Cobra Kai?
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wrote on 5 Feb 2021, 16:55 last edited by
The one surprising thing to me is that Ralph Macchio forgot how to act? As a teenager he was fine in Karate Kid, Crossroads, My Cousin Vinny, etc...
As an adult, he is wooden and doesn't even seem like the same person.
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wrote on 5 Feb 2021, 17:11 last edited by
We watched all three seasons. It got to be a bit too silly - the plots a bit overwrought. And even from the standpoint of theatrical fight scenes - ridiculous. Kids join a karate studio and 3 weeks later are karate proficient - can take a kick to the face and continue fighting for another 10 minutes. Goes off the rails the further it goes.
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wrote on 5 Feb 2021, 17:51 last edited by
Agreed. The fight stuff is way, way out of hand. They might as well play 'KungFu Fighting' throughout.
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Contrary to my last post, one show that Karla and I have managed to sneak in a few episodes of is Cobra Kai. We’re about 3 episodes in and have mixed emotions. Parts of it are brilliant (IMO) and other parts less so.
Anybody else watch it? Is it worth watching for the long haul?
wrote on 5 Feb 2021, 18:02 last edited by@lufins-dad said in Cobra Kai?:
Contrary to my last post, one show that Karla and I have managed to sneak in a few episodes of is Cobra Kai. We’re about 3 episodes in and have mixed emotions. Parts of it are brilliant (IMO) and other parts less so.
Anybody else watch it? Is it worth watching for the long haul?
Watched only the 1st episode that YouTube makes available for free as a teaser. The rest seems to be available only to "YouTube Premium," a subscription service. I do not have to subscribe to yet another streaming service, so I haven't watch any episode past the first one.
I think I like the idea, but not enough to subscribe to YouTube Premium just for it.
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@lufins-dad said in Cobra Kai?:
Contrary to my last post, one show that Karla and I have managed to sneak in a few episodes of is Cobra Kai. We’re about 3 episodes in and have mixed emotions. Parts of it are brilliant (IMO) and other parts less so.
Anybody else watch it? Is it worth watching for the long haul?
Watched only the 1st episode that YouTube makes available for free as a teaser. The rest seems to be available only to "YouTube Premium," a subscription service. I do not have to subscribe to yet another streaming service, so I haven't watch any episode past the first one.
I think I like the idea, but not enough to subscribe to YouTube Premium just for it.
wrote on 5 Feb 2021, 18:03 last edited by@axtremus It’s on Netflix.
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@axtremus It’s on Netflix.
wrote on 5 Feb 2021, 18:44 last edited by@lufins-dad said in Cobra Kai?:
@axtremus It’s on Netflix.
OK, I was not aware that it is also available on Netflix. Cool!
When I watched it, it was branded a "YouTube Original"'
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Agreed. The fight stuff is way, way out of hand. They might as well play 'KungFu Fighting' throughout.
wrote on 5 Feb 2021, 19:24 last edited by@mik said in Cobra Kai?:
They might as well play 'KungFu Fighting' throughout.
There hasn't been a movie made in the history of the world where that wouldn't be a significant improvement.
Just pause for a moment, and imagine if you will any movie that springs to mind, whether it be The Terminator, or The Elephant Man, or The Talented Mr. Ripley - heck, I'd even sit through Titanic if that was the soundtrack!
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wrote on 5 Feb 2021, 19:40 last edited by
Imagine "KungFu Fighting" as the soundtrack for The Queens Gambit.
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wrote on 1 Oct 2022, 03:26 last edited by
After 5 seasons through the series, I want to go back to the original Karate Kid movies and root for Johnny or Chozen to take that whiny Laruso jackass out...
Sweep the leg, Johnny!
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After 5 seasons through the series, I want to go back to the original Karate Kid movies and root for Johnny or Chozen to take that whiny Laruso jackass out...
Sweep the leg, Johnny!
wrote on 1 Oct 2022, 04:39 last edited by@LuFins-Dad said in Cobra Kai?:
After 5 seasons through the series, I want to go back to the original Karate Kid movies and root for Johnny or Chozen to take that whiny Laruso jackass out...
The writers of Cobra Kai did a great job of redeeming Johnny!
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wrote on 20 Feb 2025, 03:29 last edited by
High Art it wasn’t, but it was fun and a nice bit of nostalgia…
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wrote on 20 Feb 2025, 03:30 last edited by
It was fun for a while but just started spinning going nowhere.
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wrote on 20 Feb 2025, 03:55 last edited by
@Mik said in Cobra Kai?:
It was fun for a while but just started spinning going nowhere.
Did you watch the final season?
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wrote on 20 Feb 2025, 04:45 last edited by Mik
No. I think we dropped off in the second or third. Lost interest.