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"There’s nothing dirty about winning, Sensei. You taught me that."
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It's no coincidence that Johnny Lawrence has been referencing
Rocky III throughout
Cobra Kai.
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"...then Daniel LaRusso came to town."
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We've been consistently impressed with the fight choreography on Cobra Kai because it has so rarely wasted movement. It's fighting as storytelling.
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Raise your hand if you also did not know “quiver” was a term for a group of cobras?
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"Back in my day, if you wanted to tease someone you did it to their face. There was honor. Respect."
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Cobra Kai is a surprisingly moving study of how people grow older and the reasons humans largely can't help but stay the same.
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"I just don't know why you'd ever want to bring back Cobra Kai after what your sensei did to you."
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The look on William Zabka's face when Miguel accuses him of "doing a lot of genderizing" should be this show's poster.
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The moment a 52-year-old spin kicks a high school senior into unconsciousness is probably where Cobra Kai either grabs or loses you.
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Live long enough without the fear of an end and you will be ruined in some way.
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If you hadn't noticed yet,
Altered Carbon would like you to know the future is fucked up.
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Call the Bancroft murder case "Blockbuster," baby, because that sh*t is closed for good.
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This episode reminds us a lot of "The Lost Sister" ep of Stranger Things, except this episode is actually good.
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This episode is filled with badass robot arms, underground mutant cage fighting, slightly terrible covers of Rob Zombie music, and sudden appearances of sisterly sword-wielding assassins.
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"The Wrong Man" is jam-packed with religious assassin ghosts, sad graphic sex, and a bloody death that actually sticks.
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This episode is like if the Saw movies boned the Hostel franchise and had a deeply unpleasant child.
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This isn't the most action-packed hour of Altered Carbon, but it definitely has some interesting points to get across.
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After a slow premiere, it's satisfying to see Altered Carbon settle into a groove as the actual hard-boiled detective story it so clearly wants to be
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As you might expect, the pilot episode of this series, based on a 2002 cyberpunk science fiction novel by Richard K. Morgan, is heavy on the world-building.