Originally Posted by
CommanderFun
I didn't much like that movie either, though. I haven't read much of Howard's original Conan stuff but he strikes me as a sort of total-package ubermensch. Smart, strong, fit, charismatic, good looking, etc. Very hard to cast something like that well. Smart is the only quality you can potentially get away with the actor not measuring up in, and a lack of that can still show no matter how much you try to use the writing to bolster it. With Netflix and their obvious sensibilities overseeing things, there's also the inevitable softening of the source material's edges, which are a big part of its charm.