An Unexpected Continuation of The Karate Kid
Remakes, reboots and reimagining the 80s doesn’t stop at music, fashion and blockbuster hits. A continuation of The Karate Kid is being made available on YouTube Red, proving the 80s is strong on any platform. An Unexpected Continuation of The Karate Kid “As the nemesis of Ralph Macchio’s Daniel LaRusso in ‘The Karate Kid’ (1984), the definitive underdog tale for at least one generation, Johnny was the story’s...
A New The Karate Kid Is Being Rebooted For YouTube Red
If you happen to be confused as to what YouTube Red is, in short, it is the YouTube version of Netflix. It’s a subscription service that brings you premium content and we can now confirm that a Karate Kid reboot will be one of those pieces of content. “Actors Ralph Macchio and William Zabka will reprise their roles in the forthcoming project, which is being produced by Sony Pictures Television Studios and Overbrook...
This Karate Kid Read Along Book Is Fascinatingly Creepy
Read Along Books were big business in the 1980s. These days, not so much. They’re still around but it’s rare to see kids listening to books when they can either a) see the movie the book is based on or b) watch the movie on a phone or iPad. So really, Read Along Books were like the iPads of the 1980s. Take your favorite movie anywhere, in book form, because handheld technology didn’t really exist yet. This Karate...
Top 5 Movie Bad Guys (and Girls) from the 1980s
By Ryan Zimmerman Hi everyone—this is my first of many, I hope, Top 5 countdowns of various topics from the most beloved decade – the 1980s. 5. Dolph Lundgren as “Ivan Drago” in Rocky IV In 1985, Rocky IV brought us the man-beast known as Ivan Drago. Drago took to the ring and ended Apollo Creed’s career, and life, in an unparalleled beating. Rocky had enough of Drago’s “if he dies, he dies” mentality, and takes him on in a...
The Karate Kid, 1984
Wax On, Wax Off In the 80s, The Karate Kid did for martial arts what Flashdance did for leg warmers. Girls loved the movie for heartthrob Ralph Maccio and guys loved it because – well because it was the ultimate kid meets bully, kid gets beat by bully, kid beats the you-know-what out of bully in the end. It all starts when Daniel LaRusso, the Karate Kid (played by Ralph Maccio) moves to California, where he quickly makes some...
