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Post by Von K on Feb 21, 2019 12:58:14 GMT -5
REH’s Hyborian Age seems the most realised of any fantasy/fictional world simply because of the research and inspiration drawn from historical accounts and study, not to mention mythology. Tolkien’s Middle Age is expansive, but the Hyborian Age feels as if it might have existed, not least the setting in the distant past. The place names and people lends it credibility. For instance, historical Cimmerians existed, and it is held by some experts in the field of historical studies that human civilisation might be far older than we realise, the world contains abandoned ruins of ancient cities in various locals. I have been looking to get a copy of David Gemmell’s Dark Moon. Yeah Middle Earth always felt more like an alternate earth. Fantastic worldbuilding from Tolkien, but not as credible as REH’s Hyborian Age as a potential past version of our own pre cataclysmic history. There’s a lot to be said for some of the ancient man theories. When you start looking into that stuff the official accounts don’t quite match up on a number of issues. It’s a whole fascinating area to explore. Re-read Dark Moon not long ago, a great yarn with a climactic last stand. Lot's of cool characters esp. Tarantio.
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Post by kemp on Feb 22, 2019 8:42:48 GMT -5
REH’s Hyborian Age seems the most realised of any fantasy/fictional world simply because of the research and inspiration drawn from historical accounts and study, not to mention mythology. Tolkien’s Middle Age is expansive, but the Hyborian Age feels as if it might have existed, not least the setting in the distant past. The place names and people lends it credibility. For instance, historical Cimmerians existed, and it is held by some experts in the field of historical studies that human civilisation might be far older than we realise, the world contains abandoned ruins of ancient cities in various locals. I have been looking to get a copy of David Gemmell’s Dark Moon. Yeah Middle Earth always felt more like an alternate earth. Fantastic worldbuilding from Tolkien, but not as credible as REH’s Hyborian Age as a potential past version of our own pre cataclysmic history. There’s a lot to be said for some of the ancient man theories. When you start looking into that stuff the official accounts don’t quite match up on a number of issues. It’s a whole fascinating area to explore. Re-read Dark Moon not long ago, a great yarn with a climactic last stand. Lot's of cool characters esp. Tarantio. It certainly is, and perhaps that is another facet for movie producers to explore, that civilisation is a fleeting thing, prone to decay and eventual collapse. Decadent civilisation verse primal barbarism, but studios don't care about those concepts unless they will bring in the spending masses to watch it. Maybe they just think that sci fi/superhero movies are more palatable to the average viewer than say adult heroic fantasy films. On the big screen the only magic they are interesting in portraying is the magic summoned by people dressed in semi 19th century Victorian/early twentieth century era garb spouting ‘expecto patronum’ and having names like Grindelwall and Dumbledore.
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Post by Von K on Feb 27, 2019 18:27:08 GMT -5
Maybe they just think that sci fi/superhero movies are more palatable to the average viewer than say adult heroic fantasy films. I think it's not the viewers so much as Hollywood taking longer to catch up to the potential of the Fantasy genre. Both Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones have shaken things up somewhat and the industry has started taking it more seriously.
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Post by kemp on Feb 28, 2019 6:04:49 GMT -5
Maybe they just think that sci fi/superhero movies are more palatable to the average viewer than say adult heroic fantasy films. I think it's not the viewers so much as Hollywood taking longer to catch up to the potential of the Fantasy genre. Both Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones have shaken things up somewhat and the industry has started taking it more seriously. For better or worse, they do seem to work better when treated as a television series these days. One of the only avenues where they can 'take chances' as opposed to getting something generic out to try and please too many audiences.
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Post by Von K on Feb 15, 2020 20:32:43 GMT -5
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Post by darklordbob on Feb 16, 2020 3:00:53 GMT -5
These days I'd be inclined to go for an animated series. Get the right voice for the character, do it in a good art style, put someone on script duties who knows how to do episodic Sword & Sorcery properly and you might just be able to pull it off.
I mean if Netflix can produce a Castlevania anime that kicks ass then anything's possible.
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Post by theironshadow on Feb 17, 2020 6:44:47 GMT -5
These days I'd be inclined to go for an animated series. Get the right voice for the character, do it in a good art style, put someone on script duties who knows how to do episodic Sword & Sorcery properly and you might just be able to pull it off. I mean if Netflix can produce a Castlevania anime that kicks ass then anything's possible. ... WHich is why i have been pulling so hard for someone to make the Red Nails film. The cast were hired and recorded, the audio for the film is complete. Take the art direction from a new perspective, and you have your first animated Conan film.
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