Cobra Kai is one of the best television series I have ever seen. The characters are dynamic and go through serious change, the action is riveting and the plot is complex and morally grey. Unlike the original Karate Kid, there is no clear bad guy in the whole Daniel vs Johnny rivalry, because everyone's motivations are clear and justified.
Daniel was bullied as a kid by Cobra Kai students and wants to make sure other kids don't get bullied the same way. Johnny is a down on his luck middle aged man who just wants to teach a new generation of teens something very important: that life won't be kind, you have to be on your toes and get ready to stand back up if it knocks you down. Both men have clearly come a long way since their time as childhood Karate rivals.
Instead of giving us a badly written crap fest like the new Star Wars, Cobra Kai instead delivers a compelling and well written drama that actually surpasses the latest season of Game of Thrones in most regards, and focuses more on telling a good story rather than pandering or denigrating its source material. I love how the message this film gave wasn't to 'let the past die' like The Last Jedi told us to, but rather something along the lines of 'be strong'.
To put into perspective of how well written this was, the term 'No Mercy' will go from being a phrase used to justify bullying in the original in 1984 to something Karate Kid fans will relentlessly quote without question. This is of course a metaphor for how Johnny goes from being a stereotypical 80s bully, to a man we can all root for.
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Daniel was bullied as a kid by Cobra Kai students and wants to make sure other kids don't get bullied the same way. Johnny is a down on his luck middle aged man who just wants to teach a new generation of teens something very important: that life won't be kind, you have to be on your toes and get ready to stand back up if it knocks you down. Both men have clearly come a long way since their time as childhood Karate rivals.
Instead of giving us a badly written crap fest like the new Star Wars, Cobra Kai instead delivers a compelling and well written drama that actually surpasses the latest season of Game of Thrones in most regards, and focuses more on telling a good story rather than pandering or denigrating its source material. I love how the message this film gave wasn't to 'let the past die' like The Last Jedi told us to, but rather something along the lines of 'be strong'.
To put into perspective of how well written this was, the term 'No Mercy' will go from being a phrase used to justify bullying in the original in 1984 to something Karate Kid fans will relentlessly quote without question. This is of course a metaphor for how Johnny goes from being a stereotypical 80s bully, to a man we can all root for.
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