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COBRA KAI (L to R) RALPH MACCHIO as DANIEL LARUSSO and MARY MOUSER as SAMANTHA LARUSSO of COBRA KAI Cr. TINA ROWDEN/NETFLIX © 2020
Daniel (Ralph Macchio) checks up on Sam, who's buried herself in her depression quitting karate and skipping school The two end up spending some quality father-daughter together while he imparts some much-needed wisdom to her It's a light-hearted sequence that shows as merciless as Cobra Kai can be sometimes, it has enough touch to perfectly[...]
COBRA KAI (L to R) RALPH MACCHIO as DANIEL LARUSSO of COBRA KAI Cr. TINA ROWDEN/NETFLIX © 2020
Ralph Macchio, who played Daniel LaRusso since the 1984 original The Karate Kid, has an equal presence in its sequel series for Netflix The actor spoke with Cinemablend about the return of a fan favorite from the original film and what would have happened if the actor couldn't commit Consider this your major spoilers warning. Cr[...]
COBRA KAI (L to R) XOLO MARIDUE„A as MIGUEL DIAZ and WILLIAM ZABKA as JOHNNY LAWRENCE of COBRA KAI Cr. CURTIS BONDS BAKER/NETFLIX © 2020
We're at the midway point of the third season of Netflix's Cobra Kai and everything Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) thought he knew about his sensei Mr Miyagi (Pat Morita) is about to change We also see someone reach their breaking point in the adolescent dojo war As always, this is your minor spoilers warning for[...]
Cobra Kai released its season 3 trailer (Image: Netflix screencap)
There's an obvious major spoiler warning for the recent season along with some Star Wars references along the way, so consider our "MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD!" sign officially on and in play after the spoiler image buffer. Cobra Kai released its season 3 trailer (Image: Netflix screencap) With Hawk/Eli (Jacob Bertrand) going Darth Vader during the epic battle[...]
COBRA KAI (L to R) RALPH MACCHIO as DANIEL LARUSSO and WILLIAM ZABKA as JOHNNY LAWRENCE of COBRA KAI Cr. CURTIS BONDS BAKER/NETFLIX © 2020
As much as The Karate Kid franchise is often associated with its stars in Pat Morita, Ralph Macchio, William Zabka, and Martin Kove, its sequel series has done a wonderful job reuniting the bulk of the cast back into the fold from the featured films Naturally, Morita's 2005 passing was written into the narrative as[...]
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In "The Right Path", Cobra Kai's fourth episode of season three, Daniel (Ralph Macchio) rekindles some old friendships in Japan and war escalates between the rival dojos of Miyagi-do and Cobra Kai As always with the reviews, this is your minor spoiler warning as I will reintroduce you to some old friends from previous The[...]
COBRA KAI (L to R) RALPH MACCHIO as DANIEL LARUSSO and COURTNEY HENGGELER as AMANDA LARUSSO of COBRA KAI Cr. BOB MAHONEY/NETFLIX © 2020
Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) also faces a battle on two fronts that puts his two passions at risk potentially crippling his livelihood This is your minor spoiler warning for the episode "Now You're Gonna Pay." COBRA KAI (L to R) RALPH MACCHIO as DANIEL LARUSSO and COURTNEY HENGGELER as AMANDA LARUSSO of COBRA KAI Cr[...]
COBRA KAI (L to R) PEYTON LIST as TORY of COBRA KAI Cr. CURTIS BONDS BAKER/NETFLIX © 2020
Meanwhile, Daniel (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny look for Robby (Tanner Buchanan), who since fled the scene following the brawl at the high school Naturally, the surrogate (Daniel) and biological father (Johnny) clash with their personality as they always do The metaphor of the old married or odd couple applies every which way Who knew so[...]
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Heading into the third season of Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg's Cobra Kai, viewers knew that something had to give in the long-running rivalry between Johnny (William Zabka) and Daniel (Ralph Macchio) stories Picking up the pieces of a pretty rough second-season finale and facing the very dangerous threat posed by Kreese (Martin Kove),[...]
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It turned out the school-wide brawl that closed season two had far-wide ranging implications than ever imagined including a Footloose-like turning against martial arts as Ralph Macchio's Daniel LaRusso brought up at a PTA meeting at Valley High While there's tons of ground to cover, the episode focuses on how Daniel, Amanda (Courtney Henggeler), Johnny[...]
A look at Cobra Kai season 2 (Image: YouTube/Netflix)
COURTESY OF NETFLIX © 2020 In the following featurette, William Zabka, Ralph Macchio, Xolo Maridueña, Mary Mouser, Tanner Buchanan, and more take you a (sometimes not too objective) tour of what you need to know about the first two seasons to get you up-to-speed when Cobra Kai returns on New Year's Day: In August, Hurwitz revealed that[...]
Cobra Kai released another preview for Season 3 (Image: Netflix screencap)
With only forty-eight hours to go until Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg's Cobra Kai makes its third season return and its Netflix debut on New Year's Day, viewers are getting another preview of the next chapter in Johnny (William Zabka) and Daniel's (Ralph Macchio) stories Picking up the pieces of a pretty rough second-season[...]
Cobra Kai released a new preview for Season 3 (Image: Netflix screencap)
But there's more… Cobra Kai released a new preview for Season 3 (Image: Netflix screencap) At the 9:02:37 mark, you'll find a brief preview for the new season that finds Kreese (Martin Kove) declaring "open season" on Daniel (Ralph Macchio)- and the opening salvo in Kreese' war makes things very, very personal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sgi8xL2lkiQVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript[...]
COBRA KAI (L to R) RALPH MACCHIO as DANIEL LARUSSO and WILLIAM ZABKA as JOHNNY LAWRENCE of COBRA KAI Cr. CURTIS BONDS BAKER/NETFLIX © 2020
Providing some context are stars Ralph Macchio and William Zabka as they spoke to Collider about Daniel and Johnny's next chapter in their long storied rivalry Daniel LaRusso's return to Okinawa is a call back to the Karate Kid Part II (1986), which was more centric to his sensei Mr Miyagi (Pat Morita) that took[...]
COBRA KAI (L to R) RALPH MACCHIO as DANIEL LARUSSO and WILLIAM ZABKA as JOHNNY LAWRENCE of COBRA KAI Cr. CURTIS BONDS BAKER/NETFLIX © 2020
So it looks like Netflix and Cobra Kai creators Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg want to make sure you have Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) and Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) to celebrate the new year with On Thursday, the streaming service announced that the "Karate Kid" sequel series will be premiering a week earlier[...]
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Cobra Kai creators Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg didn't exactly leave Johnny (William Zabka) and Daniel (Ralph Macchio) in their "happy places" by the time the credits rolled on the second-season finale Johnny's dojo bested Daniel's in the tournament- but in the process, he lost Cobra Kai to "dear old dad" Kreese (Martin Kove),[...]
Cobra Kai released its season 3 trailer (Image: Netflix screencap)
As we all know, the third season finds Johnny (William Zabka) and Daniel (Ralph Macchio) putting aside their differences to work together to take down Martin Kove's Kreese But before they can do that, they have to confront some old ghosts from their pasts and find a way to rise through them You know what[...]
Cobra Kai and The Karate Kid had a virtual reunion (Image: screencap)
In fact, the upcoming third season finds Johnny (William Zabka) and Daniel (Ralph Macchio) putting aside their differences to work together to take down Martin Kove's Kreese- but to do that, he'll need help from The Karate Kid Part II characters Kumiko (Tamlyn Tomita) and Chozen (Yuji Okumoto). Cobra Kai and The Karate Kid had a[...]
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With Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg's Cobra Kai set to return to Netflix at the beginning of January for its third season run, viewers have already been clued in that Johnny (William Zabka) and Daniel (Ralph Macchio) are going to have to put aside their differences and work together if they're going to take[...]
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Martin Kove's Kreese is a perfect example of this, a perfect mutual "big bad" to use to get Johnny (William Zabka) and Daniel (Ralph Macchio) to put aside their differences and unite But to do that, each of them will have to confront and demons from their respective pasts For Daniel, that means heading back[...]
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With Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg's Cobra Kai set to return for a third season to its new home on Netflix on January 8, viewers have already learned that for Johnny (William Zabka) and Daniel (Ralph Macchio) to take on (and takedown) very, very "big bad" Kreese (Martin Kove), each of them will have[...]
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New alliances, some rumored returns from the film franchise confirmed, and an opportunity for Johnny (William Zabka) and Daniel (Ralph Macchio) to move beyond the past are just some of the themes we know will be in play But if they're going to take down very, very Kreese (Martin Kove), each of them will have to[...]
Cobra Kai released its season 3 trailer (Image: Netflix screencap)
But we have a feeling there's one thing about the preview that follows that's going to stick out he most: watching Johnny (William Zabka) and Daniel (Ralph Macchio) team up to take down a very, very "big bad" in the form of Kreese (Martin Kove) Translation? That means Johnny and Daniel are going to be kicking[...]
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With the tension building between Johnny (William Zabka), Daniel (Ralph Macchio), and Kreese (Martin Kove) heading into the new season and Miguel's (Xolo Maridueña) long-term prognosis still unknown, we get a reminder of just how rough things got for everyone on the other side of the camera by the time the season wrapped. Cr[...]
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As you're about to see, the tension between Johnny, Daniel (Ralph Macchio), and Kreese (Martin Kove) could be cut with a chainsaw- and we haven't even gotten to how Miguel's (Xolo Maridueña) doing, what will become of Cobra Kai under its new-old management, and about a dozen other questions raised by the images below: Cr[...]
Cobra Kai star William Zabka channeled his inner-Johnny (Image: MTV screencap)
Channeling his inner-Johnny perfectly, Zabka went with the joke that he was being called a "goat" instead of being a GOAT (Greatest of All Time) and went after MTV for not having enough Def Leppard, Martha Quinn, and Remote Control on the air. Cobra Kai star William Zabka channeled his inner-Johnny (Image: MTV screencap) On the more[...]
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We had Ralph Macchio's Daniel packing his bags and heading to Okinawa, Japan, to find a bit of that "Miyagi mojo" as well as learn the origins of both Miyagi-Do Karate and Cobra Kai Then there's the matter of whether Karate Kid actress Elizabeth Shue (The Boys) would (finally) make an appearance, how Miguel (Xolo[...]
A look at Cobra Kai season 2 (Image: YouTube/Netflix)
As a true sequel to The Karate Kid films, the television sequel revisits franchise protagonist Daniel LaRusso played once again by Ralph Macchio Rather than adopting the typical narrative of just catching up to Mr Miyagi's (Pat Morita) prized student, as the title suggests, it also gives equal billing to Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka), Cobra[...]
Cobra Kai: William Zabka, Ralph Macchio “Spar” on Who’s Bad Guy?
Netflix attempted to "settle" the long debate, "Who's the real bad guy" between Ralph Macchio's Daniel LaRusso and William Zabka's Johnny Lawrence The first scene talked about a scene in the original 1984 film when Daniel strikes up a conversation with Ali (Elizabeth Shue) Johnny takes exception to Daniel's "intrusion" and starts getting rough The[...]