I liked the first Conan film very much; in fact, I saw a lot of The Vikings in it. It was a very well-made film, and it had many excellent dramatic qualities. Milius gave it a sort of Wagnerian feel. I thought he did an excellent job. It was a heavy picture, but then the theme was very heavy - and it was imaginative in its design. Its problems came because it, for the most part, lacked humor. There were some jokes, but too much of the film was unrelieved drama. 'The Happy Time' was exactly the kind of film I was looking for - a human comedy about a young boy's coming of age. No melodrama, no murders, no evil wooden puppets! Every silver lining has a black, ugly cloud hanging over it.