Thulsa Doom Origins - Greatest & Terrifying Conan Villain Created By Robert E Howard, Snake Sorcerer

[@jamesabernethy7896]

You produce an amazing amount of these high-quality videos video, always well written and well edited. Although many of your videos will appeal to the same people., you cover a wide range of material from comics to movies, indi to the mainstream. I've watched Conan a lot of times ever since I was little and even though it's not on my list of favourite films of all time... it is still one of the best of the fantasy genre. James Earl Jones had done some amazing movies, but without him giving such power to the role. Conan would have been a much weaker character if he had only defeated a mediocre villain.

[@jdgoesham5381]

Ditto.

[@grahamtotte7133]

You misunderstood thulsa Doom's monologue. His point was not that magic is stronger than steel. His point was that steel is but a tool. True power is contained in the flesh and the will within it to act. That control over the will of others is true power. Which he demonstrated by having that girl willingly throw away her life simply because he beckoned her. She was not hypnotized by a magic power the way his mother had been when she was killed. She was brainwashed by a cult and it's charismatic leader who controlled her will and made it his. Therefore exerting true power over her.

[@King_Thulsa_Doom]

Contemplate this upon the Tree of Woe...

[@WZ912]

@@King_Thulsa_Doom .......Crucify him

[@matthewcooper4248]

@@King_Thulsa_Doom Crucify him.

[@Kwasimitsu]

Thank you. Came here to say this. Solid video overall.

[@seanbayly8599]

Damn son.

[@vginsprdsobepr9698]

The great James Earl Jones really made that role his to own. He did an amazing job!

[@Rizzal6a6y]

True

[@warface4881]

VADER & THULSA DOOM, the man is a legend.

[@heroesytumbas]

Lol, his portrayal has nothing to do with the real Thulsa Doom, who was actually scary and cunning.

[@warface4881]

@@heroesytumbas movie CONAN and book CONAN are two very different characters.

[@heroesytumbas]

@@warface4881 more like movie Conan is not Conan.

[@LowellLucasJr.]

Glad to see Thulsa get some coverage! Definitely an overlooked villain outside of Conan fans!

[@King_Thulsa_Doom]

Thank you.

[@johnrife7134]

He's not really a Conan villain. The Doom you see in the movie has more in common with the Conan villain Set. Doom was actually a Kull villain.

[@kellyford8832]

why? because you BARELY SEE HIM in the comics or magazines and he's hardly ever even in the novels... THOTH AMON was the REAL villain

[@cesareaugusto9677]

RIP, James Earl Jones, a truly magnificent actor

[@56postoffice]

Such a wonderful actor. What a presence, that voice.

[@boriquaelrey7129]

My favorite scene is when he asked Conan, “What is the riddle of steel?” This is so iconic. James Earl Jones really embodied that character. Three of his most iconic characters: Darth Vader Thulsa Doom and Mufasa

[@CephlonMayngrum]

All were father figures. Godlike in a way.

[@pwoodempire]

Can’t forget King Joffrey

[@snubdawg1386]

he's darth vader?

[@davidtuazon5381]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZDOeKeHotuljKs his theater is crazy too

[@henryposadas295]

@@snubdawg1386only the voice. The actor in the suit was played by David Prowse

[@JuggoJuggo]

Robert E Howard is one of the most underrated writers of all time, he should be up there with Tolkien. His stories deserve something like LOTR movies, that is at least somewhat faithful to the original stories.

[@kellyford8832]

i think Howard SURPASSES Tolkien by a decade bud, he was doing sword and sorcery novels WAAAAY before inventing CONAN... just my opinion

[@ODGtheToyman1974]

Everything about that movies was made even greater with James Earl Jones's performance. That snake transformation was ahead of it's time & James mannerisms in Conan made you believe he could turn into a snake.

[@williamcrowe2576]

"Infidel defilers, they shall all drown in lakes of blood. Now they will know why they are afraid of the dark. Now they will know why they fear the night".

[@johnprudent3216]

One of the things I got out of Jones’ performance was that he gave Thulsa the feeling of someone who truly has been around forever and has seen very much only to become wary. That monologue he gives about the power of flesh versus steel is great. He borders on being that best and most dangerous kind of villain… the one that makes you think maybe he’s right.

[@sogggy]

James Earl Jones with bangs is terrifying.

[@BigJyeTV]

I'd love to see a Thulsa Doom movie showing how he came to power.

[@andrewhoward4471]

Yes that would be Epic. Use Practical Effects with Sets and very minimal use of Digitals Graphics

[@moses9512]

Me to .Michael b Jordan would be excellent in that part . He would make a good tulsa Doom

[@rolandoinductivo8013]

@@moses9512 I agree he would make a great young thulsa

[@moses9512]

I would like to see a movie about tulsa doom to

[@scotttrammell3913]

Thulsa Doom is what I call an Extinction-Level Threat.I'd like to see you cover Xaltotun of Acheron from Robert E.Howard's Hour of the Dragon.

[@viperleader001]

James Earl Jones Rocked this character, the long black hair, the voice that boomed of DOOM, this guy need's a origin movie if you ask me, we need a new movie like this.

[@johnpittsii7524]

James Earl Jones is an legend

[@christian-mx7ml]

not so much an origin video as much as a conan movie recap. while he does seem to be able to hypnotize people kinda like a snake does, i always thought it was just a tool he would use to make them drop their defense for the kill shot. also, during his speech to conan, he wasn't boasting about how powerful magic is. he was pointing out that the real power is the hand that wields the sword. like saying that a sword is useless until someone uses it. i believe the script writers was making him the opposite of conans father who tried to teach conan that steel was the most important. when the girl jumped off the cliff it wasn't because she was really hypnotized, it was because she was brainwashed in dooms cult and he was trying to prove that his people would die for him and that was his army's real strength.

[@RawheadWes]

Exactly.

[@marlak4203]

oooh. So glad to see someone state what really IS going on. Using much simpler statements and words. It wasn't THAT hype way that it was put to be in the video but a much simpler way to explain it. Thank you soooo much. People like you need to be all over the net. So good and refreshing. This was a recap cause now I have to search for some other video to tell about this guy.

[@christian-mx7ml]

@@marlak4203 GD bro triggered much? you are way too invested in a movie that you probably wasn't even born when it came out. breath. if my comment was unnecessary then what does that make yours? mostly i was commenting about how the video promised some unknown origin about Thulsa only to be given what the movie already tells you. if i wasn't supposed to comment on it wtf is there a comment section? if creator can't take criticism could have turned it off. lastly, remember opinions are like a-holes everybody has one. you just excel at the A-hole part.

[@Razyrazer]

Thulsa doom > darth vader. His performance as Thulsa doom was so awesome to watch as a kid in the 90s i always watched conan when it was on tv. He also looked so menacing in conan, his performace at the start as he hypnotizes conans mum before he beheads her still gives me chills every time. Truly an iconic performance from a great actor.

[@whitneywatson2904]

Thulsa Doom was King Kull's arch enemy.

[@garnettbrown]

That is exactly correct

[@AlfonsoECruz]

Conan never had an arch enemy within the original Robert E Howard stories but, in the later stories written by other writers, after Howard’s death, it was the character Thoth-Amon who became a frequent adversary in those later stories and then Conan’s arch enemy within the Marvel comics. The “Thulsa Doom” of the Conan movie is actually closer in character to Thoth Amon than the original Thulsa Doom from original Howard stories, with several differences. The only thing the movie version shares with the original Thulsa Doom is just the name both are very different.

[@whitneywatson2904]

Tell me something I don't know.

[@garnettbrown]

@@AlfonsoECruz You are 100 percent correct my friend

[@craftuar2439]

In most comics Kull looks taller with more physical power than Conan. I read one comic they fight against each other and the result was expected = draw ;) lg

[@toecutterjones]

Gotta love James Earl Jones's glam stare.

[@lerronwright2007]

Favorite Thulsa Doom line: "In your hands you hold my light, the gleam in the eye of Set. This flame will burn away the darkness ... BURN YOU ... THE WAY ... TO PARADISE!!!" That delivery, yo!!!

[@primecoconut4204]

When I first saw Thulsa Doom for the first time, he is an instant favorite villain of all time for me. He had the qualities every cinematic villain you could think of: charisma, cunning, deceitful, cold, ruthless, clever and virtually unstoppable. The fact James Earl Jones nailed the role soo good plus his voice just adds that charismatic villain vibe, his stare adds the menacing and intimidating aura; heck his onscreen presence just radiates badassery

[@tecumsehcristero]

You forgot that Thulsa Doom gives Conan the answer to the riddle of steel.

[@ProfessorxVile]

Sort of. He gave Conan a corrupted version of the answer. His version was focused on glorifying the power of flesh, the hand wielding the sword versus the sword itself... but both the hand and the sword are controlled by the will. Appealing to and gratifying the fleshly senses of his followers is how he subverted their individual wills to his own, to the point that they would kill themselves for him, even it was just so he could prove a point to a prisoner. Doom *was* demonstrating power by having the follower jump, but it was the power of supreme will vs subverted will. He doesn't do a good job of covering that scene in this video. Doom said nothing about magic.

[@JayBelafonte]

Conan would have never be the hit it is without James Earl Jones. Almost wish he wasn’t killed at the end and somehow made it to a sequel.

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

Yeah the next three Conan films suffered from the lack of a good antagonist. The lady wizard along with the giant monster god was the next movie. Then you have Red Sonja with Conan and they fight a female wizard. Then the remake has Conan going up against another bland and boring wizard.

[@brianhampton1189]

Thulsa Doom was not Conan arch nemesis, it was Thoth Amon. Thulsa Doom was Kull the conqueror's nemesis. And Kull was an ancestor of Conan if I'm not mistaken, according to how the Hyborian age came to be.

[@smartwulf918]

Thoth Amon was no joke. The way in which his powers were described as they affected Conan, and the sheer agony, damage over time it causes made him one of the more terrifying villains I've read. Probably the most well-written and intimidating sorcerer type I've seen.

[@satyrian9840]

@@smartwulf918 In Savage Sword of Conan, Thusla Doom and Thoth Amon ends up fighting (For control over the Serpent men) and Thoth Amon, not even at his full strength, holds of Doom in a stalemate. So yes. Thoth Amon is no joke, at all. As for Kull being an ancestor.. after King Kull's era, humans actually devolved back to apes (in lack of a better term) and then, eventually, evolved back into humans. So Conan and Kull are in no way related to one and other. There are, however, similarities between Atlantean barbarians and Cimmerian ones

[@fistovuzi]

it's the sole reason the movie isn't canon. if the antagonist was named Thoth Amon it would be.

[@Umbra-r4k]

Viking Darth vader is super cool. He is also a slytherin because he literally becomes a snake.

[@diddymuck]

guys, Thusla Doom was Kull the Conqueror's main bad guy in the books. the fact it was transported to Conan indicates a lack of knowledge of Howard's characters.

[@cheersbro7347]

I dont think they didnt know about kull. They knew the books very well and they decided to mix conan with kull bc kulls orugin story is easier to adapt to movie. And kull was a prototype of conan to begin with. It was a consciozs artistic decision. You are free to dislike it. I personally love it.

[@jasonism.]

A lack of knowlege? That just doesn't make sense. Clearly they knew who the character is and where he came from, they just chose to use him instead of a Conan villain. That's called creative license.

[@madmartigan21]

Yeah, I thought this video is going to talk about they used a Kull villain. If you've seen the movie why do you need to just a recap of the parts that feature Thulsa Doom. This video is super lazy.

[@StarlasAiko]

The big bad in the Conan movie clearly is Thoth-Amon, one of the major Conan villains, misnamed after the Kull villain. That is not creative licence, it is not being able to tell one character from another. If they wanted Thulsa Doom in the Conan movie, they should have made him Thulsa Doom, not make Thoth-Amon and give him Thulsa Doom's name. If they wanted Thoth-Amon, which they clearly did, they should have named him accordingly.

[@heroesytumbas]

@@cheersbro7347 lmao, that's not Kull's origin story, and Kull is not Conan's prototype, they're very different characters in very different worlds, even the way their stories are written is different. The movie is a mess that isn't faithfull to neither, Shagthemaider did a crap job as Conan and Jones with that goofy wig is nowhere as scary, powerful or cunning as the R.E.Howard's sorcerers, though normies pretend he's a great actor because deep voice. But yeah, let me hear from sheeple who isn't even familiar with Howard's pulps tell how great the movie that barely has anything to do with the real deal is...

[@EvolutionFitness369]

"Conan the Barbarian" is in my top 5 movies of all time & James Earl Jones played the character like a master. Truly brilliant.

[@damianstarks3338]

Long live the 80s.

[@mlang28]

Awesome freaking vid.. James GOAT Arnold GOAT..Soundtrack on this movie GOAT.. and btw Conan went for the head.

[@tonygriego6382]

"The riddle of steel.. You know what it is, don't you boy? Shall I tell you?"

[@ProfessorxVile]

It's the least I can do

[@HumanBeing1974]

This is one of my favorite childhood movies. I remember when this came out. It is a Perfect time for Arnold Schwarzenegger to play the King like they show him at the end of this movie. I wish the Narrator was still alive. This movie made everyone want to get into shape. It's the beginning of Action Heroes that were actually in shape for the roll. Game changer.

[@dw5523]

I think it's interesting that Conan's father preached the importance of steel, then was killed both by and for it, and Conan takes up steel to exact his revenge - learning the hard lesson that a life by the sword is a life of tragedy and pain. He lost more than he gained on his quest for vengance.

[@milutinstankovic4638]

If there will be an animated series about Conan the Barbarian, Thulsa Doom should be the main antagonist and be voiced by Tony Todd

[@bradencampbell464]

There was a Conan animated series years ago. I remember watching it Saturday mornings.

[@milutinstankovic4638]

I'm talking about reboot

[@milutinstankovic4638]

Wouldn't that be cool

[@bradencampbell464]

@@milutinstankovic4638 I could get behind a new Conan cartoon. We had a new human and a new Thundercats, so why not Conan? And you are right, Tony Todd would be a great thulsa doom.

[@draggoon9121]

@@bradencampbell464 it was good

[@shainewhite2781]

There were talks of a Thulsa Doom Spinoff film with Djimon Honsou but it was cancelled immediately after the CONAN The Barbarian remake in 2011 bombed critically and financially.

[@draggoon9121]

Can you blame them, that movie was trash 🗑️

[@milutinstankovic4638]

Wait there's a cancelled spin off film about Thulsa Doom

[@mrk45]

Thulsa: Crom never told you what happened to your father. Conan: He told me enough. He told me YOU killed him. Thulsa: No. I am your fat... oh no, wait, you're right,I did.

[@vitezjura]

Come to me... my son.

[@AAron-gr3jk]

It's amazing that Howard created and named the first, or what was to become the Lich of popular fantasy.

[@CephlonMayngrum]

James earl Jones was like something out of the bible

[@kratoscraken5614]

They really need to make a 3rd CONAN movie continuing from the Destroyer saga. This movie literally changed my life, Love your videos 👌

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

You could count Red Sonja as that sequel. Ahnold's character is basically King Conan under a different name.

[@kékédesplages-d6d]

What was great about the way JEJ played that character is that he choosed to incarnate someone ...weak in apearence. But totaly dangerous. He acted like a snake. Most of the time he's not making any moves. He's silent. He do not even ware dagers or swords, and not even armors sometimes. And yet he can kill you in the blink of an eye. With a smile on his face. Like it's business as usual. During his first kill in the movie he's slowly (a lot of things are slow with tulsa doom) presenting his back. Just like if he had allready killed her mind before her body. That scene is so simple, but so intense and so brillant. And mostly because of JEJ's acting. Now we're used to that kind of vilains. But to me, tulsa doom was the first of it's kind. The first psychopath depicted as a smart seducer and not like a dumb butcher. And that was realy disturbing. Especialy the i'm your father moment. Wich is so crazy if you think of darth vader.

[@samuelferrell9257]

Best movie ever. Best hero ever. One of the best villains ever.

[@frankberst729]

The single most epic film of all time. Period.

[@MB5rider81]

"For no one - no one in this world can you trust. Not men, not women, not beasts... " "This you can trust"

[@deathbb703]

I swear I remember Thulsa Doom was originally a enemy of Kull and was pictured as a Egyptian Pharoah like character and wasn't made black until after they cast James Earl Jones in the Conan movie. I remember him being a follower of Set in the Conan universe who was the snake God of evil.

[@caseypierre-louis6725]

You are correct he's wasn't a Conan villain in the books.

[@marjen6460]

We know he's black and so what?

[@moderatecanuck]

@@marjen6460 because the original character was not black🙄

[@marjen6460]

@@moderatecanuck and does it make any difference?

[@shaheemallah9953]

If he was from the near east circa 10k bce...then thlsa was black...east african in all likelihood..but then so would conan ..nords only been around about 5-6k years...

[@calm1047]

Me and some of my team in high school in Chicago was asked to shoot scenes that were recreated for a documentary called Only The Ball Was White. We went to the the old white park called Comiskey Park. It was about negro league players and James Earl Jones was the narrator we were told. James Earl Jones was the narrator but they cut our scenes out. It was shot by PBS .

[@richardsanchez5444]

"They should all drown in lakes of blood". Such a simple yet hard hitting line. Credit to whoever came up with it and for JEJ for delivering it in such an iconic way. Goddamn this movie is everything the 80's could be and more

[@wayned.ashford520]

Darth Vader. Thulsa Doom. Simba's Dad as the Lion King... & recently as the voice for Arby's. Next 2 God, what CAN'T he do!?!

[@elgainus]

Leonardo DiCaprio: Calvin Candie Denzel Washington: Alonzo Harris Anthony Hopkins: Hannibal Lectre But my opinion, James Earl Jones portrayal of Thulsa Doom was a different breed of antagonist-utterly frightening…

[@yegenek]

Thulsa-Doom was actually an enemy of King Kull Howard's previous barbarian hero who lived 10 000 years before Conan. The real Thulsa-Doom who has a skull face also inspired Skeletor as He-man were inspired by Conan. Mattel created He-Man after their tries to buy Conan toy rights failed.

[@titusrennius5498]

I hate when people say that Thulsa Doom was hipnotizing everyone. He wasn't, he didn't need to. That's what is so scary about him. By the way, in the original scene, it wasn't about that woman jumping to her death, but about the man who loved her killing himself. That's some deep knowlegde there for free.

[@cigarsparrow]

R.I.P to the Voice! James Earl Jones.💜

[@Dreckmal01]

I know it probably sounds silly, but this movie is my all time favorite. also: subbed.

[@alatar2015]

I love your content! Greatings from Brazil!

[@robertmccann5838]

Thanks!

[@joshuagraham2843]

i keep forgetting he played as darth vader voice and to this day he’s old and alive

[@grandparedpill2695]

You were certainly right James Earl Jones did the most excellent job of portraying Thulsa Doom! But no matter how good looking Schwarzenegger was at the time, without James Earl Jones, this movie would have never flew.

[@halex8420874]

Kulan Gath is the evil magical that defeated the Savage Avengers and the entire Marvel Universe so I suggest a follow up story on him. On James Earl Jones, I know he is not hurting financially but with his immense talent, it is disappointing that his best remembered roles are as a Supernatural villain. Truly a waste of a great talent !

[@ODGtheToyman1974]

What do you mean a waist!?

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

I don't think of Darth Vader as a supernatural villain.

[@danielross5292]

I tape that Conan movie Year's ago Back during the 1980s and I really lost count in How many times I watched it!

[@monstamosheh1972]

Awesome video thank u so much 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾💯🔥

[@mr.carlosnyc9433]

James Earl Jones was the first villain in a comic book movie on the low......

[@CephlonMayngrum]

Gene Hackman lex luthor

[@mr.carlosnyc9433]

@@CephlonMayngrum Marvel, but your right

[@chancegoode173]

James Earl Jones and that awesome voice of his. It’s funny how some people complain of Blacks having lead roles in the Starwars series but the lead character himself Darth Vader was James Earl Jones. This makes me laugh how they can’t hate on the original Darth Vader alias Mr James Earl Jones !

[@bogdanjovanovic4853]

Honestly, i expected more about Thulsa, not just a recap of the movie.

[@milutinstankovic4638]

Fun Fact: Skeletor from He-man is inspired by Thulsa Doom

[@kevincampbell9526]

Conan inspired He-Man. There was even a lawsuit.

[@milutinstankovic4638]

Imagine what would happen if Thulsa Doom meets Skeletor

[@charlesstokes6138]

@@milutinstankovic4638 the people deserved to see that

[@chichiboypumpi]

This is one of those movies which shouldn’t get remakes, it’d be sacrilege

[@mr.cookie7308]

Thulsa Doom is one of the best villains in cinema history. As a 7 year olf watching this for the first time in 1985 I was terrified. Only a great villain can sport that haircut.

[@Tigerfire75]

Thulsa Doom was a Kull opponent and not Conan in Robert E. Howard's writing.

[@stormbringer2840]

Yes , altought they called him thulsadoom in the movie he is much more reminiscent of thot-amon .

[@Tigerfire75]

@@stormbringer2840 I would disagree. Thot-Amon had a different bend to his character. He did worship the god Set. Thulsa Doom didn't turn into a snake that I remember but worked with the snakemen. "Ka nama kaa lajerama."

[@Zurround]

Every character in Conan can be linked to SKELETOR through the multiverse. In this video they should a crossover story where some of the MARVEL super heroes work with Conan after traveling back in time to his era meaning that the MARVEL fictional universe is the same universe as Conan. Just different time periods but the super heroes encountered him with time travel. And MARVEL AND DC have done some crossovers in the comic book world with plot devices needed to link the 2 universes like "dimensional rifts" or what have you. So that links Marvel and DC. Well SUPERMAN had a comic book crossover with HE MAN who of course is Skeletor's worst enemy. So it only takes a few degrees of separation through the multiverse to link Thulsa Doom to Skeletor.

[@williamblakehall5566]

A cultist leader eerily reminiscent of Jim Jones is played by an actor named James Earl Jones. I consider that to be one of the great coincidences.

[@madmaxisnow]

I would marvel to deep dive into his other abilities of necromancy. Seems like a worthy enemy of the midnight suns

[@scottmacdonald5509]

Conan was a classic! In this bizarre world of 2022, Conan shines brighter. You couldn't make it today. John Milius rocks!

[@iam00playa18]

This dude is scary. Like Vader scary. Actually scarier. Definitely, top 5. Easily.

[@martinvera5962]

Classic movie 🍿🎥👍🏻

[@ProfessorxVile]

I don't believe Thusla Doom in the movie was actually 1000 years old, I'm convinced that was just part of the mystique he created for himself. If he was really that old he would have built up the cult sooner, but the black lotus merchant Conan and Subotai spoke with described the cult as being insignificant 2-3 years ago. Doom also told Conan that he attacked his village because he was seeking steel, which he surely wouldn't have needed to do if he already had 9-10 centuries to gather resources. He also said "That must have been when I was younger", which would be an odd thing for a 1000 year old being to say if he was referring to events from 15 or so years earlier.

[@Kwasimitsu]

I wasn't sure about your take at first, but that last point was very persuasive.

[@20th_century_Ghost]

Thulsa Doom stands above multitudes, as he weaves a serpents spell; he cries of death with the eye of set to the sound of a funeral bell.

[@andyanderson3776]

If Thulsa Doom was a Sith Lord in the Rule of Two, he would easily outclass Darth Bane, Sidious, Vitiate and Plegieus!!!!!

[@luismelendez2286]

Absolutely the best on-screen villain. EVER!!!

[@Sebastianx007]

This movie 🎬 was Great on so many levels so Happy to have been a kid in þhe 80s to enjoy watching it every summer!

[@TheMan-je5xq]

I always liked the idea that he had no idea who this guy was and probably the man himself his face may have blurred to Conan over the years but he always remembers the symbol of the two snakes

[@ProfessorxVile]

I don't think he remembered the faces until he saw the symbol on the way out of the tower. Then he started having flashbacks and saw the faces of Doom, Rexor, and Thorgrim. That would explain why he didn't recognize Rexor when Valeria pointed him out before the group split up.

[@TheMan-je5xq]

@@ProfessorxVile well I don’t know if Conan actually got a look at Rexors face in that scene his back might have been turned I think

[@ProfessorxVile]

@@TheMan-je5xq I just checked and you're right, his back was to the group the whole time so Conan had no chance to see his face.

[@TheMan-je5xq]

@@ProfessorxVile something I’ve always liked is when he finds his sword and takes it from the skeleton, it actually falls over. Now you and Conan are left wondering did that skeleton move having just a little life left in it or was the sword just propping it essentially?

[@ProfessorxVile]

@@TheMan-je5xq He was also banging the rust off the sword and that could have caused vibrations that moved the skeleton, but I know the first few times I saw it I definitely thought it moved by itself. There's still a lot that can be read into that scene. Did that king's spirit "give up the ghost" and finally pass on once Conan restored the sword?

[@craftuar2439]

I didnt mentioned hypnosis then i saw Conan the barbarian for the first time. As Conan Mother looked to Tulsa Doom my first thought was : Possible she loved him once and Conan could be the out of marriage child from Tulsa Doom that explain Conans Strength, Will and Power !

[@charlesneruda6869]

Conan is one of my favorite movies probably my favorite Arnold movie. Theres no way that movie would of been as good Without James Earl Jones Thulsa Doom.

[@mattmac3979]

Great character played by on of the greatest actors of our time. James Earl Jones!!!!!. No other actof could capture CONAN LIKE ARNOLD DID!!! EXCELLENT WORK BY BITH MEN. I'm so gonna watch this movie again right now.

[@drnocka-rocksteady]

Thulsa Doom needs some love. Too dope of a character for Conan not to be in today's lexicon.

[@saboorheath7769]

Sooo many epic moments for Thulsa Doom in this movie. From beginning to end

[@pumpkinking422]

James Earl Jones' character was really Thoth Amon.

[@gentity8589]

Talk about Dagoth next. He is my favourite villain in among all Conan. movies

[@cheersbro7347]

Hes not a "conan villain created by robert e howard". He was originally a Kull the conqueror villain. According to the original robert e howard storues conan and doom never even had the chamce to meet bc they lived in different ages. The whole 82 conan movie is actually a mix of kull and conan but definitely more kull. I love that movie but its not a faithful adaptation at all.

[@bradencampbell464]

Yeah, I was just about to post something similar. Now the Kull the Conquerer movie, on the other hand ...

[@HevyMetlDave]

Although I love the movie, it really has nothing to do with any Conan stories. His people and family weren’t killed, he was never a slave or pit fighter, he never hung out with Subotai and Valkyrie, and he never fought Thulsa Doom. The sequel “destroyer” and the remake were closer to the books than the first movie was. Good video tho, just my two cents.

[@DarrinKemp-lr1cz]

Tulsa Doom was the chief adversary of King Kull. Conan's main adversary was Thoth Amon. Please don't look at movies for literary cannon.

[@geekprotagonist1139]

Fun fact Conan is the descendant of kull the conquer. So thulsla has beef with that lineage lol

[@brentt6714]

It's wild to think that Thulsa Doom's first appearance was in 1928, getting close to 100 years ago now. Many of Robert E Howard's legendary characters have been around for a century, while their creator killed himself at the young age of 30. His work has outlived him more than 3 times over, and still going strong today.

[@2giantmonsters]

Lovecraft and Howard were friends and often used eachothers references in their stories. Other authors such as Derleth would often blend them within the Mythos so that Conan and Cthulhu would live in the same universe.

[@recursive1]

As far as i know Derleth never wrote anything Conan Related. He may have used some of Howard’s Lovecraftian elements such as Unaussprechlichen Kulten, but not so Conan. A number of other authors have done variations/conan stories, but I have seen none by Derleth. And Derleth’s Lovecraft works are generally sub-par, IMO.

[@andykaufman7620]

Conan is not a Super Hero. He is perhaps a "hero' but in fact the whole point of Sword and Sorcery is the characters are NOT "Hero's' or 'good guys'. Conan is at best an Anti-Hero so you could say a Super-Anti-Hero, and the book's version of Conan is clearly NOT the moral heroic type, which the later person who owned the rights to the comic didn't like and changed Conan, but what made Conan popular originally was the fact he was nuanced, NOT a Hero, not a classic 'do the right thing' Hero. He is not Batman and Superman, but more like the Mystery Men of the Pulp Fiction era who is motivated by very personal reasons, and actions that fulfill that motivation are 'good' and those which are not are then avoided. That means if killing someone helps achieve the goal, it is totally acceptable, and 'moral' in the view of Conan's pathos. Conventional Morality would not approve of Conan, but that is the point, and that is one key reason why readers like it. They liked the subversive morality of the Conan character. The raw 'uncivilized' nature of how he behaved, thought, and decisions he made. He acted in a manner many people would want and love to act. If someone killed your parents, who cares if the law says premedicated killing is 'murder' or that conventional morality would deem Conan 'immoral' about many of the things he does. He forges his own path with its own morality. He will see his enemies crushed and driven before him and hear the lamentations of their woman (which is historically the Mongol ethos so Howard put a Mongol saying and attitude, inserting it into Conan's upbringing which makes perfect sense given he is on the Steppes, which such ideas were part of the culture.

[@charleshemphill6923]

One of my favorite movies. The action and acting is great and the Soundtrack is even better. I love James in this movie

[@Imozart0341I]

Not sure if anyone collected Conan comics back in the day, if not you should look at the comic covers they were gorgeous oil paintings.

[@AA-wd2or]

Music selected for these movie made whole storry much much better

[@damaniqphillip2756]

Amazing

[@coreaccount4376]

If there is a movie with Arnold S as the hero, and it is a good move, then the villain is effective, because only a good villain character feels like a real and credible threat to the big man.

[@chrismedina54]

He's the serpent cult leader I aspire to be.

[@KSO.81]

Thulda Doom ORIGIN AT 9:00 your welcome

[@Christos1680]

RIP James Earl Jones