The Golden Age of the pulps is coming back…at least in the movies.

They’re remaking Conan the Barbarian, they're looking at one of the guys from the Twilight series to star. From sparkly vampire to loincloth-clad barbarian…I’m sure there’s a quip in there, but damned if I can think of it, at least one that won’t bring a flush to these fair cheeks…here’s the link.

John Carter of Mars…surprised it took so long to bring Edgar Rice Burroughs legendarium to the silver screen. Burroughs basically helped kickstart the Golden Age of Fantasy. To my mind his Barsoom had much more of an impact that Tarzan, everything that has come has roots in it, from Buck Rogers to Battlestar Galactica Taylor Kitsch as John Carter, Lynn Collins as Dejah Thoris…but for me the really cool thing is Willem Dafoe as Tars Tharkas. If anyone can poll off playing a four armed eight-foot tall alien warrior, it’s the guy who to life Agent Smecker in the Boondock Saints….