The Reel Rejects - COBRA KAI 6x2 Breakdown & Review!!!!

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Starting point is 00:01:48 Look cool, look sexy, look awesome. Greg, what do you think of season six episode two? First again, well, Andrew. I'll tell you, man. Yeah, go ahead. It was a bit of a weird episode. I still enjoyed it. I still thought it was fun.

Starting point is 00:02:07 It's a weird episode two, digesting it a little bit. I kind of feel like some stuff was a little not tonally transitioning all that well because you got this whole thing with crease on this other type of ancient martial arts movie that he's embarked on. Yes. And then you have, like, college frat boy things happening. You're talking about it's the same thing. And then lands into this, like, huge college party fight where we're suddenly going soft on Kyler.

Starting point is 00:02:41 And I like the Johnny storyline quite a bit with him trying to, like, I see how this is the final season. Because they really are wrapping up character arcs and they are setting him on a path where he does have to grow. Like, he can't just do this stuff. I mean, there is a version where you can make decent money doing martial arts, but with the way things are going, yeah, he needs a proper job. So I like that they are continuing that journey of him growing up. It's like, while this is going to be Daniel Swan Song of karate, it's also about establishing where the final journeys are or what will be like that final step that we see them take. It won't be like the conclusion, but, you know, as their journey progressed, I think you guys don't have to try to it. Don't force it, Greg.

Starting point is 00:03:28 Forced. But the, but yeah, I think, I think, though, that the episode was a bit, it was, it was, I don't make it say it's like it was a weird. It was like a weird one that was, that was fun. But there's something like it was a tad off to me at times in terms of just what they're asking of us to surrender. I don't know, I don't know what you're talking about, man. That whole journey with Crease And then Johnny trying to find a job And find stability

Starting point is 00:04:01 And then the whole college frathing That all felt simultaneously the same thing to me So I totally it felt the same I think when they do those episodes that Commit to like this other type of genre Or they go into the flashbacks I feel like if that's like the predominant storyline You still do need a B story

Starting point is 00:04:19 That does help tonally complement it And I'm starting to wonder like okay is it because it's final season are they trying to like truncate a lot into into once this is kind of like a thick 35 minutes we just want there's like a lot that happened yeah and it i don't know if it's like a bit much or not right it makes me wonder how the structure of events will play out in i i'm excited by the idea of this three bursts of five episodes format because it kind of splits the difference uh but i i'm also wondering how far along in the process that was the decision and if it

Starting point is 00:04:57 affected how they paste everything and how they shaped each five episode unit because there are certain aspects I really like the first episode a lot and this episode I would agree kind of has like a strange array of tones happening

Starting point is 00:05:13 and it felt a little bit like the first episode seemed like it was well tonally tied around whereas this one was a little bit more disjointed feeling even though there is like a similar theme of you know removing the obstacles in your way, whatever those might be. Yeah, I feel like Cobra Chi has always had an element of,

Starting point is 00:05:32 there's camp in the soup, and there are certain times where the show will hit you with a broad plotline or a broad choice of some kind that feels like we are cresting into, you know, like the cheesier end of the 80s movie spectrum. But I would agree, it's like usually they're pretty good at not jumping the shark with that stuff. And this didn't go as deep down the rabbit hole as it could, but especially the second episode.

Starting point is 00:05:55 It's funny. You were talking about the first episode having this sort of like forced dynamic of like, oh, we need to generate some advancement for some of these characters, so we're going to put them all in the same place at the same time, so we can have a couple conflicts pay off from that.

Starting point is 00:06:08 And I wasn't really bothered by that in the first episode, whereas this one, it does sort of feel like, I don't know, for something especially with Crease that involves like, you know, yeah, it's the original sensei who taught you what you know and he's like ancient, and he's just, alive but even there's only like a couple scenes in lead up to that like it's all stuff that

Starting point is 00:06:29 I feel like with him especially you could kind of broaden out and I guess that might make for a different kind of show but it's like we resolve the whole crease vision quest in one episode and there's a whole bunch of other stuff going on in the episode so I wonder if something like that could be a little bit more rich or at least managed to do the thing the show is often good at which is embrace the cheeseness that this plot line has on it that sort of different 80s type movie kind of set of clichés that it's bouncing off of, but also

Starting point is 00:06:58 sell the pathos and sell the character journey underneath it. Like all the nuts and bolts are there, but yeah, due to the pacing and the compliments or maybe lack of compliments from the other plot lines does kind of clash, I suppose. I want to take a quick moment to thank today's sponsor

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Starting point is 00:08:53 also too there was Master Kim Son Young said to Johnny or John Crease rather about it was like a rift on the No Such Thing as Bad Student Only Bad Teacher Bay said it a different way We saw the picture in Daniel's office

Starting point is 00:09:07 of Mr. Miyagi and Daniel that was after Daniel defeated Mike Barnes in the 1985 All Valley Yeah I don't have too many other ones But in reference to Johnny knowing about cars and all that We did see that I got it a little wrong there I said in season two

Starting point is 00:09:23 was actually at the end of season one. I believe it was episode nine, if I'm not mistaken. That was where... We have a Star Trek fans level of... That was where Louis, or Daniel's cousin and the bikers blew up of his car, and then he had to give him the Dodge or whatever.

Starting point is 00:09:42 And he said, like, it has this much horsepower or whatever, and Daniel said to him, you know about cars? He's like, yeah, what man doesn't? Yeah. That's totally within Johnny's... Yeah.

Starting point is 00:09:52 Yeah, yeah. So I do like that again, you know, the writers have shown, you know, that they put little seeds in the ground and then later, you know, pay them off and show us beautiful bonzies later on, you know, in later season. So I do appreciate that. So it would make sense that Johnny would be good with cars. I mean, he loves cars. So I do appreciate that. And I also like this idea of Johnny, like, finally doing this nine to five thing, even though it's obviously we love seeing him as a badass, as a sensee and all that. That's great. I still want to keep in that, but we did see him have that conversation with, I believe his name was Lyle, the pawn shop owner, you know, in last season where he said was, hey, dude, do you think I wanted to own a pawn shop? No, I do this for my kids. It allows me financial freedom and time to spend with my family. So I think Johnny has realized like, hey, he's got another kid on the way. He wants to start a life with Carmen, and he's got to take care of Robbie and Miguel wants to make some more money for them for college as well, wants to get a house. So I do like this development with him. him and getting a job. I did like the whole thing with Kreece. Yeah, I get what you guys are saying, where we got to wrap it up in one episode. I mean, we only got five episodes. It's fun. Yeah, it's good. I agree.

Starting point is 00:11:04 Totally. It was a totally different show from that to go into college frat stuff, to go into Johnny with this whole, like, you know, needing stability and all that stuff, which, again, I really like that all, but it, like the tones and the transitions, it was just the pacing and the

Starting point is 00:11:20 tone of it just, I feel like we would have debated the letting go of Johnny rather than wrapping that in one fight. There's that scene in the therapy room in the previous season where it cycles through like all these different relevant voices and that scene felt like it had enough meat on the bone

Starting point is 00:11:36 and they let that breathe. And you have the DH Johnny in that scene. Sure. And I felt like they could have done, with some more breathing room in an episode like this, we could have done that. I never quite got swept up in any storyline. Yeah. That's a good way to put that. It was like I was digesting it. I think

Starting point is 00:11:52 Kyler was fun. I thought that was actually fun. And I thought for the most part of the storylines were fun. Yeah. But I don't know. I just the second episode. I don't really care. I honestly. The rest will be great.

Starting point is 00:12:06 I don't really care. In regards to Kyler, I mean, like, look, he's been a piece of shit for five seasons. But again, that's like I mentioned in the last season, or the last episode, rather, Cobra Kai and Karate Kid is all about redemption. And I do like that they're trying to humanize him and tell us, you know, his hardships and all that. you know we can get a little bit of sympathy going for him so i did appreciate that i don't know if i still have an emotional attachment towards him just because he was so awful uh the last five seasons

Starting point is 00:12:32 i think i need to build up to that a little bit more um also too i did forget to mention um when he does pour the uh drink on that piece of shit college frat guy i believe hawk did that to dmitri in season two and also he did that to miguel with the peptobismal in season one uh guys do you have anything else you want to add before we finish off this episode you guys loved. No, man. I mean, I thought it was a fine one. It's fine.

Starting point is 00:13:00 Get that snake. You're not really, like, bothered by not loving the episode. I'm sure I'll love the rest. It's still enjoyable. It was a little less like just only enjoyable. Yeah, there's a few bumps along the road, but still, like, having a blast. There's like a billion episodes. Did not wreck the show.

Starting point is 00:13:16 I make every single one perfect. Every now and again, you'll have a decent episode. Yeah. And most of the time when you're, you're watching Cobre Kai, you're not doing what we're doing, but he's talking about every episode. You're just... You're just getting through the whole thing.

Starting point is 00:13:29 It was. Yeah. Probably if we're just bingey, if we wouldn't even, like, really consider any of these thoughts. Yeah. We'd just be like, all right, let's watch the next one.

Starting point is 00:13:37 Right. That's a good point. We might be like, oh, it's a little weird girl. Probably by the end of episode five, we might go, okay, I don't mind season, episode two. I mean, I still like that.

Starting point is 00:13:45 I'm going to be thinking about episode two and waiting for everything to make this episode better from here on a... Like, as I'm talking, as we talk, about her. My mind's always of the other mindset of like, I wouldn't really be talking about this if I was watching something. I'd just be like moving on to the next one. I'd be done with episode

Starting point is 00:14:00 five by now. I could see Craig in a few months. Remember season six episode too? Anyways, guys, what did you think of this episode? Is it your favorite one of the entire show? 100. Yeah, anyways, we're going to be reacting to the rest of the season.

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The Reel Rejects - COBRA KAI 6x2 Breakdown & Review!!!!

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