Disclaimer
Ugh. Shows like Heroes and Lost pretty much set a high bar when it comes to a NBC TV series. Before I get started, I have to say that I fell asleep before finishing the new Knight Rider movie. Since I can’t really give a thorough review, falling asleep after 45 minutes should tell you something. (I was wide awake.)
About the Car
The Ford Mustang Shelby GT-500 KR held well against its Trans Am predecessor. Since there wasn’t a decent Firebird on the market and Transformers pretty much took all the Chevy thunder with the Bumblebee Camaro, Mustang seemed to be the only one left.
The Recollection
This 80’s show regurgitation was merely a 2 hour Ford commercial. KITT, for instance, got to play 4 different Mustang colors/types. Although the action and special effects were decent, most of all the car chases and driving scenes were cliche, which might be something you have already seen in Gone in 60 Seconds or Fast and the Furious. Acting wasn’t really impressive and most of the plot was predictible, the one thing that seemed to hit the 80’s genre right on the head.
This was the best review that I could do with what I can recollect from the 45 minutes of conciousness. The movie wasn’t interesting enough to keep me awake, but I was awake long enough to see what KITT can do, which he spent more time talking than anything. I read that Val Kilmer did the voice acting for KITT, but for a big named actor, the acting wasn’t even all that good. HAL and the original KITT sounded more human and less of a robot. We are at the point where KITT shouldn’t sound like a Windows 95 Text-to-Speech voice.
And BTW — who knew that KITT was capable of striking up a conversation?
Just as Bionic Woman, I don’t think NBC has what it takes to resurrect the old shows especially of today’s standards. The movie was as good as it got, and I doubt the series won’t live up to the true fan’s expectations. If, for some reason this show becomes a series, I have a feeling it won’t make it past the first season. Really, how many short stories can you make of a man and a cool looking talkative ‘chameleon-ing’ car? Excuse me while I try to stomach the rest of the show and see what is left of David “The Hassle” Hoff.
P.S. I’m glad they didn’t use a Corvette or any GM vehicle after all. And I heard rumors that the Knight Industries Four Thousand (KIFT) and Six Thousand (KIST) will join the cast as the Ford Freestar and Ford Pinto.
As an extra bonus, I found this TV commercial based out of South Korea. “KITT-AH CA!”
Ouch!! It actually hurt to watch the commercial
By: locostar on February 19, 2008
at 10:29 pm
Hey man,
Don’t Hassle the Hoff…
By: Mark on February 20, 2008
at 10:50 am