I think it would obviously lead to an increase in the number of people trying the game, but probably not a significant number of  them will stick around.

Figure I'll go ahead and ask this since it's something I've been curious about, what is the music like in this movie (that is known anyways)?

I remember the music in the older Conan movies being absolutely amazing. But I saw a preview for this and if I'm not mistaken, it was playing music by Hollywood's Dead?

As far as needing household name actors to make a decent movie, I can think of several movies I have seen  over the years that  at the time were played by relatively unknowns. I remember seeing the Road Warrior in theaters and  loving it although I never heard of Mel Gibson. I saw the first Pirates of the Caribbean and had never heard of Johnny Depp. Then for an extreme example there is Star Wars, no one had ever heard of anyone involved in that movie when it released.

I am not much of a movie buff, really more into gaming, but I have seen movies I enjoyed that didn't feature big name Hollywood stars. The fact that this latest Conan doesn't feature any doesn't put me off at all. I say I think it will eclipse Arnie's offerings because I don't think a movie has to stretch very far to accomplish that. I see no reason why Momoa and the supporting cast cannot do at least as well. I have been following the movie on the Conan movie blog for several months and I am persuaded that those involved in making the movie took it seriously, and did their best to produce a Conan movie worthy of Howard's stories.

I think it is too late. even a movie, people still won't know the game even exists.

To be honest, I viewed the trailer for the new Conan movie and in my opinion it looks terrible. It might get people excited to try the game but will the game keep the new players interested. And that's my problem with the game, it doesn't interest me enough to keep playing it. It's F2P now and I don't want to log in.

Originally posted by Zolgar

Figure I'll go ahead and ask this since it's something I've been curious about, what is the music like in this movie (that is known anyways)?

 

I remember the music in the older Conan movies being absolutely amazing. But I saw a preview for this and if I'm not mistaken, it was playing music by Hollywood's Dead?

Here is a link to some  actual footage from an early part of the movie. http://www.conanthebarbarianin3d.com/

It features Conan as a youth, not Momoa. There is no modern music in the movie, no rock or heavy metal or anything like that. All  the trailers were produced by a  separate PR department, and they used whatever music they felt would promote the movie.

The new Conan movie looks like B-production, so I would think - no.

Originally posted by Zolgar

Figure I'll go ahead and ask this since it's something I've been curious about, what is the music like in this movie (that is known anyways)?

 

I remember the music in the older Conan movies being absolutely amazing. But I saw a preview for this and if I'm not mistaken, it was playing music by Hollywood's Dead?

I loved the music in the Arnold Conan movies.  Lots of great musical themes and they really 'fir' the movie well.  I would doubt that the old movies would be nearly as good without the music.

And doesn't Arnold owe us a third Conan movie?

Depending on if their marketing executives are worth a -explicit-, then they could really take advantage of the marketing possibilities. There is always a chance of some influx due to a movie, concert, comercial, ect ect. type of promotions. So to answer the direct question with a direct answer, then its a painful yes. However, do I believe that the movie will bring a substantial increase, well no. 

I think it's a given that it will see a spike in players around the movies release especially since people will be able to play it for free but unfortunately I doubt that spike will be anything meaningful as in once the movie hits the dollar theatres population will probably return to where it was pre movie release.

Originally posted by LuckyDucky

As far as needing household name actors to make a decent movie, I can think of several movies I have seen  over the years that  at the time were played by relatively unknowns. I remember seeing the Road Warrior in theaters and  loving it although I never heard of Mel Gibson. I saw the first Pirates of the Caribbean and had never heard of Johnny Depp. Then for an extreme example there is Star Wars, no one had ever heard of anyone involved in that movie when it released.

I am not much of a movie buff, really more into gaming, but I have seen movies I enjoyed that didn't feature big name Hollywood stars. The fact that this latest Conan doesn't feature any doesn't put me off at all. I say I think it will eclipse Arnie's offerings because I don't think a movie has to stretch very far to accomplish that. I see no reason why Momoa and the supporting cast cannot do at least as well. I have been following the movie on the Conan movie blog for several months and I am persuaded that those involved in making the movie took it seriously, and did their best to produce a Conan movie worthy of Howard's stories.

I agree with all of this. Jason Momoa did an excellent job as Kahl Drogo in the series Game of Thrones, which is simply an amazing HBO series. I for one, was surprised to be him on the "Big Screen" and I pretty much wanted to see it because of his acting abilities in Game of Thrones.  As for the supporting cast and overall story line? Who knows for certain. But as you said in the rest of your post, there are tons of mega hits out there that had actors in which people never heard about before. I for one look forward to seeing it. Maybe not in 3d.

Originally posted by DarthVious

Originally posted by LuckyDucky

As far as needing household name actors to make a decent movie, I can think of several movies I have seen  over the years that  at the time were played by relatively unknowns. I remember seeing the Road Warrior in theaters and  loving it although I never heard of Mel Gibson. I saw the first Pirates of the Caribbean and had never heard of Johnny Depp. Then for an extreme example there is Star Wars, no one had ever heard of anyone involved in that movie when it released.

I am not much of a movie buff, really more into gaming, but I have seen movies I enjoyed that didn't feature big name Hollywood stars. The fact that this latest Conan doesn't feature any doesn't put me off at all. I say I think it will eclipse Arnie's offerings because I don't think a movie has to stretch very far to accomplish that. I see no reason why Momoa and the supporting cast cannot do at least as well. I have been following the movie on the Conan movie blog for several months and I am persuaded that those involved in making the movie took it seriously, and did their best to produce a Conan movie worthy of Howard's stories.

I agree with all of this. Jason Momoa did an excellent job as Kahl Drogo in the series Game of Thrones, which is simply an amazing HBO series. I for one, was surprised to be him on the "Big Screen" and I pretty much wanted to see it because of his acting abilities in Game of Thrones.  As for the supporting cast and overall story line? Who knows for certain. But as you said in the rest of your post, there are tons of mega hits out there that had actors in which people never heard about before. I for one look forward to seeing it. Maybe not in 3d.

 Agree with both of these posters evry named actor had no name at one point and time and the truth is the movie looks pretty awesome from what I have seen of it should be a good flick just not too sure if it will have any bearing on the game which was developed independantly of the movie so it may not even have the same look/feel to it.

I think it will boost the playerbase somewhat, at least for the short term.  The game is F2P, kind of, so there is a zero up front cost in trying it out (other than the huge download).  People can go in and try it out which I think they might do after seeing the film.  However, the game isn't successful for a reason and I don't think people will stay to play it.  If they can't attract and keep people with their "F2P" model, a movie sure as hell isn't going to do it for them.

Funny how the new Conan movie seems to be about PvP, yet our beloved Craig pushes out PvE Bosses for PvP'ers to kill, and says it's not really PvE! Mr. Bori is just horrible and I wish he had been fired 2 years ago.

Does this man even know what PvP and PvE mean? a Boss mob placed to the world is PVE. A quest to kill 10 enemies in zone X is PVP.

Craig is probably the worst GD I've seen with a product, that HAD so much potential.

Originally posted by Rawiz

Funny how the new Conan movie seems to be about PvP, yet our beloved Craig pushes out PvE Bosses for PvP'ers to kill, and says it's not really PvE! Mr. Bori is just horrible and I wish he had been fired 2 years ago.

Does this man even know what PvP and PvE mean? a Boss mob placed to the world is PVE. A quest to kill 10 enemies in zone X is PVP.

Craig is probably the worst GD I've seen with a product, that HAD so much potential.

FUNNY how this game has nothing to do with the movie and that the game that came out way before this movie should be like this movie? the movie and game can be completely diffrent the movie maker could add little zombie dogs if they think it improves their movie.

Originally posted by Onigod

Originally posted by Rawiz

Funny how the new Conan movie seems to be about PvP, yet our beloved Craig pushes out PvE Bosses for PvP'ers to kill, and says it's not really PvE! Mr. Bori is just horrible and I wish he had been fired 2 years ago.

Does this man even know what PvP and PvE mean? a Boss mob placed to the world is PVE. A quest to kill 10 enemies in zone X is PVP.

Craig is probably the worst GD I've seen with a product, that HAD so much potential.

FUNNY how this game has nothing to do with the movie and that the game that came out way before this movie should be like this movie? the movie and game can be completely diffrent the movie maker could add little zombie dogs if they think it improves their movie.

FUNNY how FC themselves keep spouting about a movie tie-in to go with the new Conan. It's funny right? No, I guess it's not funny. it's just a fact.

I don't actually know, if you're just trolling or uninformed. Either way you're very mistaken.

Originally posted by Rawiz

Funny how the new Conan movie seems to be about PvP, yet our beloved Craig pushes out PvE Bosses for PvP'ers to kill, and says it's not really PvE! Mr. Bori is just horrible and I wish he had been fired 2 years ago.

Does this man even know what PvP and PvE mean? a Boss mob placed to the world is PVE. A quest to kill 10 enemies in zone X is PVP.

Craig is probably the worst GD I've seen with a product, that HAD so much potential.

How is a movie about PvP? Ever? 

Originally posted by Leoghan

Originally posted by Rawiz

Funny how the new Conan movie seems to be about PvP, yet our beloved Craig pushes out PvE Bosses for PvP'ers to kill, and says it's not really PvE! Mr. Bori is just horrible and I wish he had been fired 2 years ago.

Does this man even know what PvP and PvE mean? a Boss mob placed to the world is PVE. A quest to kill 10 enemies in zone X is PVP.

Craig is probably the worst GD I've seen with a product, that HAD so much potential.

How is a movie about PvP? Ever? 

A lot of people die, instead of some dark dungeon mobs? Let's see if the new Conan kills some raid bosses.. I'm thinking NO.

Sure, it's a bad way to convey what I mean, but I think the brutality of original Conan doesn't include some Kyllikki's etc. Maybe if you change PvP to people vs people in this case.

Originally posted by Rawiz

Originally posted by Leoghan

Originally posted by Rawiz

Funny how the new Conan movie seems to be about PvP, yet our beloved Craig pushes out PvE Bosses for PvP'ers to kill, and says it's not really PvE! Mr. Bori is just horrible and I wish he had been fired 2 years ago.

Does this man even know what PvP and PvE mean? a Boss mob placed to the world is PVE. A quest to kill 10 enemies in zone X is PVP.

Craig is probably the worst GD I've seen with a product, that HAD so much potential.

How is a movie about PvP? Ever? 

A lot of people die, instead of some dark dungeon mobs? Let's see if the new Conan kills some raid bosses.. I'm thinking NO.

You do realize that PvP stands for player vs. player. All the violence in any movie is character vs. character, there are no "players" in movies. As for a "raid boss" I'm guessing that serpent thing in the trailers is probably pretty damn close to one, but again it's character vs. character/monster no players involved. 

Originally posted by Leoghan

Originally posted by Rawiz

Originally posted by Leoghan

Originally posted by Rawiz

Funny how the new Conan movie seems to be about PvP, yet our beloved Craig pushes out PvE Bosses for PvP'ers to kill, and says it's not really PvE! Mr. Bori is just horrible and I wish he had been fired 2 years ago.

Does this man even know what PvP and PvE mean? a Boss mob placed to the world is PVE. A quest to kill 10 enemies in zone X is PVP.

Craig is probably the worst GD I've seen with a product, that HAD so much potential.

How is a movie about PvP? Ever? 

A lot of people die, instead of some dark dungeon mobs? Let's see if the new Conan kills some raid bosses.. I'm thinking NO.

You do realize that PvP stands for player vs. player. All the violence in any movie is character vs. character, there are no "players" in movies. As for a "raid boss" I'm guessing that serpent thing in the trailers is probably pretty damn close to one, but again it's character vs. character/monster no players involved. 

Yes, I edited my previous post. So how many AoC dudes kill these raid bosses, that you say appear in the game solo?