Cobra Kai

[Greg]

I live to serve.

[Drunk Monk]

Thanks. I totally used it. I was looking for something exactly like that. 

DOOM is my muse this hour. Usually, DOOM is my distraction when I need to reset.

It's been a bitch of a week to try and write. Those newsfeed rabbit holes are on fire right now.

[Greg]

S3 Ep 8 and Ep 9. Those kids need to calm down. I totally guessed the big team up at the end. I didn't buy the Sam being afraid to fight scenario.

This season didn't seem as strong as as the others. Lots of stunt casting. They had a perfect moment for a call back to the Chosen episode in the final episode and didn't take it.

[Drunk Monk]

S3 Ep 8 and Ep 9. Those kids need to calm down. I totally guessed the big team up at the end. I didn't buy the Sam being afraid to fight scenario.

If they calmed down, there wouldn't be much story. There's a fan theory that Hawk is a mole. Sam is a pussy like her dad. 

This season didn't seem as strong as as the others. Lots of stunt casting. They had a perfect moment for a call back to the Chosen episode in the final episode and didn't take it.

I felt the same way about S3 on my first watch, but it's layered. Upon successive viewings for my reporting the details opened up more (not that I'd recommend doing that - I'm still in the cobra pit and struggling to writhe my way out). And it was predictably Chosen's pressure point technique that won the day. 

And just like that, the Den has a new chamber: https://www.denofgeek.com/cobra-kai/

[Greg]

I was hoping for a certain funny end to the final fight to defuse Kreese's power over them.

[Drunk Monk]

Gotcha. 

honk. 

That might've worked but they've got more seasons queued. The whole reason they moved to Netflix was because YouTube wouldn't guarantee an S4 so they've got something in mind. And now the showrunners have said they've sketched it out for even more seasons.

[Drunk Monk]

My 12th pitch for a Cobra Kai article just got accepted. Actually, it's #13 if you count my Tarung Sarung piece. 

Plus I got another peripheral interview coming up on that Morita doc. 

I gotta luv any show that fills my bank account that much.

[Drunk Monk]

That 12th pitch exploded. Who knew 'cultural appropriation' was such a trigger word? The comments have been wild, ranging from heartfelt support and shares to total trolling (one dude is a self proclaimed nazi with a swastika as his avatar). I think they're all upset because Qanon played them. The irony is that my point is that it isn't cultural appropriation, but you have read beyond the headline to get there.

[Greg]

It's all about the eyeballs!

[Drunk Monk]

Right?  

But now I feel dirty, like I stole a page from a reality-star-turned-politician-capitalist-pig. 

It's a weird space to be in.

[Greg]

Forget it. You just wrote an article from your perspective. It's not like you were posing.

[Drunk Monk]

Nah, it's nothing like that. I'm not butthurt or anything. After working in the martial world for so long, where trolls often challenged me to duels and such, it's no thing. 

I've discussed it with my editors and they're okay with it all. One even came out with some flattering heavy support of the feature prior to all the comments. 

I'm more amused by it all, although a bit annoyed with the whole nazi thing. I guess Qanon peeps never watched Hogan's Heroes.

[Greg]

[Drunk Monk]

Yep. And both Vanessa & Peyton have been promoted to regulars. I talked to Peyton personally you know. For like 5 mins. Well, less than that because it was shared time. And it was virtual. But we made a connection. She was in a kids show too so she might have related to my Zendaya vibes.

[Greg]

Something wicked this way comes. I don't remember KK3 so I don't remember this character.