Cobra Kai is lastly over. After six seasons and 65 episodes, the martial arts drama primarily based on the Karate Child films of the Eighties ended with its characters reaching closure. That is fairly uncommon in a world the place TV reveals so typically get canceled earlier than their tales attain a correct conclusion.

Cobra Kai wasn’t the best TV present ever made, but it surely stayed true to its 80s origins, with a wholesome dose of cheese, humor, and the nice guys finally profitable out. When you have a Eighties-shaped gap in your viewing schedule, there’s some excellent news as a result of Cobra Kai is not the one TV present impressed by 80s films. There are a lot extra on the market to observe if you could find them.

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Willow

One of many joys of Cobra Kai was seeing outdated faces from the unique Karate Child films making a return, with unique solid members akin to Ralph Macchio and William Zabka reprising their roles. The identical is true of Willow, a fantasy sequence primarily based on the 1988 film of the identical title. It stars Warwick Davis in the identical title function that he performed within the unique Ron Howard film.

The present had fairly good opinions, with a critic score of 84% on Rotten Tomatoes, and is important viewing when you’re a fan of the unique film. There is a main catch, nonetheless. The present was created for Disney+, and in Could 2023, it was pulled from the streaming service to chop prices, a transfer that many streaming services have made in recent times.

As a Disney+ unique, which means that it isn’t accessible on any streaming service, successfully eradicating any (authorized) strategy to stream the present. You’ll find DVDs and Blu-rays of the sequence on-line, however these will not be official Disney releases.

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The Darkish Crystal: Age of Resistance

For those who love the unique Willow film, you then’re most likely a fan of the 1982 fantasy film The Darkish Crystal, too. As you may count on from a movie directed by Jim Henson and Frank Oz, the film encompasses a solid completely made up of puppets, however these aren’t the lovable puppets you understand from The Muppets or Sesame Avenue. There are some genuinely disturbing characters for a household film.

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance is a sequence that stands as a prequel to the unique film and as soon as once more encompasses a solid of puppets however with a formidable voice solid together with Taron Egerton, Anya Taylor-Pleasure, Nathalie Emmanuel, and Helena Bonham Carter.

The present has principally constructive opinions, with quite a lot of reward for the usage of bodily puppets and sensible results somewhat than CGI, however some criticism of a scarcity of character depth. Sadly, the present was canceled after one sequence. Nonetheless, when you have been a fan of the unique film, it is price a watch, and fortunately it is nonetheless accessible to stream on Netflix.

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Deadly Weapon

Whereas Cobra Kai was a continuation of the unique Karate Child story, the Lethal Weapon sequence is a reboot of the unique Eighties Deadly Weapon films starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover. The present is predicated on the identical idea as the flicks, with the concentrate on two mismatched detectives who develop into companions. Damon Wayans performs Roger Murtaugh, an growing old household man, with Clayne Crawford enjoying Martin Riggs, a younger and unstable detective who’s struggling to cope with the homicide of his pregnant spouse.

After two seasons, Clayne Crawford was fired from the present, and his character was killed off. Within the third and remaining season, Murtaugh positive aspects a brand new companion, performed by Seann William Scott. The present had blended opinions however acquired quite a lot of reward for the chemistry between its two leads. You may at present stream all three seasons of Deadly Weapon on Amazon Prime Video.

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Ash vs Evil Useless

For those who’re a fan of 80s horror films, you then’ll nearly actually have watched the cult basic Evil Useless sequence. The primary film (The Evil Useless, 1981) was supposed as a severe horror movie, with Evil Useless II (1987) including extra humor to the combo and Military of Darkness (1993) being an all-out horror-comedy.

Ash vs Evil Dead is about 30 years after the unique films and sees Bruce Campbell reprise his function as Ash Williams. He is settled again into actuality after the exploits of the flicks and hasn’t made a lot of his life, however would not you understand it, the Deadites return, and Ash is pressured to attempt to save the world yet again.

For those who liked the Evil Useless films, then Ash vs Evil Useless provides you three seasons which can be on par with the unique trilogy. The one downer is that the sequence was canceled with the plot nonetheless unresolved, and there isn’t any signal of a fourth sequence as but, regardless of rumors of an animated version.

You may watch all three seasons of Ash vs Evil Useless on Starz. You may as well entry it on platforms akin to Hulu and Prime Video with a Starz add-on subscription.

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RoboCop: The Sequence

The Dutch director Paul Verhoeven is seen by some as a genius and by others as a hack. I am firmly within the first camp; I believe he is aware of precisely what he is doing with films akin to Starship Troopers and Whole Recall. RoboCop is arguably his greatest movie, an ideal mix of sci-fi, political satire, and killer robots.

For those who love RoboCop, you may wish to take a look at the 1994 RoboCop sequence. It was geared toward a youthful viewers than the unique film, so it lacks the identical violence and gore. Regardless of that, nonetheless, chances are you’ll be stunned, as there’s quite a bit to love about it.

The 22 episodes which can be at present accessible on Amazon Prime Video ought to be sufficient to sate your RoboCop wants till the discharge of Amazon’s RoboCop sequence that is reportedly in the works. If that is not sufficient, there’s additionally an animated sequence and the Canadian TV miniseries RoboCop: Prime Directives (2011) to maintain you going.

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Star Wars: Skeleton Crew

The primary Star Wars film could have been launched within the Nineteen Seventies, however the two subsequent sequels have been firmly within the 80s. For those who liked the unique trilogy, there’s an nearly endless provide of films and TV reveals to maintain you going, from the six different episodes of the Star Wars story to main reveals akin to The Mandalorian and Andor.

With a lot content material to get via, there could also be loads of sequence you’ve got not but seen. The most recent addition is Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, which is about 5 years after the occasions of 1983’s Return of the Jedi. For those who liked that film, you then’re most likely going to take pleasure in Skeleton Crew, which captures the identical sense of marvel and journey of the unique films and has an actual 80s really feel. It follows 4 youngsters who find yourself on an journey all through the Star Wars galaxy.

There’s just one place to go for Skeleton Crew and all your different Star Wars fixes, after all. It is streaming solely on Disney+. Let’s simply hope it would not get eliminated like Willow did.

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The Eighties have been filled with unbelievable films, together with classics akin to Again to the Future, The Empire Strikes Again, Blade Runner, Raiders of the Misplaced Ark, E.T., The Blues Brothers, and extra. The Karate Child was a enjoyable film, but it surely would not even make most individuals’s high 20, but it nonetheless managed to supply a superb spin-off TV present in Cobra Kai. For those who’re on the lookout for a nostalgia hit or a brand new tackle outdated classics, there are many different 80s spin-off TV reveals so that you can take pleasure in, supplied that you could find a strategy to watch them…