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The Karate Kid Part II

Probably Unanswerable Questions

Chozen; the woman’s life and future remain unknown

In the discussion (2)
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  • Chozen and Mike Barnes are preferred to Daniel despite their losses; Sato is imagined as formidable, and the absent Miyagi fight is regretted.
  • Was Suki a virgin, and did the nice Sato end up with her? The speakers do not know; Karate Kid3 says nothing about Miyagi’s love life.
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The Karate Kid Part II

Who Won the Movie?

Peter Cetera and Pat Morita split the explicit choices.

In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 01:32:10Read transcript
  • Cetera is selected because the song is the film’s lasting association, compared with other song-defined films.
  • Morita is the other explicit choice; both reject Macchio.
  • Sato is an acceptable alternative but not a final ballot.
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Obsession

Most Rewatchable Scene

Opening diner; Barker’s Pub; the wish; boys’ night; Sarah’s death; dinner; bedroom corner.

In the discussion (13)
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  • The opening diner scene is proposed for establishing Bear quickly.
  • Barker’s Pub and its group dynamics are proposed.
  • Bear and Nikki outside the bar, including the wish, are proposed.
  • The cat memorial and Nikki staring at Bear and Ian are proposed.
  • The brief romantic-comedy montage is proposed.
  • Nikki’s unnatural movement and hiding in the bedroom corner are proposed.
  • The duct-taped house, frozen smile, bodily accident, and dead-cat sandwich sequence is proposed.
  • Boys’ night, the Hansel and Gretel monologue, and the kiss-left command are proposed.
  • Bear and Sarah’s dinner and Sarah’s violent death are proposed.
  • Ian’s billion-dollar wish is proposed.
  • Breaking the wish and Nikki’s return are proposed.
  • The dinner sequence is an explicit final choice. Chris Ryan
  • The phone call that uses a false cancer diagnosis is proposed.
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Obsession

The most "year the movie came out" thing

A filmmaker emerging from YouTube; the music store’s staffing.

In the discussion (4)
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  • A director emerging from YouTube is selected as emblematic of 2026.
  • Four people working in a music store is proposed as least characteristic of 2026.
  • Young adults lingering in their hometown after high school are proposed as contemporary.
  • Castle’s Music sharing a location associated with Wayne’s World is discussed.
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Obsession

What’s Aged the Best?

The economical production; Indy Navarrette’s switches; dense visual details; the retained ending.

In the discussion (18)
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  • An old-style Memorial Day box-office weekend is praised.
  • The no-no-no montage is praised despite its obvious Get Out debt.
  • Ian reading as a bad friend becomes clearer on rewatch.
  • The production’s tiny scale and polished result are praised.
  • Indy Navarrette’s switches between normal and possessed Nikki are praised.
  • The shower shutting off after boys’ night is announced is praised as a small detail.
  • Bear dying in a way that mirrors his cat is praised. Chris Ryan
  • The magic figure and voodoo doll in the wish shop are retained as possible franchise clues.
  • The upside-down Art of Seduction book is retained as a visual joke.
  • Bear’s search history is retained as character detail.
  • Sarah consistently staged to Bear’s left and Nikki to his right is proposed as a visual pattern, with intent left uncertain.
  • Nikki eating only when Bear eats is proposed as a pattern.
  • The television showing video of Bear sleeping is retained as an Easter egg.
  • The romance montage appearing long while covering about two days is retained.
  • An unused tragic ending in which Nikki kills herself after breaking free is reported; the released ending is preferred.
  • A possible anthology about other wishes is reported.
  • Nikki’s confused turn after the wish was reportedly an actor mistake retained in the film.
  • Christopher Nolan’s praise for the film is reported.
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