It's a talking car that fights crime. I just don't get how you can screw that up. Like, you'd have to TRY to screw it up. We used to play Knight Rider when we were little kids and come up with good storylines for crying out loud.
Hello? Gay now!
Willow ,'Showtime'
The Minearverse 6: Fiery Thread of Death
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath. Oh, and help us get Terriers dvds!
Allyson - Feb 20, 2008 8:19:23 am PST #186 of 4535
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Dana - Feb 20, 2008 8:32:54 am PST #187 of 4535
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
The car was easily the best part of the show.
Not good:
- Stereotypical casting
- Clunky dialogue
- Bad actors, particularly the villains
- A plot which consisted of, I swear to god, the villains chasing the heroes around for TWO HOURS, and the four confrontations that ensued when they caught up with them each time.
I hope I'm not spoiling anything here.
Una - Feb 20, 2008 8:35:09 am PST #188 of 4535
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.
Well, apparently for the movie, they're making KITT a FORD. (eye roll to infinity) I'm guessing they didn't do that for the new show?
Dana - Feb 20, 2008 8:37:32 am PST #189 of 4535
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
they're making KITT a FORD. (eye roll to infinity) I'm guessing they didn't do that for the new show?
Oh, yeah, it's a Ford. I forget what kind, but there was a whole bizarre series of commercials with the hero of the show trying to go out on a date while driving a Ford Focus, and KITT stalking him. And cockblocking. Swear to god.
Una - Feb 20, 2008 8:39:02 am PST #190 of 4535
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.
Gaaahhh!
Kristen - Feb 20, 2008 8:48:46 am PST #191 of 4535
Oh, yeah, it's a Ford. I forget what kind, but there was a whole bizarre series of commercials with the hero of the show trying to go out on a date while driving a Ford Focus, and KITT stalking him. And cockblocking. Swear to god.
It's a Mustang. Also?
VAL KILMER IS KITT.
(hee)
§ ita § - Feb 20, 2008 9:06:00 am PST #192 of 4535
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'd say more about the gratuitous Knight Rider lesbian, but I watch Torchwood and have no leg on which to stand.
No, it was bad in the first few minutes. When we first see the baddies encounter the big brain, it's a painful and hackneyed scene. When the camera shows our introduction to the good guy muscle, it's pretty damn stiff as well.
Kristen - Feb 20, 2008 9:55:32 am PST #193 of 4535
Marshall Herskovitz talks about quarterlife: My So-Called Internetlife.
Vortex - Feb 20, 2008 10:34:19 am PST #194 of 4535
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I watched because I couldn't not. But oh, the torment.
I am ita in this.
Knight Rider was that bad, huh? How do you screw that up?
Let me count the ways:
1. changing the car.
2. insufferable “hero” (the smirk with the two women in bed was awful, plus the whole cowardice of trying to run from his backers)
3. Allowing Hoff anywhere near the project
4. changing the car.
5. No one with an English accent*. Edward Mulhare, you are sorely missed. I would even take the sort of accent of William Daniels. Gravitas people
5a. Val Kilmer as KITT
6. Ridiculous “sexual tension” with the protagonists. Bitch, grow up, it was 10 years ago!
7. Stupid villain. No one wants to start a world war. Blackthorne, Blackwater [insert name of evil government contractor here] knows that incursions and military actions are good for business, but world wars aren’t.
8. CHANGING THE MOTHERFUCKING CAR.
* not counting the villain, sounded more South African to me.
Dana - Feb 20, 2008 10:36:59 am PST #195 of 4535
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
I am very sad William Daniels is nowhere to be found.