Eesh. I don’t think you’re too far off on this one Vic!

Thanks, although you should see some of my reviews when I really tear into something, lol.

Vic

In any case, it may all come down to how much attention Billy was paying to the conversation and the events around him.

That was a very fair review of the show, I have a friend who is on that show and watched it to support’em and had similiar thoughts. The cast was upgraded from the pilot and that was nice to see, it was also good to see a more serious side of the lead instead of the one liners from the pilot. I really hope the best for this show and it would appear as if they have the right pieces in place to make it a while. If they make the (w)right changes!

Thanks for at least being fair Vic.

The trouble here is that Billy (funny how that was his name in BSG too) specifically notes that the heroes can’t breath without air when they come up with the idea of putting them in the vacuum camber.

Charles Graiman: “We’ll bring them into the tunnel. We’ll shut the emergency doors; suck out all the air. Without oxygen, the fire can’t breathe.”

Billy Morgan: “Without oxygen, they can’t breathe either.”

You can argue that Billy wasn’t talking about the oxygen running out due to a vacuum, but it’d be a huge stretch.

And, as for the special abilities, I’m cool with them. I don’t mind the VTOL and all that jazz. I just wish they didn’t make the CG so painful to watch.

First, I’ll agree, the Mike-seeking missile was bad. Still, I got a laugh of it. The resulting fire being one that took advantage of KITT’s self repair elements to continue fueling itself, though, was an interesting touch, and plays into the idea that there may be a leak inside from the Foundation.

As for the complaint about Mike and Sarah having a separate oxygen supply and not suffocating when the fire does, they still could if they were in the vacuum chamber when their separate supply ran out. I don’t see a huge plot hole there.

As for the Turbo Boost, Merrill is correct, the original KITT did, on occasion, jump from a stationary position and clear obstacles. The trajectory guide function was shown being used to assist in that, so it’s not without precedent.

So far, in fact, nothing shown in regard to KITT’s abilities is without precedent. Everything he’s done so far builds nicely on the original series and the abilities of the Knight 2000.

While the story didn’t do much to build the characters, it did a nice job of reintroducing them after the pilot movie seven months ago. The passage of time within the show from the movie makes for a nice cushion that allows the development of the new abilities in the Knight 3000.

I like the fact that they seem to be setting up a possible recurring story line that can help with the depth of the show in future episodes. The possibility of a leak in the Foundation, something from Mike’s past that he’s forgotten may be back haunt him, and the possibility of the two being linked makes for some intriguing possibilities.

All in all, my biggest problem with the show was that they have such a large support team constantly monitoring everything going on in regards to the car. Nothing like this was ever established in the original series, giving the original Michael Knight a lot more freedom to operate since he didn’t have Devon as a virtual back-seat driver. This element should really be toned down in future episodes.

Other than that, this series has definite potential, and I’m looking forward to seeing what the series is capable of once it gets free of the obstacles inherent in all first episodes of a series.

Watching it now, I realize it is cheezy and it would never hold up to today’s tv standards. But I know that if I was an 8 year old again, all those cheesy lighting effect and transformations would make me fall in love all over again. I’m not sure who knight rider’s target audience was, but it mostly appealed to kids.

The new series is more of the same, except that the “naked” scene would have made my eyes bug out as an 8 year old =). Their target is still younger viewers, even though it has has some nods for the older ones. As an older and adult audience, it really isn’t made for us. I too found the lack of oxygen thing to be very silly, much like I find the use of lasers in the original to be silly. I kind of wish they steped it up a notch and targed viewer who were fans of the orignal, rather than making it for kids. Star wars is suffering from the same problem, it’s not growing with the audience.

[...] This review is for February’s two hour pilot – If you’re looking for the September Knight Rider series premiere review click here. [...]

[...] One reviewer wrote that he didn’t like the secondary characters, but I kind of thought they were fun and it was good to see BSG Billy, played by Paul Campbell, in a regular role. Hopefully he won’t become the next Jeffery Dean Morgan and get killed off every show he’s in. Plus, as they make Michael himself more serious, they need the levity that these secondary characters will bring. [...]

Thank you – EXACTLY what I’ve been trying to say.

Also (and this is an important point), MANY of those 80s shows like Knight Rider, The A-Team, The Flash, etc. started out as SERIOUS shows (look at the first one or two episodes of each of those). But for some reason the pattern back in the 80s was for every one of those to fall into a “save the babe of the week whose scientist dad has been captured by bad guys and make it goofy.”

Vic

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