Well we already know that

Yes, us superfans know but what about all these dweebs that might creep this thread?

They wouldn't even know who Ali was

that final battle was so savage. Still feel bad for Robbie

They wouldn't even get the TMNT Secret of the Ooze reference to Karate Kid.

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My in laws got me the DVD set of seasons 1 and 2 of Cobra Kai for XMas. It even came with a Karate KId headband that is reversable to the Cobra Kai logo.

Now I watched both seasons when they aired on Youtube. ANd the show is great.

It is odd while I grew up in the 80s,turned 6 in 1980,I was never a huge Karate Kid fan. I think part of it was we didn't get cable until 1990,and if I wanted to rent a movie I had already seen my parents would make me pay for the rental.

SO unlike most people my age I didn't see Karate Kid 100 times when TBS or whatever was airing it all the time. Hell I think I have seen the first film maybe 3 times and the second and third ones only once.

Shoot Fighter is great. Grabbed it on VHS a few years ago. Worth tracking down if you like DTV action flicks.

"At Netflix we believe Black Lives Matter.... except for Aisha in Cobra Kai, she was just axed"

Did she seriously get fired?

She made it sound like the upcoming season had no place for her character.

Cobra Kai is only for the strong of spirit

She was kinda useless as a character anyways. Once she got her comeuppance it was over for her. There was nowhere else for her character to go from there.

I read season 3 is supposed to move to Japan.

I feel like Robbie should be serving a stint in Juvi for attempted murder.

Though, I suppose he could claim a brief bout of Psychosis.

That school would be world famous after a karate battle like that went down.

God it was glorious.

the bulk of the children involved in the fight, at the very least, would have to be expelled. I also imagine , IRL, that Danny, Johnny, and Kreese would be criminally responsible.

Woulda potentially been more "hardcore" had they all broke out into an unsanctioned dance-off.

Ugh, no.

Karate or gtfo

What about if they competed in a no-holds-barred talent show?

But they had to perform their acts on a 50 foot high scaffold that was hovering over a bed of barbed wire.

I hope Robbie kicks YOU!

I'm like three-times his size. I'd rassle him to the ground.

I'd wrestle Sam to a time limit draw

easy tiger. She's like 16.

She's 24 irl

But Samantha is 16, you sick fuck.

now if you wanted to roleplay kill her, I'd understand.

I'm in the UK.

16 isn't just legal it is encouraged.

Moon > Sam

Just watched the 1st season, and It was great. Billy Zabka fuckin nailed it. He had to be a loser, cool, a dick, and also kind of nice guy all the same time.

Danielsan and Johnny Lawrence are great(like I said above), but all the kids are also really good. I think they got lucky that the kids were able to perform so well. I’m pumped for season 2.

Quick breakdown of the Kid movies since I rewatched them recently.

The Karate Kid- 10/10. Perfect movie and I came to the realization that Myagi> Yoda. Mr. Myagi all time great movie character.


The Karate Kid II- 6/10. It’s better than people remember. It still has it flaws, but the last 10 minutes are the a 10/10. The final fight is an underrated movie fight scene.

Karate Kid III- 0/10, and I never want to watch it again. I hope Terry Silver is in Cobra Kai and either Danielsan or Johnny Lawrence kick his ass in 10 seconds and his arc is finished. He’s the biggest loser villian ever. I wouldn’t mind seeing Mike Stephen’s again, but he was a tad bit too crazy. Again Terry Silver huge loser who sucks.

The dude from Karate kid III was Mike Barnes. That’s my bad

Karate Kid 3 is a fucking crazy film.
It is legitimately as mental as anything I have ever seen before that wasn't trying to be mental.

Terry Silver is chewing up scenery like Faye Dunaway in Mommy Dearest, he's the most cartoonishly Nic Cage villain of all time.

It was gloriously bad.
It really swung for the fences.

Season 1 is better than 2.

I can’t wait for season 3.

IMO season 2 is great, especially the last episode where Robbie gives Miguel a traumatic spinal injury.

Season 1 definitely has the "this is a whole new take on the Karate Kid Franchise" momentum. But season 2 holds strong.

Miguel’s Dad is going to either be Chozen or Mike Barnes right? It can’t be some new character. I feel like everything has to go back to the original movies.

The show started on Youtube. I'm sure whatever small amount of money the production company had to pay the actors, 90% of it went to Macchio (Daniel), Zabka (Johnny), and Kove (Kreese). Hard to find quality actors when they're likely being paid peanuts. The show's success and popularity likely has exceeded their expectations, but now they're stuck with the cast of mediocre actors.

Anecdotally people Gen X types like it like crazy. But maybe they are casting a wider net? IDK, there was so much cringe in season 2 but I held on. lol.

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So his famous line in Karate Kid was "get him a body bag! Yeah!"

His last scene in Cobra Kai: him being zipped up into a body bag.:rofl::lol:

I knew I shouldn't have viewed those posts

I really like season 2, but I think I would rather rewatch season 1.

The last episode’s fight was great and done really well, but I felt like it was too much. I don’t know how to explain it. I have to think about this more.

Besides feeling bad for Miguel I do bad for Robbie. He had a really bad day and a half there leading up to that final kick.

Yeah season 2 got cringey at times with the high school storylines Esp the Mohawk columbine looking psycho kid.
But the Johnny and Danny scenes make it all worth it imo. The restaurant episode was awesome.

LOL Johnny's kid is so ficking bad i started to enjoy it bc his mere appearance makes me laugh

That was the point.

Larusso would have never agreed to go full blown heel as this would be perceived as being too dispresectful to Mr.Miyagi/Pat. Ralph Maccio's desire for the Cobra Kai series was to have Mr. Miyagi's influence to be strongly present.

I don't hate Sam, but her and Rob Keane are arguably my two least favourite characters for whatever reason. I'm not if it's genuine dislike of these two, or if it's the fact that I'm a huge mark for both Miguel and Kreese.

I binge watched all 10 episodes for both seasons, and have also watched both seasons three times.

Kreese would probably be considered a legit bad guy, but you might even be right here. The series does a good job of illustrating how Kreese experienced some tough shit down in Vietnam and became conditioned into thinking that one needs to win at all costs and that showing mercy is to one's own peril.

I have a feeling that Dmitry and Moon will become a couple in Season Three which will add further tension between Dmitry and Hawk.

The Cobra Kai series does an excellent job of explaining and accounting for Hawk's current chosen behaviour.

Not sure if I agree with this. I thought Peyton played the role fairly well. In the last episode where she says, "I'm coming for you bitch," came across as extremely believable for me. I don't have any issues with List's acting at all.

Predictions for Season III:

1) Terry Silver won't be aligned with Kreese. I think the storyline will reveal at some point that Kreese badly screwed over Terry Silver at some point during their lives and that Terry is now a junkie-drug addict. Johnny will do some background history checks on Kreese and this is how he will learn the name of Terry Silver. Johnny will track down Terry, and Terry will give Johnny some advice about Kreese.

2) Miguel heel turn. Miguel will be a full blown heel in Season 3. After showing mercy to Rob Keane and paying the price for it, Miguel will fully embrace Kreese's philosophies.

3) Chozen will give Daniel some advice in Japan. Chozen will have grown up and matured.

4) Ali Mills will return to the show, and it will be revealed that the reason why she left Daniel in the first place was because he was too obsessed with Karate and Mr. Miyagi.

5) Dmitiri and Moon become an item which adds more fuel and tension between Dmitri and Hawk.

6) Beebop and Rocksteady continue their rivalry, as do those two small kids.

sucks Aisha won't return

I like your Hilary Swank idea. Wouldn't be too farfetched to assume that she's associated with Daniel's family somehow due to the common mutual friend in Miyagi.

I also loved Karate Kid II and III, although an argument can be made that the movies should have happened in reverse orders (i.e. Going to Japan after the Silver/Kreese/Barnes shit).

My only other annoyance with Karate Kid II and III is how Daniel was able to defeat Chozen, yet struggled mightily with Mike Barnes. In theory, Chozen would have been able to beat the living fuck out of Barnes given that Chozen was training military soldiers in Japan.

Pretty much this. Peyton List is pretty much Sam's main rival, while Moon has taken over as Sam's best friend (and in my prediction, Dmitri's future boyfriend).

It sucks but it makes sense. There was no storyline available for her. It's also why Kyler and Yasmine received the dick after Season 1.

Can't embed but new trailer just dropped and my God I want it now.

https://youtu.be/YjAJhmqKPEU

Damn. Poor Robbie.

At least he got a haircut

Trailer is so silly..

I need this now.

Nothing silly about it.

In fact it is the least silly thing ever made.

Cobra Kai is v serious business.

I just don't know what to think about Russo and Chozen being friendly.

Me and a colleague got matching Cobra Kai shirts.
It's the dojo symbol.

Basically me and the old bald guy at work spent the whole day walking together and found out we both love TKK & CK so now we are essentially bff's...
Cobra Kai has changed the game in so many ways.
I am grateful to Cobra Kai.

So jealous, Seanny

I'm not going to say you're wrong to be jealous, because frankly it was a great day.

Seriously, Cobra Kai is the shit. Fucking love it and Billy Zabka is my hero.

Robert Mark Kamen is my hero.

He is living the dream.

Cobra Kai is nothing without Zabka's outtanowhere soulful performance.

Ralph is really good too--good to see he's getting more consistent work again because he's always had talent. But the Zabman is what drew me in.

Just out for a nightly stroll around my Kingdom.

Carry on

lol

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We get it earlier! Thanks, Johnny!

My weekend is gonna be this and the last season of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.

Could never get into Sabrina. Fun to see Sally Draper get a chance to flex her chops though.

buzzsawing through the season already. A blast--as expected.

Going to see if the pirate site has it up

Martin Kove is fucking great

First episode is very funny, probably trying to balance out how fucked up the reality of that fight would be with a few extra laughs.

You're not a doctor...

It looks like Martin Kove's shoulders disappeared or his arms grow straight out of his ribcage...looks weird.

That prison visit scene is an all time classic.
I laughed hard at that, then had the giggles at the notion of it afterwards.

Just started. Let's fucking go baybay!

On episode 4 so far so good.

just binged half of season 3. oh my

I was a zombie after a long new years eve, so I just put back the entire season. Very satisfying.

I like what they're doing with Kreese--he's almost likeable yet still a complete villain in every way.

damn..sliced through the second half as well. so good

Young Kreese was spot on

Episodes 5&6 are dynamite TV

Last episode shaping up to be even better than the last season's finale.
So many fights in a row, it's like the end of a videogame.

The Miguel/Johnny relationship is the lifeblood of the show. Those two have awesome chemistry.

Damn, I just found an article that came up with the same red herring theory.

https://screencrush.com/cobra-kai-season-4-villain/

Good stuff

haha yaaa

Tory is such an insufferable bitch. Gr8 character

I'd still bone the shit out of Tamlyn Tomita and Elisabeth Shue

True true... I'm still making mental notes. As an OG YouTube Red/Premium member, I waited soooo long for S3 to come compared to the watchers that came around when it swapped to Netflix.