The bland barbarian

One of my unfortunate pop culture lacunas is that I never bothered watching “Conan the Barbarian”, featuring Arnie. It was therefore with some expectation that I sat down to watch this film, only to realize that – surprise – it's a 2011 reboot of the Cimmerian franchise. The story struck me as completely uninteresting, and I never finished it. But sure, funny how Hollywood still in 2011 keeps all the old stereotypes alive, including “the funny Black sidekick”. Somehow, I doubt that was part of the original franchise…