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Propaganda Machine posted:I'm watching KK3 now. No Rifftrax, but Daniel showing Miyagi-sama the initial space for the Bonsai shop is positively dripping with his car salesmanship. I'm pretty sure anyone from New Jersey has that car salesman thing locked.
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In my experience they use most of their energy feverishly trying to convince the world that they're not from Jersey. Connecticut is much worse anyway.
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# ? May 11, 2018 08:28 |
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“By the way, badass name for a dojo.” Zabka’s little “hell yeah” fist pump at that line absolutely killed me.
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# ? May 11, 2018 15:06 |
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Cobra Kai is an amazingly badass name for a dojo. How realistic are the timeframes for martial arts training? Are Miguel or Robbie really going to start training in September and be a black belt ready to win the martial arts tournament by June? I assume it's sped up some because no one wants to watch three seasons of punching drills before they're allowed to get in real fights, but I'm curious as to how long it takes to become ready to enter a competition like that.
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Phenotype posted:Cobra Kai is an amazingly badass name for a dojo. Real world places seem to like stealing the name and the logo http://www.ckjj.com/
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Phenotype posted:Cobra Kai is an amazingly badass name for a dojo. When i was a kid growing up my mom signed me up for tae kwon do classes and it took like 3 years to make it to black belt. You go to classes about 3-4 times a week which is like general practice. Once every 3-4 months theres a regional meeting/examination type deal where you perform you "kata" for whichever level you're at and spar someone so yeah, its pretty accelerated in the show.
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Phenotype posted:Cobra Kai is an amazingly badass name for a dojo. No. They might be able to get into decent shape in nine months, and they could certainly learn enough combatives to be a threat to somebody in an actual fight, but I don't know that they'd be able to learn enough formal karate to win a tournament against kids that have been studying for years, possibly a decade or more. Which is kind of the funny thing; Johnny could absolutely teach Miguel how to beat the poo poo out of one, two, maybe three or four random high school kids in a few months. Most of that would be getting him in shape, teaching him how to hit and kick people without hurting himself, teaching him where to hit and kick people, and most importantly, teaching him not to be afraid of hitting somebody, and not afraid of being hit. But even after a year, you're probably still doing basic kata 'wrong.' In other words, it's very believable that Johnny could take three to six months and get Miguel to the point that he could fend off Kyler and crew. It's not believable that in even nine months, he could have Miguel winning local tournament championships. As an example, take a look at the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Corps_Martial_Arts_Program 77.5 hours of training gets you to 'green belt,' at which point you're considered to have mastered the basics, and can become an instructor. An additional 73 hours gets you to black belt So, 156 hours, say you're training for two hours per day, six days a week, gets you there in less than four months. TheCenturion fucked around with this message at 16:51 on May 11, 2018 |
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It also wouldn't take Johnny very long to teach Miguel the most important lesson in dealing with dumb bullies in movies and TV shows: step aside and let them hurt themselves.
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Sounds to me like you guys just don't realize how good of senseis Johnny and Danny are. Hell, Miagi taught Danny how to win a karate tournament in the same amount of time. Other theory, every other under 17 year old kid in the valley is terrible at karate and put patches on their gi so they don't accidentally wear it inside out again.
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Solice Kirsk posted:Hell, Miagi taught Danny how to win a karate tournament in the same amount of time. I always loved the final fight of KK2 because it very rapidly just becomes a slugfest.
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TheCenturion posted:Daniel "won" the tournament because a) Bobby got himself DQd, b) he was granted unnatural strength by the Demon Sorcerer Miyagi, and c) using illegal techniques. Also, he had the power of 80's training montages and power-up music. Chozen was an awesome bad guy, but the Drum Punch was a stupid move. Not as stupid as the two legged kick in this one, but still stupid.
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Solice Kirsk posted:Not as stupid as the two legged kick in this one Right? Capoeira has no place at a karate tournament. The move was bad, but some of the earlier fights at the tournament have ridiculous jumping-flipping-handspringing bullshit. I mean nobody cares and that's not why anybody was tuning in and it's fun to look at, but it irrationally angers me. (also, when I was double-checking the last episode for that just now, I saw that the placemarker on the video is a silhouette of the crane kick instead of a red dot )
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# ? May 11, 2018 20:37 |
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So I finally finished the series today. What a ride man. So happy that even if season 2 sucks, we got one helluva good season 1. I hope to see Miguel in way more things in Hollywood. Hope his career takes off.
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Phenotype posted:Cobra Kai is an amazingly badass name for a dojo. The whole town council meeting was hilarious
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waah posted:So I finally finished the series today. What a ride man. So happy that even if season 2 sucks, we got one helluva good season 1. Pretty much all the kids in this were good actors. I haven't bothered looking them up, are they all really like 22 or something and just playing kids?
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Solice Kirsk posted:Pretty much all the kids in this were good actors. I haven't bothered looking them up, are they all really like 22 or something and just playing kids? I just did a quick run down the IMDB page and the vast majority of them don't list their ages. Miguel and Hawk are 16/17, Sam is 22, and as for the rest,
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# ? May 11, 2018 22:58 |
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Hawk was a shocker for sure. That kid just blows up into this fantastic character out of nowhere.
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He flipped the script.
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Hawk is awesome. To think, all he needed was a totally different personality and confidence to be a totally different confident person!
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I'm fully sensitive to why Johnny's methods can be harmful and dangerous, but I was a big fan of his ruthless devil-may-care attitude against the kids acting like special snowflakes for any reason. I don't know if it was meant to be a commentary on safe space bullshit, but Johnny is absolutely right. Nobody in the real world is going to care, and you have to get over yourself to get very far. I'd imagine we all know people who missed that memo, and it's more sad than anything.
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precision posted:Season 2!!!!! Heckyes. Strike First Strike Hard No Mercy Fade to Cobra Kai Logo Why mess with perfection?
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# ? May 12, 2018 00:38 |
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When the overweight black girl shows up in season 2 weighing 50 pounds less and kicking rear end I am really gonna be pissed that all I have done in a year is sit on my fat rear end and watch youtube shows.
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I’m 4 episodes in on a rewatch and they really didn’t stick to the PG nature of the franchise there’s been at least one F bomb and of course the billboard graffiti. I mean it’s not like they went Hard R or anything but it’s interesting that they went this way.
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waah posted:When the overweight black girl shows up in season 2 weighing 50 pounds less and kicking rear end I am really gonna be pissed that all I have done in a year is sit on my fat rear end and watch youtube shows. Sounds like you need to visit your local run down strip mall dojo. Gaz2k21 posted:I’m 4 episodes in on a rewatch and they really didn’t stick to the PG nature of the franchise there’s been at least one F bomb and of course the billboard graffiti. Most of the Karate kid fans are going to be in their late 30s-50s, so it makes sense that they would play to that audience.
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Gaz2k21 posted:I’m 4 episodes in on a rewatch and they really didn’t stick to the PG nature of the franchise there’s been at least one F bomb and of course the billboard graffiti. Life isn't PG and you can say gently caress on TV now.
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Rhyno posted:Life isn't PG and you can say gently caress on TV now. It's Youtube Redtube.
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Silly Burrito posted:It's Youtube Redtube. Redtube is porn and I was clearly addressing the changes in society in general.
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waah posted:When the overweight black girl shows up in season 2 weighing 50 pounds less and kicking rear end I am really gonna be pissed that all I have done in a year is sit on my fat rear end and watch youtube shows. The best finishing move of the season was actually the wedgie scene.
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etalian posted:The best finishing move of the season was actually the wedgie scene. Totally agree. I was expecting horrible chick fight and instead got that scene and laughed my rear end off.
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I liked the way Miguel's hair became more and more douchey as the show went on. By the end he basically has the same haircut Kyler did in the beginning (only combed a bit better).
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Gaz2k21 posted:I’m 4 episodes in on a rewatch and they really didn’t stick to the PG nature of the franchise there’s been at least one F bomb and of course the billboard graffiti. The original was released in the before pg-13 if memory serves. 16 candles is pg and it has nudity.(boobs)
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Silly Burrito posted:Most of the Karate kid fans are going to be in their late 30s-50s, so it makes sense that they would play to that audience. MID(!) to late 30's, just like Walter Hawkman.
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Gaz2k21 posted:I’m 4 episodes in on a rewatch and they really didn’t stick to the PG nature of the franchise there’s been at least one F bomb and of course the billboard graffiti. Where is there an F Bomb? Danielle has the scene where they cut as he is about to say "motherfucker" but there are no F bombs. I don't disagree about what you say in general about straying from the PG nature. There just aren't any F bombs in Cobra Kai. The internet taught me the most controversial line was when Johnny explains why there aren't women in the army.
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Merlot Brougham posted:The internet taught me the most controversial line was when Johnny explains why there aren't women in the army. "Women don't belong in fighting." "Psst, dude, you need money." "Welcome to Cobra Kai, women!"
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# ? May 12, 2018 04:43 |
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So I was wrong about the F bomb. Caught in in Ep 3 just now in my (latest) re-watch. That's such a throwaway F bomb too. No wonder I didn't remember it.
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joebuddah posted:The original was released in the before pg-13 if memory serves. 16 candles is pg and it has nudity.(boobs) Yeah PG-13 was invented like 3 months after Karate Kid came out.
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# ? May 12, 2018 11:49 |
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I really like the neurotic nerd kid. I think the writing and acting struck a good balance at making him 'quippy' but not obnoxious to the viewer.
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# ? May 12, 2018 11:59 |
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It's also nice to have somebody who's relevant but uninvolved with any karate.
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Astroman posted:I'm glad to see you're getting along with your father Robby! Hahaha
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I only wished that the cuts to exteriors in Georgia weren’t so painfully not-the-valley. You knew when they were filming on location, but it should not have been that obvious when they weren’t, and it was. Small context: I lived off Wilbur and Sherman Way in Reseda from 2013-2014, a stone’s throw from Tampa and Saticoy where the real South Seas apartments are. The condos shown next door only got built within the past two years - they could have almost had the empty lot from where Miyagi’s asswhooping took place as a shooting location. Alas.
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