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Avildsen filmed hours of footage of the tournament from multiple angles
Chronology
Decades after the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament, middle-aged Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence find themselves once again as martial arts rivals. During the original filming of The Karate Kid, the late director John G. The Cobra Kai team scoured the studio’s vault and found a number of previously unseen clips that they were able to incorporate into the series through flashbacks. One of them features Zabka’s real-life mother standing in the stands from different angles that were not seen until 2018.
Ralph Macchio told Uproxx that there are three completely 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 Keisuke, but it was actually shown earlier in the Chozen in Karate Kid 2 (1986) as a timestamp to be Nariyoshi. This means that The Next Karate Kid changed its name, while Cobra Kai kept the name it was given before. Another interesting fact is that the name given in The Karate Kid II was not Miyagi’s original name. In The Karate Kid (1984), Miyagi’s first name is briefly seen on Miyagi’s dog tags attached to the keys to the 1948 Ford that Daniel was given for his birthday, indicating that Miyagi’s first name is Hideo.
Mackie/Ralph Macchio/Kiry Shabazz (2018)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Anthony. I didn’t have many expectations for this show, or at least not high ones. The ones I did have were fun, low-budget, memory lane. But this is so much more than that.
Miyagi taught us how to strike a balance
The production values are great, the casting is great, the plot, the writing, the tone, the pacing, the soundtrack. Everything has a great beginning and ending, and it has what Mr. It seems to hit so many of the right notes without pushing anything too far, the comedy just right, the emotional moments just right, the cheesy, the action just right. It also does a great job of helping the viewer decide who the real heroes and villains are because, unlike in the movies, nothing is black and white here.
If you’ve seen the movies, you’ll really like this
If you haven’t, you’ll probably still really like this. It stands on its own and feels modern, but as a sequel, 30 years later, it does so masterfully and very respectfully to its past and its source material without leaning too heavily on it. BANSAI!!!. No need to waste time scrolling endlessly — here’s the full lineup of new movies and TV shows streaming on Netflix this month.
