Red Sonja - The Movie

[lastbesthope]

No doubt she'd get a Charisma bonus too!

LBH

 

[Turloigh]

No doubt she'd get a Charisma bonus too!LBH

Suddenly, that ridiculous feat "Intricate Swordsplay" starts to make sense...

 

[Aelric]

in the second picture what type of sword would you call that???

 

[Yogah of Yag]

in the second picture what type of sword would you call that???

Hyborian Letter-Opener.

 

[Aelric]

in the second picture what type of sword would you call that???

Hyborian Letter-Opener.

funny very funny

 

[Vincent791]

I actually enjoy those kind of movies. I know its crap (in this case) but I love to see those productions.

 

[Aelric]

I would ahve to agree with you,moives like these gives me ideas and some extra peopel to through at my players.I am even using some peoepl form the Beast master.

 

[Bregales]

Anyone seen this?

Red Sonja (2008)

 

[Sutek]

I'd heard something, but can't place where. Maybe superherohype.com. I think the idea was rejuvenated after the independent re-launch of the comic.

 

[toothill man]

I like 3 just dont tell the wife :shock: 8) :wink:

 

[kintire]

It was a fun movie, if your expectations were low

I once did a brief study of the various movies to see where they fit in the chronology. I put Red Sonja in Hyperborea, after the Cimmerians have migrated to Turan. I can fill in the reasoning if anyone cares!

 

[Sir Hackalot]

No doubt she'd get a Charisma bonus too!LBH

Suddenly, that ridiculous feat "Intricate Swordsplay" starts to make sense...

Hey! Intricate Swordplay is a very cool feat. I have used it before and it worked really well for me.

 

[Lord Jolly the Scribe]

Movie wasn't bad. I liked some of the fight scenes and the semi-nudeness. I also thought the magic weapon was interesting.

Conan.com has a disclaimer on their site about the differences with Red Sonja and Red Sonya to give a better understanding of the two.

And yes...Flava Flav and Brigette cause Corruption checks. :twisted:

 

[The King]

I didn't like the movie because it doesn't feel very professionnal. Thus I could never be entertained.
The plot is a good scenario idea though...

 

[Strom]

I've never watched this entire movie...I'm surprised it's not lambasted more . Maybe I'll give it a shot. But I've never found BN attractive.

 

[Ankhe]

I spent 20 bucks and got the dvd, its great.

Sure the acting/everything is low grade, but the hats! look at all the crazy hats! Kalidor picking the kid up and grunting while shaking him around, the alchemist with the dancing girl on the tv, someone died instantly from ninja stars that went a solid 1mm into her chest (armor)... and then there is mr. I killed 176 men and took the legs from the 177th.

Totally worth $20 for the entertainment me and my mates got out of it.

 

[lastbesthope]

mr. I killed 176 men and took the legs from the 177th.

Bomber likes that!

:lol:

LBH

 

[DaveNC]

It was a fun movie, if your expectations were low

I once did a brief study of the various movies to see where they fit in the chronology. I put Red Sonja in Hyperborea, after the Cimmerians have migrated to Turan. I can fill in the reasoning if anyone cares!

I'll bite ... Let's hear it.

I've only seen the movie once a long time ago. I'd like to watch it again with a "spot the Hyborian reference/setting/etc."

 

[Auggie]

I'll probably have rotten fruit thrown at me, but I liked the Red Sonja movie very much. And I consider Arnie's character to be Conan in disguise

The sword he uses in the movie- is that the same one from the Conan movies??

 

[kintire]

I'll bite ... Let's hear it.

Okay!

The first bit is the easiest: where is it set. The area is a forbidding moorland dotted with fortress city states, inhabited mostly by whites. It's on the cold side, but far from arctic. The one place name we have is that one of the characters is "High Lord of Hyrkania", and he arrives after a longish ride, but he doesn't need a team of remounts or pack animals, so he isn't crossing the world.

Conclusion: It is set in Hyperborea. The land fits the description perfectly, right down to Gudrun's cyclopean fortress, and Hyrkania is just off to the east.

The second is trickier: when. There are a few clues though. Although the lower class of the destroyed city is white, as witness the kings bodyguard, the royal family is eastern. This places it after the eastern Hyrkanians pushed into the west, but this seems to be a fairly isolated case. There is certainly no mention of a world spanning Eastern domination right now.

In fact, the place seems to be a bit short of nations in general. Gudrun is, of course, insane, but nevertheless she speaks of taking one city as a reasonable stride towards conquering the world. She is obviously unaware of any large powerful nations, and considers it credible that her fortress and army of some hundreds can seize "the world"

Most dramatic of all, the "High Lord of Hyrkania" is not an easterner, but the spitting image of a western barbarian!

Conclusion: The Red Sonja movie takes place thousands of years after Conan's time, and chronicles fighting among the Aesir dominated ruins of ancient Hyperborea, with a few relics of the Hykanian conquest still lasting. The area referred to as "Hyrkania" is actually the ancient kingdom of Turan, after it has been overthrown and settled by the Cimmerians:

The Nordics who had conquered Hyperborea assailed their eastern enemies so savagely that the dark-skinned descendants of the Lemurians retreated into the steppes, pushed irresistibly back toward Vilayet.

Meanwhile the Cimmerians, wandering southeastward, destroyed the ancient Hyrkanian kingdom of Turan, and settled on the southwestern shores of the inland sea.

and the "High Lord of Hyrkania" (probably an ancient title derived from the old Hykanian Empire) is the chieftain of the Cimmerian people.