Jason Momoa IS Conan the Barbarian!
- Thread starter Temis the Vorta
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And this is gonna be different from Ronon Dex...how, exactly? 
But that's exactly the problem. Conan of Cimmeria, as Robert E. Howard wrote him, was anything but mindless. He was a very intelligent and calculating character who survived by his wits as often as he did by his sword. I'm afraid we're not going to see that Conan on screen, as the Schwarzenegger representation has become the one most people think of when they picture Conan.
Momoa is at least a better choice than Schwarzenegger in terms of physicality. Schwarzenegger was too big and slow for Conan. Conan is supposed to be extremely fit, yes, but his body is built for speed and agility as much as power. He was an extremely skilled and successful thief in his earlier adventures.
Momoa is at least a better choice than Schwarzenegger in terms of physicality. Schwarzenegger was too big and slow for Conan. Conan is supposed to be extremely fit, yes, but his body is built for speed and agility as much as power. He was an extremely skilled and successful thief in his earlier adventures.
Or even someone who looks, you know, northern and musclebound to compete with Arnie and match the cover illustrations of our mighty-thewed hero.
So the "A Song of Ice and Fire" is not the Conan thing? I thought it was some sort of Conan in name only thing.
Read the original novels. There is a hell of a lot more potential there. I was stupidly hoping someone might make a movie that taps into it at long last.
But at least Momoa could give Conan a kind of arch sarcastic attitude towards the excesses of the so-called civilized world that he adventures through. That's more of a personality that Ah-nod ever bothered with.
The novels are every bit as rich and fascinating as LOTR, but without being so eurocentric. REH envisioned the mythology of the entire world and brought it to life. Imagine a LOTR approach to this material. But with Momoa in the lead? Ech. He's no Viggo Mortensen.
To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women.
I'm going to have to make an effort to keep from referring to him as Ronan the Barabarian in the future. I'll probably fail...
Based on what I've seen him in Momoa has about the same (very limited) acting range as Arnold, so I suppose the casting is appropriate.
^^ Arnie has mad skill in pulling faces though.
Yeah, in a way Momoa feels like an odd choice, in terms of matching him to the character in the books (only partly seen the second Conan movie), but it could work.
Arnold is a great face actor.
I think he has a chance to do good here. I'll give him a shot. He was great as Ronan.