Comments on: NBC’s “New” Knight Rider is Ridiculous

By: Fortress Guy

Fortress Guy — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:36:06 +0000

Disappointing. I agree too that Hollywood is awash in un-fresh ideas and sequelitis.

Here is my take on season 1 (with pics) if you are interested:

http://fortresstakes.wordpress.com/2009/04/26/knight-rider-2008-2009-season-1-17-episodes/

By: sitting on a cactus

sitting on a cactus — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:36:19 +0000

Super abominably atrocious. This show reminded me why I don’t watch too much tv anymore. I did make it through the whole episode, only because of the train-wreck phenomenon. There was nothing redeeming about this fiasco: the acting, script, cgi, plot, etc. were all beyond horrible.

Also, does anyone other than me remember a similarly terrible effort from about 1998 (give or take a few years) that was maybe called “Viper?” In that abomination, the car could also transform into similarly useless alter egos, which served absolutely no purpose but to showcase the cgi talent that the show thought it possessed.

By: Ragazzaccio

Ragazzaccio — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 03:42:12 +0000

I agree with you Ecthellon. Its like these writers and creators are getting more lazy and uncreative as the years go on, at least for the most part. I’m honestly not a hater, but i know a piece of crap when i see one. Theres a handful of newer shows that i love, but its the fact that the plot lines and stories are original and creative. For the most part, remakes do not work. They usually turn out to be an absolute mockery. The only remake i can think was absolutely incredible was battlestar galactica. Although it has the same plot line, the story has entirely changed.. This isnt nessesarily a bad thing, as long as they have good writers and actors who know what the hell they are doing. But this knight rider remake crap needs to go. Its by far rediculously terrible and needs to be taken off the air before it upsets more original knight rider fans.

By: ecthelion

ecthelion — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:53:49 +0000

Well, the major reason why (in my opinion, anyway – let me remind everyone that I’m not privy to any more facts than you all are) “studios find it necessary to churn out countless amounts of updates and remakes instead of delivering fresh, interesting show concepts” is because they themselves have no new ideas. Either that or they are too lazy to think beyond reality television and so they resurrect old crap, a lot like how bellbottoms suddenly became the new thing a few years back (only to die a horrible, horrible death, again).

By: Ragazzaccio

Ragazzaccio — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:24:07 +0000

To be honest i dont know where to even begin. I swear this show is atrocious, and that’s seriously an understatement. I was expecting it to be horrible but it was about 5x worse than I actually expected, and thats an understatement as well. It reminded me of one of those stupid teen shows and I seriously felt like vomiting within 15 minutes of watching it. It has a horrible plot, horrible story line, and horrible acting. Val Kilmer as the voice of Kitt? I’d seriously like to know what genius casted that doushebag. Val should NOT be playing KITT. Val himself has absolutely no personality and I honestly hate every part he ever played, except maybe for the weed man he played in Entrourage. But my point is..what made the original Knight Rider so successful was that Kitt wasn’t just car of Micheal Knight… he was a great character! Also making KITT a mustang..HUGE MISTAKE! It’s like NBC had to strip the soul of the memories we all have of the original show and make a mockery out of it. To be honest this may be the worst remake, if not the worst show ive ever seen. I seriously hope it does not go far cuz the creator of this show deserves to go bankrupt and hopefully never produces a piece of crap like this ever again.

By: ish

ish — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:50:20 +0000

New Knight Rider what a load of S**T. To start with Mustang NOT the right car, Movie was so un real and nothing WOW about it.

By: ShazlY

ShazlY — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:35:30 +0000

It’sssssssssss
soooo coooooooooool i was see the old one when i was 6 i like a new one……….

i wait 2 see more

By: Maeghan

Maeghan — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:06:54 +0000

The only good remake on television is the new Battlestar Galactica, which is sadly in its final season.

If this Knight Rider becomes a series, I may never watch NBC again. It was almost painful to watch.

By: Wickedtea

Wickedtea — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:29:40 +0000

I remember when I was 6 and could watch Knight Rider without fear of losing my innocence. Threesomes and Lesbianism on grandstand 10 minutes into the show. Disgusting, shame on you, NBC!!!

By: JohnnyZito

JohnnyZito — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:17:50 +0000

could it have been any worse than knight rider 2000?