Good series and done well.
Me and the wife binged the series last month and we enjoyed it.
If you were a 80s kid, the show is overflowing with familiar 80s pop culture references. If not a 80s kid, you will still enjoy it.
My favorite scene was when Johnny was dreaming of fucking his Latina neighbor, just as it started before the music played, you knew that classic Whitesnake song was gonna play. HaHa!!!
After binging the series, me and the wife binged the 3 original movies. We noticed a mistake and we are not sure if it was intentional or they just blew it off in order to make the series.
In the first movie, at the Karate competition. Kreese ordered Johnny to do a hardcore karate move that would completely take Danny out and hurt him. Johnny hesitated when he ordered him to do it, but followed orders.
Johnny was setting up to do it, but Danny caught him off guard with that iconic karate move and put Johnny face down on the floor.
Then the scene proceeded with Danny being lifted in the air by friends. The judge proceeded out with the trophy and Johnny got up, grabbed the trophy, and handed it to Danny to congratulate him.
The series started with Johnny getting knocked out laying face down, then fast forward to today with him face down in his bed. That’s where they made the change.
Anyway, my man Kreese is pure classic villian. That dude has taken that character to a whole new level.
I’m not fully convinced that he is really broke and is having hard times. In Karate Kid 3, it was shown Cobra Kai fell apart. He then hooked up with his old Army buddy who was filthy rich and got a reboot from that.
Johnny was a officer in Vietnam which means he has a college degree and is educated. A guy with a education and being ruthless as he is, I doubt seriously he has been living in men’s shelters for the past 30 years like a bum. I also thought it was suspicious that he he did not notice Johnny’s Dodge Charger following him on his way to the men’s shelter with the background that he has.
There is more to what he has been doing for the past 30 years than what we truly know.
Also, I told my wife, being the show is a comedy. There is a good chance next season that Kreese might start dating Danny’s mother. I told her they are in the same age group and they are both single.
In the first movie, Danny’s mother had no direct contact with Kreese. And she had no contact with him in the 3rd movie when he returned.
All she knows about Kreese is what Danny has told her. Kreese is the type of character to become “Mr. Charming” and meet her and convince her that Danny don’t know what he is talking about and just hates him for whatever reason.
My wife was like “NO WAY!!!”.
HaHa!!!
And yes, it’s confirmed Elizabeth Shue is returning next season. She is gonna throw Danny and Johnny off course no doubt.
I’m also curious if they will bring the Japanese girl from KK2 back along with the White Chick from KK3 back who owned the pottery store across the street from their Banzai tree store.
Danny made reference to Ali and those two when he was talking about his past relationships with Johnny’s son.
Looking forward to the next season.