is twice as long....Good guess, Dan. The Jordan book <i>is</i> twice as long.<br /><br />I think I sort of liked the first movie when it came out. Saw it again last month on cable, though, and it has not aged well. I sure <i>hope</i> the new one will be better.Evan Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-75519974255306979182011-02-16T02:49:47.778-08:002011-02-16T02:49:47.778-08:00I think Robert Jordan is good in his own works. Bu...I think Robert Jordan is good in his own works. But his Conan pastiches are awful, sorry.<br /><br />I mean: Snake men in the middle of a hiborian city? Come on! Sorry but no, thanks.<br /><br />This said, I , er,, liked the first movie. As adaptation .. well. You know how it is. But have sme bits really worth imho.<br /><br />Oh, and as a dirty spaniard :P The movie have a couple of scenes filmed in Cuenca. This is source of plenty of jokes with one of my brothers.Deka Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08328847551867893941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-47992465132720298432011-02-16T02:42:45.250-08:002011-02-16T02:42:45.250-08:00One wonders how the new Conan film will work. With...One wonders how the new Conan film will work. With Hollywood's record, I don't hold a lot of hope that it will resemble Howard's character.<br /><br />I remember the syndicated series with a sense of horror. And not the kind you might find in a good Conan story.Randy Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16627907086811387527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-80053060393133324292011-02-15T22:18:46.287-08:002011-02-15T22:18:46.287-08:00Let me guess. Is the Jordan book twice as long as ...Let me guess. Is the Jordan book twice as long as the deCamp and Carter book?<br /><br />Somewhere in between these movies, my subscription to both Conan comics lapsed, a bunch of lousy, low-budget of sword and sorcery movies came in and I read "The World According to Garp"<br /><br />DeCamp and Carter weren't horrible writers (okay Carter was) but this was about the time they should've all let it stop.<br /><br />Dan LuftAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com