How 'Cobra Kai' went from obscurity to No. 1 on Netflix

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5. Very respectful of the original IP

while extending to a more nuanced story.

Lots of other franchises could learn from how this was handled. My wife and I watched the Karate Kid movies while dating, and we loved sitting down and seeing how the characters changed over 30 years.

The actor who said "Get him a body bag" has an ironic scene that was very touching especially knowing what happened to the actor soon after filming.

Star Wars, Terminator, Doctor Who, and Star Trek could learn some lessons on how to handle the original IP. The problems they are experiencing now is in direct response to not understanding those lessons.

I thought The Watchmen also did a good job with the original IP except the degradation of Ozymandias. I thought that could have been handled a bit better.