Posted on Wednesday, May 2nd, 2018 by Hoai-Tran Bui
Ready to be transported back to the world of The Karate Kid, but not willing to fork over the cash for a YouTube Red subscription? You’re in luck: the first two Cobra Kai episodes are available to watch now for free on YouTube. It’s a clever marketing ruse by YouTube to get new subscribers, but the Cobra Kai free episodes may actually convince you to buy into a whole new streaming service. Because critics are raving about the long-awaited sequel to the classic ’80s sports film.
Cobra Kai brings original Karate Kid stars Ralph Macchio and William Zabka into the 21st century, following Macchio’s Daniel, AKA the Karate Kid, and Zabka’s Johnny meeting again on the dojo floor. But their situations are much different: Daniel is a successful local celebrity who runs a string of car dealerships, while Johnny is a down-on-his-luck drunk who finds himself standing up for a bullied kid. The two clash again when Johnny decides to mentor the scrappy teen, Miguel Diaz (Xolo Maridueña), and re-open his old Cobra Kai dojo.
The web series debuted on YouTube Red today, with the first two episodes available for all viewers for free below.
Cobra Kai was already met with some early positive buzz a week ago, but now that the first two episodes are available on YouTube, more glowing reviews are rolling in.
NPR‘s Linda Holmes called it “a crane kick of nostalgia right to the throat,” continuing, “But if we must reboot our beloved old favorites, it’s much better to see it done like this, using the passage of time as an asset and a way into a different story about the same people, than as a cheap rehash with the old cast perched on it like check-cashing cake toppers.”
Welcome to Cobra Kai! Fear does not exist in this dojo. Pain does not exist in this dojo. Defeat does not exist in this dojo. Strike First, Strike Hard, No Mercy. This is a place for discussing all things related to the YouTube Red series Cobra Kai, the world of The Karate Kid and its sequels (even the Swank one).
Meanwhile The New Yorker‘s Troy Patterson calls Cobra Kai a perfect “teen show for Gen X-ers” whose “attention to Johnny’s maladjustment is a hard kernel of realism pinging off its nostalgic bits, fan-club philosophizing, and its broad analyses of the mean girls and teen bullies of the twenty-first century.”
Finally, Variety’s Mekeisha Madden Toby says Cobra Kai is “an entertaining ride into a forgotten world of underdogs.”
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- Season 1 Episode 2 - Strike First. Present day Daniel LaRusso lives a charmed life. That is, until he sees that the Cobra Kai dojo, the source of his teenage angst.
- Cobra Kai (2018). This Karate Kid sequel series picks up 30 years after the events of the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament and finds Johnny Lawrence on the hunt for redemption by reopening the infamous Cobra Kai karate dojo. This reignites his old rivalry with the successful Daniel LaRusso, who has been working to maintain the balance in his life without mentor Mr.
- Mar 18, 2019 How to Watch Cobra Kai Season 2 Online: Who else thinks that Cobra Kai’s second season is taking forever? When the time comes and Cobra Kai’s second season hits Youtube Premium, we’ll be ready with our VPNs. Because geo-restrictions forbid international access, and to watch Cobra Kai abroad, we’ll need a VPN.
In the highly-anticipated return of two iconic characters, the arch-rivals from the legendary Karate Kid film series reunite over 30 years after the events of the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament. Now living in the affluent hills of Encino, Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) leads an enviable life with his beautiful family, while running a successful string of car dealerships throughout the valley. Meanwhile, his high school adversary, Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka), whose life has taken a rocky turn, seeks redemption by reopening the infamous Cobra Kai karate dojo. Their lives inevitably become intertwined and the rivalry is reignited, setting forth the next generation of “karate kids” in COBRA KAI, a YouTube Red Original Series.
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