The last film you watched....

[Narukami]

"It has the subtlety of a belching elephant."

Good one.

After viewing the trailer for the new Conan I'll wait until it shows up on cable, and then I'll turn the channel to something else.

However...

I do remember going to the cinema in Honolulu to see the first Conan film. The theatre was packed, which I thought a bit unusual for that film, particularly as most of the audience seemed to be young local surfers from the North Shore. However, it all became clear when, about 30 minutes in, the character Subotai made his appearance.

Suddenly the crowd erupted into chants of "Gerry! Gerry!"

I turned to my wife, who was born and raised in Hawaii. She simply smiled and said, "Of course, it's Gerry Lopez the surfer."

The kids may have liked Arnold, but they were there to see Gerry.

I always thought it a mistake not to use him in the second film, but then there is not much about the second film that isn't a mistake of one sort or another. Grace Jones was fun, but even her scenery chewing was not enough to save that film.

Perhaps Conan would work best as a series on the Sci-Fi Channel or on Starz.

:?

Narukami