Krull

[Shadowphile]

Kull the Conqueror (Kevin Sorbo!) was a rip-off of Conan by, I think, a contemporary of Robert Howards.  

The Glaive from Krull gave an entire legion of D&D players the wrong idea as to what a glaive looked like. Gotta love remote controlled flying switchblade circular saws...

[plan9superfan]

What the hell is a "glaive"?

[Neville]

I guess is the ultra-cool weapon the main character uses throughout the movie. Imagine the boomerang version of Freddy Krueger's blades, or even better, go check out Andrew's review, he probably took an image of it.

[Ash]

This is the Glaive:



Personally, between you all & I:
If I were in Colwyn's position, about to throw the Glaive after I busted my ass and almost got killed trying to retrieve it and Ynyr stopped me and said, "Not until you need it."
I would say, "Get f*cked old man!" and throw that damn thing as far as I could!

Yeah....Krull would be very different if I'd wrote it.  LOL!  :)

[plan9superfan]

That "glaive" looks like The Predator's razor-sharp disc.

[Gerry]

Shadowphile Wrote:
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> Kull the Conqueror (Kevin Sorbo!) was a rip-off of
> Conan by, I think, a contemporary of Robert
> Howards.  

Actually Kull was another character of Robert Howard's.  Many of his protagonists resembled Conan.

[Shadowphile]

Now that was depressing to learn...

[Fearless Freep]

I actually thought Kull was supposed to be Conan's dad or something

Speaking of which, shame we never got to see John Carpenter of Mars as a movie (although his stuff wouldn't play to the PC crowds these days, I imagine)

[Neville]

I's John Carter of Mars, Fearless Freep, not John Carpenter. Most people think one Mars movie by John Carpenter was more than enough...

And about John Carter, there's a movie on the works. Robert Rodriguez was supposed to do it, but he abandoned the DGA a few months ago for some discrepancies on how the credits of "Sin City" should acknowledge Frank Miller & Tarantino's help, so he's not longer eligible, because the project is in the hands of a big studio. But I'm sure I heard of this project afterwards, with another director attached.

[Fearless Freep]

I's John Carter of Mars, Fearless Freep, not John Carpenter. Most people think one Mars movie by John Carpenter was more than enough...

Boy did I screw that one up... and yet it makes some sort of humourous sense that way.  I read a bunch of the John Carter Of Mars books years ago...and saw Ghosts Of Mars as well...

Thanks for the info on the movie in the works...I'l have to watch for it

[plan9superfan]

If "John Carter of Mars" is anything like "Ghosts of Mars", I'm NOT watching it...

[Neville]

So far all the information available is this: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401729/

We'll have to wait and see.

[plan9superfan]

This "John Carter" sounds like a mix of Flash Gordon and Indiana Jones to me...

[BoyScoutKevin]

Actually, there are quite a few actors in the film, who are "associated" with other roles: Freddie Jones, Francesca Annis, Bernard Bresslaw, and before they became famous:Liam Neeson and Robbie Coltrane.. But, my favorite actor in the film, who is associated with another role, is Ken Marshall, who is probably best known for playing the role of Michael Eddington on "Star Trek: Deep Space 9."

As an added note, this has always been not only one of my favorite fantasy films, but one of my favorite films, period. Now, if I can only get around to watching my dvd version of it.

[Andrew]

I would definitely like to see a well-done movie of the Edgar Rice Burroughs' book(s).  They are probably one of my favorite old science fiction series, especially the first three.  An intelligent movie adaptation would do quite well.