Danny Kamekona (Sato) was actually a very nice man. He was a childhood friend of my dad. All who knew him in Hawaii spoke very highly of him. Another fun fact: the little girl on the bell tower that was saved by Daniel grew to win the title of Miss Hawaii....
@doughbafett2 жыл бұрын
And that little girl reprised the role in Cobra Kai.
@nebularain33382 жыл бұрын
@@doughbafett Dude, be careful not to spoil things.
@lewstone54302 жыл бұрын
*Fun Fact:* Danny Kamekona (Sato) also played a character named “Sato” in an old Magnum, pi episode.
@bikingchupei24472 жыл бұрын
man....just looked up his wiki, kinda sad.
@kimo_2 жыл бұрын
@@jims1046 this video is not about cobra kai but karate kid II.
@praxton2 жыл бұрын
Forgot Daniel consoling Miagi after his father's death. It was his turn to provide his own wisdom to his teacher. Very sweet and profound.
@k1productions872 жыл бұрын
They have one of the most beautiful friendships in all of cinema. I will die on this hill
@Halderic2 жыл бұрын
@@k1productions87 That's not a hill it's more like flat and stable ground because hardly anyone is going to argue against that.
@GeneralZodFDNY772 жыл бұрын
@@k1productions87 this is BIG facts.
@maxiepattie852 жыл бұрын
Looks like the lady been smoking that reefer yo get some sleep
@RalphBednarski2 жыл бұрын
That was my favorite scene in the movie, along with the Ice Breaking scene....best line. Daniel: "Can you do that?" Miagi: " Don't know? Never been attacked by a Tree."
@Generic_Man2 жыл бұрын
TBR Schmitt: "What the heck is Karate Kid III even about?" Truer words have never been spoken.
@cfinley812 жыл бұрын
Just wait....
@Camuska2 жыл бұрын
"I was high on cocaine"
@marcuscato90832 жыл бұрын
It’s just part of the Cobra Kai origin story. And apparently cocaine. 🤣
@Carrot4219112 жыл бұрын
Cocaine and revenge
@m.e.38622 жыл бұрын
Cocaine is a hell of a drug....😛
@cfinley812 жыл бұрын
I love Sato's reaction to Chozen refusing to help Daniel. He now realizes the monster he created. I understand Sato's anger, but him just cutting off Chozen like that was awful. It's like, "YOU did this, my dude. Your hate has created this."
@lewstone54302 жыл бұрын
You tell’em Christina!
@maxiepattie852 жыл бұрын
plot twist... new girl crashes truck and blows a racist
@jp38132 жыл бұрын
@@christopheclaus8505 No need to spoil returning plot points.
@christopheclaus85052 жыл бұрын
@@jp3813 was not my intention
@cfinley812 жыл бұрын
@@christopheclaus8505 Dude...spoilers.
@williammccollom68472 жыл бұрын
The crane kick was never illegal, before the tournament starts Ally is explaining the rules to Daniel and says that a kick to the head is worth a point. So he won fair and square. The best part about all these movies is how they all come full circle in the series, and from all 3 movies.
@paulpolpiboon9535 Жыл бұрын
Boom! Exactly
@sirgawffik2 жыл бұрын
Honestly, I think the reason Sato was so bitter has also got to do with the time in which they lived. When Miyagi says to Sato: "What has happened to you?" And he looks back with this almost depressed stare? Since Miyagi was old enough to serve during WW2 and Sato was still living in Okinawa during the war it stands to reason that Sato saw and had some involvement with the battle of Okinawa (one of the bloodiest in the Pacific theatre) and maybe Sato focusing all his anger and anguish and PTSD from that on his grudge with Miyagi is why he was so relentless with trying to fight Miyagi.
@ergoat2 жыл бұрын
Hmm. Nice insight.
@MrLovegrove2 жыл бұрын
Never thought about that. Makes sense and puts Sato in a very different perspective.
@mokane862 жыл бұрын
I somewhat disagree. The war destroyed practically EVERYTHING on the island. Sato bought huge chunks of the ruined land. His family had a fishing empire of sorts before the war. Clearly Sato took his fleet of boats and fled somewhere during the battle, and returned later to the ruins as one of the few functioning enterprises. He is probably sullen because he knows in his heart he is a betrayer of his people. Or not 😅
@cfinley812 жыл бұрын
Miyagi's father has not seen him since he put him on a boat to America when Miyagi was 18 years old. Kumiko's translation makes me cry every time.
@kelex122 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that scene always gets to me every time too and the scene with Daniel talking with Miyagi about his father. So emotional and powerful.
@kylereese48222 жыл бұрын
Mr. Miyagi's given name is inconsistent in the series. In The Karate Kid, the name Hideo Miyagi, which translates to “hero” Miyagi and is the real given name of Pat Morita’s brother, can be seen stamped in reverse on his World War II dog tags, being used as a keychain for the car he gives Daniel as a birthday present. As written in Japanese characters in The Karate Kid Part II, his name is 宮城成義 (Miyagi Nariyoshi), which translates as Nariyoshi Miyagi, which is also seen on his gravestone in Cobra Kai. He is called Keisuke Miyagi at the start of The Next Karate Kid. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Miyagi
@maxiepattie852 жыл бұрын
One of my moms boyfriends liked cars. Went to a lot of car things I saw that truck from the movie. The one he chops the beer bottles in half on
@ungarelli812 жыл бұрын
@@kylereese4822 You should write SPOILER at the start of this comment. You reveal a detail from the Cobra Kai series.
@davidgagne35692 жыл бұрын
This film made me fall in love with Tamlyn Tomita. What a beauty! This was her first film - ever. A timeless beauty!
@alucard6242 жыл бұрын
She's aged quite well.
@daynejoseph2366 Жыл бұрын
Fun fact - She was actually born on a military base in Okinawa.
@garrettreed6166 Жыл бұрын
Same!! I have always had a huge crush on her😊❤
@davestang5454 Жыл бұрын
She was also in "The Joy Luck Club" where she speaks in her natural voice and the "Cobra Kai" series.
@John-ct9zs2 жыл бұрын
Daniel has more in common with Mr. Miyagi then he realizes. Both of them have a decades old rivalry with some other dude from their younger years.
@katemaloney42962 жыл бұрын
1. Johnny was able to stand up to Kreese because of a deleted scene in the first KK where Daniel told him "Don't you ever wonder if your sensei is wrong?" and planted the seeds of doubt. 2. The reason why Ali and Lucille weren't in this sequel is that this story was about Mr. Miyagi, not Daniel. 3. Her name is pronounced YOU-KEY-AYE. 4. The actress who played Yukie had acted opposite Pat Morita in 'HAPPY DAYS'. She played Arnold's betrothed in the episode when Arnold gets married and moves away from Milwaukee. 5. Technically, the O-bon dance performed by Kumiko does not exist. Tamilyn's mother choreographed the dance moves before filming to help give some Japanese authenticity. 6. Kadena AB is right smack dab next to Tome Village. Okinawa was key to winning the war in the Pacific in WWII. 7. The casualty tally that Mr. Miyagi quotes to Daniel is real. The Japanese army decimated the villages. 8. Pat Morita developed spinal tuberculosis as a child and had to stay in a body cast off/on for 9 years. As soon as he recovered, he was sent to join his family at the 'relocation center' in AZ. 7. The Tome Village in the movie does not exist. The real village was so run down that the filmmakers rebuilt the location in Hawaii. The O-bon dance was filmed on a set in California. 8. 'Glory of Love' was written for ROCKY IV. It was nominated for 'Best Song' at the Oscars, but lost to Berlin's 'Take My Breath Away'. 9. Mr. Miyagi didn't have to take a commercial flight. Being a MEDAL OF HONOR recipient he is allowed free travel on any government transport. 10. The 'Crane Kick' is not an illegal move; Johnny kicked his opponent in the face for a win, and Dutch kicked Daniel in the face and was given a point. Anything above the waist is fair game. 11. I believe Yukie was able to find Miyagi, because once he got to Hawaii, Miyagi wrote his dad to tell him he'd arrived safely. And I am pretty sure Miyagi wrote his dad a few more times after the war to reassure him that he was alright. All Yukie had to do was go to the military installation (where she probably worked) and do a data search on her lost love. Since Miyagi was a MOH recipient, he would be known since there weren't that many recipients--at least not then.
@davestang5454 Жыл бұрын
Good points. Especially good point on #11. Plausible. The Japanese took mindless cruelty to their most insane levels in China. setting off a series of destructive events that destabilized Asia for decades. The only part of the plots of these movies is how characters were written out in the beginning of KK2 and KK3 with "she dumped me!" speeches. I think the writers could have found more clever ways to get rid of the "girlfriends".
@katemaloney4296 Жыл бұрын
@@davestang5454True. Considering Daniel's true-love is Kumiko, it should've been written how she went back to LA with Daniel & Mr. Miyagi and had been staying with them, when she got the letter that she had been accepted to a dance school in SF. It would've provided a way for Daniel to mend his broken heart with the Bonsai tree store. Change up Jessica's role that she agreed to help Daniel until she had to go back to Ohio, but eliminate her as a rebound because she had met Kumiko.
@donkeylipsgelfin69832 жыл бұрын
There's nothing illegal about the crane kick. Punches to the face weren't legal but kicks were repeatedly scoring points throughout the tournament montage and it's how Johnny scored his first point against Daniel.
@Aaron-io8vw2 жыл бұрын
Well except for the fact that under 18 no protective gear would never be allowed
@shanehenry76992 жыл бұрын
That's funny because in the new Cobra Kai show Johnny tells Daniel his crane kick was illegal.
@burntvirtue2 жыл бұрын
@@shanehenry7699 He knows it wasn't. He's just butthurt
@StinkyGreenBud2 жыл бұрын
It is though. Under 18 you are not allowed to strike to the face. So Johnny and Daniel should have been hit with warnings or even penalties. But, this is a movie so it really does not matter.
@Elurin2 жыл бұрын
Kicks to the head aren't the same as kicks to the face.
@ck_idgaf16802 жыл бұрын
Elizabeth Shue (Ali) was suppose to return for a brief role for a moment in KK2, but she had already returned to college and resumed her studies when they started shooting. She was in Harvard and she had already took time to film another movie earlier that year, that was straight to video.
@MrParkerman62 жыл бұрын
You are wrong, Twice!
@deg67882 жыл бұрын
Wasnt she in back to the future2?
@shady_the_one2 жыл бұрын
@@deg6788 yeah
@jeffreymcmahon36272 жыл бұрын
The whole 'Daniel is the bully' nonsense is from a show called How I met your Mother. Just keep in mind the character who theorized that tripe has the initials BS.
@randall-king2 жыл бұрын
That’s a good word for it-nonsense.
@Alexandrashepiro2 жыл бұрын
@@randall-king well..have you watched Cobra Kai..Not gonna spoil it..but season 1 makes you look at Daniel in a whole new light!!
@randall-king2 жыл бұрын
@@Alexandrashepiro I’ve seen the first two seasons. It doesn’t mean that Daniel was ever the bully or that Johnny wasn’t.
@Alexandrashepiro2 жыл бұрын
@@randall-king Daniel was ta bully.....he swooped in....take Johnny's girl. He was the antagonizer of alot of it.
@randall-king2 жыл бұрын
@@Alexandrashepiro She wasn’t Johnny’s girl. Ali made it clear that she and Johnny were through and that she was interested in Daniel.
@mpireone2 жыл бұрын
I knew Sato (Danny Kamekona), he was a longtime family friend. Yes, in the movie he looked like a jerk but he was far from that. He was very laid back and funny. RIP
@michaeltrivette17282 жыл бұрын
Jerks in movies are almost always the nicest people.
@k1productions872 жыл бұрын
I still think of him as Matsumoto from Robot Jox :P
@alucard6242 жыл бұрын
@@michaeltrivette1728 True. Just about every actor I've met at conventions who've played villains are some of the coolest people you'll ever meet and talk with.
@MagsonDare2 жыл бұрын
@@michaeltrivette1728 The actor who played Mr. Potter in "It's a Wonderful Life" is also said to have been one of the sweetest men in the world, but he sure played a convincing villain.
@RangerErnsy2 жыл бұрын
@@MagsonDare He was also Drew Barrymore's great-uncle.
@anthonymiele43202 жыл бұрын
That swinging spike thing was the hardest damn part of the NES game.
@jkhoover2 жыл бұрын
TRUTH!!! Kids these days will never understand what a difficult game is. ET on Atari, and KK on NES. Not to mention, trying to get the damn girl down from the bell tower.
@alucard6242 жыл бұрын
I hated that game.
@adamromero2 жыл бұрын
@@jkhoover Don't forget Lion King on Sega Genesis.
@lmcgregoruk2 жыл бұрын
@@adamromero Disney made the developers make Lion King on Genesis hard on purpose, so that KIDS wouldn't beat it during a rental(which was popular at the time), and there would be more chance of them buying it to finish it.
@John_Locke_1082 жыл бұрын
The whole darn game was insanely difficult. For me it was in the same league as Top Gun.
@jean-philippedoyon99042 жыл бұрын
That opening scene with Kreese...it's just genius ! Mr. Miyagi just let him hurt himself, an unbalanced damaged Vietnam vet who just know how to answer to life with aggression. Using his own words of teaching against him is so clever to show him the ridicule of the situation. A good teacher would have learned, realize the truth and changed his way. Anger and hatred must stop one day...It's only self-destruction in the end.
@fashizzle782 жыл бұрын
Hands down one of the greatest sequels in movie history..and great soundtrack with "Glory Of Love"
@Malryth2 жыл бұрын
Agreed!!!
@bromixsr2 жыл бұрын
Terminator II and The Empire Strike back might fight for the title, but it is up there. Cetera does indeed have a heck of a voice.
@jeffphillips95882 жыл бұрын
Aliens pretty good also
@theradgegadgie63522 жыл бұрын
@@bromixsr Not to mention Aliens.
@popculturewatch86892 жыл бұрын
@@bromixsr it's nowhere near in the fight for the best sequels but uts a good movie in its own right. Winter Soldier, Aliens, T2, X2. I'll stop but yeah.
@Carnax69692 жыл бұрын
Something I've really appreciated about Daniel is how much he mentally matured in this one, also how much he loves Miyagi to the point he started learning Okinawan culture. For me, this one is the best out of the Miyagi Karate Kid films.
@lindanearing4710Ай бұрын
Absolutely, and something he said when consoling Mr. Miyagi, "I feel like my father did everything for me, and I didn't do anything for him", was the plot point that the entire KK3 movie hinged on. Daniel's desire to do for his surrogate father, Mr. Miyagi, what he felt he failed at with his own father. In his enthusiasm to show Mr. Miyagi how much he loved and respected him, he made some bad decisions and it spiraled tragically out of control.
@olicorrivo32892 жыл бұрын
That ice breaking scene was everything when i watched it as a kid. So many memories.
@John_Locke_1082 жыл бұрын
Opening of the film was actually the original ending of the first movie. But they cut it out and used it to open the sequel. Pretty good choice.
@ashscott60682 жыл бұрын
Good thing they never did that with part 3! Or they'd have to explain Daniel gaining 2 pounds on his face alone, between scenes.
@chrisleebowers2 жыл бұрын
Part of the Mandela effect is that scene is intact in the novelization of the first movie. There may have been a DVD or Blu-ray that had a version with that scene at the end.
@burntvirtue2 жыл бұрын
It was scripted for the 1st movie, but it was never shot until part 2
@John_Locke_1082 жыл бұрын
@@burntvirtue OK. For some reason I thought they actually filmed it. I have false memories of seeing raw footage of that scene.
@xrentonx2 жыл бұрын
Nah. Danny isn't the "bad guy". It's just dumb internet meme-ing. He wasn't a perfect good guy...probably.
@E_y_a_l2 жыл бұрын
Exactly, it's just a joke started with the how I met your mother episodes where Barney claims Daniel is the villain in the movie, but obviously there's no real logic behind it.
@E_y_a_l2 жыл бұрын
@A S Without going in detail about the series plot, even in Cobra Kai nobody seriously claimed Daniel was the bully/bad guy in the events of Karate Kid 1, it's just an internet joke.
@The_Bleeze2 жыл бұрын
Daniel absolutely was the bully/bad guy.
@darnell78712 жыл бұрын
The Crane kick was never illegal. Even in real life tournaments kicks to the heads are worth the most points. Plus most of the competitors were kicking their opponents in the upper body area anyway.
@jowbloe36732 жыл бұрын
Let's ask Johnny.
@StinkyGreenBud2 жыл бұрын
Any strikes to the head/face are illegal in a under 18 tournament in real life.
@Evoldog2 жыл бұрын
Of course it isn't illegal in the tournament. Miguel performed the crane kick against his opponent in Cobra Kai S01 and got a point. People need to stop with this nonsense.
@darnell78712 жыл бұрын
@@StinkyGreenBud No kicks to the face are allowed. Punches to the face are illegal though
@topomusicale55802 жыл бұрын
@@Evoldog In the movie Johnny struck Daniel in the face and it was not counted as a point (and you hear the announcer or referee say something about no point, blow to the head.. Daniel then kicks Johnny in the face and wins. It isn't ridiculous for people to think it is an inconsistency.
@Unisol5422 жыл бұрын
Crane kick was not illegal. It is stated multiple times that the head is a target that awards points and Daniel even takes a kick to the face by another Cobra Kai fighter and that fighter is awarded a point in the prelim matches.
@StinkyGreenBud2 жыл бұрын
In this movie universe sure. But in real life it is illegal to strike someone in the face in a under 18 tournament.
@Unisol5422 жыл бұрын
@@StinkyGreenBud Sure. In addition they would be wearing protective gear. Furthermore, they wouldn't have let Daniel complete at all after his injury. Because that's the REAL world. THIS is Karate Kid fantasy world. In that respect, the movie Sidekicks is a more accurate depiction of what a REAL karate tournament would look like.
@Unisol5422 жыл бұрын
Just thought of something more. If we are also including Cobra Kai series in this canon (which I do), then the Crane technique is more definitely legal because Johnny had Miguel use the Crane Kick in the season 1 tournament if I recall correctly. And Miguel was awarded a point.
@Speculativedude2 жыл бұрын
Yeah Dutch kicked Daniel in the face. Johnny also is shown scoring with kicks to the head against someone else.
@FeaturingRob2 жыл бұрын
I was in high school when this one came out, and I must have seen it about five times in the theater. Not only was it a really amazing sequel, I developed a serious crush on Tamlyn Tomita (Kumiko) who has since this film become one of my favorite charcter actresses having done big screen films (The Day After Tomorrow, Come See The Paradise, The Joy Luck Club, & Picture Bride) and television (most recently on 'Star Trek: Picard' as the villainous Romulan Commodore Oh). One look on her IMDb page and you can see she has done tons of work, especially on TV. My personal favorites of her roles: Lt. Commander Laurel Takashima on the 'Babylon 5' pilot; Julia Chang, mother of Mike Chang on the muscial series 'Glee'; and Lt. Commander Tracy Manetti on the series 'J.A.G.' which she played with a Texas accent. She is Okinawan-Filipino American..born in Okinawa and raised in L.A. The Asian guy who looked so familiar from 'Jurassic Park' is B.D. Wong...and you should recognize him as he is in EVERYTHING it seems like. He has done movies & TV, as well as voice work. Specifically playing Shang in the animated 'Mulan' films (his character sings "I'll Make A Man Out Of You...but it's Donny Osmond who sings it). He also appeared on Broadway with John Lithgow in the play 'M.Butterfly' and won just about every theatrical award possible for his role including the Tony Award. When the play was turned into a film it starred Jeremy Irons (in the Lithgow role) and John Lone (in Wong's role)...and it wasn't very good as a film. Some of my favorite films B.D. was in: 'Father of the Bride 1 & 2' with Steve Martin, Diane Keaton and Martin Short. He played Howard Weinstein, assistant to Martin Short's Franck, and is hysterically funny holding his own with Short and Martin. Another is 'The Freshman' with Marlon Brando, Matthew Broderick, and Maximillian Schell as Edward. A small early role, but he does interesting things with it. The black actor playing the G.I. in the bar with the ice sheets that you recognized was Clarence Gilyard, Jr. He was Theo, the safecracker in 'Die Hard' ("Oh my god the quarterback is TOAST!"). Sundown, the RIO in 'Top Gun', and for many years was James Trivette on 'Walker Texas Ranger' with Chuck Norris. While I am not a fan of the next Karate Kid film...it does have two villains that are definitely memorable, one of which returned in the recent season of 'Cobra Kai'. You'll see soon enough.
@traviswinkler39942 жыл бұрын
Daniel is not "the bad guy". That's become a running joke. As for the scene you mentioned... Mandela effect, for sure. As you now know, it's in the 2nd movie.
@rxtsec12 жыл бұрын
For a lot of people it's not a joke which is weird cause he's even good in cobra kai
@zachharris30402 жыл бұрын
@@rxtsec1 A lot of fans are uninspired and try hards so they make up weird theories.
@TheChatterer2 жыл бұрын
Anyone who watches The Karate Kid and thinks Daniel is the bully was either never bullied or was a bully at some point.
@rxtsec12 жыл бұрын
@@zachharris3040 Daniel is imperfect so I can see why some people might not like him. He's supposed to be the kid Rocky but unlike Rocky not as likable but Miyagi by his side kinda makes up for that.
@jowbloe36732 жыл бұрын
Daniel is far from the completely innocent bystander.
@naHousehippo2 жыл бұрын
the whole daniel being a bad guy is probably referencing 'how i met your mother' where barney saw the cobra kai kid as the main character with daniel moving in on his 'turf' and stealing his girl.
@robertbryant82432 жыл бұрын
Except that Ali had already mentioned that they were recently broken up. Johnny was clearly the kind of guy who just won't take "no" for an answer.
@xtremejay20002 жыл бұрын
It is just stupid internet stuff. Internet net being internet-ey. It started as kind of a tongue in cheek idea and the internet took it and ran and now idiots think they "know what karate kid was really about."
@One.Zero.One1012 жыл бұрын
That's just nerds over-analyzing everything. KZbin channels with weird and ridiculous takes are the new trendy thing right now, they get tons of views. You get stupid crap like "Ron Weasley is actually the son of Albus Dumbledore and Lily Potter".
@Camuska2 жыл бұрын
Childhood Crush still going on on Kumiko Saying Daniel is the bad guy is just a meme. It's then developped in the show, I hope you'll watch it, in a much more mature thing. Daniel was never the bully or the bad guy. He just acted like a bullied kid.
@Camuska2 жыл бұрын
Btw I'm 35 now and I cried twice during Cobra Kai. It stabbed my heart
@td8112 жыл бұрын
He wasn’t a bully, but he’s definitely a hot head an instigator and a guy who butts in.
@CrisaMV2 жыл бұрын
YES! I've got a medium pizza a cherry lemonade and I'm rushing straight home to watch this! Loved your first reaction 😃 can't wait! 💞
@pchill822 жыл бұрын
Haha that sounds like a great night! Enjoy.
@KingsFanForever2 жыл бұрын
Beer goes much better with pizza :)
@leffew20002 жыл бұрын
In the first movie Ali clearly stated that contact with the head was allowed. Neither Johnny nor Dutch were issued penalties for kicking opponents heads, so why do people keep saying the crane kick was illegal? Plus, every organization sets thier own tournament rules. What may be illegal in Florida competition, may not be illegal in California competition. Not to mention that the referee was the stunt coordinator and the other semi-finalalist created the technique, so I'm pretty sure they both know it to be a legal maneuver.
@Fardawg2 жыл бұрын
People are just repeating the meme and have no idea what the facts are. You can tell they never bothered to watch the film again since there are many attempts at head kicks and as you say, both Johnny and Dutch scored points on Daniel by kicking him hard in the head/face. Johnny saying it was illegal was just Johnny being Johnny.
@MrParkerman62 жыл бұрын
@Brandon Leffew It doesn't matter what Ali said, fucking dumbass. The REFEREE, Pat Johnson clearly states in the first movie that no face contact will be counted as points, fucking idiot.
@leffew20002 жыл бұрын
@@MrParkerman6 First off WOW, why such anger towards me? Secondly I grew up on these movies and out of all of his lines spoken, Pat Johnson never makes any comment like that. Even at the beginning of Part 2 (original ending of Part 1), Johnson tells Daniel that his win was "very impressive". Provide me with time index in the film and I'll gladly rewatch it to see.
@blanewilliams59602 жыл бұрын
@@MrParkerman6 who cares, you are a clown and need a valium
@bigjoeofthe7072 жыл бұрын
I never noticed until I saw this movie again recently that Sato had some tears in his eyes after his trainer/Mr. Miyagi’s dad died. There he showed there was some form of humanity in him that he just couldn’t show cause he was too prideful.
@Speculativedude2 жыл бұрын
Exactly. Just like Mr. Miyagi said when Daniel asked him why if he hated Mr. Miyagi so much did he give him time to mourn. He said, "In his heart Sato still knows right from wrong." When questioned about that he responded, "Sometimes what heart knows, head forgets."
@TiaX20002 жыл бұрын
Missing Ali? Then you really should watch "Adventures in Babysitting" (1987), directed by Chris Columbus.
@periechontology2 жыл бұрын
In traditional point Karate tournaments punches are only allowed to the body, BUT kicks ARE allowed to the head.
@DonnaCPunk2 жыл бұрын
That's what I never understood about people going on about him winning on an illegal kick to the head. If it was illegal, then he wouldn't have won the tournament.
@Carrot4219112 жыл бұрын
@@DonnaCPunk In Karate Kid 3, the ref says to Mike Barnes something like: "Light contact is allowed to the head, and I DO mean light, Mr Barnes!" If we assume the rules was the same the year before, I think the illegal part is how hard Daniel kicked Johnny in the face, and that the ref should have given Daniel a warning instead of awarding him with a point.
@burntvirtue2 жыл бұрын
@@Carrot421911 Johnny's earlier kick to Daniel's face in the same match isn't light. Kicks to the face were all throughout the tournament scenes
@vwlssnvwls32622 жыл бұрын
The fight scene between Myagui and Kreese was originally filmed to be the end of the first movie, but they chose not to use it. I am glad they brought it back for the beginning of this, because it gives more insight into all the characters, but I can see why they chose not to use it as the end of the first movie, because it feels more like a start than an end.
@dustywaynemusic62972 жыл бұрын
I don't think it was filmed but it was in the original script
@odiumgeneris7292 жыл бұрын
I understand ending part 1 where they did since the movie was so clearly a rocky clone, so I'm not hating. But on the other hand, the main theme of the movie (outside of Miyagi/Larusso/balance) was that the real problem was the Cobra Kai karate sensei. To not have him get his comeuppance seemed wrong.
@randall-king2 жыл бұрын
@@dustywaynemusic6297 It was filmed. And if you watch closely, you can clearly see the difference between how Ralph looks in that scene and the rest of the film.
@jwalker22762 жыл бұрын
I wouldn’t exactly call that a fight. 😂
@odiumgeneris7292 жыл бұрын
@@randall-king agreed. I reasoned that when I first saw it. The scene just looks older compared to the rest of The Karate Kid Part 2 print. Grainy.
@dionkelly84208 ай бұрын
The first KARATE KID movie came out in 1984. KARATE KID PART 2 came out in 1986. The scenes in Okinawa were actually shot in Hawaii. Daniel was never a bully or a bad guy. He's way too nice to be a bully, even when he was getting his ass kicked and didn't know Karate. Daniel was like THE ORIGINAL TIGER WOODS long before we even heard of the REAL Tiger Woods.
@eabcool2 жыл бұрын
people arguing that Johnny wasn't bad in karate Kid are pretty rediculous
@Sweetish_Jeff_2 жыл бұрын
He was a jerk, but he redeemed himself in the end when he gave Daniel the trophy and says, “you’re alright, LaRusso. Good match”.
@eabcool2 жыл бұрын
@@Sweetish_Jeff_ obviously
@44excalibur2 жыл бұрын
The scene with Mr. Miyagi confronting John Kreese at the beginning of The Karate Kid Part II was originally supposed to happen at the end of the first Karate Kid movie. It was also going to include all of the Cobra Kai students taking off their black belts and leaving the Cobra Kai. Director John G. Avildsen felt it was better to end the first movie on a more triumphant note, with the camera on a smiling Mr. Miyagi after Daniel wins the tournament, and it was decided that the original end scene would be moved to the beginning of The Karate Kid Part II.
@TheWindcrow2 жыл бұрын
I never remember this movie being so emotional... Getting old and someone is cutting onions the whole time!!!
@ashscott60682 жыл бұрын
Contact is NOT illegal when your opponent is rushing forward. The goal is to stop short of making contact, but accidents happen, and the rules reflect that. If you're moving forwards and contact is made, the point is good unless the ref deems it deliberate. Also: Anyone saying Daniel is the bad guy, should probably go back to Twitter. :D
@ashscott60682 жыл бұрын
@Yo Momma QUIET! I saw him post a hash brown just a few hours ago!
@JuanAlvarez-vd6yc2 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Pat Morita "mr.miyagi" was not considered by the producer because he was known as a comedian. The director wanted a dramatic actor. Morita audition 5 times before he got the role.
@Sweetish_Jeff_2 жыл бұрын
Mako, who played in the “Karate Kid” ripoff, “Sidekicks”, was considered for the Mr. Miyagi part. Thankfully, it went to Pat Morita.
@claytonhaag69312 жыл бұрын
Love love love the score and sound design on this one. You can almost feel the okinawan culture coming through!
@tristramcoffin9262 жыл бұрын
Elisabeth Shue apparently approached Ralph at a Mets game years after the fact and just balled him out about how they wrote her off in KK2. Obviously, he was like 'I just act, hun'. 'I don't make these decisions.' The crazy part about this is Ralph and Liz hadn't crossed paths since they filmed KK1 together but it meant that much to her for her to talk to Ralph about it decades later when Ralph was largely inactive acting and supporting his family. I always found that story amusing.
@bigpace2 жыл бұрын
I was living in Okinawa on the air base when this movie came out. Karate was a huge part of my life at the time.
@NintendoCapriSun2 жыл бұрын
I believe the Miyagi v Kreese scene was originally intended to be at the end of the first movie but was never used until the 2nd movie, but the Mandela effect may be caused by the fact that it actually does appear at the end of the first of the three books based on the movies. Those books are pretty obscure from what I've heard. Just happens I still own all 3 of them from my childhood. I've been tempted to make a video based on them someday.
@TheKiman22 жыл бұрын
Well, the actual film footage used is a fresh one filmed for KK2. It's not a saved footage from KK1 filming that they stuck on to the beginning of KK2. I remember this opening scene was in the news about how Daniel looked so much different compared to the first one, as he went from being in his early 20s to mid 20s.
@panthergod2 жыл бұрын
I read the 1st one as a kid WAY before I actually saw it..
@jonisilk2 жыл бұрын
Did the novelisation also feature the "blueberry-pie" scene?
@Speculativedude2 жыл бұрын
@@TheKiman2 True, but they had originally planned to have it end the first film, and then didn't bother shooting it because they decided that the focus should be on Daniel's win and that this would take away from it.
@Speculativedude2 жыл бұрын
I did not know there was a novelization of the movies. If you make that video, I'll watch it for sure. Now I've got to try and find them.
@IggyStardust19672 жыл бұрын
Go back and look in the comments, I linked a video about Daniel being the real bully. Actually, only took me a second to find it again. Here it is: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZCqq5KfidqFg68 Don't worry, there are no spoilers for anything beyond the first movie.
@jeffreymcmahon36272 жыл бұрын
That video is just, wow. I don't know what's more pathetic. That guy actually thinking all that, or the people who say to their screens, "You know, this actually makes sense."
@RuinNationGaming2 жыл бұрын
The whole denial being bad is revisionist history enough said. it was a meme video on youtube a guy made a video about Johnny being the good guy and even when Johnny did something bad he flipped it around. I took it as sarcastic but some people ran with it.
@tenzinmutuzaki82282 жыл бұрын
Can’t believe Netflix made an entire series based off that joke video. It almost sends bad messages and undermines the theme of fighting against opposition that was present in the first film. Plus, to hear fans of Cobra Kai talk shit about Daniel when he was brave enough to stand up against his bully in Karate Kid 1 is absolutely stupid as fuck.
@algrudenich18272 жыл бұрын
Back in the VHS days I edited the end of KK 1 with the beginning of KK 2 and it came out smoothly to look like one continuous movie. My proud moment of the 80s...lol
@marcuscato90832 жыл бұрын
Awesome. Nine points out of ten (9/10). Would have been an extra 80s point if it happened on Betamax. 😂
@algrudenich18272 жыл бұрын
@@marcuscato9083 hahaha!
@kegr10662 жыл бұрын
Great sequel b/c it breaks the sequel mold of doing the same things as the original just bigger and louder. Also one of the better movie soundtracks and scores of the '80s, a tier below Top Gun, Dirty Dancing, and Footloose
@WesCoastPiano2 жыл бұрын
Exactly right, it's the exact opposite of trash sequels like Ghostbusters 2.
@magus1042 жыл бұрын
Karate kid is like a good example of how people have different mind sets. The people who were bullies or punks in school always side with Johnny while the people who got bullies side with Daniel.
@tdegrddeehjgd2 жыл бұрын
What about the people who make broad sweeping, ignorant, assumptive observations?
@dustywaynemusic62972 жыл бұрын
I've never met a single person who unironically sided with Johnny, bullies included. What a dumb statement
@dustywaynemusic62972 жыл бұрын
@@tdegrddeehjgd thank you lol
@sam12six2 жыл бұрын
@@dustywaynemusic6297 Agreed. I personally take Johnny's side. Not because he was the god guy and Daniel the bad guy, but because everyone treats Daniel like the innocent hero when at least half the issues are his fault. I do it to bring some karmic balance. All that said, if Johnny's Kai buddies didn't all jump in when there was a fight I'd say Johnny didn't do anything extra evil. The worst things he did were throwing Ali's radio on the ground, ran Daniel off the road and kissing Ali so Daniel would react like the childish punk he is. Against that, Daniel jumped into an obviously emotional argument the 2 were having, sucker punched Johnny, soaked his weed and acted like the worst kind of dick after the Kobra Kai moratorium on beating punks. The way Daniel acted was like he was HOPING to get killed at the tournament and even as a child when I first saw the movie I was hoping this along with him. Anyway, my whole point is that neither Johnny nor Daniel are out-and-out bad guys in the first movie. The only one who qualifies for that title is the Kobra Kai instructor. People act as if Johnny was as bad as Chozen was in this movie, which irks me...
@tenzinmutuzaki82282 жыл бұрын
@@sam12six Your justifications for Johnny’s actions in the first Karate Kid are horrible and one of the main reasons why the premise of Cobra Kai is so inherently flawed. Johnny was meant to be a bad guy in the first film, and Kreese was just an even bigger guy for basically influencing him and the other kids from Cobra Kai to be plain jerks. Daniel was a hothead, yet that doesn’t excuse Johnny and his friends basically beating him up severely. I’m tired of people giving bullies and narcissists a pass. When you base your entire show on a joke video called “Daniel was the real villain”, when the film directly contradicts that silly statement, then you have a show that is faulty due to its faulty foundation. Johnny comes in the show behaving in an almost entitled manner, yet the show frames Daniel as being an egotistical tyrant. You can say that they’re both flawed, but the fact is that Johnny is WAY WORSE than Daniel.
@kyleb862 жыл бұрын
I can’t wait to see what you two think of Cobra Kai. It really builds upon, and even adds more depth to what was established in the movies. Each season has gotten better and better too
@haroldcruz85502 жыл бұрын
The acting is just atrocious except for the grown ups and the main young antagonist which made the show tolerable.
@emmanuelmedina55352 жыл бұрын
Without Johnny, the show is not worth watching, honestly.
@jp38132 жыл бұрын
@@haroldcruz8550 "Main young antagonist". Which one? XD
@MicukoFelton2 жыл бұрын
@@emmanuelmedina5535 Johnny is pretty overrated to be honest.
@MicukoFelton2 жыл бұрын
Cobra Kai is good, but it's a bit too comical at times and I've noticed they fuck up the characterizations of characters sometimes in order to create more drama. The first season was the best in my opinion.
@jordanwilliams253282 ай бұрын
The only reason why people say Daniel is the bad guy is cuz there was a KZbin video that chronicled “Karate Kid 1” from Johnny’s POV. Johnny thinks that Daniel was the new kid that kept annoying and pushing him, making Johnny feel like the only way to get him to stop was to beat him up, but as the audience, we know that Johnny’s POV is tragically skewed. Essentially, everyone believes themselves to be the hero of their own story. Like Obi-Wan says in “Star Wars” : “The truths we hold so near and dear to us depend greatly on our own point of view.”
@scottjo632 жыл бұрын
Actually around 4:12, this scene was actually filmed during the first KK, and the filmmakers were going to use it as the real ending. However, the filmmakers changed their minds as they already had the real ending that was perfect. They thought this ending would have brought it down a notch, hence the perfect beginning to this movie. The KK remake had the same ending with Jackie Chan fighting the teacher and they filmed it, but was quickly used as an extra deleted scene in a DVD.
@doughbafett2 жыл бұрын
Not entirely accurate. The Miyagi/Kreese scene was in the script for the first film. But they never actually filmed it. Avildsen was happy with the tournament ending the movie and didn't feel it was necessary to shoot that parking lot scene. He saved it for the sequel thinking the first film would be a big success. You can tell Pat Morita looks older in the opening scene of KKII. His hair and goatee are more white compared to his grayish look at the end of the first one.
@jpotter20862 жыл бұрын
Flashback sequences were VERY common in sequels in the 80s and earlier. You have to remember how people saw movies then .... you saw them in theater, or not ... then never saw them again unless they ran on TV. HBO was a huge hit on early cable because it ran recently out of theater movies on heavy rotation. Cable TV and VHS movie rentals became increasingly common from 1985 to 1990, at which point they were ubiquitous. Flashbacks helped people that never saw the first movie "catch up", served up cheap nostalgia for those that had seen the earlier movie(s), and were also cheap padding to the runtime!
@Elios00002 жыл бұрын
dont forget Pay Per View in the later 80's and early 90's
@philliplozano75872 жыл бұрын
The reason for the long flashback is even though it only came out 2 years after the first film, back in 1986 not everyone had VCRs or pay cable TV and had not been inundated with constant opportunities to re-watch the original film before seeing the sequel like we have today.
@B1GG1N2 жыл бұрын
The best way for a reactor to avoid spoilers in the comments when watching a movie or tv series is to no be there.
@llorona78472 жыл бұрын
Just watching the intro right now & I gotta say, you were NOT wrong. Daniel wasn’t the bad guy. Johnny & his pals were definitely bullies. But I won’t spoil anything. Watch the rest of the films & you can determine for yourself what happened once you start Cobra Kai.
@pringals2 жыл бұрын
Once you get through all these sequels, you need to start watching Cobra Kai. So fun watching the continuing saga from a slightly different perspective and yet have flashbacks to the original movies as well as original actors in the movies doing cameos in the show too.
@HansCholo6192 жыл бұрын
"Danielson! ....THIS NOT TOURNAMENT......THIS ....FOR ....REEEEEL!!"
@michaelzabala48502 жыл бұрын
Elizabeth Shue wasn't available to star in the sequel due to the fact she was away in college, so unfortunately the writers wrote her character out of the sequel. But I actually liked Kumiko alot more than Alli personally.
@Sweetish_Jeff_2 жыл бұрын
Yes. Ali was his first love, but Kumiko seemed more like his soulmate.
@burntvirtue2 жыл бұрын
She was in Cocktail with Tom Cruise the same year
@Sweetish_Jeff_2 жыл бұрын
@@burntvirtue Ugh. Can’t stand that movie. And, I hate that song “Kokomo”. I love Elisabeth Shue, though. One of my favorite movies of hers is “The Saint”. Very underrated film.
@jp38132 жыл бұрын
19:13 Is that an editing mistake? There's supposed to be sound during the ice break, not just music.
@dionkelly84208 ай бұрын
The guy who runs into Kumiko with Daniel and gives Kumiko a flyer for the dance and says BRING YOUR FRIEND was actor B.D. WONG. He was in lots of movies and crime TV shows.
@gsc762 жыл бұрын
I think the fact that it was so much different then the first movie made it so good.
@billsimonis Жыл бұрын
watching this again brought back memories of my father who passed away in August after a brief hospital stay. So that scene with Daniel consoling Miyagi really got to me. Movie was filmed mostly in Hawaii and not Okinawa. I think the Military base seen in the movie is Tripler Army Base (though I could be wrong). The main villian Cozen, reappera in the Cobra Kai season and atones for his behavior in the movie.
@jayge172 жыл бұрын
While it sucks the other characters didn't return for part 2, I always forgave it because Daniel and Mr. Miyagi were so great together! As for part 3, probably one of my favorite guilty pleasures, great cinema it is not, but still entertaining! And Cobra Kai is great because rather than tarnish our memories of the original films, it expands the characters and makes them even better! Happy you 2 are continuing the franchise and look forward to more!
@jasonfitak95212 жыл бұрын
Fun fact. There was an episode of Happy Days called Arnold's Wedding, Pat Morita (Arnold) marries a woman played by Nobu McCarthy the actress that played Yukie.
@danny721702 жыл бұрын
Elizabeth Shue was literally away at college and couldn't do the sequel
@marlonclark18962 жыл бұрын
yep
@hassansulaiman38489 ай бұрын
Oh that’s why
@kevinforever68982 жыл бұрын
It’s one of the first love stories I ever remember. Peter Cetera’s “Glory of Love” is an absolute staple of 80’s music, too. I have the 7” record around here somewhere.
@jeannieschmidt22172 жыл бұрын
OMG - You need to get through Karate Kid 3 - and then RUN to the first episode of Cobra Kai. Cannot wait for your reactions!
@incogneato67252 жыл бұрын
They might pull in some stuff into Cobra Kai from The Next Karate Kid too.
@jeannieschmidt22172 жыл бұрын
@@incogneato6725 But for the first 3 seasons of CK - they only need to watch the first two movies.
@michaelvincent82082 жыл бұрын
This story pushed me into better understanding the Japanese culture, so I have been doing just that for quite awhile; reading, writing, speaking, and getting a tolerance for Sakai.
@gustonzimasheen2 жыл бұрын
18:56: Mr. Miyagi came in at just the right moment to help break the ice and defuse the situation.
@Sweetish_Jeff_2 жыл бұрын
The one guy who fails to break the ice who chastizes Daniel is Theo from “Die Hard”. The nerdy, computer expert guy who was trying to break the code for the vault.
@danbernard542811 ай бұрын
For what it's worth, there's no debate about whether Daniel is actually the bad guy. That idea was a gag in How I Met Your Mother and it gets parroted by folks with tongue firmly in-cheek.
@adriennerobinson89842 жыл бұрын
I have to agree with some of the others Daniel was not the bad guy in the movie nor is he in the Cobra Kai series. That started out as a satire video on the youtube and it's not meant to be taken seriously. I agree Daniel was a hot head but Johnny was definitely the bully who instigated a lot of the situations and Daniel instigated only once with the water hose prank out of payback for what they did to him in the past. There is also deleted scenes from the movie where Johnny harassed Daniel that is now on the youtube if you what to check that out. The real villain of the movie was Kreese as Johnny was product of his teachings. In the Cobra Kai series, neither Johnny nor Daniel are the bad guy but just flawed men with good and bad qualities to them which makes the show less black and white and more shades of gray. I do hope you react to the Karate Kid part 3. There is also final movie The Next karate Kid with Hillary Swank and then you can watch the Cobra Kai series on Netflix.
@Speculativedude2 жыл бұрын
Exactly, everything else was started by Johnny. Also the Director stated that when the Cobra Kais had caught Daniel and were holding him up near the fence, that Johnny had every intention if throwing that flying kick and killing Daniel right here. So yes, Johnny was really going to kill Daniel until Mr. Miyagi saved him. I am so sick of people saying that Johnny was the good guy.
@adriennerobinson89842 жыл бұрын
@@Speculativedude I don't think Johnny was planning on killing him but he definitely could have or given him brain damage with that flying kick all because he had to take things too far.
@Speculativedude2 жыл бұрын
@@adriennerobinson8984 Normally I would agree, but because it was the director/writer that said it. It means that is pretty much the case.
@arakuss12 жыл бұрын
The kick in Karate Kid one was legal. Alie when explaining to Daniel “Everything above the waist is a point: head, sternum, kidneys, and ribs.” A careful look at all the fights show kicks to the face.
@SueSnellLives2 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂 oh no! The whole Johnny was the good guy thing is sort of just a fun conspiracy theory. You will never see that played out in the films lol
@KyleMcintoshMAC3162 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad you two enjoyed The Karate Kid Part II. This one is my favorite out of the entire franchise. The story, the musical score and the absolute awesome theme song of the movie Glory of Love all top notch
@JohnGuzik2 жыл бұрын
Sato's nephew probably has the best character arc in the movie/series.
@tonyyul7032 жыл бұрын
Chozen
@scottjo632 жыл бұрын
Please, no more spoilers, stop spoiling for them
@milescoburn18452 жыл бұрын
Great reactions! FYI: I was stationed at Kadena AB, Okinawa from 1980 to 1983. So, seeing this a few years later brought back some very nice memories and thoughts of being in the Far East and the cultures (Korean, Japanese (Okinawan)) I had fallen in love with.
@alucard6242 жыл бұрын
18:19 That's BD Wong. He's had a pretty prolific career but most people definitely know him from his role as Dr. Henry Wu from the Jurassic Park franchise. You also have at 18:38 Clarence Gilyard of later Walker Texas Ranger fame.
@Deepthoughtsabound2 жыл бұрын
I never noticed he was the same actor as Jurassic Park. "All the dinosaurs are female"
@jpopboy2 жыл бұрын
So crazy I never realized he was in this movie!
@lavinder112 жыл бұрын
most people recognize him from law and order
@americanfreedomlogistics99842 жыл бұрын
Miyagi’s conflict with Krese in the beginning of this film foreshadows the drum technique
@garyjones25612 жыл бұрын
About 5 minutes in and, while I loved your first reaction and am excited for this one, I'm sorry you had to deal with those "Daniel is the real bully" morons. That YT video was meant to be satirical, but a group of uneducated people took it seriously fsr. Johnny was clearly the bully (no matter the revisionist history he gives in Cobra Kai). The crane kick was not illegal; I even saw a good article on that the other day; I could find and link if u want. 😉
@Mauther2 жыл бұрын
22:36 "Sato is ridiculous." Spoken like a man who has not met Terry Silver yet
@kiranolan71042 жыл бұрын
I'm interested in seeing your thoughts on the third movie. A lot of people don't like it but I thought it was good.
@davestang5454 Жыл бұрын
Hated it. Should have never been made. The 4th one was WORSE. The reboot with Jackie Chan was a joke.
@michelvanderweide85422 жыл бұрын
You guys are having a great week indeed 😊 Earlier this week Heat, and now this! As always loved your reaction. Last time I commented on the first Karate Kid that I liked this one slightly more, but couldn’t elaborate because of spoilers. But now I can: this film was my first introduction to Asian culture, and I fell in love ever since. I have a huge respect for it, and since then have started an enormous Asian film collection. I also had a small crush at Kumiko lol but that’s definitely not the main reason. This was just a great and wonderful sequel. Keep up the great work!😀
@attackofthetheeyecreatures34722 жыл бұрын
The comments saying Daniel is the bad guy is just a meme.
@ResurrectedBrush2 жыл бұрын
Quick note: Anyone who says the Crane kick was illegal is flat wrong. Ali tells Daniel at the beginning of the tournament that strikes to the head are legal. Also, in the very same match, Johnny sweeps Daniel's leg and then kicks him in the face. Real world karate tournaments of the time did allow "controlled strikes" to the head (source: I used to compete). Now, there was supposedly a scene scripted and either not filmed or deleted where the ref tells the fighters "no strikes to the face," but since it was not in the film, we still have to go by Ali's explanation of the rules. Where the kick becomes hazy is that it clearly causes Johnny to recoil in pain, suggesting it might not have been a "controlled strike." On the other hand, as noted, Johnny earlier kicks Daniel to the face with a strike that knocks Daniel to the ground. Johnny also punches Daniel in the face, another strike that knocks Daniel to the ground. So clearly the ref is allowing face strikes to count, and if Johnny wants to cry foul, he needs to also admit that he also should have been disqualified. The much more questionable technique Daniel used was the strike to the back when Johnny was face down. The fact that it was both a strike to the back AND caused injury (bloodied Johnny's nose) should have been at least a warning, if not a loss of point to Daniel. HOWEVER, having said all of that, it is a fantastic storytelling hook that Johnny would begrudge that kick all these years.
@odiumgeneris7292 жыл бұрын
The beginning recap: you have to remember that the eighties were a completely different time. Hollywood thought they were getting away with things by "making the same movie all over again and charging people for it". I know we don't see sequels like that nowadays, but Hollywood boardrooms did back then. They couldn't assume that people had it on Home Video, and of course, there was no such thing as the internet and streaming. When you made a sequel in Hollywood, you had to make the movie completely stand alone. In other words, you had to make it in such a way where the audience member was not required to see previous films to completely enjoy the one that they were currently watching. Older sequels usually had recaps of the previous film, even if it was just in exposition (think: Ripley explaining about the alien). Related, post The Empire Strikes Back, sequels almost always picked up right where the last one left off. Then, they started a trend where you would just pick up with your protagonist a few years later, or at another stage of life. Eventually, home video, then the internet, then streaming, then the Marvel Universe changed everything into what we have now.
@cwell5102 жыл бұрын
Actually the whole recap thing was not so much an "80's" thing as it was more of a directing choice that was made by Sylvester Stallone and later by John G, Avildsen who directed the Karate Kid trilogy.
@odiumgeneris7292 жыл бұрын
@@cwell510 No. It's not an "actually, but". That's what Hollywood thought about sequels. You watch any documentary about how Hollywood saw everything from The Godfather 2 to Star Trek 2 The Wrath of Khan, to Rocky 2 to Aliens to Terminator 2 to The Empire Strikes Back...That's how they saw it. You watch any sequel from the 80s and at the very least there is exposition about what happened in the movie previously. They did not expect people to have seen the installment beforehand. Of course, with notable exceptions , like the Star Wars trilogy. Something else that was true back then was that sequels almost never made more than the original. Therefore, studios decreased the budget for most sequels, which affected their quality as well. You already proved you don't know what you're talking about, so I'll give you the last word. I'm not going to respond anymore.
@doughbafett2 жыл бұрын
@@cwell510 Yeah, I think Avildsen was just mimicking Stallone's approach in Rocky II(which ironically was a sequel to a film Avildsen directed). Recap the first film and then begin the sequel exactly where the previous one left off.
@BigBWolf902 жыл бұрын
If it wasn't obvious that Daniel & Mr. Miyagi see each other as father & son the scene with Daniel comforting Mr. Miyagi shows the depths of their relationship. Also you have to love how when Miyagi visits Sato he drops his broken English act then speaks as clearly & plainly as possible. Always loved how Sato isn't technically wrong either, Mr. Miyagi was afraid to fight Sato not because he'd lose but because he might win & kill his best friend
@Redd214812 жыл бұрын
I can't wait for yall to see the 3rd and then start the Cobra Kai series it's soooo good. Good show you two.
@scott86582 жыл бұрын
I want them to watch the terrible 4th one with Hillary Swank
@salbro59852 жыл бұрын
@@scott8658 Now why would you do that to them?!
@Sweetish_Jeff_2 жыл бұрын
@@scott8658 Pass
@eleven-hopper2 жыл бұрын
@@scott8658 nah, that one is boring and doesn't add anything to the story
@przemysawjozwiak1442 жыл бұрын
The difference between Johnny and Chozen is that Johnny was teach for few years in Cobra Kai to despise weakness. Chozen was raise for his whole life by Sato who despise whole Miyagis village.
@davestang5454 Жыл бұрын
Johnny, Chosen and Sato, despite being "bad guys" all display short moments of humanity. Only Kreese seems to be totally heartless. That's why it makes a big impact on the audience in the fight scene with Miyagi and his expression quickly changes from narcissistic superiority to fear.
@jims.22742 жыл бұрын
I tell you, kiddies, I can't wait until you get past Part III and then into the Cobra Kai Seasons! I guarantee you'll be mesmerized and enraptured by it all! And for me It's like I'll be watching it for the first time all over again!
@MrPerthglory2 жыл бұрын
What about the next karate kid ? Should they watch that one ?
@MaiiOrduna2 жыл бұрын
@@MrPerthglory I would skip it and go straight to Cobra Kai, since that one doesn't really have anything to do with the show (so far at least) and it's actually the worst of the sequels, even as a kid I realized how bad it was.
@impishsongster3333 ай бұрын
LOL @ people saying the Crane kick was illegal. 1) Anything above the waist is a point. The face is above the waist. We saw several hits to the face for points (Below the waist is illegal). We saw hits to the leg for penalties a few times. 2) If it was truly illegal, the ref was RIGHT THERE. Daniel would have either not been awarded the point, or would have lost a point. 3) There are 100+ people working on a big studio movie, plus nervous studio execs butting in...and it's the climax of the movie, do you really think they're going to get it WRONG?😂 Just sayin.
@newfate262 жыл бұрын
Easily my favorite of the trilogy.... Which is probably why 3 frustrates me so much. Once you see it, you'll know what I mean. The origin of Miyagi karate is a personal favorite scene for me, and Kumiko is just adorable and perfect for how dweeby Daniel is.
@bradhamilton85422 жыл бұрын
The kick to the face was not illegal. If you rewatch, you'll notice that there were other kicks to the face that counted as points i.e. Dutch's kick to Daniel's face. It was punches to the face that were illegal.
@cyborgcable2 жыл бұрын
You gotta do Part III, which is my personal favorite! 😁
@adamromero2 жыл бұрын
I always really enjoyed Part III, despite what people say about it.
@ChanceKistler2 жыл бұрын
Since home videos were still not regular for people and could be very expensive, limiting options for rewatching a movie before you saw the sequel (and since sometimes you wind up seeing a sequel because your date or friends want to go), some studios did have sequels start with a review of the previous film before you jumped into the new action. The opening scene in the parking lot with Miyagi and Kreese was originally meant to be the ending of the first movie but the director cut it out before the movie's release. They kept it and wound up using it as the opening for this movie.
@thefatman27802 жыл бұрын
FOCUS DANIEL-SAN! FOCUS!
@jayharvey70432 жыл бұрын
Sato realized that Miyagi didn't leave Okinawa out of cowardice, but because he truly cared for him like a brother.
@jpicard812 жыл бұрын
Cant wait for 3 bcuz of one man, one legend. The best character in the series
@adamromero2 жыл бұрын
AAA-SAAAAAA!!! 👊
@guyjohnson2592 жыл бұрын
As with the Rocky Sequels (after 2), the Karate Kid franchise's strength comes from the relationship between Daniel and Myagi. Where the stories start to falter, the films are picked up by the sincerity and intimacy between the leads.
@SueSnellLives2 жыл бұрын
I'd never seen this so it was really fun watching it with you guys! I cannot wait until you watch Cobra Kai--you are going to be so STOKED.
@tehdipstick2 жыл бұрын
I honestly have no idea why any rational person would argue that Daniel is the 'bad guy' or bully of The Karate Kid Part I. Yes, he runs his mouth and makes stupid, hot-headed impulsive decisions, like using the hose on Johnny, but Johnny's the one who rode up on his dirtbike and started antagonizing/harassing his ex-girlfriend, breaking her stereo, beat up Daniel for talking to her and trying to defend her, then kept cowardly ganging up on and bullying Daniel with his friends. Johnny was a bully, pure and simple, but he still had some sort of moral code and a line he didn't want to cross, which is why he was so shocked when Kreese told him to sweep Daniel's already damaged leg. Johnny wanted to win, but he didn't want to cause a possibly life-long leg injury. While it's true that the Crane kick should probably have been considered rule-breaking, we also saw Johnny kick another competitor in the face earlier in the tournament montage, by those rules he should technically have been disqualified as well.