Kind of OT: Cobra Kai now available on Netflix

Kind of OT: Cobra Kai now available on Netflix Aug 28, 2020 17:38:13 GMT masterofallgoons likes this

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Post by klawrencio79 on Aug 28, 2020 17:38:13 GMT

Aug 28, 2020 16:55:23 GMT masterofallgoons said:

I've heard good things about this, but I feel like this kinda thing is already becoming a new cliche. The reevaluating a nostalgic property from a different angle this is also coming soon in the form of a new version of Saved by the Bell and the Fresh Pricne of Bel Air, and McAuley Culkin did that dumb little short on YouTube as the kid from Home Alone all grown up.

I haven't seen this show yet, and maybe this one was a little more novel, but I'm already a little tired of this approach.

Yeah, there have been a bunch of these things and I hear you. The problem is that it doesn't always work...maybe it doesn't work more often than it does. The first season of Cobra Kai really does work though. There are a few moments where you want to punch Ralph Macchio but beyond that, it strikes a great balance and is highly entertaining.

I saw the trailer for the new Saved by the Bell and it looks fucking terrible. It basically seems to encapsulate everything that you say is wrong with this type of approach, and I don't disagree. They even show a whole sequence where Elizabeth Berkley does a caffeine pills bit, quoting the lines, acting demonstrably melodramatic, but it's meant to poke fun at itself. She does everything but wink at the camera and it almost made me uncomfortable with how bad it was. Cobra Kai isn't nearly as tongue in cheek.