Rocky III Review

[@ivyg6178]

This is such an underrated channel. It's actually sad Decker Shado has so few subscriptions.

[@unclebob1959]

He is the first one I ever subscribed to. The Summer of Freddy vs. Jason is the best.

[@Tigerfire75]

Mike Tyson is based on Clubber Lang.

[@DanielFlores-hh8hg]

Tigerfire75 hope you dont believe Clubber Lang is based on Mike Tyson. He isn't. For sure Tommy Gunn IS based on Mike Tyson..youngest Hevyweight champion of the world at 20, and ko'd him in the first round!

[@richardmoores]

Daniel Flores I thought union kane was based on mike Tyson, as George Washington duke is obviously based on don king

[@MJfanforlife-777]

@@richardmoores good point there

[@mrfivegold]

Daniel Flores I think he means Clubbers style and attitude was copied by Tyson, probably a joke.

[@matthewdunham1689]

I thought it was George Forman.

[@skirk248]

Mr. T just makes me love this movie so much

[@Akatsukileader9]

In Creed, Rocky tells Adonis that Apollo won that last fight (wether it's true or not we don't know).

[@HalfBlackZack]

Creed beats Rocky in points every day of the week. Rocky probably just didn't want to knock him out again in a friendly fight.

[@utoresa5193]

@@HalfBlackZack Creed>Balboa

[@tulsaborn545]

If you turn the captions on during Mickey's death you'll hear what Rocky says, essentially "don't go mick there's so much we didn't do"..much more emotional

[@cmurphy0707]

19:26 It’s more likely that he was based off of George Foreman. George in his prime was a heavy hitter whose fights rarely went past 2 rounds but as Muhammad Ali proved when he beat him once you got him into late rounds he faded. Clubber in this movie was the exact same way.

[@randallbowman9140]

You're crazy, dude... Rocky III is, by far, the best of the Rocky movies - in sheer entertainment value. The first two certainly tugged at your heart strings, but the pacing was nursing home level. If Rocky I and II were a romantic, fine dining experience, Rocky III is like a gourmet buffet. There is so much good food there, that you can't try everything in the same visit. You have to keep coming back. That's the best kind of movie you can hope for, if entertainment value is a priority.

[@EVO6-]

rocky fighting aliens? that concept actually led to a movie I'll let you guess which one

[@Raygathex]

+EVO6reviews Apollo was there and everything

[@theopinatedpterodactyl6559]

wich one

[@theopinatedpterodactyl6559]

+EVO6reviews that was arnold tho

[@EVO6-]

+Preston Downey I said the concept did Dutch was based on Rambo

[@geordischmidt]

That was actually going to be the plot of "Rocky Balboa" until Stallone's backers nixed it (actually, Rocky would have done a "Real Steel" thing and fought a robot, which was an actual news item at the time because boxing was getting a bad rep over the number of boxers suffering head injuries; of course, comparisons to "The Terminator" would have been inevitable even if the plot was inspired by a short story by Philip K. Dick). Stallone, undeterred, tried to pitch the "aliens" concept for "Rambo 5," but, finally realizing how stupid the idea sounded, ended the Rambo series after the fourth film, instead concentrating on the good ol' days with "The Expendables." By the way, Stallone will finally get his wish of fighting aliens as he is cast in "The Guardians of the Galaxy" sequel set for 2017 (and, no, "Demolition Man" and "Death Race 2000" don't count because they're all humans).

[@SolidBedunga]

"Fighting aliens in a metal band" Tell me Decker, was that a GWAR joke?

[@BusinessOfFear]

"the mental shape he's in though is as broken as KZbin's copyright systems" I lol'd.

[@arends1321]

Loving the AVGN reference :). Great review!

[@MrKahlerHahn]

"Catch meeeeeee" always love that moment sooo much

[@tylerbrock2147]

you don't mess with Mr T man.

[@cornnick102_cru3]

Tyler Brock i guess mr T pity rocky

[@utoresa5193]

He is gonna bust you up

[@bigkmoviesandgames]

One thing that always bothered me is in part 1 mickey mentions when he's talking to rocky on the other side of the bathroom door he's 76 years old,but if you look under mickey's epitaph it says he died at the age of 76. Its almost like Stallone was referencing that line in the first movie but forgot this movie took place 6 years later.

[@mejercit]

The "these people" Paulie was referring to were Californians, not blacks.

[@hjscollages]

Lol

[@geoffreyvictorhernandez2283]

mejercit ha not RASICT

[@austin2787]

The Californians are a special species, same with the floridians

[@ronenTheBarbarian]

"Aspen Doo Gooey My hat dog Marry one hundred Didn't do Think I'm ballin' dudes We good"

[@BenLujan-r5q]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@Sam-im5tc]

Decker's jab at KZbin is more brutal then an uppercut from Clubber Lang

[@Alex_DC413]

We'll never know how the fight ended... until Creed.

[@liamearly4883]

No Army Of Darkness? I know Ash vs Evil Dead dvd and blu ray is coming out in late summer and October

[@wilburDDPpowell]

Ha ha haaaaaaaaa at the Rocky mourning Mickey closed caption!!!!

[@theOmega989]

With the Rocky movies, ya had to be there and be able to relate to it. As a young, Italian-American, back in the 80’s, from the streets of Queens, NY, I could. My dad took us kids. We ALL loved it! Rode that high for weeks.

[@rowdeemunkee]

Aint so bad. Aint so bad! AINT SO BAD!

[@cgh7337]

11:58 The first time I saw this movie, I wanted Apollo to knock the ever living sh*t out of Clubber Lang then and there.

[@braillynnrodriguez3740]

I laughed my ass off at those subtitles for a crying Rocky! Thank you sir, thank you for that.

[@Lupucillo]

I suddenly feel like watching The A-Team. :D

[@johnmonroe1903]

Your reviews are so funny and informative.

[@Egonzal316]

I can't believe they almost used Another One Bites the Dust by Queen

[@SchardtCinematic]

Actually that wasn't a real Rocky pin ball machine. I read in a behind the scenes article that they modified a diffrent pinball machine to be the Rocky machine. I read this probably pre internet days. Over 25 years ago at least by now. I cant remember what game it was modified from anymore.

[@olatunjimason]

Rocky III is favorite movie out of all of the Rocky's!!! Mr.T's role as Clubber Lang was brilliantly done, especially as his first acting debute!!! If you notice in the film, he isn't wearing that much jewelry but still has the feathered earring!!! I love the design he wore on his beard to go with his Mandika warrior hairstyle, a style he never wore on the A-Team which was so unique I've even copied it a few times!!! I also like the his wardrobe in the film with black tuxedo and the cowboy jack with the black turtleneck shirt. I also notice unlike the other Rocky films was the fact there was no press conference where both of these champs are in the some room discussion the fist for the 1st and 2nd matches with a bunch of reporters. I'm not sure how necessary that would have been yet I think it that would have made expanded the role of Clubber Lang a little bit more. At time I ask myself there were ever a remake of that particular sequel with Clubber Lang as not such a nicer character but still vicious in the ring minus the Mohawk, would a baldhead, dreads, or cornrows suit the character's image!

[@petercorr784]

Wicked review! Have you seen "Creed"? I won't spoil it if you haven't. But ref. "never knowing the result" of the fight between Apollo and Rocky at the end, you find out the result in "Creed". And by the way, Creed is my favourite Rocky movie of them all. It's brilliant.

[@andrewblanchard2537]

if Rocky can easily beat up Thunderlips pick him up and toss him out of the ring it makes me and hopefully all of you reading this wonder : why the HELL couldn't he beat that stumble bum ham and egger Clubber Lang in their first fight ? I know Mickey dying screwed Rocky up but that should've pissed him off and made him crazy mad strong and not a shaky mess

[@tigermasterss4]

I don't think anime logic applies to Rocky movies

[@andrewblanchard2398]

​@@tigermasterss4 👍👍

[@sonsolar]

Funny thing is part 3 is my favorite even over 4. Thought it was such a great sequel having Rock and Creed work together.

[@davidwasiu9862]

Rocky had at least 10 title defences before the Clubber Lang fight. Plus he had a whole bunch of wins and losses before the Creed fight

[@rxtsec1]

Lol I'm a black guy from philly. My family moved to Denver when I was 10 & I've lived here for the last 30 years ever since

[@brianstewart23]

Rocky 3 is where the story ends for me. It's the perfect ending for the hero's journey. Rocky retires, two adversaries become friends, and he gets to live the rest of his life enjoying the hard one fruits of his labor.

[@drewan79]

the standing against the ropes is what ali did to Gorge Forman it a boxing style called rope a dope.

[@WinterSteele]

Great stuff. Can't wait until you get to the 4th installment-- I have heard some hilarious things about that one.

[@rickflett2264]

This was my favorite of the franchise. top of the world... brought back to reality by someone just as hungry and maybe more so.

[@MrXon]

Hulk Hogan scene was done because the "Real Life" Rocky, Chuck Wepner, had a similar match with Andre the Giant. Rocky is based on Chuck's fight with Muhammad Ali.

[@JohnAvengerJR1985]

i couldn't stop laughing at this review.Decker you crack me up.

[@1Adam20]

Side note to this movie. Terry Bollea (Hulk Hogan) actually was terminated from the the wwf from then owner Vince McMahon Sr. as he cited that, "he didn't want his wrestlers to be movie stars." Of course, this didn't last as Vince jr (current owner) re-hired Hogan.

[@BionicleGio22210]

I PITY THE FOOL!!!!!

[@Kurtsg10]

In fairness to Paulie's "racism" in this one, he might just not like Apollo Creed and friends initially- while having no problem with black coworkers.

[@thomaskphillips2582]

MR T as Clubber Lang in 1982 Rocky 3 film was the Mike Tyson before Mike Tyson came on the scene in a big way in 1986!

[@utoresa5193]

"What's tha mattah with you?!"

[@SDJ992-q9t]

Rocky III is my favorite! What's funny is we never hear about his right eye problems and he's a better reader now since he does commercials.

[@ctrouble2309]

Loving this review series! I haven't watched these films in years, and never with a critical eye. Keep up the great work

[@KJjonjon]

Love your videos man

[@matth1831]

Not sure why you chose to omit the fact that the importance of the "charity fight" was to show Mick showing early heart problems. And then chose to pretend that his heart problem wasn't a thing when Lang shoved him against the stairs. And THEN chose to omit the part where during Rocky's fight, they clearly show Mick having said heart attack and so by the time the fight is over, he's on his death bed. Probably why I didn't laugh when you tried to make fun of Rocky's crying scene. In the entirely out of context and edited to hell version you represented, sure that would seem funny. To those who have seen the movie and understand the emotional impact of that scene, it's not. It's actually a very well set up and executed emotional scene. It might not be Stallone's best acting scene (that goes to his mental break down in First Blood) but it's Stallone playing Rocky as someone who just lost a father figure and is SO overly upset by his passing that he's weeping openly and incoherently. I love your videos man, but sometimes you'll get and cover things like this in great detail...and other times you'll completely miss the point or choose to omit things for a comedic set up. Which personally rubs me the wrong way. Not trying to be a jerk, just giving you my honest opinion. As I said, I'm a big fan of your other videos and I think you'd want to hear the positives AND negatives from your viewers

[@Scoobydcs]

the wrestling fight was lifted from chuck wepner fighting andre the giant, wepner is 6 ft 6 and looked like a child next to andre lol

[@vaggelistzanos9812]

It's a little weird Stallone is in better shape then the previous two movies but in the movie Rocky is in worse.

[@johnmonroe1903]

So funny my baby boys and I watch r3 and 4 this afternoon before I went to work. Now were gonna watch Rocky 5 tomarrow.

[@QuixoticCowboy]

Would you consider doing a review of in the line of fire and/ or man on fire both great movies in my opinion and i would like to hear your take on them. Thx in advance.

[@Scoobydcs]

19:20 no it means tyson wasnt the 1st big bad monster to get in the ring, ever heard of sonny liston or george foreman (not the old fat 1, the young killer) both those guys were scarier than tyson and hit much harder too!

[@anguishedcarpet]

Sonny would have smoke tyson, im not so sure about foreman though. Peak iron mike would have been pretty on par with peak Foreman

[@MJfanforlife-777]

Is that the way you train for clubber ? He aint gonna kiss ya he gonna kill ya . love that line

[@matthewrosenkoetter6351]

They really shoulda called this movie rocky 3: eye of the tiger..... Because creed mentions it’ so many times and the song plays two-three Times.. haha

[@chooka83]

whats gonna be at stake in the next movie, western civilization hahahahahahahaha classic

[@EVO6-]

creed won the last fight

[@rxtsec1]

My second favorite Rocky after 3 & Mr T my favorite opponent of all the movies

[@tohomonstermarineskjon1476]

I like because of that kick ass song ITS THE EYE OF THE TIGER ITS THE CREAM OF THE FIGHT

[@RussellScottHD]

The time not being correct... did that take into account the difference in time due to slow-motion frames?

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

While not the best Rocky film, I personally like Lang as an opponent for Rocky. Shame he only ever appeared in one Rocky film. Would love to see him in the newer films, maybe he'll appear in a Creed Sequel.

[@jasonhylnd001]

+The Fan Without a Face You must be my twin, always felt the same way. Have always wanted to see a third match with Rocky because they are one for one but that was something that could have been done in the 80's like in Rocky 4 or 5. Now I just want to see what became of him.

[@randallbowman9140]

Not the best? It is definitely the best of all the Rocky movies. Not even close... The pacing through most of the first two was agonizingly slow. The payoffs were great but the in-between stuff was mostly yawn-inducing filler.

[@utoresa5193]

Well Drago is the one to return but Clubber is rumoured to appear as well

[@meatguyf1375]

To me, all the stuff early in the movie (the commercials, Rocky talk good, Hulk Hogan) etc... are all just there to show the audience that Rocky has turned into a soft cartoon character. That's he's lost his edge and he's not capable of putting up a fight against a legitimate threat like Lang. Yeah, those scenes don't set up anything specific down the road but they are meant to give an overall image of Rocky as a kid friendly cartoon character at this stage in his life.

[@darkvenom46]

I lost my arm to a tiger cause of that song God dang it!

[@bromodragone8405]

For real?

[@Corporal_Hicks]

Great Review. I love all of the Rocky movies! (I haven't seen Creed 2015 yet...)

[@Luffy456raftel]

then you aren't a fan

[@Corporal_Hicks]

That's your opinion... but not my opinion!

[@Luffy456raftel]

+Corporal_Hicks 1977 ok mate but watch creed its incredible.

[@davidsmith2842]

it was sad when mickey died of his heartattack

[@rileytheflamingwookiecooki5646]

20:53 Actually if you watch Creed you'll know the conclusion. XD

[@queenluci6664]

you find out who wins in creed

[@Jesse12489]

tape? what tape? you mean this tape? *Pulls out the movie where he from space* Btw I was a big Hulk Hogan fan as a kid. I watch his movies. guilty pleasure I suppose.

[@JOHNN01.82]

The whole point of rocky vs Hogan was MR T watching carefully and found out exactly how strong rocky was and how much rocky could lift

[@JoshHadley772]

Rocky V Mr Lordi

[@lucabrassy7051]

I never took that as Paulie being racist...I always looked at it as Paulie being Paulie and just complaining as always. News to me

[@samd2013]

I consider myself a rocky 1 and 2 fan, and I think number 3 is pretty good.

[@jasonhylnd001]

Nice review lvoe the voice you do BUT, what did you think of Mr. T's wonderful performance?

[@Lee78072]

Where is Creepy?

[@DeckerShado]

+Lee78072 I'd imagine he's on the beach with some popcorn, watching Stallone and Weathers frolic in the surf.

[@Lee78072]

Decker Shado Ha Ha.. Gosh i hope he will return some day.

[@michaelamerson8837]

+Lee78072 Creepy has his own channel. He recently uploaded a Scooby Doo review.

[@Lee78072]

Joe Martin really? How is the channel called?

[@michaelamerson8837]

Lee78072 Okay look up Scooby-Doo retrospective. You'll find his channel. Right now I can't really remember what it's called.

[@Crimson_Hawk_01]

All your videos are A Plus!!!!

[@tacosworld-oq5tv]

Hogan was wwf champ at this time

[@andrewblanchard2398]

wrong VINCE McMAHON Sr REFUSED to let him be in this movie so HULK HOGAN QUIT the WWWF WORLD WIDE WRESTLING FEDERATION after how popular HULK HOGAN became after this movie VINCE McMAHON Jr brought him back but paired him with CLASSY FREDDIE BLASSIE so he could build up to a FACE TURN to also set up to face either the WWWF / WWF CHAMPION IRON SHEIK or BOB BACKLUND VINCE McMAHON Jr had bought the company " BOUGHT " by leveraging future TELEVISION CONTRACTS and what they called back then APPEARANCE GUARANTEES with MADISON SQUARE GARDEN where the renamed WWF WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION would put on 52 shows a year and the promise that the WWF CHAMPIONS would appear everytime with at least 2 titles changing hands each time WWF INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP & WWF TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP were the mainstays of MADISON SQUARE GARDEN along with at least 1 time a month appearance of the WWF CHAMPION so they could sell more tickets and WPIX NYC CHANNEL 11 which was also known as the MADISON SQUARE GARDEN NETWORK they had : WWF wrestling MONSTER TRUCK shows ATV & DIRT BIKE shows & DIRT TRUCKS IVAN the IRON MAN STEWART was always featured

[@Restless_Hermit80]

Didn't Pauly become a trucker, hauling pigs to no particular destination?

[@andrewblanchard2537]

Smaksak Rubberduck to Pig Pen could you drop back another 5 miles we can still smell those hogs up here it smells real bad

[@Anyre.]

Please review TEETH!!! I'm not gonna stop until you do!!!

[@1krani]

BEST. ROCKY. *EVER.*

[@TheHplovecraftfan]

Great Review! Please consider doing one on Return of the Living Dead.

[@Raygathex]

Ive been hoping for a slew of AWNULD movies for a while now

[@russiandrago821]

I love this movie, it's got just the right amount of 80s cheese and great drama about family and fame. I luv it 😍 the final fight in 3 is my absolute favourite as well.

[@firesnake2475]

Maybe after rocky hexalogy or heptalogy if you count creed: you could review death race from 2008, because you all ready did the original. Its kind of my favourite action movie too.

[@arnoldmanuel3311]

You didn't watch Creed, did you Decker? Cause in Creed, Rocky said that Apolo won the 3rd match.

[@MrPjmooch]

Clubber Lang is based off of the fighting style of a young George Foreman. He didn't have the ability to go 15 rounds, but that usually didn't matter because no one would last more than 4 with him. That is, until Ali rope a doped him.

[@yoshijb9428]

I thought it was based off Mike Tyson while a titan in the ring. If you manage to outbox him. And keep him wasting gas. He'll eventually tire. Tyson really wasn't known for many rounds either he was known as being a monster fighter

[@Egonzal316]

​@@yoshijb9428Mike Tyson's 1st professional fight was in 1985

[@andrewwblanchard6037]

FUN FACT SYLVESTER STALLONE ROCKY BALBOA shakes his head a little because BURT YOUNG PAULIE actually hit him a little too hard .

[@ajk6907]

So...Rocky was unaware of Clubber Lang's existence? The number one ranked heavyweight contender....But Rocky had never heard of him??

[@andrewblanchard2398]

actually sometimes a CHAMPION isn't aware of a specific competitor until they actually meet to sign a contract to fight

[@reesepacker7983]

i think the second Rocky/Lang fight was loosely based on the Ali/Foreman fight ..in which Ali took TREMENDOUS punishment from Foreman for most of fight ..allowing Ali to knock out a completely gassed Foreman late in the fight ...also Foreman was (size wise) closer to Ivan Drago then little Mr. T lol

[@rockys201]

This is maybe my favourite of the series

[@TWKReviewsOLD]

At this point the series was starting to feel the sequelitis but at least still had a tiny bit of that gritty Rocky feel.

[@VenomousJoker9097]

Awesome review Decker! (^^)

[@seankraus5246]

Awesome

[@hunterdavis2266]

What the hell is rocky saying when Mickey dies I seriously cannot tell but I like deckers subtitles really funny

[@SchizoGenius]

Clubber Lang eating the shit out of his detractors? I'd pay to see that movie

[@williamhollingworth4747]

Ha! Still getting in KZbin copy right jabs in! Keep it up lol

[@sharonpereira4501]

Don't mess with Mr T.

[@kingexclusivo]

Thiis Decker guy is so fucking funny i swear

[@mcrayne1900]

Me t isnt based off mine tyson. Hes based off george foreman and the match is homage to the thrilla in manilla where ali tired out foreman by taking his punches for a couple rounds before starting to fight back and completely dominating the worn out foreman

[@Moishel_Mitnyk]

I used to work for Gawker... And yes it is a terrible company.

[@OttoVonGarfield]

+Moose That is a compliment to them.