Conan the Barbarian

We are on the second leg of our three part series where we explore the films/books "1984", "Conan the Barbarian", and "The Never Ending Story".

Conan the Barbarian was released in 1982 and is a motion picture reenactment of the the Conan series given to us by the author Robert Howard. The film was an action fantasy adventure which starred Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger and James Earle Jones. Movies such as this one are truly not made anymore. The hyper-masculinity, stoicism, raw action, and minimal dialog. In this session we cover this film and look at the levels of devotion and entrapment present in this great work by Robert E. Howard.

In this episode of the Chief Yuya Podcast we look at the methods that are employed to instill a critical sense of hate, apathy, and vengeance into the hearts of your people. We see how Conan is fashioned into a single purposed weapon by a violent militaristic cult that then takes on a sexual agenda infused with a total libertarian front. Examining this film helps us to see just how one cultivates the mind of a child soldier.

Through this film we explore sexual agendas, life purpose, regeneration, fears of genetic annihilation, and, most importantly, "The Riddle of Steel"!

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