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Why are Johnny and Ali close? ............Since when?

posted 3 years ago by Rolltide (964)
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They were not close at all in Karate kid she moves on without him and is Daniel's girlfriend. Then she is not in 2 at all so she is out of Daniel's life by then.

She moves away, goes to college. Becomes miss Colorado, are you serious? Married 2 kids.

Then they hook up 35 years later like they have been life long friends. 35 years! Even kissing each other. Cut the crap.

High school relationships are a dime a dozen. When you are 25 you look back on some of them and wonder what you saw in that person. Why you ever cared.

These are 2 people who took different paths so why do they have to act like they have been connected? We know from early in the show Johnny has had nothing to do with social media and never even friended her on Facebook.

[–] Rolltide (964) 3 years ago

I know the answer to my own question. This is a show that constantly makes reference back to the Karate kid movie with flashbacks and scenes. So they felt it was necessary to make a phony conduit between these 2 people but it was Daniel she was close to and respected not Johnny.

[–] millsey72 (10938) 3 years ago

You found a plot hole I think

[–] PaladinNJ (21772) 3 years ago

They were close back in high school. They had a falling out. They've grown up and matured. Now they are trying to reconnect.

FYI: It was Johnny who sent the friend request to Ali. She accepted it.

[–] acidraindrop (3055) 3 years ago

This.

Interactions such as theirs do occur irl.

[–] Rolltide (964) 3 years ago

Close? She broke up with him because he was a bully and an A-hole and had A-hole friends. Then he beats up Daniel on the beach in front of everybody.

[–] PaladinNJ (21772) 3 years ago

That would be the falling out I mentioned.
At least you have confirmation that it was not a plot hole.

[–] CaldoTheKid (422) 3 years ago

Doesn't Johnny say she dumped him because he forgot her birthday?

[–] WandererFromYs (2406) 3 years ago

As time goes by, we forget about some of the drama that went on, and we look back at things fondly, providing that the good outweighed the bad. Johnny and Ali dated, so they probably were close at one point before the events of KK1.

Also if you are 25, you grew up in the social media era, and you don’t understand what it’s like to lose contact with people from your past. For people Johnny’s age, when you graduate high school, you never see or hear about the majority of your classmates after graduating. Especially if you weren’t really on speaking terms. Lots of older people got on Facebook to look up people from their youth. I’ve friended, and been friended by people I have talked to in close to 30 years.

Also girls may be a dime a dozen, but you always remember a child hood crush

[–] Rolltide (964) 3 years ago

Stop over analyzing it is a dumb movie for crying out loud.

[–] WandererFromYs (2406) 3 years ago

If you don’t want your views challenged, then don’t make a topic.

[–] cyberbob (3488) 3 years ago

Savage

[–] Rolltide (964) 3 years ago

Right. Take a superficial netflix show and read your own views into it.

Write an entire script from your own imagination.

[–] WandererFromYs (2406) 3 years ago

Or make a topic questioning something you don’t understand on a superficial Netflix show, and act surprised when someone tries to discuss it.

My post isn’t even a deep analysis, it’s common sense for anyone that grew up before the social media era.

[–] Rolltide (964) 3 years ago

I guess it doesn't matter that Ali broke up with Johnny because she thought he was an ass. A bully that beat up weaker kids?
She will always love him anyway. Rolleyes emoticon needed.

But by all means add your own nonexistent story. Write your own script. They were both United Methodists and met in 1995 at some convention. Or Johnny taught her son karate in 2007. He saved her from drowning in 99. Anything goes.

[–] Ldlamb (655) 3 years ago

youre the idiot here….in the age of social media people stay in contact with or reconnect with former flames all the time.

[–] Rolltide (964) 3 years ago

Reconnect? I asked why they would be that close.

[–] Mustang (5569) 3 years ago

They were dating at one point and so feel some nostalgia for the each other.

I got the impression they lost all contact until Johnny messaged her on Facebook. I don’t think Daniel kept contact either.

Things like that happen. People get older and leave whatever bad shit that happened behind and rekindle friendships.