Dan Trachtenberg is a huge fan of the series. One of the best things about Cobra Kai is that the long-running series allowed die-hard fans of The Karate Kid franchise to see their beloved characters in a different light. One of those characters was Elisabeth Shue’s Ali, who was famously written off with barely any … Read more
Kreese and Johnny were the villain duo of the Karate Kid movie. Now, with Cobra Kai going into its final season, a similar pair is ready to go. Cobra Kai has set up what will likely become its season 6 villain duo, which could perfectly parallel that of The Karate Kid. This all comes down … Read more
Cobra Kai is ending with season 6, and the legacy series can be the proper Karate Kid saga conclusion that the original movies never had. Cobra Kai season 6 will be the Karate Kid ending that never happened in the movies. After revisiting pretty much every friend and foe from Daniel LaRusso’s past, Cobra Kai … Read more
“Cobra Kai” serves as a direct sequel to the first three “Karate Kid” movies, gradually reintroducing virtually all of their major characters over the course of its first five seasons. During Season 1, however, “Cobra Kai” is less of a catch-all sequel and more of an attempt at complicating and subverting viewers’ impressions of two … Read more
Robby and Miguel buried their beef in Cobra Kai season 5, but it is still hard not to wonder who among them is Cobra Kai’s bonafide “Karate Kid.” While there may never be a definitive, universally-accepted conclusion to the “Robby vs. Miguel” debate, one of the two characters has arguably earned the title of Cobra … Read more
When “Cobra Kai” was announced back in the day, one would’ve been forgiven for wondering what long-term potential the middle-aged misadventures of “The Karate Kid” main characters Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) could possibly have. Of course, when the show actually dropped, such notions quickly disappeared. The show has since moved from YouTube Red to Netflix, … Read more
Cobra Kai season 6’s final tournament is the show’s endgame, but a global karate competition is a risky way to conclude the Karate Kid legacy series. Regardless of who wins the Sekai Taikai, Cobra Kai season 6’s final tournament is already doomed. After Cobra Kai season 5 introduced the concept of a global karate tournament, … Read more
Cobra Kai season 6 will see its characters compete in the Sekai Taikai, and if Karate Kid’s formula is any indicator, the champion is already clear. Cobra Kai season 6 will mean the series’ final battle, but The Karate Kid may have already revealed who would win. The spinoff series started following the same formula … Read more
Following the events of Cobra Kai season 5’s closing arc, only a few potential characters can show up in season 6 as the show’s true final villains. Cobra Kai season 5 resolves many overarching story arcs in its closing moments but also leaves enough room to reinstate old characters and introduce new ones as season … Read more
The ’80s were crammed with legendary movie villains, but the fact that a school bully who knew karate belonged in the same conversation as Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) and the titular thing from “The Thing” is still borderline unfathomable. Nevertheless, William Zabka’s Johnny Lawrence from “The Karate Kid” was the template thug from which all … Read more