@@belachaney Episode 5, 6, and 9 are the strongest in season 5 in my opinion. Season 6's best episode so far is Ep 3 as Ralph did a great job directing it.
imo the frat party fight was my favourite fight of the season by far, everything was so good and seeing Miguel,hawk, demetri and Kyler fighting together was sick. The Miguel vs Robby fight wasn't even close
Those are definitely problems, but I still enjoyed the episodes overall and save for the music, I liked the college brawl and Kyler and Miguel’s talk. If we never see Kyler again, I’ll be good.
I don't like how in S6 Daniel didn't stop teaching in MD the sole reason Daniel opened miyagi-do was to save kids from Cobra kai. Now if Cobra kai was longer threat (as from his pov, they all are defeated until S6E5 ending) why Daniel is still running his dojo. The better thing would be Instead Daniel quits teaching at the start of season 6 because CK is dealt with. Johnny objects - says they're on the verge of going international and the students need all the help they can get. It makes no sense to stop when they're on the verge of achieving something great. But Daniel quits anyway because he doesn't believe in karate for trophies. Johnny tries to emulate parts of Daniel's training but can't do as well and finds himself falling into his old patterns. The students start feeling like Daniel needs to come back to balance Johnny out. And Daniel finds himself missing teaching as well - he can't go back to his "normal" life that easily. Eventually Daniel does come back, but some issues remain. Johnny feels inferior for not being able to handle the dojo on his own and he doesn't trust Daniel not to change his mind and quit again. And Daniel feels uncertain about his identity as a Sensei now that he's no longer simply following Mr. Miyagi's lessons. That, IMO, could be a better conflict to be explored between them - one that's less about their egos and more about them trying to find their respective paths.
I want the Daniel /Johnny drama to finally end and they work together for real. Maybe not as close as the Chozen relationship but Im so over this back and forth with these two. It’s played out let’s get past their friggin past already!!!!
LaRusso needs to be confronted with the fact that he isn’t always right, that he has made situations worse and give Lawrence credit. He is actually a good person that has always tried to do the right thing! Even in the original movie, Johnny never started a fight with Daniel, and after Johnny made his point and put Daniel on the ground he never continued to attack him, it was always Bobby, Dutch and Tommy that wanted to fight and torture LaRusso.
@@philipscheidler153 When Daniel picked up Allie's boombox, Johnny shoved him to the ground for no reason. To me, that's starting a fight. When Daniel got up and took a fighting pose, he was just reacting to the situation...doing what any young person who's angry would do. Johnny then beat the snot out of him really badly. He then stood over Daniel taunting him "What about you, hero, you have enough yet?" When you're young, have pride, and are a hothead like Daniel, you're going to feel like you have to do something about being emasculated like that, so Daniel sucker punched Johnny. Daniel then tried to end the fight by offering a handshake...he got his "revenge" and now wanted out of the situation, but Johnny beat him down even worse and left him lying there. I really wish people would quit watching that dumb parody video of "Daniel is the real Bully" and actually watch the movie. Saint Johnny the pure and good doesn't exist. He has been a complete jerk and idiot several times and Johnny fans need to accept that. And I hate to say it, but Daniel is more often right than he is wrong, I just feel he goes about things the wrong way because he's trying too hard to be Mr. Miyagi. Not everyone wants to do chores. Not everyone is going to understand or even like the "big reveal" of the chores.
Thank you for the video! This current portion is just the beginning, equivalent to watching only the first three episodes of earlier seasons. It’s possible that some of the judgment is a little bit premature, as we're only seeing a fraction of the story. But that said, I can agree with most of these opinions, but I'm very excited for the rest of it.
I don’t think so, it still has like an 85% on rotten tomatoes, which is very good. It’s just more people dislike it than the past. But still plenty liked it.
for me, this part is by far the worst season because it's just really random and weird. also I would like to point out that the end lineup for the sekai tekai was practically determined by a race
My wife and I had no issues with season 6 other than Daniel and Johnny continuing to argue and the Miyagi do students talking about colleges when they should be focused more on the tournament those are my main complaints and the fighting regarding the dojo name i thought that would've been solved the first episode
You also have to remember that they didn’t know Kreese and Kim were in the tournament at this point. I do think it would’ve been better if they had known about them tho
Quite frankly, I felt the last two seasons were getting terribly repetitive. I'm glad they took the show in a new direction. The Critical Drinker is wrong. It's not about farce versus serious drama. It's about fantasy versus serious drama. For example, I remember there was a huge debate online about the final episode of season three. People were saying that (in real life) almost all of the characters would have gone to jail. The Cobra Kai students brutally assaulted the Myagi-Do students in Daniel's own house. They even threw Bert through a window. They should have been arrested. Johnny and Daniel attacked Kreese in his own dojo. There was a strong indication that they were about to kill Kreese. The only reason they didn't is because Miguel and Sam showed up at the last moment. But if they had killed Kreese in his own dojo, both Daniel and Johnny would have gone to jail _for life._ It didn't make any sense. Nevertheless, I loved the finale of season 3. It was very dramatic and entertaining, despite the unrealistic nature of the events. The next two seasons were the weakest in my opinion. Kenny's character was just a repeat of the whole bullying theme. The showdown in the Cobra Kai dojo at the end of season five (with all the students from both sides) was just an inferior version of the season three finale. Also, the whole thing about trying to expose how Terry Silver cheated in the tournament was kind of lame. All of Silver's student just abandon him after seeing the video. The acting in season six is the best it has ever been. The comedy with Johnny was funny again -- unlike season four and five where it was just getting stupidly repetitive. But the truly remarkable thing is that the writers somehow managed to create a lot of suspense about the new tournament. The Korean fighters are truly menacing; especially the character of Kwon. The fifth episode was *excellent* -- easily one of the best episodes of the entire show and one of the best cliffhangers. I don't know what people are complaining about. Just sit back and enjoy the ride and don't overthink everything.
I still really enjoyed part 1 and felt more satisfied after multiple rewatches. The first watch was what felt the worst. I don’t think the actual quality was worse compared to the first 5 of a few other seasons, but the flaws are still there. The writers didn’t learn from their mistakes. They let their same flaws repeat, which is ironic because a core theme of the show is learning from the past and not letting history repeat itself. Another thing is the half hour format just doesn’t work anymore. Too many characters.
i feel like the reason it feels low stakes, (in first 5 episodes), is because Kreese is a non-factor, Silver is in jail... So the cast has a false sense of security... and i think episodes 1-5 are the "calm before the storm.." And the split of 5 episodes, plus another 5, plus another 5 probably doesn't help. That said, I accept the show for what it is... and glad they (Daniel and others) can exhale for the first 5 episodes without high stakes... and not constant drama/danger...
I was right all along. Just by seeing the final trailer, I knew we were taking a ticket for the Titanic. They went into rewriting and reshoot. I wonder if the big 3 will ever tell us what was the original idea for episode 1 of season 6. Managing expectation is the key element in the success of any project of this magnitude. They were able to entertain us for 5 seasons in a row while facing major production challenges. These 5 seasons were gifts to us as fans. Season 6 was a gift they made to themselves by having no pressure to renew the show for another season. Every good things have to come to an end. They simply went out of ideas and inspiration just like any creative person.
@@roundtable3501 Even the writers did not took themselves seriously. They were self-conscious and talk to us through Daniel Larusso when he says: "…I know you all have fought before, in the past, but we want to see, as Sensei, how far you have progressed individually since…". In other words: "…Hey spectators!!! We know you have seen all this before, but since we are completely out of ideas, inspiration, budget and of time…we are going to show you season 4 of Cobra Kai all over again and make fill-up episodes for season 6 of Cobra Kai…"
@@roosevelttheodore344 I agree with you I think the show is simply out of gas at this point. The stories have become too grand (i.e., this world tournament that somehow was unknown in the Karate Kid universe until now) and have deviated from the core themes of the show.
I think this might be due to the staggered release. It sort of feels like it was written for that, which is an awful idea all around. I agree that the pacing is off and the issues are too low stakes. That’s all they could afford to fit into five episodes, which is really disappointing since their writing before has been pretty good. Although… Even if it was silly I did kind of like the college sequence. The fight wasn’t the best but it was kind of fun and it made me laugh. I think it was important for Hawk to hear that Brucks forgave him, and even if Kyler totally should fit in with douchey frat guys, it was sweet that he helped Miguel.
Yes, it should have been Miyagi Fang, but still had the sun and Bonsai tree with the eagle flying above it. The college thing and the home thing was good, but it did not bring anything to the story and characters except even more confusion and unnecessary drama. I did like the college fight and it was the only thing that was amazing in my opinion and Kyler changing is abrupt, but good at the same time, even if it wasn’t as amazing as it could have been.
EXCELLENT commentary @watchparty1. I am definitely not a hater i LOVE this show. I have bonded with my now-15-yo son over this show as an OG fan in my mid 40s. But season 6 P1 was really, seriously disappointing. Like the writers phoned it in and they just don't care any more. So many monster plot holes. Characters acting in ways that just don't make sense. I seriously hope that it comes good in P2/3 but nothing about the Sekai takei setup makes sense. How is kreese there? Why does everyone make friends and then fall out and switch teams? and then switch teams again and silver is back? S6 P1 was so bad that it is hard to see how they can turn it back around, and that really makes me sad.
I really loved Cobra Kai season six part one and one of my favorite scenes was when Tory Nichols rejoins Cobra Kai at the Sekai Taikai tournament, when Tory Nichols and Sam Larusso fight each other at Miyagi Do, and when John Kreese and Kim Dae Un team up together to defeat Miyagi Do in South Korea. I also really liked Kwon and I think that Kwon is a worthy adversary. I want to see more of Kwon in Cobra Kai season six part two. My concern for Cobra Kai season part two and part three is that I hope that they don’t show any explosive contents because to me that’s too violent and that wouldn’t make any sense to the story whatsoever. The reason why I say this is because in part one I thought that John Kreese planted a bomb in Daniel Larusso’s home during Carmen’s baby shower and I didn’t know what was going to happen. I really hope that the Cobra Kai creators don’t make the final season of the show too dark by adding explosive contents because that would be too dark. Cobra Kai season six part one was good. Sometimes in order to understand a work of art, you have to understand the author’s intentions with the story and learn to judge whether or not the execution of the story fulfills that goal. Some people have said that they were really disappointed with the part one but maybe there’s a reason why the Cobra Kai creators wrote the story the way that they did for part one. I believe that the Cobra Kai writers have something planned up their sleeve. I don’t have a problem with Tory Nichols rejoining Cobra Kai because she lost her mother and Tory Nichols had no one else to take care of her. I wasn’t really expecting Tory Nichols to rejoin Cobra Kai but at the same time I think it’s really interesting.You can’t just put a woman in pants and expect her to be the hero. It’s the brains and their ability to plan logistically. That’s what makes them the hero.
Hard to judge without seeing the full picture of all 15 episodes. To be honest though, I wouldn't call it trash but dragged out. In a 10 episode season feel like the plot so far would have taken 1.5-2 episodes only. I hope also that part 2 isn't just the tournament because 5 episodes of just that wouldn't help
I am thinking they possibly wanted a series finale for Brucks and Kyler .I think the writers may have reached a limit in how they could have developed those characters. So in Cobra Kai fashion they wanted to find a way if so to end those characters on a good note. The problem I think was while they meant to build those 2 up, they did it at the expense of the main characters. Also the scene between kyler and miguel does not work as the history between kyler and Sam needed to be resolved first. I would be wrong if kyler and /or brucks are seen again in the final 10. But I am thinking again that those 2 along with stingray have already had their series wraps.
The first part of season isn’t really slow in my opinion I do believe these episodes were needed and I believe the writing for the episodes starting with episode 1 I don’t think it would’ve been a good idea to change miyagi do and if the name were changed people would be mad asking why would they ruin the legacy 100% there would’ve been a lot more hate because of the change then not so going with miyagi do was the best option and with Johnnys redemption throughout the show it made sense as well he’s been training his students in miyagi do since season 4 so it wouldn’t make sense for eagle fang to stay around we saw the eagle fang dojo every now and again but mainly the students were training In miyagi do most of the time so it wouldn’t make sense for eagle fang to stay around really. Now the Sam and Tory not wanting to be at golf and stuff in the first episode was the whole point it was told in the episode they didn’t want to be there it should’ve been clear from the interactions Miguel said to Sam that it didn’t look like she and Tory was having fun so that was the whole point of the scene to drive them closer by being at the same place like Miguel and Robby last season and kinda settling their rivalry but in an different way to not make it feel like it’s just a copy and paste of Miguel and Robby. Now with Kenny losing to Tory and Sam that makes perfect sense they’ve been training far longer than him and the fight wasn’t really a fight because Kenny didn’t want to attack Tory and Sam Dallas said this in a live steam he done a while back the fight was supposed to be a big one but Dallas didn’t want to even fake a fight with a woman so it turned into just a tussle that’ll help Sam and Tory push their rivalry aside as well as help Kenny join miyagi do the whole point of the episode was to finish the stuff that were unresolved in season 5 Now episode 2 ok I can’t defend the kreese training but the Johnny looking for a house part was actually a big point of the season that’s the whole reason why he is working at Larusso auto to get his credit score up Now finally the college part collage was on Miguel’s mind since season 4 basically and in season 6 we find out where he wants to go setting up the frat fight yeah it’s not a serious fight but not every fight needs to be one for example Miguel’s dream fights he was fighting against nobody’s and in the all valley in season 1 cobra Kai was fighting nobody’s except for Zander and Robby those were low stakes fights as well and no one complains about that and also I’m pretty sure it was supposed to be a Kyler send off Now everything else I can’t argue but those were just points I don’t agree with and why
Very nice, WatchPartéeee! 🥳 Thank you so much for including my thoughts! 💪 Can’t wait to see what the others says in your follow-up video 👍 And you’re so right about the thing with Hawk and Demetri, bugging Brucks about MIT, when it turns out to just be a “nothing-burger” and a waste of time 🙄🤣 Oh, and also - At 2:00 you made a mistake with my writings 😯🤗 You forgot to insert the word “NEVER”, in between the “I” and “felt” 😆 So that made it read like, “Part 1 was the first time, ever, where I felt that strong urge to press play on the next episode” 🤣 When in fact it was the direct opposite, haha. But hey, HOPEFULLY people still managed to string it together, even without the missing “NEVER” 🤗 Thanks for the vid, man! 🥳
WATCHPARTY: Yeah I agree. While I don’t hate season 6 part 1, it was definitely weaker than the rest of the seasons and felt a little bit stale when it came to the writing and not to mention there were way to many plot holes and things that they just left open as well it feels more like their just searching for story now rather then just diving right in. Even the drama at the end between Johnny and Daniel felt a bit out place now because they’ve been there and done that already.
Episode 2 wasn't the best one for me too. I didn't really care about Miguel wanted to go to college and Kresse parts were the only parts I liked in that episode.
After season 5 I went in with very low expectations and therefore was happy I didn't hate anything and even enjoyed things. To be able to do that I had to get into a 'whatever' mindset first, though.
Most of the characters this first part kinda annoyed me but ima give it to the writers cause like always they make you kinda give a understandable statement to it and that’s why I think part 2.. finna be something brilliant ‼️
I blame it on the Writers' strike and the fact that the writers of Cobra Kai were working on "Obliterated". This season of Cobra Kai seemed rushed and they didn't think of things all the way through. Too bad. Just a few attention to details would have made part 1 of season 6 so much better. For example, how everyone treated Kenny when he was sick was uncharacteristic. No one tried to help him, but just watched, and some laughed, as he shit his pants. Also, no one really reaching out to Tory when her mother died, but just going ahead with the Sekai Taikai, was cold and disappointing not only for Amanda, but also Robby as well, who apparently did not care enough to check up and comfort Tory. In addition, the manufactured conflict between Demetri and Hawk was a let down, since I thought they were good friends and binary brothers. Demetri suddenly becomes a jerk, just because Hawk didn't apply to M.I.T. And finally, they should have explained how Kreese was able to just travel around easily while evading capture. I am okay that he can do it, but at least show how he was able to do so.
COBRA KAI season 6 part 1 feels like the last episodes of the Dallas reboot after Larry Hagman died in real life. Empty and pointless. Obliterated had a negative impact on the show's writing.
I think it was really a no-win situation. Whoever lost that fight was going to be accused of getting nerfed - plus, Johnny already lost a fight to Silver (who was seemingly out of practice for many years). But, yeah, I’m kind of disappointed that Barnes is not an OP fighter. 1984 Johnny would have virtually stood no chance against 1985 Mike Barnes. I think it’s safe to say that If Mike Barnes would have stuck with his training, I think we would have beaten Johnny fair and square.
everything they said was right, first half of S6 was not I expected it to be. I just want to see the rest, Netflix executives had to reason to drag this shit for another 3 months
I hope part two kicks ass. Bc part one was lame. There was some good stuff, just not as much as bad stuff. I really liked the father daughter dynamic between Johnny and Devin. But I disliked the girls slumber party thrown by Johnny. Bc Cobra Kai is constantly showing Johnny, as a moron/clueless or he's stuck in the past.
I am a man to admit, the first three episodes started off slow The cage fight against the payne brothers was kind of a let down, as I thought it would be an intense tag match where Robby and Miguel take them on and help eachother out equally, but instead they made it another fight where Miguel swoops in and saves Robby and is given the primary spotlight in the fight Miguel saving Robby isn’t bad(I have written many stories where Miguel does such) but they made Robby look very weak in that fight Edit: I also kinda feel like the girls didn’t need to be involved in the fight, their scuffle with Kenny was kinda cringe. They could’ve found another way to have the girls team up against a common enemy.
@@gjjijji Tbf, holding back against Kenny makes perfect sense But I feel that after Shawn decided to attack, Robby shouldn’t have held back against Shawn.
@@gjjijji Shawn attacked first and was clearly not planning on stopping Miyagi Do is all about defense So Robby fighting back against Shawn would’ve been self defense.
It’s not that it’s just “lower stakes = boring” for me I usually like most of the lower stakes stuff but the ones that happen in this part are just not compelling. Like you said most of them don’t even lead anywhere so what’s the point of spending 30 minutes watching something just for 0 resolution to pay off
I just feel like this is rushed and yet not much happened. They make characters make up but then go back togthe status quo that we haven't seen since the early seasons with rivalry and such. I just don't get it why we can't actually move on.
Also personal gripe but what was up with Miguel and him stressing about getting into Stanford of all universities. Like dude Stanford is notoriously hard to get into, but it's not the only university out there. It felt like this dude only applied to Stanford when there are other high level universities in California such as Berkeley, UCLA, and Cal Poly SLO that exists and have higher acceptance rates, even if they are still low, (mainly the first two.) It just feels like such a weird way to make drama, especially because the Seikai Taikai would literally have nothing to do with admissions after all your essays are submitted and you've been wait listed. Just, what?????????
I liked the episodes overall. But there were some disappointments. Johnny and Daniel having issues again. Tory rejoining Cobra Kai is super unrealistic and just kind of dumb. Miguel and Hawk losing was annoying. The binary brothers having another rift was lame. Miguel's motivation for wanting to win the Tekai is super lame so far. No Terry so far. Kreese can teleport now???
Yeah I don’t know I thought it was excellent, people definitely went into it with high expectations, but knowing it would be a pregame to the Sekai Taikai I wasn’t disappointed in the slightest
Crazy people 😅 it's just like that because they split it in 3 parts but the other 2 parts will be mind blowing. So it's the calm before the storm!!! It's was a great part1 with the biggest Tory shocker of the whole show P.s if kim.is miyagis brother and used that knive at the assault 😅 maybe he wanted kreeses finger prints on it 😂😂 frame him after 70 years 😂 insane silver plan. Just kidding 😂
@roundtable3501 I get that 🫠 but I think it was pretty good. And they have to take it slow I think but with a big cliffhanger. Just that the same problems are all over again is a little annoying
@@xxx-funandtheories8337 I agree that it was good. I think the comments calling it bad or terrible are over exaggerating the flaws. But since it’s the final season, there was hope that the first 5 episodes would be as good as possible, but they weren’t. They had their problems. And yeah I think most that had their problems with these episodes are still excited for the next parts. I know I am.
This show could have ended with 1 episode of epilogue after s5 ep10. They entered the tournament to stop Terry Silver. After his arrest and Cobra Kai folded in the valley, there was no point to continue. All of a sudden they're going to the tournament for fame and filling out college applications?? LAME. Johnny and Daniel's bickering is pointless and tired, Kreese's fugitive story is dumb, and the only reason the season is split is so Netflix can carry momentum into the spinoff movie. It's a sad decline of a great show corrupted by corporate greed.
Yeah...what was up with that dumb slumber party??? And Johnny standing on a desk at LaRusso Auto and declaring that he was going to start his own car dealership??? I realize those scenes were kind of "comic relief," but I found them implausible. Johnny Lawrence is not the brightest crayon in the box, but he's not an idiot!!!
Part 1 just made no sense to me. I feel like there was a gap missing between ending of season 5 and beginning of season 6 part 1.. i kept thinking did i miss an episode? And daniel and johnny still fighting?, fuck sake.. my ears were bleeding.
I agree that the first 2 episodes were the weakest. I don't think s6 was anywhere near as bad as some people are labeling though. I actually put it slightly above s5, which had as many unrealistic moments and go nowhere story threads (mexico, anyone?) Critical Drinker is largely a poor film critic even when he's being genuinely objective, which he often isn't. He is more just a comedic reactionary who capitalises on the current trends of what to dislike. I wouldn't use him as a reference for good taste.
I didn't find the scenes to have been "bad;" there was simply too much material to have covered in 5 episodes (e.g., when did Anthony finally put down his video game controller and start Karate training in earnest with his Dad? How was it that Daniel & Amanda just allowed Chozen to move into their home for three months?). The worst thing, though, is that Netflix is releasing Season 6 in three parts with too-long waits between them. It's kind of like going to a restaurant and having too long a wait after ordering a meal for the individual items to come up (entree doesn't arrive for an hour after appetizers put on table). We, the fans, waiited about two years for Cobra Kai to return. WQe should have had the pleasure of binge-watching the entire 6th season from start to finish. Now we have to wait until November for the next five???
I feel with the rumours and stuff that they are just doing to many ass pull and stuff that dose not make sense I said it should have ended last season everyone was friends they stopped cobra Kai by putting terry silver in jail
I admit these episodes were very weak but i personally feel that the first 5 are more like filler episodes they are not meant to be dramatic but give more context and content to a certain situation
I actually really enjoyed the first 5 episodes. To me it seems a bit like nitpicking from fans because the story hasn't finished. And all of the complaints that I've read.... I feel like those same problems have happened multiple times in every season of the show, but for whatever reason people chose to ignore them previously but now focus on them entirely in this season without discussing the good things.
I agree with some of this. I think some of the fans’ complaints do go too far and special pleading is engaged in. But I think the disappointing element is that the flaws present here are some of the flaws from previous seasons. The writers didn’t learn from their mistakes. I think the two biggest were repetition/regression of characters and the half hour format. The half hour format just doesn’t work anymore. I think part of it you can understand because for the last season and a two year gap, you want things to be as good as they can. And even though I enjoyed it, they just could’ve been done better.
@@roundtable3501 for me, there has always been an "issue" with the show. I feel like the concept for it was not meant for a long series, but maybe 1 or 2 movies or a 1-2 season show tops. I promise, while I was watching Season 1, I thought that it would only really be able to run for one season. Then the Kreese intro meant they'd have another season. Throughout Season 2, I felt this show can't last more than another season. Same thing with the finale to that season. It has always found a way to overstay it's welcome. I credit the writers for giving us good stuff in every season so that it was worth it, but there's a reason every season is padded with repetitive beats. Also, the ridiculous/eye-roll inducing moments throughout the show.... I seriously think there are writers on the staff who don't see them as bad things. They keep incorporating them even though they know some fans think it's lame. To them, they're not flaws. On that note, I swear at least one of the writers is a diehard anime fan who loves making the show a real-life anime and does so unapologetically.
While I agree with some of the criticisms you made on S6, i gotta say the critical drinker is really not a reliable reviewer. He hops on bandwagons to cater to what the majority of people say about shows/movies to maximize engagement. It's clear in many of his videos he never actually watches the material and gets all his "critiques" from media articles and other reviewers.
You need to learn the difference between hopping on a bandwagon and creating it. Drinker creates the bandwagon others hop on. Still what he said about Season 6 echoes what others are saying which is why I included him.
My problem is the writers tried to force feed us that Anthony, and especially Devon, are relevant fighters. I mean come on. You expect those two over penis breath???
Exactly, I’d rather they had chosen: Chris, Mitch, Bert or Nate. Characters who had been here for the past six season and have grown to care for. Heck! I’d rather bring back Piper to, I know people don’t like her character but they’d be lying if they said she wasn’t a hell of a fighter, I mean she was already a natural athlete.
@@SylusDurocher They should've brought Piper back. It would've been great to see her in Miyagi Do in Season 6, and she would've easily made the top 6. I mean, if they were going to have Tory go back to Kreese, than the 6 Miyagi Do fighters should've been Robby, Sam, Miguel, Hawk, Demetri, and Piper. I would've much preferred that over the stupid as hell Kenny/Devon subplot. For me, the whole subplot about Devon lacing Kenny's water with Laxatives was the worst thing about Season 6(at least so far). Also, Piper was a total clout chaser in Season 4: She was going to join Eagle Fang, but joined Cobra Kai instead because they had better merchandise. There's no way she would resist the chance to compete in a World Karate Tournament, and since Cobra Kai was no longer a viable option in the Valley, she'd have no choice but to go to Miyagi Do. Not bringing back Piper was a HUGE missed opportunity.
To be honest, they should have really ended the series at S5, everything was wrapped up in a bow... All the story lines were complete, all characters had grown and progressed.... Johnny and Daniel weren't arguing like and old married couple.... But this season just took a huge dump on all the character development! They all took a giant step backwards. Daniel's obsession with "The Miyagi Way" is just becoming so cringe now.... We have Tory, who finally made up with Sam, go back to CK even though Kim Da Un forced her to punch the rock, breaking her had. Kreese has become the cartoon villain... I could go on, but it'll be too long. It's a rocky start to the final season, but hopefully things will improve with the next two installments.
The frustrating part was when they got Johnny and Daniel beefing again because Daniel just cannot get out of his own way Tory seem to have rejoined Cobra Kai for plot convenience for hawk to go to the tournament
Miguel has been getting done dirty since season 4 and it’s ridiculous since he’s the main character along with Johnny hopefully he wins the tournament but damn what a shame they also did Hawk dirty 🤦🏻♂️
Off-Screen Theory: Kreese escaped prison and went straight to Silver’s house to get revenge. He found the place trashed and occupied by Terry’s Butler only. The Butler didn’t know about their beef, but knows they were best friends for decades and partners in Cobra Kai. The Butler tells Kreese the place got trashed when Johnny, Chozen & Barnes surprise attacked Silver, who was just arrested after an incident at the flagship dojo. He also tells Kreese that he’s in charge while Silver’s gone & just arranged a flight home for Kim/The Fist senseis on Terry’s private jet. So Kreese tells the Butler it’s an emergency that he meets Kim in Korea to fix this whole mess & gets access to Terry’s private jet and pilot. That’s how he is able to fly back & forth undetected. -Another option: instead of the butler, Kreese finds Snake & Dennis running things and they give him access to Silver’s private jet & resources. Even if they know about the beef with Kreese & Silver, perhaps they don’t care and only want to see Cobra Kai come back, but with them running it this time. So they make a deal with Kreese for a percentage of Cobra Kai so they can be dojo partners instead of henchmen.
In my opinion that whole mr miyagi secret is so unnecessary. Like you could have removed all of that and the show would still be the same. They could have added in more screen time to different characters eg miguel, robby and johnny (stuff that made the earlier seasons much more enjoyable)or more of torys past and have them more fleshed out.
I will admit these are definitely the weakest episodes in the season so far but the episodes were still enjoyable to watch
Yay I agree but I wish some of the fight scenes were just a little bit longer
Better than the first 5 of season 5 for me, except episode 2 which was dull
@@belachaney Episode 5, 6, and 9 are the strongest in season 5 in my opinion. Season 6's best episode so far is Ep 3 as Ralph did a great job directing it.
No way you just dissed that frat party song. That songs fire
Right! 😃
Yeah it was so good! It totally fit the energy of that scene
imo the frat party fight was my favourite fight of the season by far, everything was so good and seeing Miguel,hawk, demetri and Kyler fighting together was sick. The Miguel vs Robby fight wasn't even close
@@CloxxyCobraKai Don’t forget Brucks, too.
Hopefully Part 2 will get the show back on track.
Those are definitely problems, but I still enjoyed the episodes overall and save for the music, I liked the college brawl and Kyler and Miguel’s talk. If we never see Kyler again, I’ll be good.
I don't like how in S6 Daniel didn't stop teaching in MD the sole reason Daniel opened miyagi-do was to save kids from Cobra kai. Now if Cobra kai was longer threat (as from his pov, they all are defeated until S6E5 ending) why Daniel is still running his dojo. The better thing would be Instead Daniel quits teaching at the start of season 6 because CK is dealt with. Johnny objects - says they're on the verge of going international and the students need all the help they can get. It makes no sense to stop when they're on the verge of achieving something great. But Daniel quits anyway because he doesn't believe in karate for trophies.
Johnny tries to emulate parts of Daniel's training but can't do as well and finds himself falling into his old patterns. The students start feeling like Daniel needs to come back to balance Johnny out. And Daniel finds himself missing teaching as well - he can't go back to his "normal" life that easily.
Eventually Daniel does come back, but some issues remain. Johnny feels inferior for not being able to handle the dojo on his own and he doesn't trust Daniel not to change his mind and quit again. And Daniel feels uncertain about his identity as a Sensei now that he's no longer simply following Mr. Miyagi's lessons.
That, IMO, could be a better conflict to be explored between them - one that's less about their egos and more about them trying to find their respective paths.
Good ideas there. Well thought out
@@kr00ked1 thanks
@@Aobix that sounds not like Johnny at all
I want the Daniel /Johnny drama to finally end and they work together for real. Maybe not as close as the Chozen relationship but Im so over this back and forth with these two. It’s played out let’s get past their friggin past already!!!!
Common complaint.
LaRusso needs to be confronted with the fact that he isn’t always right, that he has made situations worse and give Lawrence credit. He is actually a good person that has always tried to do the right thing! Even in the original movie, Johnny never started a fight with Daniel, and after Johnny made his point and put Daniel on the ground he never continued to attack him, it was always Bobby, Dutch and Tommy that wanted to fight and torture LaRusso.
@@philipscheidler153 When Daniel picked up Allie's boombox, Johnny shoved him to the ground for no reason. To me, that's starting a fight. When Daniel got up and took a fighting pose, he was just reacting to the situation...doing what any young person who's angry would do. Johnny then beat the snot out of him really badly. He then stood over Daniel taunting him "What about you, hero, you have enough yet?" When you're young, have pride, and are a hothead like Daniel, you're going to feel like you have to do something about being emasculated like that, so Daniel sucker punched Johnny. Daniel then tried to end the fight by offering a handshake...he got his "revenge" and now wanted out of the situation, but Johnny beat him down even worse and left him lying there. I really wish people would quit watching that dumb parody video of "Daniel is the real Bully" and actually watch the movie. Saint Johnny the pure and good doesn't exist. He has been a complete jerk and idiot several times and Johnny fans need to accept that. And I hate to say it, but Daniel is more often right than he is wrong, I just feel he goes about things the wrong way because he's trying too hard to be Mr. Miyagi. Not everyone wants to do chores. Not everyone is going to understand or even like the "big reveal" of the chores.
@@Goldenbane nobody's reading all that, Daniel has to get over himself and Daniel wanted to play white knight in HS at the beach and got a beaten
Maybe it's because chozen had gone and this is a way of showing how chozen brought these two together
Thank you for the video! This current portion is just the beginning, equivalent to watching only the first three episodes of earlier seasons. It’s possible that some of the judgment is a little bit premature, as we're only seeing a fraction of the story. But that said, I can agree with most of these opinions, but I'm very excited for the rest of it.
You are welcome. I and many others feel the same as you.
i love this season, and i think everyone else hats this season! 😭😭
@SamairSahaiepisodes 3 -5 are wayy better than 3-5 of S5
I don’t think so, it still has like an 85% on rotten tomatoes, which is very good. It’s just more people dislike it than the past. But still plenty liked it.
for me, this part is by far the worst season because it's just really random and weird. also I would like to point out that the end lineup for the sekai tekai was practically determined by a race
i really like the first few episodes but i understand how some people can find it boring
My wife and I had no issues with season 6 other than Daniel and Johnny continuing to argue and the Miyagi do students talking about colleges when they should be focused more on the tournament those are my main complaints and the fighting regarding the dojo name i thought that would've been solved the first episode
The reason they aren’t focused because the tournament isn’t important anymore at this point.
@@gjjijji okay
You also have to remember that they didn’t know Kreese and Kim were in the tournament at this point. I do think it would’ve been better if they had known about them tho
@@bryarkelley3489 agree
Season 6 is what happens when writers have too much time to rethink scenes.
That could be. We'll never know.
Quite frankly, I felt the last two seasons were getting terribly repetitive. I'm glad they took the show in a new direction. The Critical Drinker is wrong. It's not about farce versus serious drama. It's about fantasy versus serious drama.
For example, I remember there was a huge debate online about the final episode of season three. People were saying that (in real life) almost all of the characters would have gone to jail. The Cobra Kai students brutally assaulted the Myagi-Do students in Daniel's own house. They even threw Bert through a window. They should have been arrested. Johnny and Daniel attacked Kreese in his own dojo. There was a strong indication that they were about to kill Kreese. The only reason they didn't is because Miguel and Sam showed up at the last moment. But if they had killed Kreese in his own dojo, both Daniel and Johnny would have gone to jail _for life._ It didn't make any sense. Nevertheless, I loved the finale of season 3. It was very dramatic and entertaining, despite the unrealistic nature of the events.
The next two seasons were the weakest in my opinion. Kenny's character was just a repeat of the whole bullying theme. The showdown in the Cobra Kai dojo at the end of season five (with all the students from both sides) was just an inferior version of the season three finale. Also, the whole thing about trying to expose how Terry Silver cheated in the tournament was kind of lame. All of Silver's student just abandon him after seeing the video.
The acting in season six is the best it has ever been. The comedy with Johnny was funny again -- unlike season four and five where it was just getting stupidly repetitive. But the truly remarkable thing is that the writers somehow managed to create a lot of suspense about the new tournament. The Korean fighters are truly menacing; especially the character of Kwon. The fifth episode was *excellent* -- easily one of the best episodes of the entire show and one of the best cliffhangers.
I don't know what people are complaining about. Just sit back and enjoy the ride and don't overthink everything.
Dang it’s only the first part of a 3 part season can’t get disappointed yet
I still really enjoyed part 1 and felt more satisfied after multiple rewatches. The first watch was what felt the worst. I don’t think the actual quality was worse compared to the first 5 of a few other seasons, but the flaws are still there. The writers didn’t learn from their mistakes. They let their same flaws repeat, which is ironic because a core theme of the show is learning from the past and not letting history repeat itself. Another thing is the half hour format just doesn’t work anymore. Too many characters.
i feel like the reason it feels low stakes, (in first 5 episodes),
is because Kreese is a non-factor, Silver is in jail...
So the cast has a false sense of security... and i think episodes 1-5
are the "calm before the storm.."
And the split of 5 episodes, plus another 5, plus another 5
probably doesn't help.
That said, I accept the show for what it is... and glad they (Daniel and others) can exhale
for the first 5 episodes without high stakes... and not constant drama/danger...
My favorite joke was the one at the gender reveal party. And I completely agree with this.
I was hoping Kenny would’ve mentioned hawk to Shawn since they had a rivalry. Sucks we never saw hawk and Shawn interact yet.
I was right all along. Just by seeing the final trailer, I knew we were taking a ticket for the Titanic. They went into rewriting and reshoot. I wonder if the big 3 will ever tell us what was the original idea for episode 1 of season 6. Managing expectation is the key element in the success of any project of this magnitude. They were able to entertain us for 5 seasons in a row while facing major production challenges. These 5 seasons were gifts to us as fans. Season 6 was a gift they made to themselves by having no pressure to renew the show for another season. Every good things have to come to an end. They simply went out of ideas and inspiration just like any creative person.
They rewrote and reshot because of the strike.
@@roundtable3501 Even the writers did not took themselves seriously. They were self-conscious and talk to us through Daniel Larusso when he says: "…I know you all have fought before, in the past, but we want to see, as Sensei, how far you have progressed individually since…".
In other words: "…Hey spectators!!! We know you have seen all this before, but since we are completely out of ideas, inspiration, budget and of time…we are going to show you season 4 of Cobra Kai all over again and make fill-up episodes for season 6 of Cobra Kai…"
Viva la basura LOL
@@roosevelttheodore344 I agree with you I think the show is simply out of gas at this point. The stories have become too grand (i.e., this world tournament that somehow was unknown in the Karate Kid universe until now) and have deviated from the core themes of the show.
I think this might be due to the staggered release. It sort of feels like it was written for that, which is an awful idea all around. I agree that the pacing is off and the issues are too low stakes. That’s all they could afford to fit into five episodes, which is really disappointing since their writing before has been pretty good.
Although… Even if it was silly I did kind of like the college sequence. The fight wasn’t the best but it was kind of fun and it made me laugh. I think it was important for Hawk to hear that Brucks forgave him, and even if Kyler totally should fit in with douchey frat guys, it was sweet that he helped Miguel.
Yes, it should have been Miyagi Fang, but still had the sun and Bonsai tree with the eagle flying above it.
The college thing and the home thing was good, but it did not bring anything to the story and characters except even more confusion and unnecessary drama.
I did like the college fight and it was the only thing that was amazing in my opinion and Kyler changing is abrupt, but good at the same time, even if it wasn’t as amazing as it could have been.
Joey Valence & Brae - Crank It Up 🤣
EXCELLENT commentary @watchparty1. I am definitely not a hater i LOVE this show. I have bonded with my now-15-yo son over this show as an OG fan in my mid 40s. But season 6 P1 was really, seriously disappointing. Like the writers phoned it in and they just don't care any more. So many monster plot holes. Characters acting in ways that just don't make sense. I seriously hope that it comes good in P2/3 but nothing about the Sekai takei setup makes sense. How is kreese there? Why does everyone make friends and then fall out and switch teams? and then switch teams again and silver is back? S6 P1 was so bad that it is hard to see how they can turn it back around, and that really makes me sad.
I really loved Cobra Kai season six part one and one of my favorite scenes was when Tory Nichols rejoins Cobra Kai at the Sekai Taikai tournament, when Tory Nichols and Sam Larusso fight each other at Miyagi Do, and when John Kreese and Kim Dae Un team up together to defeat Miyagi Do in South Korea. I also really liked Kwon and I think that Kwon is a worthy adversary. I want to see more of Kwon in Cobra Kai season six part two. My concern for Cobra Kai season part two and part three is that I hope that they don’t show any explosive contents because to me that’s too violent and that wouldn’t make any sense to the story whatsoever. The reason why I say this is because in part one I thought that John Kreese planted a bomb in Daniel Larusso’s home during Carmen’s baby shower and I didn’t know what was going to happen. I really hope that the Cobra Kai creators don’t make the final season of the show too dark by adding explosive contents because that would be too dark. Cobra Kai season six part one was good. Sometimes in order to understand a work of art, you have to understand the author’s intentions with the story and learn to judge whether or not the execution of the story fulfills that goal. Some people have said that they were really disappointed with the part one but maybe there’s a reason why the Cobra Kai creators wrote the story the way that they did for part one. I believe that the Cobra Kai writers have something planned up their sleeve. I don’t have a problem with Tory Nichols rejoining Cobra Kai because she lost her mother and Tory Nichols had no one else to take care of her. I wasn’t really expecting Tory Nichols to rejoin Cobra Kai but at the same time I think it’s really interesting.You can’t just put a woman in pants and expect her to be the hero. It’s the brains and their ability to plan logistically. That’s what makes them the hero.
Is it possible Johnny’s house hunting will come back later in the season?
Oh for sure. Probably part 3.
Better than season 5's first 5 episodes for me , at least episodes 3-5
Hard to judge without seeing the full picture of all 15 episodes. To be honest though, I wouldn't call it trash but dragged out. In a 10 episode season feel like the plot so far would have taken 1.5-2 episodes only. I hope also that part 2 isn't just the tournament because 5 episodes of just that wouldn't help
I am thinking they possibly wanted a series finale for Brucks and Kyler .I think the writers may have reached a limit in how they could have developed those characters. So in Cobra Kai fashion they wanted to find a way if so to end those characters on a good note. The problem I think was while they meant to build those 2 up, they did it at the expense of the main characters. Also the scene between kyler and miguel does not work as the history between kyler and Sam needed to be resolved first. I would be wrong if kyler and /or brucks are seen again in the final 10. But I am thinking again that those 2 along with stingray have already had their series wraps.
Face turn ** by Kyler great vid tho broski 🔥
The first part of season isn’t really slow in my opinion I do believe these episodes were needed and I believe the writing for the episodes starting with episode 1 I don’t think it would’ve been a good idea to change miyagi do and if the name were changed people would be mad asking why would they ruin the legacy 100% there would’ve been a lot more hate because of the change then not so going with miyagi do was the best option and with Johnnys redemption throughout the show it made sense as well he’s been training his students in miyagi do since season 4 so it wouldn’t make sense for eagle fang to stay around we saw the eagle fang dojo every now and again but mainly the students were training In miyagi do most of the time so it wouldn’t make sense for eagle fang to stay around really.
Now the Sam and Tory not wanting to be at golf and stuff in the first episode was the whole point it was told in the episode they didn’t want to be there it should’ve been clear from the interactions Miguel said to Sam that it didn’t look like she and Tory was having fun so that was the whole point of the scene to drive them closer by being at the same place like Miguel and Robby last season and kinda settling their rivalry but in an different way to not make it feel like it’s just a copy and paste of Miguel and Robby.
Now with Kenny losing to Tory and Sam that makes perfect sense they’ve been training far longer than him and the fight wasn’t really a fight because Kenny didn’t want to attack Tory and Sam Dallas said this in a live steam he done a while back the fight was supposed to be a big one but Dallas didn’t want to even fake a fight with a woman so it turned into just a tussle that’ll help Sam and Tory push their rivalry aside as well as help Kenny join miyagi do the whole point of the episode was to finish the stuff that were unresolved in season 5
Now episode 2 ok I can’t defend the kreese training but the Johnny looking for a house part was actually a big point of the season that’s the whole reason why he is working at Larusso auto to get his credit score up
Now finally the college part collage was on Miguel’s mind since season 4 basically and in season 6 we find out where he wants to go setting up the frat fight yeah it’s not a serious fight but not every fight needs to be one for example Miguel’s dream fights he was fighting against nobody’s and in the all valley in season 1 cobra Kai was fighting nobody’s except for Zander and Robby those were low stakes fights as well and no one complains about that and also I’m pretty sure it was supposed to be a Kyler send off
Now everything else I can’t argue but those were just points I don’t agree with and why
Very nice, WatchPartéeee! 🥳 Thank you so much for including my thoughts! 💪 Can’t wait to see what the others says in your follow-up video 👍 And you’re so right about the thing with Hawk and Demetri, bugging Brucks about MIT, when it turns out to just be a “nothing-burger” and a waste of time 🙄🤣
Oh, and also - At 2:00 you made a mistake with my writings 😯🤗 You forgot to insert the word “NEVER”, in between the “I” and “felt” 😆 So that made it read like, “Part 1 was the first time, ever, where I felt that strong urge to press play on the next episode” 🤣 When in fact it was the direct opposite, haha. But hey, HOPEFULLY people still managed to string it together, even without the missing “NEVER” 🤗
Thanks for the vid, man! 🥳
WATCHPARTY: Yeah I agree. While I don’t hate season 6 part 1, it was definitely weaker than the rest of the seasons and felt a little bit stale when it came to the writing and not to mention there were way to many plot holes and things that they just left open as well it feels more like their just searching for story now rather then just diving right in. Even the drama at the end between Johnny and Daniel felt a bit out place now because they’ve been there and done that already.
I felt episodes 3-5 were wayy better than 3-5 of season 5 for me
@@belachaney
I think episodes 3 and 4 were better this season, but episode 5 of season 5 was better than this episode 5.
@@roundtable3501 I gotta disagree the only good part of episode 5 of season 5 was Danny getting whooped by Silver
They definitely need to go back and edit the first 5 episodes because they left out a lot of scenes they should have shown. They were rushed.
Episode 2 wasn't the best one for me too. I didn't really care about Miguel wanted to go to college and Kresse parts were the only parts I liked in that episode.
After season 5 I went in with very low expectations and therefore was happy I didn't hate anything and even enjoyed things. To be able to do that I had to get into a 'whatever' mindset first, though.
Most of the characters this first part kinda annoyed me but ima give it to the writers cause like always they make you kinda give a understandable statement to it and that’s why I think part 2.. finna be something brilliant ‼️
This season is amazing ❤
You’re allowed to think so 🤗
It’s not bad but not good just of just mid but entertaining
Yup it was a bumpy start for the series and a lot of it felt forced. I do hope that nail the landing though.
I blame it on the Writers' strike and the fact that the writers of Cobra Kai were working on "Obliterated". This season of Cobra Kai seemed rushed and they didn't think of things all the way through. Too bad. Just a few attention to details would have made part 1 of season 6 so much better.
For example, how everyone treated Kenny when he was sick was uncharacteristic. No one tried to help him, but just watched, and some laughed, as he shit his pants.
Also, no one really reaching out to Tory when her mother died, but just going ahead with the Sekai Taikai, was cold and disappointing not only for Amanda, but also Robby as well, who apparently did not care enough to check up and comfort Tory.
In addition, the manufactured conflict between Demetri and Hawk was a let down, since I thought they were good friends and binary brothers. Demetri suddenly becomes a jerk, just because Hawk didn't apply to M.I.T.
And finally, they should have explained how Kreese was able to just travel around easily while evading capture. I am okay that he can do it, but at least show how he was able to do so.
COBRA KAI season 6 part 1 feels like the last episodes of the Dallas reboot after Larry Hagman died in real life. Empty and pointless. Obliterated had a negative impact on the show's writing.
My dislike is Barnes getting beat by Johnny.
Mike barnes was out of touch from karate
I think it was really a no-win situation. Whoever lost that fight was going to be accused of getting nerfed - plus, Johnny already lost a fight to Silver (who was seemingly out of practice for many years). But, yeah, I’m kind of disappointed that Barnes is not an OP fighter. 1984 Johnny would have virtually stood no chance against 1985 Mike Barnes. I think it’s safe to say that If Mike Barnes would have stuck with his training, I think we would have beaten Johnny fair and square.
i liked it.
everything they said was right, first half of S6 was not I expected it to be. I just want to see the rest, Netflix executives had to reason to drag this shit for another 3 months
I hope part two kicks ass. Bc part one was lame. There was some good stuff, just not as much as bad stuff. I really liked the father daughter dynamic between Johnny and Devin. But I disliked the girls slumber party thrown by Johnny. Bc Cobra Kai is constantly showing Johnny, as a moron/clueless or he's stuck in the past.
I am a man to admit, the first three episodes started off slow
The cage fight against the payne brothers was kind of a let down, as I thought it would be an intense tag match where Robby and Miguel take them on and help eachother out equally, but instead they made it another fight where Miguel swoops in and saves Robby and is given the primary spotlight in the fight
Miguel saving Robby isn’t bad(I have written many stories where Miguel does such) but they made Robby look very weak in that fight
Edit: I also kinda feel like the girls didn’t need to be involved in the fight, their scuffle with Kenny was kinda cringe. They could’ve found another way to have the girls team up against a common enemy.
Robby was holding back because he has a relationship with the Paynes. Miguel doesn’t
@@gjjijji Tbf, holding back against Kenny makes perfect sense
But I feel that after Shawn decided to attack, Robby shouldn’t have held back against Shawn.
@@pepito2847 you think it’s a good idea for Robby to beat up Kenny’s older brother in front of him and After That ask him to join Miyagi Do
@@gjjijji Shawn attacked first and was clearly not planning on stopping
Miyagi Do is all about defense
So Robby fighting back against Shawn would’ve been self defense.
@@pepito2847 ok? You think Kenny is gonna see it that way
These 5 episodes were pretty good imo, also the frat house fight was the best part of the 5 episodes
To anyone saying that kreese or silver killed Tory mom just stop it😂
It’s not that it’s just “lower stakes = boring” for me I usually like most of the lower stakes stuff but the ones that happen in this part are just not compelling. Like you said most of them don’t even lead anywhere so what’s the point of spending 30 minutes watching something just for 0 resolution to pay off
Also kreese a 70+ year old man getting bit by a literal snake and being fine after was so stupid
Well said.
@@morganf1968 I think that was because kreese is also half snake
@@Aobix Argonians are immune to poison
@@JohnKowalskyDrive but kreese is ouroboros
I just feel like this is rushed and yet not much happened.
They make characters make up but then go back togthe status quo that we haven't seen since the early seasons with rivalry and such. I just don't get it why we can't actually move on.
Also personal gripe but what was up with Miguel and him stressing about getting into Stanford of all universities. Like dude Stanford is notoriously hard to get into, but it's not the only university out there. It felt like this dude only applied to Stanford when there are other high level universities in California such as Berkeley, UCLA, and Cal Poly SLO that exists and have higher acceptance rates, even if they are still low, (mainly the first two.)
It just feels like such a weird way to make drama, especially because the Seikai Taikai would literally have nothing to do with admissions after all your essays are submitted and you've been wait listed. Just, what?????????
I like part 1 it was a 8.5/10
It’s the final season at least so I’m happy which means there should be a happy ending!
Part 1 was meh to me
(Also: Link to the video of Critical Drinker's opinion on Season 6 part 1?)
It was on open bar. Unfortunately they didn't talk about it too much. ruclips.net/video/UZq_U4jEA0k/видео.htmlsi=T70KFN1lv2KTHLL3&t=6744
I liked the episodes overall. But there were some disappointments.
Johnny and Daniel having issues again. Tory rejoining Cobra Kai is super unrealistic and just kind of dumb.
Miguel and Hawk losing was annoying. The binary brothers having another rift was lame.
Miguel's motivation for wanting to win the Tekai is super lame so far. No Terry so far.
Kreese can teleport now???
Yeah I don’t know I thought it was excellent, people definitely went into it with high expectations, but knowing it would be a pregame to the Sekai Taikai I wasn’t disappointed in the slightest
Crazy people 😅 it's just like that because they split it in 3 parts but the other 2 parts will be mind blowing. So it's the calm before the storm!!! It's was a great part1 with the biggest Tory shocker of the whole show
P.s if kim.is miyagis brother and used that knive at the assault 😅 maybe he wanted kreeses finger prints on it 😂😂 frame him after 70 years 😂 insane silver plan. Just kidding 😂
Well yeah, I have no doubt parts 2 and 3 will be better. But people just wanted part 1 in itself to be better.
@roundtable3501 I get that 🫠 but I think it was pretty good. And they have to take it slow I think but with a big cliffhanger. Just that the same problems are all over again is a little annoying
@@xxx-funandtheories8337
I agree that it was good. I think the comments calling it bad or terrible are over exaggerating the flaws. But since it’s the final season, there was hope that the first 5 episodes would be as good as possible, but they weren’t. They had their problems. And yeah I think most that had their problems with these episodes are still excited for the next parts. I know I am.
@roundtable3501 I agree. Well I watched them 4 times now 😅😅 I still love all off it
indeed
This show could have ended with 1 episode of epilogue after s5 ep10. They entered the tournament to stop Terry Silver. After his arrest and Cobra Kai folded in the valley, there was no point to continue. All of a sudden they're going to the tournament for fame and filling out college applications?? LAME. Johnny and Daniel's bickering is pointless and tired, Kreese's fugitive story is dumb, and the only reason the season is split is so Netflix can carry momentum into the spinoff movie. It's a sad decline of a great show corrupted by corporate greed.
The seikai taikai will make this season better.
That, and the final 5 episodes.
Johnny's character development receeded like a bad hairline. It's like he is just pandering to lowest common denominator
Yeah...what was up with that dumb slumber party??? And Johnny standing on a desk at LaRusso Auto and declaring that he was going to start his own car dealership??? I realize those scenes were kind of "comic relief," but I found them implausible. Johnny Lawrence is not the brightest crayon in the box, but he's not an idiot!!!
@@Superchick2 ig Johnny Lawrence fans are mostly teenagers and they love his antics. So writers are pandering them so that show become more popular
Yes it is
Atleast this season wasnt as bad as season 4 and the first few episodes of season 5
Part 1 just made no sense to me. I feel like there was a gap missing between ending of season 5 and beginning of season 6 part 1.. i kept thinking did i miss an episode? And daniel and johnny still fighting?, fuck sake.. my ears were bleeding.
I agree that the first 2 episodes were the weakest. I don't think s6 was anywhere near as bad as some people are labeling though. I actually put it slightly above s5, which had as many unrealistic moments and go nowhere story threads (mexico, anyone?)
Critical Drinker is largely a poor film critic even when he's being genuinely objective, which he often isn't. He is more just a comedic reactionary who capitalises on the current trends of what to dislike. I wouldn't use him as a reference for good taste.
Drinker praised Cobra Kai every season till now. He surely knows what's good.
« The show doesn’t have haters » the typical line of a true fanatical
It's really true though. (I mean there's a couple people like that but I think they secretly like the show).
@@watchparty1 well on reddit people hate the show
Kenny to Hawk: Looks like you have a new name “Hawk Tuah”.
sigma
Indeed
I didn't find the scenes to have been "bad;" there was simply too much material to have covered in 5 episodes (e.g., when did Anthony finally put down his video game controller and start Karate training in earnest with his Dad? How was it that Daniel & Amanda just allowed Chozen to move into their home for three months?). The worst thing, though, is that Netflix is releasing Season 6 in three parts with too-long waits between them. It's kind of like going to a restaurant and having too long a wait after ordering a meal for the individual items to come up (entree doesn't arrive for an hour after appetizers put on table). We, the fans, waiited about two years for Cobra Kai to return. WQe should have had the pleasure of binge-watching the entire 6th season from start to finish. Now we have to wait until November for the next five???
FIRST COMMENT AND FIRST LIKE:🥇🐍👊 T.G.I.F HAPPY FRIDAY🏅
Yo man waths hapening,why arent there vids latley?
Aren't you commenting on one? I was out of town for a while.
@@watchparty1 oh ok,just wondering becuse usualy you post every other day.
I feel with the rumours and stuff that they are just doing to many ass pull and stuff that dose not make sense I said it should have ended last season everyone was friends they stopped cobra Kai by putting terry silver in jail
Justo when I'm gonna watch the season... Fuck.
I admit these episodes were very weak but i personally feel that the first 5 are more like filler episodes they are not meant to be dramatic but give more context and content to a certain situation
It was intentional so we will be blown away by the next 10!
I actually really enjoyed the first 5 episodes. To me it seems a bit like nitpicking from fans because the story hasn't finished. And all of the complaints that I've read.... I feel like those same problems have happened multiple times in every season of the show, but for whatever reason people chose to ignore them previously but now focus on them entirely in this season without discussing the good things.
I agree with some of this. I think some of the fans’ complaints do go too far and special pleading is engaged in. But I think the disappointing element is that the flaws present here are some of the flaws from previous seasons. The writers didn’t learn from their mistakes. I think the two biggest were repetition/regression of characters and the half hour format. The half hour format just doesn’t work anymore. I think part of it you can understand because for the last season and a two year gap, you want things to be as good as they can. And even though I enjoyed it, they just could’ve been done better.
@@roundtable3501 for me, there has always been an "issue" with the show. I feel like the concept for it was not meant for a long series, but maybe 1 or 2 movies or a 1-2 season show tops. I promise, while I was watching Season 1, I thought that it would only really be able to run for one season. Then the Kreese intro meant they'd have another season. Throughout Season 2, I felt this show can't last more than another season. Same thing with the finale to that season. It has always found a way to overstay it's welcome. I credit the writers for giving us good stuff in every season so that it was worth it, but there's a reason every season is padded with repetitive beats. Also, the ridiculous/eye-roll inducing moments throughout the show.... I seriously think there are writers on the staff who don't see them as bad things. They keep incorporating them even though they know some fans think it's lame. To them, they're not flaws. On that note, I swear at least one of the writers is a diehard anime fan who loves making the show a real-life anime and does so unapologetically.
So why did they re shoot the epjsode 1 ... I did not see something special happening that would add to the story!?
They reshot episode 1 because they filmed episode 1 when the writers strike hit so there were no writers on set when they filmed.
While I agree with some of the criticisms you made on S6, i gotta say the critical drinker is really not a reliable reviewer. He hops on bandwagons to cater to what the majority of people say about shows/movies to maximize engagement. It's clear in many of his videos he never actually watches the material and gets all his "critiques" from media articles and other reviewers.
To be fair he was judging it based on episode 1&2, episode 3-5 were great
You need to learn the difference between hopping on a bandwagon and creating it. Drinker creates the bandwagon others hop on. Still what he said about Season 6 echoes what others are saying which is why I included him.
My problem is the writers tried to force feed us that Anthony, and especially Devon, are relevant fighters. I mean come on. You expect those two over penis breath???
Exactly, I’d rather they had chosen: Chris, Mitch, Bert or Nate. Characters who had been here for the past six season and have grown to care for.
Heck! I’d rather bring back Piper to, I know people don’t like her character but they’d be lying if they said she wasn’t a hell of a fighter, I mean she was already a natural athlete.
@@SylusDurocherNo you’re right about Piper, she did a question mark kick and that solidified her as a better performer than Miguel and Hawk.
@@SylusDurocher They should've brought Piper back. It would've been great to see her in Miyagi Do in Season 6, and she would've easily made the top 6. I mean, if they were going to have Tory go back to Kreese, than the 6 Miyagi Do fighters should've been Robby, Sam, Miguel, Hawk, Demetri, and Piper. I would've much preferred that over the stupid as hell Kenny/Devon subplot. For me, the whole subplot about Devon lacing Kenny's water with Laxatives was the worst thing about Season 6(at least so far). Also, Piper was a total clout chaser in Season 4: She was going to join Eagle Fang, but joined Cobra Kai instead because they had better merchandise. There's no way she would resist the chance to compete in a World Karate Tournament, and since Cobra Kai was no longer a viable option in the Valley, she'd have no choice but to go to Miyagi Do.
Not bringing back Piper was a HUGE missed opportunity.
Cobra Kai Season 6 part 1 is mid
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To be honest, they should have really ended the series at S5, everything was wrapped up in a bow... All the story lines were complete, all characters had grown and progressed.... Johnny and Daniel weren't arguing like and old married couple.... But this season just took a huge dump on all the character development! They all took a giant step backwards. Daniel's obsession with "The Miyagi Way" is just becoming so cringe now.... We have Tory, who finally made up with Sam, go back to CK even though Kim Da Un forced her to punch the rock, breaking her had. Kreese has become the cartoon villain... I could go on, but it'll be too long.
It's a rocky start to the final season, but hopefully things will improve with the next two installments.
Very true
To make matters worse, they NERFED Hawk yet again!
You Hawk fans are always complaining when he gets whooped. Robby is the one getting nerfed, he’s just now getting the flowers he deserves
@@JohnTune-u2x, Robby will forever be runner up
The frustrating part was when they got Johnny and Daniel beefing again because Daniel just cannot get out of his own way
Tory seem to have rejoined Cobra Kai for plot convenience for hawk to go to the tournament
Miguel has been getting done dirty since season 4 and it’s ridiculous since he’s the main character along with Johnny hopefully he wins the tournament but damn what a shame they also did Hawk dirty 🤦🏻♂️
How is Sensei Kreese, A WANTED MAN, flying to Korea, flying back here, flying back to Korea, then to Spain?
Off-Screen Theory: Kreese escaped prison and went straight to Silver’s house to get revenge. He found the place trashed and occupied by Terry’s Butler only. The Butler didn’t know about their beef, but knows they were best friends for decades and partners in Cobra Kai.
The Butler tells Kreese the place got trashed when Johnny, Chozen & Barnes surprise attacked Silver, who was just arrested after an incident at the flagship dojo. He also tells Kreese that he’s in charge while Silver’s gone & just arranged a flight home for Kim/The Fist senseis on Terry’s private jet.
So Kreese tells the Butler it’s an emergency that he meets Kim in Korea to fix this whole mess & gets access to Terry’s private jet and pilot. That’s how he is able to fly back & forth undetected.
-Another option: instead of the butler, Kreese finds Snake & Dennis running things and they give him access to Silver’s private jet & resources. Even if they know about the beef with Kreese & Silver, perhaps they don’t care and only want to see Cobra Kai come back, but with them running it this time. So they make a deal with Kreese for a percentage of Cobra Kai so they can be dojo partners instead of henchmen.
Critical drinker is not a good critic you shouldn’t use him him as a valid reviewer
In my opinion that whole mr miyagi secret is so unnecessary. Like you could have removed all of that and the show would still be the same. They could have added in more screen time to different characters eg miguel, robby and johnny (stuff that made the earlier seasons much more enjoyable)or more of torys past and have them more fleshed out.
It’s fucking horrible nothing else to say
Will Kenny teach mrgi do sliver bullet
Watch party is a miyagi do simp and a silver hater he literally wants Cobra Kai to lose
Lol wp is someone who hate character like sam and Daniel. Why you think he is miyagi-do simp?
I'm not digging the f..kin '90s look the kids are sporting at all...