New Conan Movie w/ Arnold

Oh man...this gets me pretty excited. It has been a long time waiting for something like this to be produced out of hollywood. Especially in this time period with too much political correctness demands. A lot of the modern day action stars look like young teenage boys not fit for the action movies they are starring in.

Sure Arnold isn't in the shape that he used to be. The movie will be much better if he starts hitting the gym again. Yes he is 65, but that shouldn't stop him from doing it. If he looks good the movie will sell much better. 

What does this mean for Age of Conan and Hyboria? 

Everything!

Looking at the skins of the game, you will notice a lot of copies of the original movie along with the armor skins of the game. Also, you can almost see the very character classes from the original movie! The game is largely based off of Robert E. Howard's books and this movie.

Dark Templar, ToS, Bear Shaman? :D

The new movie seems to be about Arnold playing as king, ignoring Conan the Destroyer and the Conan the Barbarian remake. He seeks to do one last final battle to reach Valhalla and die a hero. I'm not sure if this is the best twist to put on the movie, but it promises another exciting adventure. Hopefully they won't add too much cg effects to the movie to cheapen the viewing (or insult the intelligence of those watching). The original Conan movie was about strength, overcoming impossible odds, and avenging his slain family. It was also a love story that ended in tragedy. There was a lot happening with the plot, which led viewers to be able to relate to the barbarian and cheer him even while he was a brutal killer and thief. What's not to love!

Will Funcom capitalize on this? I certainly think so. With the remake they came out with the Turan expansion pack, which unlocked one raid, a six man, and a new explorable area. A nice sized piece of content, but really couldn't be considered a true campaign. It is my hope they come out with a compaign, with an enemy as large as Thoth himself. Add at least 3 new mini games or some form of pvp content to show players that all aspects of the game matter. Yeah...a big project that will take time and resources to make. But the return...

All these carebear games coming out will never equal Age of Conan, which still posses better graphics and an intricate combat system that provides a challenge to master. People will return. New players will come when a new generation of people really start getting tired of weakling heroes that weigh 130 pounds.

The real question is, does Arnold still have the star power to make this movie work? Does the movie company have the smarts to make this movie as brutal as the first? We shall see.

I think he can pull it off!