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Cobra Kai is a 10/10 and better than it has any right to be (LTTP Karate Kid sequel show)
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My parents and my brother just discovered this on Netflix and were urging me to watch it. I was like I already watched on YouTube like 2 years ago.
"It's okay, sir, I got this."
Also, he is training with Kreese. Season 3 Stingray will be... interesting.
Visited my brother for this time in a long while. Growing up he was a huge Karate Kid fan, but he never got around to watching Cobra Kai (being on YT premium didn't help).
Convinced him today to watch it and we binged season 1 all day today lol. He absolutely loved it.
Convinced him today to watch it and we binged season 1 all day today lol. He absolutely loved it.
Damn that fight at the end of season 2 was wild.
Also is drink driving not a thing in America?? There's a few times I've been very surprised to see the characters driving after a party or bar.
Shame Hawk got beat though, that was lame. These kids learn karate too fast, even Dimitri who was shown to be super slow. Hopefully Hawk stops being a jobber under Kreese.
Also is drink driving not a thing in America?? There's a few times I've been very surprised to see the characters driving after a party or bar.
Karate Kid is by no means an example of great choreography but it's better than Cobra Kai
Binged the entire show last weekend and it was great. Really excited for season 3.
I always loved the original Karate Kid when I was younger, and I really appreciate how this show keeps that tone, but also manages to infuse so much heart and pathos to the characters. It ties that line of 80's cheese I grew up with, and characters that are still fairly believable as humans, despite how over the top some situations are.
Really impressed with the show, and I'm glad it found a home where more people can watch it. One of my dearest friends had been raving about it for years, but I never got around to watching it on YouTube.
I always loved the original Karate Kid when I was younger, and I really appreciate how this show keeps that tone, but also manages to infuse so much heart and pathos to the characters. It ties that line of 80's cheese I grew up with, and characters that are still fairly believable as humans, despite how over the top some situations are.
Really impressed with the show, and I'm glad it found a home where more people can watch it. One of my dearest friends had been raving about it for years, but I never got around to watching it on YouTube.
I really liked S1 back when it launched on YouTube; it was a refreshing, honest take on the themes of the movies. It subverted expectations and it did so without cheating, or rewriting the characters; just by slightly shifting perspective and allowing us to see some of their depth.
Just watched S2 and it was still enjoyable, but felt like it wanted to be too many things and pander to different audiences with conflicting directions. An ironical rereading of the original movies on one level, while also trying to appeal to a teen audience with a similar and even more over the top approach.
I also found it disappointing they had to come up with a couple clear antagonists and irredeemable bad guys when S1 was so good at putting everyone in the grey area.
Zabka is awesome though and Lawrence character is great.
Just watched S2 and it was still enjoyable, but felt like it wanted to be too many things and pander to different audiences with conflicting directions. An ironical rereading of the original movies on one level, while also trying to appeal to a teen audience with a similar and even more over the top approach.
I also found it disappointing they had to come up with a couple clear antagonists and irredeemable bad guys when S1 was so good at putting everyone in the grey area.
Zabka is awesome though and Lawrence character is great.
at least you know that there's a season 3 coming next year
imagine what us youtube red viewers felt seeing the finale as soon as it dropped
But he's a grown man hanging out with highschoolers.....it's super yikes
Yeah but it's kinda fitting here. It's just kids and some old guys who haven't been doing anything for 30 years :D Kreese can barely walk. Crappy moves fit them well and i wouldn't expect anyone to bust some perfect Donnie Yen choreography all of a sudden :D
I love how he didn't even try to break up the fight, his solution as de-facto security guard was to just start punching kids
Pretty sure he only ever helped his Cobra Kai buddies. I thought his purpose was just to be a plant and hang out with his friends.
I just realized Stingray was in my favorite Key and Peele skit
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I hope he just becomes a bigger jobber as it goes on. Kid's an asshole, deserves all the beatings he gets.
I think by the time it comes out it will have been almost 2 years since filming, and as far as I know they haven't filmed anything for season 4.
Some of those kids probably aren't going to be able to pass for highschool anymore.
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nah other than Sam this is actually a cast of them hiring teenagers, they're all still 21 and under with baby faces so it'll play for a while
Xolo looks super old with his beard but he's back to Miguel when he shaves it
What do you mean not a thing? It is bad. People drive after a couple/few drinks all the time.
Both never had good choreography and both have its share of cheese but I guess what I'm saying is Johnny and his gang portrayed bullying in a more threatening nature to me, Hawk on other hand just makes me laugh everytime I see him.
I just started watching it. I was worried that they would take a way too kid friendly, PC approach to everything to keep heavily family oriented. But they do a really good job of towing the line in a way that doesn't feel overbearing but still respectful.
I'm pleasantly surprised. It's decent character writing.
I'm pleasantly surprised. It's decent character writing.
Oh he is definitely weird!
I like how short episodes are.
Makes it easier to follow compared to normal series.
Season 1 was really good, but second one was forgettable.
The back and forth between Johnny and Daniel in S2 got tedious.
Also too much teen drama compared to S1.
Makes it easier to follow compared to normal series.
Season 1 was really good, but second one was forgettable.
The back and forth between Johnny and Daniel in S2 got tedious.
Also too much teen drama compared to S1.
Some shows really benefit from shorter runtimes, this and Ash vs Evil Dead being great examples.
The ~30 min format really grew on me. I think I might actually prefer this to hour-long episodes.
It works well for this show.
I wish they'd have more episodes per season, the time jumps between episodes got annoying.
Could have filled in the gaps more.
Oh yeah I definitely agree with that and its one of my criticisms of Cobra Kai. The fighting has much more consequences in Karate Kid than it does in Cobra Kai.
I didn't want John Wick fights just fights that were more brutal.
Also I hate Robbie. I hate Robbie so so much. If he had
won the tournament
Okay, I finally caught on to this show, and was super impressed. Made it to about the start of season 2 and now I'm hooked.
It's been forever since I saw the original Karate Kid 1 and 2, so it kinda sucks Netflix removed them right when they added Cobra Kai and I missed them.
It's been forever since I saw the original Karate Kid 1 and 2, so it kinda sucks Netflix removed them right when they added Cobra Kai and I missed them.
I really, really like Amanda.
"Come on, guys!
[To Sam] So your boyfriend turned out to be a jerk.
[To Daniel] And your boyfriend turned out to be the son of your mortal enemy..."
[To Sam] So your boyfriend turned out to be a jerk.
[To Daniel] And your boyfriend turned out to be the son of your mortal enemy..."
