Strike First! Strike Hard! Cobra Kai Never Dies! Season 5...Sometime...
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lol. Its a great show.
the previews for the next season have me ecstatic.
the previews for the next season have me ecstatic.
I just finished season 5. Honestly... I just don't know. Like, Season 4 started out as more of the same but then had a kick ass finale. Season 5 was kick ass most of the way, but the finale...
I mean, it wasn't terrible, but it kind of felt 50% kick ass and 50% "you have got to be hugging kidding me!"
I think I need to sleep on it. There's a bit to digest.
I mean, it wasn't terrible, but it kind of felt 50% kick ass and 50% "you have got to be hugging kidding me!"
I think I need to sleep on it. There's a bit to digest.
I’m on episode 5. This season is kind of rough to get through. How does Daniel not see what is happening, yet continues to fall for it. The more interesting story so far is Johnny, Miguel and Robby.
I do like how in this season
Over all, this was probably the best season so far....except for one little nagging problem right at the finale....
But aside from that one irritation (which I still haven't decided just how big a deal it is yet), this really is a great season.
instead of the usual BS where Johnny and Daniel start to work things out but then one Three's Company misunderstanding later everything goes to crap...this season they finally just talk things out and are finally on the same team...FINALLY!
I also loved the fight between Miguel and Robby. They had a lot of bad blood between them. It didn't get solved with one awkward drive home like I feared they'd do. They had to fight it out. It ended with a hell of an epiphany for both of them and they were finally able to talk it out.
Miguel and Samantha was also well done. Like, all around people started to actually just stop reacting and actually talk things out! Even Samantha and Tory finally worked their jive out!
I also loved the fight between Miguel and Robby. They had a lot of bad blood between them. It didn't get solved with one awkward drive home like I feared they'd do. They had to fight it out. It ended with a hell of an epiphany for both of them and they were finally able to talk it out.
Miguel and Samantha was also well done. Like, all around people started to actually just stop reacting and actually talk things out! Even Samantha and Tory finally worked their jive out!
Over all, this was probably the best season so far....except for one little nagging problem right at the finale....
They really went hard into making us think Kreese and Chosen were dead. Kreese got shanked in prison. Chosen had really bad cuts from a katana which were amazingly graphic for this show and end up in a pool with some heavy conspicuous blood loss. But then it was just a quick "nope, just kidding! Everyone's fine" type thing. It was a cheap out and it comes at the cost of now you can't believe them any more if they try to sell anyone's death in the future.
But aside from that one irritation (which I still haven't decided just how big a deal it is yet), this really is a great season.
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Just a little side note...
Anyone remember back in season one when the board behind the tournament refused to allow Johnny's dojo to participate under the Cobra Kai name until he convinced them that he had no affiliation with Kreese or Silver (hence their reservations were with those two in particular more than the Cobra Kai)? Whatever happened to that?
Anyone remember back in season one when the board behind the tournament refused to allow Johnny's dojo to participate under the Cobra Kai name until he convinced them that he had no affiliation with Kreese or Silver (hence their reservations were with those two in particular more than the Cobra Kai)? Whatever happened to that?
I hate trying to justify off screen happenings to explain. But. By the 2nd all valley CK and MD had become such rivals they board might have decided to let them settle it in a somewhat controlled environment. Plus the hype around the 2 drives up attendance and ticket $ales.
Or the writers just hoped nobody would really question that later on in the series.
Or the writers just hoped nobody would really question that later on in the series.
Didn't that largely come about because Danny was still trying to sink Johnny's Cobra Kai theough his contacts? I feel like that was about the same time he got everyone's rent raised at the strip mall? By the time Kreese steals Cobra Kai from Johnny, I doubt Danny has the same influence on the board, or really time to try with the other distractions going on in his world. And, by that time, it would likely be hard for the championship to exclude the previous year's champion dojo without any outright proof of cheating or undue violence.
Just finished the season. It ended better than it started.
moral of the series: try talking things out first.
moral of the series: try talking things out first.
Yeah, that was my big point in one of my spoiler tags above. Amazing how much conflict can be avoided if you just freaking talk!
And that’s why it was beyond cheesy and turning cringe. It was the same thing over and over. Which I get as an emotion filled high school kid. But Daniel constantly getting played and assuming the wrong about everybody over 5 seasons got old.
Kobra Kai
I had set it aside because of the fatigue of binging a season and then it's so long before the next batch that you forget where things left off. But then Karate Kid Legends came out and I just had to see how things wrapped up.
I have 5 episodes left of the last season. It's really ramping up.
Karate Kid: Legends
It was...okay. I own the 4K Bluray, so I'm sure I'll watch it again.
My main (and really only) complaint is that Ralph Macchio doesn't even come in until the 45 minute mark. Even after that, his is such a small part that you could cut it out completely and lose nothing.
Like, seriously, this guy is the OG Karate Kid and his part in this film is little more than a glorified extended cameo.
Still, it was entertaining. I'm glad I watched it. At the very least, it rekindled my desire to see Kobra Kai through to the end.
I had set it aside because of the fatigue of binging a season and then it's so long before the next batch that you forget where things left off. But then Karate Kid Legends came out and I just had to see how things wrapped up.
I have 5 episodes left of the last season. It's really ramping up.
Karate Kid: Legends
It was...okay. I own the 4K Bluray, so I'm sure I'll watch it again.
My main (and really only) complaint is that Ralph Macchio doesn't even come in until the 45 minute mark. Even after that, his is such a small part that you could cut it out completely and lose nothing.
Like, seriously, this guy is the OG Karate Kid and his part in this film is little more than a glorified extended cameo.
Still, it was entertaining. I'm glad I watched it. At the very least, it rekindled my desire to see Kobra Kai through to the end.
Haven't seen Legends, but I heard that they shoved Ralph Macchio into the story at the last minute based on the popularity of Cobra Kai, so that does make sense.
I still need to watch the last season of Kobra Kai.
The ending scene in Legends is aaaaawesome, hehe
Just finished the last episode of Kobra Kai. As a whole, the series had its ups and downs. But wow! That was a hell of a way to end it!
Over all, I really enjoyed it. Of course, now it's bedtime and I'm still kinda pumped. But yeah, good way to end it.
Somehow I figured they'd have do deal with Kreese and Silver...decisively. Heck, I kinda thought that it might have to end in some deaths. But I have to admit, I wasn't expecting something quite so...explosive.
Over all, I really enjoyed it. Of course, now it's bedtime and I'm still kinda pumped. But yeah, good way to end it.