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We return to the land of Cimmeria to follow another adventure of Conan, this time in Richard Fleischer’s 1984 sequel Conan the Destroyer. It’s treated with more of a comic book tone. Does that work?
How well doe Schwarzenegger work in the film that kickstarted his career? Why didn’t this series take off the way the filmmakers wanted it to? How does this film about cults and false truths still feel relevant today in the world of QAnon? Tune in to this week’s show to get answers to these questions and more!