Cobra Kai is on Netflix. Kind of lame so far but the first fight scene was ok. I wonder if it is going to be a good show.
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# ? Sep 6, 2020 18:21 |
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# ? Apr 28, 2024 22:23 |
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this thread and its contents made me curious, so i went and checked and i was really surprised to see that Livejournal is actually still in existence. apparently it sits under russian law now, which is weird
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# ? Sep 6, 2020 18:25 |
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Season one was way better than I expected, if I hadn’t heard some rave reviews I never would have watched. The out of touch 80s bad guy is a great character. Season two seems like it was produced for Nickelodeon.
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# ? Sep 6, 2020 18:26 |
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Watched the original again last night and now into the first season, I'm really enjoying it. The original movie is so good watching it now I realize how much his mom owns and wants him to he happy.
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# ? Sep 6, 2020 18:30 |
The original movie is awesome. It's cool Ralph Macchio and William Zabka are in the TV series, but i'm thinking this show missed an opportunity. It seems a little Disney to me.
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# ? Sep 6, 2020 18:41 |
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Snowy posted:Season two seems like it was produced for Nickelodeon. IMO, season 2 might be worse, but "Martin Kove is still alive, acting, and in this show" is such a big twist that it makes the season all on its own.
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# ? Sep 6, 2020 20:06 |
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The Karate Kid is about Kesuke Miyagi, an immigrant who fought against his own people in World War II, while his WIFE lost a CHILD in AN INTERNMENT CAMP. Noriyuki Morita was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance. Ralph Macchio? Showed up.
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# ? Sep 6, 2020 20:15 |
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Blurry Gray Thing posted:IMO, season 2 might be worse, but "Martin Kove is still alive, acting, and in this show" is such a big twist that it makes the season all on its own. Yeah it’s cool he’s around but his scenes aren’t as interesting as the Daniel/Johnny stuff. But so far the whole show is about misunderstandings and that’s getting old. “I thought you hated me” “I thought you were rich” “I thought you were the one who ruined my car/dojo/whatever”
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# ? Sep 6, 2020 20:18 |
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The sad part is when I’m surprised all these people are still alive, then I realize they’re not that much older than me.
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# ? Sep 6, 2020 20:20 |
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It's kind of a self aware soap opera with some karate. I think it is a good enjoyable show.
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# ? Sep 6, 2020 20:59 |
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Season 1 is enjoyable enough but Season 2 goes full Riverdale with stupid contrived soap opera bullshit and stumbling upon misunderstandings and it's just dire
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# ? Sep 6, 2020 21:17 |
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It really does feel like a show for kids which is weird because it's based on nostalgia for a kids movie from 30 years ago and they drop F bombs all over the place. very confused vibes on who the audience is supposed to be. it's entertaining tho.
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# ? Sep 6, 2020 21:20 |
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veni veni veni posted:It really does feel like a show for kids which is weird because it's based on nostalgia for a kids movie from 30 years ago and they drop F bombs all over the place. very confused vibes on who the audience is supposed to be. Teenagers and their parents would be the target audience I assume
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# ? Sep 6, 2020 21:54 |
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Karate High Rules!
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# ? Sep 6, 2020 22:18 |
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Truly this is a new golden age for karate based media
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# ? Sep 6, 2020 22:19 |
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S1 was legitimately good; way better than I expected given the premise. I haven’t caught s2 yet though.
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# ? Sep 6, 2020 22:24 |
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Pawn 17 posted:S1 was legitimately good; way better than I expected given the premise. I haven’t caught s2 yet though. Season 2 really leans into how silly the melodrama of high school where everyone knows karate aspect of the show is. If you're a bad person you might not like it but all good people will.
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# ? Sep 6, 2020 22:36 |
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I wonder if Hilary Swank (The Next Karate Kid) was approached to do Cobra Kai, but passed on it to do Away instead. And now Away is #2 on Netflix, and Cobra Kai is #1. That's gotta be frustrating. I hope they bring her in for one of the later seasons. I am curious if Julie did more with her Karate in the last 30 years (or 20 years for her, I guess) than just a car dealership ad gimmick. Blurry Gray Thing fucked around with this message at 22:58 on Sep 6, 2020 |
# ? Sep 6, 2020 22:53 |
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Cubone posted:The Karate Kid is about Kesuke Miyagi, an immigrant who fought against his own people in World War II, while his WIFE lost a CHILD in AN INTERNMENT CAMP. Noriyuki Morita was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance. Ralph Macchio? Showed up. Yeah I recently rewatched this and obviously this gets glossed over as a little kid but holy poo poo I cannot suspend disbelief enough that a Japanese immigrant is allowed to be in the US military during WWII. Though he doesn’t fight the Japanese, he fights the Germans. He says so when really drunk talking about when his wife died. Very bumbling but he says “Ready to fight the Germans, sir!” Also when I was a kid I always thought he was in the Japanese army and his wife died from the a-bomb.
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# ? Sep 6, 2020 22:54 |
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Is this the new Bob’s Burger thread? I have not seen either (neither?).
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# ? Sep 6, 2020 23:02 |
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iSimian posted:Is this the new Bob’s Burger thread? I have not seen either (neither?). If preceded by not then either but you could say "I have seen neither" as neither is a contraction of not either.
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# ? Sep 6, 2020 23:04 |
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The drop in quality between Karate Kid 2 and Karate Kid 3 is even worse than the drop between Aliens and Alien 3, but not as bad as RoboCop2 and Robocop3.
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# ? Sep 6, 2020 23:31 |
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Leg has been swept. Guy that dies in season 2 dies IRL...
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# ? Sep 6, 2020 23:36 |
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Daniel straight up neglects his son because the kid's a goon. He only likes his daughter because she's into karate. Then he basically (S2 spoiler) adopts Johnny's son because he's cool and likes karate. He's an awful father and nobody calls him on it which bothers me more than the idiot plot.
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# ? Sep 6, 2020 23:41 |
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dialhforhero posted:Yeah I recently rewatched this and obviously this gets glossed over as a little kid but holy poo poo I cannot suspend disbelief enough that a Japanese immigrant is allowed to be in the US military during WWII. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese-American_service_in_World_War_II http://encyclopedia.densho.org/Japanese_Americans_in_military_during_World_War_II/
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# ? Sep 6, 2020 23:44 |
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Tbh that's a normal reaction to a goon
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# ? Sep 6, 2020 23:45 |
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DickParasite posted:He's an awful father and nobody calls him on it I haven’t finished season 2 but I love that Daniel is frequently a dickhead if not the villain. They made the Johnny and Daniel characters a lot more interesting than I would have expected.
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# ? Sep 7, 2020 00:03 |
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William Zabka has a sense of humor about being every bad guy in the 80s. He even directed a video for No More Kings called "Sweep The Leg" largely based on the Karate Kid legacy with some 'Back to School' mixed in. You can find out more at your local library or by clicking the youtube video link below. In conclusion: William Zabka, land of many contrasts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olQ3vaiv47I
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# ? Sep 7, 2020 00:17 |
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Snowy posted:I haven’t finished season 2 but I love that Daniel is frequently a dickhead if not the villain. They made the Johnny and Daniel characters a lot more interesting than I would have expected. Johnny and Daniel both being stuck in the 80s in different ways definitely elevates the show. A few of the kids have good arcs too. But still half the show's plots would be resolved if characters just talked to each other.
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# ? Sep 7, 2020 00:27 |
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DickParasite posted:But still half the show's plots would be resolved if characters just talked to each other. And it’s frustrating that this happens just about every every episode
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# ? Sep 7, 2020 00:33 |
So far it is pure nostalgia that is holding me to watching this show. But it is interesting how, unlike in Karate Kid, I find myself rooting for Zabka.
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# ? Sep 7, 2020 00:52 |
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DickParasite posted:Daniel straight up neglects his son because the kid's a goon. He only likes his daughter because she's into karate. Then he basically (S2 spoiler) adopts Johnny's son because he's cool and likes karate. To be fair he tries to get his fat little goony son to engage with poo poo all the time but the kid just wants to crush some sweet video games.
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# ? Sep 7, 2020 01:01 |
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veni veni veni posted:To be fair he tries to get his fat little goony In season 1 that's true. In season 2 they ship the kid to computer camp (or something equally dorky) for the entire run. We see him for two seconds in the first episode and two seconds in the last episode. Neither Daniel or the kid's mother even mentions their only son for the entire summer vacation period that season 2 takes place over. During this time Mrs. LaRusso frequently chastises Daniel for putting too much pressure on his daughter, and for neglecting the car dealership for his little karate bootcamp hobby. Snowy posted:And its frustrating that this happens just about every every episode every. single. episode. DickParasite fucked around with this message at 01:21 on Sep 7, 2020 |
# ? Sep 7, 2020 01:13 |
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I've honestly been thinking about cancelling by netflix subscription lately. It's always sunny has gone downhill and that - along with deep space nine - was one of the few reasons I still have it. Maybe I'll give this a go.
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# ? Sep 7, 2020 01:13 |
Valko posted:I've honestly been thinking about cancelling by netflix subscription lately. It's always sunny has gone downhill and that - along with deep space nine - was one of the few reasons I still have it. Maybe I'll give this a go. drat, Miggy just beat the poo poo out of some high school kids with a lunch tray while 80s metal played in the background.
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# ? Sep 7, 2020 01:24 |
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I've watched the trailer and now I'm interested but something was bugging me. Middle aged Ralph Macchio reminded me of someone and I couldn't figure out who - then it clicked. Another thing I can't wrap my head around, Ralph is FIFTY EIGHT years old! He looked about 15 in karate kid but he was 22. That lowtax picture up there is from 2003.
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# ? Sep 7, 2020 01:30 |
Cobra Kai is a real only trust your fists kind of dojo. Class, are you ready to learn the way of the fist? Yes, sensei.
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# ? Sep 7, 2020 02:11 |
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Danny was a little rear end in a top hat
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# ? Sep 7, 2020 02:32 |
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Just finished the second season. The first is better by far but Johnny’s dream sequence made it all worthwhile.
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# ? Sep 7, 2020 05:08 |
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I love the hawk screech that plays every time Hawk whoops someones rear end.
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# ? Sep 7, 2020 05:25 |