• As a guy who used to read Conan and loves Frank Frazetta's, or even Barry Windsor Smith's later interpretation of Conan. I have to say that I despised Schwartznegger being casted as Conan and thought the movie was a horrid piece of garbage. [I actually saw it in the theater.] Yet, this version seems to go from "bad" to "worse". I wished they could've found someone better for the part and as Al Harron point out, the script appears to be awful. This is poignant reminder that films of this nature should be left to people who actually know and understand these character and can put the time in to make it good instead of passable.

• Jason really isn't appropriate for Conan, not least because Conan wasn't Hawaiian. The thing is, Howard never described Conan's appearance as "lithe" or "panther-like": that described his movements. He uses descriptions like "massive arms", "thick corded muscles", "heavy limbs" and the like. I think somewhere in between Arnold and Jason would've been preferable, but closer to Arnold's side. That said, he isn't going to ruin this film, seeing as it's already ruined by the hideous script. I'd rather save a better Conan for a film that actually adapts Robert E. Howard rather than the quagmire of ripoffs and cliches that this script wallows in.

• HUGE SG:A fan here. Not so much Conan just because I have too much estrogen/too little free time to geek out over it. But my first reaction was still "F*ck. Sweet!" Repeated multiple times.

• conan? didn't they mean they were making another kull movie?

• Call me racist...but is the guy that's holding a gun on him the chairman from Iron Chef?

• ...That is a beautiful man...

• Approved!

• I approve Ronon the Barbarian. :)

• Makes me wonder what's going on with Solomon Kane movie. It didn't hit the theaters here, plus there's also a Red Sonja movie on the shelves.

• I can't wait to see what he looks like with the Conan haircut... but still, he needs to gain 2x weight in muscles before he can play the part.

• So who's gonna play Leno? http://joshreads.com/?p=3808

• On the other hand, my brief but potent episode of ineptitude ranks high as one of my top unintentional acts of passive aggressiveness. Emphasis on unintentional, and many thanks to my little sister for pointing it out. See? There always _is_ a silver lining!

• A more appropriate image, and video that demonstrates his ability to play the character. http://heropower.livejournal.com/141929.html I think he'll do just fine.

• NO! NO! NO! I could beat this guys ass, therefore he can not be Conan; the biggest ass kicker of all.

• He doesn't look Austrian. But he did pretty good with Ronan.

• Those are some very low-hanging swim trunks, there.

• It's cookies, right?

• He's certainly a better actor than Arnie was, but is anyone expecting the new movie to be anything other than a gritty action movie. The best thing he can add is a sense of humor to an over the top movie. His best moments on SGA were things that took him out of the badass alien mode. Like talking about movies he'd seen or things like that.

• The Don wrote, "...but with the right director and writer (however unlikely) he should be more than adequate." Director: Marcus Nispel, who also did the remakes of Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Friday the 13th, as well as the shitty, shitty Native-Americans-vs.-Vikings movie Pathfinder. Writers: Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer, who both worked on Sahara and A Sound of Thunder. So much for that.

• point taken.

• epic fail, poor poor choice

• Look good indeed even if I don't know much of his acting skills. Better put on some muscle though.

• I think it's a good case. Guy is tall. Good muscular build not as big as the book covers but w/ some work I think he can fill out a bit more. He's a decent actor. I like his work on SGA. He did a good job w/ what he had to work with. Strong silent type w/ a grudge. I can't remember any long drawn out dialog for him to work w/. Most of it was short responses. Works for Conan real well.

• Conan the Polynesian? Eh, if Conan can survive being an Austrian, this can't be any worse. And he does look more like how Howard always described him in the books. Hopefully they give him that God-awful ultra-mullet the Conan is usually depicted with. That'll look sweet. Thank God for Solomon Kane...

• I too am optimistic for this movie. Even if its just for beefcake potential

• He's going to be Conan? I'll now reconsider seeing it. ;-)

• This guy needs to get on steroids and gain about 75 lbs of muscle.

• Considering that you kind of suck at it, it's probably for the best. Seriously, the first image has been deleted, and the second link goes to an LJ entry where you have to scroll down past 40+ pictures of irrelevant guys before finally reaching Jason's.

• OK I quit

• try this one, since that first one quit on me: http://mortari.livejournal.com/168628.html. He's #45.

• I guess you picked this image for the full bod shot? I like this one better: http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o296/maorisamoan/Jason%20Momoa/RononDex001.jpg. Plus, there are all kinds of built in immature jokes here! Bonus.

• The only true Bionic Commando is the one with the red mohawk - Nathan "Rad" Spencer.

• Blue contacts may be able to work wonders with the star, but I hear the script is about as far from Howard's stories as you can get--even more off-base than the Governator's two films. Why they're even calling it Conan is beyond me.

• Hey.....that's not Arnold Schwarzenegger.

• That was Chris Judge, bro.

• I love that quote.

• Also, he bears striking resemblance to Clifford, host of Muppets Tonight. http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/muppet/images/f/f3/Cliffordglamourshot.jpg

• Agreed. I never watched any of the "Stargate" series, but he has the exact look (I mean exact) I imagined Khal Drogo to have.

• I've also heard they're looking at Mickey Rourke for Conan's father. WTF? They had facelifts in the Hyborian Age?

• I adore him just for his over-the-top reaction when someone told him what furries were while he was doing a panel at a convention.

• God dammit, I was gonna say that. :(

• LOL!!!

• Meh... He was aight in Stargate. I don't know how he will portray Connan though. Might have that Hercules the Series feel to it.

• Someone is making a Bionic Cammondo movie?

• Feel free to pass judgement on it though!

• He looks like a shitty character from "LOST" and that does not breed hope.

• I like the pick. He was good on SG: Atlantis. Not hard to imagine him cleaving through people with a broadsword.

• Ah, my girlfriend will be pleased. She melted in front of him at London Collectormania. I myself have became optimistic for the film now.

• he should at least be given a chance for he could wind up being what has the Conan franchise live again besides if the Hoff and Pamela anderson can have a career after bay watch so can this guy even if its as Conan and if nothing else the producers could try and have Arnold make a cameo and pass the torch

• I think he's gonna do great. He's already had a lot of practice playing intimidating on SGA, and he's a good enough actor that he might even be able to make Conan look like less of a caricature than he did in Ahnuuuld's hands.

• That picture was taken years and years ago. He looks much more mature these days.

• He cut off his dreads years ago when they became too heavy for him. The last season of SGA, he was wearing a [shitty] wig.

• I just hope he doesn't always mumble his lines like he did on SGA.

• And also how well his system will hold up to the ammount of steroids he needs to take in the next few months to remotely ressemble conan's frowny, girlie cousin.

• I think he fits the bill for Howard's Conan much better than Arnie. He's usually described as lean and cat-like. Cimmerians are a mountain people, not a lifting weights at the beach people. I haven't seen evidence that Momoa's a great actor, but with the right director and writer (however unlikely) he should be more than adequate. And of course they'll have to avoid excessive shaky cam or slow mo. And a rock soundtrack. So there are alot of things that could kill this movie, but Momoa isn't one of them. As far as what is best in life, as much as I love that scene, Howard does even better: "I have known many gods. He who denies them is as blind as he who trusts them too deeply. I seek not beyond death. It may be the blackness averred by the Nemedian skeptics, or Crom's realm of ice and cloud, or the snowy plains and vaulted halls of the Nordheimer's Valhalla. I know not, nor do I care. Let me live deep while I live; let me know the rich juices of red meat and stinging wine on my palate, the hot embrace of white arms, the mad exultation of battle when the blue blades flame and crimson, and I am content. Let teachers and philosophers brood over questions of reality and illusion. I know this: if life is illusion, then I am no less an illusion, and being thus, the illusion is real to me. I live, I burn with life, I love, I slay, and am content."

• I think the dreadlocks are a wig? I remember hearing that he really wanted to lose them on SGA, but the producers wouldn't let him.

• No...No. This CANNOT be happening. Must everyone in movies these days look a refugee from either SMALLVILLE or THE O.C.?

• Man I HATE dreadlocks. He looks like the typical sufer douche I deal with during the summer.

• More like Onan, the Barbarian. Arnold-Conan would crush this weaklings skull with his shriveled left testicle. Waaaay to scrawny.

• Definitely used to watch Baywatch Hawaii just to see this guy, and it wasn't because of his acting skills. Of course, his hair was a lot different back then. Oh, memories. More to the point, I haven't watched Stargate Atlantis, so I have no idea if he'll be an adequate Conan. From the comments so far, it sounds like there is some hope.

• I never watched Stargate: Atlanta, the Delta Hub.

• His worth is entirely dependent on how well he can tell us what is best in life.

• By far one of my favorite actors from the Stargate franchise.. I'm officially psyched.

• Well, on Stargate he took a character that was a cheesey stereotype and made him far more entertaining than he should have been. He can certainly do action scenes and play the bad-ass tough-guy, but he's got a good sence of comedic timing and I think he'll be able to bring a scheming quality to the famous Cimmerian. So I guess I'm cautiously optimistic for the new flick.

• This guy is also set to appear in the Game of Thrones HBO series as Khal Drogo. Which I think is a much better fit than Conan for him.

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