The Karate Kid...lets discuss the greatness.

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I would have sold my mother for Danielsan's headband. It was the equivalent of Wonder Woman's magic lasso.

Je4nne ƒury (Jeanne Fury), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 16:23 (nineteen years ago) link

It's a perfect film and all. There's a scene (in the canteen) where the girl introduces herself to Daniel as "Ali...with an I" and that "...with an I" always seemed so sexy to me. When I was fourteen some girls started chatting to me in a mall, and I introduced myself as "Steven...with a V" in homage, but the fucking sexiness I tried to bring to the "...with a V" was so excruciatingly lame & they lost interest & it remains my most embarrassing moment.

Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 16:32 (nineteen years ago) link

and then the town Zabka pushed you off your Miyagi 3000?

Velveteen Bingo (Chris V), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 16:35 (nineteen years ago) link

ha ha TOWN ZABKA

nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 16:37 (nineteen years ago) link

The Town Zabka of Lexington, KY is named Pat and once I was playing "Hey Ya!" at a party on a guitar and he told me I was "ruining the song".

nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 16:38 (nineteen years ago) link

Daniel Lauroso's camo pants are really cool.

shookout (shookout), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 16:45 (nineteen years ago) link

The Town Zabka of Memphis, TN is a large black man named Maurice who drives a tow truck.

nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 16:52 (nineteen years ago) link

especially with the tucked in shirt and bandana.

http://www.ec.com.my/webproxy/nph-proxy.pl/010110A/http/whatever-dude.com/wdimages/dposts/kkid5.jpg

Velveteen Bingo (Chris V), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 16:54 (nineteen years ago) link

Nick please tell me that you have challenge Pat to a showdown at the All Valley Karate Championship? And you're friends with an old wise Japanese man.

Velveteen Bingo (Chris V), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 16:55 (nineteen years ago) link

ha ha no I just got my ass handed to me and I threw my bike in a dumpster

nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 17:00 (nineteen years ago) link

However, I am friends with an old wise Japanese man. If by "old wise" you mean "hippy" and "Japanese" you mean "asshole".

nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 17:01 (nineteen years ago) link

"Best defence: not be there"

(and checking the above i found this: http://www.cyberkwoon.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9397&view=next which is like ilx meets cobra kai...)

koogs (koogs), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 17:04 (nineteen years ago) link

"Given that in a lot of countries(UK esp.) carrying any blatent weapons is illegal, and following on from my previous post re Multiple opponents, what would you recommend as a useful weapon-like item to carry around the streets?"

koogs (koogs), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 17:06 (nineteen years ago) link

I can't even believe this thread got so far without someone mentioning Bill Simmons.

chris herrington (chris herrington), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 17:34 (nineteen years ago) link

must-read:

http://sports.espn.go.com/page2/movies/s/simmons/020830.html

chris herrington (chris herrington), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 17:38 (nineteen years ago) link

i read simmons all the time and i love that article.

Velveteen Bingo (Chris V), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 18:11 (nineteen years ago) link

"Must be take a work for a walk week!"--Nostril Guy

shookout (shookout), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 19:17 (nineteen years ago) link

Oooooh. Busted-azz mofo right dere.

Je4nne ƒury (Jeanne Fury), Thursday, 9 September 2004 16:49 (nineteen years ago) link

looks like he needs to bring back that bandana to cover his receda hairline. hahaha hoohooo. slaps knee.

Velveteen Bingo (Chris V), Thursday, 9 September 2004 16:50 (nineteen years ago) link

Golf-N-Stuff. What a place for a date!

I like when Johnny is rolling a joint on the toilet. When I was little, I had no idea what he was doing!

Those Kobra Kai skeleton suits are ill.

Why would Ali like a dork like Daniel?

Crap Bootie, Thursday, 9 September 2004 17:30 (nineteen years ago) link

one year passes...
heh. i like this

Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Thursday, 26 January 2006 04:12 (eighteen years ago) link

haha someone else was watching turner classicks too i see

j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 26 January 2006 05:21 (eighteen years ago) link

yeah wtf!

Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Thursday, 26 January 2006 05:42 (eighteen years ago) link

i miss the really transparent class politics of 80s teen flicks

Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Thursday, 26 January 2006 05:43 (eighteen years ago) link

sort of transparent but also deflected, often into competitions of physical skillz, cf. footloose, breakin, quicksilver.. but yeah, usually it was "street rules" which trumped the establishment, and miyagi's ancient knowledge definitely belongs to that category

i will plug my article about breakin and beat street again here -- http://www.freakytrigger.co.uk/nylpm/2002_03_01_nylpm_archive.html#11072845

Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 26 January 2006 05:51 (eighteen years ago) link

two years pass...

Huh:

Superstar actor Will Smith will produce an updated version of The Karate Kid, which was originally released in 1984. The remake will feature Smith’s son Jaden Smith in his third major role since his acting debut alongside his father in the movie The Pursuit of Happyness. The original 1984 flick starred Ralph Macchio as Daniel La Russo and Pat Morita as the famous Mr. Miyagi and was set in Las Angeles California. The new version of the film, which is being written by Chris Murphy, centers around a meek young boy who lives in Beijing. He turns to a mentor to build character, defend himself against a bully and to learn that there is more to the Martial Arts than the physical element of fighting. The Karate Kid was originally produced by Jerry Weintraub, who will co-produce the updated version with Smith’s Overbrook Pictures’ James Lassiter and Ken Stovitz. The updated version of The Karate Kid is slated to begin filming in China early next year. Jaden, 10, will next be seen on the big screen in the upcoming movie The Day the Earth Stood Still.

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 11 November 2008 16:05 (fifteen years ago) link

Oh yuck. I'm tired of Will Smith trying to turn his kid into a star.

Nicolars (Nicole), Tuesday, 11 November 2008 16:09 (fifteen years ago) link

No! this idea sucks out loud.

Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 11 November 2008 20:29 (fifteen years ago) link

karate? in beijing? they all look alike, huh

goole, Tuesday, 11 November 2008 20:32 (fifteen years ago) link

Oh yuck. I'm tired of Will Smith trying to turn his kid himself into a star.

Eric H., Tuesday, 11 November 2008 20:34 (fifteen years ago) link

seven months pass...

Just bought the Karate Kid boxed set as I'm a geek. The first movie is a childhood favorite. The second one, well it has an awesome Peter Cetera song....

III IV V (Bo Jackson Overdrive), Sunday, 21 June 2009 20:51 (fourteen years ago) link

Best part of the second one is the first scene, which picks up after the end of the first movie. After that, not so great.

I think I may have seen the third movie, but I don't remember anything about it. And I'm pretty sure I never saw the one with Hilary Swank.

Johnny Fever, Sunday, 21 June 2009 23:17 (fourteen years ago) link

six months pass...

Just saw the trailer for the new KK movie, starring Will Smith Jr.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy3TwgpOfr0

Wow, it looks dumb. But, for consistency's sake, I will say this - from neither Reseda, or Beijing, can they get to where they do their "picturesque" training sequence without the use of a car.

In the original, you're driving at least 30 min to get to Malibu, and, depending on where in Beijing you are, you're driving at least an hour to an hour and a half to get to the section of the Great Wall where they filmed the training (looks like Badaling, which is where every tourist goes, so it would never be as empty as it is in the trailer).

Clerk all KNOWIN (B.L.A.M.), Wednesday, 23 December 2009 21:23 (fourteen years ago) link

I recently caught the end of Karate Kid II on tv and was blown away by the 5-minute long seen where the girl he wants to boing serves him tea/miso in a very ritualistic fashion, which he mimics in turn, before climaxing in a kiss so passionate that it instantly triggers a typhoon.

Quiet, I'm making my Youtube Star Wars Review (Z S), Thursday, 24 December 2009 01:57 (fourteen years ago) link

SCENE

Quiet, I'm making my Youtube Star Wars Review (Z S), Thursday, 24 December 2009 01:57 (fourteen years ago) link

iirc the stoltz gay kiss comes immediately before this

http://i47.tinypic.com/m8g41v.jpg

Quiet, I'm making my Youtube Star Wars Review (Z S), Thursday, 24 December 2009 02:13 (fourteen years ago) link

I wonder if you can pull "the karate kid" kick off in a real tournament without getting your ass kicked in the parking lot later

Quiet, I'm making my Youtube Star Wars Review (Z S), Thursday, 24 December 2009 02:14 (fourteen years ago) link

wait so jackie chan is teaching him karate in china?

Nhex, Thursday, 24 December 2009 02:57 (fourteen years ago) link

There is a minor bit of controversy around that, since last year Jackie said that it would be retitled The Kung Fu Kid, which Will Smith later refuted.

kingkongvsgodzilla, Thursday, 24 December 2009 11:49 (fourteen years ago) link

two months pass...

They could use the Bat For Lashes song "Daniel" on the soundtrack, since the name is a reference to the Daniel character in the original Karate Kid.

I was trying to keep it a secret but I got my friend to paint Daniel Laruso from the film The Karate Kid on my back for the single front cover. I have had a crush on him for years and it's one of my all time favourite childhood films. So I think the name definitely came from that reference however the concept on the song is a little bit more secret.

http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/bat-for-lashes/news/108611-bat-for-lashes-interview

o. nate, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 19:00 (fourteen years ago) link

wait so jackie chan is teaching him karate in china?

what a disaster for karate

Brad C., Wednesday, 24 February 2010 19:03 (fourteen years ago) link

seeing a little too much of jayden's pinkett-smith there

da croupier, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 19:11 (fourteen years ago) link

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:u7IkigYNi2ETVM:http://www.blogcdn.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2007/05/retrokarate4.jpg

can't help but wonder how Jayden will stack up against Academy-Award-Winning horseface

Wrinkles, I'll see you on the other side (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 19:13 (fourteen years ago) link

It seems like such a teen movie, I don't see how casting an 11 yr old is going to work.

ô_o (Nicole), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 19:17 (fourteen years ago) link

THE MAGIC OF SCIENTOLOGY

Wrinkles, I'll see you on the other side (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 19:18 (fourteen years ago) link

this kid was so unbearable in that wretched Day The Earth Stood Still movie

nitzer ENBB (latebloomer), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 22:16 (fourteen years ago) link

honestly one of the worst child actor performances i've ever seen.

nitzer ENBB (latebloomer), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 22:17 (fourteen years ago) link


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