Nerdage » Conan http://blog.newsok.com/nerdage Features Editor Matt Price blogs the world of the geek Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:54:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Obama-Conan humor from The Onion http://blog.newsok.com/nerdage/2009/01/27/obama-conan-humor-from-the-onion/ http://blog.newsok.com/nerdage/2009/01/27/obama-conan-humor-from-the-onion/#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:38:25 +0000 nerdblog http://blog.newsok.com/nerdage/2009/01/27/obama-conan-humor-from-the-onion/ The Onion has a piece of satire in which the Cabinet fails to understand President Obama’s metaphors based on “Savage Sword of Conan.”  The second best line is this:

Later, the defense secretary attempted to find common ground with Obama by making casual references to the comic book Spawn. But the 44th president reportedly brushed him off with an abrupt laugh, saying, “no one in [his] administration likes Spawn.”

Click through to read the whole thing — the best line is the closer.

– Matt Price

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According to The Hollywood Reporter, director Brett Ratner is in final negotiations to helm a “Conan” film.

“Conan” can be cool in the right hands, cheesy in others.  I don’t think I’d be the audience for a Ratner-directed “Conan.”  And I kind of question the likelihood of anybody being able to make the general populace forget Arnold Schwartzenegger enough to make the film their own.  Much remains to be seen on this one.

– Matt Price

]]> http://blog.newsok.com/nerdage/2008/11/10/brett-ratner-in-negotiations-for-conan/feed/ 4 Comics vodcast: 1985 3, Conan the Cimmerian 1, Final Crisis: Rogue’s Revenge 1 http://blog.newsok.com/nerdage/2008/07/18/comics-vodcast-1985-3-conan-the-cimmerian-1-final-crisis-rogues-revenge-1/ http://blog.newsok.com/nerdage/2008/07/18/comics-vodcast-1985-3-conan-the-cimmerian-1-final-crisis-rogues-revenge-1/#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:26:23 +0000 nerdblog http://blog.newsok.com/nerdage/2008/07/18/comics-vodcast-1985-3-conan-the-cimmerian-1-final-crisis-rogues-revenge-1/

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