"Family-friendly" 😂

The movie takes place in the Hyborean Age. It's a fictional period in pre-history.

It must be difficult for someone accustomed to digital fakery to appreciate live stunts, practical effects and choreography. Hope you still got some enjoyment out of this fantastic movie.

In ancient times, a "standard" was another of the many terms referring to the many kinds of symbols, logos, and coats of arms used by all sorts of warriors and knights throughout history.

So for example, lions made up the "Standard" or coat-of-arms of King Edward Longshanks who was the enemy of Scotland in the 1300's;

In the movie Braveheart, there's even a scene where William Wallace (played by Mel Gibson) is informed that a royal procession from England was on its way to meet him, and that the English procession bore the "standard" of King Longshanks.

This meant the flags and banners displayed by the approaching English diplomatic procession showed King Longshanks' royal coat-of-arms, his personal family logo.

So in this film "Conan the Barbarian," Conan was saying to the woman that he was looking for anything or anyone who bore or otherwise displayed what amounted to the royal coat-of-arms that symbolized the movie's villain, who was known as 'Thulsa Doom.'

Conan realized that if he could find and follow the spread of that symbol across the land, he would eventually find the men who wiped out his people, his village, and his parents. He was ultimately seeking his revenge by first tracking those men down by following their displayed symbology.

Trixy: Humpty-dum, no killing FX, movie old.
The movie: Literal bloodbath.

One of the best movie soundtracks ever

There's a lot of Germanic themes. Valeria became like a Valkyrie. Remember her line, if I were dead and you were fighting for life, I'd come back from the pit of hell to fight at your side

best soundtrack ever

Ahh Conan...when Darth Vader faced off with the Terminator

This was Arnold's breakout role.

Everybody should have AND be a friend like Subotai: a friend who fights your battles along side you, who rescue you from danger and who cries your sorrows.

This movie lives by its incredible soundtrack and the dark and intense atmosphere. A classic!

Are you kidding? The scene with the witch was one of the strangest, best parts of the movie. But Valeria's speech to Conan about being alone was the most touching.

Trixy: "I love vultures! They're so goth!"
Audience: <buries heads in hands>

Fun fact: the voice narrating in the movie is the same voice actor Mako for Uncle Iroh in Avatar the Last Airbender

RIP Thulsa Doom

This movie had an epic score.

It’s a great mix of over the top adventure and myth, violence and fun. It’s a gigantic comic book, decades before over the top comic book movies became mega blockbusters - all held together by John Milius mad brilliance.

Basil Paledouris soundtrack touches the soul

Conan was sniffed out because he kept showing people that Jade crest. It was a special item that adorned the sacred temple he raided. Doom knew that he was the one who perpetrated his temple