I wonder how much this was affected by premiering it a week early online and the availability of downloads on iTunes. The ratings for ep 2 might prove interesting. Fingers crossed.
Knight Rider "Pilot" - Discussion and Spoilers
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I wonder how much this was affected by premiering it a week early online and the availability of downloads on iTunes. The ratings for ep 2 might prove interesting. Fingers crossed.
Don't tease me unless you can get Deanna Russo to please me.
This tribute video is better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arL04K3HLMw
The site has been updated. The numbers are now 7.3 million viewers and the rating/share is 2.4/7.
Moving it to a different day/timeslot would be smart. Dropping all of the sexual innuendo would be nice as well and make it a show about apprehending criminals.
It was a little obnoxious, but I loved every second of it.
It was a nice attempt to recapture the fun of 80's television and wasn't bogged down by all the angst and realism that modern shows aim for.
I'll be there every week, no matter how few weeks that turns out to be.
It was a nice attempt to recapture the fun of 80's television and wasn't bogged down by all the angst and realism that modern shows aim for.
I'll be there every week, no matter how few weeks that turns out to be.
I quite enjoyed the pilot, all 80 mins of it. It had decent storylines, OK dialogue, and a bit of characterisation.
But I've said it before and I'll say it again. You can't have good quality drama in 42 minutes including the start and end credits.
This first episode was frankly pretty awful television, and I doubt it'll last a season. I was really looking forward to it, but it was desperate viewing.
No explanation of the story. Who was the bald guy with the virus in his DNA? What WAS the virus? What did it do?
And I really don't care for this Deanna Russo woman trailing MK around all the time. Whatever happened to ONE MAN can make a difference? I thought that was the whole essence of Knight Rider, not one man and his love sick puppy bimbo.
But I've said it before and I'll say it again. You can't have good quality drama in 42 minutes including the start and end credits.
This first episode was frankly pretty awful television, and I doubt it'll last a season. I was really looking forward to it, but it was desperate viewing.
No explanation of the story. Who was the bald guy with the virus in his DNA? What WAS the virus? What did it do?
And I really don't care for this Deanna Russo woman trailing MK around all the time. Whatever happened to ONE MAN can make a difference? I thought that was the whole essence of Knight Rider, not one man and his love sick puppy bimbo.
Why not have both the innuendo and the busting of criminals?
Also, what kind of people don't like looking at a pretty brunette with piercing blue eyes?
Well considering how the original show pretty much abandoned that darker premise early on, I never really took that "one man" stuff seriously anyway.
I definitely prefer the simplicity of the original show though, where it was just Michael and KITT most of the time. You really got the sense that the two were real partners and depended heavily on each other -- something that so far is completely missing from the new show.
Now, it's almost like KITT is nothing more than another high tech toy for the Knight Research team to play around with.
Because I'm not 16-years old and get titillated by that sort of thing.
That crap gets really old and makes for a poor script.I have no problem with Deanna, but drop the other women.Also, what kind of people don't like looking at a pretty brunette with piercing blue eyes?
That's a good way to put it. Especially with the head dork running simulations to figure out how to extinguish the napalm.
He explained to Mike that his DNA contained the solution to an unbreakable encryption code. Not that it mattered; that guy was the McGuffin, and the whole point of this episode was for the female FBI agent to "kill" Mike at the Metro station so that he's forced to change his identity and go around calling himself Michael Knight.
A Clockwork Lim
Lieutenant Commander
Ten to one it was his body they buried in place of Traceur's.
It would certainly put an end to the questions about whether there'll be another Hasselhoff cameo. 
"how can we use promotion to its fullest potential on KR?"
Next week
Knight- Wow KITT transforming into a stainless steel GE refridgerator thats got to be your best ability yet
KITT-GE makes great products
Most likely. That would be the easiest way to make sure that his secret didn't get out.
