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Stuff To Blow Your Mind

The Science of Thulsa Doom

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

iHeartPodcasts

Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, Life Sciences, Science

4.45.9K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2019

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

It’s time for another movie-themed episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind -- and this time Robert and Joe are discussing the 1982 sword and sorcery picture “Conan the Barbarian.” Join them as they gush over the film’s charismatic villain Thulsa Doom (James Earl Jones) and explore the real world of giant snakes, Set, snake arrows and more.

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1:34.0

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1:47.0

Hey, welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind. My name is Robert Lamb.

1:50.0

And I'm Joe McCormick. And today we thought we would get back into the science of a movie from the 1980s.

1:56.0

That seems to be something we've been into lately. We did Science of Highlander 2. It was a great success.

2:02.0

We talked about almost a labyrinth, not labyrinth, the dark crystal.

2:07.0

Right. But of course months earlier we also did 2001 Space Odyssey.

2:11.0

Oh, that's right. That's kind of a different story there.

2:14.0

But Robert, you've been badgering me to pick a movie.

2:17.0

And so I was thinking, I was thinking, I was thinking, and then I realized, you know, snake science is always great to talk about.

2:23.0

And we could also discuss some great myths if we were to revisit a movie I loved when I was younger, Conan the Barbarian.

2:31.0

The 1982 John Millius directed Arnold Schwarzenegger starring Take on the Conan Lore by Robert E. Howard.

2:39.0

I think it's a very different take from what I can tell. I'm not really into the old literature.

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