Thursday, November 6, 2025

Red Sonja and Amethyst

 

A new Red Sonja movie recently came and went without much of a whimper.  Did anyone actually catch it, and if so, was it any good?  The little I read about it did not sound very promising.

15 comments:

Sonofjack said...

There was a new Red Sonja movie?

Carycomic said...

I saw a publicity photo of it on Pay-Per-View On Demand. But, frankly, the title role actress in the photo wasn't cute enough to get me to shell out $5.99 for it.

Carycomic said...

As for today's composite? Intriguing! Makes me wonder if Red Sonja got her felonious hands on one of the Stones of Merlin?

Jason Toddman said...

I was going to ask precisely the same question. I had to Google it to find out about it. Apparently had a limited release in the US. Plot sounds fairly standard, and has mixed reviews. Nothing special from the sound of it.

Carycomic said...

I mean, one of them even wound up in the Nightmare Dimension! Prompting Dr. Doom to send Alison "Dazzler" Blair after it (for some unfathomable reason). So, why shouldn't another one somehow have wound up in the custody of Doc's ancestor, Thulsa Doom? The rest of the hypothetical story I leave up to Ross' imagination.

Anonymous said...

Today's cover would make a great part 2, for yet another trilogy, if Clea/Deadman were part 1.

Bob Greenwade said...

Hm... What if Victor Von Doom were to make an appearance on the infamous mountain that bears his family name?

That, at least is a more interesting thought than trying to gather together every comic and animated version of Merlin (including the anime The Seven Deadly Sins).

Anonymous said...

Who's to say that Merlin wasn't a 6th century AD reincarnation of Middle-earth's Gandalf?

Ben W said...

I'd heard that a new Red Sonja movie was in development, but had no idea that it had already been released! Jeez…

Anonymous said...

So the basic consensus is that while Red Sonja might suck as a cinematic barbarian, her comic book depictions are dynamite entertainment?

Detective Tobor said...

Raising the questions of how Red Sonja got there, why, and where she was to go afterwards.

Carycomic said...

Merlin has only ever been depicted in flashbacks of the enchanted gem collection's origin (especially in FF v.1/#5). Why he enchanted them, in the first place, remains a mystery! However, that, too, could be left up to Ross' imagination to explain.

Anonymous said...

Maybe she was trying to recruit Princess Amethyst for Big Barda's new Female Furies (see STF #4881).

Ross said...

These two were both candidates to be on Barda's team but as you can see, were busy. The next new Fury will be revealed soon.

Anonymous said...

I virtually tingle with anticipation. :-)

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