Supplement Four
Mongoose
Just finished watching the new Conan movie on DVD. Many people trash this movie, but I stand by my original review. It's not what I'd call a GREAT, or even memorable, film, but it is a summer action pop-corn movie. In other words, "It ain't as bad as many make it out to be." I think it holds its own up against the Clash of the Titans remake. They're both "fun" and that's about it. Lord of the Rings or Casino Royale, they ain't.
One thing I do love about the new film is the CGI effects. All those ruins dotting the landscape. Everywhere except for Cimmeria seems to be dotted with a stone ruin from Acheron about every 50 feet. The Hyborian Age seems to composed of civilization that grew on the rubble of what came before without spending a lot of effort building new structures. Even Hyrkania, at the end of the film, has bits of ruins here and there.
I use to wonder if the Commoner knew much about ancient Acheron. I was thinking that the kindom thrived so long ago that only Scholars, Sorcerors, and maybe learned Nobles would know much about the ancient civilizations--Atlantis included. But, if the landscape is indeed that wrecked with ruins, it is no wonder that even the lowliest shepherd boy know at least the basics about the people who remind him of their past existence every day has he tends his flock.
What do you think? Do you picture the Hyborian Age, especially the central part of the populated continent, to be a thick with the Acheronian ruins as what was depicted in the film?
One thing I do love about the new film is the CGI effects. All those ruins dotting the landscape. Everywhere except for Cimmeria seems to be dotted with a stone ruin from Acheron about every 50 feet. The Hyborian Age seems to composed of civilization that grew on the rubble of what came before without spending a lot of effort building new structures. Even Hyrkania, at the end of the film, has bits of ruins here and there.
I use to wonder if the Commoner knew much about ancient Acheron. I was thinking that the kindom thrived so long ago that only Scholars, Sorcerors, and maybe learned Nobles would know much about the ancient civilizations--Atlantis included. But, if the landscape is indeed that wrecked with ruins, it is no wonder that even the lowliest shepherd boy know at least the basics about the people who remind him of their past existence every day has he tends his flock.
What do you think? Do you picture the Hyborian Age, especially the central part of the populated continent, to be a thick with the Acheronian ruins as what was depicted in the film?