Avildsen shot hours of footage of the tournament from multiple angles
Synopsis
Decades after their fight at the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament, a middle-aged Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence meet again as martial arts rivals. During the original filming of The Karate Kid, the late director John G. The team behind Cobra Kai dug through the studio vault and found a ton of never-before-seen clips, which they were able to introduce into the series via flashbacks. One of them includes Zabka’s real-life mother, who was in the stands from different angles that weren’t seen until 2018.
Ralph Macchio told Uproxx that there are three new angles of the famous crane kick
Many people believe that Miyagi’s name on his tombstone is a continuity error, as in Karate Kid 4 (1994) his name is stated as Keisuke, but it was actually previously shown on a plaque being held for him by Chozen in Karate Kid 2 (1986) as Nariyoshi. This means that it was The Next Karate Kid that changed his name, while Cobra Kai kept the name previously given to him. Another interesting fact, however, is that the name given in The Karate Kid Part II was not the original first name given to Miyagi. In Karate Kid (1984), it can be briefly seen on Miyagi’s dog tags, attached to the keys of the 1948 Ford given to Daniel for his birthday, that Miyagi’s first name is Hideo.
After watching several episodes – I can say they nailed it
Featured on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Anthony Mackie/Ralph Macchio/Kiry Shabazz (2018). I was a teenager in the 80s and enjoyed watching this movie – as most guys my age did. I was a little skeptical when I saw they were making a new series set 30 years after the end of the movie. But when I saw the trailers – I felt like they might be onto something.
It’s not cheesy or stupid either
This is the best show out there – anywhere. It’s not over the top (or poorly acted). It’s the perfect combination of seriousness with a few gaffes or 80s references thrown in here and there. This revival could have been a disaster, but it seems like they got the perfect combination of writers, directors and actors.
But as a 40-something, I’m kind of rooting for him
It’s funny because as a kid I wanted to punch Johnny in the throat as hard as I could. Great job to the people responsible for making this happen, and of course it couldn’t have happened without Ralph and William. Thanks! No need to waste time scrolling endlessly — here’s the full lineup of new movies and TV shows streaming on Netflix this month.