Posts by feralorca82

Jamie Davis9 said:Well, I suppose I’m officially joining the club. People have this exhausting way of wearing me down and getting on my nerves—even those closest to me eventually—so I find myself at my absolute happiest when I'm flying solo. It happens more often than you'd think ( 😁 ) where I just won't bother opening the front door, I'll let the phone ring indefinitely, and I won't venture any further than the local Target.
My career requires me to be constantly talking and managing others, which I don't mind, but once I'm home, my house is my sanctuary of peace, solitude, and total autonomy.
I don't even invite people over for visits. 😁
My family tells me that being this neurodivergent isn't healthy, but honestly, I fail to see the problem. I'm perfectly content. When I feel like being social, I am, but most of the time, I have zero desire to see a soul.
It's as simple as that.

Yeah, I'm in the exact same boat.
The issue gets worse (in my opinion) when you try to explain it to someone. They just don't get it and start looping with questions like, "But why? Why's that? Why this?"—goddamn leeches 🙂 leave me alone!
Nothing is worse than being totally drained and having someone relentlessly pry for info you have no intention of sharing.

To make matters worse, you always end up looking like the jerk or the moody one because you "hurt their feelings" just by letting them know to go f***

Amy Scott93 said:Amen to that. I’ve officially lost it if I’m preferring my digital life over the real one.

Not necessarily. I think you've just realized that most people constantly drain you with their drama, and you want an escape.
It's true, some people just love dumping their baggage on everyone else. Maybe they actually want someone else to fix their mess for them. I don't see anything wrong with wanting to tune that out.
Just because you prefer keeping your own stuff to yourself to avoid being a burden doesn't mean everyone else gets a free pass to suffocate you with their problems, right?

I think that’s exactly why you're looking for an outlet in the "digital world." At least there, you can find some peace. If you don't feel like listening to something (quote), you just don't. You can always just turn your back on whatever is annoying you.
In the real world, it's never that easy. You're always trying to figure out how to shut someone down without being a jerk about it.

But hey, that's just my two cents.

I'm not 100% sure, but I think the DC hasn't been released yet

I honestly wonder if they even tried to finish this thing. It’s such a disaster that it probably needed a solid 60 or 70 minutes shaved off just to be watchable.😂🤣

If I start a petition to get you kicked out of this thread and manage to grab a single signature, are you gonna bail? 😂

Leave Uwe Boll out of this. 🙂

Man, I’ve gotta check that out 😂
Uwe Boll is a total legend 🤣

Yeah, several writers down the line basically reshaped the character to fit whatever vibe they were going for 😉
but let's not get bogged down in the details

Anthony Smith3 said:Ali Rock is honestly more funny to me than someone I'd cast in a "serious" macho role. He was great in The Scorpion King because he was clearly having a blast and the movie itself was such a joke, but as Conan—and I mean the original one, not that second kid-friendly version—man, he just doesn't look or sound Neanderthal enough.

Arnold isn't just Conan because of how he looks; it's that voice too. Honestly, I can't even picture Conan speaking perfect English—I've always imagined him sounding like some guy from Austria, LOL. That’s why Arnold was the perfect choice, and Kickinger is probably the closest thing we'll get. Of course, nobody's going to offer him the role since he's a total unknown.

Plus, The Rock just doesn't have the look for Conan. Schwarzenegger looked like he stepped right off the comic book pages—both with his physique and that rugged face. He actually looked like Conan. The Rock? I don't know. His body is fine, but his face... not so much.

What makes you say that? 😕

It isn't just about the muscle. Every actor brings something different to the table, but The Rock has that same spark Arnie had; he's got the charisma, and honestly, that’s enough to make him pull it off in my book. 😉

Originally, Conan wasn't even envisioned as someone getting stung by hornets 😁
but that doesn't really matter now
I agree, replacing Schwarzenegger is going to be a tough act, though I wouldn't exactly hate seeing Dwayne Johnson take the lead http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...ckasConan2.jpg 🙏

nimblemarlin6 said:Sandahl Bergman played Conan's girl—the one whose name isn't even mentioned anywhere in the film.

😂
You're a genius! 🙏
Look, you don't have to take my word for it; feel free to check it yourself http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0008160/bio 😉
Here, just to prove how much of a big shot you are: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTdno...eature=related
Pause at 3:05 and maybe learn how to read.

silentpilot6
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying Conan the Barbarian is bad. On the contrary, it's one of my favorites and the characters are great. I'm just saying most things in that movie are poorly handled because they have nothing to do with the original REH's Conan—they were changed or invented just for the film, including some of the characters.

@Martok
Don't compare the Conan comics to what I'm talking about, because maybe only 5% of them are based on the original REH stories, and there aren't actually that many of those.

The new Conan series is supposedly meant to follow Howard's stories. In other words, it should be a completely different beast—darker, more brutal, and bloodier, with a totally different plot.
The story from the first film and that opening where his parents get killed is made up, so don't be shocked if the new movie takes huge liberties (assuming it actually follows the original source material, of course).

nimblemarlin6 said:In the movie "Conan the Barbarian," there actually isn't a character named Valeria—not really. It's never explicitly mentioned what Conan's female companion is called. If you check the end credits, they just list her as "The Girl."

Really?!
Maybe try actually watching the movie once in your life. 😉
Who did Sandahl Bergman play? Maybe that girl Conan knocks out? 🙄

Yeah, that's because you've clearly never read Conan
Thulsa Doom isn't actually a thing; he pops up in one of the early stories as a necromancer who kind of gives off Skeletor from Masters of the Universe vibes.
Originally, that character comes from Kull's novels, but in the movie, they basically mashed him together with the actual villain from Conan the Destroyer, which they turned into some minor side character—Thoth-Amon

They also messed up Valeria—she's supposed to be a pirate.

I'm still waiting on Red Nails 🎉.
As for the Thulsa Doom movie, I'm expecting a total flop if they mess with the character again like they did in the first Conan. If they actually stick to the original story and character, it might be watchable, though personally, I don't see why anyone would bother making it at all.

Alright, why are you obsessing over that pathetic Cruella instead of, I don't know, the actual movie title?
101 Dalmatians?! 😂🤣
That breed is called a Dalmatian, not a Dalmatian😂

Ronald Thompson32 said:I think there’s a third installment coming—once Xi finally makes his way to Hong Kong.

Yeah, right. With that kung fu chimpanzee thing going on. 😂🤣

James Cameron 🙂

noooooooooooooooo 😲
I had absolutely no clue he was even in it 😢
Ah well, watching the director's cut again today to make up for it 🙂

Honestly, I’m betting this turns out to be total garbage just like [REC]. If that reporter ends up being just as grating as before... 👎

irontiger25 said:Man, back when Kill Bill and The Matrix were tearing up the world,
dominating the kung fu genre.
Does anyone happen to remember that one Japanese film daring,
the one I saw on our local cable TV? At least twice during those
famous movie marathons back in the late 90s.

In my opinion, that’s the ultimate kung fu kick-ass flick. There’s this scene where a guy
knocks out a horse with a single punch! (Not Conan), and the whole thing wraps up with a scene
where the hero and the villain kill each other with katanas at the exact same time! That’s the final shot.

By the way, the film is incredibly stylish; it doesn't look cheap like some of those Hong Kong action movies, and the story is set in the past (so no bullets).
The weapons of choice are katanas, axes, and spears.

If anyone knows how to track this down on IMDb, please reply to this post. I tried searching, but it was a total failure.

Obviously not Conan; he knocked out a deer instead. 😉