by Raging Justice Tue Sep 13, 2022 1:07 am
Finished Cobra Kai season 5, some people are calling it the best season. I don't know if I necessarily agree with that, but I thoroughly enjoyed it and ended up watching it a second time with a friend. I have some nitpicks...few things in life are perfect, but after five seasons this show is still great. They planted some seeds for season 6, which has not yet been announced, but probably will be (the show seems to be really popular). There's not a whole lot left to really wrap up in the story, so I think season 6 will likely be the last unless they pull out some real surprises no one could have seen coming
They really kicked up the action...and the violence this season. We had swords, sais, and blood...I'll just leave it at that. After this season, I kind of feel like a Cobra Kai movie would be fun. I might even prefer that to a season 6.
Boy, they really incorporated the Karate Kid movies in some really cool ways this season too. I honestly don't even remember half the stuff from those movies, so it's sort of fun when they bring in that stuff and I'm like, "Oh yeah, I remember that now". They do a good job of explaining the movie stuff too for people who never saw them.
The best thing about Cobra Kai, is that stuff usually gets paid off, character arcs progress in satisfying ways, there's all sorts of fun pop culture references, and the show has some themes that I find inspiring (and relevant to our times), as well as some poignant moments...oh, and kickass fights too. The show can be cheesy in some ways, some things don't totally make sense, and a certain female character always manages to be slightly annoying season after season, but the show is just so much fun and satisfying to watch that most people end up not really caring about minor stuff like this.