I caught the last half of Conan The Barbarian on TV this morning. It's the most badass of Arnold's films. There are giant snakes, whores, Asian mystics, big swords, scary dogs, guys with huge hammers, and James Earl Jones with "Cher hair." If you haven't seen this film, GO WATCH IT NOW! The blog will be here when you get back...Selected quotes:
Thulsa Doom: Infidel Defilers. They shall all drown in lakes of blood.
Conan: Crom, I have never prayed to you before. I have no tongue for it. No one, not even you, will remember if we were good men or bad. Why we fought, and why we died. All that matters is that today, two stood against many. Valor pleases you, so grant me this one request. Grant me revenge! And if you do not listen, the HELL with you!
Mongol General: We have won again. That is good! But what is best in life?
Mongol Warrior: The open steppe, fleet horse, falcon on your wrist, wind in your hair!
Mongol General: Wrong! Conan, what is best in life?
Conan: To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the women!
Mongol General: That is good.
Wizard: He did not care any more... life and death... the same. Only that the crowd would be there to greet him with howls of lust and fury. He began to realize his sense of worth... he mattered. In time, his victories could not easily be counted... he was taken to the east, a great prize, where the war masters would teach him the deepest secrets. Language and writing were also made available, the poetry of Kitai, the philosophy of Sung; and he also came to know the pleasures of women, when he was bred to the finest stock. But, always, there remained the discipline of steel.
Yeah. Fuck yeah!
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Did a show for four people yesterday. Three of them were laughing. I'll take a victory that's small in scope over a large scale loss anyday of the week.
No good movies are out.
No good bands are playing.
I'm working anyways, screw it.
Nobody knows about the kittens.-BK
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