tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130024768875427937.post4743671319011970510..comments2023-05-20T11:22:27.581-03:00Comments on Some Wonderful Kind of Noise: Conan the Barbarian: First impressionsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130024768875427937.post-59714454859663540122014-06-30T06:24:03.993-03:002014-06-30T06:24:03.993-03:00Yes, one of the best soundtracks ever! I listen t...Yes, one of the best soundtracks ever! I listen to it regularly. In addition to using it for tabletop gaming, it is great for focusing in on things when you really need to get a tack accomplished. You need to own this soundtrack.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11472125730757793809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130024768875427937.post-7646324384446412812014-06-22T13:37:29.885-03:002014-06-22T13:37:29.885-03:00The "Conan the Cimmerian" stories are cl...The "Conan the Cimmerian" stories are classic RPG-type adventures, based on the pulp stories written by Robert E Howard back in the '30s. They are all action, zero character arc, but a fun read if you can find them. I've found several in the "nostalgia paperback" book shelf at a local used book store.<br /><br />Good ear on you! That is indeed James Earl Jones playing Thulsa Doom.Ripley Noxhttp://ripleynox.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130024768875427937.post-76478660976363784012014-06-20T12:13:10.204-03:002014-06-20T12:13:10.204-03:00I've gone berry picking on the island and the ...I've gone berry picking on the island and the mainland and they're pretty much equally good, though of course I have to put in a good word for anyone being familiar with Cape Breton outside of this little province. Nan's blueberry pie is still just the best thing.<br /><br />So there was the bald guy in the suit and then they put the other fellow's voice over it, eh? Wonder what the guy in the suit sounds like?<br /><br />Of course, now I want to hear Vader talking about the fear of the night and the tree of woe. :DWonderful Noisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01542277089898684170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130024768875427937.post-68154205947059655152014-06-20T12:05:55.780-03:002014-06-20T12:05:55.780-03:00The composer? I love it. :DThe composer? I love it. :DWonderful Noisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01542277089898684170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130024768875427937.post-29531577219123136182014-06-19T09:23:32.304-03:002014-06-19T09:23:32.304-03:00Wild Nova Scotia blueberries are, in fact, the bes...Wild Nova Scotia blueberries are, in fact, the best in the world. At least, the ones on Cape Breton Island are; I can't speak for the mainland. I imagine they're much the same. <br /><br />I think I actually have never seen this movie. But yes, that was James Earl Jones, the voice (but not the body or face) of Darth Vader. He has one of the greatest voices in Hollywood. DanielChttps://twitter.com/DanLovatClarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130024768875427937.post-91816543405157789132014-06-19T05:24:07.464-03:002014-06-19T05:24:07.464-03:00Conan's god is named "Crom". Or &quo...Conan's god is named "Crom". Or "CRAAAAAAHM" if you're doing an impression of Arnold Schwarzenegger. His friends in this movie are "Subotai" and "Valeria." And actually, I think Valeria's name is never actually spoken during the course of the movie, but that she is. Chronicler-wizard is "Akiro", I think they don't ever say it in this one either. You'll hear him again if you watch one of the shows I recommended you.<br /><br />The wheel thing is some kind of millstone, I guess.<br /><br />Music's by Basil Poledouris, and it makes up at least 30% of the appeal of this movie, IMO. I'm not familiar with much of his work, but he's brilliant here. This is always part of my go-to D&D music.<br /><br />The movie is only sort of like the short stories (Subotai and Akiro are original characters entirely, and Thulsa Doom is the enemy of Kull of Atlantis, another hero by the same author), but IMO it's better. Kind of strange and inaccessible, though.<br /><br />There's one sequel which is okay but kind of silly, one reboot that wasn't all that great, and another upcoming sequel 30-some years later.Rachel Ghoulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04765944479141792643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130024768875427937.post-42831181202289407862014-06-19T02:19:35.122-03:002014-06-19T02:19:35.122-03:00"guys this is already extremely badass and li..."guys this is already extremely badass and literally nothing is happening"<br /><br />That, my friend, is Basil Poledouris!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130024768875427937.post-90947457596375882492014-06-19T02:05:21.731-03:002014-06-19T02:05:21.731-03:00On the one hand, this movie really has very little...On the one hand, this movie really has very little to do with either the plot or the character of Conan as actually created and written by Robert E. Howard.<br /><br />On the other hand, it's still a very good movie.Evil Midnight Lurkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13951403573568358808noreply@blogger.com