Fun-filled musicals and quaint fantasy/adventure films were replaced by awe-inducing extra-terrestrials, a plethora of booby trap gadgets and characters who were much more dysfunctional and relatable.
Kids movies evolved rather dramatically during the Spielberg 80s, the rise of practical effects putting spells on our imaginations like never before. While such a mindboggling existence is no doubt an exciting prospect for Generation Z, those of us weaned on a bubble gum diet of BMX adventures generally got their inspiration from movies of the more traditional variety. With the rapid decline of theatres, it’s easy to imagine a future in which movies don’t exist in the traditional sense, a future in which we literally become the stars of our own movies, where actors are replaced entirely by avatars. They were fun for a while, but their primitive nature always left me wanting more, imagination, creativity and the prospect of physical exploration eventually winning out. When I was a kid, I’d get bored of video games much more quickly. Today, kids lose themselves for months on end in gaming experiences that are so close to reality they trump pretty much anything the imagination can conjure, making them the stars of their very own movies.
With Sony Walkmans and home video consoles, modern fancies were already pushing us towards a more insular existence, but immersive environments such as the internet, iPhones and online gaming were still decades away. There was a certain innocence to the 1980s that will never be recaptured.
MIYAGI KARATE MOVIE
Avildsen’s low-key smash, a movie that punched above its weight and then some
MIYAGI KARATE SERIES
Rewind is an Inverse series that remembers the forgotten performances we love.Finding balance with John G. Karate Kid II was a mediocre movie, but Cobra Kai has made it feel downright depressing. If there’s even a hint of a step forward in character growth, it’s usually two steps back a few minutes later. Most of the original characters don’t seem to have grown or learned anything. It’s ‘80s nostalgia, but it’s become toxic nostalgia. I binged the entire Cobra Kai series in three days. This usually happens when a series starts dragging out every minor character that’s ever appeared in the franchise to give them a whole story - regardless of whether the audience even remembers or cares about those characters in the first place. But it’s annoying when the show feels it can’t move on from the old days. He was a cipher in the movie, and he’s a cipher on Cobra Kai.Ĭobra Kai is pure nostalgia, and that's okay. Chozen is an obvious allegory for “people deserve a second chance,” but we don’t know anything about how this change came about. Anyone who’s seen Karate Kid III knows Kumiko became a dancer, and it’s reiterated on the show. We don’t learn anything fundamentally new about their characters either. And it seems like a waste to bring them on for what is essentially a glorified cameo. Naturally, Miyagi instantly falls back in love with her.īoth Tamlyn Tomita and Yuji Okumoto are accomplished actors. Miyagi and Daniel arrive in the village and reunite with Miyagi’s love, Yukie. Message to screenwriters: more tragedy doesn't automatically mean a better story. His beloved wife died in childbirth with their infant son in a Japanese internment camp while Miyagi was overseas fighting in World War II. Miyagi’s backstory in the first movie was already tragic enough. Things got really awkward, and Miyagi had to skip town.Īt this point, it feels like Karate Kid II is just piling on the misery. Sato and his family got pissed off when Miyagi announced his wish to marry the fiancee.
That friend, Sato, was also trained in karate by Miyagi’s dying father. Turns out, Miyagi was forced to leave his village because he was in love with the girl betrothed to his rich best friend. On the way there, Miyagi expands on his already tragic backstory with even more depressing details about his past. His elderly father is dying, so Miyagi and Daniel head to Japan. Miyagi gets a letter from his hometown in Okinawa. Karate Kid II picks up just minutes after the first movie’s ending when Daniel wins the All Valley karate tournament.
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