Cobra Kai
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Is it really hyper-exaggerated?
Or is it that it seems that way compared to everything surrounding it in current year?
I think this show would fit right in, back in the 80s.
Ossoi
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Compare it to the originals and yes. Whilst there were finishing moves, the series has kids with mohicans somersaulting off tables etc. And weirdo adult students hanging round with high schoolers
Admittedly some of the contrast between the kids in CK is that effect where everyone in the past looks older than same ages today
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I guess it depends on the movie?
Take Karate Kid 3 for example, they even mock it in the tv show as being way over the top.
Something along the lines of Terry Silver explaining what he did in the movie and going on to say how crazy it sounds when he says it out loud.
Still, I don't think the tv show steers too far from the original movie.
Mr Myagi beats up a bunch of kids too.
Ossoi
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I already cited the finishing moves as the sole exception to a largely grounded in reality setting, so no need to re mention them.
If you can't see the level of wackiness and absurdity is several notches higher then I can't help you.
It may be self referential - doesn't his wife reference how stupid it is for all these adults to still hold grudges, but absurdity is still absurdity whether you acknowledge it or not
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Hoss
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da fuq? no. this is exactly what karate is like in the united states. It's the most accurate documentary that has ever been produced.
Kiki
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I didn't even watch last season but I feel like I've missed almost nothing. We are still doing the same shit, relationship drama and redemption arcs.
BUT: every Johnny scene steals the show. La Russo has been a dumbass for all 5 seasons, but Johnny? He's going full character growth super saiyan from day 1. He must have the best writer doing his shit, probably some comedian back there while the other writers are regurgitating story lines. I feel like I can fast forward thru any scene he's not in and it would be an A+ show. The new guy who fights 5 guys at once is cool too tho.
BUT: every Johnny scene steals the show. La Russo has been a dumbass for all 5 seasons, but Johnny? He's going full character growth super saiyan from day 1. He must have the best writer doing his shit, probably some comedian back there while the other writers are regurgitating story lines. I feel like I can fast forward thru any scene he's not in and it would be an A+ show. The new guy who fights 5 guys at once is cool too tho.
Ossoi
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Yeah Daniel is an idiot, which is kinda annoying because he's still the impulsive teenager he was in the originals. Which means all the training didn't really make a difference apart from surface level stuff
His wife though seems to have got hotter
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Rajaah
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Just finished S5. I feel like both Daniel's wife and Carmen got hotter in this season. Especially the wife. Noticed this in the scene where she was in the bar (not the club, though that too). Not sure what it is but she's a smokeshow now.
Just watched the season finale and it contained a bunch of stuff that I didn't expect to happen until like S6 or S7.
Other than that, why'd it jump the shark?
I theorized back in S4 that the show would go to 7 seasons and the 7th would have a third, super-big tournament. Looks like that's almost definitely the direction it's going in now. I'm just surprised that what I thought would be the villains in that tournament are already out of the picture. This almost felt like a series finale, except that one last scene.
Trying to figure out where it can go from here. Maybe that Korean "higher power" uber-master who taught Kreese and Silver and is the dad (grand-dad?) of that one woman.
Rajaah
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Just realized that
So the ending doesn't actually make any sense.
And what was even the point of all of the "world martial arts tournament" stuff if one of the two schools wasn't even gonna last long enough to go there? Especially if the show ends here and it isn't happening at all.
The guard at the prison clearly checked Kreese's pulse after he got "shanked"
So the ending doesn't actually make any sense.
And what was even the point of all of the "world martial arts tournament" stuff if one of the two schools wasn't even gonna last long enough to go there? Especially if the show ends here and it isn't happening at all.
