Karate Kid -was Daniel the bad guy?
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His own theory is sort of debunked in the first minute. He says Johnny "isn't getting violent", yet takes the radio, stuffs it into his chest and forces him to the ground. While Daniel-son inserts himself into the situation.. Johnny makes the first move.
Still, decent theory with some good points.. and a PCU reference.
Still, decent theory with some good points.. and a PCU reference.
Daniel definitely is the instigator in the costume party scene. Johnny and his crew are just trying to smoke a little weed when Daniel drenches them in water. The ensuing *** beating he gets was is own doing.
Daniel was not the bad guy, but he absolutely deserved every beating he got just for being himself.
LOL @ this thread. I love it! Daniel was definitely deserving of the arse whoopin' he received after the Halloween dance, but I'm not so sure he deserved what he got during the bike down the hill scene. That was brutal and those guys are lucky they didn't kill him in the process, cause he definitely could've broken his neck during a fall like that, but Mr. Miyagi should've been arrested for brutally beating up 5 minors, but my guess is that they didn't want the embarrassment of letting people know that their band of 5 karate bad-asses were taken down, easily and single-handedly, by a 60 year old man.
It was the 80's. People didn't get arrested for stupid **** like that as they would today. The 80's were way more hardcore.
When I got older, my view on the movie changed and I hated Daniel.
Also, which is better? Hanging with your buddies and learning karate from a badass instructor and being in the "it" crowd with hottest girls or being a whiney ***** from Jersey learning karate from his Gardner that makes him do manual labor?
Also, which is better? Hanging with your buddies and learning karate from a badass instructor and being in the "it" crowd with hottest girls or being a whiney ***** from Jersey learning karate from his Gardner that makes him do manual labor?
Had a guy in my fraternity at UK that looked just like Zabka. Actually looked like Zabka on roids.
This was the first time I met an 18 year old that looked 25.
This was the first time I met an 18 year old that looked 25.
Lol...you might be right, but I still think they'd keep that info under their hats just to save embarrassment of the truth getting out, the high and mighty defending champion of the All Valley Under 18 Karate championship bested and taken down easily by a tiny, 60 year old maintenance man.
I know someone who randomly knows Billy Zabka and it's alleged that Zabka relishes being Johnny Lawrence and will break into character on occasion. That is beyond amazing to me.
TS. Zabka bought F Murray Abrahams best actor Oscar for Amadaeus on eBay.
So technically he has one.
Lamar Latrelle should have gone with a homoerotic style of karate. Would have beat Daniel for sure.