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Propaganda Machine posted:I had to skip through the end of the scene in the cliff. There were a few painfully bad and awkward scenes in there. that scene in particular is so baffling, they're literally hanging on to the edge and could JUST CLIMB UP and now i'm seeing that the guy who wrote all three movies also co-wrote The Fifth Element, The Transporter, and Taken, wrote Taps for crying out loud, and got paid $135,000 for his first screenplay which was never even made into a film
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Jerk McJerkface posted:The best part is "oh there's a new rule that last year's champion doesn't have to fight in the tournament, he can just skip to the finals." See that doesn't seem totally unrealistic to me. Are there not some tournaments of whatever kind/sport that actually work like that?
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Hipster_Doofus posted:See that doesn't seem totally unrealistic to me. Are there not some tournaments of whatever kind/sport that actually work like that? I've never seen a single sports event where that is the case. Especially in one where the contender would have been punched and kicked all day, and then has to fight a fresh opponent.
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At that point it's just a title belt that you have to win a tournament to have a shot at first.
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spandexcajun posted:Daniel rides a torpedo launched from a submarine headed toward a battleship, jumps off the torpedo onto a airplane, jumps from the airplane into a car (that jumped) and gets in the car and lands. Didn't the creators of Cobra Kai say they considered everything Karate Kid to be canon? Everything?! 
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Jerk McJerkface posted:Especially in one where the contender would have been punched and kicked all day, and then has to fight a fresh opponent. Aha, right. Hadn't thought of it that way. Yeah that'd be absurd... not be a fair test of the current champion's abilities at all. Hipster_Doofus fucked around with this message at 01:08 on May 22, 2018 |
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wa27 posted:At that point it's just a title belt that you have to win a tournament to have a shot at first. yeah it's Pro Wrestling rules which are obviously not terribly relevant to "real" tournaments
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Just finished the first season and I cannot believe how entertaining that was. Right from the beginning I thought this would be some cheap knockoff rebranding, and that all odds of this being good, let alone entertaining, were very bad. I couldn't have been more wrong. It was such a popcorn fun show every week, and the energy never went down. Feels like there's still a lot of space to breathe for season 2 also. Surprisingly funny, and surprisingly good watch for sure.
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wa27 posted:At that point it's just a title belt that you have to win a tournament to have a shot at first. I wanted to reflexively kick you in the face when I saw your word choice.
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Hipster_Doofus posted:See that doesn't seem totally unrealistic to me. Are there not some tournaments of whatever kind/sport that actually work like that? No, at most tournaments seed previous champions and wild-cards to avoid the best contenders squaring off in the first rounds.
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MiddleOne posted:No, at most tournaments seed previous champions and wild-cards to avoid the best contenders squaring off in the first rounds. That's not always true. In MMA, Bellator doesn't really do that. Pride did but they usually just planned on a big second round. In MMA it's too risky to try and hope for a big finals because random injuries happen and getting an upset over a big star almost never results in that person becoming a big star themselves so you just end up hurting your real draw.
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I miss Pride. 10 minute first round was a stroke if genius. Not to mention the freak show matches.
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The move that Daniel Son wins with in KK3 is such a wet fart.
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Based on the huge success of this show I am really interested to see what the first copycat will be. Teen Witch? Sixteen Candles? Footloose? Fast Times at Ridgemont High?
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Rhyno posted:Based on the huge success of this show I am really interested to see what the first copycat will be. I wish it could be Sidekicks. 
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waah posted:I wish it could be Sidekicks. Brandis is dead, what would be the point?
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Rhyno posted:Based on the huge success of this show I am really interested to see what the first copycat will be. Goonies. edit: Totally forgot Josh Brolin was that lead in that. Good luck getting him now.
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Rhyno posted:Brandis is dead, what would be the point? That's why I said, I wish it could be, not I want it to be.
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Bill and Ted are already in the wings as well as a Goonies remake I thought. Basically from here on out I'm gonna get to rewatch all of my old favorite 80's movies. Kinda looking forward to Maximum Overdrive.
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Rhyno posted:Based on the huge success of this show I am really interested to see what the first copycat will be. Back to the Future, with Griff Tannen as the protagonist.
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Footloose already got remade less than 10 years ago
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Taimak is still looking pretty good, and Ernie Reyes Jr and Glen Eaton are still acting, so a Last Dragon show would be possible. Not sure if it'd be worth it without Julius Carrey tho.
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Let's go Bloodsport and see old JCVD vs old rear end Bolo Yueng
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I wonder if Amazon now regrets cancelling Jean-Claude Van Johnson, it was very much in the spirit of this show.
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waah posted:Let's go Bloodsport and see old JCVD vs old rear end Bolo Yueng Only if you call it Bloodsport NEX
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precision posted:I wonder if Amazon now regrets cancelling Jean-Claude Van Johnson, it was very much in the spirit of this show. They should regret it because it was hilarious and promising. Couldn't they start it back up If they wanted though? I'm sure they'd still have the rights.
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precision posted:I wonder if Amazon now regrets cancelling Jean-Claude Van Johnson, it was very much in the spirit of this show.
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Rhyno posted:Based on the huge success of this show I am really interested to see what the first copycat will be. Full House 
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Jerk McJerkface posted:The best part is "oh there's a new rule that last year's champion doesn't have to fight in the tournament, he can just skip to the finals." I could have sworn Johnny had some fights in the ‘you’re the best’ montage. Though it coulda been Dutch; they both had super-bleached 80s hair
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He did. I remember because he did that kick in the face while holding the other dude's arm and I thought it was the coolest thing. Edit: Also why I played Jin in Tekken 3.
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Hells yeah that face-kick was like the coolest thing I saw as a kid!
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LadyPictureShow posted:I could have sworn Johnny had some fights in the ‘you’re the best’ montage. Though it coulda been Dutch; they both had super-bleached 80s hair I'm referring to KK3, in which a clearly out of shape 35 year old Ralph does as little actual karate as possible.
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Jerk McJerkface posted:I'm referring to KK3, in which a clearly out of shape 35 year old Ralph does as little actual karate as possible. oh please he was only 28!
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Jerk McJerkface posted:I'm referring to KK3, in which a clearly out of shape 35 year old Ralph does as little actual karate as possible. Whoops. My mistake.
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To be fair, he barely did any karate in the other movies either. I think the most was in KK2 and just that last fight. And then Chozen immediately falls victim to chromosome stealing toy drums and Daniel basically "windmill punches" him into submission.
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I just rewatched KK2 and his punches look so goddamned goofy in that scene.
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Yeah, I mean the original KK is one of those weird 80s movies that tried to get the message across that "it doesn't matter if you're the best fighter, what matters is if you fight for the right reasons" and takes it to its logically insane conclusion which is "you can win the whole banana by having your opponent literally and intentionally headbutt your foot"
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I'm loving how Larusso is unambiguously the bad guy who, among many things, doubled the rent on everyone at the strip mall like the capitalist pig he is. Even celebrating with a nice vintage wine.  Johnny is having problems with his lessons influencing his students badly but he definitely sees the problem and is willing to work on it. And Aisha is doing great balancing what she's learned and forgiving her friend, she's the loving best. It's especially great how they seem to be setting up Larusso and his inherited fancy dojo versus the upstart strip mall dojo. It's a tale as old as Kung Fu movies with the plucky dojo of the people getting menaced by the big bad dojo. Cobra Kai Never Dies 
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MariusLecter posted:It's especially great how they seem to be setting up Larusso and his inherited fancy dojo versus the upstart strip mall dojo. True, but you also have the wild card of Kreese, who will be playing a big part: http://deadline.com/2018/05/cobra-kai-martin-kove-series-regular-season-2-youtube-red-show-1202397797/amp/
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precision posted:Yeah, I mean the original KK is one of those weird 80s movies that tried to get the message across that "it doesn't matter if you're the best fighter, what matters is if you fight for the right reasons" and takes it to its logically insane conclusion which is "you can win the whole banana by having your opponent literally and intentionally headbutt your foot" Well, they did keep to the core message with the final fight of the season, with how Robby made tentative steps to reconciling with his dad and more-or-less completely reconciled with his Karate Dad despite losing, while Miguel alienated himself from Sam, at least in part from Johnny (although how that plays out remains to be seen in S2) and even his mom (she applauds for him, but there's definitely a bit where she's concerned when he first goes for Robby's shoulder). He won, but the fact he didn't do it fairly is probably going to hang over him. I kind of hope Dimitri tries out for Miyagi-Do next season, only to get fed up in the 'wax on, wax off' stage (which will likely occur concurrently/be part of the 'fixing up Miyagi's old house/dojo' montage) and quit before the big reveal. Like, when it gets to season 5 when literally everyone else is in one of 7 competing martial arts dojos, I want him to be The Kid Who Doesn't Do Karate.
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