Cobra Kai - (The Karate Kid Spin-Off)

[Dark Raven]

All I remember about Next Karate Kid was this part where she was about to get hit by a car and instead of just moving out of the way like a normal person, she jumped on the hood. Something tells me that wouldn’t work out too well if you tried it in real life.

You should try it out and let us know how well it works.

 

[DarkKnight88]

Next Karate Kid is awful... but I’d be down for a Hillary Swank cameo. Hell, bring in Walter Goggins for a cameo too.

 

[Dark Raven]

I'd like to see Hillary Swank fight alongside Ralph Macchio. They'd probably fight first before teaming up.

 

[The Big G]

That tease at the end....

Long Lost Son of Miyagi?

 

[Pennywise]

That tease at the end....

Long Lost Son of Miyagi?

That will be interesting.

I’m guessing January-February for the release of S3.

 

[The Big G]

My thoughts are the same.

I hope CK can keep up the same degree of quality. Netflix will give them a bigger budget no doubt but I hope they won't rest on their laurels.

 

[Pennywise]

Just doesn’t seem very likely to release S3 a year later.

 

[GREEN =w= DAY]

That tease at the end....

Long Lost Son of Miyagi?

Damn! Pretty epic trailer

Makes me want to go back and rewatch. Sucks that season 3 got pushed back though

But this will help give the show more exposure and buildup now that it’s on Netflix. This show deserves all the recognition

 

[Dr. Evil]

Aren't all three movies up on Netflix?

 

[thangaran]

Is that Chozen at the end?

 

[Deck Rickard]

I don’t think so; Chozen didn’t have any connections to Miyagi other than being Sato’s nephew, did he?

 

[Teelie]

So apparently there is also going to be a Cobra Kai: The Series: The Game as well.

“Cobra Kai” Gets A Beat-Em-Up Game

 

[Dr. Evil]

Today:

 

[Dark Raven]

What's different about that one to the one from a few days ago?

 

[LoganPool]

Is that Chozen at the end?

I believe it IS Chozen. The sai next to Daniel's head is the clue. Sai's originated in Okinawa, and they may be referencing a specific scene from Part II... Chozen attacked Daniel with a spear. I get it, spears and sai's are different, but still. I'm going with Chozen. And who knows, maybe as an added twist he'll be revealed to be Miyagi's son.

 

[Dark Raven]

I believe it IS Chozen. The sai next to Daniel's head is the clue. Sai's originated in Okinawa, and they may be referencing a specific scene from Part II... Chozen attacked Daniel with a spear. I get it, spears and sai's are different, but still. I'm going with Chozen. And who knows, maybe as an added twist he'll be revealed to be Miyagi's son.

Is it the same actor? If so, we'd know immediately. I assume they would get the same actors to come back and not recast.

 

[DarkKnight88]

And who knows, maybe as an added twist he'll be revealed to be Miyagi's son.

Gah, I hope not. That would be a little too convenient.

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

And way too soapy.

 

[Pennywise]

'Cobra Kai' Showrunners Have "At Least Five" Ideas For Spin-Offs (And a Way to Resurrect 'Back to the Future') [Interview]

You did tease that spin-offs could be possible on Netflix. Have you thought about which characters you might spin off?

Hurwitz: We have put thought into spin-off ideas. We love just The Karate Kid universe, love all the characters from back in the day and we love the characters we’ve created. It’s hard for me to give you an exact answer to this, but what I can say is that we have a list of at least five different scenarios that we would pursue, that we could consider. Now, some of them are untraditional. Some of them are unlike any kind of spin-off you’ve ever seen before. But, every time we’re writing episodes of the show, we’re falling in love with the characters that we’re creating and examining characters from the past. Within the world of Cobra Kai, there are certain things that you can explore and certain things that don’t fit into that particular box, but there may be opportunities down the road to break out one of these characters and get to know them better or to explore different times in characters’ lives or what have you.

On YouTube, you really made the most of your budget every episode, every season. Now that you’re on Netflix, could season 4 have more resources for fights and other things you may not have been able to do?

Heald: We haven’t gotten into the nitty gritty of that because we haven’t needed to. We’ve always been very, very mindful of our budget and taking steps to write within our budget and stretch it as far as we can. At times in the past, that’s meant filming two units at the same time or finding ways of saving in one episode so you can go bigger in the next. We’re not trying to be the houseguests who come to Netflix and start getting too comfortable too soon in terms of, ‘Oh, that’s nice, we’re going to have that room too.’ I think if we’re fortunate to go forward more, we’re going to continue to do what we do, which is write economically and have big visions and rely on our production partners to help us bring those visions to fruition. But I can say we always want to grow the show bigger and with the amount of characters we now have in this universe, it naturally has expanded well beyond the scope of where it started back in season one.

Could Johnny and Daniel actually be friends if they just got out of their own way?

Schlossberg: I absolutely think that there is the potential for friendship between Johnny and Daniel. The question is, will there still be rivalry and ill will? Because the two things aren’t always mutually exclusive. I think in the first two seasons, you see the potential, but you also see the stumbling blocks. In some ways, that may be all it can ever be or maybe there’s a way to get over those issues. I think we certainly want them to, but we also want to be true to life and relationships. You can forgive but you really can’t forget. The past is etched in stone and what happened happened. So you can get over it, but there may still be something that lingers. We’ll see how that plays out as the show continues.

 

[Dave McFly]

just watched season 1, partway into season 2 loving it so far so many nods to the past films even using bits of the Bill Conti score in parts loving it so much had a big grin on my face at most of it.

 

[Zantera]

One of my favorite things with Cobra Kai/Karate Kid is the nuance in the 2 main characters. Sure, I think most of us when we saw the original film for the first time felt Daniel was the 'innocent' main kid and Johnny the typical bully but I love that you can feel for both characters. I feel all too rarely do we get a central rivalry where both characters feel 'real' in the way that they have strengths and weaknesses and neither is a 'villain'.

 

[Dave McFly]

finished it holy crap that season 2 finale OH MY GOD

 

[Pennywise]

Cobra Kai Passes Lucifer to Become Most Popular Show on Netflix

 

[Erik20]

Damn! Pretty epic trailer

Makes me want to go back and rewatch. Sucks that season 3 got pushed back though

But this will help give the show more exposure and buildup now that it’s on Netflix. This show deserves all the recognition

Yeah I would've loved getting season 3 right now, but it's for the best. It's a "new" show for a lot of people, I'd say probably even most. They would binge all three seasons in a week or two and then forget about it... this way (new) fans will have something to look forward to

 

[Dr. Evil]

One of my favorite things with Cobra Kai/Karate Kid is the nuance in the 2 main characters. Sure, I think most of us when we saw the original film for the first time felt Daniel was the 'innocent' main kid and Johnny the typical bully but I love that you can feel for both characters. I feel all too rarely do we get a central rivalry where both characters feel 'real' in the way that they have strengths and weaknesses and neither is a 'villain'.

I have long believed that Kreese is the true villain of the entire franchise.