I'm in. Team Lawrence for life. Daniel was the real villain of the first movie.
ive heard a lot of people say this but i feel your missing the entire premise of the karate kid/cobra kai series if thats what you really think. the point of this whole show is to examine the idea that everyone is the villain in someone else's story, from a certain perspective. the show repeatedly sets this theme up: daniel vs johnny, miguel vs robby, tory vs samantha, cobra kai vs miyagi-do
(GAF vs Era .... lol i kid i kid, era are certainly the villains in that story 
). like, you tell me, who are the good guys and bad guys in those match ups?
i dunno it depends on your perspective. each side thinks they are the good guy and the other is bad. but its not that simple, much like life and certainly politics.
miyagi's lessons on balance is still at the center of the message of the show. you cant be an ass kicking son a of a bitch and expect everyone to like you, but you also cant be a pussy push over who doesn't know how to stand up for yourself. there is a balance in between those two things that we should be striving for. but its difficult to stay in that place consistently, and thats what makes life hard.
the only character to consistently be the bad guy, with no good guy counter part, is kreese. and honestly, besides johnny, he is the most interesting character on the show bc i have no fucking idea where they are going with his story. if the show sticks to it's theme, we should see some kind of a redemption arc for him. but with miyagi being the only yin to his yang, i dont know how kreese will be able to find the perspective he needs to find balance. he may be too far gone already, which would be a sad narrative for old white guy vietnam vets. as if the show is saying "see, THESE are the real bad guys!". i dunno, but it'll be interesting to see how they play that out.
i just wish they found a way to peel off this layer of cheese
. i dont what it is. the acting, the music, the teen drama... its all just so
but im enjoying the over all perspective and balance themes enough to watch S3 so ill check it out..... i just hope they make the rest less cornball...
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