25/10
Avildsen shot hours of footage of the tournament from multiple angles
Tale
Decades after their fight at the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament, a middle-aged Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence meet again as martial arts rivals. During the original filming of The Karate Kid, the late director John G. The team behind Cobra Kai dug through the studio vault and found a ton of never-before-seen clips, which they were able to introduce into the series via flashbacks. One of them includes Zabka’s real-life mother, who was in the stands from different angles that weren’t seen until 2018.
Ralph Macchio told Uproxx that there are three new angles of the famous crane kick
Many people believe that Miyagi’s name on his tombstone is a continuity error, as in Karate Kid 4 (1994) his name is stated as Keisuke, but it was actually previously shown on a plaque being held for him by Chozen in Karate Kid 2 (1986) as Nariyoshi. This means that it was The Next Karate Kid that changed his name, while Cobra Kai kept the name previously given to him. Another interesting fact, however, is that the name given in The Karate Kid Part II was not the original first name given to Miyagi. In Karate Kid (1984), it can be briefly seen on Miyagi’s dog tags, attached to the keys of the 1948 Ford given to Daniel for his birthday, that Miyagi’s first name is Hideo.
This is what we need from shows, to have unique and interesting angles
Featured on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Anthony Mackie/Ralph Macchio/Kiry Shabazz (2018). Impressed, captivated, and engaged are the words that come to mind for Cobra Kai. Cobra Kai flips the script and gives us Johnny Lawrence’s perspective, this is truly his story. He is the one who lost and he turns out to be a real person with very real flaws.
Not another one-dimensional “Good vs
Cobra Kai intrigues us with its great storytelling. Evil” story that we’ve all heard a million times. It reflects the feelings of the “loser” from the memorable 1984 Karate Kid movie and picks up 34 years later. Because of this storytelling and spin, I find Johnny to be an inspiring figure as he tries his best to rebuild his life.
Full marks for a great show
Johnny is a very down to earth and simple character and is making the most of the hand he’s been dealt, isn’t that how we live our lives? In a funny way, we see the arrogance and attitude sometimes of Daniel Larusso, who was originally the hero.