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Or the idea if the whole dojos qualifying. It's an individual sport, a tournament like this you would qualify on an individual basis. Ok, so Miguel, Robbie, Eli, and (sigh)Kenny impress you. That means your going to let Dimitri, Anthony and Penis Breath fight in your world championship tournament, too?

Yeah, the magic moves are a big thing and always silly. I think the punch this season just took it over the top for me. Ah least w/ something like the crane kick 1. Miagi didn't teach it to Daniel at first because it was too advanced. We know Daniel went ahead practiced it on his own. I have a hard time buying that punch is advanced since Kenny learned it in a few minutes(I was already rolling my eyes at Kenny doing a bunch of training the night before, like that's going to make a difference and not just wear you it, but that's a pretty common trope). Still can't square the idea that Terry was willing to buy off refs to win the All-Valley and this show down, but not teach this punch to Tory or anyone else. And be had pegged Tory as a leader long before Kenny. 2. At least we know Daniel practiced the crane kick for some amount if time. Certainly not enough to master it in real life, but at least a nod to the idea if would take time to learn. The magic punch is now Kenny's go to move after learning if in an instant, he uses it again in the final dojo fight. I might be harping on it a bit because Kenny just really came to annoy the hell out of me, and I was really disappointed no one just knocked the shit out of his cocky little ass in the end. Really amazing, considering how much I loved the kid when he first showed up and wanted to see him stand up to Anthony.

What an excellent show. Hoping it doesn't get totally overlooked, having been released along side Cobra Kai. It seemed to lull a bit in the middle episodes, but overall pretty strong. I really grew to like Tilda. The brooding, angry thing can be annoying, but it was very clear where her anger was coming and I felt it was justified. And when she would let her guard down w/ Juan, she really won me over.

Buy that also doesn't address the fact that Miguel, Eli, etc. would have to be at least 17 or 18 by this point. They have been never given us very solid answers about the ages/what year if high school they are, but Sam and her friends are driving in the first or second episode of the series. Kenny just finished 8th grade. He's 14. I commented last season, tournament like the All Valley would absolutely have age and/or weight classes. They wouldn't put a 100 lb 13 year old kid out on the mat to face a 200 lb 17 or 18 year old. So a 14 year old kid w/ like 6 months experience vs. a 17 year old w/ 2 years. And i just can't w/ the magic punch that apparently only takes about 10 minutes to master, but for some reason Silver is just now sharing it and ONLY teaches to Kenny. Why exactly does he not teach this to Tory now, too(much less the rest of has team, way back before the All Valley)

Omg, I still enjoy this show, but I wish they would tone down the absurdity a bit. Cobra Kai's taking over the world!🙄 Kenny is just finished the 8th grade(so 14?) and has been taking karate for about 6 months...🙄 Most of these kids have been learning Karate for about a year, maybe two for Miguel and Eli, Sam is the only one w/ more time then that, end they are being considered for some world championship level competition.🙄 I know, suspension of disbelief required, but the show just works a lot better when they keep the stakes a little smaller, more local, more personal. It already requires enough of that suspension to accept that these two dojo's(3 w/ Eagle Fang)composed ENTIRELY of beginners completely dominates a local tournament, but I'm sure now we're gonna end up seeing a few of them facing off against each other(and winning) for some kind of world title.

The post I was responding appeared to suggest Paxton might have given up swimming BECAUSE missing his sophomore season would take him out if the running for a scholarship, which it absolutely wouldn't. Now, obviously, just giving up swimming and not going back to it after missing that season would take him out of the running for one.

Such a weird storyline, a public school trying to send their best student off to a private school every year. I've never heard of such a thing.

That is not at all how recruiting works. Missing a single season due to injury, whatever year, is not going to take an athlete off of recruiters radars. And you can't even sign a letter of intent until you are a senior. You can get scholarship offers and make a verbal commitment, but that is completely nonbinding for either side, it's mostly just a way for an athlete to encourage other schools to lay and focus their efforts elsewhere. Very few athletes have hard offers after their sophomore year, even fewer make a verbal commitment at that early stage and limit their options that early. Most have not reached anything close to their peak by that point. Missing a sophomore season isn't going to equate to missing it on scholarship opportunities, recruiters will monitor, evaluate, and pursue uncommitted athletes up to signing day. And this isn't 1960, very few injuries are viewed as career ending, especially for a young athlete.

It was largely due to the possession of his bag of sand, ruby, and helmet. He had imbued them w/ some degree of his power, and just the fact Burgess had them in his possession appears to grant him some degree of success, wealth, fame, health or extended life span. I don't think it's a coincidence he dies AFTER has mistress steals them.

Wtf, this show went full stupid. So, were the Titans actually charged with a crime by city prosecutors because an escaped, convicted murderer with a long, documented history of trying to poison the city with mind altering drugs aired a pirate broadcast accusing them of... poisoning the city with mind altering drugs, along with some video that really proves nothing of the sort? It's stupid enough that the general populace would believe it, but the police and prosecutors? I guess bribery could be the underlying factor, but the police weren't bribed until AFTER Dick decided to to turn himself in. Barbara's reaction to Dick saying he'd turn himself in should have been "uh, for what, you haven't been charged with anything"

Who is they? Does everyone know he's Nightwing? It seems like that sometimes, but then his repeated denial to Tim suggested otherwise.

Wtf, how did that crime boss woman ever ascend to power being that stupid? She couldn't, idk, wait until the publicly known superhero left until she executed her son? What exactly did she think was going to happen once she gave the information she had promised up and had no more leverage, they were just going to leave her with a body to dispose of and pretend they didn't just witness her murder someone? 🙄

Is it really at all impressive, though, that he figured it out? Is been a while since I watched season 2, so I've been watching this season under the impression that Batman and Nightwing's identities had become public knowledge. Everyone already seems to know them, or at least behave like they do. Dick is constantly with other Titans who the public clearly recognize when he is out of costume.

Everyone seems to draw the line of "beyond redemption" at killing Hank. He already murdered a like a dozen innocent, random civilians with the woman who he forced to bomb a building. There is no redemption from that, imo. He should never get out of a prison cell once he is caught, anything else is just spitting in the face of the orphans and widows of all those people.

Wow. I knows characters acting stupid is just to be expected at some point in most series, but Jade just went over the top stupid with this nonsense. 🙄 I've read a lot of bad reviews far this series, but up until this point I've found it a decent show. Some ups and downs and lulls, but watchable. This episode its the first where I've really just been disappointed. Its hard to care about a character anymore after that kind of stupidity.

Lol, I always had a small issue w/ Claire and Foggy, both who were worried about Daredevil crossing the line and killing someone and insistent that he shouldn't, both clocking people in the head with baseball bats(defeated people on their knees both times, iirc), which would have a fairly significant chance of killing a person.

? Victoria doesn't have a spot at Vought, she's a congresswoman. She heads a committee on superhumans.

Please, please, no with the Tal-Rho/Lana storyline. I really hope they don't go that way. Kyle did a great job this year of transforming himself from a character that came across as an insufferable prick to a generally decent person and good father that struggled w/ substance abuse and made some horrible mistakes. Now, I'm fine w/ Lana not being able go forgive and get past his infidelity, that is something that is difficult to overcome, and whether I've grown go like the character or not, Kyle is not entitled to forgiveness and reconciliation after what he did. That being the case, don't tell me that Lana can't get past that but somehow she can get over Tal-Rho being a murderer that tried to destroy the world. Just no.

Yes, but there is a big divide between wondering "what if" and actually pursuing a former love who is married w/ children to someone who appears to be your friend. The first is a totally human emotional thought, the second its just reprehensible.

For what its worth, and as someone that was very critical of the characters on Smallville driving too early (among other things), the kids are all sophomores. This was Jon's second season football at smallville. We aren't really given any seasonal markers or told when any of their birthdays are, but it must be at least partway through their sophomore year so they should be turning 16 sometime soon. That said, I'm not big on "cool" uncle tal giving the boys trucks as "his way of apologising". For what, murdering people and trying to destroy the world? And Clark loves him now? Like most of these shows, the heroes are way too generous w/ forgiveness and redemption. There are people out there that have lost loved ones because of Tal, they deserve justice and he should be behind bars. I'm thinking this is a low key callback to the Smallville pilot and Lex giving Clark a truck for saving his life. Maybe Superman has some degree of multiverse collective memory and vague recollection of his stick in the mud dad not letting him keep a truck as a thank you gift when he was young. Ally and Ally in the same cell is the dumbest thing ever. They just combined to be a being that kicked Superman's ass. I get it was entirely for the scene, so they could have the conversation with Lois. But no rational reason for it. Telling Chrissy? 🙄 People aren't entitled to this secret, even if they're friends. And I've never even got the vibe that Lois and Chrissy are really even friends. Partners, co-workers, " work friends " at best.

Most senseless, irrational, yet utterly predictable development- Lana is mad at Lois🙄 Unfortunately, I do get a slight vibe of "well, I thought I just missed out on a relationship w/ Clark Kent, which I can handle. But now I just learned I could have had one w/ Superman, which holy crap!" I'm so done w/ the "everyone blames Jon" nonsense. Seriously, now Timmy.🙄 1-I refuse to believe him getting sick wasn't the catalyst for the season's forfeits/canceling. And it's clearly acknowledged his teammates knew he was using it. 2-He was buying XK, he knows Jon wasn't the one selling it. Unless he is going to go w/ the idea that Jon was the mastermind who gave Candace the XK w/ instructions to sell it to his competition for the starting job and not, idk, his linemen or receivers.🙄

Lol, I'd question if any if them did. The units make if a little easier, giving a foothold(a pretty tenuous one), but a bed sheet like that is very hard go grip.

Enough that a movie was made and aired on network tv about a D&D like game where kids lost touch w/ reality and did crazy shit. With a young Tom Hanks. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084314/

Not a junior or a senior, but a senior, period. That's how homecoming works. You have freshman attendant, A sophomore attendant, a junior attendant, and several senior attendants from which the king and queen are chosen from. Underclassmen aren't even eligible, just seniors. I know the will be someone chiming in w/ some random story about a tiny private school that doesn't follow these conventions, but at 99.9% if the high schools in this country, that is how it works. But this isn't just an issue w/ Lana. The writers generally appeared to either not know or care how high school works most of time. Chloe is the editor the school paper from the first day of he freshman year, it appears. I don't care how into journalism she is, that is ridiculous. Pete and Chloe are both driving by the end of their freshman year(and based on Chloe's later tombstone, she was definitely too young). Clark and Pete want to tryout from the football team... the week of the homecoming game? Two problems w/ that. 1. There is virtually NO high school in this country where you have to "try out" and make the football team. Football is a numbers game, if you want to be on the team you show up to workouts and practice, and they will take you, even if you are awful and will never touch the field in a game. They need practice bodies. 2. That said, you can't just show up the week of a game and join the team. The seasons started. The team has been practicing for at least a month, gone through summer camp/ 2 a day practices. You can't just join whenever you feel like it. There's a list a mile long of this stuff.