Cobra Kai

n30_mkii · 5 Aug 2017 at 10:01

I know I'm pretty sad, but I loved the karate kid films as a kid. Not sure what to make of this though as the actors are both in their fifties and not sure about the whole premise of it....Thoughts?

https://www.engadget.com/2017/08/04/karate-kid-reboot-youtube-red-2018/

McBain · 5 Aug 2017 at 22:17

Comedy? Sounds dreadful.

n30_mkii · 5 Aug 2017 at 22:20

Yeah I'm not sure I understand the comedy bit, the films never took themselves seriously. But a comedy, not sure what that's going to mean.

stewski · 5 Aug 2017 at 22:28

I can't see this working without Pat Morita as an even older Mr Miyagi, actually no one should mention it as some CGI monkey will probably Tarkin him up in badly acted and innapropriate to the character scenes.

a1ex2001 · 6 Aug 2017 at 04:45

Sounds awful I can hear the canned laughter already!

Morve · 6 Aug 2017 at 21:51

I'd watch it out of curiosity

GSXRMovistar · 6 Aug 2017 at 22:37

Done like this it could be great (be warned lots of bad language)

Gerard · 9 Aug 2017 at 21:58

Youtube red? I thought that died off shortly after it was launched. :confused:

robfosters · 9 Aug 2017 at 22:25

Still cannot believe this guys 55. He barely looks a day over 40!

Rannoch · 9 Aug 2017 at 22:26

Classic film. Love part 2 also.

Ah Daniel son

Vanquish-Storm · 11 Aug 2017 at 09:17

Not that I would pay for it but can we even get YouTube Red in the UK?

robfosters · 16 Feb 2018 at 23:33

First trailer has been released. It doesn’t look comedic at all to me, quite serious. Anyway, I don’t care what the low expectations or pessimism levels are, I loved the karate kid movies and absolutely stoked to see this, if not for the quality, then for the nostalgia.

COME ON DANIEL SAN!!!

Surfer · 17 Feb 2018 at 00:12

maybes....

McBain · 17 Feb 2018 at 01:03

Is Terry Silver going to be in it?

robfosters · 17 Feb 2018 at 09:38

McBain said:
Is Terry Silver going to be in it?

Nothing would surprise me. It’s not as if any of them have gone on to have stellar acting careers.

TriedandTested · 17 Feb 2018 at 17:38

GSXRMovistar said:
Done like this it could be great (be warned lots of bad language)

I wanna see this!! Is it a real thing??

The new show too...yeah, i'll take a bite. Would be amazing if it turns out decent.!

ubersonic · 22 Mar 2018 at 02:28

I'm glad it's self aware enough to realise how many people actually liked Johnny more than Daniel in the original, Johnny may have had a bad teacher but he was cool whereas Daniel was just a cocky **** who had a better teacher to keep him in line.

For those who never realised it, Daniel was always a **** he just had Miyagi to keep him in line. In the first film his problems mostly stem from him being a **** to the Cobras, he gets banned from the football team for attacking Bobby just because he tackled him and won the ball, hell Miyagi only offers to help him because he sees Daniel getting beaten up following his unprovoked attack on Johnny at the Halloween party and then Daniel whines that he's the one being bullied.

The only reason people ever saw Daniel as a nice guy and not the cocky **** who brings everything on himself that he is is because that's how he was presented, it's like in Top Gun where hardly anyone actually noticed the Americans were the aggressors/villians in the final battle because they had been presented all film as the heroes.

Kainz · 22 Mar 2018 at 08:14

I can't wait for this. I absolutely loved the KK films, the setting, music, characters everything was just spot on. I look forward to seeing how this pans out

Rimsy · 22 Mar 2018 at 22:13

Let's hope YouTube red comes to us in the UK soon as I'd love to see this!

JediFragger · 23 Mar 2018 at 00:35

Daniel needs an ass-whooping. I'm tuning in just in case it happens