Cobra Kai: Season 2 (Full Season)

September 16, 2019 7:00 PM - Season 2 (Full Season)

In the aftermath of Cobra Kai's win at the Under 18 All Valley Karate Championships, Johnny questions his dojo's philosophy and deals with a figure from his past. Daniel searches for the right way to respond to Cobra Kai's dominance.

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posted by oh yeah! (7 comments total)

Okay, this is a laughable question, but in the school fight scene, they must've CGI'ed in those locker knobs and latches (or more probably, the entire locker-filled hall itself), right? Because getting your hiney kicked is one thing, but no one is shrugging off repeatedly being thrown back-first into locker knobs and latches. If anyone has a link to any of those "before and after CGI" videos like were done with Game of Thrones, please let me know.
posted by blueberry at 8:56 AM on September 17, 2019

I would guess that they probably just built a set of lockers out of rubber and painted them to look like metal. That plus some padding under the actor or stunt-person’s clothes would make it relatively safe to get slammed into.
posted by oh yeah! at 10:42 AM on September 17, 2019

Yeah, realistically that school brawl looked like it would have landed a lot of people in the hospital with serious injuries if not fatalities, and arrests. As dramatic as it was to see Kreese take over Cobra Kai, I feel like in the real world they’d get shut down as being a gang. I’m very curious to see how they move forward in S3.

Re: the tragedy of Johnny and Daniel. That accidental double date was heartbreaking in the best way. Like, that they (and we) got a glimpse at the AU where they could be friends, but watching it you know that disaster is lurking.

I got to fangirl briefly to Zabka at his autograph table at DragonCon, and made it to the Cobra Kai panel which was terrific.
posted by oh yeah! at 10:51 AM on September 18, 2019 [6 favorites]

Sad news: Variety - ‘The Karate Kid’ Actor Rob Garrison Dies at 59
posted by oh yeah! at 8:09 PM on September 29, 2019

Netflix is apparently run by Cobra Kai star William Zabka: The streaming service announced in October that season three of Cobra Kai would launch on January 8, 2021, but in a new video on Netflix’s YouTube channel Zabka states that’s “too long” for fans to wait and the actor simply pops into Cobra Kai’s Netflix landing page and changes the premiere date to January 1. Who knew it was that simple!
posted by ActingTheGoat at 8:28 PM on December 27, 2020

I just finished E6, “Take a Right,” that Garrison appeared in. I thought it was extremely decent of the show to bring back the original actors to reprise their roles as Johnny's fellow Cobras. The fight scene was a nice touch.
posted by ob1quixote at 9:34 PM on January 3, 2021

How the hell does this school fight go on so long and stretch across the entire building and no teachers intervene for that long?
posted by DirtyOldTown at 7:05 PM on January 4, 2021