Red Sonja Review

[@khylerbane4523]

Originally Arnold’s character was supposed to be Conan as Sonja and him share the same universes and have famously teamed up several times over the years. But due to many issues, mainly copyright, that part was dropped and the character became a stand in for Conan.

[@edwardbloecher4563]

I always took issue with that considering what a great pair they made in comics.

[@ShadowW0lf1]

I don't care what anyone says. I love this movie.

[@leonardeuler9592]

Yeah, it's a decent movie with rather good action.

[@robertkenny1201]

Good for you.

[@Copperskull1]

The acting in that movie is almost as bad as Decker's "accidental" trip in the outdoor scene.

[@rockdesu]

" Gredan, Where are you?!" funniest delivery.

[@davidortega9717]

I still prefer that water puppet monster over cgi.

[@pathatfield2543]

david ortega yes,it’s distinctive looking.CGI monsters seem to come in a limited variety of looks.

[@davidortega9717]

@Royce Zayden what?

[@davidortega9717]

@Lucca Cason what are you talking about?

[@GriffinPilgrim]

Fantasy films like these always seem underpopulated to me. You barely see any people outside the main characters. Except for goons. These worlds seem to be about 80-90% goon.

[@Sableagle]

So does the population in at least one local pub.

[@Thundarr100]

Conan The Barbarian & Conan The Destroyer had quite a few people besides the main characters in them. With lower budget movies like Red Sonja the problem is just that, the budget. They just can't afford the hundreds and hundreds of extras needed to make cities, etc look heavily populated.

[@GriffinPilgrim]

I take your point but even the Conan movies aren't that great in that respect. In both we get one scene of riding through a city and then nothing but goons and main characters. The Jason Mamoa Conan felt a lot more like a living world. I hope Decker reviews that one some day.

[@MF-LXRD]

You do understand that the only populated areas back in the ancient days were massive cities other than that the outskirts of the cities were completely empty it makes perfect sense you fuking imbeciles.

[@GriffinPilgrim]

@@MF-LXRD Hmm, you're easily annoyed. And also wrong. Leaving aside the incredible vagueness of "ancient days" where do you think those massive cities got their food? Magic? Any large population centre was surrounded by miles and miles of farmland, most of it close to the city due to the impracticality of transporting food long distance. Then you get the trade roads which, depending on the era, were lined with inns and small settlements profiting off the trade. The past may have had a lower population than today but outside cheesy movies and open world RPGs the world was not split into "cities" and "empty wilderness." And those areas that were empty were empty because no-one went there. So no bandits or similar goons, 'cos no-one to rob. So my original point stands quite solidly. Maybe drop the attitude on subjects you're poorly informed on in future.

[@wstine79]

The Thanksgiving of Arnold Schwarzenegger!!

[@DeckerShado]

Actually if all goes well I might magically finally finish the summer special just before turkey day... hoo boy, it doesn't feel good to be this behind. :/

[@wstine79]

Decker Shado no problem. I'm enjoying no matter what season it becomes

[@risingofthethorn1197]

+Decker Shado I honestly suggest when this year is over you just go for a clean slate, besides we are here for you not just the movies you review.

[@prestonswoyer227]

Decker Shado I do love how it’s “The Summer of Arnold” and you’re crunching leaves underfoot as you walk!

[@bulanet271]

Doesn't matter one bit what time of year we're in

[@jar_knight]

"Don't worry sis. Its not the end if the world. Simple joke, I know. But the only other thing that really fits is *faceslap*" - Decker Shado November 16, 2017

[@theonefreeman17]

Nice 'Fall' at the beginning. Clever Girl....

[@GetToDaChoppa-k5r]

Brigitte Nielsen looked beautiful but was a bad actor. I still think she was pretty cool in Beverly Hills Cop 2 and Rocky 4 though.

[@mladenmark6758]

Dont forget Cobra

[@Kains_Gaming_Channel]

12:49. What the fuck? There's a giant spider to the Queens left. Where was THAT the rest of the movie?

[@wolfcrow4822]

That was the Queen's pet, Fluffy. He was a lover not a fighter. (Oh God - I just realized how that joke could be misconstrued!) 😵

[@Phoenixesper1]

Probably spinning webs in the queens fun tunnel.

[@Thundarr100]

Some fan theories say that Red Sonja takes place centuries into The Hyborian Age's past, and that Kalidor is actually an ancestor of Conan's. Others say that the movie takes place much later in the Hyborian Age, and that Kalidor is actually a descendant of Conan's. Personally I think that Red Sonja was actually SUPPOSED to be a spin off of the Conan films, and that Kalidor was originally written as being Conan. But for some reason Dino DeLaurentis couldn't get the rights to the Conan character (odd since he was the producer of both Conan films, but I think that character rights reside with the distributers, which were Universal for the Conan films and the rival MGM was the distributer for Red Sonja).

[@orcatwar9810]

i think they do take place in the same universe around the same time since they did existed in the marvel run comics

[@katelynrushe9025]

I'm no expert on the timeline of the Conan universe, but my personal headcanon is that this movie is a sequel to the Conan films where Conan at least became a lord and changed his name to hide his identity for some reason.

[@TheThejayman32]

@Mason M. That's interesting since Hyboria isn't a kingdom in any incarnation of Conan.

[@Timelord007]

Awesome hilarious review Decker, I'm currently battling manic depression & not in a good place, these reviews certainly make me laugh & help take my mind off my problems.

[@chrisbucci684]

Loved this as a kid. Keep up the awesome videos Decker.

[@krono5el]

still have the vhs recording at my moms, i remember reenacting the mecha water beast bit w/ pillows and toy rambo knife as a we lad :P

[@ShiddyShad808]

You may know Ernie Reyes Jr. from this and Surf Ninjas and TMNT but I know Ernie because I attended his school West Coast Karate here in San Jose California for a decade, earned my black belt in Kyokushin from Ernie Sr. Unfortunately Jr got sick a few years ago and needed a kidney transplant, it was a big scare and a reality check for all of his students, this badass fighter and teacher we all looked up to and respected who was still fairly young and extremely healthy suddenly stricken with a deadly condition, luckily he’s doing okay now, one of my favorite people in the world and by far one of the best martial arts teachers I’ve ever had. Much appreciation to both Ernie Jr. and Sr.

[@TAPKAC]

Here's a silly thought: What if "Red Sonja" was a live-action feature-length story of the Green Ball from "Heavy Metal" along with all the other stories the Green Ball had?

[@neilprice513]

What the "loknar"?..possibly, but even the worst written segment in 1981'a Heavy Metal was better than Red Sonja.

[@GrosvnerMcaffrey]

Not enough tits and pubes in this

[@sonyavengeance]

16:22 That dive was everything

[@jamel7781]

Man she WAS a stunner! Too bad she let the 80's fuck her up.

[@cgraham6]

No doubt. For such an incredible hottie in this movie, she sure went downhill from there.

[@GriffinPilgrim]

Nobody came out of the 80s looking good.

[@Nicole-cn8bj]

+GriffinPilgrim exept Decker. he'll be looking good at 90.

[@GriffinPilgrim]

The internet personality with the best grey hair.

[@GetToDaChoppa-k5r]

I still think she looks good.

[@damianwinter2830]

Had a bad day ( looks at notifications ) dekershado has uploaded nevermind everything is good now

[@Shogundoxie1414]

There was going go be a remake in 2010 that would have starred Rose McGowan but it was canceled after she fucked her right arm up in an accident (permanent nerve damage too from what I heard). There's another attempt being made that they're supposed to start filming this year, but I can't find anything that can confirm which studio, who's directing, or who's even been casted in it.

[@BraxtonWages]

Yeah, Robert Rodriguez was going to write and direct it, right? I would have definitely checked it out.

[@Thantification]

Dude, you were on fire during this video. Jokes and puns were one after another haha. Great review as always :)

[@HodajuciParadoks]

Loved this movie when I was a kid, I think I was 6 or 7 when I first watched it, maybe younger, I know it it was before my elementary school. Still love this movie

[@rodsella]

HI Decker, this is my guilty pleasure movie! thank you for reviewing this movie. I love it!!!!

[@NostalgiaBrit]

Glad you took my advice to review this movie :)

[@c.a.r7658]

That face she makes when she says " Where are you!!!?? "

[@matthewm9987]

Yeah, my d&d group always kept wasting time in a Tavern (6) sessions

[@wedgeantilles4712]

And the evil queen is actually played by Sandahl Bergman which also plays Valeria in Conan the barbarian.

[@AlexCooper-cr6pz]

I would like point out that her character is just mentioned and not shown in Conan the Destroyer. Sad to say.

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

7:00 just to clarify this is because in the comic there was no queen

[@Sm1thWessonAndMe]

12:46 "Someone forgot to clear their browsing history" 😂😂😂 so true Decker!

[@demonblade001]

And the highlight of my week is here. Thank you Decker Shadow.

[@TallSilentGuy]

3:11 "What is your name? What is your quest? What is your favourite colour?" 5:29 Now I want to see what happens if a transgender touches the talisman.

[@CoolG97]

Sits down for lunch at newly opened Ikea and sees new Decker video, what a day.

[@andrewblanchard2537]

The talisman looks like Kryptonite

[@EricMartinSmithOfficial]

The thumbnail though LOL

[@biggeek2256]

You can TELL he made it like that lol

[@sebastianemond5313]

8:46 - 8:53 Also, and I know it's not an improvement, but the last appearance I saw him in was Kingdom of the Crystal Skull as one of those natives that Indiana Jones kills with their own poison dart.

[@Phoenixesper1]

You know this entire movie could be viewed through the lens of being an alternate reality version of the first Conan. Imagine if Conan's family and village hadn't been murdered, he wouldn't have been conan, Conan was a name given to him by a slave trader. Calador might have been his birth name for all we know, his village thrived, he eventually became the king of his people. And instead Valeria's village may have been the one destroyed by the serpent cult, Valeria the one enslaved and eventually she was the one to defeat the snake leader and then take his throne as her own and become the dark queen gedrin we see here.

[@doublep1980]

There's actually a much more trivial explanation for Arnie's character beeing named ''Kalidor'' and not Conan:Dino DeLaurentis,just got cheap and didn't want to pay some extra money to the right owners of the ''Conan The Barbarian'' brand and said:''give Arnold's character a different name.''

[@Konrad_Wallenrod]

Well, his dad calls him Conan in the opening sequence when he tells him about the riddle of steel!

[@orcatwar9810]

well in the marvel comics they do exist in the same universe don't know if they did when there with other company's

[@RogueDragon05]

@@orcatwar9810 Red Sonya (note the y) was a character created by Robert E. Howard (The creator of Conan) for the historical fiction story "The Shadow of the Vulture" Roy Thomas and Marvel essentially took away Sonya's guns gave her a broadsword and chain mail as well as taking inspiration from other female warrior characters Howard created such as Dark Agnus, adapted the Vulture story to stand in as a Conan story gave her the backstory they wanted and you have Red Sonja (note the j) a "new" character. So yes her and Conan regularly crossed paths in his Marvel days as well as in the newspaper strip. However Dynamite now has the rights to Red Sonja. She had a couple of further crossovers with Conon during Dark Horses run with REH's properties and I wouldn't be surprised if after a few years of Titan's run that just started, that there will be more crossovers.

[@xxrocketshark216xx4]

Oh my god when he tripped in the woods i freaking lost it XD

[@TheJurnalyst]

HammerMeister1999 Legend has it you have yet to find it.

[@xxrocketshark216xx4]

TheJurnalyst Its been like ten minutes and im still laughing XD

[@TheJurnalyst]

HammerMeister1999 you don't argue with legend.

[@donovandelaney3171]

The Queen's suit looks awesome!

[@elimgarak4667]

I love this movie. Can't help it. You still cracked me up though.

[@MamaMOB]

Thanks for keeping the fall in the intro. It made me laugh.

[@MuMu124]

Dude why don't you have more subs? You're awesome

[@DeepEye1994]

That's some quality thumbnail.

[@raphfelix6305]

Kalidor is the alias that Conan goes under when wanting to go on an adventure. cos he has become a ruling lord of a country. he still has the need for a thrill. Red Sonja was on the way.

[@antitroll890]

Red Sonja has to be seen to be believed This is also why Arnold needs to say no to a script every now and again

[@RogueDragon05]

My understanding was that he did not want to do it, I don't think it fit in with the public image he wanted to cultivate nor was he impressed after his experiences on Destroyer. He only did it as a favor since Conon essentially made his career possible and agreed with the understanding that it would be a bit part so he accepted a bit parts pay... THEN of course he ended up filming several weeks and was advertised as the main draw even though he didn't get payed for it... Needless to say he was not happy. This probably the single biggest reason he never did a King Conan movie and refused to do what eventually became Kull. But he got to bang Bridgette after just getting married so there is that.

[@Outrider74]

I remember Ernie Reyes Jr from "The Last Dragon".

[@Catglittercrafts]

J. Dean I remember him from ninja turtles

[@abelflores4376]

I loved the movie so much I wish they had made a sequal or a video game

[@I-didnt-ask-you]

I’ve been waiting years for an NC or Decker Shado review of Kindergarten Cop. As well as a Battlefield Friends BF1 episode.

[@bust2007]

Every single time I get chines food I have to watch a Schwarzeneger movie 😂

[@golgomethlayceon2594]

Have you ever thought of doing some d&d tip videos? Since they are rising in popularity

[@AkstekizeHyperyze]

5:05 I have no idea why, but this scene killed me with how fast it happened 😂😂

[@Copperskull1]

At this point, you're practically obligated to drag this out until you can announce the summer of Schwarzenegger while standing in a foot of snow. Wait, does it snow where you live?

[@DeckerShado]

It's Texas, so not usually... but this is supposed to be a cold winter, so you never know.

[@Copperskull1]

Decker Shado Well you could always visit Fargo. A 10 hour trip for a 10 second scene? WORTH IT!

[@mrnobody9193]

Copperskull north Dakota ay?

[@lordinquisitor6233]

Wait Conan is calador, you mean he is an elf that tames dragons in his spare time and looks after a magic portal to stop chaos spewing into the world

[@GriffinPilgrim]

Someone's been playing TWW2...

[@lordinquisitor6233]

GriffinPilgrim i have

[@blochtar]

Glad to see you back. I haven't been able to see your patreon account. It just won`t let me open it.

[@bloodrunsclear]

I love how this has fan-theories. The Conan Cinematic Universe is a weird place...

[@jar_knight]

19:55 I can't believe the pettiness of type queen Gedrinn!!!

[@Imylover]

Best of all, Decker stumbling & falling into the leaves & getting back up again.

[@JacobiusNH80]

and leaves still staying in his hair after he gets up lol

[@christinawilkephillips7684]

I love your openings! They keep getting funnier! 😂

[@Kellengaming55659]

When it’s almost thanksgiving and still summer of Schwarzenegger seems legit(not complaining)

[@NephilimHunter1959]

Arnold is totally the friend who played ahead and is now over leveled to play with his friends, he tries to let his friends complete the quest on there own only coming in when he's needed.

[@fernandomaron87]

Yeah, they travel to many places and his character is always appearing to save them, like he's travelling along them in the shades

[@ericthomas6347]

decker shado can you please review twins 1988 movie

[@promnightdumpsterbaby9553]

Yackity yack!

[@filetofsole1]

Hey Decker-Kun, You Think You could Do a Summer Marathon of the All the Yoram Gross Dot Films? Make This Year The Summer of Dot? Yes That would be Desu Swell!

[@sebastianemond5313]

5:08 Nostalgia Critic uses that joke too! "My god, it jump cuts people out of existence!" 😂😂😂😂😂

[@orcatwar9810]

well Red Sonja does take place in the same universe as Conan

[@raphfelix6305]

this was Conan the Rescuer. the third Conan film.

[@demonpride1975]

at least in conans origin they actually showed what made him into conan. with red sonja it was simply, you have the power now. sure her family was killed. but in conans story, it was his whole people that were slaughtered, put into slavery, forced to be a gladiator. and trained for many many years.

[@jedigrandvelle8844]

That was an EXCELLENT intro! LMAO!

[@3rdworldgwaming467]

They got Ennio Morricone to make the music for this movie

[@joshuahoover6841]

Love your channel Decker!

[@brandenaustin37]

Hey Red Sonja is getting a new film in the immediate future, lets hope its good

[@ap3705]

i recall a movie like this or something but theres a sean were someone is getting passed a camera by crawling painted the same as the checker colored floor

[@fredjones2170]

13:16 I would’ve gone with “Tarn the Intolerable”.

[@alienonlsd3209]

It's November yet this is still the summer vinyl schwartzenegger gotta say this year has not been easy for you also I heard you're apparently engaged so congrats

[@Darkko88]

It started snowing weaks ago where i live but the summer of Arnold Schwarzenegger is still going.

[@judsongaiden9878]

7:13 Skallagrim and Shadiversity would advise against that one because its crossguard is too ornate to serve its intended function. Plus, you can't unscrew and throw the pommel to end your opponent rightly. 7:35 Is it just me or does this premise remind you of the story of Taarna from Heavy Metal (1981)? 13:54 I've never understood why video game characters who have a weapon still waste time kicking their opponent. If it's done as a flimflam sort of the thing just to throw the opponent off, that's one thing, but to use it as an attack is a waste of energy when you're holding a weapon. 16:35 Probably based on Atlantean technology. 17:13 Thanatos first, then Eros. 21:26 "Criterion" is the singular.

[@giovannyalpizar5351]

I’m telling y’all! Arnold in this time would make a perfect Simon Belmont for a Castlevania film!

[@yoshixyami]

True as fuck ! He could still pull it off and play casting as the strongest belmont julius belmont. Not young man julius but old man. I would watch it!

[@sebastianemond5313]

16:09 Hello! I'm still in this movie!

[@nickhannah9543]

THE SU- *Fucking falls*

[@bobmilaplace3816]

I always thought that Kalador was Conan's descendant after the Aquilonian empire fell.

[@drjackalope2326]

When I was a kid I used to pretend I was her brother that also survived and had a concurrent storyline to become a scratch the plate wizard.

[@Covencraft]

the bone mallet broke when he hit the guy lol

[@DaveFu]

Chris Brown and Rhianna in Red Sonja 2: Domestic Boogaloo!

[@TheMan-je5xq]

I really don’t see why people give this movie such a hard time I’m watching it right now it’s good to me. Also her going with Arnold isn’t that surprising I mean she hears her sisters dying and how would Kalidor know where to find her without her sister telling him?

[@donaldqualls7228]

Conan : Red on the Head = FIRE IN THE HOLE!

[@dirkmeatwhistle3552]

Pat "Bomber" Roach is an absolute legend

[@thatguy4995]

Hi crazy hair guy. When does this "summer special" end. I like this special but I miss the darker movies. Love your reviews and I have ever since the summer of fready Vs Jason.

[@DeckerShado]

it's like groundhog day... the summer will just keep going on, forever. NOTHING CAN STOP IT NOW.

[@ronenTheBarbarian]

Fun fact: The actor playing Falcon also plays the sadistic warden in Midnight Express. Talk about range...

[@AxisChurchDevotee]

Any chance you could do that graboid biology video you said ud do and maybe a symbiote one as well?

[@xraystudios3693]

So we got Pat Roach and Ronald Lacey in the same movie and it isn't Raiders of the Lost Ark?

[@ivorjawa]

«Your search - "ancient order of hybornians" - did not match any documents.»

[@leaflake1083]

I don’t know why but that trip at the beginning gets me every time hahaha.

[@jamesroper4952]

It took losing his entire tribe, including his parents, being sold into slavery, then having fight to the death in lifetime of gruesome cage fights, and being trained by master swordsmen, and martial artists. For Conan to become the badass barbarian that he is, but Sonja gets touched on the head by a ghost, and shazam she's a great warrior. That is some bullshit right there.

[@therealpatriarchy]

The world's first Mary Sue?

[@christianholzschuh6853]

@@therealpatriarchy Would a Mary Sue get raped?

[@technounionrepresentative4274]

Well at least she apparently trained at the mako populated temple for several years but still 90% of that time could have been spent on thumb wrestling for all we know

[@ShimaS-0079]

@@christianholzschuh6853 huh. Ya got a point

[@gutz1981]

So all Red Sonja had to do was be an attractive queen's sex bitch and she could have avoided having her family killed and herself raped by an army? You know, I might get some flack for this, but I think in hindsight, she chose an option that ended with more bloodshed than could have been avoided.

[@sinji4380]

The comic adaptation of red sonja

[@sagethegreat4680]

This was a Conan movie but the rights to Conan was removed last minute so it had to be changed to be a stand alone film despite being written as a Conan film much like Krull was a DnD film till the rights were pulled.

[@leannkennett905]

Well Calidor could have been Conan’s birth name that he learns after Conan the destroyer. And he could totally have taken to using it on his search for his own kingdom. (Perhaps trying to distance himself from his past as a slave and mercenary.) perhaps it was written on his fathers sword.

[@matthewrincon6270]

It is technically part of the franchise. Hyrkania, the continent RS takes place on is the same world. It's just East of cimmeria and where the 2 movies take place.

[@clondalkin26]

Love your reviews. Do you have Irish blood in you,love the sarcasm.Keep them coming Patrick from Dublin.

[@AvatarTX]

Not all men are evil if only feminists can learn this but thy won't

[@Diamhea]

06:00 "Ahhhhh" sounds refreshing