Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/03/20/new-cobra-kai-trailer-the.html
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This sounded like such a lame idea; but the trailer has really turned me around. Go, Cobra Kai!
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It’s been a loong time since I’ve watched the original. I thought Johnny was redeemed at the end when he handed Daniel the trophy himself.
edit: Hey, Martin Kove is still kicking it at age 72. He even played “Karate Sensai” in a recent Goldbergs but I don’t see a credit for this one. They should have tossed Martin a bone.
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you aren’t wrong. In #2 he becomes the victim as well when his sensei starts beating on him for losing to Daniel.
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“Buncha wangless dorks?” Seems they shill for ze masculinitie toxique!
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Lord help me, this actually looks like something I want to see.
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It looks like more midlife crisis…
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I really like how this appears to be running with the “Daniel was the jerk” interpretation but is also Actually-ing it by examining why Johnny is definitely a jerk, thereby creating a show that appears to be about why these two men still haven’t quite grown up.
(Kreese, as you’ll recall, was more than simply a jerk: he was abusive. I hope they do right by the boys and don’t waste him here with a cheesy cameo.)
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This sounded like a terrible idea last month, and it still sounds terrible now.
My opinion hasn’t changed.
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The vacant lot next to Daniel’s Reseda apartment building is recently no longer a vacant lot.
Pass. Really, a PASS.
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Pat Morita would’ve been the only reason to watch this 
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Mine has. I’m even more excited now than I was then about the time I’ll save not watching this. 
I can’t stop Hollywood from trashing my childhood in search of the almighty reboot dollar, but I’m not giving them my eyeballs to abuse.
“God willing, we’ll all meet again in Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money” ~ Yoghurt
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And it’s on YouTube Red; fuck all that noise.
If I wanna feel some nostalgic pangs, I’ll go back and rewatch the original instead of two grown ass men desperately trying to rehash their former glory days for a quick buck.
Also, I realize I should have lead with this:
No Pat Morita means NO Karate Kid, period.
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But with this premise, this new Karate Kid wouldn´t be a great show?
But I doubt they would do something bitter like that …
It’s official; I’ve been on the internet way too long.
I honestly can’t tell if that was sarcasm or a serious comment.
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I am sorry. But I would like to see a show like this. No comedy, no generic action movie with superheroes. A nice bittersweet drama about normal people. Ok, not normal, just two guys living their crazy daydream in a real world.
I think something like Bojack Horseman…
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Okay, you were serious. I genuinely wasn’t sure.
Carry on.
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