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Schwarzenegger ruled as Conan

Posted by Acroyear_of_Spartak on 5/24/2005, 8:38 pm, in reply to "Schwarzenegger was a lousy Conan."
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One of the better on screen depictions of a fictional character, IMO. Was he perfect? No. But he captured the spirit of the character and did a darned good acting job IMO...he was as authentic as it gets IMO. Actually, I'm not entirely sure if you can call it "acting", it seemed to me he was simply living the role during his time on set.
Sprague DeCamp and Roy Thomas were in awe of the Conan film, not to mention Arnold's acting job.
In his bodybuilding encyclopedia, he actually talks about imagining yourself as Conan in order to motivate yourself, reinforcing the notion that Arnold was doing more than simply playing a role in that film.

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Schwarzenegger - The only true Conan - Tony222 4/29/2005, 1:36 am
- Schwarzenegger was a lousy Conan. - Noname 4/29/2005, 5:51 pm
  - Re: Schwarzenegger was a lousy Conan. - guvernator 1/6/2006, 8:01 pm
  - Schwarzenegger ruled as Conan - Acroyear_of_Spartak 5/24/2005, 8:38 pm
  - Re: Schwarzenegger was a lousy Conan. - Irn12 5/3/2005, 1:37 am
    - Arnold was good.But I wish Conan went on some SSOC adventures.. - Rehzon 7/5/2005, 8:27 pm
    - Also a couple of interesting things about that movie: - Noname 5/9/2005, 12:44 am
      - Actually, Arnold bulked UP for Conan, not down...but he did change his work-out... - Acroyear_Of_Spartak 5/24/2005, 8:42 pm
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--Previous Message-- : One of the better on screen depictions of a : fictional character, IMO. Was he perfect? : No. But he captured the spirit of the : character and did a darned good acting job : IMO...he was as authentic as it gets IMO. : Actually, I'm not entirely sure if you can : call it "acting", it seemed to me : he was simply living the role during his : time on set. : : Sprague DeCamp and Roy Thomas were in awe of : the Conan film, not to mention Arnold's : acting job. : : In his bodybuilding encyclopedia, he : actually talks about imagining yourself as : Conan in order to motivate yourself, : reinforcing the notion that Arnold was doing : more than simply playing a role in that : film. :

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