January 2022 is the target date.
I'm happy he didn't mess that one up. I think they did very well with bringing Ally in and out of the show. I'm hoping Kreese stays with Miguel's mom at the end.
Agree Kyler comes off legit. His character is much better written in S3 and when he squares off with "Penis Breath" in their dojo challenge match, he looks believable as a wrestler and an athlete. Tory looks like an athlete and given the guideposts for her character, I guess she does a decent job. But the writers making her both ridiculously OP in the group fights, and her mission in life being only "that's my man, bitch!" really knocks her down IMO.
Robby. Yeah. He comes off like an in shape kid and way more believable than Sam, that's for sure. But his poorly written flip flopping from hardened street thug to goody two shoes houseboy and back, combined with his crooked dirty sanchez grin make me want to push the eject button.
I've also trained combat sports most of my life. If you expect combat sports realism from franchises like Karate Kid, you're always going to be disappointed. This is the universe where an elderly 2' 8" gentleman clowns 3 expert martial artists one after the other, who are 30 or 40 years younger. Johnny himself goes through 30 years of binge drinking with no training and somehow comes out as a master sensei.
IRL training in combat sports, like military service, is uncommon in the general population. If you went to an IRL kids karate tournament and cast the most athletic looking kids, you'd have a shitshow of an acting disaster on your hands. Acting ability is paramount and it's going to have to compensate for some shortcomings in casting. As a vet, most hollywood military scenes (including the ones in Cobra Kai) are pretty cringe but (just like the fight scenes), if they made them completely realistic, they would be both boring and unrelatable to the general audience.
Re. the black basketball chick, apparently her name is Gissette Valentin. Yeah. 'Nuff said.
20s youth is awesome in a woman
To each their own, although Daniel's wife is pretty hot too.
TBH Aly and Kumiko do not belong in the same category. You cannot compare a 55 y o woman, as beautiful as she remained, so 25, 35 y o or even 45 y o women. And Daniel s wife is a lovable character always dressed and groomed to perfection but I disagree that she is in the same league as the other ones. She s a woman in second half of her 40's and it shows. Miguel's mom looks 35, which is still prime age for some women.
Just watched it recently for the first time and it's absolute garbage.Don't know if anyone has mentioned it yet, but could we see Hilary Swank come into the show? She was "The Next Karate Kid" after all.
Yeah a lot of the characters put on some flab after season 2.
Agreed, Carmen is my personal favorite on the show.
Agree Kyler comes off legit. His character is much better written in S3 and when he squares off with "Penis Breath" in their dojo challenge match, he looks believable as a wrestler and an athlete. Tory looks like an athlete and given the guideposts for her character, I guess she does a decent job. But the writers making her both ridiculously OP in the group fights, and her mission in life being only "that's my man, bitch!" really knocks her down IMO.
Robby. Yeah. He comes off like an in shape kid and way more believable than Sam, that's for sure. But his poorly written flip flopping from hardened street thug to goody two shoes houseboy and back, combined with his crooked dirty sanchez grin make me want to push the eject button.
I've also trained combat sports most of my life. If you expect combat sports realism from franchises like Karate Kid, you're always going to be disappointed. This is the universe where an elderly 2' 8" gentleman clowns 3 expert martial artists one after the other, who are 30 or 40 years younger. Johnny himself goes through 30 years of binge drinking with no training and somehow comes out as a master sensei.
IRL training in combat sports, like military service, is uncommon in the general population. If you went to an IRL kids karate tournament and cast the most athletic looking kids, you'd have a shitshow of an acting disaster on your hands. Acting ability is paramount and it's going to have to compensate for some shortcomings in casting. As a vet, most hollywood military scenes (including the ones in Cobra Kai) are pretty cringe but (just like the fight scenes), if they made them completely realistic, they would be both boring and unrelatable to the general audience.
Re. the black basketball chick, apparently her name is Gissette Valentin. Yeah. 'Nuff said.
