Cobra Kai

[Drunk Monk]

E9 Ali’s a Doctor? Woah.

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S1 finale 50th All Valley Championship is sponsored by Century. I wonder if it ever even crossed TC’s desk.

It’s still such a fictional tournament. But I confess, I was rooting for both fighters in the finale.

Season 1 was a bit of alright. It's well paced in that bingeable episodic way and also stands as a 3 hour 20 movie (the length of a good Bollywood). The characters are complex enough to navigate the tribulations of a soap opera. There are plenty of genuine nods to the original. It's got teen drama coupled with middle age issues. And it has a sense of humor, especially about itself, but not so much so that it's self caricature. The fight choreo is still mediocre at best. There's some attempt to update in the finale with a tricker competitor, but it's not the action that sells TKK. It never has been about the choreo. Cobra Kai is right where it needs to be

In a nostalgic way, it's parallel to Bill and Ted Face the Music. Both age their main protagonists, add kids, keep the original tone while updating to today. I'm trying to think of more examples of this in recent cinema. Picard maybe? I can think of some fails. 

I'm looking forward to digging into Season 2.