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Post by Jep Gambardella on Aug 28, 2020 16:40:41 GMT
That's the series with the characters (and the actors) from the first Karate Kid thirty years later. I was curious about it when it premiered two or three years ago, but it was on some streaming service that I didn't have, so I never watched it. Now it's on Netflix. It looks like there are two seasons of 10 30-minute episodes each.
Has anyone seen it? Is it any good?
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Post by TheSowIsMine on Aug 28, 2020 16:43:35 GMT
I loved it. Its a big nostalgia trip. Sure, there is also a teen cast with their teen things, but I can live with that.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Aug 28, 2020 16:47:04 GMT
The first season is terrific. It's a great blend of 80s nostalgia mixed with a very well-done re-contextualization of the entire storyline, it's funny but not silly, it's even kind of heartwarming without being sappy. Strikes a solid blend. They just manage to catch something really entertaining with it.
The second season is alright, fun and watchable but not as much fun as the first season.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Aug 28, 2020 16:55:23 GMT
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.
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Post by hehatesshe on Aug 28, 2020 17:18:06 GMT
I second klaw's opinion, and I'm now excited about things I had no idea existed: Saved by the Bell and Fresh Prince re-imagined.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Aug 28, 2020 17:38:13 GMT
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.
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Post by hehatesshe on Aug 28, 2020 19:54:28 GMT
"Hey Sensai, any particular way you want me to wash these windows?"
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Post by fjenkins on Aug 28, 2020 20:16:59 GMT
That's the series with the characters (and the actors) from the first Karate Kid thirty years later. I was curious about it when it premiered two or three years ago, but it was on some streaming service that I didn't have, so I never watched it. Now it's on Netflix. It looks like there are two seasons of 10 30-minute episodes each.
Has anyone seen it? Is it any good?
The first season was really good. The second season wasn't that good and had a final episode that was so ridiculous it essentially nullified the whole series. The other issue is all the high school kids are so unlikable on both sides and on the second season really I just wanted them all to die in a car crash or somethign.
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Aug 28, 2020 20:20:25 GMT
According to Barney Stinson it's LEGEN- wait for it-DARY!
Watched the first ep and liked it. Ended up on my backlog of shows that I will never get around to watching.
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Post by hi224 on Aug 29, 2020 11:11:33 GMT
Honestly saved by the bell could take an entire season to possibly explore Zach Morris as a psychopath.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Aug 29, 2020 14:11:35 GMT
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. Yeah that Saved By the Bell reboot looks genuinely terrible, and the whole approach looks so lame and cynical. They think if they make fun of themselves and make the relatively wholesome show into something 'raunchy' it makes for high comedy. It just smacks of some network executive copying a trend without realizing what the actual appeal is. The new version of The Fresh Prince of Bel Air actually looks semi-interesting. Some kid made a trailer as a short film project on YouTube or vimeo or something where he reframed it as a drama. Then I think Will Smith saw it and decided to produce it with that kid as the creative leader. It's cool that that kid got a chance to make a show, but while I'd rather he was given a chance to make something new, this approach is something more novel and not at least born out of the cynical focus grouped lameness that the Saved by the Bell one is. |
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Post by Midi-Chlorian_Count on Aug 29, 2020 18:26:49 GMT
Watched the first couple of YouTube a couple of months ago and now watched up to episode 7 on Netflix.
It's a good show thus far. Nice spin making Johnny and Cobra Kai the guys you root for and Johnny's struggle against the SJW tide is amusing.
However Daniel can't really be the bad guy as the show progresses so will be interesting to see how the dynamics of this plays out...
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Aug 31, 2020 13:29:38 GMT
Two episodes in and I am loving it!
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