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Amanda LaRusso is such a funny character

Imagine you’re married and happy and everything is sunshine and rainbows and then one day your husband of like twenty years reveals his dark karate past with not one, not two, but THREE past karate rivals who proceeded to become your husband’s husbands and basically move into your house AND also has two evil, old, married army men who now want to actually kill you and your family over a difference in karate techniques

Woman is a superhero, I would’ve cracked

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This might be the best thing I’ve ever seen

based on that one tweet

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I love the movie commentary for this movie so much, need to rewatch it!

One of my favorite parts from The Hitcher director & writer commentary is when the director says that Rutger hid in his trailer for an entire day because he didn't want Jennifer Jason Leigh's character to die because then "the audience would turn against my character" and the director was like "Rutger my man your character has killed like 10 people before Nash"

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I just love their dynamic

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Tommy thought he was in a competition with Eddie while Eddie was beefing with a DOG, god bless

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Funny little reminder that Miyagi-do is based on goju-ryu karate and “goju-ryu” literally means “hard-soft style.” The balance already exists inside of it. There are, in fact, softer styles of karate. Goju-ryu is expressly about combining hard and soft elements. The show thought they did something by making Miyagi-do out to be this excessively soft and defense-heavy style of karate that just ~needed~ Cobra Kai’s brutality in order to be Valid and Effective but they did not, in fact, do something. Also it’s not like they even understand what “hard” and “soft” actually means when it comes to karate.

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I thought the reason Kreese kept hallucinating Terry telling him, "You did this to yourself," meant that in Kreese's subconscious, he knew he hurt Terry and was the reason for their current fractured relationship. But in the end, Kreese never admitted that or felt any remorse. Now I don't understand the point of the dreams.

Was I supposed to agree with dream!Kreese that "nothing was his fault" as far as their relationship was concerned? Was my interpretation correct, but Kreese never accepted it, and that's the tragedy? Was it a general, "You fucked up," and not tied to their relationship? But then why not make that clearer instead of specifically having Terry say it multiple times, and Kreese deny it and call Terry the problem.

"None of it is my fault. You're the real enemy."

Was I supposed to take that seriously?😭

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Seeing folks on tik tok humanized Kreese for only seeing the error of his ways at the young age of 70 something 🙄. This is the same fandom that send Sam or Daniel hate just for breathing but yet Kreese is the one that get forgiveness in this fandom ? Stirred every young person who came to him for mentorship and guidance the wrong way from Johnny ,Tory,Quan,even Terry . Is the reason for Quan being dead and Johnny going off the deep end for 30 something years. Like thank god this show is ending lol . I hate this fandom .

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I have so many emotions about the finale, but all I can put into words right now is that my heart is truly broken for these two. Sam and Robby deserved SO MUCH BETTER. I just hope that Mary and Tanner walked away from this shit show knowing they are loved by millions and that their performances touched so many people despite the little/no respect their characters were given. I wish them nothing but the best in their future careers, a long happy marriage, and a life together full of peace, love, and success.

Robby Keene, Samantha LaRusso, you will always be champions in my heart. It’s been a pleasure 🤍

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Oof

going to be a terry silver sympathizer for a moment because yes he's awful and we love him for that

but there is also something tragic about the fact that he was told he had to change himself when he was young, when there was nothing wrong with him aside from the fact that he was softer than a man was expected to be at the time.

so he changes to meet the expectations of the person he loves and admires most. and he does it so well that it makes kreese uncomfortable because kreese still thinks the type of man his philosophy creates is tough but ultimately good, and terry is so obviously cruel and dishonorable.

so kreese loves johnny, the person who defied him, because in defying him he became the type of man kreese intended to create. terry obeyed him to the letter, made himself unlovable to pretty much anyone else in doing so, and was rejected for it because the truths he revealed about kreese's philosophy were truths he wasn't ready to accept until kwon died.

and by then it was too late to do anything with terry but take him out and drown with him.

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THIS IS GOLD

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Ok but did you see the way Terry looked at Daniel when he said “… no wife… no real home…”

And Daniel has this WTF look on his face.

When Daniel said “you know Silver may look like he’s at peace with this situation, but the second something doesn’t go his way, he’s gonna be as dangerous as ever.”

Man, Daniel has him clocked.

What is a little strange is how Terry seemed regretful in the beginning when Axel broke Robby’s knee… then suddenly he’s all in and willing to harm a newborn baby?!

Terry is EVIL.

Amanda: I think I like Daniel in a black Gi.

Same, Amanda! Same!

I mean the Cobra Kai logo on his back looks wrong but damn does he look sexy!

And you missed all of it Terry!

One thing I did like about Johnny winning is now he finally understands what it is to be the guy who wasn’t supposed to win. He shouldn’t have beat Wolf, and in any other fight, he wouldn’t. He can finally accept why Daniel won.

I love a happy ending for everyone.

Still, over all…. Wasn’t worth it.

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So you're just gonna put wedding vows over the two most subtextualy gay friendships of the entire show? Right in front of me? On my phone???

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“Do you trust me?”

Yes, but that doesn’t mean I want my abuser IN MY HOUSE

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Daniel would have been well within his right to cut out Johnny after he brought Silver to his home. But you know the show’s narrative would have villainized him for it. Just like the shows narrative never shows Johnny in the wrong anymore.

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Cobra Kai has never been a story about underdogs, just bullies being glorified.

- @gaffney

↪️ That was the same impression I had with this ending of Cobra Kai.

Unfairly, Robby and Sam, the legacy characters who fought the most against bullies, ended the series without becoming karate champions because the script always invented a reason to take the title away from them: loss of focus, injuries, fraud and withdraw from the tournament. 😮‍💨

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Mary and Tanner low key stealing the entire Cobra Kai Premiere on social media with their announcement after both their characters were done dirty in the show feels iconic to me.