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Conan is the buff dude in the movie Brave. He is the character who is standing in front of Wee Dingwall when Lord Dingwall is introducing him. He is also pictured assaulting another man in the fight scene that breaks out afterwards. Near the end of the movie, as the ships are preparing to depart, he is also seen wooing Maudie, the maid/nanny to Merida and her three mischevous little brothers.

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  • Conan is the buff dude in the movie Brave. He is the character who is standing in front of Wee Dingwall when Lord Dingwall is introducing him. He is also pictured assaulting another man in the fight scene that breaks out afterwards. Near the end of the movie, as the ships are preparing to depart, he is also seen wooing Maudie, the maid/nanny to Merida and her three mischevous little brothers.
  • Born onto a battlefield and raised by his tribe, Conan was unhappy. His barbaric lands did not give him much, and he was often fascinated with high tales from his grandfather's past, prompting him to become a loner for many of his years. Eventually, his wanderlust and sense of adventure grew so great that he simply left. In time, his impossible skill and might made him a legendary adventurer and eventually king, as well.
  • A man without letters who is effective. Very American. Results not crony school. Very antithesis of modern crap like star wars which are man hating. God art.
  • Conan the Barbarian is a fictional barbarian hero created by pulp writer Robert E. Howard. The musclebound warrior had a rich cultural life extending into Marvel Comics, various games and TV series, two films starring Arnold Schwarzenegger (Conan the Barbarian in 1982 and Conan the Destroyer in 1984) and a 3D reboot of the film franchise in 2011.
  • Conan the Barbarian is a mighty warrior and hero. Endowed with great physical strength, a brilliant mind and a big penis, he managed to rule Earth, long before ancient civilization existed. All of his glorious (and totally real) deeds are recorded in books written by Robert E. Howard. Conan has inspired many people around the world, including Xena, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lion-O and Kevin Sorbo.
  • Conan the Barbarian is a Universal Pictures film based on the writings of Robert E. Howard. Clips from the film were featured in the Hercules: The Legendary Journeys episode "Les Contemptibles." Kevin Sorbo would later star in another film about a Robert E. Howard character: Kull the Conqueror.
  • Conan has "sullen," "smoldering" and "volcanic" blue eyes with a black "square-cut mane." Howard once describes him as having a hairy chest and, while comic book interpretations often portray Conan as wearing a loincloth or other minimalist clothing, Howard describes the character as wearing whatever garb is typical for the land and culture in which Conan finds himself. Howard never gave a strict height or weight for Conan in a story, only describing him in loose terms like "giant" and "massive." In the tales, no human is ever described as being stronger than Conan, although several are mentioned as taller (such as the strangler, Baal-pteor) or of larger bulk. In a letter to P. Schuyler Miller and John D. Clark in 1936 only three months before Howard's death, Conan is described as standing
  • Conan the Barbarian is a 1982 sword and sorcery/adventure film directed and co-written by John Milius. It is based on stories by Robert E. Howard, a pulp fictionwriter of the 1930s, about the adventures of the eponymous character in a fictional pre-historic world of dark magic and savagery. The film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Earl Jones, and tells the story of a young barbarian (Schwarzenegger) who seeks vengeance for the death of his parents at the hands ofThulsa Doom (Jones), the leader of a snake cult. Buzz Feitshans and Raffaella De Laurentiis produced the film for her father Dino De Laurentiis. Basil Poledouriscomposed the music.
  • Conan the Barbarian (also known as Conan the Cimmerian, from the name of his homeland, Cimmeria) is a fictional character in books, comics and movies. He is an antihero and is the most famous barbarian in fiction and one of the most well known and iconic figures in American fantasy. Conan the Barbarian is also the name of a Gnome Press collection of stories published in 1954, a comic published by Marvel Comics beginning in 1970, and a film and its novelization in 1982.
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