Talk:Conan the Barbarian

message: In the article, this character is described thus: "Yezdigerd's bodyguard and greatest swordsman in Turan. He challenges Conan but is defeated and beheaded (The Shadow of the Vulture)" There is indeed a character named Mikhail "the Vulture" Oglu in the Robert E. Howard story "The Shadow of the Vulture," but this story is set in the Sixteenth Century and has nothing to do with Conan. Is the same name used in a non-Howard Conan story, or was the writer of the article merely confused?75.169.118.228 (talk) 22:10, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Some "non-Conan" stories by Howard were adapted posthumously into Conan stories. IMHO citing these stories here does not help. Kortoso (talk) 16:16, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Mikhail "the Vulture" Oglu

message: Would please someone transfer the pictures into commons database? I like to write a likewise article in the german WP and it would be fine, to use the same pics. Thanks, Chiron  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.174.80.121 (talk) 02:07, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Most of the files on this page are still under copyright and are used under fair use terms, so they are not appropriate for Commons.  Two files, :File:Conan phoenix on sword.jpg and :File:Weird Tales May 1934.jpg, are already on Commons.  I believe one more, :File:Chrysagon Hyboria 1024.jpg, was released under licence but that licence refused permission for commercial use, a restriction which is not allowed on Commons (and it may be a derivative of a copyrighted work anyway; again, not appropriate for Commons).  If you need some public domain material, Commons does hav pages for Conan the Barbarian and his creator Robert E. Howard. - AdamBMorgan (talk) 17:07, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pictures > Commons 

message: In the section for televisions shows, the first animated series, Conan the Adventurer, is correction attributed to Sunbow Productions.  The second animated series, Conan and the Young Adventurers, picks up right where the first one leaves off. It is attributed to DiC in the article, but that is incorrect (it's also wrongly attributed to DiC at the IMDB website; I've submitted a correction there as well). The second animated series, however, was also produced by Sunbow, as you can easily see in this YouTube video of the closing credits: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AaDzE8Skxk&feature=player_detailpage#t=59s  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.66.51.74 (talk) 10:12, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Production Company for Conan and the Young Adventurers

message: It'd be interesting to include a discussion of racism on this page, it seems like a common thread in analysis of the work. I think there are academic points of view on both sides, but someone with more lit crit expertise than me should add the properly cited content. --108.8.16.179 (talk) 03:18, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Should be a simple matter of finding an essay discussing racism and the Conan stories. Check conan.com - should be some links there. Kortoso (talk) 16:20, 18 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Criticism - Racism 

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message: Is it pronounced Co-Nan (like in the Schwarzenegger movies) or Co-Nin (like Conan O'Brien and the new movie)? Shouldn't this also be mentioned because It seems like many people pronounce it one way and many people pronounce it the other.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drasill (talk • contribs) 01:30, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe REH pronounced it CO-nun (it's a traditional Irish name and Wiktionary:Conan seems to agree).  However, I don't think I have the source of that so I couldn't provide a reference if I added that to the article.  Otherwise, I do not recall any official pronunciation. - AdamBMorgan (talk) 22:04, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Conan pronunciation 

message: How do the Stan Lee Media claims on the new Conan movie fit into this article?  Stan Lee Media Inc. Sues for "Conan" Profits  --Lance E Sloan (talk) 13:46, 23 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stan Lee Media claims? 

message: Under "Original Robert E. Howard Conan stories", the stories are listed in the order they were published in. But is there any way to add in what order they were written in? This could be interesting info considering that at least back then the date or writing and publishing was not necessarily always the same. 84.210.10.52 (talk) 19:14, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Chronological writing order

message: Dog brothers, which of many Yazdegerds would most likely have inspired Howard's Yezdigerd? Kortoso (talk) 16:11, 19 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Yezdigerd? 

message: The text claims that "The Frost Giant's Daughter" (which Howard renamed "Gods of the North", and is featuring basically a who-is-who of Norse mythology) is inspired by *Greek* mythology (Daphne). Citation needed, indeed... unless anyone can come up with as much as a sliver of sourcing for this, I will remove the reference. -- 145.228.61.5 (talk) 10:29, 17 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Frost Giant's Daugher, inspired by *Greek* mythology? 

message: I'm guessing most readers who come to this article want to know "who is Conan?" rather than "what was the publication history of the various Conan stories?" Thus, I propose to move the "Publication history" section to come after "Personality and character". Any objections? Regards, Orange Suede Sofa (talk) 23:20, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article layout 

message: This is what a quick googling gave me:
:CONAN, CONAN THE BARBARIAN, HYBORIA and related logos, characters, names and distinctive likenesses thereof are trademarks or registered trademarks of Conan Properties International LLC. All rights reserved.
http://cabinetentertainment.com/conan.html
A more explicit connection between Conan Properties and Cabinet Entertainment eludes me. Here's an indication Conan Properties shared adress with Paradox Entertainment back when that was an AB in Sweden:
https://www.plainsite.org/profiles/conan-properties-international-llc/
If somebody could dig up the ownership of Conan Properties, ideally linking it directly to Cabinet and/or to Fredrik Malmberg, that would be great, since that would resolve our  tags. CapnZapp (talk) 23:09, 29 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  copyright claim sources 

message: The writing points directly to the historic Cimmerians. Why is this page completely ignoring that any more than Persia for Prince of Persia? Shadzad (talk) 10:30, 9 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Historic Cimmerians 

message: The cited source: George Xavier Baxter, as well as the "Proceedings of the Pacific Northwest Literary Society" (ans the Society itself) seem to exist only on Wikipedia (this page, the Conan of Aquilonia page, and A Case of Identity). I suspect the quote was made up by the editor.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.199.24.28 (talk) 08:02, 14 June 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: After extensive searching to confirm the reality of the source, I too have come up empty. Agree that it appears bogus. Deleting the material. BPK (talk) 04:05, 16 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pacific Northwest Literary Society 

message: *Jason Momoa (2011 film; Original)
*Leo Howard (2011 film; Young)
"Original" is a strange way to say it.  Any objection to rewriting as
*Jason Momoa (2011 film)
*Leo Howard (young Conan, 2011 film)
? —Tamfang (talk) 06:13, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  portrayed by … 

message: Why is Thulsa Doom listed under "Characters with prominent roles only in Conan movies," when his description under the same heading is "A skull-faced necromancer from a King Kull story, a recurring villain in the Kull comics, and the antagonist in the 1982 film, played by James Earl Jones." These two things seem to conflict, as I don't see how he can be a recurring villain in a comic story and a prominent character only in the movies. If his role in the comics is too minor to be considered prominent, perhaps it should be removed from the description here. Mustardscuffle (talk) 01:24, 4 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Characters with prominent roles only in Conan movies 

message: I don't see how Conan (Marvel Comics) has stand-alone notability, but it could be mentioned here. Thoughts? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 01:32, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Oppose. The Marvel series of Conan stories has been well covered in many sources. Here's a good one: American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1970s, page 25. — Toughpigs (talk) 02:34, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge from [[Conan (Marvel Comics)]] 

message: The end of the summary paragraph reads like an advertisement for the character: "Bolstered through his early years by Howard's rip-roaring tales of glory on the battlefield, immortalized by the incomparable artwork of Frank Frazetta in the 1960s, and reinvented in a media explosion of the 1970s and 80s, the noble savage is a vivid and iconic fantasy character, the likes of which stirred the imaginations of audiences the world over for more than seventy years."
Anybody else agree? If so, should that art of the summary be removed?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alienmandosaur (talk • contribs) 18:51, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I completely agree and have removed that part of the lead. The lead should definitely be expanded, but not like this. Lennart97 (talk) 14:33, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Summary paragraph 

message: I indented a huge section of text that appears to be a block quote from George Baxter. Internal quotation marks make me pretty sure that it is one, but I do not have access to the source material to check. If it is not a block-quote, please break the quote at correct places and properly punctuate (single-quote) internal quotations. Thanks & Cheers, Last1in (talk) 20:39, 4 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  George Baxter Quote