That’s all very heartwarming, isn’t it?
It has become completely irrelevant.
Meanwhile, Daniel LaRusso was doing nothing but trying to crush these kids dreams of empowerment and self-defense.
Image via Netflix
Beneath a somewhat simple veneer,Cobra Kaiwas also about something a lot more complex.
It was about taking the horrors of your past and making something out of them.
It was about resignifying something that paradoxically holds beauty and also a lot of trauma.
Image via Netflix
It started out with an almost kiss, how did it end up like this?
And he did learn a lot from his students as well as from Carmen (Vanessa Rubio).
But the kick is thatCobra Kaiwas never meant to be a celebration of Mr. Miyagi’s legacy.
To some extent,Cobra Kaistill does just that.
After all, the show is introducing us to a new generation of karate royalty.
But this coronation was also supposed to be Johnny’s.
Image via Netflix
The best he has going for him is being a competent teacher at another man’s dojo.
In a sense, that feels like a bastardization of whatCobra Kaionce promised its viewers.
Once again, this defeats the show’s original premise of “what’s in a name”.
Thirty-four years after events of the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament, a down-and-out Johnny Lawrence seeks redemption by reopening the infamous Cobra Kai dojo, reigniting his rivalry with a now successful Daniel LaRusso.
Now, it’s as if he has been vindicated.
He was right all along, and Johnny should never have tried to revive Cobra Kai.
Actually, scratch that: it feels sad.
In other words, Cobra Kai should have a shot at a comeback.
There’s the perfect solution that would reinstate the entire series back to its original premise.
Cobra Kaiseems to be in the perfect spot for that.
The show is at a crossroads with Daniel finding out thatMr.
Miyagi killed a manin the Sekai Taikai back in his day.
After all, is the show calledCobra KaiorMiyagi-Do?
