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Whoa, just

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curious. Welcome to Just curious

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media. This is let's talk Cobra

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Kai. I'm Jason Connell.

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And I'm Sal Rodriguez.

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All right, Sal,

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we are back for another very

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special episode.

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You know, do you feel like our listeners are like specialists? But they are very

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specific context? No, it's

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because it's the absolute truth.

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It's not just embellishment,

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they are very special episodes.

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And that's why, you know, when I

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call our podcast, the number one

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Cobra Kai podcast, I'm not

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saying it to put down any other

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podcast. No, I'm saying it

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because I believe no other

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podcast of the Miyagi verse is

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as thorough and as comprehensive

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as

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ours. I like that

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when you leave a review for us,

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I will leave a

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five star review on Apple

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podcast.

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Very nice. I

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totally agree. And why is it

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special Sal, because we are

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coming back and exploring

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something from the past and that

1:04

is the Karate Kid part 219 86

1:09

scene by scene breakdown.

1:09

rerelease a rerelease of our

1:15

scene by scene breakdown, Sal,

1:15

which was episode 22. And our

1:23

Cobra Kai let's talk Cobra Kai

1:23

universe. And we recorded that

1:27

episode. So long ago, I can't

1:27

believe it. Do you remember

1:32

when?

1:33

Well, I know it

1:33

was a very interesting time for

1:36

everyone across the globe,

1:36

everyone, which because of the

1:41

time frame we're dealing with,

1:41

makes this even more

1:45

significant? Because I think I

1:45

remember I was just like

1:48

quarantining and Pandemic Ng,

1:48

and you call me you're like,

1:52

hey, what do you do? And I was like, What are we what am I doing? I'm locking myself in my

1:53

room. That's what I'm doing.

1:57

Let's

1:57

get that scene by

1:57

scene breakdown of the Karate

1:59

Kid underneath our belt. Yes, it

1:59

was April 11 2020. Pandemic

2:06

starts in March. We're all on

2:06

lockdown still live in Los

2:09

Angeles. And not only were on

2:09

pandemic lockdown, there were

2:13

riots out of the gate. So we

2:13

were had curfews. Oh, that's

2:17

right. It was a crazy, crazy

2:17

time. In fact, that's when I

2:22

started. Let's talk movies.

2:22

Because I was like, What am I

2:26

going to do sound I can't do

2:26

episodes of let's not Cobra Kai.

2:30

There were no episodes. We

2:30

weren't doing special episodes

2:33

yet. So I started let's talk

2:33

movies just to keep my sanity.

2:37

And then it was like, Well, hey,

2:37

we're doing this model, the same

2:40

scene by scene breakdown. Let's

2:40

get Karate Kid, Part Two in the

2:43

bag. So we recorded that night.

2:43

However, truth be told, April

2:50

4 2020. We actually did it for

2:50

the first time. We recorded two

2:56

times because it was the

2:56

actually this was the first

3:00

thing that I had done remote. So

3:00

I take that back. I wanted to do

3:04

this. And I was excited. And

3:04

then quickly spawned, let's talk

3:09

movies. But I had to figure out

3:09

the technology. Wait a

3:12

second, wait a second. This was our first remote recording. When you and I

3:14

were not in the same room,

3:17

right? That's right, yes.

3:19

Because I had to

3:19

figure out how to do it how to

3:21

record remotely. And it was like

3:21

I was thinking I use the

3:26

software. I'll use this well, in

3:26

the end, recording locally was

3:31

the way to do it. I get the

3:31

files, and we have high res but

3:34

I tried a service. And this is a

3:34

long time ago, services have

3:38

improved, everybody was

3:38

scrambling. And we recorded it

3:42

and I started to edit it. And it

3:42

sounded dis mechanical. And I'm

3:48

really into audio and just

3:48

production value. And I was

3:50

like, oh, so I cannot edit that.

3:50

Yeah, we weren't like ma'am

3:55

Omar, but it was just some tones

3:55

and some, some things cut out. I

3:59

thought Yeah, you know what,

3:59

it's probably better off just to

4:02

do it and do it. Right. And you

4:02

were down with it. And we hit it

4:06

out of the park again. So maybe

4:06

someday I'll release that

4:11

version.

4:12

That's funny.

4:12

Yeah. Original version. All

4:15

diversion. So are they are they

4:15

different? Other than quality? I

4:18

only got so far

4:18

and and we moved on. So I

4:21

remember coming back and doing

4:21

it again. And feeling we had you

4:25

know was what, seven days later.

4:25

So we were excited again,

4:29

because it was a couple of

4:29

hours. You know, speaking of

4:31

which, the running time was two

4:31

hours and 38 minutes. The movie

4:39

sound Guess how long part two, I

4:39

was gonna say the next car to

4:42

get the Karate Kid. Part two is

4:42

what's the running time for

4:44

that?

4:45

Well, if our

4:45

running time for the show was

4:47

238 I'm going to assume that it

4:47

was around two hours. Yes.

4:51

Our 53 So the

4:51

first credit card was over two

4:55

hours just over this is the

4:55

sequel. It's a little under but

4:58

yet we went longer.

5:01

Well, you know, because here's what starts. Okay, here's where we see what

5:02

happens is, the reservoir starts

5:08

increasing. And before you know

5:08

it, look at where we are today,

5:10

look at how much history and

5:10

legacy we have to pull from. As

5:13

a matter of fact, now that you

5:13

mentioned, if we were to go back

5:16

to any of these movies today,

5:16

let alone credit get to by

5:18

itself. It might even be longer

5:18

because we have so much to draw

5:22

from today.

5:23

That's exactly

5:23

true. Yes. Well, we released

5:27

this episode, which we're

5:27

highlighting rereleasing here,

5:31

June 19 2020. So that is the

5:31

sequence there. And I was just

5:38

gonna look one thing up really

5:38

quickly, which is funny. So the

5:42

first episode of Let's Talk

5:42

movies of which you were on an

5:46

American Werewolf in London,

5:46

1981. He might seem break down.

5:51

It came out May 20 2020. So

5:51

ahead of this, but it was

5:58

recorded, after I said, Yes,

5:58

April 20 2020. So again, I

6:06

learned a lot through that trial

6:06

and error with the service

6:09

decided to record locally get

6:09

you set up as well. And then we

6:13

were off to the races. So yes,

6:13

this was a big thing, a big

6:18

touchstone. And it was way

6:18

before Netflix got involved with

6:23

Cobra Kai. I just knew I wanted

6:23

to do the sequel. And we had no

6:27

episodes, we were not exploring

6:27

anything else in the Miyagi

6:31

verse at that point in time, we

6:31

were just on hold waiting for

6:35

season three. That's all we

6:35

were.

6:37

No, and I have to

6:37

credit you because, you know,

6:40

there's been a lot of things

6:40

I've done professionally. Since

6:43

you've reached out to me from

6:43

the beginning, with let's talk

6:47

Cobra Kai and just curious

6:47

media. And I would say a lot of

6:51

keeping me loose as a talking

6:51

head as an entertainer as a

6:56

podcaster. As an actor. I mean,

6:56

I was sitting around

7:01

quarantining, that's what I was

7:01

doing. I was doing nothing.

7:04

Yeah. When you reached out,

7:04

you're like, Hey, man. Let's do

7:07

something. I was like, oh, yeah,

7:07

sounds good. But I hadn't

7:10

thought of that. I hadn't

7:10

thought of it. Well, thank

7:13

you. And Sal,

7:13

you're welcome. No. So this is

7:18

the summary of our episode that

7:18

is out there. So again, the plan

7:23

last episode, we were

7:23

rereleasing the Karate Kid,

7:27

scene by scene breakdown. The

7:27

plan is to put all of the

7:30

franchise the trilogy. By the

7:30

way, this is the poster over my

7:35

shoulder there. The Karate Kid,

7:35

Part Two poster, that's,

7:38

oh, you know

7:38

what, yeah, beautiful poster.

7:40

But for some reason, I don't

7:40

know why I expected to see like

7:43

other people, like maybe see

7:43

Sato on there or something. They

7:46

kept that clean. It's just the two of them, okay.

7:48

But the plan is

7:48

to put those and the next credit

7:51

card because we did do a scene

7:51

by scene breakdown in order this

7:54

April, boom, boom, boom, boom,

7:54

boom, I mean, so many booms,

7:57

boom, boom, boom, boom. But for

7:57

that way, our fans can easily

8:03

find it, revisit it, and think

8:03

about this backstory about it.

8:07

Now. We weren't doing that. Just

8:07

curious yet. I mean, there's so

8:11

many wrinkles, the intro was

8:11

different. The outro was

8:14

different. Heck, this was only

8:14

episode 20 to sell. So it's just

8:19

funny to go back and go, Oh, my

8:19

gosh, yeah, it was it's just a

8:22

little different. We've evolved

8:22

in a good way. But I'm so proud

8:25

of where we were. And this is a

8:25

chance to kind of reintroduce

8:29

that. And I think it's great.

8:29

And we should go back and listen

8:33

to them as well and enjoy them

8:33

as well. And then maybe someday,

8:36

one fan said, Hey, you should

8:36

just do the Cobra Kai all over

8:40

again, from today's viewpoints

8:40

like, yeah, that rewatches a bit

8:43

more to chew on and buy it off.

8:43

But maybe we do that at some

8:46

point in time.

8:47

Wait, you're talking about all the Cobra Kai episodes? Yeah. Somebody had

8:49

mentioned that on redo of the

8:51

Cobra. Yeah, let's talk. Yeah.

8:51

Wow. I would not be against

8:55

could

8:56

be fun, whatever

8:56

winds up and then go back and

8:59

watch it. Yeah, it could be a

8:59

lot of fun. But

9:01

yeah, it would be

9:01

fun. I would not be against

9:03

that. It would just be a matter

9:03

of time and logistics and money.

9:06

Because no, no charge now. I

9:06

mean, now you have to pay me by

9:09

the hour. But aside from that, yeah.

9:11

So this is the

9:11

summary. This is what's out

9:13

there and it will be on this

9:13

episode as well. But Jason

9:16

Connell and Sal Rodriguez, break

9:16

down the classic movie and talk

9:20

about visiting Okinawa, the end

9:20

of Cobra Kai and Peters said

9:25

Tara's glory of love.

9:28

Very sweet because, you know, one of the reasons one of the reasons why

9:30

the Karate Kid two is especially

9:34

near and dear to me, because I

9:34

have visited Okinawa in the very

9:39

spot. Where was it called? Tokyo

9:39

Village is a Tokyo village. I'd

9:44

have to look and see. Okay,

9:44

where Miyagi is hometown is

9:47

where he's going back. Yeah,

9:47

that place that is now occupied

9:51

by Kadena Air Base. I have been

9:51

there I have slept there.

9:54

Although in the movie saw they're cheating that because they're in

9:58

Hawaii, Hawaii.

9:58

That's true. Yeah. You know what

10:01

here I am always kicking and

10:01

screaming about Cobra Kai being

10:04

in Atlanta and yet they weren't

10:04

even in Okinawa there. Yeah,

10:08

geez from the beginning they're

10:08

messing messing with our heads.

10:10

And I didn't mean

10:10

to make Peter Sutera sound like

10:13

Peter was plural it's Peter said

10:13

terrorists glory of love but a

10:17

great song and Sal Why don't you

10:17

give us just a little sample

10:20

just like a

10:20

knight in shining armor from a

10:23

long time ago. Like a kid who I

10:23

forgot who I was saved the day

10:28

take it to my castle far away

10:28

and that part where he says take

10:32

you to my castle far away and

10:32

they're running right? Show ha

10:36

she's castle. They must have

10:36

good they must have plan that

10:38

they align that intentionally.

10:38

Course. No, it just happened.

10:42

They just happen that way.

10:44

Am I gonna sell

10:44

goods so there's also a mistake

10:47

Mistakes happen right? And you

10:47

can't edit out everything

10:50

especially if you don't know it

10:50

until many episodes later, but I

10:53

was still on the trend. I'd call

10:53

it the minority. I was still

10:58

calling the SE apartments the

10:58

seven C's that that you're still

11:02

doing it here. Okay, I'm already

11:02

hard enough on myself.

11:07

You're telling me

11:07

after all this time you were

11:09

still

11:10

episode 22 We

11:10

weren't that far and I was on

11:14

lockdown. I hadn't seen the

11:14

South Seas apartments in a

11:17

while. Although when we recorded

11:17

this. It was only a few miles

11:20

away. But it's the Mandela

11:20

effect of which you put on my

11:25

radar. Actually, I forget I

11:25

think I put that on my right now

11:28

you definitely did put that on my radar.

11:30

Your Mandela Effect. Yeah.

11:33

So I went there

11:33

one day way before we were even

11:36

doing the show took photos, the

11:36

fonts really cool. And in my

11:40

mind, I connected the arithmetic

11:40

song Sweet Dreams, which they

11:44

mentioned seven seas and I just

11:44

converted it. And it wasn't

11:48

until a few episodes later that

11:48

we were talking and it just like

11:52

hit me like oh my gosh, it is

11:52

Southies Of course it is I knew

11:56

that I mixed it. And in some

11:56

episodes along the journey. It

12:02

snuck in and this is definitely

12:02

one of them because they're at

12:05

the South Seas apartments in the

12:05

Karate Kid part two. Well for a

12:09

little bit, right.

12:11

Are they at the

12:11

Celsius department in part two?

12:15

The actual said

12:15

that out loud but I'm thinking

12:18

Well hang on in

12:18

your defense wasn't Miyagi Iwate

12:22

Miyagi spoke to Lucille she was

12:22

in New Jersey

12:24

and actually it's

12:24

the third one they go back there

12:28

so actually I don't think

12:28

there's any scenes there and the

12:32

credit there's no south seas in

12:32

credit after all, there's that

12:35

flashback and the beginning of

12:35

the credit card Part Two there

12:38

is a flashback if you recall of

12:38

them moving there were no just

12:42

like, montage of the Karate Kid

12:42

one. The original and the

12:47

credited part two. Were godless.

12:47

I was still hanging on to what I

12:51

thought it was. So there is a

12:51

mistake when you hear it laugh

12:54

let's all laugh at it and we

12:54

moved on. I finally caught it

12:58

before The Next Karate Kid not

12:58

the next guy to kid but the

13:01

Karate Kid part three, it gets

13:01

tricky. The Next Karate Kid

13:04

that's its own movie, you know.

13:04

But anyway, so this is the

13:09

synopsis for the credit card

13:09

part two. Let's see if this

13:12

holds up. So Daniel accompanies

13:12

his mentor, Mr. Miyagi to Miyagi

13:17

is childhood home and Okinawa.

13:17

Miyagi visits his dying father

13:22

and confronts his old rival,

13:22

while Daniel falls in love and

13:26

inadvertently makes a new rival

13:26

of his own. What's pretty good,

13:31

so I think it's pretty

13:32

good. I think I

13:32

would just want to mention a UK.

13:35

Yeah. Because he was one no,

13:35

because Daniel falls in love

13:39

with Kumiko Yeah, yeah, you can

13:39

mention Kumiko and then Miyagi

13:43

his his dying father also

13:43

rekindles an old flame and UPA?

13:47

Yes. So I think just that little

13:47

piece could have been added

13:49

otherwise. Yeah, I think it's pretty good synopsis.

13:51

Well, I would

13:51

actually go one step further and

13:53

have a Sato appearance at the

13:53

end. And he would say what?

13:59

Come out, come

13:59

out.

14:02

Yeah, this

14:02

synopsis would go off the rails

14:04

at that point in time, but yeah,

14:04

really well written because we

14:07

actually on the last episode, we

14:07

read the synopsis from the

14:10

Karate Kid, according to IMDb,

14:10

and it was a little clunky,

14:14

didn't love it. So

14:15

this one's more

14:15

on point. This one's a little

14:17

more streamlined. I

14:18

think. So why

14:18

don't you do the honors of just

14:22

giving us the hitlist of all

14:22

stars who put the Karate Kid

14:26

Part Two out there in the

14:26

universe for us.

14:30

Director John G.

14:30

Albertson writer Robert Mark

14:34

Kaman. Cinematographer James

14:34

crepe. Cast, Ralph macho Pat

14:40

Marita Nobu, McCarthy Tamlyn

14:40

Tomita, Danny kamekona Ug aka

14:46

moto Composer Bill Conti.

14:46

producer Jerry Weintraub.

14:51

Wow. Amazing

14:51

legends. We've lost a few of

14:55

them. Absolutely. Abelson Merida

14:55

Weintraub. But

15:00

Robert Hang on.

15:00

Robert Mark came and out there

15:02

living on a vineyard on the

15:02

vineyard. Because he bought he

15:05

bought a vineyard may

15:07

now. He's had an

15:07

incredible career. But yeah,

15:10

please go explore our Robert

15:10

Mark came and filmography

15:13

episode. That's right

15:14

we have a special

15:14

episode dedicated to Robert Mark

15:17

Kaman. Yeah, that's true.

15:19

So yeah, it's no

15:19

doubt that this movie was I

15:23

wouldn't say it's as good as the

15:23

sequel. You would, I would say

15:27

it's a great sequel. And and,

15:27

and this one could have been a

15:32

standalone movie. This guy has

15:32

been a standalone movie. Many

15:36

sequels try to recreate the

15:36

original and and yeah, there are

15:40

some components in here that

15:40

there's I roles in this movie, a

15:43

few, a few. Santos kind of one

15:43

note until he's not and he turns

15:47

a corner and a half second. It's like, well, he

15:49

does like a

15:49

Christmas carol Ebony's.

15:51

Exactly, yeah, 180

15:54

and chosen is

15:54

just too bad. It's like there's

15:57

nothing redeeming about him,

15:57

which is shocking that he has

16:01

come back and rehabilitated

16:01

himself in such a way on Cobra

16:04

Kai, because he was like, as bad

16:04

as it gets. And just there's not

16:08

one ounce of goodness in him.

16:10

way. But hang on, hang on a second. Just one second. Listen, I agree with

16:12

you. He was you know, a OneNote

16:16

bad guy. But at the very end, we

16:16

see his fear. Doesn't that open

16:21

up a little bit of sympathy for

16:21

us just a little bit. You know,

16:24

he starts to have a he has a

16:24

breakdown is what he has at the

16:27

end. And he runs off right?

16:30

Or he gets beat

16:30

up. So

16:32

what doesn't he just like? Hey, you remember what such as like, Go save that

16:34

kid. And he's like, I'm out of

16:36

here. He like took off running

16:36

didn't he? Wouldn't Oh no. He

16:39

turned his back and coward. What

16:39

did he do? He showed cowardice

16:42

is what

16:43

he did. No. But

16:43

then he tries to kill them at

16:45

the bone dance.

16:46

Oh, yeah. That was later.

16:48

Yeah. I was like, wait, wait, no, he's

16:50

learned his lesson. Oh,

16:52

that guy tried to

16:52

murder everybody. Okay. That's

16:56

what I'm saying.

16:57

I was just thinking about what?

17:00

But that

17:00

motivated him to like, well, if

17:03

I can't get my uncle's respect,

17:03

I'm gonna kill some people.

17:06

Okay, slow down. So

17:08

so at that moment

17:08

was his opportunity. Yes. To do

17:11

a turn will feel sorry for him.

17:11

We'll forgive him. And we'll

17:15

move along. Yeah. So no, it took

17:15

us many years. Decades to do

17:20

that.

17:21

So incredible

17:21

film it really is holds up and

17:24

we are promoting our scene by

17:24

scene breakdown of that. We hope

17:28

you enjoy it. We really do.

17:28

We're gonna listen to it again

17:31

ourselves, and, and hopefully

17:31

not cringe too much. But yeah, a

17:35

lot of fun are first not in the

17:35

same studio recording. What's

17:39

crazy, Sal is since that time,

17:39

we have only recorded together

17:44

one time in person since then.

17:44

And like hundreds remote. So

17:49

this set the stage this put that

17:49

technology in motion. Now we

17:53

have full fledged studios, and

17:53

yeah, that was it as a game

17:56

changer. We could have hung them

17:56

up. And that would have been the

17:59

end of just curious but no, just

17:59

curious media turned a corner.

18:03

And we're still going

18:04

and look at you are you're in now sitting in a professional sound booth. Hey,

18:06

you know, it just gonna be leaf

18:10

blowers behind your back. I'd never know.

18:12

Yeah, exactly. It

18:12

took some time. It took some

18:15

time. So without further ado,

18:15

please enjoy

18:20

the Karate Kid.

18:20

Part two.

18:24

All right, Sal.

18:24

Here we are. The Karate Kid.

18:28

Part Two special edition.

18:31

I never thought we'd make it this far.

18:34

I know, right?

18:35

I mean, considering what's going on. I mean, we're not even in the same

18:37

location. This is the first.

18:40

This is the first

18:40

this is the first time that you

18:43

and I have not been side by side

18:43

at the studio, because we are

18:48

practicing social distancing.

18:48

And we're trying this virtually.

18:53

And we'll see how it goes.

18:55

Yeah. And now I

18:55

know why we're so into the 80s

18:57

because the 2020s suck.

19:01

Especially March.

19:01

March had like 90 days and it

19:04

felt like but hey, nothing like

19:04

karate kid to lift your spirits,

19:10

I should say

19:10

yeah. Big time. Excited to be here. It's been too long. Let's rock and roll.

19:14

All right. So

19:14

what I've read, Sal is that

19:18

there was debate over to make

19:18

the sequel about the revenge of

19:23

Cobra Kai or Mr. Miyagi story

19:23

and traveled back to his home

19:28

country. Obviously, the latter

19:28

one out. And I think it was a

19:32

wise decision. We're not rushing

19:32

back into Cobra Kai territory,

19:36

although I would have loved

19:36

that. I think it was a really

19:38

nice way to take this to the

19:38

next level and get to know Mr.

19:44

Miyagi, his backstory, and I

19:44

think you probably agree.

19:47

Yeah, I definitely agree. Because I don't think that you know, crees

19:48

God loves them. God loves them.

19:53

He's not the primary stars. The

19:53

primary stars are Danielson and

19:58

Mr. Miyagi. So I wanted to go

19:58

along with them a little more.

20:02

Before I go back around to the

20:02

high jinks of crease. And Terry

20:07

silver, which you see in credit

20:07

get three.

20:10

Exactly. And so

20:10

reading more about some of the

20:13

trivia behind the scenes things.

20:13

It looks like they went into

20:18

production of the sequel, like

20:18

10 days after the release of the

20:23

original, which is kind of crazy

20:26

and risky because

20:26

the franchise hasn't had time to

20:28

prove itself. So that's definitely a gamble.

20:30

Yeah, I guess

20:30

they had early numbers. So they

20:32

just knew 10 days in that this

20:32

thing, you know, they had a hit

20:36

on their hands. But there was

20:36

something there. And obviously,

20:40

I don't think the cast was

20:40

overly expensive. You know, it

20:44

wasn't like they had all these

20:44

big names. So they were able to

20:47

lock everyone up except for the

20:47

Cobra Kai students. They didn't

20:51

have them. They had to bring in

20:51

some new people. But we did lose

20:54

one character as well, which

20:54

we'll get into later. But

20:57

Elizabeth Shue was not part of

20:57

the sequel, which I know saddens

21:01

me a great deal.

21:03

Well, that was

21:03

her choice. Well, her choice,

21:06

right? Wasn't she going to

21:06

school to Harvard at the time.

21:08

So it was her

21:08

choice. To a degree, what I had

21:12

read was that they were going to

21:12

they were going to have some

21:15

scenes with her in the beginning

21:15

of the film. And then it was

21:18

just too complicated. And she

21:18

had agreed to this. But it was

21:21

just something they couldn't get

21:21

worked out. So they scrapped it.

21:24

So she was going to be a small

21:24

part. And they just kind of

21:29

weren't able to do that. So that

21:29

said, Sell Karate Kid was the

21:34

only appearance and all of this

21:34

and Cobra Kai and all the

21:39

sequels of the Karate Kid that

21:39

Elizabeth shoe is in.

21:42

Well, there's

21:42

speculation about her appearance

21:45

in season three. We'll see. I

21:45

don't think anybody knows. I

21:48

know. You haven't told me any

21:48

spoilers regarding season three

21:51

of Cobra Kai. I haven't heard

21:51

anything or read anything, you

21:54

know, back toward the end of

21:54

season two, or when you and I

21:57

were we're recording Season Two

21:57

of Let's Talk Cobra Kai. There

22:00

was speculation about Elizabeth

22:00

Shue returning in season three

22:03

of Cobra Kai but I have seen no

22:03

confirmations and no evidence of

22:07

of that being the case.

22:09

Well, and I know

22:09

nothing either. I was just about

22:12

to say it's just about time for

22:12

her to come back. I'll be at

22:15

season three or another season

22:15

our if there's a Karate Kid,

22:20

Cobra Kai movie reboot, you

22:20

know, taking where the show has

22:24

now taken things and coming out

22:24

and making a feature length

22:27

movie. Hey, I don't know. But I

22:27

am hopeful. I'll just put it

22:31

that way.

22:32

Well, if you look at the way this movie starts, which we'll get into in a

22:33

second, if you look at the way

22:35

it starts, I would have no care

22:35

to see Elizabeth shews character

22:40

again. I would have no care to

22:40

see Ali again after she dumped

22:44

our primary. Yeah, main actor,

22:44

so we're gonna get into that

22:48

again. But I would have no care

22:48

to it was only because of what

22:52

has occurred on Cobra Kai season

22:52

two, where I would have any care

22:55

to see Ali

22:56

return. Yeah, they kind of throw her under the bus. But what we'll get into

22:58

that.

23:00

Can I just mention a couple things here. Just a couple things that are

23:01

interesting. Just to bring us up

23:04

to speed. Noriyuki Pat Merida is

23:04

54 at the filming of this movie,

23:08

rough macho 25 at the filming.

23:08

If you look at Karateka two on

23:12

IMDb, there are 80 photographs

23:12

associated with it. Number 74.

23:17

So again, you gotta go in there

23:17

shows George Bush. That's not

23:21

George W. The son but the

23:21

original George Bush. Yeah.

23:24

Senior George Bush, Barbara

23:24

Bush, along with Pat Morita and

23:28

Ralph macho on the set a

23:28

presidential visit to the set. I

23:32

did not know about this.

23:33

Wow. That's

23:33

pretty impressive. I have not

23:35

seen that I couldn't make it

23:35

past 40. So you trudged on to 74

23:41

That's really cool. I'll have to

23:41

look at that photo. I'd like to

23:44

post it on our social media.

23:45

Check that out.

23:45

And also this movie is set in

23:48

Okinawa, but it's actually

23:48

filmed in Oahu, Hawaii.

23:51

That's right. So how did you feel about that? Because I know that you have

23:53

traveled to Okinawa,

23:57

I have traveled to Okinawa. I'll get into that a little more specifically as we

23:59

go along. But the reason that

24:02

they chose Hawaii is because a

24:02

it's the United States so makes

24:05

things a little bit easier with

24:05

filming. But B it has a similar

24:09

climate see that a lot what a

24:09

lot of people don't know when I

24:11

learned this, I believe me I

24:11

learned this when I went to

24:13

Japan, when you go to the

24:13

mainland of Japan, Tokyo, etc.

24:18

And then you work your way down

24:18

to Okinawa. It's different. It's

24:22

a different feel. It's a

24:22

different vibe. It's more of a

24:24

Polynesian feel. It's more of a

24:24

Hawaii type feel. People are

24:28

even a little bit darker. It's a

24:28

different vibe in Okinawa than

24:32

it is in Japan. I loved it just

24:32

as much, but definitely more of

24:35

an island vibe on Okinawa than

24:35

in mainland Japan.

24:39

Okay, well, there

24:39

you have it. So besides Hawaii,

24:43

the rest of the movie was filmed

24:43

at the Warner Brothers Burbank

24:47

studios lot if you will, as

24:47

well. Yeah, it's true. This is

24:52

according to IMDb. And there

24:52

were even some scenes filmed at

24:56

Mr. Miyagi his house over in

24:56

Canoga Park, which has since

25:00

unfold gently, as you already

25:00

know, has been demolished. Sad

25:04

to say. But my opinion that

25:04

place should have been a shrine

25:08

or a museum for Karate Kid

25:08

lovers for years to come. But

25:13

they have recreated it very

25:13

nicely. It looks like in Georgia

25:17

where they shoot Cobra Kai,

25:19

but wait, did

25:19

they tear that house down?

25:21

Before Cobra Kai?

25:23

Oh, yes, yes,

25:23

it's been taught for many years.

25:26

Okay, so if it

25:26

has stuck around long enough to

25:28

at least meet the advent of

25:28

Cobra Kai, and maybe, yeah,

25:34

maybe yeah.

25:35

So to stay on

25:35

point and true to form, I will

25:38

give the ratings so on IMDb,

25:38

this movie gets a 6.0. And on

25:45

Rotten Tomatoes, it gets a 42%.

25:45

Now, that's just not crazy high.

25:51

But just to give you some

25:51

context, this is how the

25:53

original does on those

25:53

platforms. There Karate Kid 7.2

25:58

on IMDb, and 88% on Rotten

25:58

Tomatoes. So the original is

26:05

more loved, and rightfully so I

26:05

think it's a superior film. And

26:12

if it wasn't for that film, you

26:12

wouldn't even have this sequel,

26:15

or all the subsequent ones, or

26:15

even Cobra Kai the show. So it's

26:20

hard to compare with the

26:20

original. But this was the

26:22

second installment. And that's

26:22

what we're focused on.

26:25

Are you saying

26:25

that you love Karate Kid

26:29

Original Motion Picture over

26:29

Karate Kid to just because of

26:34

the Heritage now with the

26:34

original? Or because you

26:36

actually independently think

26:36

it's a better film?

26:39

Oh, it's a much

26:39

better film. The story is more

26:42

complete. Listen, I won't get

26:42

into Crytek get to and we're

26:45

about to and we kind of already

26:45

are. But yeah, I have a lot less

26:49

eye rolls and the Karate Kid.

26:49

Okay, not to put the sequel

26:53

down. But at the box office,

26:53

this movie made at least the US

26:58

gross. And I don't know when

26:58

this was cut off. But it made

27:01

$115 million. So it made more

27:01

than the original. But that was

27:06

coming. You know, it only came

27:06

out what a couple years after

27:09

the original. All the hype was

27:09

still there. And so it didn't

27:14

make more because it's a better

27:14

film. It made more because there

27:18

was demand and the timing. And

27:18

the industry was very different

27:22

back then.

27:22

It was in the wake of the original. So the timing was good. Yeah,

27:26

they waited a

27:26

decade or you know, sometimes

27:28

sequels take a long time to come

27:28

out. But yeah, that's a good way

27:30

of putting it it was in the wake

27:30

of. And so I don't attribute

27:34

that to quality. But anyway, so

27:39

it sounds like

27:39

you're bashing movie before we

27:41

even started. I think

27:42

quality wise,

27:42

yeah, this is absolutely an

27:44

inferior picture. But it's still

27:44

a pretty good movie. I think at

27:48

one point in time you even said,

27:48

Could this have been a movie at

27:51

least the Plot The story if it

27:51

wasn't related to the Karate

27:55

Kid? And I thought that was an

27:55

interesting question.

27:58

Outside of the

27:58

Karate Kid universe. I believe

28:00

this movie could stand alone. If

28:00

you took away their names just

28:03

made it a different universe. I

28:03

think it would have been

28:05

absolutely just as great.

28:07

Yeah, I agree with you. I think it would have found an audience it would have

28:08

done well, because there was a

28:12

lot of martial arts movies

28:12

coming out in the 80s. And

28:15

that's an interesting story.

28:15

Disciple follows his master back

28:19

to the homeland. And there's a

28:19

story. Absolutely, it could

28:22

have. Well,

28:23

he doesn't he

28:23

doesn't just again, we're gonna

28:26

get into this as soon as we get

28:26

into the movie, but he doesn't

28:28

just follow him. He literally is

28:28

a very supportive friend at that

28:33

exact Yeah. So we'll get into

28:33

that. We'll get it.

28:36

So who else came back for the sequel where you had Jerry Weintraub still

28:38

producing probably the person

28:41

that said, Hey, let's get into

28:41

production on the sequel.

28:44

Immediately, we got ourselves a

28:44

winner here. You had John

28:47

Allison, the very talented

28:47

director who did karate kid 123.

28:52

He also did the original Rocky,

28:52

which one best picture. And he

28:57

came back and did rocky five.

28:57

They had Robert Mark came in the

29:00

writer who created all the

29:00

characters and grew up in

29:03

martial arts. He really doesn't

29:03

get enough praise. I would say

29:08

you had Bill Conti come back as

29:08

the composer. And of course you

29:11

had Pat right and Ralph Macho.

29:11

So they had you know, the core

29:15

team coming back. And what you

29:15

see a lot of times in sequels is

29:19

you're missing some of that you

29:19

don't have the same director,

29:22

you don't have the same star or

29:22

whatever. But that's what I

29:26

think helped this movie capture

29:26

some magic.

29:30

I like when the

29:30

crew can come back. It's um,

29:32

it's almost like a band, like,

29:32

hey, let's get the band back

29:35

together, you know, and then you

29:35

you create a new old sound that

29:40

the listener is familiar with,

29:40

or the viewer is familiar with.

29:43

And it's got a real nice flow to

29:43

it. For the fan. It flows easier

29:47

than if it's just a whole new group.

29:49

I totally agree.

29:49

It is like getting the band back

29:52

together. And here we go. So

29:52

this movie starts with this

29:56

opening montage. It's a fly

29:56

catching scene. Ain't crane

30:01

technique, the Medal of Honor

30:01

Halloween night, Cobra Kai dojo,

30:06

all leading up to the all Valley

30:06

karate championship.

30:11

I liked it, it

30:11

brings, it brings the new viewer

30:14

up to speed. I like that.

30:15

It is it's kind

30:15

of like watching a season finale

30:20

of a show. And then they give

30:20

you all what you've taken in the

30:23

first five seasons. But I don't

30:23

ever remember this in a movie.

30:28

And I watched a lot of movies

30:28

from the 70s and 80s. But had

30:32

you seen this done before this

30:32

kind of five minute montage to

30:36

get things started?

30:37

I didn't realize it at the time, but I don't think I have seen that. Where

30:39

Yeah, the sequel? Does this

30:42

rehash in the beginning? No, I

30:42

don't think I've seen that in

30:45

any other sequel. No.

30:46

Especially for a

30:46

movie, as you said earlier, that

30:48

was in the wake of the original.

30:48

So I wouldn't say that people

30:52

were forgetting it did disappear

30:52

for a decade.

30:56

Yeah, not not a

30:56

lot of time had elapsed. You can

30:59

imagine the people were sitting

30:59

in the theater like the first

31:02

five minutes like, yeah, we

31:02

know. We know. Yeah. Yeah,

31:05

exactly. Been there. We've been there. Well, I

31:07

saw Godfather

31:07

two. I don't remember a quick

31:10

like, well, here's what happened

31:10

in the first one. Michael became

31:13

it didn't do that. However, as I

31:13

say this allowed, you know what

31:16

popped in my mind. I think Rocky

31:16

two starts with the fight

31:22

sequence from Rocky one.

31:24

I know outright

31:24

and again, that Edelson Yes.

31:28

Well, he didn't

31:28

mean he didn't

31:28

direct to that was Stallone, but

31:30

still we're in Apple sins. You

31:30

know, he crafted the first one

31:34

that the masterpiece. So I think

31:34

those movies did it. But it was

31:38

all about the fight that ended

31:38

the movie prior. This gave us a

31:42

whole montage. But anyway, hey,

31:42

it was cool. It was nice to see.

31:47

You and I are up on our stuff

31:47

because of the let's talk Cobra

31:50

Kai show. But if you were

31:50

someone revisiting the Karate

31:53

Kid to like on Netflix, or Hulu

31:53

or Amazon, some random viewer,

31:59

the montage will be very nice

31:59

for them even today. So there it

32:03

was. And as soon as we get

32:03

caught up in real time, the

32:06

first scene that is brand new to

32:06

the audience is a shower sing,

32:12

which just cracks me up. It's an

32:12

interesting choice. Yeah,

32:16

because I've been in those

32:16

tournaments. And I never

32:20

showered afterwards. We just

32:20

went home with our GI and

32:23

hopefully with some hardware.

32:23

And I like how Mr. Miyagi he's

32:26

in there with Daniel. Which is,

32:26

which is pretty funny.

32:31

Well, wait to be

32:31

clear. Hang on. Hang on. He's

32:33

not in there. He's waiting

32:33

outside the showers. Well,

32:37

Daniels taken he's in the locker

32:37

room. He's in the locker room.

32:41

Yeah, he's in the locker room

32:41

with his back to the wall of the

32:44

showers, chatting with Daniel as

32:44

Daniel is in the shower with all

32:47

these other guys. Who are those

32:47

other guys? Were those other

32:49

competitors, I guess, was was

32:49

entirely possible that Johnny

32:54

Lawrence was in that shower

32:54

along with Daniel Russo.

32:57

Yeah, and crease

32:57

who also was an ag. So he

33:01

had showers was

33:01

in the shower with

33:05

they probably kept the Cobra off to the side, although Johnny had just given

33:06

Daniel the trophy. So maybe

33:11

there's less bad blood now. But

33:11

the only thing that could have

33:14

made this more funny or strange

33:14

is this Miyagi was in the stall

33:18

next to him. And they're soaping

33:18

up. Nothing, you know, nothing

33:23

below board, of course, but

33:23

they're soaping up and just

33:25

talking and that would have been

33:25

like, what we already jumped the

33:28

shark and we're like one scene

33:28

in the movie. So we come out of

33:32

the shower scene. And as you and

33:32

I know, we do not see Ali or

33:37

Daniel's mother this entire

33:37

film. So Miyagi immediately gets

33:41

out of the way and says, Ali and

33:41

Mother wait for us at restaurant

33:45

on Daniels. Okay, yeah, sure.

33:45

And that's it. That's it. Boom.

33:48

Like they're not we're not gonna

33:48

see him right then. Because

33:50

we're gonna go to the

33:50

restaurant, and we never see

33:52

them. But I don't know. It's

33:52

kind of funny.

33:55

I completely

33:55

forgot about that line. But

33:57

yeah, so Daniel is carrying his

33:57

championship trophy, limping

34:02

along next to Miyagi walking out

34:02

of the auditorium. They stop and

34:06

chat crease exits. The building,

34:06

starts manhandling people. Which

34:14

I think is hilarious. He starts

34:14

manhandling people in

34:16

particularly actor Eddie Smith,

34:16

who recites the line. Hey, man,

34:21

what you're doing to a brother?

34:21

Which I love. That line really

34:24

show caught on? I love that. I

34:24

should have been on T shirts. So

34:28

Chris walks between Miyagi.

34:28

Daniel. The tournament announcer

34:33

played by Bruce Melmoth.

34:33

Remember that name? Bruce.

34:36

Melmoth. We're gonna be

34:36

revisiting that again.

34:39

Well, it real

34:39

quick on Bruce the announcer I

34:42

got contacts. I love what he

34:42

says. He says paper we're going

34:46

to be talking about that last

34:46

kick for years to come.

34:50

And sack about a

34:50

foreshadow. Yeah, he nailed

34:53

it. Yeah, they're

34:53

gonna build a series around that

34:55

kick. Amazing.

34:58

He didn't know

34:58

that he was predicting Cobra Kai

35:01

And then he breaks through the

35:01

announcer and referee Patty

35:04

Johnson, who is also the fight

35:04

choreographer for the movies,

35:07

right? He shoves them aside. And

35:07

I wonder at that moment, I

35:11

actually pause and wonder at

35:11

that moment, when he pushes

35:14

aside, Bruce and Pat, the

35:14

announcer and referee is that

35:18

when he gets his lifetime ban,

35:18

is that the very moment right

35:22

there?

35:23

i But no, I think

35:23

it happened. About two and a

35:26

half minutes later. I was there.

35:26

We're almost there.

35:30

We'll get to that. Okay. How about a habit at this moment when Chris keeps

35:32

walking on? And Daniel says, Why

35:35

does he act like that? And then

35:35

we hear a voice off camera says

35:38

that guy just doesn't know what

35:38

karate is all about. Was that

35:42

Johnson? Or was that Mamos? Was

35:42

that announcer? Was that the

35:45

referee? I don't know. Because

35:45

you don't see. I'm curious what?

35:48

So Chris heads over to the

35:48

students. And then right at that

35:51

moment, kids run right up,

35:51

asking Daniel for an autograph.

35:56

And these kids are from receita

35:56

to C's or local kids. Daniel

35:59

signs the autographs for them.

35:59

One kid is back with to the

36:02

camera the whole time. I felt bad for them. I would have redirected them if I were

36:03

Adelson, I wouldn't say let's

36:06

see a little face there. Now one

36:06

thing I want to mention a little

36:09

trivia here, it could be

36:09

suspect. These kids are Garth

36:13

Johnson and Brett Johnson. are

36:13

the sons of Pat E. Johnson. It's

36:18

the same scene practically. Why

36:18

not? If these are relation

36:22

again? Well, we remember Bruce

36:22

Melmoth. So there's a lot of in

36:26

the family going on here. So I

36:26

wonder if those were kids of

36:29

choreographer and referee Patty

36:29

Johnson.

36:32

Yeah, could be a

36:32

good spot there. We'll find out.

36:35

So what this is leading to and

36:35

we've talked about this on the

36:39

Karate Kid special episode, as

36:39

well as I'm sure episodes of

36:42

Let's Talk Cobra Kai is where

36:42

you reflect on the show. But

36:46

what is coming was supposed to

36:46

be the end of the Karate Kid.

36:53

And the scene is where crease is

36:53

having a confrontation with his

36:58

students, because he's so mad

36:58

about losing. And he basically

37:03

attacks Johnny. So this scene

37:03

was going to end the movie and

37:07

sound thank goodness, they did

37:07

not do that. And they saved it.

37:13

And they said, hey, if we ever

37:13

do a sequel, we'll start with

37:16

this as opposed to any other

37:16

movie, because the first movie

37:18

and so beautifully with the you

37:18

know, he gets the trophy and

37:22

there's the shot of Miyagi, and

37:22

then we're out. I couldn't

37:25

imagine having one more beat.

37:25

You know, it feels like a fourth

37:29

act or something. So kudos to

37:29

everyone

37:32

on it. No. I like

37:32

when a movie ends on a happy

37:36

note. I really do. I like to

37:36

walk out of the theater. A

37:39

little a little happier. I don't

37:39

like walking out of a theater.

37:42

All bummed out. Yeah. Even if

37:42

the movie was good, you know? So

37:46

yeah, I like the choice that

37:46

they made. I like it. They

37:49

didn't end the original movie

37:49

with crease you nothing. You

37:52

lost your loser. I'm so happy

37:52

that they didn't do that.

37:55

And to be clear,

37:55

they didn't shoot it. They just

37:57

had written it and practice

37:57

rehearsed it, I should say, but

38:01

they didn't shoot it. So it

38:01

wasn't that close to happening.

38:04

So enough about the setup. Let's

38:04

talk about the scene. Okay,

38:09

so can I can I gotta mention one thing I found so interesting. Yeah, you and I

38:10

both enjoy looking at all the

38:14

actors in the scene, including

38:14

the extras. And one thing I

38:17

found very funny was creases up

38:17

against the car with Johnny.

38:21

There's an extra on the other

38:21

side of the car on the driver's

38:24

side, who has his back to the

38:24

camera the whole time. There's a

38:26

fight going on behind you. And

38:26

you don't have to turn around

38:30

once. That was Dutch. No, no, it

38:30

was on the other side of the car

38:33

was when he was wearing a hat.

38:34

Well, there was two guys on their side of the car and one was the guy from

38:36

head of the class. He was one of

38:39

the Cobra guys, we've talked

38:39

about this. He was in the judge

38:43

no and Dutchess next to him, so

38:43

I went back and as we prepared

38:47

for this episode, I also was

38:47

noticing those extras having

38:51

made a movie a documentary about

38:51

extras called strictly

38:53

background, I always look at the

38:53

background players and think

38:57

What's that guy doing? And when

38:57

I went back and interviewed

39:00

again, it appeared to be Dutch

39:00

because Dutch is in the sequel,

39:04

and that was him.

39:05

Wow. Okay, so why

39:05

didn't you have them turn around

39:09

at the rockets that was taking place? I just found that interesting.

39:11

He was too cool

39:11

for school. He is Steve McQueen

39:13

son. So you know, Dutchess got

39:13

he does his own thing. So what's

39:17

going on in the scene Sal? As I

39:17

already said, he comes over and

39:21

starts to kind of go off on the

39:21

students but maybe just talk us

39:24

through what's exactly happening.

39:26

Crease borates

39:26

Johnny for a second place loss,

39:30

calls him a loser. Johnny reacts

39:30

goes no, you're a loser man.

39:34

Chris grabs the trophy breaks it

39:34

tosses it aside and gets Johnny

39:38

Lawrence in a chokehold other

39:38

guys come in he elbows one guy I

39:43

don't know which guy was had a

39:43

good elbow on the left. And

39:46

another guy shows up I forgot

39:46

which guys they were another guy

39:49

shows up Chris like don't

39:49

remember that line. Don't

39:52

I think it was

39:52

like Tommy and Bobby. Those guys

39:54

were close by but anyway, yeah,

39:54

it's not looking good.

39:58

Miyagi

39:58

approaches. Let him go. And then

40:01

Chris Beck has another student.

40:01

And then this thing I found

40:04

interesting because I'd never

40:04

really noticed this before I

40:07

really listened intently. So

40:07

Chris says, beat it slope are

40:11

your next. Now, I never knew

40:11

about this word slope, which I

40:17

said what? Okay, so I looked it

40:17

up slope, a derogatory term or

40:22

slur used for the purpose of

40:22

describing a Vietnamese or Asian

40:25

person describing the slope of

40:25

their eyes.

40:29

Oh my gosh,

40:30

I never knew it.

40:30

So it's, you know, it's one of

40:33

these moments where like, it's

40:33

one thing to be an asshole. But

40:36

now you're a racist asshole.

40:38

He's the worst.

40:38

So this leads to a showdown

40:43

between crease and Miyagi. And

40:43

this is one of the knocks I have

40:47

in this film, although I do like

40:47

the film, but I would have liked

40:52

to see a, you know, like a

40:52

really good fight. And these are

40:57

guys are both very skilled, they

40:57

have different styles. They can

41:00

tussle for a minute or two. But

41:00

that's not what happens.

41:04

If you're talking

41:04

about the fight sequences that

41:07

we all know and love. This would

41:07

probably be if you visit all the

41:11

fight sequences that we all know

41:11

and love throughout cinematic

41:13

history, this is probably not

41:13

one of them. It was

41:16

disappointing crease did not

41:16

show any skills. I mean, I could

41:21

have done as well against Miyagi

41:21

as creased it.

41:24

So for anyone

41:24

who's unaware of what really

41:27

goes down, so let's pick it up

41:27

where we left off. So Chris

41:30

still has Johnny in a chokehold,

41:30

and Miyagi comes towards him.

41:35

Then he hits one student. And so

41:35

Sal then what happens,

41:39

Miyagi steps in

41:39

and uses a maneuver to get

41:42

crease to release Johnny. So he

41:42

forces the release of Johnny by

41:46

crease through a manipulation

41:46

for sure.

41:49

And super upset

41:49

and full of rage. He already

41:53

lost in the tournament. He's

41:53

already mad and throwing all of

41:57

his students under the bus. And

41:57

here's the protagonist, it's

42:00

caused this him and Daniel Mr.

42:00

Miyagi. And so he charges him

42:07

out of rage. And what happens

42:10

when you see the difference, you talk about the difference in styles, but just

42:12

in this moment, the difference

42:15

in emotion. So Greece is full of

42:15

rage and anger, lost control.

42:20

Miyagi is so calm, so very calm,

42:20

Chris goes in to punch him.

42:26

Miyagi moves right out of the

42:26

way, turns around, goes into

42:30

punch him, he moves out of the

42:30

way, again, effortlessly. And

42:34

thus, crease has to bloodied

42:34

fists from hitting two car

42:38

windows.

42:39

And he's kind of

42:39

in shock that he's done it. He

42:41

looks at his bloody knuckles,

42:41

and he's in shock. What's

42:44

occurred?

42:45

You would call

42:45

this one of Chris's low light

42:48

moments? Yeah, maybe

42:49

he's got a real

42:49

problem with blood, because he

42:53

became kind of a web.

42:54

He was in Vietnam. Right?

42:56

I know. I know.

42:56

I'm telling he says so he says.

43:00

Okay, so that picture could have been doctored the one in the dojo of him. I

43:02

mean, it looked more like a

43:06

theatrical headshot. But

43:07

can you trust

43:07

anything out of his mouth,

43:09

knowing what you know now about

43:09

crease? I mean, seriously, come

43:12

on.

43:12

You know what,

43:12

now that you mentioned it, it's

43:15

starting to become clear. It's

43:15

entirely possible that Chris was

43:18

never in the military at all.

43:18

And that picture was fake

43:21

hanging up in the studio.

43:23

Yeah, I don't I

43:23

don't believe him. He's done

43:25

anything. Well, except for he's

43:25

run Cobra Kai, and he's made

43:29

some real tough bullies. But

43:29

anyway, so Chris is distraught.

43:34

He can't believe his buddy

43:34

knuckles. And this leads to the

43:37

end of this, if you want to call

43:37

it a fight sequence. And so go

43:42

ahead and tell us what happens.

43:43

So I know you and

43:43

I talked about this once before,

43:46

where you thought maybe crease

43:46

fainted, but it was just sort

43:50

of, I think, an emotional and

43:50

physical collapse where he just

43:53

kind of caves into himself.

43:53

Yeah, and he just falls into

43:56

this heap. Before he falls into

43:56

the heap. Miyagi is about to

44:00

give him the death blow. You think this is gonna be it for crease creases on his knees on

44:02

the ground, about to be finished

44:06

by Miyagi? Miyagi has his hand

44:06

raised and a karate chop

44:11

position ready to give the death blow?

44:13

Miyagi is in that

44:13

pose when he knocked the bottles

44:15

off of his truck? Oh, yes, knock

44:15

the caps off. That was one of

44:19

the only issues I had with the

44:19

original Karate Kid. I think

44:21

they were held down to believe

44:21

that they could have been he

44:24

could have knocked the tops off

44:24

off loose bottles on a truck and

44:28

far fetched but he had that same

44:28

strike so he was going to do

44:32

that too really could have

44:32

killed crease if he wanted to.

44:35

He could have that's why I say could have delivered the death blow. But he

44:37

didn't instead of delivering the

44:41

death blow, or at least a blow

44:41

to give the final humiliation to

44:45

crease in his moment of existing

44:45

humiliation. Hey, might as we go

44:49

step further. Instead, Miyagi

44:49

comes in close, grabs his nose

44:53

and goes honk. I mean, it is

44:53

humiliating, but it's not beaten

44:59

to a pulp humiliating

45:01

That's when he

45:01

falls into himself creased and

45:04

that's

45:04

when he kind of

45:04

just caves and crumbles into

45:07

himself and falls into a heap on

45:07

the ground. Miyagi and Daniel

45:11

walk away. And at this moment is

45:11

where Daniel says, and I believe

45:14

this little interaction here, I

45:14

think sums up. I think the

45:16

entire movie. I mean, this is

45:16

the summarization, I feel is

45:20

where Daniel says, You could

45:20

have killed him, couldn't you?

45:23

And Miyagi says, I, well, then

45:23

why didn't you them. And Miyagi

45:27

says, because Daniel son, for

45:27

person with no forgiveness in

45:31

heart living even worse

45:31

punishment than deaf. Mine,

45:36

there you go. And that leads us

45:36

and by the way, I always want to

45:40

mention the car that they are

45:40

getting into is the truck is a

45:44

1941, Chevrolet light delivery,

45:44

beautiful truck.

45:49

Beautiful truck.

45:49

So that is the end of Cobra Kai

45:54

crease Johnny, the whole bunch

45:54

for this entire film. There's no

46:00

more mention of them. You don't

46:00

see them anymore. We don't know

46:04

what's going on with them. We're

46:04

off on a different adventure.

46:07

And so now the text comes on

46:07

screen six months later. And we

46:14

come in on Miyagi, who is of all

46:14

things trying to catch the fly

46:20

with a chopstick. And this time,

46:20

Sal, unlike the previous film,

46:26

he does it.

46:27

Yeah. And I really liked that he doesn't make a fuss over it. He doesn't

46:28

Pat himself on the back. He's

46:32

not so excited about doing it.

46:32

He does it. He gives a little

46:36

grin. And then he moves on.

46:38

And Karate Kid

46:38

folklore. What does that say

46:41

about someone when they are able

46:41

to catch a fly and chopsticks

46:45

man who catch fly

46:45

with chopstick accomplish

46:48

anything? So he's got that going

46:48

for him? Well, that's also a

46:52

foreshadow than to Yeah, of

46:52

course.

46:54

And you know,

46:54

Daniels had that going for him

46:57

for a while. So it's not a beat

46:57

later that Daniel arrives. And

47:03

this whole film goes on a

47:03

different course. And so he

47:07

shows up, it's post prom. The

47:07

car's been crashed Sal, go ahead

47:13

and tell us what type of car that is, again,

47:15

Daniel arrives in

47:15

the 1948, Ford Super Deluxe,

47:20

which again, for the new

47:20

listener, is the same car used

47:23

in Greece that is greased

47:23

lightning.

47:26

So it's crashed,

47:26

which really brings a tear to

47:30

all of our eyes. And he comes in

47:30

and he's blaming Ali, who

47:34

wrecked it. I mean, you got the

47:34

bumper hanging off the steam

47:37

coming out of it. He's even

47:37

going on to say that Ali's now

47:41

fallen in love with some

47:41

football player from UCLA. And

47:46

Miyagi. He's kind of listening

47:46

and he goes out there to start

47:48

to repair the car immediately

47:48

because that's what Miyagi does.

47:52

And then Daniel is just on this,

47:52

rant it and he goes on about my

47:56

mom's taking another job. And

47:56

this time, it's in Fresno, we

47:59

leave tomorrow. And it's just a

47:59

lot going on. I mean, they came

48:03

up to like zero to 60 with all

48:03

this exposition, which is pretty

48:08

funny, but it does get the movie

48:08

moving. I guess out I guess

48:12

that's the point.

48:13

One thing I noticed interesting is when Daniel arrives, there's music

48:15

playing, and then he shuts off

48:17

the car, the music stops, which

48:17

lets the viewer know that the

48:20

music is actually coming from

48:20

the car and not part of the

48:22

soundtrack necessarily. So that

48:22

car 1948 Ford had a stereo in

48:28

it, or I wonder if that stereo

48:28

was added later. I just found

48:30

that interesting.

48:31

Yeah, I think Miyagi probably would drop that in there. For him.

48:34

His kid probably had a cassette player, do you think? Yeah, probably

48:37

cassette player.

48:37

And I also liked Daniels blue

48:40

tux, which was very reminiscent

48:40

of Dumb and Dumber, which is

48:45

pretty funny. So Miyagi is just,

48:45

you know, helping out kind of

48:49

listening. But he's got one way

48:49

to help Daniel kind of clear his

48:55

head. He's got some more work

48:55

for him to do on the old Miyagi

48:59

estate. And what's he have him

48:59

do Sal?

49:01

Well, he takes

49:01

him out back, and he has him

49:05

start hitting nails. So this is

49:05

one of those moments where I'm

49:08

thinking, Okay, how does hitting

49:08

nails to this attachment to the

49:11

house to build a new room? How

49:11

does this translate to a karate

49:16

move? I mean, this is not wax on

49:16

wax off. This is not sand the

49:20

floor. This is not, you know,

49:20

paint up, paint down. How is

49:24

this going to translate to a

49:24

karate move? That's what I want

49:26

to see. So Daniel starts

49:26

hammering these nails finally

49:29

gets a little frustrated, says

49:29

he's all out of focus. Mr.

49:33

Miyagi shows him a breathing

49:33

technique to help bring his life

49:38

and feelings back into focus. So

49:38

then, Daniel goes back to

49:42

hitting the nails and he starts

49:42

to get the hang of it starts to

49:45

feel pretty good. And then one

49:45

or two walks are gone.

49:48

I want her to kind of work there, but

49:49

okay, well, it's

49:49

actually two it's like, do boom.

49:53

It was actually like three hits

49:53

to get it in. The first two are

49:56

like setup hits. Then the third

49:56

was to get it all the way.

49:59

Yes to hit it

49:59

with one strike. I agree you go

50:02

tap tap towards holds on its

50:02

own, and then it's to focus and

50:06

hit it on the head and drive one

50:06

through. So I think it's about

50:10

focus. I think it's about

50:10

hitting your spot. And it also

50:14

kind of reminded me of Bruce

50:14

Lee's one inch punch. It's like

50:17

a lot of power and you're barely

50:17

moving, you're moving like an

50:20

inch with a hammer in your hand.

50:20

So your hand is, you know, like

50:24

a fist if you will, but that

50:24

sort of kind of reminded me of,

50:28

but it was a cool technique, but

50:28

that's as far as we get with it.

50:32

It's not like Miyagi sets Daniel

50:32

up and then disappears for the

50:35

day and goes fishing. We don't

50:35

kind of go back and shut on that

50:38

water like we did in the

50:38

original. And the next thing we

50:41

see Daniel has made a beautiful

50:41

Rosewood metal display. For Mr.

50:46

Miyagi is Medal of Honor. Yeah,

50:49

he makes a nice

50:49

gift for him displaying the

50:52

Medal of Honor because Daniels

50:52

proud of it, for Mr. Miyagi

50:55

wants them to display it. And

50:55

Mr. Miyagi, though that's not

50:58

really his style. He says, Well,

50:58

why should I show it off? For

51:01

what it doesn't really occur to

51:01

Mr. Miyagi, to show off his

51:05

medal of honor, which is very

51:07

Miyagi esque. He

51:07

doesn't care about trophies,

51:09

medals, or even belts. As we

51:09

recall, when Daniel asked him

51:14

what belt he was, and karate,

51:14

and he said, What'd he say JC

51:19

Penney's?

51:20

Is that what he said? Was that from the first one? I don't remember that.

51:21

Yeah, as the

51:22

original. But if

51:22

Miyagi didn't care at all about

51:25

this metal, in my opinion, it

51:25

would have been at the Goodwill

51:28

a long time ago. So he has some

51:28

sort of attachment to it, but he

51:31

doesn't want to be boastful. He

51:31

didn't care about putting it on

51:35

the wall, but he's touched. You

51:35

know, it's a nice thing that

51:38

Daniel did for him. And so

51:38

Miyagi out of nowhere, gets

51:43

Daniel out of having to move to

51:43

Fresno.

51:46

Yeah, what we

51:46

learned is that this attachment

51:49

to the house, this new room that

51:49

Daniel was hitting nails into is

51:53

a new guest room. And Miyagi

51:53

says it's for a refugee. And

51:58

Daniel says a refugee from

51:58

where, Miyagi says, Fresno,

52:02

which I thought was really cute.

52:04

That was a clever

52:04

way of saying that you can stay

52:06

here. Now, here comes the mail

52:06

carrier, who doesn't know me

52:11

augis name after 40 years?

52:13

No. Well, we

52:13

don't know how new this guy was.

52:16

But he says guy, Mr. Miyagi. And

52:16

then Daniel, I love how Daniel

52:20

like, jumps to his defense and

52:20

corrects him. It's Miyagi. And

52:24

the postman played by will hunt.

52:24

I do think this scene is funny.

52:27

I wanted to mention that because

52:27

Oh, it's great. Postman starts

52:30

going on about how he goes, Oh,

52:30

this someplace you have here?

52:33

Can I bring my wife by to have a

52:33

look at it? Like I just thought,

52:35

what was the point of this

52:35

interaction, but I guess it

52:38

gives time for Miyagi, to sign

52:38

the letter to start reading the

52:41

letter, as the postman is going

52:41

on about how nice the places,

52:44

the postman says, maybe some

52:44

other time, and then he walks

52:47

off. And then Miyagi starts

52:47

reading the letter, which is a

52:50

special delivery from Okinawa.

52:52

Right. So that's

52:52

why the postman had to come in

52:54

the back to find him in the

52:54

first place, which wouldn't have

52:58

happened in today's world, they

52:58

would have left a note saying

53:01

that you've got to come to the

53:01

post office to get this special

53:05

package. Or we'll try

53:05

redelivery. So the postman comes

53:08

back to him sign for it, because

53:08

it is coming from Okinawa, and

53:12

it was a special delivery. And

53:12

what cracks me up is that the

53:17

postman is blown away by what he

53:17

sees back here and much to my

53:20

earlier point, this place could

53:20

be a museum, it's a spectacle,

53:24

what Miyagi is built. But what I

53:24

love is nobody responds to the

53:28

postman. Miyagi is caught up

53:28

looking at the letter. And Dan,

53:32

do you think Danny would step

53:32

up, say much like he did a

53:35

second ago, but maybe say, hey,

53:35

ya know, thanks so much for the

53:38

time, but no one says anything.

53:38

And the postman is on his own to

53:42

retreat and say, Yeah, I guess

53:42

I'll see you guys later, which

53:46

is pretty funny. So the letter

53:46

Sal is informing Mr. Miyagi that

53:52

his father is sick. And he wants

53:52

to see him, essentially. Yeah.

53:57

And Daniel didn't

53:57

even know that he had a father.

54:00

We for sure. Didn't know. And

54:00

definitely Daniel didn't know.

54:02

So this is all a big shock to

54:02

both Daniel and the viewer.

54:06

Yeah, exactly. So

54:06

that sets things in motion. And

54:12

this next thing kind of cracks

54:12

me up because I was watching and

54:14

going, Wow, is that how it was

54:14

in the 80s. But Miyagi goes to

54:18

get a passport. And he's flying

54:18

the very next day to fly

54:22

International to go back to

54:22

Okinawa. And he's in line with

54:27

Daniel, and he's getting a

54:27

passport. So I guess now, you

54:30

could do that on very, very

54:30

short notice back then.

54:35

Well, let me tell you this, just as a point of reference, and this is

54:36

absolutely true. There was at

54:39

one point, I think I was a

54:39

teenager where I had to get an

54:42

ID for some reason. I think I

54:42

wanted to start working. So I

54:45

needed an ID and I didn't have

54:45

one. There was some issue with

54:48

my birth certificate. My mother

54:48

did not have my birth

54:50

certificate. For some reason. My

54:50

mother then took my baptism

54:54

certificate. I mean, how

54:54

official is a church baptism

54:58

certificate? My mother took my

54:58

church's back baptism

55:01

certificate and got me a state

55:01

ID from that. That was the 80s

55:06

My friend.

55:07

Okay. All right.

55:07

I think I flew with a

55:10

blockbuster card once. That's

55:10

how lacks It was now. I'm just

55:15

kidding. So here we are this

55:15

interesting scene with me hoggy.

55:20

And Daniel having a chat about,

55:20

you know, we're learning not

55:25

just about his father, but about

55:25

his lost love and his friend

55:30

that they kind of were on the

55:30

outs and how Miyagi has left and

55:34

never gone back. But all this

55:34

while they're in this line to

55:38

get a passport. And Daniel is

55:38

not, it's kind of funny, because

55:42

he's not next to him. He's kind

55:42

of behind him as if he's in line

55:45

himself.

55:46

Yeah, I thought that was sort of a funny positioning of why they chose

55:48

that. Yeah, he was, you know, if

55:51

you say to your friend, hey,

55:51

let's go Go with me to the DMV

55:54

or whatever, they're gonna stand

55:54

next to you in line, right,

55:57

they're not going to be or maybe

55:57

even sitting off on a bench,

56:00

they're not gonna be behind you.

56:00

So I did think that was a funny

56:03

positioning is the Daniel is

56:03

behind Miyagi in this passport

56:08

office. So obviously a state

56:08

officer, a federal office, but

56:11

this is the moment where we

56:11

learn all about what went on, or

56:15

what went down in Okinawa. And

56:15

why and how Miyagi wound up in

56:20

receita?

56:20

Well, first, to

56:20

your point about DMV and a

56:23

friend going with you, that's a

56:23

good friend, who's gonna go to

56:26

the DMV with you. There's that.

56:26

And secondly, I guess, when I

56:31

thought about this scene more,

56:31

they just wanted to get us out

56:35

of the house. Because Miyagi

56:35

could have read that letter, and

56:39

cut to suitcase, you know, and

56:39

he's packing. But I guess they

56:44

wanted to take us away for a

56:44

minute and give some exposition,

56:48

rather than just cutting right

56:48

to that, because that was the

56:50

only purpose he that we don't

56:50

need to know that he doesn't

56:53

have a passport, but they wanted

56:53

to show him and Daniel doing

56:56

something on point,

56:58

I think it was an

56:58

opportunity for Miyagi, to

57:01

explain the history of Okinawa,

57:01

you know, his personal history

57:05

and what went down? You know, I

57:07

think that's sort of a done anywhere. He could have done that at the breakfast

57:08

table. He could have done it as

57:11

soon as he got the letter. Yeah.

57:11

So I think they just wanted to

57:13

get us out of there. And maybe

57:13

him getting a passports saying

57:18

that I've never gone back, and

57:18

I've got to get a passport

57:21

because when I left that was it

57:21

anyway, not a bad thing.

57:26

I just realized

57:26

something I just said he went

57:28

from Okinawa, to receita. We do

57:28

know that he spent time in the

57:31

military. So exactly. We don't

57:31

there was a whole group of years

57:35

between when he left Okinawa, to

57:35

when Daniel met him there was a

57:39

whole bunch of years. I wonder

57:39

what happened in those years?

57:42

Why he was

57:42

married, and they were going to

57:45

have a child so there's a whole

57:45

storyline which we've never get

57:49

to know beyond the first film

57:49

shedding just a little bit of

57:52

light on it. You know, the

57:52

Miyagi last years. Have you ever

57:56

seen

57:57

are like his late

57:57

20s 30s 40s 50s Those are the

58:01

Miyagi last years.

58:03

Yeah, maybe in

58:03

Cobra Kai, Daniel will stumble

58:07

on some old book you know, some

58:07

old photo album and we'll be

58:13

able to piece some more things

58:13

together hidden in a wall

58:16

somewhere and when they're at

58:16

the Miyagi House, who knows but

58:20

I'd sure like to see a little

58:20

bit of more of Miyagi story play

58:23

out much like they did in Cobra

58:23

Kai last season, showing Miyagi

58:27

do the initial build out on his

58:27

place? That was a really great

58:30

same.

58:31

Yes, so after

58:31

they leave the passport office,

58:36

and Daniel learn some of the

58:36

stories about what happened in

58:38

Okinawa next scene, Daniel looks

58:38

at old pictures of Yuki Yuki A

58:43

is Miyagi is old girlfriend,

58:43

Sato is as old best friend who

58:47

was engaged to be married to

58:47

Yuki a Miyagi tells Daniel the

58:50

whole entire story about why he

58:50

left Okinawa and that is the

58:55

crucial element. Because

58:55

unfortunately, Miyagi throughout

58:59

the movie doesn't live that down

58:59

and has to revisit his old best

59:03

friend who is turned into his

59:03

nemesis Sato.

59:06

And he seems to

59:06

have a lot of sad feelings over

59:10

what happened with UPA, which is

59:10

interesting, like it's almost

59:15

representing his first lost

59:15

love. Or maybe the one that got

59:20

away. He had been married, and

59:20

he had a child on the way so,

59:25

but for some reason, this movie

59:25

really harkens on this

59:28

relationship with UTA and

59:28

Miyagi, he's kind of has a lot

59:32

of regret. He carries a lot of

59:32

regret around.

59:36

Do you think there's also this one moment because in this one beat when

59:37

Miyagi is looking at a

59:41

photograph and Daniel is kind of

59:41

peeking in and looking at

59:45

Miyagi, look at this photograph,

59:45

and then he kind of lets his arm

59:49

hang down, and then he kind of

59:49

puts his head down, like almost

59:52

dread. Like he's almost dreading

59:52

going back to have to confront

59:56

his past.

59:57

Oh, totally. He's

59:57

moved on. This is a new life.

1:00:01

He's lived here longer than he

1:00:01

lived in Okinawa. Yeah. So this

1:00:06

is his life. So now I like this

1:00:06

shot we see this cab roll in the

1:00:12

frame and it says Valley cab

1:00:12

company love Oh

1:00:16

yeah, just like

1:00:16

the all Valley tournament.

1:00:19

Exactly. This

1:00:19

franchise love the valley. So

1:00:23

now Daniel is supposed to see

1:00:23

Miyagi off and he's not there.

1:00:29

And so Miyagi is forced to leave

1:00:29

in the cab. And thanks well,

1:00:34

okay, you know, Daniels not

1:00:34

here. Let's go. But this leads

1:00:39

to a another scene that cannot

1:00:39

happen in today's culture. But

1:00:43

Sal, what happens?

1:00:45

Well, when you

1:00:45

talk about the airports, you

1:00:48

have, when I talk about the

1:00:48

airports, I talk about pre 911

1:00:52

and post 911 pre 911 airports.

1:00:52

You know what I used to like to

1:00:57

travel. I used to enjoy it.

1:00:57

After 911 No, Miyagi is

1:01:02

literally boarding the plane.

1:01:02

He's talking to the stewardess.

1:01:05

He's literally getting on the

1:01:05

plane at this moment. Daniel

1:01:09

runs up right up to Miyagi and

1:01:09

the stewardess

1:01:13

and not the game.

1:01:13

He's literally at the plane,

1:01:16

like right

1:01:17

at the door

1:01:17

plane. Yeah, yeah, he's at the

1:01:20

plane door with his ticket,

1:01:21

which means they

1:01:21

don't check you in right before

1:01:24

you go down the long runway. You

1:01:24

just go to the plane and say,

1:01:27

Here's my ticket.

1:01:29

Well, you also

1:01:29

when you and I have discussed

1:01:31

this before, the fact that were

1:01:31

to get his passport did he have

1:01:34

a passport? Do you get a

1:01:34

passport the day he was the day

1:01:37

before with Miyagi at the

1:01:37

passport place? Did he get a

1:01:40

passport so Mr. Miyagi? Wouldn't

1:01:40

know when did he get a passport?

1:01:43

Is that why he

1:01:43

was behind me? Auggie? He got

1:01:47

his he's like, I'll meet you

1:01:47

outside in just a second. Yeah,

1:01:50

that suspect.

1:01:52

And then Daniel

1:01:52

convinces Miyagi to let them go

1:01:56

to Okinawa with them. Yeah,

1:01:57

exactly. He

1:01:57

bought a ticket, you know,

1:02:00

several $100 He got a passport.

1:02:00

But Miyagi still could have

1:02:03

said, No, thanks for no thanks.

1:02:03

He asked to talk him into it,

1:02:08

and he lets him go. But that

1:02:10

moment when

1:02:10

Daniel says, Thank you to Miyagi

1:02:12

for letting him go, thank you

1:02:12

for letting me go. And then

1:02:15

Miyagi says, No, Daniel, son,

1:02:15

thank you, at that moment is

1:02:20

where kind of the tables get

1:02:20

turned. And the student is there

1:02:26

to support the teacher.

1:02:27

This is true.

1:02:27

This is true. It now it's a

1:02:31

buddy flick. So next, we're on

1:02:31

the airplane. And I know it's a

1:02:36

long flight. Well, you know,

1:02:36

firsthand. But what I thought

1:02:39

about immediately, Sal was the

1:02:39

fact that the entertainment on

1:02:43

an international flight was a

1:02:43

good book.

1:02:46

Yeah, there was

1:02:46

no movies, the right there was

1:02:48

no movie either in the seat in

1:02:48

front of you. Or on a laptop.

1:02:52

That's it. You had a book or you

1:02:52

slept, or you chatted that was

1:02:55

it? Oh, no, they

1:02:56

would show a

1:02:56

movie though. They did show like

1:02:58

one movie and they just told you

1:02:58

what is going to be and then

1:03:01

everyone can look ahead. They

1:03:01

didn't do that.

1:03:03

Oh, they would have the one big they would have the one big screen up. Yeah,

1:03:06

they say the

1:03:06

screening will be the Black

1:03:10

Stallion. Yeah. Yeah,

1:03:14

screening is

1:03:14

whatever we are going to play

1:03:17

and you're gonna watch it. And I

1:03:18

don't even know at one point in time, they probably didn't have individual

1:03:20

headsets at one point in time, a

1:03:23

pod will just turn it up loud.

1:03:23

And if you don't want to see it,

1:03:27

sorry, I am sure that that was

1:03:27

that happened at one point in

1:03:31

time. What do you say? says he

1:03:31

loves her but he doesn't want to

1:03:35

leave her. Alright, so now

1:03:35

Miyagi then shares that his

1:03:40

father also train Sato. And Sal,

1:03:40

what else did we learn about

1:03:48

where this conflict was going?

1:03:48

Had Miyagi stayed in Okinawa,

1:03:54

what would have happened?

1:03:55

Okay, so Daniel

1:03:55

is still probably reeling off

1:03:59

his victory of the all Valley

1:03:59

under 18 tournament. Now, but

1:04:03

what Miyagi let let him know is

1:04:03

that no, you don't understand.

1:04:07

He wants to fight me to the

1:04:07

death. This is not, there's not

1:04:10

gonna be a referee or judges. He

1:04:10

wants to fight me. And the

1:04:14

winner is the one who's still

1:04:14

living. That's what he says in

1:04:17

so many words. So that's when we

1:04:17

learn that this is not just a

1:04:20

fight, you know, to tap out.

1:04:20

This is not a tap out fight.

1:04:24

This is a fight to the death.

1:04:26

No. So have you

1:04:26

ever been in a fight to the

1:04:28

death?

1:04:31

I've been flight where I thought I might die. But no, I have not been

1:04:36

mean either.

1:04:36

Thank goodness. Alright. So as

1:04:39

soon as we get off the plane,

1:04:39

not a bit later. I love how we

1:04:44

see the branding. And it's plain

1:04:44

as day and there's this huge

1:04:49

sign for Sato and this is before

1:04:49

we even see Sato in person and

1:04:55

it says, learn karate at

1:04:55

Okinawa's biggest Dojo with

1:05:00

Master Sato. For 40 years

1:05:00

official instructor of the US

1:05:04

military proven in combat. So

1:05:04

South Sudan was a big deal.

1:05:10

Well,

1:05:10

he's not only a

1:05:10

big deal in karate, because if

1:05:12

you look at the entirety of this

1:05:12

view, so you see the Sato karate

1:05:17

poster, but surrounding the Sato

1:05:17

karate poster, or these other

1:05:21

smaller ads on the left Sato

1:05:21

bank and Sato reality, and on

1:05:27

the upper right, Sato, escort

1:05:27

service. So this guy has his

1:05:33

rods and a lot of fires.

1:05:35

He showed us and

1:05:35

he stayed there and he became

1:05:39

very successful. And it all

1:05:39

started from learning from Mr.

1:05:44

Miyagi his father, who's also

1:05:44

Mr. Miyagi, actually. So that

1:05:48

leads to the question, what is

1:05:48

Mr. Miyagi? His name?

1:05:52

How many movies?

1:05:52

Wait, hang on, we have seen 20

1:05:55

episodes of Cobra Kai. We have

1:05:55

seen what five karate Kids

1:05:59

Movies You know, you got the

1:05:59

Karate Kid. 123 And then you got

1:06:02

the sequel? The sequels? We

1:06:02

still don't know what Mr. Miyagi

1:06:05

is. First name is?

1:06:07

No. So how do we

1:06:07

refer to his father? You know

1:06:10

what, Mr. Miyagi senior Mr.

1:06:10

Miyagi Jr.

1:06:14

in the credits of

1:06:14

the movie of this here movie,

1:06:16

and the credits. Miyagi is

1:06:16

father, that's what he's known

1:06:20

as.

1:06:20

Okay, so they

1:06:20

both learn how to fight from

1:06:24

Yagis father, they were probably

1:06:24

equal, I'm assuming Miyagi is

1:06:28

very skilled. And we'll get into

1:06:28

sockos disposition later, he's a

1:06:31

bigger man. And the way he

1:06:31

talks, but he stayed and became

1:06:38

very successful, obviously, just

1:06:38

just see this one poster or see

1:06:43

this one kiosk, and you have an

1:06:43

idea. So they walk out kind of

1:06:49

hail a cab, but there's this

1:06:49

character there and his name is

1:06:53

chosen, which is a pretty funny

1:06:53

name. And chosen is there to

1:06:57

pick them up from the airport.

1:06:57

And Sal, I immediately do not

1:07:01

trust this guy. There's just

1:07:01

something about him and and

1:07:05

maybe it's that super heavy

1:07:05

handshake, plus this fly collar

1:07:09

and gold chains, but I don't

1:07:09

know. I don't trust him. And

1:07:14

much like I felt about Crease

1:07:14

all along. Although Chris I'm

1:07:17

intrigued by because he's

1:07:17

charismatic. This guy I don't

1:07:20

like I don't trust him at all.

1:07:20

How did you feel?

1:07:24

Well, I think

1:07:24

that it's normal to have a

1:07:27

mistrust of people with an open

1:07:27

polyester shirt with chains.

1:07:31

It's just a normal instinct and

1:07:31

person Showzen is chosen is

1:07:35

played by actor Ug okumoto. His

1:07:35

two sidekicks Joey Mia Shima is

1:07:41

Toshio and Mark HYAH she as

1:07:41

Toro, Toro we don't see at first

1:07:46

we see chosen and Toshio, they

1:07:46

greet Miyagi and Daniel at the

1:07:50

airport, picking them up in a

1:07:50

1958 Cadillac, Fleetwood,

1:07:55

beautiful car, very beautiful

1:07:55

car, actually. And yeah, that

1:07:58

moment where he gives them the

1:07:58

extra firm handshake, and then

1:08:00

he does this little thing, which

1:08:00

I do know, I used to watch in

1:08:04

karate movies from the 60s and

1:08:04

70s. He does this little extra

1:08:09

tag at the end of his

1:08:09

statements, if you listen to his

1:08:11

words, he doesn't at least three

1:08:11

four times in the movie and he

1:08:14

doesn't hear for the first time

1:08:14

is where he says, I hope your

1:08:17

stay here is a pleasant one.

1:08:17

Yeah, he does a little. Yeah, he

1:08:22

does that at the end. I love

1:08:22

that because that's such karate.

1:08:25

In the old days, Kung Fu

1:08:25

villains. Do that Allah. Oh, you

1:08:30

think you're gonna be big in his

1:08:30

tongue. So he gives that extra

1:08:33

firm handshake and for sure at

1:08:33

that moment, any guy maybe some

1:08:36

women too, but any guy who's

1:08:36

ever shaken another man's hand,

1:08:39

you know, these guys that do

1:08:39

this death grip handshake. And

1:08:43

that's exactly what he does.

1:08:43

It's a show of dominance. And

1:08:46

Daniel says that but he and

1:08:46

Miyagi get into this 1958

1:08:50

Cadillac, Fleetwood,

1:08:52

good point. Well

1:08:52

said and I would say the only

1:08:56

positive that I can think about

1:08:56

that is going on with the

1:09:00

current state of affairs in our

1:09:00

country in our world is the fact

1:09:04

that a heavy handshake is

1:09:04

probably a thing of the past.

1:09:09

Imagine handshake in general.

1:09:09

Yeah, exactly. A handshake in

1:09:13

general is probably like an

1:09:13

assault it's probably no longer

1:09:20

acceptable so I have you want it

1:09:20

that you're not going to see

1:09:23

those for years to come?

1:09:25

Well, you know

1:09:25

what, I think we will live to

1:09:27

see the day where someone will

1:09:27

say officer arrest that man,

1:09:31

they shook my hand

1:09:32

and they attempted to shake my hand that's attempted murder. Yeah,

1:09:34

so don't trust him but at this

1:09:38

point in time, Mr. Miyagi thinks

1:09:38

that hey, you know they know I'm

1:09:42

coming to town they sent someone

1:09:42

to pick me up that's great. But

1:09:46

right away post handshake

1:09:46

because Miyagi did not see this

1:09:51

take place. Right away, Mr.

1:09:51

Miyagi notices they're going the

1:09:54

wrong direction, away from the

1:09:54

village. And where does chosen

1:10:01

drive them to.

1:10:02

Well, I have to

1:10:02

mention the music chosen puts on

1:10:06

some music. To to he's to

1:10:06

attempt to like, Hey, you're old

1:10:10

you like this music that music

1:10:10

that he put on in the car that

1:10:14

chosen put on was called

1:10:14

fascination waltz. And if you

1:10:19

look at trivia is the same song

1:10:19

that was playing at the country

1:10:24

club party in the first Karate

1:10:24

Kid movie so long there at that

1:10:27

Country Club. That song is

1:10:27

playing. So yeah, realizes, yes.

1:10:31

I recognize that.

1:10:31

I didn't recognize it to be that

1:10:34

but I knew it was that time and

1:10:34

era and I always liked that. I

1:10:37

think even Caddyshack had a

1:10:37

scene where they had a very

1:10:40

similar song if not the same

1:10:40

song, but good spot. Nice. Nice

1:10:44

job.

1:10:44

So Miyagi though

1:10:44

realizes Yes, like you said he

1:10:47

realizes something's amiss. He

1:10:47

says a village south. Why we go

1:10:51

north now. Now I got to be clear

1:10:51

here. Okay. And I'm being

1:10:54

absolutely truthful here. I

1:10:54

figured this out myself. And

1:10:57

then I validated it later

1:10:57

online. So Miyagi says the

1:11:01

village so they landed in? Nah,

1:11:01

ha. They were at Naha airport.

1:11:04

He says village South why we go

1:11:04

north. Now. They are supposed to

1:11:07

go north, because Kadena where

1:11:07

we're going to visit Kadena Air

1:11:11

Base we're going to meet in a

1:11:11

moment is north of Naha. And

1:11:15

Tomi village is in Kadena, which

1:11:15

is north of nah. So they got the

1:11:19

geography kind of screwed up

1:11:19

here. I have to fault the

1:11:21

production on this. But he

1:11:21

should have said, village north.

1:11:25

Why do we go south now that's

1:11:25

what Miyagi should have said to

1:11:29

be geographically correct.

1:11:31

But either way, they weren't taking them into the village. They were taking

1:11:32

them to some hanger. So they

1:11:35

could meet Sato. And now we get

1:11:35

to confront Sato who, despite

1:11:42

all of the riches, and all of

1:11:42

his prestige and power is still

1:11:47

has this vendetta against Miyagi

1:11:47

as if it was yesterday.

1:11:55

Sato played by

1:11:55

actor Danny kamekona. I liked

1:11:59

the first thing that he says to

1:11:59

me how you the first his first

1:12:02

words, he hasn't seen his old

1:12:02

friend in 45 years, the first

1:12:05

thing he says, So callate, you

1:12:05

return. I love that.

1:12:11

That's it. It's

1:12:11

on. Just like that's the first

1:12:13

the first thing. And the

1:12:13

background, I could see another

1:12:16

huge building and it had sockos

1:12:16

name on that. So we get he, he

1:12:20

owns this town. So they have an

1:12:20

exchange. And we know that the

1:12:25

stakes are still very high.

1:12:25

Miyagi is not just going to pop

1:12:28

in and see his father and then

1:12:28

get out of town. He's going to

1:12:31

have to deal with Sato

1:12:33

while Sato I

1:12:33

believe says if I'm not mistaken

1:12:36

in the actual quote, you see,

1:12:36

Father, then you'll see me.

1:12:41

That's it. And

1:12:41

then there, will there even get

1:12:44

a ride? They're just left to

1:12:44

their left there. And they've

1:12:47

got Yeah, they've got to get a

1:12:47

cab and now they're at the

1:12:52

village but this village they

1:12:52

get to is now a US military

1:12:56

base.

1:12:57

Yeah, so they

1:12:57

arrive in a taxi. The cabbie

1:12:59

seems lost. He doesn't know Tomi

1:12:59

village so they arrive upon

1:13:03

this. They're doing construction

1:13:03

there's military guys. So

1:13:06

they're asking where's Tommy

1:13:06

Village? Now? I don't know why

1:13:08

the cab he doesn't know where

1:13:08

told me villages as a cab

1:13:11

driver. Right. They greet a

1:13:11

soldier. The soldier says this

1:13:14

is Kadena Air Base. In other

1:13:14

words, told me village used to

1:13:16

be here, but now it's Kadena Air Base.

1:13:18

Now we know what

1:13:18

happened to the village. So they

1:13:22

find the right place. Things

1:13:22

have changed. I mean, hey,

1:13:25

Miyagi has been gone for two

1:13:25

years things change. And the

1:13:29

first person we meet is Kumiko,

1:13:29

who's played by Tamlyn Tomita

1:13:35

her first movie, but she has

1:13:35

gone on to have an incredible

1:13:40

career. I mean, countless shows

1:13:40

and movies, but it all started

1:13:44

here. Yeah, and she is. And

1:13:44

where was she from? Sal? Well,

1:13:49

originally from

1:13:49

Okinawa, born in Okinawa. 20

1:13:53

years old at the time of this

1:13:53

movie. Absolutely beautiful. I

1:13:55

mean, I'm a little tongue tie

1:13:55

talking about her she I just

1:13:58

think she's so beautiful and

1:13:58

does a fantastic job. And this

1:14:01

is indeed her debut role. So we

1:14:01

learn that Kumiko is Yuki A's

1:14:07

Nice. Now you ka the former love

1:14:07

of Mr. Miyagi, right?

1:14:12

So now we meet

1:14:12

UK, and it's a beautiful scene

1:14:16

you have you know, her and

1:14:16

Miyagi seeing each other for the

1:14:19

first time and 40 years. But we

1:14:19

also learned that UPA not only

1:14:25

did not marry Sato, but she was

1:14:25

never married. Yeah, it's kind

1:14:30

of a sad thing to hear that

1:14:30

someone didn't get married

1:14:34

because who knows why, but she

1:14:34

never got that opportunity.

1:14:38

Miyagi probably only makes him

1:14:38

feel worse, Sal. I mean, if he

1:14:42

come back and Yuki aid had a

1:14:42

family, he could feel happy for

1:14:46

her. But now he's probably even

1:14:46

super hard on himself for

1:14:50

leaving, and it's just really

1:14:50

emotional. And that's the

1:14:53

emotional chord of this entire

1:14:53

film is their relationship and

1:14:58

Yagis regret and regret the

1:14:58

hidden I get to spend the last

1:15:02

40 years with his father. And

1:15:02

that's what got me. That's what

1:15:05

made this movie compelling. And

1:15:05

that's why I like that this was

1:15:09

such a departure from the first

1:15:09

film. And we weren't just

1:15:13

prepping for all valley to,

1:15:13

although I've been really cool,

1:15:17

but I love that this has this

1:15:17

storyline in it. It's more of an

1:15:21

adult storyline,

1:15:23

even though the

1:15:23

original movie has the love line

1:15:26

with Daniel and Ali. I do think

1:15:26

amid the romantic backdrop of

1:15:32

Okinawa, we see the

1:15:32

reinvigoration of UTA and Mr.

1:15:38

Miyagi there over the body of

1:15:38

his ill father. They are having

1:15:42

their reconnection. Now, by the

1:15:42

way, I just want to give a

1:15:45

couple of cool trivia here.

1:15:45

Miyagi is dad, played by actor

1:15:49

Charlie Teddy moto actually died

1:15:49

only two years after the filming

1:15:54

of this. And Nobu McCarthy, who

1:15:54

plays Yuki, I think has an

1:15:58

interesting story. Born in

1:15:58

Canada, raised in Japan lived in

1:16:03

the US then died in Brazil in

1:16:03

2002, at age 67, and was also

1:16:08

once Miss Tokyo. So I think had

1:16:08

a very storied and interesting

1:16:12

life.

1:16:12

Wow, yeah, she's

1:16:12

very attractive and really great

1:16:15

in this role. So next, we see

1:16:15

Miyagi and he's training in the

1:16:19

dojo, and he shares the family

1:16:19

history with Daniel as well as

1:16:25

the secret to Miyagi family

1:16:25

karate.

1:16:29

Yeah, this is

1:16:29

where we first learned about the

1:16:31

den den dicho hand drum. Now I

1:16:31

do want to say as a point of

1:16:35

reference, and I'm pretty

1:16:35

certain it's not spoken at all

1:16:38

in this movie is the phrase

1:16:38

Miyagi dough. Now Miyagi dough

1:16:41

we know about from Cobra Kai,

1:16:41

Miyagi dough karate, but there

1:16:46

is no reference to Miyagi dough.

1:16:46

And throughout this movie at

1:16:49

some early called Miyagi family

1:16:49

karate,

1:16:52

I think Daniel

1:16:52

coined that phrase out of

1:16:54

respect.

1:16:55

Okay, so that was not original. He coined it later with Cobra Kai.

1:16:58

And so there's

1:16:58

another quick scene here which

1:17:00

we've talked about on Cobra Kai

1:17:00

because they have a flashback to

1:17:03

this very scene. But while we're

1:17:03

here in the midst of this movie,

1:17:07

where it came from, we have to

1:17:07

talk about it because I always

1:17:11

loved it. So this leads to

1:17:11

Miyagi showing Daniel the rules.

1:17:18

And Sal please tell us what rule

1:17:18

one and rule two are.

1:17:22

There they are in

1:17:22

the Miyagi family dojo and upon

1:17:25

the walls in the sort of scrolls

1:17:25

vertical scrolls, I believe

1:17:29

Japanese writing is done up and

1:17:29

down also like Chinese writing,

1:17:32

rule number one, karate for

1:17:32

defense only, and then they go

1:17:37

back Rule number two, First,

1:17:37

learn rule number one. So there

1:17:42

we go. That is that is the

1:17:42

overall theme of Miyagi karate

1:17:46

or Miyagi dough later, karate

1:17:46

for defense only,

1:17:50

and that's very

1:17:50

true Miyagi takes a defense

1:17:53

approach with crease, even with

1:17:53

the Cobra Kai's when he had to

1:17:58

save Daniel, and they all have

1:17:58

the wonderful skeleton outfits

1:18:02

on shore. He used his offense,

1:18:02

but its defense first and then

1:18:07

offense to kind of you know, put

1:18:07

down the attack. It's a

1:18:11

wonderful tribute to that style.

1:18:11

And I love that but Rule number

1:18:15

two is just that it's so

1:18:15

perfect. See, but

1:18:18

this but but

1:18:18

later on, and I say later on,

1:18:21

we're going to visit this again.

1:18:21

Yeah, yep. Miyagi is dad taught

1:18:26

Sato. So theoretically, Sato and

1:18:26

Miyagi would be sort of at the

1:18:31

same level. Sato teaches chosen,

1:18:31

Mr. Miyagi teaches Danielson. So

1:18:37

theoretically, Chosun and Daniel

1:18:37

son both have the same skill set

1:18:41

or near same and know the same

1:18:41

secrets, going back to the

1:18:45

Denton dicho handrim. So later

1:18:45

on, I'm going to think why

1:18:49

doesn't Chosun know about Denden

1:18:49

dicho.

1:18:53

So now we explore

1:18:53

the village and Sal, everyone

1:18:58

seems to recognize Miyagi and

1:18:58

it's been so long

1:19:01

Well, I think

1:19:01

that we have to assume his

1:19:03

father is a renowned martial

1:19:03

arts teacher. It seems like

1:19:09

people are happy to see me

1:19:09

Auggie. I don't think people are

1:19:12

I mean, except for Sato

1:19:12

obviously. I think he's seen as

1:19:17

just sort of a old hometown boy,

1:19:17

come back to visit. Okay, so

1:19:21

Miyagi and Daniel are walking

1:19:21

along and Miyagi is teaching

1:19:25

more about the village history

1:19:25

to Daniel, we look over we see

1:19:29

Ishiro playing music for the

1:19:29

kids in front of the Shinto

1:19:32

shrine. Miyagi keeps telling

1:19:32

more about the village history

1:19:36

to Daniel Kumiko teaches the

1:19:36

Oban dance to little kids now

1:19:41

Oban, which will be quite

1:19:41

relevant as we progress in this

1:19:43

movie. Oban is a Japanese

1:19:43

Buddhist custom to honor the

1:19:48

spirits of one's ancestors but

1:19:48

that gives a little bit of

1:19:51

history on the dance and the

1:19:51

festival which we will be seeing

1:19:55

shortly.

1:19:55

Okay. And the

1:19:55

dance is really beautiful and

1:19:58

can make us really good at it.

1:19:58

She's good with the kids and

1:20:01

It's a nice sequence. So now

1:20:01

Sato arrives along with chosen

1:20:06

who's got a different shirt, but

1:20:06

yet same flight color and gold

1:20:10

chains and Santos have set and

1:20:10

he wants to fight right then in

1:20:15

there until UTA steps in. So So

1:20:15

what do you think would have

1:20:21

happened? Had she not stepped

1:20:21

in? Okay, so