Conan the Destroyer Review

[@ThatUmbrellaGuy]

Decker Shado, putting the romance back in necromancy.

[@TheOnlyGuermo]

I tried that once, now I am not allowed near morgues or hospitals.

[@nooneofimportance2110]

That's another series that Decker should review. The Necromantik series of movies.

[@DominikSobolewski]

yup. that one cracked me the fuck up.

[@mansome_6282]

ThatUmbrellaGuy found TUG

[@hypnoticskull6342]

...That does not sound right...

[@justice_productions_]

Arnold should return as Conan, give him the big beard from the ending of the original and have him be an older and more seasoned warrior, he’s still got plenty of muscle so why not? Have a new director do it and Rated R.

[@PsychicViper]

Unfortunately I heard that Conan the Conquerer was cancelled. Its a damn shame

[@TokixWartooth]

The Legend of Conan was announced on Arnold's IMDB

[@justice_productions_]

TokixWartooth Really? That’s Good News!

[@orcatwar9810]

@@TokixWartooth which i heard is already having trouble because it needs..............well a platform so people can watch it and the guy who has the rights doesn't know jack about making movies

[@judsongaiden9878]

We need to see how he becomes king by his own hand.

[@GriffinPilgrim]

This is why one should always make sure you've got a decent player for the Rogue. Otherwise he drags the other classes down. Not that a Barbarian heavy party is gonna do all that well anyway.

[@StCerberusEngel]

He's not that kind of thief.

[@GriffinPilgrim]

+StCerberusEngel Spoony reference, I got it!

[@StCerberusEngel]

Those were better days. Oh well, at least we have Decker.

[@cliffg.4205]

GriffinPilgrim Always should have a clever caster, and an adept Rogue who knows how to read a fight for the best advantage.

[@MThrow]

I always dual classed a mage/ thief, that way I could Dimensional Door behind the enemy for a VERY nasty Backstab.

[@carmajinn]

Godzilla VS Conan the DESUTOROYA!

[@duffzilla1292]

Rigon no

[@ThatSpecialNobody]

Duffzilla12 you don't get the reference m8

[@duffzilla1292]

Tarkatan I do

[@seb24789]

I´d watch it. My money´s on The Governator though.

[@steff-the-ghoul]

When James Rolfe insertet Desutroya in your brain ;)

[@SuperSethstone]

True story. I watched this on tv when I was a kid. And the monster with the horn came on. I had been yelling to my mom stuff that had been happening in the movie. I said "theres a horny monster!". She came in and yelled at me, and said that I shouldn't talk like that. I had no idea what horny meant. Then I purposefully found out soon after somehow. Pro tip to parents. Trying to protect your kid from information will ironically expose and teach them that information.

[@Gharzul]

Andre the Giant played the monster, no idea why he was uncredited.

[@omegarugal9283]

They need a man in a suit, a REALLY big man... about being uncredited, i don`t know, maybe he requested to have his name taken out this awful movie

[@Gharzul]

Yeah I couldn't find out why. Most people never knew that was him.

[@waynesWyrdWorld]

If heard it was him too. Wish he had been credited to put any doubt at rest.

[@Thundarr100]

I think that he was uncredited because he didn't show his face while in the suit. Had the costume required that his face be exposed, even under heavy latex prosthetic make up, then he would have been given a credit in the film.

[@GrosvnerMcaffrey]

There's a great picture out there with Arnold Andre and Wilt standing together on set and Arnold looks so short compared to them

[@thebigzapfer8696]

15:00 They are not the queens guards, they guard the Horn they are stealing!

[@Thundarr100]

I was going to mention that myself.

[@wukong2282]

Wasnt the wizard who later does the sacrifice with them tho?

[@Thundarr100]

@@wukong2282 no, that was a different guy. There were three factions, all wanting to sacrifice Jhenna & resurrect Dagoth. 1) Queen Taramis (terrible misuse of the character's name, as in the books she was a good queen and it was her identical twin sister who was evil) 2) Toth-Amon (an even worse misuse of the character's name, as he was a major villain in the books and not just a minor boss) 3) The Guardians of The Horn (these guys were created specifically for the movie and not based on any book characters)

[@montevideo3580]

I forgot the actress playing the princess, Olivia d'Abo, was so attractive.

[@Reidbynature]

I genuinely liked this Conan as a kid. Even the hapless thief sidekick. To me, as a kid, this offered more spectacle than the first. The sorcerer/monster fight was a favourite of mine. Shame that I hear if Arnold does actually manage to get another Conan movie made it's rumoured to ignore this one.

[@Reidbynature]

Antichrist2000 Ha ha. I didn't even realise. "You're my number one guy" ~ Joker.

[@leonardeuler9592]

I watched this Conan as a teenager and I liked it too. Also, the Dagoth fight was a favourite of mine.

[@wolfcrow4822]

Decker Shado, Please extend Summer to include Red Sonja. You can't just leave Arnie's sword 'n' sorcery era hanging at Conan the Destroyer!

[@Crushbra]

Rewatched this movie. Zula legit bit Wilt Chamberlin in the fight they had on screen. They didn't get along while filming. Also I liked that they chose to use the same music during the princess sacrifice as was used in the 1st one during snake sacrifice

[@TheFreakyFanatic]

Your rolling skills are on point.

[@sonyavengeance]

This movie is pure D&D Barbarian... Fighter, Warrior, Thief and a Sorcerer but to top it off is the ways to kill the bosses as you pointed out! Your vidZ are THEE best man and the commentary is priceless... 17:15 killed me

[@mikloskoszegi]

Great review Decker Shado! I love the first movie but this is just a bit of a letdown for me. Just to clear a bit of a confusion, the soldiers and the wizard at the temple were not the queen's minions but some kind of cultists. The wizard even says that they are the keepers of the horn and waited for the girl their whole lives. Doesn't make the film better though.

[@DeckerShado]

Ah, that makes... a little more sense? "we are the ones to cause the end of the world but get on the evil god's good side - NO, we are to be on his good side!" ...was a bit confusing with the queen's guard tailing Conan the whole time before that though, and with the fact that they dress very damn similarly.

[@mikloskoszegi]

Yeah, i think the queen's guard either fucked up and attacked too early or they simply miscalculated and Conan cut them down before Mombaata got there.

[@ForbiddenFruit73]

Wow. I always thought that wizard was the same guy who tried to sacrifice the princess later, but I can see now they do look slightly different.

[@420gaiden]

One of my favorite movies of all time when I was a kid. I can speak the whole script word for word.

[@LuxBellator92]

Hoping you do reviews for Red Sonja (I've never seen it but I've heard it's Arnie's least favourite of his films) and The Running Man (one of the most enjoyably quotable Arnie flicks made)!

[@LuxBellator92]

Sounds perfect for Decker to review then!

[@giovannyalpizar5351]

20:40 I swear, this would’ve been the best Castlevania film adaptation if they used Arnold’s Conan. Hell, even the inspiration was from this franchise!

[@Kains_Gaming_Channel]

Hay decker. Just watching your gaming channel only to find you've upload another video.

[@tacosworld-oq5tv]

The guy in the monster suit is the all mighty Andre the giant from wrestling

[@phrozac]

Hey, Decker! Loved the vid. This is one of my favorite movies as a kid. I admit, I wasn't paying very close attention, but I did pick up on a pretty big error on your part. The guardians of the horn weren't affiliated with Queen Taramis or Bombata, they were a 3rd faction. Bombata was in just as much danger in there as Conan. PEACE!

[@SCPH7503]

This is basically the Indian Summer of Arnold Schwarzenegger at this point. Not that I'm complaining.

[@TheThejayman32]

Robin Gilliver An indian summer is a time in fall that feels like summer.

[@TheThejayman32]

Robin Gilliver An indian summer is a time in fall that feels like summer.

[@Kable_TV]

ATTENDANCE

[@fredesca8648]

SCPH7503 N

[@lucycrown2032]

Thank you so much for another review Decker, keep up the good work man!

[@Loonaticx]

You, Brandon Tenold, Maniacal Cinephile, James Rolfe, all my favorite movie reviewers. New sub, oh tamer of immaculate mane!

[@davidfunk3505]

If I remember right, the wizard intended to use the princes to pick up the horn of Dagoth, and control Dagoth for himself.

[@markjohnston3790]

You always sound like Freddy Kruger , on the Intervals! LOL

[@commandervex1626]

You've already helped me cheer up, as I've left my stuff in my school locker and the day sucks

[@neilprice513]

Anyone else notice that the quest to get the key was pointless? There is a tunnel at the back of the locked dragon head thing that just leads to an unguarded hole in a cliff. No other locked door, guards or anything else shown. So going through the back would be far easier than going after the ice wizard and his key. ;op

[@nooneofimportance2110]

yeah except Bambata had to MAKE that hole, and in order to find it the weak point to make said hole, you would have been combing the desert for a hole in the rock about 2 inches across. It's easier to get into the back entrance of Bleak Falls Barrow than the back hole in this movie.

[@nooneofimportance2110]

I thought I pointed that out. They had to find it first then Bambata (Wilt's character) made the hole, no way to find the weak spot from the outside.

[@TheThejayman32]

Neil Price In the novelization, Jehnna had to combine the jewel and horn to make them capable of resurrecting Dagoth.

[@Thundarr100]

@@nooneofimportance2110 yeah but they had Akiro with them. He could have simply used the same spell that he used to find the secret entrance into the wizards castle.

[@nooneofimportance2110]

@@Thundarr100 Good point, but then that would bring up the question "How did they know about the weak spot in the back there?" Th group followed Jehnna to the cave, found the door, and opened it. No point looking for the back door when the front door is open.

[@keiththompson9435]

So 2 Bond Girls, Uncle Iroh, a terrible comic relief, Wilt Chamberlain and Ahnold on a quest? I’ll get the popcorn😁

[@randalgraves6979]

Imagine if the comic relief was Rob Schneider 🤔

[@squiggles684]

Dammit Decker,uploading while i'm in the middle of class.

[@DeckerShado]

My evil plans to sew procrastination into the youth of the 21st century is coming to fruition.. mwahahaha!

[@Hugh_Morris]

I really wanna see a new Conan movie, one that gets it right

[@TokixWartooth]

I love these reviews! Watched the reviews for Red Sonja, Conan the Barbarian, and now this one. I loved the Conan movies, as well as the soundtracks for them. The Legend of Conan was recently announced on Arnold's IMDB.

[@inthevoid2007]

17:32 "my cousin's sister's brother dug his way out...." um, isnt that STILL just your cousin? i have two sisters; one older and one younger. so that would be like myself referring to them as " my parental units other offspring whom are female and share the 7 common alleles of dna..."

[@JohnMassari]

As always great. Love your choice of end music.

[@Jay-gurl]

Always laugh me ass off whenever Decker "mmmh!"s in that smile. It's just too hilarious. X"D

[@leightonwinter9243]

it dont get any better than a decker shado review

[@Misterunnamed]

Red Sonja. ONE MORE with Conan. Kinda.

[@Misterunnamed]

It would make for a great review, that's for sure.

[@ChaosTicket]

I always thought the group of warriors in the tomb where Conan finds Daggoth's Horn to be a different group from the Queen's Guard, say cultists springing a trap. But looking at it here the Wizard leading them and the High Priest that gets impaled are the same actor.

[@moomert1]

Found my new favorite channel

[@stevennavarra3209]

Oh, we know Red Sonja is coming soon

[@vdantev]

Grace Jones had trouble with directions like "only pretend to hit the other guy" so some of the villagers' screams of agony after getting whacked with the staff are very real. Apparently, the third Conan entry was written as "King Conan" but turned into Kull The Conqueror starring Keven Sorbo. PG ratings used to have teeth back in the day, I guess.

[@DaveFu]

If the Queen was a Mexican chambermaid, this movie would've been rated X. Fun fact: Wilt Chamberlain put off sleeping with 100 additional women to facilitate shooting.

[@seb24789]

Weren´t there talks about a new movie where Arnie plays an aging king Conan?

[@orcatwar9810]

yes but having trouble

[@leperwolf7287]

They weren't the queen's guards in the horn's castle. The wizard flat out said they were the keepers of the horn and had been their waiting for Jehnna to arrive to claim it for generations.

[@blakefreeman1077]

Decker, you are fucking amazing!! makes me smile every time. and I just got the shittiest news I have ever had

[@kevind814]

Arnold refuses to make more Conan movies but does Red Sonja the next year, as a Conan knockoff? Looking forward to the story behind that one.

[@ApophaticCartesian8]

its probably the fact that arnold banged a prime brigitte nielsen during the making of this movie - good pussy will make men do things they usually wouldnt

[@leannkennett905]

Originally there was another Conan film slated to be made called Conan the king but it was never made. Honestly I wish they had done a true Conan film that wrapped it up with Conan finally finding “his kingdom” and ruling as a wise and kind king.

[@JayMane-z7c]

I saw Conan the Barbarian & Conan the Destroyer 3x in the Theater when they were originally released & also purchased both films later on VHS. However ...on VHS I noticed the Conan & Togra fight scene in Destroyer had been edited to remove Togra's vastly superior Sword display after they both fell off their horses & continued fighting. I've never read anything regarding this "Edit" nor have watched any Arnold or Sven-Ole Thorsen interview that mentions it either. Regardless, as said ...Sven-Ole Thorsen's Sword skills really made Arnold look bad which I'm sure is the reason the "Edit" was done for Home media release.

[@Fenris77]

A evil wizard/priest guy actually DID promise to bring back Conan's great love which was BELIT and not Valeria... Just saying.

[@davidfunk3505]

That wizard in black and his goon, were a different group of people, likely with a statue of Dagoth in their own lair/castle/place thing.

[@TheBlackKnight1o1]

I swear I've seen something where the protagonist breaks a bunch of mirrors to kill a monster but I don't think it was this film.

[@jagannathbarman6712]

TheBlackKnight1o1 Was that sarcasm or you really don't know?

[@TheBlackKnight1o1]

Jagannath Barman I don't think it was this film, I legit don't know but I remember seeing something similar.

[@jagannathbarman6712]

TheBlackKnight1o1 Enter the dragon?

[@Loonaticx]

I'll also support that it was probably Enter the Dragon. At least as far as my memory serves me.

[@leannkennett905]

Sean Connerys Highlander introduction sounded way more epic and it was recorded by Connery in a hotel bathroom over the phone. (But I guess Sean Connery is just that epic. He was a classic thespianly trained actor so that probably had a lot to do with it.)

[@TedShatner10]

The band of mooks led by the white bearded wizard weren't the evil queen's guard but a 3rd party faction who were guarding the tomb housing the golden horn McGuffin.

[@IvanKNIGHTFROGSROCK]

FIRST! Hey Decker Shado I'm a huge fan! I hope to see ur thoughts on batman and robin and the amazing ice man cometh!!!!! Hope ur day is good

[@DonPandemoniac]

For your wood chipper affection, have you given 'Tucker & Dale vs. Evil' a watch yet?

[@lordinquisitor6233]

Decker I agree, I only like to fight bosses in straight up brawls, not puzzles

[@Not-TheOne]

One of my all time favs movies, its ridiculous and what not, but just a good adventure move, prefer it to the first. Also, that monster @ 9:44 was very scary when I was younger.

[@sesfilmsllc]

6:54 hey It's mayday from a view to a kill.

[@cliffg.4205]

I remember hearing that Conan The King was in the works. Did that production get cancelled without any to-do? I was hoping that there would be another movie with the amazing Conan soundtrack.

[@angryskeleton5676]

Creepy being foreshadowed, or should I say, foreSHADOED

[@diegobareno5820]

17:08 - 17:15 So that's where Sisu got her analogy.

[@Thundarr100]

You were kind of off with your assessment of the other groups trying to get the horn. Both the wizard Toth-Amon and the other group wanted to use Princess Jhenna to awaken the god Dagoth so that they can rule the world by his side. However none of them worked for Queen Taramis. Toth-Amon worked for himself, and the Guardians of The Horn were a separate group with the same goal, but also not in league with Taramis.

[@ingibingi2000]

Can next year be the summer of jackie chan

[@mangomutts2003]

Your wish has been granted

[@TheDevilinThePaleMoonlight]

SHOW ME WHAT U GOT!!!!!!!

[@giovannyalpizar5351]

I swear he could nail the Simon Belmont role for Castlevania! The hair and the body, and the boots! He just needs the whip!

[@thegoldenhammer12]

Decker?! I watched the summer of arny back when u did it! I either didn't see this one or i didn't hit like on it. Been a while yo! I hit like for sure this time. Also, i ain't watched em yet but, i plan on binging the gaming vids u've put out lately.

[@alanrowley6402]

Wilt "fucking" Chamberlin. Might be his middle name lmao love it

[@henriquebitencourt4280]

2:17 Heh , so that's where Bethesda got the "inspiration" for Dovahkiin's helmet

[@Fenris77]

OH and I forgot, Bombatta's death was cut out in the Swedish version - among a great many other things...

[@KingSheezy98]

I’m a new fan and I would really like to see a Halloween series review since you’ve already done Freddy and Jason

[@fortcastellan1730]

Whatever else you say, the music was great, and the princess was hot! I definitely agree with your 'it was kinda fun' assessment.

[@johntraxler5664]

The comec relief in this movie...this is going to hurt...where's my root beer

[@nooneofimportance2110]

Um Decker, I hate to be the nitpicker here, but, the guys who ambushed the party outside the Dragon head cave, that was a third party. they weren't part of the queens guard. The guard only attacked outside the forest after they recovered the diamond from the super wizard.

[@TheBadGuy235]

yeah I was coming to see if anyone else was going to mention that. I mean I can understand the mistake given they dress almost exactly alike, but still a rare mistake by Mr. Shado.

[@jasonnewell7036]

Yep. They say, when asked who they are, that they are the keepers of the horn, and have been waiting for Jenna because they want to resurrect Dagoth themselves.

[@Thundarr100]

I was going to say that myself.

[@TheIdealofGreed]

6:42 I thought the same thing during your intro on the bloodsport review

[@acountryboysopinion6001]

It had to be an inside joke with the production team, to have the Princess' virginity protected by Wilt Chamberlain. That's some funny shit. 😊.

[@jacobcherian4384]

Conan The Destroyer brings back many happy memories of 1984 !

[@pyrrhusofepirus8491]

There was always something about the feel of the first Conan movie that has stuck with me, it felt very primal and low fantasy, not very heavy on spectacle with few great monuments or buildings which made the impact of seeing them greater, sure you had magic but it wasn’t over the top, I should really watch it again. Also why the hell did they replace Subatai? You have an established character which people like, so why do you replace him with a character that we don’t give two shits about, and make him a comic relief which are easy to fuck up and make annoying. I watched a film recently called RAN, and it’s a great film which had I think is meant to be a comic relief character, but he’s legions better then the guy in this because he shows a range of emotions and isn’t just ‘I don’t take much seriously, I am funny character and effectively dead weight’. And also has an interesting relationship with his master, with him almost acting as his counsel and actually telling him the truth, with his master taking him and whatever he says very seriously, despite him being the supposed fool character. Go watch it it’s a great film.

[@Bldyiii]

Awesome Summer! Is End of Days on the list??

[@420NSS]

Please do a review on Willow.

[@Thundarr100]

Hmmm . . . Maybe a "Summer of Swords & Sorcery"? He can do all of the cheesy Swords & Sorcery films that he hasn't done yet. Both the really good and the really bad (and the "So Bad They're Good"). Willow, Ator The Fighting Eagle, Legend, Deathstalker, Hawk The Slayer, Dragon Slayer, Dragonheart, Kull The Conqueror, Barbarian Queen, The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, The Hobbit Trilogy, The Barbarians, Ralph Bakshi's 1978 Lord Of The Rings, etc. I like that idea!

[@daveshuck2722]

I had read all of the Conan short stories in between the release of the first and second movies. I was so looking forward to Destroyer and was bitterly disappointed by what I saw.

[@tbayvic8564]

I love summer of Leprechaun but how in holy hell has there not been a SUMMER OF THE LIVING DEAD!!

[@thor30013]

Personally, I feel this movie is more in keeping with the feel of the Conan stories: wizards, monsters, treasure, all that good stuff. The first one, not so much. I mean, yeah, the whole "sneak into the snake-tower and rob the place" is there, but that's, what, maybe five minutes of the film? At least this one made getting the treasure a major point, and Conan fought a big monster at the end! The utterly useless/ annoying thief and the PG rating do drag it down, though.

[@henriquebitencourt4280]

Yes,in the first movie they put a character that wasn't even from the Conan books and changed his backstory.

[@admiralthunderbunny4520]

Hey Decker, I'm guessing you are planning on reviewing Jeepers Creepers 3 . . . too bad it's not going to be on DVD/Bluray till the day after christmas . . . /sigh. Just had to get that frustration off my chest. Anyway, is there any way to get you to review Tucker and Dale vs Evil?

[@duncanmcokiner4242]

Other people have heard of the movie? Fuck yeah, I wanna see that.

[@admiralthunderbunny4520]

it's just too bad that today is the last day for it in theaters and the nearest showing is 121 miles to the north of me

[@duncanmcokiner4242]

No, I meant Tucker and Dale.

[@duncanmcokiner4242]

Shame though. Hope you get to see it.

[@admiralthunderbunny4520]

yeah, T&DvE is an awesome take on horror tropes

[@Solsys2007]

Well at last there is not going to be any "comic relief" character when Derek will review the Stallone movies... :)

[@Alknix]

Apparently Bombata is a eunuch, which is why the queen trusts him around the princess.

[@Stansman63]

I was 20 when I first saw this so not surprisingly Olivia d'Abo was my favourite part of the movie..

[@remnantproduction8518]

My favourite summer special you done is the summer of Freddy vs Jason it will always be my favourite

[@krono5el]

loved this movie as a kid cuz the practical effects at the end are badass

[@samij.1131]

Mister Shado, of Grace Jones in the role of Zula you say: "...showing off more ass than I've ever seen in a PG movie..." and I say, you have never seen the 1984 Columbia Pictures movie "Sheena". A shame too - as it's so bad it's good and often quite funny.

[@Gayrai]

The "Fuzzy Butt of Schwarzenegger" has a ring to it...

[@deep71753]

Decker Shado is going to ignore me as usual that after Arnold Schwarzenegger did Hurculies he did a movie called the VILLAIN a comdy western but i guess decker thinks he"s to good to review it

[@bigbaba1111]

the guards who they encounter in the tomb are not sent by the queen as far as i understand. they are a seperate fraction.

[@TheThejayman32]

So basically Taramis promised if Conan took Jehnna to the Horn, the Queen would give him a zombie to live out his life with? Sounds logical. 😑

[@TheZXKUQYB]

My brother's sister's cousin never said anything about Decker's crazy hair!

[@waynesWyrdWorld]

Great review Decker. I actually love this movie despite its dumbness! Had it on vhs when I was 7!

[@ronp6009]

I feel so bad for Dagos. He had so much trouble fighting just Conan after spending time fighting groups for local charities.

[@RandomVideoCircus]

Nothing like some Decker Shado to make me happy in pants. Lol

[@viralshadow]

The guys in the temple weren't the queen's guards, they were the keepers of the horn.

[@figjam9530]

interesting point. Robert Jordan (wheel of time) wrote a handful of Conan novellas in the early 80s including the novelization of this film. IMHO it was the worst of the novellas. no surprise there.

[@PhantosTheHedgehog]

I really dig your videos man! You have yourself a new subscriber!

[@deadaccount7520]

Was a Conan fan before I was an Arnold fan. So needless to say this is my least favorite Arnold movie. A year or two back John milius and Arnold were talking about the third film. I kind of thought it would have been a better idea to make the real second movie.

[@afrog2666]

1:27 Dr.Zoidberg? That you?