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[Cap'n Kidd]

How about "Highlander"? The first movie only.

Yojimbo
Samurai Rebellion
The Wild Bunch
The Unforgiven, Pale Rider, and High Plains Drifter (Clint Eastwood)

[Cap'n Kidd]

Sorry one more: Chato's Land with Charles Bronson.

[Sermon Bath]

Two oldies but goodies: Heston in "The Warlord" and Douglas in "The Vikings".

Sorry I messed up. What I wanted to say was I agree with Kirk Douglas in "The Vikings". In my opinion he would have made a great Conan in the 50's and 60's.

yeah Douglass would have made an awesome conan no doubt But we do have Spartacus, The Viking, Lonely are the Brave, The Fury, The War Wagon..etc

[Hawkbrother]

Lonely Are The Brave, with Kirk Douglas, Based on Edward Abbey's novel The Brave Cowboy.(Indeed Abbey had some Howardian characters in several of his books, and he was a Howardian character himself)

The Skeleton Key- the setting reminded me of Pigeons from Hell

Glad to see someone else listed Quest for Fire

And how about all those Grade B jungle adventure movies, Jungle Jim,etc from the 30s and 40s?

[Sermon Bath]

I would rather go with Beau Geste, Gunga Din, The Four Feathers, The Lives of a Bengal Lancer, the Sea Hawk, Captain Blood, The original King Solomon's Mines, King Kong, etc as vintage films in the Howard mold. Some of these he actually saw!

[amster]

"The Wind and the Lion" by John Milius, in many ways more Howardian than that "other" film he made.

[Sermon Bath]

I think Howard would absolutely have loved LA Confidential.......the Russel Crowe character was Howard all the way and then some..........and the shootouts were mind boggling...especially the last one

[timeless]

Not very Howardian, but I watched Sydney Pollack's 'Jeremiah Johnson' last night for the billionth time. Love that flick. Milius co-wrote the screenplay. The part where Johnson goes to war with the entire tribe has always struck me as a very grim and intense development, well done. It doesn't hold a candle to the true story of 'Liver-Eating Johnson,' though.

[jjelmquist]

How about Deliverance (1972)? The Appalachian setting isn't quite right for REH, but the conflict between the city slickers and the hillbillies, even the debate between Burt Reynolds' and Jon Voigt's characters, is remenicient of Howard's persistant theme of civilisation vs. barbarism. The whole idea of a civilized man "regressing" to barbarism as portrayed in the film (portrayed via Jon Voigt's character as he hunts down the last hillbilly with a bow and arrow) is quite Howardian, in my opinion.

[amster]

How about Deliverance (1972)? The Appalachian setting isn't quite right for REH, but the conflict between the city slickers and the hillbillies, even the debate between Burt Reynolds' and Jon Voigt's characters, is remenicient of Howard's persistant theme of civilisation vs. barbarism. The whole idea of a civilized man "regressing" to barbarism as portrayed in the film (portrayed via Jon Voigt's character as he hunts down the last hillbilly with a bow and arrow) is quite Howardian, in my opinion.

Good call, jjelmquist!

I'd also note that the gung-ho barbarian "wannabe" (played by Burt Reynolds) is the one who ends up being a casualty of the wilderness, and ends up being cared for by the less experienced "city slickers".

Down here in the South, among suburban outdoorsmen, "Deliverance" is a running joke that will not die. I've never been on a camping trip where someone didn't end up saying "squeal like a pig, boy" after hammering a few beers. The reason its so funny, IMO, is because its just a bit too realistic.

[the black stone]

members, imagine BEYOND THE BLACK RIVER done like ddl "last of the mohicans"?----would be quite good actually---ralph g

[deuce]

What about "The Road Warrior"? Talk about barbarism vs. civilization! This is probably the closest we're ever going to get to seeing "Beyond the Black River" on the big screen. Both are thinly veiled "westerns", with stand ins for Native Americans. In BtBR, its Picts. In TRW, its mutant bikers. Parallels can easily be drawn between Max and Conan. Like Conan, Max is the most capable of battling the marauders because he is more like them than the townsfolk he's sided with.

Very astute, Amster. This is a cool thread.

[amster]

What about "The Road Warrior"? Talk about barbarism vs. civilization! This is probably the closest we're ever going to get to seeing "Beyond the Black River" on the big screen. Both are thinly veiled "westerns", with stand ins for Native Americans. In BtBR, its Picts. In TRW, its mutant bikers. Parallels can easily be drawn between Max and Conan. Like Conan, Max is the most capable of battling the marauders because he is more like them than the townsfolk he's sided with.

Very astute, Amster. This is a cool thread.

Thanks! I love it when you resurrect old threads!

[Mandevil]

Hello all, just wondering what to watch when having watched Conan The Barbarian and Conan The Destroyer over and over gets repetitive ? I thought maybe the Scorpion King ( Since he is basically an adventuring assassin/barbarian )just to get my fix. Any suggestions ? Thanks all

[BizarroFett]

if you want to cheeze out watch Red Sonja. and then there's the Kull movie... i watch a lot of old Itallian Sword and Sandle movies, they stream them on netflix instant queue... oh and the Herculese and Xena shows are kind of fun.

[amster]

The Sword and the Sorceror
Braveheart
Gladiator
Spatacus: Blood and Sand
Lord of the Rings
Mad Max Trilogy
Rambo Quadrilogy
300
Fire and Ice
Heavy Metal
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Beowulf
Beowulf and Grendal
Highlander
Excalbur
Mongol
Pathfinder
Turok: Son of Stone
Last of the Mohicans

[BizarroFett]

no Wizards? man it has Nazi goblin orc things.

[amster]

no Wizards? man it has Nazi goblin orc things.

El Superbeasto has Nazi Zombies (f**king up my day, now).

[ollonois]

Flesh + sword by Paul Verhoeven
Centurion
The king maker
Beastmaster
and if you like bad films things like the italian stuff of the first 80s or titles like Deathstalker or Barbarian queen

[amster]

Kingdom of Heaven
Troy
Solomon Kane

Edited by amsterdamaged, 09 October 2010 - 10:15 PM.