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Evildsen shot time-lapse footage of the tournament from multiple angles
Plot
A decade after their match at the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament, middle-aged Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence find themselves martial arts rivals once again. While filming the original Karate Kid, the late director John G. The Cobra Kai crew dug into the studio vault and found a ton of never-before-seen footage that they were able to sneak into the series via flashbacks. One of those includes Zabka’s real mother, who was in the stands from multiple angles that hadn’t been seen before 2018.
It was shown to be Naryoshi
Ralph Macchio told Uproxx that there are three new angles on the famous crane kick. Many believe that Miyagi’s name on his tombstone is a continuity error, given that in Karate Kid 4 (1994), his name is listed as Keisuke, but it was actually earlier on the plaque Chozen held for him in Karate Kid 2 (1986). This means that it was The Next Karate Kid that changed his name, while Cobra Kai kept his old first name. However, another interesting fact is that the name given in The Karate Kid Part II was not the original first name given by Miyagi.
Macchio/Kyrie Shabazz (2018)
In “The Karate Kid” (1984), Miyagi’s name tags attached to the keys to the 1948 Ford given to Daniel for his birthday briefly show that Miyagi’s name is Hideo. Featured on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon”: Anthony Mackie/Ralph. I didn’t have high expectations going into this show, or at least I didn’t have high expectations. The ones I had were fun low budget adventures in the past.
Miyagi taught us: balance
But this is so much more than that. The production values are great, the casting is great, the plot, the screenplay, the tone, the pacing, the soundtrack. Everything is beautiful from start to finish, and it has what Mr. He seems to hit so many right notes without going overboard, the comedy just right, the emotional moments just right, the cheese, the action just right.
If you haven’t, you’ll probably still like it
He also lets the viewer decide who the real heroes and villains are, because unlike the movies, there’s nothing black and white here. If you’ve seen the movie, you’ll really like it. It stands on its own and seems modern, but in succession, 30 years later, it does it masterfully and with great care in relation to its past and its source, without relying too much on it. BANSAI!!!