![]() This upsets Taligaro (Thomas Ian Griffith), a bemulleted warrior who had been hoping for the throne himself. But then the king goes nutty and starts killing his heirs, whereupon Kull barges into the palace to stop the bloodshed and winds up shedding the king’s blood. ![]() ![]() Put a loincloth on him and start shooting.”) Kull is a barbarian whose lack of noble blood means he can’t join the kingdom’s official army, for surely only those with the right pedigree have earned the right to slaughter villagers with axes. (Studio executive: “Hercules, Conan, Kull, whatever. Then the gods destroyed the demons and left a fire burning to always remind people of the awful “godless times,” because if there’s one thing a healthy society needs, it’s to be constantly reminded of something terrible.Īlong comes Kull, played by Kevin Sorbo, who’d been playing Hercules on TV at this point and seemed a natural fit. It begins with a narrator telling us that “at the dawn of time, the world was covered in flames, and demons ruled over men.” Sure, sure. “Kull the Conqueror” is your basic goofy fantasy movie about a dumb hero in a land where everyone has made-up names that sound like they were created by nerdy Tolkien zealots writing “Lord of the Rings” fan fiction. Howard in the 1920s, and Howard was now quite dead, so what did he care if some movie studio wanted to treat his characters as interchangeable? Let’s be honest: One long-haired, sandal-wearing swordsman with a funny name is about the same as any other. So it was changed to “Kull the Conqueror,” which was easy, because Kull and Conan were both created by pulp-novelist Robert E. If he had made “Conan the Conqueror,” he wouldn’t have been able to appear in “Batman & Robin”! A man must have his priorities. He was beyond the fantasy silliness and had moved on to more substantive films like “Junior” (where he was pregnant) and “Jingle All the Way” (where he wasn’t funny). “Kull the Conqueror” answers the question, “How bad does a movie have to be for Arnold Schwarzenegger to turn it down?” For you see, it was originally intended as a third Conan movie (after “Conan the Barbarian” and “Conan the Destroyer”), but Schwarzenegger, who played the sword-wielding, clothing-eschewing barbarian, wanted no part in a third entry.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |