How I thought Sword and Sorcery movies were gonna be like>A man stalks through a dark castle, every step a possible end to his journey, sword always held at the ready. Women in chains writhe on walls, a few having wasted away. The man using better judgment, sadly has to leave them like this, as to not alert the dark lordHow Sword and Sorcery movies were mostly like>A couple of niggas in panties running through the forest for an hour before arriving at a styrofoam building to poorly fight a guy in a rubber mask
Make your own then, fag.
Reminder that (other than Conan) Conquest is the best S&S movie. Very few in the genre capture its dream like qualities.
>>222598978And while not pure S&S, The People That Time Forgot is also underrated
For me it's Legend (Director's Cut) and Krull
>>222599081Moar plx
>>222598946With AI? Maybe we will.
>>222598919>Wolf from Gladiators
>>222598978Yeah because it was directed by Lucio Fulci. The rest of non-Conan Sword and Sorcery movies are all tongue-in-cheek and therefore a bit gay. But Fulci brought his experience making zero-budget horror nasties into a zero-budget sword and sorcery nasty. Conquest is very fucking good because it's Metal, it's very gruesome and dark, and it has soul.
>>222598994Didn't know Charles Barkley was in this.
>Barbarian >Palace software>Maria Whittakerman i feel old
>>222598978muh fog machine
>>222598919>>A man stalks through a dark castle, every step a possible end to his journey, sword always held at the ready. Women in chains writhe on walls, a few having wasted away. The man using better judgment, sadly has to leave them like this, as to not alert the dark lordThat's OG Deathstalker.
>>222599145Source on her first?
>>222598978>>222601107The naked sorceress with the gold mask and the snake wrapped around her is the purest Heavy Metal Magazine visual ever pulled off in a live-action S&S fantasy film.
>>222601573>tfw older brother used to attack you with a blanket pretending he was the long arm-skin monster eating/melting you after watching Beast Master
>>222598978On Tubi.
Which S&S movie had some random party scene where women were getting tossed into a mud pit in slow motion?I remember one of the women was literally tossed so hard her tits popped out of her tunic.
>>222601573its so hot when women pose like this
>>222598919Good news, OP, they made the kind of movie you wanted and it's certified kino
>>222598919>A couple of niggas in panties running through the forest for an hour before arriving at a styrofoam building to poorly fight a guy in a rubber maskholy sovl
>>222598978Nah, Conquest is utter shit.
>>222598994Fuck me, I thought that was George "The Animal" Steele.
>>222603059I think that's one of the Deathstalker movies.
>>222601573
>>222598919"And then uses [the giant bat] to hang glide into the cave to deliver a flying missile drop kick to a purple caveman." -Spoonyhttps://youtu.be/eQ65-FabVHU?is=4IinMMatJVQJA5TY
>>222599280May as well.
Kinos where the sword is the bad guy and the sorcery is the good guy?
>>222602253>>222598978dogshit movie due to the entirety of it being shot with a greased lens
>>222598919AIslop is much better looking than the genre in actuality ever was
>>222605561I tried to finish the movie several times but as you pointed out it's hard to see anything when the entire lens is obsured by grease AND they overdo the fog machine effects.
Lol, it's all cheap trash. They even tricked you with Frazetta-like VHS covers.
>>222602507That’s fucking amazing.
>>222605545Dragonslayer. Usually you hire a knight to defeat a dragon. Movie is about a sorcerer and his apprentice and their quest to bring one down
>>222605767Only Conan is good I guess
>>222605887Does Dragonheart count?
>>222605887Excellent movie.
>>222598919You are watching all the wrong ones then
>>222598978https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_giXyPH1-MFound it, horrible copy, its like having cataracts apparently.
>>222605545I can only think of partial examples.Dragonslayer. The hero is a mage, though he gets a magical polearm forged and that's what he uses to fight; and he fights evil dudes at some point, though they're not the final boss.Willow. Just like above, except the mage hero has a fighter friend. Villain being a mage makes it less relevant to the question.Star Knight (El Caballero del Dragón). Sort of, the hero is an alien who fights a knight.Earthsea. Probably the closest in premise, though I don't remember all the details, I know it's a mage dude and the guild he belongs to against the normal dudes.Mythica. It's a D&D party where the most main character is the mage. They often fight armed dudes/orc/zombies, and the first movie's final boss is a cave troll (I mean, it's a physical might kind of enemy). Third and fourth movies have major non-magical antagonists though they are not the big boss either.
Gloomstomper - Raidinghttps://m.youtube.com/shorts/F4WXB9_XnNQGloomstomper -- bad triphttps://m.youtube.com/shorts/c7eaq3UqudEGloomstomper -- white monsterhttps://m.youtube.com/shorts/3Hc35SZq0YoGloomstomper - the green onehttps://m.youtube.com/shorts/YdSdeqKRYDAGloomstomper -- the kinghttps://m.youtube.com/shorts/5Q16N6y4_8MThe entityhttps://m.youtube.com/shorts/GHlmY_Qm1hg
>>222606098It's not a horrible copy. That's just how it looks. It was a deliberate decision to film it that way, with a greased lens.
Dragonbone Continent (2026) Full 4K Fantasy Action Movie | Epic Fantasy War Kingdom Intrigue Film https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eukX9YI0MV0Big ideas, but lacking the budget or manpower to fund a actual movie. That's the promise of this medium. Leveling the playing field so any idea can flourish.
>>222605662AI can't make tits like that
BATTLE of the PLANETS | A I Extended Look | Anime adaptation | Sci-Fihttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MLRKz3vFuH4But hardly the only choice of ideas people want to see...
>>222605887then that faggot king waddles up to the dragon's steaming corpse, sticks his sword in, and takes all credit
>>222606702that looked like shit
>>222606557Holy fuck, that looks amazing, genuinely as good as prime GoT
>>222606557>>222606702SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR
>>222605130i miss spoony
The genre is mostly a meme. Apart from Conan, there's like 2 or 3 movies that are half-decent. The other several dozen are all low-budget garbage.
>>222607162conan had good source materialspeaking of, was there any elric movie made?
>>222598919Maria Whittaker's tits. Hnnng.
>>222607177Apparently there were some attempts in the 80's but Moorcock didn't like Hollywood, so that never went anywhere. Maybe it's for the better, I don't see the imagery from those books translating to the screen very well unless propped up by a very high budget.
>>222598919>free posterThe poster in question.
>>222607690Barbarian 2 poster.
>>222601573>>222603145Panties were optional in the 80s.
>>222607706Damn, Richard Lewis used to be JACKED.
>>222607690Booba
>>222607421Honestly thought she was still hotter than Sam Fox at the time despite preferring blondes.
>>222607797
>>222607806
>>222607818You had a choice to play as 'Princess Mariana' in the sequel but it has to be said that the pixelated sprites made things hard to fap to.
>>222598919Gee, I wonder why sword & sorcery content in literally every entertainment medium went to shit in the 2010s>the 2010s were when millennials were old enough to be the majority workforce in every entertainment industryHmm... I guess we'll never truly know.
>>222607859Boomer and Gen Xer's sword & sorcery vs millennial sword & sorcery
>>222607839Found a couple more.
>>222607913
>>222598919watch Your Highness for fantasy kino
>>222598978>best S&S movieIt's excalibur and it's not close
>>222607875the unc sword & sorcery looks gayer t b h. is that your complaint?
>>222607859>majority workforcei graduated 2010 and nobody was hiring not even for grocery stores and you think we went into entertainment?
This is, er... is another pic of Maria Whittaker in a barbarian outfit... yup.
>>222607859>>222607875>baaaawwwww why isn’t everything exactly like 40 years ago, change bad and scary!
>>222607970Let anon have anon's fantasy of being shit all over by millennials, anon.
The weather beaten trail wound ahead into the dust racked climes of the baren land which dominates large portions of the Norgolian empire. Age worn hoof prints smothered by the sifting sands of time shone dully against the dust splattered crust of earth. The tireless sun cast its parching rays of incandescense from overhead, half way through its daily revolution. Small rodents scampered about, occupying themselves in the daily accomplishments of their dismal lives. Dust sprayed over three heaving mounts in blinding clouds, while they bore the burdonsome cargoes of their struggling overseers."Prepare to embrace your creators in the stygian haunts of hell, barbarian", gasped the first soldier."Only after you have kissed the fleeting stead of death, wretch!" returned Grignr.A sweeping blade of flashing steel riveted from the massive barbarians hide enameled shield as his rippling right arm thrust forth, sending a steel shod blade to the hilt into the soldiers vital organs. The disemboweled mercenary crumpled from his saddle and sank to the clouded sward, sprinkling the parched dust with crimson droplets of escaping life fluid.The enthused barbarian swilveled about, his shock of fiery red hair tossing robustly in the humid air currents as he faced the attack of the defeated soldier's fellow in arms."Damn you, barbarian" Shrieked the soldier as he observed his comrade in death.
>>222607973Barbarian bags of sand
>>222602088Shame the new Deathstalker movie sucked so much. Easily the worst in the series, and that includes 3 and 4.
>>222608034Arriving after dusk in Gorzom,grignr descended down a dismal alley, reining his horse before a beaten tavern. The redhaired giant strode into the dimly lit hostelry reeking of foul odors, and cheap wine. The air was heavy with chocking fumes spewing from smolderingtorches encased within theden's earthen packed walls. Tables were clustered with groups of drunken thieves, and cutthroats, tossing dice, or making love to willing prostitutes.Eyeing a slender female crouched alone at a nearby bench, Grignr advanced wishing to wholesomely occupy his time. The flickering torches cast weird shafts of luminescence dancing over the half naked harlot of his choice, her stringy orchid twines of hair swaying gracefully over the lithe opaque nose, as she raised a half drained mug to her pale red lips.Glancing upward, the alluring complexion noted the stalwart giant as he rapidly approached. A faint glimmer sparked from the pair of deep blue ovals of the amorous female as she motioned toward Grignr, enticing him to join her. The barbarian seated himself upon a stool at the wenches side, exposing his body, naked save for a loin cloth brandishing a long steel broad sword, an iron spiraled battle helmet, and a thick leather sandals, to her unobstructed view."Thou hast need to occupy your time, barbarian",questioned the female?"Only if something worth offering is within my reach." Stated Grignr,as his hands crept to embrace the tempting female, who welcomed them with open willingness.
>>222607985nah it's just gay
>>222607961ExcaliburConan the Barbarian (and Destroyer, if your drunk)Sinbad the Sailor (1940 Douglas Fairbanks Jr.)7th Voyage of SinbadGolden Voyage of SinbadSinbad and the Eye of the TigerClash of the Titans (1981)Jason and the ArgonautsDragonslayerThe Dark CrystalThe BeastmasterKrullLabyrinthWillowLadyhawkeThe Princess BrideStardustLegendFire and IceLOTR (Bakshi)LOTR (Jackson)D&D: HATPuss in Boots: The Last Wish
>>222598919IT HAS A FREE POSTER INSIDE!
>>222608080It was always gay
Those are some fantastic fucking tits, what a woman!
>>222607985This but unironicallyIt's the most disturbing when you meet the true believers. Not the ones who hide the pain behind diversity and inclusion, but the ones who love their overlords with all of their hearts - the ones who celebrate their madness and despise anyone else.
for me it's Eva LaRue in the Barbarians (that one with the twin muscle brothers in the lead)
>>222605236remember when this was the peak of AI and everyone lost their minds
>>222598919>>A man stalks through a dark castle, every step a possible end to his journey, sword always held at the ready. Women in chains writhe on walls, a few having wasted away. The man using better judgment, sadly has to leave them like this, as to not alert the dark lordSadly sword and sorcery movies aren't really like actual sword and sorcery books
>>222608350Aside from the one glaringly obvious other problem this Conan depiction was always a bit too ethnic for me
>>222608410Tf does a non-ethnic character look like, a fucking alien?
>>222608308
>>222608410A slightly swarthy white person is a good base for a character because it lets you do a lot of cool contrasts. It's part of what makes ancient Roman history so neat.
>>222598919>i want to see sweaty muscular men ignore womenYou chuds are so funny
>>222607985
>>222607875Green Orcs must have been the standard.
>>222599280Can't wait. AI slop will be everywhere, but there will be something for everyone if you dig through the pile long enough. Then there will be review sites (also AI kek) to help find the good shit. Hollywood and all its DEI woke desecration will be done
>>222608514Yes the lighting isn’t static, the sets aren’t sterile and color coding actually enhances the storytelling
>>222608256Gaze upon the arrested development of a manchild
>>222598919>dumbshit asinine zoomer retard who can't figure out how to find films watches absolute basic bitch shit he heard about on X.com formerly twitter, as proven by his utterly generic op image>has a bad timeAm I supposed to feel sympathetic you're too stupid to find good schlock?
I find it kinda crazy that Conan famously had black hair, but nearly every spinoff/copycat barbarian (and there were many in literature, pulp, film, comics, etc) was blond.
>>222608800Hi, do you actually think the queershit in>>222607859>>222607875looks as good as/better than the originals?I'm just curious how much of your brainstem has already been eaten away by parental rape and monkeypox.
>>222602507NOOOOOO NIGGA I HAD NIGHTMARE ABOUT THAT DUDE FOR YEARS
>>222609189because he's clearly based on vikings which were scandanavian
>>222598919>>A couple of niggas in panties running through the forest for an hour before arriving at a styrofoam building to poorly fight a guy in a rubber maskLol, what did you expect? The genre is overwhelmingly cheap slop. The only real movies there are Conan 1&2 and Red Sonja, with Conan 1 being the only good one.
I kind of liked that David Carradine sword n sandals flick where he rescues the topless priestess girl and she just stays topless for the rest of the film
>>222609290He's not though. His name is Gaelic and the Atlantean connection affiliates him with the Greeks.He's only Germanic if you buy into 2000 year old propaganda that says all Germanic people were barbarous savages
>>222609458Germanics WERE tribal savages you dumbass
>>222598919i blame Frazetta that most S&S looks the sameConan wasn't written as a muscle hunk
>>222609487>every single page going into vivid detail of his STRAINING MIGHTY THEWS
>>222609470Tribal yes, savage no. They were organized and intelligent, with political structures, a poetic tradition, and their own writing system.
>>222603736the rocket sword gimmick is goofy as hell though
I love barbarian women. Millennials wouldn't understand, because these women are attractive and female.
>>222608014>>222608063too many adjectives
>>222609189Primal
>>222601573>>222604361>>222607719This is what they mean by legs that go all the way up. Zoomer here and I wish we still had women who's bodies were like this. As far as I can tell it used to be the standard but all the preservatives in the food just turns every bitch into a literal fat ass, and not in a good way
A traditional and compelling sword and sorcery movie comes out with full nudity and kick ass sets and costumes and action. Shot on film with high contrast and colorful lighting. BUT... the female lead is trans.Do you accept?
>>222607859While I don't think you are necessarily wrong, especially as millennials are too irony poisoned and lacking in IRL experiences to write earnest stuff, I also think a big problem is that instead of Greg from Wisconsin getting bored and coming up with the idea of a fun authentic S&S story, it's J'Gwilius the mulatto light skin who grew up in downtown Detroit and is now hired in a studio in LA where he get his ass blown out by a different man every night and also his job is to be the creative lead for stuff like this. The people in charge of pumping out this stuff have just fundamentally changed
>>222598919For me it was Barbarian Queen
>>222601573enlarge enhance engawk engorge
Only game with literally Fabio on the cover mogging lesser men. We're not worthy.
i fell asleep watching Gor last nightit was really bad
>>222610084Because you've never read the books. Fine literature.
>>222609902I sort of agree but you won't really find J'Gwilius behind this stuff. It's still a bunch of middle aged white guys and white women, but they're now trying to court J'Gwilius for some misguided reason.I guess white people have been trained to feel bad whenever they have an interest that's too white.
>>222610175Ya I think I was definitely a little imprecise there. Alot of the reason for trying to court zesty lightskins into stuff like this is because the American education system is literally centered largely around nigger worship, where all 4 years of HS American history more or less spends 70-80% of the class talking about niggers, so these people who live in over socialized environments have nothing other than to overthink about these people when it doesn't make sense to. They always cover it by talking about trying to appeal to a "wider" audience that's more diverse. The problem is that you just create slop that doesn't really appeal to anyone on a meaningful way and you lose your original dedicated White audience
>>222609875>I make you some gourmet food BUT I put a little piece of poop in it>do you accept???There is no framing of this question which will make me or anyone accept this, stop even asking the answer is always no
>>222610219I think that really corrupts the feel of the fantasy world. Any adult will be able to see the overt political messaging behind it and it will take them out of the story completely.There's also something really dark and unsettling about a person's imagination being restrained by whatever is racially satisfying to others.
>>222605561Nah that adds to the atmosphere
>>222609189DEI casting
>>222598919I wanted a lot of things yet they've never came to pass. Or were lame when i've actually got them.
>>222610141How come the man doesn't get any nipple protection? This is fucking sexist crap!
>>222599081Goddam I love hips
>>222599081>>222611080I love when women lay like this
>>222610239you don't like trans chicks?
I read a Lovecraftian story from R.E. Howard and it was a lot more fun. Are there any movies that feel like Lovecraftian/weird S&S? Would appreciate book recs too.
>>222611080>>222611117Gives me insatiable urge to spoon and rub my dick along her ass before fucking :3
>>222608098Pretty solid list. I would throw Taarna up there as well, even though most of Heavy Metal is more sci-fi
>>222610219>retarded incel fantasies
>>222612380
>>222598919yeah its pure dogshit and its only enjoyed by larpers and people who browse pinterest looking at movie stills
Red Sonja is pure cheese, but I love it regardless.
>>222608098Conan the Destroyer is kino. Just because it isn't as good as Barbarian doesn't mean it's bad.
>>222607875left pic oozes with cheesy power metalif your swords & sorcery doesn't commit to the cheese it's trash
>>222598978>plotfags criticizing this because they don't understand that in fantasy, aesthetics are nearly everything
>>222613043>aesthetics are nearly everythingit is not. unless you are just a person who masturbates to veneers. fantasy is all about essence and substance
>>222598919>A couple of niggas in panties running through the forest for an hour before arriving at a styrofoam building to poorly fight a guy in a rubber maskbased and sovl-pilled
>>222612985sorry bro but as soon as the rogue comedy relief guy showed up it really ruined the feeling for me, the chick was hot though
>>222613201kek
>>222613201This picture pleases me on multiple levels.
>>222607859Top the artist seems ot have come up with a plausible explanation why the characters are posed like that. It looks like they were camped and then are reacting to something and very quickly getting into battle formation. Bottom the cast is lined up for no discernible reason. Human beings DO NOT naturally line up like that. But you know what modern workflow for animation prioritizes? Flat worlds where everyone stands side by side (you can thank South Park and Family Guy for this). Once you see that much of modern animation takes place in "flatlands" you cannot not see it. This is just how modern artists are trained. Very flat, cartoony style, rather than realistic detail and shading. Much of the early fantasy art were literally paintings. Do you think the guy on the bottom can do an oil on canvas painting? He works entirely in digital tools.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2295610/Abathor/
>>222598919I won´t dispute that most of the genre is comprised of gym dudes on cheap wigs and women light on clothing (which is why i find weird that the genre didn´t survive or doesn´t return. Clearly it´s target audience is willing to tolerate budgetary constraints) but some are pretty good. Conan, Kull the conqueror, Beowulf.Furthermore with the advances on VFX it is now cheaper than ever to achieve decent results. I´m not saying every movie could be Conan 2011 or John Carter (VFX wise) but a well managed budget could probably pull out something better (VFX wise) than that Dune miniseries that came out in the early 2000. The only issue may be distribution. A movie like that won´t do well on cinemas and no streaming service would want to touch it and with the home video business all but dead the only way to do this would be as a crowd founded enterprise.
>>222613541>ottom the cast is lined up for no discernible reason. Human beings DO NOT naturally line up like that. But you know what modern workflow for animation prioritizes? Flat worlds where everyone stands side by side (you can thank South Park and Family Guy for this).Fuck you for telling me thisI'm never watching cartoons again
>>222614198>Beowulfhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6usHPRYgew
Honor Among Thieves is what everyone imagines their DnD campaign will be like;Hawk the Slayer is how every DnD campaign actually is.Fun, unintentionally hilarious, autistic as hell.
>>222614791BOLTOOOOOOOOOOON
>>222608786>no you dont get it the entire movie had to be gray for the storytelling
>>222614563Still amazing and the trailer doesn´t even show Layla Roberts all that much.
>>222607985>things never decline all change is positive
>>222614910I swear in 30 years I've gamed with the rough equivalent of Hawk's adventuring party at least twice, tho the "Crow" character is usually a spellcaster.
>>222615035>but not the environment, that's purely an agenda! No, it's the new shit younger people like that is wrong.Principal Skinner.jpg
>>Dude, Ator don't worry. She's not your blood sister.
>>222607859Millennials weren't the ones making creative decisions in the 2010s, hell they're barely responsible for most of the 2020 shit as well. Gen X has been running the show for 30 years and there's still some boomers in real high places but they're starting to finally filter out of the industry.
>>222615164Amazing pair of legs, reminds me of a blonde Camila Mendes
>>222598919Pulp novels never work on a screen, they only work on paper.Just read pulp, man.
>>222613207>aesthI agree that essence and substance matters in fantasy a lot, but the aesthetics should be inspired and imaginatively, and aptly reflect / transmit the substanceA good story but shit aesthetics is useless in fantasy, there has to be inspired design
>>222615558Accidentally cut off the quote there but you can see the point I was responding to
>>222610084>>222610100Dat Rebecca Ferratti
>>222607005Transsexual?
>>222607985Gay niggers and women polluting hobbies bad, man.
>>222615667No one requires you to have gayniggers at your table; you certainly aren't hosting any woman players, assuming you even successfully engage in this hobby instead of just posting in OSR threads in /tg/ like you are a part of something.
>>222614178Ah, I'll check it out. Rastan is cool.
>>222616022Ok, ma'am.*tips head
>>222616277Thanks for shutting up about it, you congenital whiner. The existence of blacks, gays and (lol) women are just something you'll have to learn to cope with, or you can go shack up somewhere like Uncle Ted.
>>222616338It's ok, ma'am. Just take your meds, chuds can't hurt you. They are not real.
>>222616370
>>222615558>>222615579sure but i kind of disagree that stuff like S&S is imaginative. it was once imaginative, sure, but its rather static now and the people who yearn for its return are not people who yearn for genuine imagination. they just want the familiar. truly imaginative fantasy aesthetics seem to be what "fantasy fans" fear more than anything
Sarah Douglas as Queen Taramis in Conan the Destroyer
>>222616536just to clarify, i completely despise the modern nu-DnD horseshit as much as all the other anons here and vastly prefer S&S, but i still dont really yearn for its return. i just want imagination, daring, depth and width. i think fantasy fans need to unironically start looking at the real world again and realize how wonderfully strange human beings can be.
>>222616536I don't necessarily think that latter Sword & Sorcery is that imaginative. Similar to Tolkienesque High Fantasy, it is just an echo of its superior source material (Conan, or in the case of High Fantasy, LOTR obviously)Conan and LOTR both emerged in a period of writing heavily informed by what are now regarded as "weird fiction", which, while it didn't necessarily have the rigorous social themes of science fictions, did have an ontological strangeness and vibrancy at the core of that mode of writing. Conan was written for the Weird Tales milieu, and while LOTR was written somewhat separately from that, Tolkien was a fan of some of those writers and his philosophy of writing, which had to do with a sort of reviving or refreshing of the wonder inherent in experience, reflects that weird fiction mode exercised by writers like Arthur Machen (which reaches back into older mythological or folkloric methods, coming from a numinous ontological outlook)Most of the "fantasy" genre following from Tolkien or Howard lack that kernel of profundity, but it is still reflected in the imagery, which always seems to promise something more than the genre usually delivers
>>222616564
>>222616645I agree. I think something that is missing among fantasy consumers and creators today is that the fundamental guiding pillar principle of Tolkiens work was his deep love and appreciation of language, which is THE foundation of human culture. Tolkien's work is an abstracted celebration of human culture on its most base level which is why it resonates with so many people all over the world. The new creators need to stop trying to capture a certain zeitgeist like with nu-DnD and instead try to capture the fundamental and eternal. It's a challenge for sure, but thats what separates the greats from the rest, and we all want more great stuff, don't we?
>>222616717My theory generally is that a big problem of recent fantasy, mostly made by millennials who grew up on gaming like League of Legends, is that they lack any kind of transcendent framework or philosophy that has room for the weird or "outside", so there isn't any wonder in their atrocious nu-fantasy steampunk aesthetics, which are all just about representing all of their various little quirky micro-identities.At least with 70s and 80s fantasy aesthetics, which were schlocky, the artists and writers tended to be nerds and hippies who had actually smoked weed, done LSD out in nature, taken a walk through the woods, listened to prog rock or psychedelic rock or heavy metal, which gave them some second-hand experience with the weird and otherworldly that still translated into the DnD designs and book covers of the 70s and 80s. The whole vision around fantasy, coming from this lack of insight (or 'out'sight) necessary to evoke that element, seemed to start with Magic the Gathering and then in World of Warcraft & League of Legends. Some key ingredient was suddenly missing, which I think is maybe like a "gap", or sense of the beyond or above or within... suddenly it's just these hulking, garish gaming characters cluttering a town square, all of them Heroes and Champions, their players or readers suddenly more concerned with power levels, metrics, stats, gameplay, points. From that point of view, the immersion in a strange world, or the sense of something ancient or beyond yourself is lostNot that "good" fantasy aesthetics don't still exist, but they persist more in the metal genre and dungeon synth, or stoner subcultures where there is still a taste for the strange. See also certain niche corners of fantasy and gamer enthusiasts who prefer the older/better mode of fantasy, or people who listen to podcasts like Weird Studies, etc
>>222616875>At least with 70s and 80s fantasy aesthetics, which were *admittedly* schlocky *but still much cooler and more evocative*
>>222616875>The whole *recent, Millennial* vision around fantasySorry, should have proofread my post
>>222616717rings of power is just a vehicle for propaganda, stop dreaming and start living in the real world
>>222617236Not that anon, but Rings of Power has nothing to do with Tolkien's vision (and he didn't mention RoP), it was produced by Amazon, a company that may be the epitome of everything he was against, and the vapid 'corporate progressive' values that inform it are the opposite of his Theistic outlook
>>222616564So freaking hot, she could cast her spell on me anytime
>>222616564Dommy mommy
>>222616875>millennials who grew up on gaming like League of LegendsMillennials grew up playing Super Mario Bros, Ocarina of time and Goldeneye
Is there a reason heroes have christian morality even in sword and sandal? You would never have conan pillage and take slaves for example only villains do this even though in that culture theres nothing immoral about owning slaves and taking women. Not me trying to be edgy either most greek heroes were pro slaves and raping women.
>>222616614I agree with you in principle. Fantasy as a whole is generally very derivative even outside Sword and Sorcery. Everyone knows what an Orc or a Dwarf is. "Weirdo" fantasy never gets adapted because studios are averse to dating stuff that confuses the audience. And if you want dreamlike, bizarre imagery you're better served watching art films the The Fall (you might like that based on the image you attached) before you'll get that style from a fantasy action flick.Granted, I'm part of the problem as a stereotypically plebian Warhammer and Metal enjoyer, but I feel like the hand-drawn black and white line art still has some bite to it compared to the focus-grouped fare we see. And something more weird, like Book of the New Sun or whatever the hell, is borderline unadaptable by current Hollywood. Finally, I also think it's clear that many of the old fantasy authors were raised on history books and traditional mythology, while modern authors were raised on the old fantasy authors, and every generation since imbibed the last generations' fantasy. That's why it's so derivative, copy of a copy syndrome.
>>222618579Morality is universal, the law of God is writtrn on the tables of our hearts. The Bible just codified it. But it has always been true. Selfishness by definition is not morality, it's cruelty. Cruelty is not heroic. People don't want cruel heroes. Those are the bad guys, by definition. They want heroes which are by definition moral agents, righting wrongs despite great risk to themselves. That is the essence of the fantasy genre. Greek heroes were no different. Hence the term the heroes journey in storytelling. It's based on the biblical stories and the greek mythology which taught a man could rise above his circumstances and learn to be great man, even a hero with courage bravery sacrifice and honor. He came to set the captives free. That was said of Jesus before he was born. A prophecy. And we are free indeed because we know the truth, and that truth is he. Queue music.
>>222618579ah yes, the famous christian morals of thievery, murder, vengeance and betrayal
>>222613348He had the same effect on the movie as Rob Schneider's perp in Judge Dredd. Just a waste of space of a character that lowers the movie by taking up screentime.Destroyer was the Disneyfied Conan, complete with pretty princess (of whom we could have had more screentime in those revealing ourfits).
>>222618834Yes actually, you haven't read that thing God is pro vengeance and murder, especially against those who disrespect Israel. God even tried to kill Moses for disobeying him over his newborn son.
>>222599081is that a young Sam Hyde?!?!
>>222616668Wearing Shadizar's sigil proudly because it composes 75% of the costume...
>>222611255Solomon Kane maybe Season Of The WitchSeventh SonThe HeadhunterDraug
>>222618925Yep, and did you read the ending? Of course not..you tossed a book because you didn't like the beginning like every juvenile.
>>222608350Me on the right reeeing over my bowl of spilled blood
>>222613201lol
>>222618876And it was still better than most other S&S movies.
>>222598919Low budget were probably straight to cable and competing with softcore. Or they're softcore rejects. Baywatch made it mainstream family friendly.
>>222598919Also check how many Jews ran/produced these movies
>>222606557We really need to geofence all of India, holy shit.
>>222614398You can watch old shows just not anything post-family guy. If you compare old Animaniacs or Tiny Toons to the modern remakes, then it's night and day. And pretty much ALL shows are like this now, both children's cartoons and adult animation. If anything, Japanese animation still has the old storyboard format and attempting 3D space in 2D worlds.
>>222608098You're missing Death Stalker 2 it's hilarious. Inb4 Best of the Worst I actually watch the movie because it's on Tubi.
>>222598978I downloaded a torrent of it but it was so choppy and grainy I couldn't tell what was going on. Genuinely hard to watch and that's a shame because it looked really cool.
>>222618876Gorgeous!
>>222607985What a bad faith take bait.
>>222617771Shoo shoo safe horny
It's PG so there's no nudity but I really liked Kull: The Conqueror. 1995(?) movie with Kevin Sorbo fresh off of his Hercules fame playing Kull, the predecessor to Conan. It's a really fun action flick and the women are pretty hot. I think Sorbo has a lot of charisma even if he's not a great actor.
>>222616717While The Fall is a very pretty movie I don't think it belongs in this thread.
>>222614791You're not the first person I've seen compare this movie to a DnD campaign and I just don't see it, aside from the fact that he recruits some companions at the start of the film. Also this movie sucks.
>>222614791The soundtrack being a blatant ripoff of Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds is pretty funny.
>>222615635i don't need to be called a troon by a filthy jeet
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>>222610084>>222610100If you skip past the stilted cringy descriptions of chicks begging to be slave girls, the books aren't half bad.The first was written as a one-off novel but after that, there's an overarching storyline the follows thru the books and it pretty good.
>>222619141I find that so satisfying. Fuck science fiction creepoids. And of course Asimov and Clarke were bigtime globalists. Weird Fiction, Cosmic Horror, Pulp, Sword & Sorcery and Fantasy forever. Fuck Sci-fi and fuck it's materialistic outlook. And its ugly creepy pedophilic globalist devotees
>>222623080Yeah, he wasn't bad when he had someone to wrangle him and keep him in his lane. When he got in control of Andromeda it went off the rails, and the Christian movies he's in are pretty dire.
>>222623636>>Webm you can hear
>>222619141Robert E Howard once went to his doctor concerned he had a literal micropenis. True story.Also you should add "died of AIDS" to Asimov.
