"stephcat" <stephcat560@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On Feb 17, 11:34 pm, Anybody <anyb...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> In article <lN7uj.415$Pn5....@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, "KNIGHT VIPER"
>>
>>
>>
>> <M.KNIGHT2...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> > After having just watch the new KNIGHT RIDER I have few thoughts that
I
>> > would like to share. The opening theme music started out all right
but
>> > then
>> > it went down the craper. If they are going to keep the show they need
>> > to
>> > change the opening music to something a little less crapy and more to
>> > the
>> > orignal. The morphing and color change effects were a nice touch but
>> > they
>> > reminded me of the tv show Viper. Val Kilmer did a nice job at
voicing
>> > KITT
>> > the story line was all right a little better then KNIGHT RIDER 2000.
>> > The
>> > actor who plays Mike Tracuer did a fair to decent job but I think
>> > there
>> > should have been more in the story line as to what happened to Flag
>> > over the
>> > last 25 years or at least fill in some of that time. The line in
which
>> > the
>> > Hoff says that 25 years ago a named Wilton KNIGHT told him on his
death
>> > bed
>> > that one man can make a difference. I also would have liked to see
>> > what
>> > else as far as special effects KITT could do othen then drive its
self
>> > and
>> > the color change and morphing. over all I would watch the new KNIGHT
>> > RIDER
>> > if it comes back as a series. I would give this a rateing of 3.5 out
of
>> > 5
>>
>> There's only so much you can fit into a two-hour movie. :-)
>>
>> KITT's other new abilities (and perhaps more of the history between the
>> two shows) are part of what will be in the series, if it happens. BUT
>> there is a bit of a limit as to what you can do with a car ... about
>> the only new thing you could do is make it fly or become a boat /
>> submarine.
>>
>> > It is going to take some time for me to get use to the idea that KITT
>> > is
>> > now a ford mustang.
>>
>> This is a different KITT (the Knight Industries THREE Thousand). It's a
>> different character to the original Knight Industries TWO Thousand
>> that partnered Michael Knight. A new character, a new car and a new
>> voice, which makes sense ... and makes a nice change in Hollyweird
>> these days.
>>
>> It's anyone's guess when we'll see it on TV here. The networks here
>> have been reasonably good at getting new stuff quite quickly, probably
>> in a hopeless attempt to combat the quick DVD releases and Internet
>> downloads.
>
> I found it really funny that the "new and improved" Knight Industries
> car didn't measure up to the original. The old KITT would come running
> to meet Michael, rather than leaving him to creep across a dangerous
> property filled with hostile gunman as the new car did last night.
> There's also the issue of this car not being bulletproof when the
> computer is down. KITT was bullet-proof, dent-proof, and pretty much
> everything-proof with or without the computer. I'll confess to being
> old-school and biased, but KITT's still the best car... period.
Spoiler Space...Just in case you don't want to know the plot...
Pro's: The Hoff, Somewhat Cool Special Effects,
Con's: Not enough of The Hoff, Mustang selection wasn't all that great of
an idea, no turbo-boosting what so ever. So the new car can do 300MPH or
whatever with the stupid wing on the back. Who cares? I would much
rather
see it boosting over another car.
I liked the movie, though it didn't seem "Knight Riderish" enough. They
could have at least had the Hoff in more of the movie. He was only on for
around 2 minutes, then gone again. And come on. Would Michael Knight
really get a woman pregnant, and just up and leave? And even if he did,
why
didn't he ask his son (in the cemetery scene) to go out for coffee or
something, rather then just saying that Mike Tracer might see Michael
Knight
again. Anyhow, as for the car, the Mustang was ok. It's certainly not
nearly as good as the Trans Am, but it was ok. I think my biggest problem
with this movie is it didn't have enough of KITT in it. I mean, sure
people
fired 1000's of bullets at him, which all bounced off, of course, but
still.
In the Original KR premiere, they used several of KITT's features. Now, I
understand that having a brand new Mustang jump over a car, and getting
completely destroyed doing it is a financial burden, but come on. The '82
Trans Am would have been just as expensive back then, as the Mustang is
now.
They could even use computer graphics, but no.
Like I said, it was a pretty good movie. Nothing that I would rush out
and
buy, but I would definitely tune in if it becomes a series.
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