[Official] NBC Knight Rider


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To be honest, I actually quite liked it, though there are a few parts that needed to be seen again to really understand it:


  • Originally, I didn't quite like the car very much and was hoping for a concept car at best but now after seeing and reflecting on what I've seen, I think it's quite good. Obviously, if you use a concept car then everyone will know who to look for but with the nano technology in the new KITT, then it's quite easy to blend in (if there are a lot of Mustang's around).
  • The theme music was so and so, I like the fact that the original tune was still heard but I think the rock elements are a bit too much. Not a very good remix altogether.
  • I like the start where the old KITT was shown before the new KITT was introduced. Also, since when did Charles Graiman design KITT, wasn't it Wilton Knight who developed it? Then again, my history needs a little bit up though so if I'm wrong, please do not hesitate to correct me :laugh: !
  • The CGI was bleh to the extreme, but then again this is a pilot so if it's picked up it should improve.
  • Val Kilmer as the new KITT? I'm still undecided on that. One thing memorable about Knight Rider is the banter between KITT and Michael Knight, with cheesy one liners and how KITT responds to outside influence. So far I have seen little of it in the pilot but there could be more if it is picked up.
  • The Hoff was excellent, as usual :p !
  • I quite like Sarah, maybe because she somehow interacted well with KITT :p ?
  • The part where KITT came out of the plane was cheesy to the maximum! They should just bring back the original trailer. However, after watching it again, Carrie mentions that there is a mission in Prague and upon closer inspection on the license plate, I say it was Eastern European and the backdrop when KITT exits the plane is similar to that area, so I can see why the plane was utilised. I still say it was cheesy though!

They still need to improve a lot as I'm still not that entirely convinced that this could work out. Only time will tell.

Scirwode

Well, as Devon said to Maddock in Knight Rider 2000 (which they have obviously ignored!):

"It lacks KITT's humanity..."

It was too apparent in this episode. KITT was far too "computerised/mechanical/artificial". The thing that made the Knight Industries Two Thousand special was that it didn't feel like a robot car, it had that "human" element to it. It cracked lame and cheesy jokes, but that was the fun of it. It didn't constantly go on about not having feelings and keep on reminding us that it isn't human.

As for the low budget movie statement, I can't help but agree, it was done too quickly and obviously without much thought. Please Hoff, go ahead with that movie of yours and get Glen A. Larson on board dammit!

  • 1 month later...

Knight Rider Given Full Season

Well, here's hoping that the powers that be were reading TV Squad after the two-hour Knight Rider movie premiered last February. Then, at least they'll know how to fix the show, because NBC has picked up Knight Rider as a series for the 2008-2009 schedule, and it's going to need some re-tooling.

That's the phrase they love to use in the business to describe all the work that's needed to turn a turkey -- albeit one with great ratings -- into a successful series. And Knight Rider, as conceived in that TV movie/back door pilot, needs some major work.

Justin Bruening, who was perfectly fine as Jamie Martin on All My Children, has to do more than just look good behind the wheel. This isn't Hamlet, granted, but he has to make the character intrinsically more appealing that just another pretty face.

According to Variety, NBC has decided to stock pile the new lineup -- which they're announcing on Wednesday before any other broadcast network -- with action and fantasy. They've been greenlighting pilots about Robinson Crusoe and Kings, and now the news that Doug Liman's Knight Rider is a definite and may be filling a Friday night timeslot. Well, since Las Vegas is gone, that's an opening although if KR remains as shallow as the TV movie, it may be deemed an eight o'clock show. Time -- and timeslots -- will tell.

are they bringing david hasselhoff back for this? :p

Now why would they do that? He was a shirtless Baywatch babe in his last "acting" job. I just hope the KIT car has Mr. T's voice. That would be the only reason to convince me to watch the show.

I think the reason for this is, seriously, the writer's strike. They need something they can write/produce quick. This show won't be known for its great story. Its not intended to draw a huge audience, just enough to get some viewers and get advertisers on board. They don't want to keep airing re-runs and loose all their viewers/advertising revenue.

this gets a full season and jericho has to struggle and fight just to be given a chance to finish its storyline.

there is no justice in tv-land.

Don't get me started!

I think this will have 1 season but that will be it, for a series it won't be as popular.

I think this will have 1 season but that will be it, for a series it won't be as popular.

I agree. I think it only got the high ratings because it's called Knight Rider. That play card will grow old soon enough.

The problem is the overall premise. Forget the 80's nostalgia cos that wears off after 20 mins.

OK, so you have a great talking supercar. Big deal. Then what? What are you going to do with it? How is this show going to be any better than one without a talking supercar? How are you going to write stories around it? How are you going to develop characters to work within this framework (because well written characters are what viewers latch onto).

This is where the original KnightRider also failed. The stories became generic: Michael finds a person in need. He helps them out. The end. Throw in some car chases, a bit where he talks to Kitt via his wristwatch. That's it.

The successful episodes were the ones that utilised the concept well (Kitt vs Karr, Juggernaut, etc). These became few and far between an so it wained in popularity. But it took 4 seasons. These days TV is made so formulaic (read: cheaply + quickly) that stories are 100% formulaic and ignore the basic premise.

I can't believe it gets a full season. I think we all watched it because we grew up with it. When we actually watched it though, it was a big fat disappointment (well for me anyway).

It is terrible that things work on ratings. If you're not getting millions of viewers they assume the show is rubbish and cancel it.

100% with ya. But it's also down to high ratings = more people watch the ads, so ads can sell more, so ads can cost more. Which sucks.

A few of my favourite series were cancelled due to ratings :(

And it's always the way that they get really good just before they are cancelled! LOL

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