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Did Ralph Macchio make a deal with the Devil to never age, or something?

Interloper wrote:Did Ralph Macchio make a deal with the Devil to never age, or something?

Karate is a good and healthy exercise

Interloper wrote:Did Ralph Macchio make a deal with the Devil to never age, or something?

He did deal with the devil, haven't you watched Crossroads?



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqdL36VKbMQ

Obviously swapped eternal youth in exchange for his career.... !

and his Karate skills

Bao wrote:

Interloper wrote:Did Ralph Macchio make a deal with the Devil to never age, or something?

He did deal with the devil, haven't you watched Crossroads?

Haha! Forgot about that. Done deal.

GrahamB wrote:Obviously swapped eternal youth in exchange for his career.... !

Evidently!

To be honest I was a fan of the original movies as I’m sure many on this site were.
Ah the innocent 80’s

While I would like to have hoped a fair amount of effort would have gone into the continuation of the story my gut feel tells me I’ll be bitterly disappointed. I just had to see Ralph’s reverse crescent kick in one of the clips to get that feeling.

But I’ll still end up watching it of course if I can.

Yes absolutely the first film was great very nice feeling to it, the second was good and also he'd a nice feeling(actually inspired me to go to Okinawa:) ..... The movies after that went downhill.. But I too will probably end up watching this new one:)

I gotta admit - while I don't really care for the idiocy of the schoolkids' egos, I really enjoy the dynamic between Ralph Macchio and William Zabka. I like the struggle for Zabka's character to do the right thing, and I liked the way things were flipped for most of season 1, where Macchio's character was a total d-bag ego. Just finished watching season 2.Enjoying it.

AJG wrote:To be honest I was a fan of the original movies as I’m sure many on this site were.
Ah the innocent 80’s

While I would like to have hoped a fair amount of effort would have gone into the continuation of the story my gut feel tells me I’ll be bitterly disappointed. I just had to see Ralph’s reverse crescent kick in one of the clips to get that feeling.

But I’ll still end up watching it of course if I can.

Like Meeks I've really enjoyed the new series. I remember seeing a fan film on youtube a few years back (I'm sure it's still there somewhere) where Macchio is portrayed as a bully. Check it out (the series) - I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.

Can admit that I've binge watched both of the seasons 3 times. One of my all time favorite TV-shows. Agree with Meeks that the dynamic between the main characters is excellent and the best part of the show.

You watched both seasons 3 times?!?!?!

Saying that I did do a podcast about it

https://thetaichinotebook.com/2020/09/0 ... cobra-kai/