This movie...

...was a complete piece of crap. The original was not an amazing film by any stretch, but it was fun, had a logical (for a sword and sorcery film) plot, had realistic looking villages and settings, and decent acting.

This sequel was just garbage. Why in the world did they come to Earth? Why didn't they simply just stay where they were and have an adventure that was comparable to the original?

By the time that this film came out the original Beastmaster (next to Gone with the Wind) was the second most aired film in Cable TV history, and was considered a sword and sorcery classic. As a matter of fact it was not just a sword and sorcery classic in the sense that only a small group of people enjoyed it- the entire world during the 1980s and 1990s knew of the original movie and most enjoyed it.

HBO aired the original so much that HBO was renamed "Hey Beastmaster's On". Then when Ted Turner bought the rights to air it on TBS, TBS was renamed "The Beastmaster Station". The movie was a part of pop culture.

So, I ask, why did they end up going the route that they did? It was completely nonsensical.