'Karate Kid' Trailer: Will Smith Jr. the Dullest Karate Kid Imaginable
It's the future. You just consumed your morning nourishment cube and, while blipping through the holo-news, you notice that a nanoparticle cloud has dulled the once-brilliant sheen on your hoverpod.
"Could you wax [we still use wax] my hoverpod, Son? I'll pay you ten gold-pressed latinums."
"Yes, Neo-Father," responds your child--an expected response, seeing as he's wearing his obedience collar.
"Wax on, wax off," you chuckle, enjoying your witty reference to childhood favorite The Karate Kid.
"Uh... yes, Neo-Father, obviously I would apply the wax, then remove that wax."
"No, no. 'Wax on, wax off.' Like in The Karate Kid!"
"Oh, you must mean, 'Take off your jacket, take it down, put it on, take it off," says your confused son, adjusting his personal jetpack.
"What? No! What are you talking about? I mean like the training part: 'Paint the fence! Up! Down!'"
"Hmm, are you referring to, 'Use Matrix moves to defend yourself from the onslaught of tennis balls I hit at you?'"
And from then on, until Earth 1 implosion in 2052, you resent your child slightly more for somehow being so stupid about the most obvious, recognizable lines from The Karate Kid. And it's all because of this:
The most annoying thing about the little nod towards the original at the end is that the only people who would get it are people who have seen the 1984 version, and anyone who has seen that automatically hates The Jaden Smith Kid. The flyswatter hitting the fly is the equivalent of the bully who stole your girlfriend looking back and giving you a wink.