Knight Rider 2008

[BarTopDancer]

Not bad for what it is. I hope it sticks around for a little while.

I want the car. NOW.

[ozron]

I was a big geeky fan of the original. I liked this one - of course, one has to be capable of a healthy suspension of disbelief, but I have no problem with that.

I did want to see the Hoff drive off in a black Trans Am after the funeral...

[Alex]

Even all souped up and morphable the modern Mustang is a damn-ugly car. I understand why other people might like it but it does absolutely nothing for me.

When it returns as a standard hour-long thing I'll give it a couple shots but last night was not very promising. And it's weird, but in the commercials KITT's voice is very recognizably that of Will Arnett (from Arrested Development) but I didn't recognize it at all in the actual movie.

[Alex]

Well, that explains it. Will Arnett was forced out participating in the show by GM so 10 days ago they replaced all of his lines with Val Kilmer.

I was so busy trying to hear Arnett that I never gave it a chance of recognizing Kilmer.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Alex

Even all souped up and morphable the modern Mustang...

Originally Posted by Alex

Will Arnett was forced out participating in the show by GM...

Maybe I need to read up a bit, but if by "GM" you mean General Motors, it strikes me as odd that GM would be forcing a change of character in a show featuring a Ford.


ETA: OK, I found the reason:

Last week, Variety reported that Will Arnett, the new voice of KITT, had to be replaced by Val Kilmer. General Motors, at nearly the last minute, suddenly said it didn't want Arnett, who does commercial voice-overs for GMC Trucks, to be the voice of the TV movie's Ford Mustang.

[blueerica]

I didn't watch it last night, for some reason that I'm unsure of. Perhaps I was afraid, as I have learned to be with the things I loved in the past - The Last Unicorn... anyone see that lately? Don't. - maybe I just wanted it to be something I knew it couldn't live up to with my retardedly high expectations. I forgot that Will Arnett (love him!) was supposed to be the voice... so maybe... I don't know.

I hesitated, and watched Raiders of the Lost Ark instead. It was deliciously campy.

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by blueerica

I didn't watch it last night, for some reason that I'm unsure of. Perhaps I was afraid, as I have learned to be with the things I loved in the past - The Last Unicorn... anyone see that lately? Don't. - maybe I just wanted it to be something I knew it couldn't live up to with my retardedly high expectations. I forgot that Will Arnett (love him!) was supposed to be the voice... so maybe... I don't know.

I hesitated, and watched Raiders of the Lost Ark instead. It was deliciously campy.

I only gave it a chance because it is a continuation of the original, not a remake. And they account for the time gap - they don't try and pretend it picks up right where the other left off.

[blueerica]

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

I only gave it a chance because it is a continuation of the original, not a remake. And they account for the time gap - they don't try and pretend it picks up right where the other left off.

I knew it wasn't a remake. I just couldn't bring myself to watch it for some reason, unknown to me. I mean... I've been watching The Sarah Connor Chronicles, so in essence, what's the difference? I'm just not sure... I'll probably get over it and watch it on a re-run, which I'm positive they'll have. Maybe it was the daunting two hours? Could they break it into two different one-hour episode? Hrmm...

[Alex]

Well, essentially it is a remake they just do the standard "and now the exact same thing as the first time around but this time with the children of the first show."

[Pirate Bill]

I watched the first half, then sleep began to overtake me and I went to bed. I did have very vivid dreams of driving KITT though, so that was fun.

I'll watch the other half tonight.

Hot chicks and fast cars... What's not to like?