Television Review: Knight Rider (2008)


KITT is back. Michael... is not. Exactly.

So, the Knight Rider franchise has returned to NBC, with KITT rebuilt into a Ford Mustang Cobra... a transforming Ford Mustang Cobra... with nanomachinery... and a new voice.

So, one of the top scientists who was part of the original Knight Industries two Thousand team working for Winston's Foundation has continued to work on his AI, and has reached a pinnacle with the new KITT... Knight Industries Three Thousand. The new KITT has some neat abilities, but the interior leaves much to be desired in the way of gadgets and lights and cool stuff. It still drives itself, and does so very quickly. KITT is still a smart aleck, but his voice is deeper, darker, and better projected than the original's... and that bothers me.

Story: Michael Knight's son is recruited to help the daughter of the KITT designer who is working on the new KITT. He turns out to be a butthead, and then turns into a nice guy.

Thank god David Hasselhoff makes an appearance in the last 10 minutes.

So, the final word: I'll give it 6 Mustangs out of 10, with 2 in reserve for the end of the first episode... we'll see what else happens next week.

Posted: Sun - February 17, 2008 at 11:31 PM          

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