Just one Oscar
Peter Cetera’s song
Dion Waiters Award
Kreese
Overacting Award
Sato and Chozen
The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award · 1:06:37
Bill Simmons: The UCLA quarterback boyfriend is jokingly identified as Troy Aikman using his transfer timeline; this is an invented character theory, not casting fact.
Kyle Brandt: Swapping PartsII andIII would make the breakup and tournament chronology more coherent and leave Japan’s higher stakes for last.
The Coach Finstock Award for Best Life Lesson · 1:30:08
Bill Simmons: The forgiveness saying is endorsed as advice to move on, despite earlier doubts.
Selected cast credits · Film reference
In the order the hosts got to it. Open a row for the discussion.
Chozen receives the physique award after an eligibility objection.
Was Sato in the right?
1986 box office top ten
Opening confrontation, travel, grief and ice breaking
Final fight and hurricane are the two personal scene picks.
The disowning dialogue may reverse who is dead to whom.
Panasonic televisions, earnestness, easy travel and a simple game adaptation.
Sato’s log-chopping hobby and local business empire
Sato’s Escort Service is claimed as a fantasy team name.
The Weintraub production and Conti score inspire confidence.
Headbands, third-person speech, Glory of Love, romance and the quick ending
Is Miyagi the greatest third-person speaker?
Daniel consoling Miyagi and the castle reveal.
The climactic castle
Sato and Chozen are competing choices.
Glory of Love
An Okinawa subtitle
Sato’s warehouse entrance is the selected flex category.
Flex pick · Kyle Brandt
Too little karate in the first hour.
Miyagi does not disclose his earlier marriage.
Kimiko being punched is the clearest choice.
Sato and Chozen
Ali dated Troy Aikman; swap the order of sequels.
The airplane explanation raises the stakes to death.
Shue’s absence and the RockyIV music tradeoff.
Sato and Clarence Gilyard are nominated.
Kreese
Give Elizabeth Shue a breakup scene.
Oahu filming, B.D. Wong, Kove’s injury claim and recurring music.
Daniel, though the “sneaky” qualifier is disputed
Macchio: tentative yes
Morita’s first film is preferred; Hawaii, other cast and toy drums receive support.
Cruise as an American version of Chozen.
Sato starts high but falls with redemption; Chozen remains high.
Tournament fame, breakup timing, travel choices, English and dubbing
Brimley’s blackmailer and a critical soccer commentator
Peter Cetera’s song
Is Daniel good at karate, and would you choose him as a fighting ally?
Chozen; the woman’s life and future remain unknown
Toy drums, Daniel’s red robe and Sato’s log.
Forgive and move on; do not betray your friend.
Karate Kid3 is the serious choice after a documentary joke.
Peter Cetera and Pat Morita split the explicit choices.
Recorded movie reference
The Rewatchables · aired August 3, 2026
1986 box office top ten: 1 Top Gun; 2 Crocodile Dundee; 3 Platoon; 4 The Karate Kid Part II; 5 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home; 6 Back to School; 7 Aliens; 8 The Golden Child; 9 Ruthless People; 10 Ferris Bueller's Day Off
