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Cobra Kai S3 [OT] The feel good story of 2021
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After months of telling my wife that she would love cobra Kai she finally started it yesterday morning.
She finished season 3 about 10 minutes ago. I knew it!
And now the long wait for season 4
She finished season 3 about 10 minutes ago. I knew it!
And now the long wait for season 4
She's so good despite having fuck-all to work with. She exists solely to ask Daniel to stop being an idiot about his high school grudge, and every snide joke lands perfectly.
She might be my fave mom/wife/ whatever the archetype is in a while
Yep yep. SOOO refreshing to have a supporting spouse character that isn't written to be a killjoy or tertiary obstacle to a main character.
I agree he played it so so well. I think his entire character arc is excellent.
This isn't a complaint, but I feel like she exists outside the realm of this show, and is the only character who realizes how ridiculous the entire thing is. It's like she was plucked from a different universe.
Holy fucking shit! I'm just halfway through the final episode and I had to come here and say hooooly fucking shit! Now back to the rest.
Done. Holy shit they even outdid the last episode of season 2. One of the best series finale I've ever seen.
I think the fight at the end of season 2 was done better but this was still cool. There was a better flow to the season 2 one.
Hawk is awesome and one of the best characters in the show but I agree with some previous comments that his turn seemed a little rushed. After his Fight Club beatdown in the dojo of that other kid he was almost beyond the point of redemption.
Also after the ending I'm not sure how Carmen isn't yelling at Jonny and telling him to get lost again after the state Miguel ended up, and how is the Tournament not immediately re-cancelled.
Also after the ending I'm not sure how Carmen isn't yelling at Jonny and telling him to get lost again after the state Miguel ended up, and how is the Tournament not immediately re-cancelled.
Yeah as far as fights go the S2 finale greatly trumps this one. Also has probably the best piece of original score yet in "Hallway Hellscape".
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Hallway Hellscape
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard EnterprisesHallway Hellscape · Leo Birenberg & Zach RobinsonCobra Kai: Season 2 (Soundtrack from the Original Series)℗ 201...
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Yeah as far as fights go the S2 finale greatly trumps this one. Also has probably the best piece of original score yet in "Hallway Hellscape".
Hallway Hellscape
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard EnterprisesHallway Hellscape · Leo Birenberg & Zach RobinsonCobra Kai: Season 2 (Soundtrack from the Original Series)℗ 201...
It's very Matrix sounding.
Finally watched this show over the weekend. It's really dumb.....but it's the kind of dumb I like. Can't wait for next season.
In a weird way she's like the Anti-Skyler White. She plays the exact same archetype but at no point in the show does it ever treat her like she's an obstacle for Daniel.
I though s2 was much better. I mean, I know it's just a dumb show, but Daniel's Japan trip is a bit too much.
Also, maybe mi mind it's playing tricks, but S2 fights were better, obviously the high school fight was amazing an much better than the Larusso's home fight, but some like this kids are actually worse at fighting now, as that makes no sense, I guess the direction was worse for S3.
Also, maybe mi mind it's playing tricks, but S2 fights were better, obviously the high school fight was amazing an much better than the Larusso's home fight, but some like this kids are actually worse at fighting now, as that makes no sense, I guess the direction was worse for S3.
Before this season we got to see the karate kid do karate (in a fight) like... twice. I can think of at least 3 fight scenes with Daniel involved in this season alone. So that part at least is better for me.
It's definitely the weakest of the trilogy since Daniel was so whiny in that one.
I did like Terry Silver though...the over the top evil guy in this grounded world was entertaining.
To be fair, in S2 Miguel was in critical condition, while
in S3 he got roughed up but was by no means in nearly as much danger as the school fight. Plus he was in an actual state to explain what happened and how Johnny wasn't involved at all.
The villains in KK3 are cartoonish, for lack of a better term. No real room for nuance at all, they're basically mustache-twirling bad guys with some racism thrown in. The movie also kinda suffered from following KK2, which involved an actual fight to the death, and instead had just another tournament where Daniel didn't even have to compete. There's some nice scenes in the movie, but I wouldn't say those overpower the rest of the film's faults.
So if the KK3 villain is ridiculous, are you all concerned about the writers bringing him back, or do you think they can make the character interesting?
I think it's definitely possible, since they made Kreese more silly in KK3, and now look at him. Terry Silver getting a bit of an origin story during S3 alongside Kreese definitely helps as well.
This is still hilarious to me
The show itself is ridiculous, so it's not a problem tbh, also they've done a good job of giving all the OG characters from the trilogy more depth
I watched KK3 recently and it really gave me Cobra Kai vibes. Terry Silver would fit right in and Ralph is playing Daniel exactly how he does nowadays and less like he played him in the first movie.
While true, story structure wise next season should indeed be the last one. Season 3 was the first half of act 3 (the "slump") and was all about the heroes picking themselves back up after their lowest point (the end of the Season 2/act 2 of the story). Next season would be the heroes taking one final shot at, and finally being victorious against, the villains.
Season 5, the quest to learn Julie's (Hillary Swank's) jump kick.
The show runners disagree with you, they've already said they have a lot more story left to tell. S4 won't be the last.
I would like a hypothetical Season 5 to deal with the aftermath of Cobra Kai's downfall, and how they're going to deal with the now aimless kids.
I can see season 4 ending with them defeating Kreese together, but ultimately breaking up their alliance, but in the spirit of competition. The show ultimately still has to culminate in Johnny vs Daniel. I can easily see season 5 being the final (clean) showdown between Miyagi Do and a reclaimed Cobra Kai, with a Johnny vs Daniel exhibition match at the end. Throw in a Hilary Swank curveball with her curiously showing up with her own students, and maaaybe you could stretch it to a 6th season.
I watched Karate Kid 3 and The Next Karate Kid a few months ago and found them to be a lot better than what the internet is always saying. Sure, they are not exactly great movies — and certainly not on the same level as Karate Kid 1 — but I did found them to be highly enjoyable.
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She was the one who committed assault and got a restraining order against her.
She suffers real world consequences while cartoon levels of violence are perpetrated freely all around her.
As usual, it will be the show itself that proves if the showrunners are right on this.
In this case, it is however easy for Kreese to spin in his favor.
Am not objecting to it, just posing as further evidence she comes from a different parallel universe.
This show is getting dumber by the season, I'm still chugging along with season 3 but not sure I can muster excitement thaat much longer. The way motivations shift abruptly within episodes, the tiring wishy-washy Johnny / Daniel relationship... I hope the season climax is a good one at least.
I mean I'm biased, but I'm fine with shows just going on as long as everyone wants. It's a tough industry to keep a cast/crew employed long term.
Mmm, I will fall on the line of how much Robbie they have in season 5 versus how much Hawk. The latter I'll watch 8-9 seasons.
Krease is becoming my favorite. The guy initially ruined the show for me, I liked the goofy competition between Johnny and Daniel. Then Krease comes and makes the kids cruel, assholes, killing machines.
But now all I see is the genius acting. He is in a league of his own. He acts like he truly believes he is still in a war, the kids are actually soldiers in his twisted mind. The way he tells to his students "Finish him" every time, damn!
People here need to realize Robbie isn't for them. He's for the teenage girl audience (along with Peyton List). He's like the archetype for them. People say he's a bad actor? No no no he's acting the broody expressionless damaged pretty boy perfectly. Most of his arc was boring this season, but his brief finale fight was fun.
If you think that's good acting, go check out Martin Kove's Instagram where he truly believes he is Kreese, it's quite funny
I don't see them going back to "spirit of competition". Season 4 end will find them broken in the most negative way. And I expect Diaz to end up Miyagi Do and Robby being trained by his father
I don't get why they haven't take his son to play him younger instead of the other guy, it looks so much like his father, more buff but still.
fantastic season, even better than the weak S2, Cobra Kai is what SW should have done, perfect merge of old and new cast with something to bring to the table, amazing show.
fantastic season, even better than the weak S2, Cobra Kai is what SW should have done, perfect merge of old and new cast with something to bring to the table, amazing show.
Using social media as a metric, Xolo is luckily more popular than Tanner.
(It is however very very clear how popular Peyton List was before Cobra Kai, she has 17 million followers, 14 times as much as Mary who is before Xolo and Tanner)