This is what happens when of of my friends reads "Conan the Librarian" in the weird, proprietary font in the new Conan (2011) trailers:
And of course, then, this had to happen:
Make your own at memegenerator.net/Hipster-Conan!
Where solipsistic pessimism isn't just a favorite pastime, it's a way of life.
We also would have accepted "Bow-wow," or "Ruff."
Check out the librarian's perspective on this: http://librariesatthemovies.blogspot.com/2011/07/some-thoughts-on-conan-barbarian-1982.html
ReplyDeleteI actually came across that UHF sketch when I first came up with this, doing a quick Google to make sure such a simple idea hadn't been done in that way before. Wonderful!
ReplyDeleteI also agree that it would be pretty impossible to remake a low-budget-feel, boobtacular fantasy tale as a high-budget blockbuster.
There simply were not that many explosions back in the Hyborian Age.