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Brandon H. Lee teases more chaos and epic fights in Cobra Kai: Season 6 - Part 2

 A week ago, we spoke to Cobra Kai: Season 6 star Brandon H. Lee on embracing his role as Kwon, working with some of the original cast members, and what we can see from him in future fights.  Check out the full interview on Youtube! (link below)
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Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man Review: Disney Plus brings more dumb fun to the platform!

 Your Friendly Neighborhood spider-man is a widely enjoyable take on the web-slinger from the episodes i’ve seen so far, though it doesn’t prove itself to be anything too special. The plot threads are fairly generic, but what will be most appreciated about this show - with its surprisingly solid animation - is its street level stakes with somewhat humanizing characters that many fans of the hero have been wishing for. Just don’t expect too much logic and go in for a nice development of the character of Peter Parker and this new gang of friends around him and you could get something out of the new Disney plus animation. 


The Biggest problem with this show, however, is it seems to be not careful with its logical inconsistencies in its writing. There are plot holes littered throughout the first couple episodes, yet the fact that audiences will have fun (complimented by the thought that this is a TV watch) will allow audiences to see past this for the most part. Though it doesn’t feel like anything distinct - the only ‘new’ parts of this show are character certain race-swaps - the rest of the narrative feels like everything we’ve seen in other superhero shows (Invincible, i’m talking about you) 


As for these new characters we are introduced to, the show takes time to develop them as characters we somewhat care for - and I appreciate it for that. The voice acting enhances this - most of the cast members do a solid job. The show is best at giving us the high-school insight into Peter Parker that fans always wanted. It’s great to see a closer depth into his life as the titular hero, a student and also just a regular civilian trying to get on with his life - and the show is arguably at its best when it delves into this. 


As for the animation, which sparked disagreement after the launch of the shows trailer, they seemed to have  done a fairly solid job with it - especially when it comes to action sequences. However, actual close ups and just one to one moments with characters often feel bland. 


Ultimately, Your Friendly Neighborhood spider-man is fun but not the best version of a street-level Spider-Man show I could’ve asked for. Though i’ve only seen a small amount of episodes, it seems to be headed in a solid direction - its narrative just needs to fix up slightly. This being said, it could’ve been a whole lot worse! 


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