Okay, is it sad that when I read about a Conan reboot I immediately thought that Ronon from Stargate:Atlantis would make a great Conan? Then I click on the link and it's Jason Momoa, but people are saying he's not ripped enough. What?? Dudes, did these guys seriously ever watch SGA?
Well, who could possibly be as ripped as 80s Arnold? Jason Momoa isn't *as* ripped as that... and to my mind, that's a good thing. Arnold's level of ripped freaks me out. Momoa's is "just right", to my mind.
(I remember when I first heard this news having a conversation with someone about differing body standards. I thought that Momoa was a pretty good representation of what a modern ripped guy ought to be... but I don't know, maybe I'm on crack. Arnold certainly looked like he had stepped out of a Vallejo painting, you have to give him that.)
Actually, I think Jason Momoa, while perfectly capable as Conan, would have made a better Prince of Persia lead than Gyllenhall. But then, I'm biased, as I will always and forever think of Gyllenhall as Homer Hickam.
(It was very traumatizing when I encountered a shirtless Lego figuirine of him, atop a wee Lego ostrich - with little ab muscle lines painted on his torso. Do Not Want. SO Do Not Want.)
Yeah, the Lego figurines sometimes disturb me as well.
I agree that Momoa could have been cast in Prince of Persia and would have made so much more sense than Gyllenhall. But then, I was one of those disappointed that they could not apparently cast someone at least in the *ballpark* of "Persia" for the role. (Which, bless him, Momoa wouldn't have been either.)
Yeah, it would have been nice, but this is the same Hollywood that thinks it was ok to whitewash the cast of The Last Airbender. And.... didn't Disney do an animated version of Sinbad which rewrote him as Greek?
I was recently in a conversation where the villainous habit of stroking a white Persian (cat) came up. You can probably guess which actor I referenced. ;)
Yep. I've followed Arnold's career since "Pumping Iron" and he truly did look like the Vallejo version of Conan. But short of going with an unknown bodybuilder I can't think of a current actor who comes anywhere close to that. I can't even think of a current professional wrestler (who come closest to looking the part, to be honest) who'd do a decent job. And I can only imagine the reaction to Dwayne Johnson or Keith Hamilton Cobb if people think Momoa is too ethnic.
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(I remember when I first heard this news having a conversation with someone about differing body standards. I thought that Momoa was a pretty good representation of what a modern ripped guy ought to be... but I don't know, maybe I'm on crack. Arnold certainly looked like he had stepped out of a Vallejo painting, you have to give him that.)
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(It was very traumatizing when I encountered a shirtless Lego figuirine of him, atop a wee Lego ostrich - with little ab muscle lines painted on his torso. Do Not Want. SO Do Not Want.)
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I agree that Momoa could have been cast in Prince of Persia and would have made so much more sense than Gyllenhall. But then, I was one of those disappointed that they could not apparently cast someone at least in the *ballpark* of "Persia" for the role. (Which, bless him, Momoa wouldn't have been either.)
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Accurate casting is sadly a loooong way off.
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