Cobra Kai

[GeorgeFloydFentanylStash]

Finally finished it today and I have to agree with this completely. Screw the Game of Thrones guys, screw Alex Kurtzman, these Cobra Kai writers should be the ones given huge multi-million dollar production deals. Yeah, I would even watch their Biff Tannen series idea that they joked about in the finale. Good writers are as rare as gold in Hollywood.

Yeah. And they didn’t rush it like the GOT guys to jumpstart their Star Wars movie. Very rare to have a show go for several seasons to have a proper ending.

Excited about the new KK movie coming out later this year.

 

[StarkRavingMad]

@Mmemes For real. Cobra Kai is so well-written.

The entire show consistently had effective build-up and payoff (take notes, George R.R. Martin). Some of the moments that some would call "ridiculous" do indeed look ridiculous on paper ... But when you watch the show and get so invested in the story, those "ridiculous" moments become awesome because of the fantastic buildup leading towards it. For example, Silver and Chozen fighting each other with literal weapons looks insane on paper ... But given how the show built up to that moment, I couldn't help but to shout "YES! LET'S GO!" by the time it happened.

As I said in another post in this thread, what made this show hit all of the right notes for me was how earnestly it was played out. No snarky 4th wall breaking, no characters lazily pointing out bad writing, etc ... Instead, we got a story that wasn't afraid to "go there," accusations of the show being "too cheesy" be damned! This show was a breath of fresh air, and I'm gonna miss it ... But I'm so glad it happened, and I'm so glad how the ending stuck the landing (and then some)!

 

[Sithis]

While the show did pay lip service to "getting with the times" and "embracing the woke" they didn't dial it up to 11 or try to make 80's Johnny some supreme villain as if it were written by a blue haired wokie. I thoroughly enjoyed the 80's nostalgia. If only the 20's California even vaguely resembled the fictional landscape of the show.

I hate DEI shit and feel like it has ruined everything good about media, but I feel like Cobra Kai is a good example of how to do diversity properly. It was a believable mix of kids for the setting, everyone got a good character arc and they kinda flirted with the poor black family thing a big with Kenny and sent Miguel to Mexico but it was never really a forced issue. Miguel wasn't a Mary Sue Mexican who just benefitted from equity, Robbie the protege white boy was never portrayed as being racist or benefitting from muh white supremacy, Kenny became a likeable character and the girl squad all just kicked ass in their own corner. It was done so well that if you didn't already know you could easily forget it was a Netflix production for the last several seasons.

I think this just proves a lot of the goofy ruination of beloved series on Netflix is just willful ignorance on the companys part and malicious intent from a lot of the writers etc. They have now demonstrated they are entirely capable of having a show doesn't preach politics or tranny worship etc, that they can write characters and dialogue that respects source material, and that they can have diversity without making it the only dimension any of the characters have - they just choose not to on like everything but this one series.

 

[Burt Ryan]

The show was written by die-hard fans of the franchise, and it shows.

Spoiler

During the last episode, for a second I was thinking:"Damn, is Johnny gonna do the crane kick too?" but then I remembered. Then I remembered HIS technique.

 

[StarkRavingMad]

The show was written by die-hard fans of the franchise, and it shows.

Spoiler

During the last episode, for a second I was thinking:"Damn, is Johnny gonna do the crane kick too?" but then I remembered. Then I remembered HIS technique.

Spoiler

SO much better than the crane kick.

The crane kick had its big moment in season 5 (and brilliantly tied it into the Quicksilver method). I cheered so hard when Johnny swept the leg.

The show didn't forget that Johnny and Daniel are not the same people, and that this series was ultimately about Johnny.

Great stuff.

 

[UnKillFill]

Judging by the fact that I haven't seen anybody on here mention it that the new movie isn't very good... I saw Johnny's cameo and I don't really feel the need to see more.

 

[Hikaru86]

Johnny's cameo is the best thing about the new KK movie, the rest? Not so much.

 

[fartsnstuf]

literally binged the whole series and man; i'm gonna miss the characters ngl

EDIT: loved seeing Johnny win the whole thing (honestly Zabka knocked it out of the park with his performances in Season 6, truly heartwarming stuff especially with the scene with Kreese)

 

[Mister Ferro]

This show came out in the middle of character assassinations. Writers hate the Hero and thus tear them down in Hollywood. But not this show, not only does Cobra Kai not tear down Daniel but manages to make Johnny into a Hero himself.