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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
Well, what does the source material show? Is Conan a dumb brute who merely swings his sword to get the job done, or is he a tactician, a thief, a king of men? "Barbarian" doesn't have to mean "dumb." It can also mean simply crude and warlike.
Do we want a Schwarzenegger do-over? Or a Conan reboot?
I'll take the reboot.
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I'm always up for a reboot to the series, I would love to see Conan as a strong-willed, muscular, somewhat honorable and leader of men. I loved him in the series that Robert Jordan wrote. I think it's kind of like Tarzan, in the movies he was a crude savage but in the books (so I've heard) he a man of the jungle but was slightly civilized.
My question is, CAN they do a reboot of Conan and do it right? Will they fuck it up and make him into something that doesn't even resemble Conan in any way, shape, or form. Give me a slightly updated Conan and I'm happy, change everything about him? No fucking way. I'd rather have a dumb, brutish, barbarian that we have all come to love than some sissified, knight in shining armor who saves the day and never does anything wrong.
I know Barbarian isn't one-sided or one dimension, but I don't know if Hollywood does or not.