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Cobra Kai - The Karate Kid Saga Continues

Dragging it out like this kills the franchise potential. It just tires people out on the whole thing. If they just did a normal release then there might be enough desire and excitement left for some kind of new theatrical entry in the franchise. But by the time the last episode airs in 2025, everyone is just going to want this shit to be done with.
 
I think we are forgetting the fact that this show was heavily impacted by the strikes and they probably had the choice to either release 5 episodes soon or release all 15 a lot later.
 
Farscape One said:
Because no one ever gets a subscription for just a month to watch whatever series is returning, turns subscription off until its new season returns, turns back on, and turns off once season is done...
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Yeah, people will do that. Others will subscribe in July and let it run.
Others could sub in July and then forget to cancel. And that’s a real thing and a not insignificant part of subscriber base.

There’s services now where they’ll find your subscriptions that you’ve taken out but don’t use and cancel them for you.

I don’t quite get it myself. I’m aware of all my subscriptions, and I also nag myself to review and cancel a couple of them but I also sometimes forget to do that.

It feels cynical but it’s part of a subscription based model and it will be tracked and taken into account.
 
Parallaxis said:
Dragging it out like this kills the franchise potential. It just tires people out on the whole thing. If they just did a normal release then there might be enough desire and excitement left for some kind of new theatrical entry in the franchise. But by the time the last episode airs in 2025, everyone is just going to want this shit to be done with.
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The series is done after this season, and then they have a new movie to launch into involving both Ralph Macchio and Jackie Chan, so the franchise will be fine. If anything, having a break like this likely gives the movie more time to be produced following the exit on Cobra Kai.
 
Owain Taggart said:
The series is done after this season, and then they have a new movie to launch into involving both Ralph Macchio and Jackie Chan, so the franchise will be fine. If anything, having a break like this likely gives the movie more time to be produced following the exit on Cobra Kai.
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Yet it is Johnny Lawrence I think most people would rather see in a Karate Kid movie or show at this point. He is basically the star and even heart and soul of Cobra Kai and I would say the main reason the show became so popular. He is who they should be teaming up with Jackie Chan.
 
i wonder if they decided to rework the show and movie to connect the 2? That might be why they split it up? Part 1 setting up the international contest? Part 2 ending all the loose threads? Part 3 setting up the movie?
 
Jayson1 said:
Yet it is Johnny Lawrence I think most people would rather see in a Karate Kid movie or show at this point. He is basically the star and even heart and soul of Cobra Kai and I would say the main reason the show became so popular. He is who they should be teaming up with Jackie Chan.
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I could see them both being in it at this point. He's had a turnaround in his character. Originally he was an antagonist, and now he's an ally working with Daniel.

Booji said:
The new movie began production one month ago:
https://twitter.com/KarateKidMovie/status/1775966835281944840
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Right, and all the more reason for a gap. By the time Cobra Kai is wrapping up, the movie will likely be ready for release.

Morpheus 02 said:
i wonder if they decided to rework the show and movie to connect the 2? That might be why they split it up? Part 1 setting up the international contest? Part 2 ending all the loose threads? Part 3 setting up the movie?
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They probably knew a new movie was in the works while prepping for Season 6, and while the production teams are from different studios, it's been said that the series team is helping out where they can with the movie to assure a smooth transition. That tells me they they don't want to contradict anything with the series via the movie and vice versa.
 
I hope so. I would hate for them to pretend the show never existed. The show is to good to just discard and pretend it never happened. That's going for anyone out their reading this who might make another Stargate movie and show as well.:)
 
Jayson1 said:
I hope so. I would hate for them to pretend the show never existed. The show is to good to just discard and pretend it never happened.
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Yeah, agreed. It's carved out a history of its own in the franchise, and it would be a mistake to pretend it never happened. It's got the history of the previous movies on its side. And from the sounds of things, it's looking like the two teams don't want to step on any toes.

My best guess would be that the series concludes and leaves a few threads open for the movie to pick up on, with the movie taking place right after the series ends. They've already delayed the movie to 2025 to accommodate Cobra Kai's end. That suggests something big that will affect what happens in the movie.
 
If the movie were to ignore the show, my prediction is that the show will ultimately be considered the real heir to the original movies rather than it being ignored in favor of a crossover sequel that likely only exists thanks to the good will generated by Cobra Kai.
 
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I kinda wished they had left the mcguffin out of the trailer. Tropes, man!! Reminds me of the spinning toy from KK2. Something in the box will reveal the secret of how to beat the bad guys.
 
marillion said:
I kinda wished they had left the mcguffin out of the trailer. Tropes, man!! Reminds me of the spinning toy from KK2. Something in the box will reveal the secret of how to beat the bad guys.
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As usual I hope it's linked to The Next Karate Kid.
 
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So who watched Cobra Kai?

Apparently giving Miyagi two first names is the result of The Next Karate Kid screwing it up. So there's finally a connection to that movie. :lol:
 
Aragorn said:
So who watched Cobra Kai?

Apparently giving Miyagi two first names is the result of The Next Karate Kid screwing it up. So there's finally a connection to that movie. :lol:
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It's a thing in Japan..? Having two first names I mean? I admit that what I know about Japanese naming conventions comes only from anime, but I don't remember any character having two names...
 
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