The Legend of Conan-2014 Arnold Returns!
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Gravel
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You're naive if you don't think his natural testosterone production wasn't destroyed 40 years ago. He's likely been using his entire adult life. I mean, there's a good portion of normal men who get on TRT once they hit their 40's. To think someone who used as heavily as he didisn'tcurrently on TRT is just baffling.
I don't believe you can stop taking testosterone once you are on it. It brings your levels ridiculously low because your body is used to a higher amount.
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If I recall correctly there actually was a Conan TV show at some point. It was pretty bad tho.
iannis
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He's waaaaaay too old for this shit. It still depends on how they handle him/the story. I will allow them to rape my childhood with this. And I fully expect that they will be raping my childhood.
But man, something with the sensibility of The Barbarian would be wonderful.
It would even be great if they had Conan die. I don't think there was ever a specific story about the death of Conan, but the implication that I remember was that he returned home eventually and died the way that Cimmerians always die -- butchered in the field by the opposing clans children over some petty feud.
FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDOOOOOOOM
But man, something with the sensibility of The Barbarian would be wonderful.
It would even be great if they had Conan die. I don't think there was ever a specific story about the death of Conan, but the implication that I remember was that he returned home eventually and died the way that Cimmerians always die -- butchered in the field by the opposing clans children over some petty feud.
FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDOOOOOOOM
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Wow, the intro to that just doesn't sound good at all after you've heard the intro from the original movie.
I agree that if Arnold was in Stallone shape this could probably work, because some of the "L. Sprague DeShit" stories were pretty good with Conan being King of Aquilonia, married to Xenobia, having to go on one last adventure to rescue her, etc. It could work if he were in good enough shape, but unless he started awhile ago and is as dedicated as he used to be, I just don't see it happening in time for this movie.
Not really sure I want to watch a movie about his son unless it is someone awesome, but really, who could that be? Unless it is The Rock, I'm not sure I care about anyone they'd be likely to pick. No Taylor Kitsch, no Khal Drogo. Hell, Thor would be ok, but I have severe doubts that he'd have the time to do it even if he wanted to.
Oh shit, I just realized, since we were talking about The 13th Warrior in another thread, if they made it sort of like that, with Conan as just the enigmatic badass leader, but a band of young Cimmerians (maybe including his son) following him and doing most of the heavy lifting, it could be pretty good with the right story and the right cast, and a good synergy between the youngsters. Might even open the door for a follow-up without Arnold if they get a charismatic character to take over after he's done.
unfortunately, you have to be born an american citizen in order to become president; unless you're obama...
iannis
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His career was starting to falter before he got into politics.
Yeah, he had huge hits. Terminator, Kindergarten Cop (lol. IT WAS GOOD), Total Recall. But he started to get longer strings of misses. Last Action Hero... Twins...
Getting out was the right choice. Getting back IN seems a little bit like Michael Jordan trying to play professional baseball. It's just not what he's famous for (and best at), and he's just too old to do it.
Jordan was an average baseball player wasn't he? Which is pretty fucking good, and an impressive display of athleticism to take on a new sport that late in a career and not fail miserably -- but it's not beingtheMichael Jordan.
Yeah, he had huge hits. Terminator, Kindergarten Cop (lol. IT WAS GOOD), Total Recall. But he started to get longer strings of misses. Last Action Hero... Twins...
Getting out was the right choice. Getting back IN seems a little bit like Michael Jordan trying to play professional baseball. It's just not what he's famous for (and best at), and he's just too old to do it.
Jordan was an average baseball player wasn't he? Which is pretty fucking good, and an impressive display of athleticism to take on a new sport that late in a career and not fail miserably -- but it's not beingtheMichael Jordan.
Damn, I looked this up. He was making almost pure shit after True Lies in 1994. No point in breaking the run, eh?
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Wonder how much get paid now?
i know most budgets are inflated so they won't show a profit, but $45m the last stand is crazy. Have not seen Sabotage but understand it had some major changes ordered by the studio. Escape Plan wasn't that bad, could have been cut down a bit, but it did well overseas, namely China.
i know most budgets are inflated so they won't show a profit, but $45m the last stand is crazy. Have not seen Sabotage but understand it had some major changes ordered by the studio. Escape Plan wasn't that bad, could have been cut down a bit, but it did well overseas, namely China.
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