New Conan movie---

[Hector]

No...Arnie sounded like a dude speaking English in an annoying modern Austrian accent...

[emeraldknight47]

...and of course...Arnie did. Right?

Well, Arnie sounded a little more like someone from that area [wherever Hyborea was] I guess. 'Course, Hyborea could've been in SoCal for all we know!

[Hector]

I'm not real hip on his dialect. It doesn't sound even remotely Hyborean [of course, who knows what Hyborean would've sounded like outside of Robert E. Howard). The language they're using seems too----modern and not archaic enough. That's just MHO, though...

...and of course...Arnie did. Right?

[emeraldknight47]

Crom, dudes!

[MIB41]

I still can't buy into that world because the guy doesn't have dialect I would envision for a barbarian. He sounds like your standard 20-something in southern California that would pull up at a drive thru at Rallys. What I see and what I hear conflict, so it's hard to sell this character as Conan for me.

[torgospizza]

I'm not real hip on his dialect. It doesn't sound even remotely Hyborean [of course, who knows what Hyborean would've sounded like outside of Robert E. Howard).

Cimmerians are supposed to be proto-Celts, so a bit of an Irish or Scottish rural brogue would be suitable. I think his build is pretty close to what Howard described, really. He's about the right height and not too big. People forget Conan was described as more panther than bear. I also just realized I'm probably telling you something you already know.

[emeraldknight47]

I'm not real hip on his dialect. It doesn't sound even remotely Hyborean [of course, who knows what Hyborean would've sounded like outside of Robert E. Howard). The language they're using seems too----modern and not archaic enough. That's just MHO, though...

[Hector]

This guy's face physically resembles Frazetta's Conan a lot more than Arnie...but has a slimmer body...so the jury is out...we shall see.

[emeraldknight47]

I dunno. I guess I'm just too used to seeing Ahnuld play Conan to see someone else in the role....

[bp1701a]

looks pretty interesting,,,,