Knight Rider: Belated Review

Ah Knight Rider.
A solid staple in any retro fan’s schedule. After reading on the new one’s cancellation, I can’t help but recall when I first saw it and review it once more.


Let’s get one thing clear straight away. The original series was shit. Totally. But it was one of those, so bad its good type of things. Like the Judge Dredd movie. I still watch that sometimes, but I know it’s horrendous. But Knight Rider had its charms, but it was one of those shows you never would want to be caught watching, unless it was in an ironic way.

So I was looking forward to the revamp, the new shining knight so to speak.

About 10 minutes in to the pilot, I remember thinking, “Right, I’m out, I can’t take this nonsense”. Why? Was it to do with the fact that our new “hero” was in bed with 2 women? Or was it the fact that no sooner than the credits stopped appearing we were “treated” to a woman showering in a bikini. Good job guys, bring in the audience by targeting preteen boys. Or the lads/twats who will rate a film/show simply by how hot a girl who stars in it is, the ones usually who watch anything Marvell and have no friends. Well they do, but their friends are all located on their MSN contact list.

Seeing that ticked me off, but I stuck with it. Treated to the sultry voice of Val Kilmer to draw me further in. Sort of. Then the car was revealed. Damn. What the fuck were they thinking? I’ve always been baffled by decisions by those in charge of such shows. Even before the pilot was released, the internet was flooded with posts of “OMGNOOO MUSTANG!!1″. Which I echo actually, but more normally.

What can this muscle car do that the original KITT couldn’t? Well I can tell you what it doesn’t so which the original KITT could. Everything, minus a voice. I saw no lasers, no ejector seat, no turbo boost, no super pursuit mode, and no TURBO BOOST!

It does however posses Val Kilmer’s voice and a nifty red light and that dude from Xmen. You know, the one who looks like Odo from Deep space nine’s dad.

I like how American TV doesn’t fall into traditional stereotypes anymore. For example, it would be unfair to portray Europeans for example as purely bad guys or good guys who get killed off early… (24 Redemption).
So imagine my surprise when the main bad guy was supposed to be British. But not normal British, the usual British where I have never heard that accent in my life, and I live here.
And here is the problem with the show; it’s just not interesting or fun. I cannot be bothered to even write a proper review about this drivel. I laugh at anyone who buys it on DVD.

Oh, almost forgot, the Hoff makes an appearance towards the end, but its such a laughable cameo and I just couldn’t take it seriously, maybe it was because I kept imagining him eating a burger off the floor, pissed. Who knows?

This isn’t so bad it’s good, it’s just bad. But what is good is the fact its cancelled. Justice!