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[hyzmarca]

The movie also completely ignored the established Continuity of Knight Rider 2000 by having law enforcement officers use handguns (it became illegal for police to use firearms when reliable microwave stunners became widely available in the year 2000).

And the lack of Turbo Boost is most unforgivable.

[PBTHHHHT]

The movie also completely ignored the established Continuity of Knight Rider 2000 by having law enforcement officers use handguns (it became illegal for police to use firearms when reliable microwave stunners became widely available in the 2000)

Oh thank gawd. That was a horrible movie.

[DocTaotsu]

Wait! No turbo boost?! That's like an X-wing without s-foils. Those bastards! You ruined it all! You fed me back my childhood and you RUINED IT ALL!

[mfb]

I did discover that the script was written in 12 days, just before the writer's strike went into effect. So, there's no telling what this show can become with a decent story and direction. I do think that the show can work, if you fix these issues.

i'll nominally agree with that. i do think that i'd honestly rather see David Hasselhoff's wrinkly butt behind the wheel than this kid. Bruening is... he's a twerp. i'm sure he'd do fine in any number of roles--but badass isn't one of 'em.

[PBTHHHHT]

Wait! No turbo boost?! That's like an X-wing without s-foils. Those bastards! You ruined it all! You fed me back my childhood and you RUINED IT ALL!

Z-95 Headhunter... oh wait, my starwars geekiness is starting to show...

[apollo124]

Be calm everyone. They just didn't find an excuse to use a turbo boost in the tv movie. If or when they turn it into a series, I'm sure it's gonna have a turbo boost installed. I mean, how else could they do all those cool shots? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[hyzmarca]

You don't need an excuse to use Turbo Boost. It is always appropriate.

[Grinder]

Word! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif)

[DocTaotsu]

Thirded.

[hyzmarca]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arL04K3HLMw (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cyber.gif)

[Grinder]

Sweet! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/love.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif)

[Cain]

Well, we finally got to see the series. What do you all think?

I kinda like the homage to the original series. A man is declared dead, picks up a new name, a new identity, and a new supercar. They stuck to that pretty faithfully.

I liked that we finally got to see Turbo Boost. Didn't like the fact that we only saw it once, in passing.

Special effects are pretty cool.

But that's me. What about all of you?

[nezumi]

I heard the ads on the radio and thought they were a joke. It honestly discouraged me from watching the show. I wasn't impressed by the pilot they showed last year either. I don't think they have the love for it. Is the series improved significantly from the pilot?

[Cain]

I heard the ads on the radio and thought they were a joke. It honestly discouraged me from watching the show. I wasn't impressed by the pilot they showed last year either. I don't think they have the love for it. Is the series improved significantly from the pilot?

Yes and no. They actually have a plot, for one. There's good chemistry between the leading man and leading woman. And there's more special effects, which are fairly cool, along with the return of Turbo Boost. However, it's still the same group of actors, although the two new techies are fairly impressive. They could have done a lot worse for the Bonnie replacement. The script is also much better, more tense than before.

On the down side, much of the plot builds up to him fully assuming his new identity, in a similar fashion to his father. I won't spoil it; just go to NBC.com and watch it for yourself.

[Ol' Scratch]

I think it's promising. They're starting up right from the beginning with an actual story arc, so that's great.

Things I really liked:

• Val Kilmer's take on KITT. It's clear he's still very young, and it was cool seeing him develop perhaps his first emotional trait -- worrying. Hopefully we'll see him develop as the series progresses, eventually coming into a more relaxed and less clinical personality.
• Russo stripping down. Okay, so I'm a guy sometimes. Sue me. She was hot shimmying out of her clothes.
• Traceur's "mysterious past." Hope it pans out and provides a lot more meat to the show rather than being a one-time "oh, this is why we're changing his name" thing.
• More emphasis on the epsionage angle which was actually downplayed a lot in the original show. Loved all the spy gadgets, like the two-part mini-welder.

Things I didn't care for:

• Attack Mode KITT. Why, exactly, is there a giant neon blue "KR" underneath him? It just looks like they took every available option from American Chopper or whatever superglued it on. I also wasn't crazy about him changing into a truck. Changing from one sports car to another I can handle. But adding that much more mass and being able to shuffle people from the back to the front during the transformation? Too much. Honestly I can't even figure out why he needs an Attack Mode. I mean, I realize it's an homage to Super Pursuit mode, but... he can clearly break 300mph in his normal mode as well as handle weapons fire, so what's the point in it?
• The two technies. I appreciate the attempts to bring life to some of the extras on the show, but all of their lines and interplay was too forced and awkward. And not geek-talking-to-pretty-girl awkward, but just awkward in the acting in general. If they tone them down just a bit and make it more natural, I'll be good.
• Why KITT needed anyone trying to calculate how to remove the napalm from his hull. He's a SOTA AI who knew the techie was making a mistake almost instantly, but was following orders regardless (much like how he deployed the flares when he already knew they wouldn't work). As soon as they decided that cutting off the oxygen would work, KITT should have just turned back and dove right off the bridge they were crossing when they came to that conclusion. Would have made a lot more sense, and I'd find it hard to believe that if he can keep the flames outside for that long and can change into a truck, that he wasn't able to submerge without much problem.

Well, okay, that list is turning into more of a nitpick thing, so I'll cut if off there. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) I'll be sticking around to see how the show develops. Right now it has a lot of promise but needs some fine tuning for it to be a solid addition to my TIVO list.

Also heard a rumor that near the end of the season, KITT (the Two Thousand model) and Hasslehoff's Knight will be showing up. Should be fun. Can't wait for the old KARR to make an appearance, too. He never was actually killed in the original series; his CPU was still in tact.

[Stahlseele]

how was the CPU still intakt?
if i remember correctly, the second time he had to go cliff-diving he asploded on impact O.o
and don't say you want to see the red thing they called kitt in the 2000 movie? x.x . .
i'D rather see Goliath again . . so i like em big, tough and nasty, sue me!
would be nice to see GARTH Knight again too . . some nice family-dramatics or something like that ^^
and in the role of garth knight, the hoff actually did look badass and manly . .

[Ol' Scratch]

At the very end of the episode you see his CPU fully intact amongst the wreckage with its scanner still doing the Cylon thing, albeit faintly.

Oh, and no, I wasn't talking about the 2000 movie. The original KITT (Knight Industries Two Thousand) is who I meant, as opposed to the one in the new show (the Knight Industries Three Thousand). As far as I'm aware, that movie, the apocolyptic cyberpunk future Knight Rider, Team Knight Rider, and pretty much anything that wasn't the original series isn't considered "canon" in this one.

[Shadow]

I was so disapointed in the new show. They decided to go "full cheese" or the show. I had to turn it of after 15 minutes, it was worse than the bionic woman remake.

[Stahlseele]

apocolyptic cyberpunk future Knight Rider

i'm intrigued and wish to learn more O.o
you don't mean Knightrider 2010 do you?
the Movie with the fight between a ground based Stealth-Fighter-Jet and the heap of junk with the virtual woman?

[hyzmarca]

i'm intrigued and wish to learn more O.o
you don't mean Knightrider 2010 do you?
the Movie with the fight between a ground based Stealth-Fighter-Jet and the heap of junk with the virtual woman?

That's the only post-apocalypse future Knight Rider out there.

Personally, I thought the special effects were cheesy and the team was too big. Knight Rider is supposed to be The Lone Ranger in a car. Having a huge team and a huge base defeats that.

[Stahlseele]

in the original Series, there were Knight, Devon, Bonnie, later on R.C., that makes 4 people. plus the car.
Big Base was there too, AND there was the moderately big mobile base of the truck . . .
the Teams in the Movies were not that bad in compareing . . Team Knightrider was the worst in that regard . .

[Ol' Scratch]

Yes, 2010 was what I was referring to.

I don't mind there being a "base" where they work on and upgrade KITT or that acts as an information/mission hub. I just don't like the implementation of the one they're using. KITT really shouldn't need techies figuring things out for him, especially when he proves right in the first episode that he's smarter and more efficient than said techies. I mean in the original series it was pretty implausible to believe they were able to give KITT his super-pursuit mode in the back of a semi. There should be a happy medium between both ideas.

I do have to say that I like the implication we saw that there may be more than one AI in the "KITT cave." Mike seemed to know one of the robot's name as he petted it while walking by, and it responded with a little hum. That could lead to some interesting stories.

[hyzmarca]

Yes, 2010 was what I was referring to.

I don't mind there being a "base" where they work on and upgrade KITT or that acts as an information/mission hub. I just don't like the implementation of the one they're using. KITT really shouldn't need techies figuring things out for him, especially when he proves right in the first episode that he's smarter and more efficient than said techies. I mean in the original series it was pretty implausible to believe they were able to give KITT his super-pursuit mode in the back of a semi. There should be a happy medium between both ideas.

Super Pursuit Mode was stupid in every aspect, and pretty much where the show jumped the shark. Which is why I don't think Attack Mode was very wise.

[Ol' Scratch]

Not disagreeing.

[Fortune]

I finally got to watch the pilot for the new series last night (stupid Oz TV!).

In my opinion, it wasn't terrible. It did drag in parts, and probably could have been edited down to an hour, but all-in-all I thought it was entertaining.