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So, is Johnny Lawrence the bad guy in Cobra Kai or no?
Posted on 8/31/20 at 2:13 pm
Posted on 8/31/20 at 2:13 pm
It was pretty apparent that after Johnny lost to Daniel in The Karate Kid, Johnny had respect for Daniel. He handed him the trophy after all.
However, for Johnny, you can tell the loss affected his life. He’s trying to make up for it by rebuilding the Cobra Kai brand (kinda).
Yeah, he can be a dick at times, and his view of the altercations he had with Daniel in the past are skewed, but is he essentially the bad guy in this series?
I’ve only watched the first season. Waiting for the wife to finish it before moving on to season 2.
However, for Johnny, you can tell the loss affected his life. He’s trying to make up for it by rebuilding the Cobra Kai brand (kinda).
Yeah, he can be a dick at times, and his view of the altercations he had with Daniel in the past are skewed, but is he essentially the bad guy in this series?
I’ve only watched the first season. Waiting for the wife to finish it before moving on to season 2.
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Posted on 8/31/20 at 2:19 pm to finchmeister08
I’m on episode 8 of season 1. I don’t see a clear bad guy. I think they both have their point of view of what happened and it impacts them differently
Posted on 8/31/20 at 2:20 pm to finchmeister08
I only saw the first three episodes when they first came out for free on YouTube. LaRusso came across a bit of a douche weasel. Does he redeem himself as the series goes on? Now that it is on Netflix I may have to give it a go.
This post was edited on 8/31/20 at 5:25 pm
Posted on 8/31/20 at 2:20 pm to finchmeister08
No he is not the bad guy. Cobra Kai(The Series) is the redemption story of Johnny Lawrence. Season 2 wasn't as good as season 1 due to the story lines it uses, but the last 2 episodes are amazing.
Posted on 8/31/20 at 2:26 pm to finchmeister08
Daniel is definitely a big ole douche in season 1. They are equal douche in season 2.
Posted on 8/31/20 at 2:38 pm to finchmeister08
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It was pretty apparent that after Johnny lost to Daniel in The Karate Kid, Johnny had respect for Daniel. He handed him the trophy after all.
Honestly that never made sense to me. You kinda get that he had some respect when he didn't want to sweep the leg but he was not remorseful about doing it. Also, Johnny elbowed his knee all on his own like 30 seconds before he's handing him the trophy. If he had respect for him he probably wouldn't have done the elbow. Felt like handing him the trophy that was tacked on to redeem the villains more than making sense character-wise.
Posted on 8/31/20 at 2:41 pm to finchmeister08
He's the good guy, but Daniel is not the bad guy, imo. They're just 2 guys with pros and cons who are in conflict with each other.
At first, I thought it was stupid that Johnny's whole life was poisoned by that one event, but now I think it had a lot more to do with his marriage to a party whore. The fight was just the spark that led to Johnny's life of bad choices.
At first, I thought it was stupid that Johnny's whole life was poisoned by that one event, but now I think it had a lot more to do with his marriage to a party whore. The fight was just the spark that led to Johnny's life of bad choices.
Posted on 8/31/20 at 2:47 pm to finchmeister08
Daniel is the bad guy always and forever.
Posted on 8/31/20 at 2:50 pm to finchmeister08
That's one reason I like this show. It flips, depending on the moment. I think Johnny is still the "bad guy", but Daniel is a d-bag, at times. Daniel's life worked out and you can tell he thinks he's hot shite. At least Johnny is trying to make something of himself.
Posted on 8/31/20 at 4:10 pm to finchmeister08
Everytime I try to watch this show something just feels off about it. Cant put my finger on it but at the same time it's too distracting to keep watching.
Posted on 8/31/20 at 4:11 pm to finchmeister08
Johnny has never been the bad guy.
Posted on 8/31/20 at 4:42 pm to finchmeister08
No
He's just bad at making the right decisions. Had miyagi been in his life, instead of John..he probably would have turned out better.
I wouldn't like daniel either if I were him. Or anyone else
He's just bad at making the right decisions. Had miyagi been in his life, instead of John..he probably would have turned out better.
I wouldn't like daniel either if I were him. Or anyone else
Posted on 8/31/20 at 6:35 pm to finchmeister08
Johnny’s character is so much more interesting than Daniel’s. Maybe because he enjoys being a badass and telling his students not to be pussies, while at the same time he is trying to teach the kids to be a better person than he was at their age.
Posted on 8/31/20 at 8:40 pm to finchmeister08
Ive never met anyone who’s drink of choice is Coors Banquet that I didn’t immediately get along with.
Posted on 8/31/20 at 8:58 pm to finchmeister08
Johnny was clearly the bad guy in Karate Kid. Daniel was a bit of a jerk, but Johnny was older and should have been more mature. Can't shove a younger guy down the side of a hill while he's riding his bike or beat the crap out of him 4 to 1.
However, the creators of Cobra Kai said they wanted to explorer the idea that there isn't always a good or bad guy, it's mostly gray area. So there's not exactly a bad guy in Cobra Kai, but obviously that doesn't work well for tv, so they had to add someone.
However, the creators of Cobra Kai said they wanted to explorer the idea that there isn't always a good or bad guy, it's mostly gray area. So there's not exactly a bad guy in Cobra Kai, but obviously that doesn't work well for tv, so they had to add someone.
Posted on 9/1/20 at 9:15 pm to finchmeister08
I aN pretty sure Daniel’s son is the bad guy.
Posted on 9/1/20 at 10:41 pm to finchmeister08
I really hope they don’t treat the Johnny/Daniel relationship the way Suits did Harvey/Louis. That roller coaster got old after a while.
Posted on 9/2/20 at 8:35 am to finchmeister08
When does season 3 come out?
Posted on 9/2/20 at 12:43 pm to finchmeister08
The true villain is D-man. He constantly provoked conflicts and then played the victim whenever he met comeuppance for his cowardly actions. These actions sent Hawk on his spiral that had Moon dump him, motivating the sacking of Miyagi Dojo. Then, just when the Cobra Kai and Miyagi Do kids were all coming together as friends and Hawk was starting to learn some humility to mellow out and relax, he pores gasoline on the fire and restarts the karate war that boils over the next week at school.
Robby and Samantha especially also share some culpability, but Demetrie is the true villain of the series.
Robby and Samantha especially also share some culpability, but Demetrie is the true villain of the series.
Posted on 9/3/20 at 1:55 am to finchmeister08
I have been saying for years, Daniel is definitely the villain. Johnny, was trying to mind his own business; when Daniel inserted himself in to someone else’s private life.
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