[CONAN] Plot of the new Conan film

There's a comic coming out from Dark Horse called Conan and the Mask of Acheron. Reading the blurb, it's easy to see this will be the Dark Horse version of the new movie.

If interested (possibly spoiler-ish), here's the blurb.



After witnessing his wife burned at the stake, warlord Khalar Zym sets out on a quest to find the mythical Mask of Acheron, an ancient artifact that will bring his beloved back to life. In his search across the lands, Zym destroys a village in northern Cimmeria, where a boy born of battle survives and is cast out into the world, alone. Years later, Zym crosses paths again with the boy who survived--Conan. Zym must now contend with this barbarian nuisance who is now set on vengeance for the slaughter of his village. Zym and his seductive witch daughter, Marique, eventually clash with Conan in an epic final battle, the outcome of which will decide the fate of the world. Based on Conan the Barbarian, the new major motion picture from Millennium Films, Furla Productions and Conan Properties International.
 
With so much REH material I wonder why one wants to write such a thing with the boring old stuff on the boring "Conan youth & Revenge" theme.... if you want to write something new you must be a talent.

John Milius had that talent, he did what he did, ignoring or mixing REH stuff, but I excuse him, since he is a kind of genius and the first Conan movie was very good (even if not REH canon-orthodox).

I really do not know if these new filmakers could create something at the level of John Milius, but from what I see (old basic "avenge your family" theme) it looks like they are trying more to mimic Milius (with a few variants) than to create a real Conan story with the original REH feeling.

It makes me crazy that everybody thinkning about Conan is concerned about Cimmeria, while REH never cared about Conan's youth (and he did not even put a story in Cimmeria!) but his tales on Southern and Eastern kingdoms were so fabolous!

Anyway, even with such boring basic premises, I'll wait and hope than watching the movie will be fun.
 
"Conan in a battle that decides the fate of the world" What's this crap?!

A movie based on Hour of the Dragon would have been simply fantastic! There is all: sorcery, fights, politics, monsters, clash of armies. *sigh* Probably in another life... :cry:

You know what I fear most? That a RPG will be created based on the film *shudder*
 
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