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Why Cobra Kai is THE Perfect Karate Kid Sequel (Video Essay)
The Karate Kid is my favorite movie of all time. Seriously. So, when Cobra Kai came out, I had to watch the entire first season in a day. And do that three more times... a year. I really like Cobra Kai. And I wanted to prove that Cobra Kai is THE perfect Karate Kid sequel so... here we are.
This is a video essay with a comedic tone focused on various themes and characters of Cobra Kai and The Karate Kid trilogy.
Jimmy Robins (yeah, that's me) makes comedic commentary videos, video essays, and critiques every Friday. If you like what you see, please consider subscribing at / jimmyrobins . Thanks!
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00:00-03:53: An Introduction to Cobra Kai
03:53-06:01: Balance in 1984
06:01-10:25: Individualism in Cobra Kai
10:25-15:36: How to Revive a Franchise
15:36-19:38: Legacy.
19:38-22:48: Conclusion

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  • @iamslightlybetterthanyou2679
    @iamslightlybetterthanyou26792 жыл бұрын

    The explanation of why Terry Silver is so crazy in Karate Kid 3 was funny and brilliant lol

  • @JimmyRobins

    @JimmyRobins

    2 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely loved it

  • @cadewardlaw5162

    @cadewardlaw5162

    2 жыл бұрын

    The main reason why I love the show, is because its one of the few shows where every single character has MAJOR flaws and idont even know so to love and who to hate, sometimes in the whole tory redemption arc thing in season 4, I found myself hating amanda more and more

  • @erospjl
    @erospjl2 жыл бұрын

    this is one of the best videos i've ever watched about cobra kai, absolutely agree with every single take, i'd love to hear your thoughts on characters like Hawk, Miguel, Kenny and Tory, i personally consider these the best-written teenagers in any netflix show

  • @JimmyRobins

    @JimmyRobins

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! Miguel is definitely a highlight. I LOVE the twist of him being this generation’s “Karate Kid” despite being Johnny’s pupil. He’s easily the heart of the show. I predicted Hawk would win the All-Valley based on the scene where he and Dimitri discussed the picture of two opponents squaring off, and I was really glad to see him win. My only complaint with Hawk is it feels like he needs like fifteen more minutes of screen time per season. He undergoes the most drastic arcs of the third and forth seasons, but almost all of it is just glances or lingering looks. Show not tell is effective and all, but I dunno he feels on the level of the main four but doesn’t get the same amount of time any more. Kenny was surprisingly great. Loved the idea that Robby assumed he could be a better mentor than everyone else and has to live with the fact that he was wrong. And loved that it hurts Anthony. One, Anthony had it coming, but two, Robbie lived with Anthony. That’s his ex’s little brother and there’s a bond there even if the show didn’t need to explicitly show it. Anthony likely looked up to Robby as a brother in some capacity. Tory in season two was good, three I didn’t like, and four her relationship with Amanda makes her a lot more endearing. My biggest issue with the character was how her whole motivation in Season Three was avenging Miguel… yet Kyler almost breaks his back again in the house brawl and she’s just… cool with it. That switch from avenging him to fighting him made no sense to me. Could say the same about Hawk… but Hawk came to his senses and remembered what he was fighting for. Thank you again for the kind words!

  • @theperson8539

    @theperson8539

    Жыл бұрын

    @@JimmyRobins I think I'd agree with that, I hate how they treated Hawk in season 5, but that season goes even further in terms of writing extremes (insane highs and a few disappointing lows). The ending of the season was also weird, especially when they pretended to wrap up so many of the plot threads, but I felt like there were too many to wrap up like that. I do gotta say though, HIMYM has to have helped increase intrigue for this concept and bring William Zabka back into the light again. I mean, I shan't ever forget the Zabkatage, Gretsky be damned.

  • @GreeeenT
    @GreeeenT2 жыл бұрын

    Also Ralph macchio is a babe so extra points for that

  • @JimmyRobins

    @JimmyRobins

    2 жыл бұрын

    I mean… you are not wrong. Man is sixty, yet he looks young enough that his daughter was featured this season as his cousin, and no one noticed the age gap.

  • @RoxaLuxuria
    @RoxaLuxuria2 жыл бұрын

    another amazing video got me out here binging frrrrr love the stuff my dude :)

  • @alexdavis-mann8513
    @alexdavis-mann851320 күн бұрын

    I really never understood why people think Vader and the deathstar where 1, he was hardly ever on it and Tarkin was the one that actually was in command and chose the objectives,

  • @Silvia-gr5ej
    @Silvia-gr5ej2 жыл бұрын

    Came from the latest Gun Johnson video, but subscribed for the bon jovi reference

  • @zachharris3040
    @zachharris30402 жыл бұрын

    That sucker punch is only after he breaks Ali's radio. So I don't think Daniel is doing anything wrong. Also, no one wants to get their butt kicked in front of a girl or guy you like. So it's 100 percent understandable what he did. He doesn't know any of the cobra kai guys are karate students at that point. Sorry, I just have no patience for people who try to retcon the movie and place Daniel in the bad guy camp. It's tired, uncreative, and illogical.

  • @chloe-bq5zw
    @chloe-bq5zw2 жыл бұрын

    Karate Kid is my favorite movie too & I am loving Cobra Kai!

  • @blakegandalf8753
    @blakegandalf8753 Жыл бұрын

    wait maybe I'm wrong but aren't there references to the first through every part of the first 3 movies and wouldn't the show count as a sequel series instead of a reboot to it? maybe I got reboots wrong but isn't it a new start with no care for continuity since its supposed to be the new thing

  • @cibianthellama
    @cibianthellama Жыл бұрын

    the original movies are epico

  • @ulvegutten2056
    @ulvegutten20568 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the spoilers😂 dont beed 2 see karate kid now❤

  • @shinndig1293
    @shinndig129311 күн бұрын

    Except the sequel trilogy is actually alright.

  • @JoshuaCaruana-js7be
    @JoshuaCaruana-js7beАй бұрын

    I ve you don't like cobra Kai don't watch and I will surprise your anoinig

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