I am 23, but will be 24 later this year. Me and my cousin who is 2 years older then me grew up watching the Karate Kid films. We love them!!!
Just curious how old everyone else is. Do we have people here like me that grew up with them, or a lot of young kids that grew up with the KK movie series in the '90s, or present day?
Posted by daniel san (Member # 704) on :
Hey, I saw KK3 on tv this week, but they'd done a voice-over in French. Still nice to see it, though. I remember getting KK2 on video for either Christmas or my birthday in jr. high.
Oh, I turned 24 in May, btw. (Kind of funny to know Ralph is 4 yrs older than Billy, aka Johnny.)
AWESOME SITE, GUYS!
Posted by Nick (Member # 404) on :
I was 16 when the original Karate Kid came out in 1984, so that makes me 33 now ;(((
:))
Posted by karate babe (Member # 879) on :
hi well I've been fasinated with the karate kid movies since I was 5. I'm 18 now and I'm still crazy over the karate kid. I dont know anyone else who likes them!!! I dont remember there ever being a karate kid cartoon in the uk.
Posted by Venice (Member # 555) on :
Never saw a cartoon here in the States either. Well, you're in good company; I always thought little Daniel LaRusso & his mom were always so funny & cute!
Posted by ted keeble (Member # 1167) on :
I've got a copy of KK2 and there is a cartoon at the beginning of it. Daniel and Miagi shrink themselves down to help some kid out who is being bullied.
Posted by HarryGlos (Member # 219) on :
i've seen that cartoon at the beginnig of the kkid2 video, wasn't any good though. could have been so much better. i think it was advertising a cartoon series can't remember.
Posted by karate babe (Member # 879) on :
wow a karate kid cartoon at the begining of kk2!!!!! thats soooo cool. do you think they will be a free gift with the dvd boxset? or maybe they will re-release some of the kk merchandise???- cooooool ^_^
Posted by Soviet_spy (Member # 504) on :
I'm in the same bracket as most here...who remember the 80's movies...when they were new...late 20's early 30's...(age wise) I just turned 30 in may...i was a total teenager of the 80's....but i went to high school in the late 80's..... It seems everything 80's is "retro"..god i feel old sometimes...! Anybody else encounter this feeling...?
Posted by Nick (Member # 404) on :
Encounter it...? You describe my LIFE...!
;o)))
Posted by brundlefly (Member # 639) on :
to me kk1 is the best ......in the tradition of rocky...........only that it is a teen movie.............the BEST word to say it is THE MOMENT OF TRUTH..........a classic!!!
Posted by karate babe (Member # 879) on :
i may be only 18 but im sooooo glad that the 80s fashion is comming back...its sooooo cooooooooooool *_*
Posted by im larusso (Member # 825) on :
im 19 now, i knew him from my mom he still cute.....
Posted by KarateKidCan (Member # 289) on :
I must be the real old guy here @ 52, but I fascinated with the whole story. Recently, I taped KK1 to watch while I work out on my exercise bike. Then, I bought the actual videos of all 4 movies. I live on Long Island, not far from Ralph Macchio. I used to have a young lady working for me at the time KK1 came out. She told me her little brother looked a lot like Ralph. Recently, I spoke to her and reminded her of that conversation. She told me she found out her mother is actually Ralph's 4th cousin. So, now we know why he looks like Ralph.
Posted by karate babe (Member # 879) on :
woooooooow thats sooooo cool.....its a small world! *_*
Posted by Holden Caulfield (Member # 224) on :
I'm 17
Posted by bezthestud (Member # 611) on :
well...i've just loged in for the first time in a while so i thought i'd reply to this thread...i'm 20 and grew up wiv the KK during the late 80's/early nineties...i FOOLISHLY recorded over the KK one year and spent the next 3 trying to find them...thank god for the DVD set anyway...anyone else seen Ali in Hollow Man...it's weird lookin at her in that and then watchin KK. she's stil HOT HOT HOT though! just out of interest...who's email is karatekid_1984 (or summit like that) cos they added me to their mailing list (not a problem though). cheers.
Posted by habed (Member # 800) on :
Well, I can reply now without the fear of being the oldest. I'm 35 and grew up with all the 80's movies, fashion, music and dancing (yes, even breakdance) I'm mexican and have met 4 Hollywood stars in my whole life, and one of them, was in Acapulco almost 12 years ago, Was th KK himself, he was in the Las Brisas Hotel, the best hotel in those days, I ran in to him at the pool, my friends were all excited, we played hand sissors rock and I lost, so I had to go and ask him for his authograph, he gave it to me (actually he had to sign 6, one for each of my friends) and the only thing I could say after thank you, was, I do not know Karate, but you look as I could kick your a... very easy, well, I was jocking of course, he just walked away.
Posted by cubby (Member # 699) on :
that's really not that funny... kinda rude actually...
Posted by habed (Member # 800) on :
Yes I know, but I was 23 or something and my girlfriend always had a crush on him, I was only teasing him but I felt very bad. So sorry to all Mr. RM fans.
Posted by Shecki (Member # 491) on :
Maybe he should've done the crane technique on you.
Posted by MrHand (Member # 386) on :
33 baby
Posted by McFly (Member # 354) on :
26 here. KK came out when I was 8, but I didn't see it till a year later on HBO, and me and my friends watched the hell out of it. I didn't even know there was a part 2 till it came on pay per view a couple years later. Part 3 I saw on cable in the summer of '90. Part 4 I could only watch a few minutes of before giving up on it.
Posted by yazdanid (Member # 1223) on :
I'm 25 and as with the rest of you it seems that a lot of the karate kid fascination is based on the fact that it was a defining film in our lives and when we watch it takes us back to more innocent and less complicated times..thats nostalgia for you..everything is rose-tinted after say 15 years...funny that.
Posted by Slater (Member # 502) on :
26, I saw Karate Kid back in the day on home video. However I didn't really become obsessed by it until I saw a re-run of Karate Kid 3 on TV about 2 years ago.
Posted by Draft (Member # 156) on :
I am 29 will be 30 this year, I have loved the movies since about 1987 I think I first saw it...I love 80s movies in general but this is one of my fave...
Posted by SHEGOTGAME (Member # 476) on :
Hey everyone. I'm 18 years old and i've been watching the karate kid movies since i was real little, but i have just recently become a major fan. It's now one of my favorite movies. The first Karate Kid is by far the best. It's a classic and the other KK movies aren't even close to how good the first one is.
Posted by COBRA_KAI_MANIA (Member # 92) on :
I REMEMBER WHEN KK CAME OUT I WAS STILL IN JUNIOR HIGH. I'M 30 NOW. I HAD NO REAL PLANS TO GO AND SEE IT. BUT I GOT BACK FROM VACATION AND MY GIRLFRIEND AT THE TIME SAID I OUGHT TO GO AND SEE THIS MOVIE CALLED KARATE KID. SHE SAID THAT I LOOKED LIKE THE ACTOR WHO HAD THE LEAD ROLE. SO I BROKE DOWN AND WENT AND SAW IT. BUT THAN I WAS LIKE WHAT A WIMP DANIEL IS. THE COBRAS RULE. "COBRA KAI NEVER DIE" THIS IS THE MOVIE THAT GOT ME INTO KARATE. SINCE THAN I'VE STUDIED SHOTOKON, AIKIDO, THAI KICKBOXING, AND JIU JITSU.
